Tectonic Word Power

2. Boundary between two colliding plates.
6. A american seismologist who made substantial contribution about the earth's interior in 1913.
8. Theory of Alfred Wegener , states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations.
10. The point within Earth where seismic energy is first released.
13. Boundary at which two plates move away from each other.
14. A block of rocks that comprises the crust.
19. A Croatian seismologist who studied the interface between the crust and the upper mantle in 1909.
23. A type of force that pulls rocks apart.
24. German geophysicist who initiated the study of tectonic plate; surname only.
25. Layer of Earth that can deform because of the heat from magma.
26. Fracture on Earth's crust.
29. It was coined by south african geologist who studiend Laurasia.
31. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
33. Point on Earth's crust directly above an earthquake's hypocenter.

1. It was surrounded by a vast sea or superocean.
3. Bowl-shaped depression at the top of a Volcano.
4. A scientist who studies earthquakes and maps Earth's internal structure.
5. Boundary at which two plates slide past each other.
7. Rigid layer of Earth; composed of crust and uppermost mantle.
9. Solid, dense core of Earth.
11. A process where a dense tectonic plate sinks underneath a light one.
12. An opening on Earth's surface through which volcanic materials, such as magma are released.
15. The subducted tectonic plate beneath the Ring of Fire.
16. A danish seismologist that discover the inner core in 1936.
17. Bending of rock layers to make mountains
18. Outermost layer of Earth.
20. Liquid core of Earth.
21. Type of force that squeezes rocks together.
22. Large landmass, also known as supercontinent.
27. Large ocean wave that may result from underwater earthquakes.
28. A american geologist who proposed the seafloor spreading theory.
30. It was first hypothesized by Austrian geologist who studied Gondwana
32. Layer between the crust and the core.