Rocks and Tetonic Plates

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Across
  1. 2. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
  2. 5. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  3. 6. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  4. 7. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
  5. 8. the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
  6. 11. moving apart in different directions
  7. 13. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
  8. 15. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. 16. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
  10. 18. small pieces of rock
  11. 20. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  12. 21. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
Down
  1. 1. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  2. 3. the process of sediment being glued together
  3. 4. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  4. 9. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
  5. 10. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  6. 12. moving toward the same place
  7. 14. the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
  8. 17. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
  9. 19. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth