Volcanoes and Earthquakes Crossword Puzzle

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Volcanoes and Earthquakes Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • diverging: a boundary where two plates move away from each other
  • extinct: a volcano that is unlikely to erupt ever again
  • pahoehoe: lava that is low in viscosity and high in temperature
  • shearing: stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions
  • volcano: a weak spot in the earth's crust that allows magma to reach earth's surface
  • tension: stress that pulls apart
  • lava: magma that has reached earth's surface
  • viscosity: the resistance of a liquid to flow
  • focus: the area beneath earth's surface where rock that is under stress breaks and triggers an earthquake
  • richter: the scale that measures an earthquake's magnitude
  • converging: a boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  • aftershock: an earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area