Rayna's Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. lateral movements of continents
  2. 6. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock
  3. 7. linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  4. 9. actively deforming region where two tectonic plates of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
  5. 11. change in a planet's magnetic field
  6. 14. process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down
  7. 15. theory that all of the continents were once one super continent
Down
  1. 1. process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises
  2. 2. Wegeners Theory
  3. 3. an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field
  4. 4. portion of motion of a tectonic plate
  5. 8. when two plates move beside each other
  6. 10. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. 12. a line on an isotope ratio diagram
  8. 13. linear-shaped lowland between several mountain ranges