This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 21 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
What is Pressure or tension exerted on a material object
The state of being stretched tight
The action of compressing or being compressed
Sut the wool off a sheep or other animal
Hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall
Hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
A fault in which rock strata are displaced mainly in horizontal direction
An area of relatively level high ground
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great and destruction, as a result of movements within the earth´s crust or volcanic action
The center of interest or activity
The point on the earth’s surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
A type of elastic wave
A wave motion in a solid medium where the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of the travel of the wave
A seismic wave that travels across the surface of the earth as opposed to through it
An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration
A seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake
The great size or extent of something
A numerical scale for the expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph oscillation
Used by a seismologist to measure the size of earthquakes
A record produced by a seismograph