Plate Tectonics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Tending to move apart in different directions (9)
  2. 4. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  3. 7. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption (7)
  4. 8. To subject to a mathematical ___ (9)
  5. 9. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust (14)
  6. 10. United States railroad tycoon (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 2. Sudden shakings of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (11)
  2. 3. Tending to come together from different directions (10)
  3. 5. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune (11)
  4. 6. A large number or amount or extent (plural) (9)