Plate tectonics
Across
- 2. The wearing away and removal of rock.
- 4. The amount of force applied over a certain area.
- 7. The sudden shaking of Earth's surface.
- 8. The outermost layer of Earth.
- 9. The rigid outer part of Earth, made of the crust and upper mantle.
- 11. Hot liquid rock located above the Earth's surface.
- 12. A large ocean wave caused by an earthquake or coastal landslide.
- 13. The sinking of one tectonic plate beneath another.
Down
- 1. The thickest layer of Earth, between the core and the crust.
- 3. A single landmass made of smaller continents joined together.
- 5. Hot liquid rock located below the Earth's surface.
- 6. The gluing together of sediment by new mineral crystals.
- 10. An unusually hot part of the mantle where volcanoes can form.