Plate Tectonics
Across
- 4. these are created by convergent plates
- 5. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates.
- 6. large landmass that rises above an ocean
- 9. Earth’s thickest layer, found between the core and the crust.
- 10. crack in the Earth’s crust where two tectonic plates meet; prone to earthquakes
Down
- 1. hot melted rock inside the Earth that flows to the surface when a volcano erupts.
- 2. uppermost layer of the Earth.
- 3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
- 6. area at the center of the Earth
- 7. sudden and violent movement of the Earths crust that shakes the land
- 8. liquid rock above the Earth's surface