Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle

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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.