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