General Geology Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: pangaea : all of the present-day continents were once part of a single supercontinent called, seismogram : reflects the changing intensity of the vibrations by responding to the motion of the ground surface beneath the instrument, surface waves : strongest vibrations and probably cause most of the damage done by earthquakes, body wave : composed of two principal types; the p (primary) wave and s(secondary) wave, seismologist : studies earthquakes and their waves to figure out the earth's structure and composition, intensity : severity of an earthquake considering its effects on people, structures and landscapes, magnitude : it's the size of an earthquake, seismograph : measures the degree of shaking caused by an earthquake, landslide : occur when masses of rock, earth material, or debris flows move down a slope due to gravity, avalanche : occurs when a layer of snow collapses and slides downhill, volcano : an opening in the earth surface through which the magma, volcanic ash and gases discharge, vulcan : also known as the roman god of fire, magma chamber : a reservoir of magma beneath the earth surface, volcanism : eruption of molten rocks onto the surface, lava : the magma reaches the surface during the eruption, pahoehoe : the type of lava that is smooth, lobed and sometimes ropey, pillow lava : the type of lave that forms a large rounded blobs when lava erupts under the water, pumice : the violent separation of gas from lava may produce rock froth called, cinder cone : the type of volcano that has steep slope and a wide crater, phreatic : it is a stream-driven eruption as the hot rocks come in contact with water, plinian : the most powerful eruptions and involve the explosive ejection of relatively viscous lava.