Gracelan's Tectonic Plate Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural ways
  2. 4. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  3. 5. any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter
  4. 8. a strike-slip fault occurring at the boundary between two plates of the earth's crust.
  5. 11. an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock
  6. 13. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  7. 15. an extended break in a body of rock
  8. 16. transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock
  9. 18. the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core
  10. 19. a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  11. 21. an elastic wave in the earth produced by and earthquake
Down
  1. 1. rock that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air
  2. 3. having solidified from lava or magma
  3. 6. locations where two plates come together and the impact can result in mountains
  4. 7. boundary the edges where two plates meet
  5. 9. locations where plates are moving away from one another
  6. 10. a rupture in the earths crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
  7. 12. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  8. 14. the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite
  9. 17. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  10. 20. science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.