Geology

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Across
  1. 5. The theory that the crust is divided into large pieces that slowly move on top of the mantle
  2. 7. The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth
  3. 8. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
  4. 9. The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates
  5. 10. Deep and narrow depression in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere
Down
  1. 1. The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured
  2. 2. when something is weathered
  3. 3. Melted, or molten, rock material beneath Earth’s surface
  4. 4. Huge pieces of crust that slowly moves on the upper, ductile part of the mantle
  5. 6. The process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge