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Across
- 2. Lie along boundaries of tectonic plates where earthquakes occur frequently
- 4. Able to be shaped and molded easily
- 7. Occurs when two convergent plates collide
- 8. The innermost layer of the Earth, comprised of mostly iron and nickel
- 10. Ocean Ridge Occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is made
- 15. An oceanic plate which also happens to be the largest plate on Earth
- 17. A group of islands scattered across a body of water
- 18. The moving of Earth's magma, making tectonic plates too move
Down
- 1. The state of matter where matter is less tightly packed than a solid but not gaseous
- 2. The remains of dead animals and plants after long periods of time
- 3. Beneath the crust and made mostly of rocks and mineral
- 5. Deposit of dead plants compressed and heated over the course of millions of years
- 6. The outer part of the Earth containing the crust and outer mantle
- 8. A shell mostly made up of solid rocks and minerals
- 9. The state of matter where matter is most tightly packed
- 11. One of the main metals in the Earth's core
- 12. Either created by erosion or by subduction
- 13. At the border of divergent plates, and can occur both on land and under water
- 14. Wegener Scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
- 16. One of the main metals in the Earth's core