Earthquake Cross word

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.
The process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another,localized along the juncture (subduction zone) of two plates. Convergent- Two plates collide at a fault line
Two plates collide at a fault line,
Two plates pull apart at a fault line
Stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again.
An unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or under sea volcanic eruption.
The land waves that a seismograph picks up from a earthquake these waves are the slowest seismic waves these waves usually mean there is land destruction.
These are measured by a seismograph . They are slower than P waves and can move through liquid.
These are the fastest seismic waves, primary waves. These waves can travel through liquids and solids but the speed depends on the composition of the material.
Vertical (or nearly vertical) fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.
Inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically.
The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
The point directly above the focus on the surface of the Earth.
Is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes magnitude.
A person who studies earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth.

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