Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 4. down as one tectonic plate slides under another
  2. 6. are broken up into sections that fit together but move against each
  3. 9. red-hot melted rock that has erupted above Earth’s crust from deep
  4. 10. to cause a force to be felt or have an effect
  5. 11. the weight or force produced when something presses or pushes against something else
Down
  1. 1. a large area in the earth that is lower than the area around it
  2. 2. heavy, dense rock formed from cooled, hardened lava
  3. 3. melted rock in Earth’s mantle
  4. 5. wave a surge of energy traveling out from an earthquake’s source through the earth
  5. 7. an explanation for why something happens based on evidence
  6. 8. trench a narrow, extremely deep valley formed when the seafloor
  7. 11. tectonics theory that Earth’s crust and the solid top part of the