Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle by Chloe Stanley

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Across
  1. 3. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
  2. 7. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  3. 8. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  4. 10. The center of earth.
  5. 11. Made up of the earth’s crust and mantle.
  6. 15. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material.
  7. 17. Type of boundary where two plates collide.
  8. 18. A split between two bodies that were once joined.
  9. 19. The process that occurs when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into Earth's mantle.
  10. 20. A crack that forms when large blocks of rock break.
Down
  1. 1. Liquid magma that reaches the surface.
  2. 2. The thick, dense layer of rock between Earth's crust and its core.
  3. 4. One of the large landmasses of the earth.
  4. 5. The amount of force applied an object.
  5. 6. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
  6. 9. The process by which rocks change shape under stress.
  7. 12. Ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy.
  8. 13. The supercontinent that broke apart 225 million years ago.
  9. 14. Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust.
  10. 16. The outermost layer of earth.