Earth Science Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. land that separates water going into other bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or streams
  2. 6. the deepest recorded part of the ocean, located near Japan
  3. 7. one plate slides under another plate
  4. 10. two plates slide past each other
  5. 11. a bubbly, extrusive, basaltic lava
  6. 12. hot and less dense liquid rises and cools, then sinks
  7. 15. causes an extreme growth in algae and pollutes the necessary nutrients for water life
  8. 18. sea creatures exist and produce their own light within high pressure
  9. 19. an underwater plain found deep in the ocean
  10. 20. the focal point or origin point of an earthquake
Down
  1. 1. a plate on one side of a fault moves vertical in respect to the other plate
  2. 3. when it erupts, lava is released from a linear vent in the earth
  3. 4. a supercontinent formed by Pangea that consists of Europe, Asia, and North America
  4. 5. the chemical compound of O3 that protects the earth from the sun's radiation and is mostly found in the stratosphere
  5. 8. boundary between the crust and mantle
  6. 9. most animal life dies here because of a lack of dissolved oxygen in the water
  7. 13. too little oxygen in a body of water that leads to the death of many or all sea creatures within that area
  8. 14. under the lithosphere and consists of the upper mantle
  9. 16. the top layer of the ocean where light is visible and the warmest temperatures are recorded
  10. 17. a volcano found in the ocean where there is seafloor spreading