Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
a c e a
The largest ___ in the world
2.
a c t c
The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
3.
v
Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
4.
T m
A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
5.
s s a
A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration
6.
a e h
A tremor occurring ___ the main shock of an earthquake
7.
o
A port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu
8.
u E n
9.
t S H l
10.
i y s
A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet (plural)
11.
d o a d
12.
y e
13.
o t s
One of the large landmasses of the earth (plural)
14.
t e
Reduced to liquid form by heating
15.
F n n s
16.
E e g
A sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action
17.
l a n
A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
18.
s m