Across
- 4. The point where an earthquake starts
- 5. an opening in a planet or moon's crust through which molten rock and gases trapped under the surface erupt, often forming a hill or mountain.
- 8. a portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid.
- 12. a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era:
- 13. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
- 15. an area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.
- 16. a large area of land that is believed to have existed long ago and to have consisted of the lands of the Southern Hemisphere and India.
- 17. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
- 18. the location directly above it on the surface of the earth
- 20. molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid.
Down
- 1. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
- 2. The innermost part of Earth.
- 3. the process of transferring and immediate discharge of electrical energy to the earth directly through a low resistance wire.
- 6. the Earth's rigid, rocky outer layer.
- 7. a type of earth movement resulting from the horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces of the earth along plate boundaries.
- 9. an explosion of steam and lava from a volcano.
- 10. a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
- 11. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
- 14. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
- 19. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
