Plate Tectonics Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Consists of Earth's crust and upper mantle and is where plate tectonics occur
  2. 6. The study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals
  3. 8. One plate sinks beneath the other
  4. 10. The study of life on earth reflected in the fossil record
  5. 14. Tectonic plate boundary where crust is destroyed as plates move toward each other
  6. 15. Thinnest layer of the Earth, often described as rigid and fragile, while containing a majority of the elements found on Earth (>90% silicon and oxygen)
Down
  1. 1. The study of earthquakes
  2. 2. Tectonic plate boundary where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as plates slide past each other
  3. 3. Tectonic plate boundary where new crust is formed as plates move apart from each other
  4. 5. Thickest layer of the Earth made of molten rock, described as plasticity, and comprises of mainly the following elements: silicon, oxygen, and magnesium
  5. 7. Within the upper mantle and is the weak, easily deformed layer of the Earth that the tectonic plates slide over
  6. 9. Solid, dense ball made up of iron and nickel
  7. 11. The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere (a.k.a. space, the final frontier)
  8. 12. The study of the history of Earth and its life recorded in rocks
  9. 13. Liquid molten rock, containing mostly iron and nickel