Plate Techtonics

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Across
  1. 1. the layer just below the crust in the earths atmosphere
  2. 4. when two plates come together and collide
  3. 8. fault that runs along California
  4. 10. result of a convergent boundary
  5. 11. lift up something; to raise
  6. 12. the layer in the center of the earth
  7. 13. a mountain that pours lava from the mantle
  8. 14. a result of plate movement
  9. 15. the two-sub layers of the earths crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
  10. 19. the earth was created during __________ times
  11. 20. top, thin-layer of the earth
Down
  1. 2. where two techtonic plates slide alongside one another
  2. 3. scientist who studies techtonics
  3. 5. large scale process affecting the structure of earths crust
  4. 6. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  5. 7. the lines where earths different pieces meet
  6. 9. this layer of the earth is made up of iron and nickel
  7. 16. the science that deals with earths history, structure, and processes
  8. 17. when two plates move away from each other
  9. 18. a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault