Plate motion
Across
- 6. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
- 7. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano.
- 8. how often or fast something happens.
- 11. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
- 14. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates.
- 15. something we observe to be similar over and over again.
- 16. moving apart in different directions.
- 17. hot liquid rock below the surface of earth.
- 18. earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
- 21. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up earths outer layer.
- 22. the outside or top layer of something.
- 23. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
Down
- 1. any of the many processes in which has, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth.
- 2. a hole in the earth that shoots hot water and steam into the air.
- 3. a word for the USA and Asia and Africa and more.
- 4. the place where two plates meet.
- 5. moving toward the same place.
- 9. to examine in detail for a purpose.
- 10. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
- 12. a sudden shaking of earths surface.
- 13. hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
- 19. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
- 20. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune.