Plate Tectonic

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Across
  1. 3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  2. 4. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  3. 8. Two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions.
  4. 10. Where a plate with thinner oceanic crust descends beneath a plate with thicker continental crust.
Down
  1. 1. A connected series of mountains.
  2. 2. When two plates slide past each other.
  3. 5. A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  4. 6. Plate movement is caused by convection currents in the molten rock.
  5. 7. Two tectonic plates come together, converge and overlap.
  6. 9. Form when tectonic plates move apart.