Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• seismic wave: a vibration that travels through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
• aa lava: the slow moving-moving lava that hardens to form rough chunks.
• tectonic plates: massive rock made of earth's lithosphere that move float and drift.
• volcanic neck: a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
• outer core: fluid layer that is above earth's inner core and below the mantle.
• lithosphere: rigid outer part of the earth, which is the crust and upper mantle.
• crust: the outer layer of the earth.
• epicenter: the point on earth’s crust directly above an earthquake’s focus.
• seismograph: a device that records ground movement caused by seismic waves as they move through the earth.
• inner core: inner most part of the earth believed to be a solid ball.
• tsunami: a massive wave caused by an earthquake.
• mantle: in-between the earth's crust and core.
• volcano: a cone shaped mountain which lava and ash flow during eruption.
• transform boundary: when two tectonic plates slip or slide past each other.
• earthquake: a sudden shake of the ground caused by the shifting of tectonic plates.
• pahoehoe lava: the hot fast-moving lava that hardens to form smooth, ropelike coils.
• pangaea: a super continent that existed 300 million years ago.
• magma: hot fluid below earth’s crust where lava is formed.