Plate Motion Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. moving toward the same place
  2. 4. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  3. 8. the place where two plates meet
  4. 11. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. 12. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. 13. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  7. 17. how often or fast something happens
  8. 19. the outside or top layer of something
  9. 23. 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
  10. 24. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land
  11. 25. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
Down
  1. 1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  2. 2. moving apart in different directions
  3. 5. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  4. 6. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  5. 7. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  6. 9. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  7. 10. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  8. 11. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  9. 14. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  10. 15. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  11. 16. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  12. 18. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  13. 20. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  14. 21. to examine in detail for a purpose
  15. 22. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement