Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. Plates that slide against each other.
  2. 4. Center of the Earth.
  3. 6. Thin shell on the outside of the Earth. Normally referred to as “the ground”.
  4. 7. Plates that move away from each other.
  5. 8. Hot fluid underneath the Earth’s crust.
  6. 9. When a plate moves sideways and underneath the mantle, going under a different tectonic plate.
Down
  1. 1. A hole that allows lava to come out from under the Earth; usually found where divergent or convergent plate boundaries reside.
  2. 3. Plates that move towards each other.
  3. 4. The movement of heat through matter.
  4. 5. Shifting of the land caused by all three types of plate boundaries. Results in shaking of the ground and sometimes collapsing of buildings.