Plate Motion
Across
- 2. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- 4. An object or diagram that helps to show something we can not easily see on Earth
- 5. The sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- 6. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- 7. The outside or top layer of something
- 9. The slow pulling apart of land caused by plate movement
- 10. Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- 11. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- 12. A set of interacting parts that form a complex whole
- 14. The layer of soft, solid rock below Earth's surface
- 16. Any of Earth's continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- 18. The sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- 20. A landform that appears when two plates move apart
- 21. Something we observe over and over again
- 23. A natural spring that sends hot water shooting out into the air
- 24. Evidence of past life, such as bones, leaves, etc.
- 25. Moving toward the same place
Down
- 1. Any of the many processes that involve gas, lava, and ash being pushed to the surface of Earth
- 3. The place where two plates meet
- 8. Moving apart in different directions
- 9. How often or fast something happens
- 13. A feature that forms the surface of a planet, such as mountains, channels, and sand dunes
- 15. To examine in detail for a purpose
- 17. A reptile that lived in Africa and South America about 300 million years ago
- 19. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth's outer layer
- 22. The hard, solid layer of Earth that contains soil, vegetation, and water