Plate Tectonics Crossword

The sinking of the ground caused by earthquake vibrations is called Ground...
What did Wegener call Earth's ancient supercontinent?
What was the new theory made in 1968 about the ocean floor, earthquake activity, and the magnetic field called?
What do scientists call an area along a fault where no eaerthquake activity has occurred for a long time?
Is the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy...
Location within Earth where an earthquake originates...
Surface location directly above where an earthquake originates, is called the...?
A fracture where movement has occurred is called a...?
Energy that radiates in all directions from the earthquake origin is called...
Small Earth movements that occur following a major earthquake are called...
What hypothesis states that when rocks are deformed, they bend and then break, releasing stored energy?
This has been studied more than any other fault system in the world
A slow gradual movement
This is a risk that happens during an earthquake. It turns soil into liquid and can make the ground not be able to support buildings or other structures.
Means "The Study of Earth"
How do scientists measure earthquakes?
Are when plate boundaries pull apart and Earth's crust is stretched.
Occur where plates are colliding and one side of the fault is pushed up and over the other.
The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle
A weak plastic layer of the mantle situated below the lithosphere