Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. A scientist who looks for patterns in landforms and geologic events in order to better understand Earth
  2. 3. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  3. 6. moving toward the same place
  4. 9. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in South America and Africa
  5. 10. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. 11. moving apart in different directions
  7. 13. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  8. 14. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  9. 15. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. 16. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  11. 18. how often or fast something happens
  12. 19. an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
Down
  1. 1. the place where two plates come together
  2. 4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. 5. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain or a channel
  4. 7. Earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  5. 8. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  6. 9. an object, diagram, a computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  7. 12. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  8. 17. what Earth’s outer layer is made from