tectonic plate crossword

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  1. 2. formed when these impressions are filled with other types of sediment that form rocks, which take the place of the animal or plant.
  2. 5. the size of the earthquake.
  3. 7. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  4. 8. a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another
  5. 9. an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  6. 12. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.
  7. 13. the edges where two plates meet.
  8. 14. occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone
  9. 16. one of the six or seven great divisions of land on the globe
  10. 17. a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea disturbance or activity near the coast or in the ocean.
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  1. 1. ancient supercontinent that included almost all of the Earth's land area
  2. 2. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  3. 3. a remnant, impression, or trace of an organism of past geologic ages that has been preserved in the earth's crust
  4. 4. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus or hypocenter of an earthquake
  5. 5. the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it
  6. 6. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
  7. 10. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  8. 11. the very hot, very dense center of our planet.
  9. 12. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  10. 15. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates