Plate Tectonics
Across
- 2. Layer of Earth that is VERY hot, made of metal, solid
- 4. Geologic feature that made when plates collide; cool at the top; many people climb them
- 6. Part of the crust that is older, less dense, and thicker
- 8. Plates sliding past each other
- 9. Geologic feature where magma rises to the surface of Earth
- 11. Plates coming together
- 13. Plates pulling apart
- 14. Geologic feature that forms from a subduction zone; term for type of warfare in WWI
Down
- 1. Portion of the crust that slowly moves and shifts
- 3. Layer of Earth with convection currents, semi solid
- 5. Molten rock
- 7. What Earth formed from in the solar system, specifically gas and dust; term for extra food
- 10. Part of the crust that is younger, more dense, and thinner
- 11. Layer of Earth that is made of rocks and is cool
- 12. Process by which Earth separated into layer based on density long ago