Tectonics - Gouri Rout

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Across
  1. 4. Rocks formed from magma with a cool, glassy appearance
  2. 6. The process where weathered rocks are carried away from their source by wind, waves or rivers and dumped elsewhere
  3. 7. A fault where the compression of rocks forces the tectonic plate on one side of the fault to move up and over the other side
  4. 9. A word that describes rocks changed through the heat and pressure of the Earth's crust
  5. 11. This type of volcano is prominent in Hawaii
  6. 13. A fast moving current of hot gas and rocks emitted from a volcano
  7. 15. A cycle vital for all other cycles existing in the biosphere
  8. 18. A four-digit number that represents a certain rectangular area within a map
  9. 23. A fault where two plates are pulled in opposite directions, with one side dropping down
  10. 24. A fault where two tectonic plates move horizontally past each other
  11. 25. A lithospheric structure where material inside the Earth erupts to the surface
Down
  1. 1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus
  2. 2. Dense, rocky material under the Earth's crust
  3. 3. The transfer of heat by the movement of fluids
  4. 5. The process where the movement of tectonic plates and the compression of rocks can create faults, volcanic mountains as well as fold and lift the Earth's crust
  5. 8. It is called lava after reaching the Earth's surface
  6. 9. A building technique where counterweights are used to balance shaking caused by an earthquake
  7. 10. They travel only through solids, not through liquids
  8. 12. The point in the Earth's crust where an earthquake begins
  9. 13. They travel through solids and liquids
  10. 14. An alternative name for a composite volcano
  11. 16. A building technique where the building is lifted above the ground (by a spring etc.) to prevent earthquake damage
  12. 17. Limestone and sandstone are rocks formed from the compaction of __________ material
  13. 19. The sudden release of energy within the Earth's crust that causes shaking of the ground
  14. 20. The breakdown and transportation of the Earth's surface caused by running water, rain and wind
  15. 21. The thickness of a liquid
  16. 22. One of numerous ways to categorise the factors that affect the Earth