Tectonics - Gouri Rout

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