Earth & Plate Tectonics
Across
- 2. An opening where magma reaches the surface
- 5. Plates slide past each other
- 12. Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move.(plates)
- 16. Plates move away from each other
- 18. Shaking caused by moving plates
- 19. Crust that forms the continents
- 21. Plates move toward each other
Down
- 1. Melted rock below Earth’s surface
- 3. The liquid metal layer around the inner core
- 4. The thick layer beneath the crust
- 6. When land forms in the ocean from volcanoes
- 7. The hot, solid center of Earth
- 8. boundary The place where plates meet
- 9. The theory that explains plate movement
- 10. A small, steep volcano made of ash
- 11. A tall volcano with layers of lava and ash
- 13. Crust found under the oceans
- 14. The thin outer layer of Earth
- 15. A wide volcano with gentle slopes
- 17. A large ocean wave caused by an earthquake
- 20. The planet we live on