Earth’s Crust Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: fault : a break in the rock of the earth’s crust along which there has been displacement (movement), focus : an earthquake’s point of origin within the earth, seismograph : an instrument designed to measure and record the magnitude of an earthquake, seismic waves : vibrational energy that radiates through the earth from an earthquake, magnitude : the total energy released by an earthquake, measured by the richter scale, wavelength : the distance between corresponding points on two successive crests or two successive troughs of a wave, seismologist : a scientist who studies earthquakes, origin time : the time when an earthquake occurs at its epicenter, crust : the thin, outermost layer of the solid earth, granitic : rocks composed mostly of light-colored, low density minerals like quartz and feldspar, mantle : the portion of the earth below the crust and above the core, meteorites : a natural object that has fallen to the earth from space, core : the innermost layer of the earth, thought to be composed mostly of iron and nickel, magma : molten rock with the earth, tsunami : an ocean wave or a series of waves usually associated with undersea earthquakes, tectonics : the study of large-scale deformations of the earth.