Plate Tectonics Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. molten rock in the Earth's crust
  2. 5. regions of Earth where living organisms exist
  3. 11. to use again after processing
  4. 13. linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart
  5. 16. relating to ocean depths from 2000-5000 meters
  6. 17. having undergone transformation by heat/pressure
  7. 18. stack of originally linear surfaces that are bent or curved during permanent deformation
  8. 20. oceanic lithosphere and continental recycle into Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries
Down
  1. 2. chemistry of Earth's crust
  2. 3. solid outer part of Earth that includes crust and upper mantle
  3. 4. slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure; lithosphere floats on this
  4. 6. outermost solid shell of a planet
  5. 7. bottom of sea or ocean
  6. 8. of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the PreCambrian Eon
  7. 9. geologist who uses physical principles to study properties of the Earth
  8. 10. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  9. 12. innermost geological layer
  10. 14. process of covering the earth with masses of ice
  11. 15. branch of geology studying folding and faulting of Earth's crust
  12. 19. part of a rock formation that appears above the surface