Science Word Puzzle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock (7)
  2. 4. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (5)
  3. 5. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)
  4. 6. An inclined ___ in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to (11)
  5. 10. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust (14)
  6. 11. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration (11)
  7. 12. A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano (6)
  8. 14. Feeling of pressure or worry (6)
  9. 15. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)

Down

  1. 1. Mountain that erupts with lava (7)
  2. 3. A change for the worse (11)
  3. 7. A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense (7)
  4. 8. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression (7)
  5. 9. An increase in the density of something (11)
  6. 13. A gap between cloud masses (4)
  7. 15. The central part of the Earth (4)