Plate Motion Review
Across
- 4. moving towards the same place
- 6. the place where 2 plates meet
- 7. to examine in detail for a purpose
- 9. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- 11. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water
- 12. thinking about your understanding as you read
- 13. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
- 14. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
Down
- 1. scientists that study rocks and fossils and examine patterns on Earth's surface in order to make claims about what geologic processes are happening
- 2. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava and ash are pushed out of the surface of earth
- 3. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- 5. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- 8. moving apart in different directions
- 10. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like