Plate Tectontics Crossword

Two plates pushing together.
A scale that decribes how much energy is released from an earthquake.
Where the hanging wall moves down in a fault.
Only partially liquid layer of the Earth.
A scientist who created the continental drift theory.
Where the hanging wall moves up in a fault.
An earthquake wave where the motion of the wave is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
The sideways movement of a fault.
Two plates coming together.
An Earthquake wave that ripples Earth's surface.
Two plates sliding past each other.
When molten material and gases breaks through the surface and flows out of a volcano, it called _______.
The innermost, solid, layer the Earth.
Layer below the crust; has two parts.
A volcano with only gentle slope is a ___________ cone volcano.
An earthquake wave where the motion of the wave is parallel to the direction of the wave.
A result of crustal activity and transform plates sliding past each other.
Formed when magma and gases rise through breaks in the crust.
The thinnest; most outermost layer of the Earth.
A fracture in the Earth's crust.