Earthquakes

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. How tightly packed the matter in something is (7)
  2. 5. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (10)
  3. 8. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust (14)
  4. 9. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)

Down

  1. 1. A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when (7)
  2. 3. A distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively (9)
  3. 4. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration (11)
  4. 6. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (plural) (7)
  5. 7. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace (6)