Tectonic Plates Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. ____________ who study these events use data from plate movements to help make predictions about future earthquakes or eruptions.
  2. 7. The second type is called a __________ boundary.
  3. 8. Areas where the plates meet are called ____________.
  4. 9. The outermost layer of the earth is called the crust and it is broken into large pieces called ________ plates.
  5. 10. The _________________ is a term given to a circular region on a world map that has a lot of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
  6. 11. These huge pieces of Earth’s surface slowly move at about the _________ that your fingernails grow.
  7. 12. There are 3 main ________ of plate boundaries.
Down
  1. 1. ____________ of tectonic plates is powered by convection.
  2. 2. _________________ collect and analyze data such as the size, location and depth of earthquakes.
  3. 3. This slow movement of hot rock inside the earth is what _________ the movement of tectonic plates at the surface.
  4. 5. This is when tectonic plates are ____________ past each other.
  5. 6. There are more than 20,000 _____________ that happen on Earth every year
  6. 9. This __________ is widely accepted due to the many kinds of evidence that support it.