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