Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle

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