Module 7.3 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a crack or a fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement occurs.
  2. 6. a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
  3. 8. the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
  4. 9. a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water.
  5. 10. the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
  6. 11. rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
  7. 12. vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth’s crust.
Down
  1. 1. a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or other space object by the impact of a meteorite.
  2. 2. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
  3. 3. a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
  4. 4. an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
  5. 7. the boundary between two plates that slide past each other.