Tectonic Plates Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. it is an outer layer around earth
  2. 5. until the middle of 1900, people believed that the continents were where they are since the earth was made
  3. 11. drift: earth continents move and where once joined together
  4. 12. is steep elevated caused convergent boundaries
  5. 14. Are two tectonic plates collide one plate will subduct or go under the other
  6. 16. It happens when two plates release stored energy along the fault
  7. 19. Is a large deep hole in the ground
  8. 20. Are two tectonic plates moving apart from rising magma
  9. 22. The believe that all the continents move together
  10. 23. Are two tectonic plates slide past each other
Down
  1. 1. the scale to measure earthquakes
  2. 3. one tectonic plate dives beneath another and sinks into the Earth's mantle
  3. 4. is a old artefact that is buried underneath ground for years
  4. 6. unit used to determine core strength of the earthquake
  5. 7. the outer shell of the earth slowly move around
  6. 8. is a big study of how the earth plants move
  7. 9. a fracture in the Earth's crust where rock masses have shifted relative to each other
  8. 10. A long, narrow, and elevated surface that drops off on both sides
  9. 13. the instrument that records earthquake
  10. 15. These borders are highly active geological zones where the Earth's crustal plates interact
  11. 17. is the center of earth and is solid from pressure
  12. 18. Has an upper and lower layer around earth
  13. 21. when intense heat inside the Earth melts rock into magma