Plate Motion Ainsley Wiers

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Across
  1. 6. A sudden shaking of Earth’s surfaces
  2. 8. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. 9. A natural spring that sends hot water and steam into the air from a hole in the ground
  4. 11. The ____ core is the innermost part of Earth
  5. 14. Moving toward the same place
  6. 15. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor
  7. 18. Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
  8. 19. A _____ structure is how the particles in a mineral or chemical are arranged
  9. 20. Moving apart in different directions
Down
  1. 1. Some people think that South America and _____ used to be connected
  2. 2. Outermost, rocky layer of Earth
  3. 3. A layer of Earth’s surface, lying just below the crust and above the inner core
  4. 4. A _______ rock is a rock that has been changed over time by high pressures and temperatures
  5. 5. Remains, impression, track, or other evidence of ancient organisms
  6. 7. A mid-______ ridge is an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  7. 10. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  8. 12. _____ are solid earth materials formed from a mixture of minerals and sometimes other materials
  9. 13. Some people believe that the ______ fit together like puzzle pieces
  10. 16. How often or fast something happens
  11. 17. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth