Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
 
Down: 1) Built up by many layers of hardened lava, rock particles, and volcanic ash. Tall, pointed, and snow-capped.2) Molten rock on earth’s surface3) Middle layer of thick, molten rock (magma)4) The energy released during an earthquake, which moves outwards in all directions 5) Number on the Mercalli scale that measures physical damage and human reactions from an earthquake6) the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle8) a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake, volcano, or other seismic disturbance9) Positive effects of earthquakes & volcanoes10) Center of earth, metallic, hot!12) Crust + upper mantle13) A long and narrow crack in the earth that forms an opening - often times lava emerges.14) a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano15) Where two tectonic plates converge, diverge, or slide past each other17) A volcano that has not erupted recently, but could erupt again19) Number on the Richter scale that measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake (force)23) Molten rock below earth’s surface24) A valley on the ocean floor; formed by subduction Across: 3) Underwater mountain range, formed where magma is released at a divergent boundary7) Describing a volcano that is no longer capable of erupting.11) Smallest volcano characterized by a circular vent. The lava is blown violently into the air, breaking into small fragments.14) the distance of a point east or west of the Prime Meridian (measured in degrees) 16) A broad, domed volcano with gently sloping sides with quiet, oozing lava 18) A scientist who studies earthquakes (& volcanoes)20) describing a volcano that is currently erupting, has recently erupted or might soon erupt.21) an instrument used to detect and record seismic (earthquake) waves22) A rupture in earth’s crust through which molten lava, hot ash, gases, and rock fragments erupt into the air25) The shaking and vibrating of the earth caused by a sudden release of energy26) Negative effects of earthquakes & volcanoes27) the distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator (measured in degrees) 28) Outer, thin layer of earth - we live here!
 

 

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