Geology crossword puzzle by Hazel

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Across
  1. 5. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  2. 7. to examine in detail for a purpose
  3. 9. any of earths main continuous areas of land
  4. 13. a sudden shake of earths surface
  5. 17. a dinosaur who’s fossils has been found in two continents
  6. 18. something we observe to be simpler over and over again
  7. 19. moving apart in different directions
  8. 20. hot liquid rock
  9. 21. beneath this thick soil is a thick layer of ____
Down
  1. 1. moving towards the same place
  2. 2. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  3. 3. the soft layer of soil and rocks under earths plates
  4. 4. one of the large sections of hard solid rock
  5. 6. how often or fast something happens
  6. 8. also known as dirt
  7. 10. a natural spring that sends water into the air
  8. 11. the sudden pushing out of something
  9. 12. organisms that were covered by dust and debris hundreds of years
  10. 14. a feature that forms on a surface of a planet
  11. 15. every time you walk outside, you are in contact with earth’s _____
  12. 16. melting rocks