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Across
  1. 2. fossils found on continents now separated by vast oceans
  2. 7. large natural elevation of the earth's surface
  3. 9. continents were once connected and drifted apart over time
  4. 10. An area experiencing intense conflict or trouble, like a flashpoint or crisis zone
  5. 12. geologic process where new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges
  6. 14. when one tectonic plate slides beneath another
  7. 15. opening in the Earth's crust from which lava, ash, and gases erupt
Down
  1. 1. where two tectonic plates move toward each other
  2. 3. massive slabs of rock that float on Earth's molten mantle
  3. 4. When tectonic plates move apart, creating new crust
  4. 5. underwater mountain range
  5. 6. convergent, divergent, transform
  6. 8. "bowl for washing" or a "river's drainage area"
  7. 11. Supercontinent that broke apart, meaning 'all earth' in Greek
  8. 13. a long, deep depression formed by the Earth's crust splitting apart