Plate Tectonics Crossword

measures and records earthquake magnitude based on the energy released in an earthquake
Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s
term for the super continent which contained all the plates together
The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
process in which two plates collide and the denser ocean plate descends below the other
extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate
an area in the mantle that is super heated and melts through the crust
an underwater mountain range made at divergent plate boundaries
Inactive, sleeping
A volcano that has not erupted for thousands of years and probably will not erupt again.
measures and records earthquake magnitude based on the energy released in an earthquake
A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
The location on the surface directly above the focus
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
A shaking or sliding of the ground
thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. The thickest layer
The location of the deepest trench on earth made from two oceanic crusts converging
a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid believed to drive plate movement in the mantle of the earth