Across |
1. | Location within Earth that does not move, has a high temperature, and sends molten rock to Earth's surface (2 words) |
4. | Means "to bend" |
8. | Theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that stated Earth's landmasses were once one large continent but have since moved apart (2 words) |
9. | Point within Earth where rocks move and generate seismic waves |
11. | Earthquake scale that measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake |
13. | Transfers energy through a medium as vibrations because particles of the medium touch each other. |
15. | Outermost layer of Earth |
17. | The crust and the uppermost (rigid) mantle |
18. | Transfers energy through a medium due to density differences within the medium. |
19. | Name given to the region surrounding the Pacific Plate due to the large number of explosive volcanoes (3 words) |
20. | Liquid layer within Earth (2 words) |
23. | Seismic wave that travels slowest and only through solids |
26. | Earthquake scale that measures the amount of damage caused by an earthquake |
27. | Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other |
28. | Seismic wave that travels fastest and through any material |
29. | Thickest layer of Earth |
30. | Name of Alfred Wegener's supercontinent |