Plate Tectonics Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. An opening in Earth's crust where lave escapes
  2. 6. A string of volcanic mountains at a subduction zone
  3. 8. The plastic-like layer of the mantle.
  4. 11. Place under Earth's crust where the earthquake happens
  5. 14. A boundary where plates move together
  6. 17. Large vibrations moving through Earth's crust
  7. 20. The lighter, older, and thicker crust.
  8. 23. A boundary where plates move apart.
  9. 24. Kind of volcano with alternating layers of lava
  10. 25. Largest type of volcano with gently sloping sides
  11. 26. German scientist who came up with Continental Drift
Down
  1. 1. A place where two tectonic plates meet.
  2. 2. A deep canyon formed in a subduction zone.
  3. 3. Place where most earthquakes happened
  4. 5. Rock and solid lava falling from the sky
  5. 7. When a denser plate slides under another plate.
  6. 9. An area of volcanic activity in the middle of a plate
  7. 10. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  8. 12. A boundary where plates slide past one another
  9. 13. The crust making up the ocean floor.
  10. 15. __plates are able to move, bend, or break while floating
  11. 16. The thickest layer of Earth just below the crust.
  12. 18. The name of the ocean where you find the Ring of Fire
  13. 19. A mid-ocean ___ is an underwater mountain range.
  14. 21. The crust and rigid upper part of the mantle.
  15. 22. Place on Earth's crust where earthquake is located