PLATE TECTONICS

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Across
  1. 3. A SUDDEN RELEASE OF ENERGY IN THE EARTH'S CRUST THAT CREATES SEISMIC WAVES.
  2. 10. WHERE TWO CONTINENTS COLLIDE.
  3. 13. WHERE TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER IN A SIDEWAYS MOTION.
  4. 15. WHAT MAKES UP 2/3S OF THE WORLD.
  5. 16. A PLACE WHERE ON PLATE WITH LARGER MASS DIVES BENEATH ANOTHER WITH LESS MASS.
  6. 17. A LARGE LAND FORM THAT IS MADE WHEN TWO PLATE COLLIDE AND THE LAND IS FORCED UPWARD.
  7. 18. THE THOERY WHERE ALL THE CONTINENTS CREATED ONE BIG SUPER CONTINENT.
  8. 19. THE RIGID OUTER MOST SHELL OF THE EARTH.
Down
  1. 1. THE TRANSFER OF HEAT BY THE ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF THE HEATED MATERIAL.
  2. 2. THE MECHANICALLY WEAK AND DUCTILELY-DEFORMING REGION OF THE UPPER MANTLE.
  3. 4. THE TOP LAYER OF THE EARTHS CRUST.
  4. 5. A THIN LAYER OF ROCK THAT SITS IN THE MANTLE.
  5. 6. AN UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN SYSTEM.
  6. 7. A PLANAR FRACTURE OR DICONTINUITY IN A VOLUME OF ROCK.
  7. 8. AN OPENING OR RUPTURE IN A PLANETS SURFACE OR CRUST.
  8. 9. WHERE TWO PLATES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
  9. 10. WHERE TWO PLATES COME TOGETHER.
  10. 11. A TYPE OF EXCAVATION OR DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND CAUSED BY PLATES MOVING APART.
  11. 12. VERY LARGE LLAND MASSES ON EARTH
  12. 14. A PLACE WHERE OCEANIC CRUST IS MADE BY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.