Across
- 3. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)
- 4. scientist that studies earthquakes
- 6. natural land shape or feature
- 10. the strength of an earthquake
- 12. scientist that studies volcanoes
- 14. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
- 16. very small pieces of rock
- 17. a break in the Earth’s crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
- 18. The process of rock breaking down
- 19. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
- 20. Tectonics the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
Down
- 1. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizon
- 2. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
- 5. the liquid rock below Earth’s crust
- 7. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
- 8. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
- 9. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- 11. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
- 13. the thin outer layer of Earth
- 15. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are COLLIDING with each other