This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface.
The point beneath earth's surface where rock first breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
a scale that rates the amount of shaking from an earthquake
a scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total energy released by an earthquake
a tip of seismic wave that forms P waves and S waves reach earth's surface
the point of an earth's surface directly above an earth's focus
the record of an earthquakes seismic waves produced by a seismograph
the measurement of an earthquakes strength based on the seismic waves and movement along faults
a type of seismic wave in which the shaking is perpendicular
a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground
the zone of volcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean
an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake
a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake submarine landslide ,or other disturbance
the angular distance of a place north to south of the earth's equator
the angular distance of a place east or west
the size or extent of something
small earthquake that occurs after a lager earthquake in the same area
a force that acts on rocks to change it's shape or volume
a large area of flat land elevated high above level
A kind of stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions