This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 10 clues. Answers range from 5 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Earth's outermost layer, which varies in thickness from about 5km to 60km and is separated from the mantle by the Moho Discontinuity
point of Earth's surface directely above an earthquake's focus
in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs
very dense, solid center od the Earth that is made of mostly iron with smaller amounts of oxygen, silicon, sulfur, or nickel
measure of the energy released by an earthquake
Largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core and that is made mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron
break in rock due to tension forces, where rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface
waves that travel outward from an Earthquake's focus and cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving
a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
a fluid layer about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) thick and composed of iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle.