Restless Earth Vocab crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the process of a new seafloor forming when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies
  2. 4. a movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  3. 5. a wave of energy that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
  4. 6. the movement of continents
  5. 8. the thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle
  6. 12. The process of one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of plate tectonics
  7. 17. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  8. 18. the edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates
  9. 20. the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point or focus
  10. 21. the central part of Earth below the mantle
  11. 22. the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
Down
  1. 1. a break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
  2. 3. the theory that explains how tectonic plates move and change shape
  3. 7. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  4. 9. the location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  5. 10. the solid outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. 11. a change in the direction in which Earth's magnetic field points
  7. 13. any movement of matter that results from differences in density
  8. 14. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  9. 15. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  10. 16. the stronger and lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  11. 19. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle