Plate tectonics & the structure of ocean basins

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Across
  1. 3. A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of the earths subterranean movements
  2. 5. A fine-grained, deep-sea mud made mostly of shells of dead, microscopic marine organisms
  3. 8. A split or a break
  4. 10. Sediments that come from the land
Down
  1. 1. The wearing down or breaking of rocks while they are in place
  2. 2. Small fossilized remains of organisms, often preserved in association with clay minerals
  3. 4. Process where one tectonic plate slide beneath another and sinks into the earth’s mantle
  4. 6. The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  5. 7. A fracture or zone of weakness in the earths crust where movement occurs between two blocks of rock
  6. 9. A deep and narrow hole, or ditch in the ground