Waves and Tectonics

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Across
  1. 8. __________ boundaries are where plates slide away from each other
  2. 9. the number of crests that pass through a point in a given amount of time
  3. 12. the stretched out part of a longitudinal wave
  4. 14. tectonic plates move because of __________ currents that slowly turn the magma in the mantle like a giant wheel.
  5. 15. continental or oceanic
  6. 19. the process of rocks or sediment being moved from one place to another
  7. 20. rocks formed from cooled magma or lava
  8. 22. the distance between two crests of a wave
  9. 23. at convergent boundaries one plate might slide beneath the other which is called a __________ zone.
  10. 24. a sudden shaking as a result of tectonic plates grinding against each other
  11. 25. the bottom of a wave
Down
  1. 1. the height of a wave
  2. 2. _________ boundaries are where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. 3. the thickest layer of the Earth
  4. 4. the start point of an earthquake
  5. 5. rocks and sediment being laid to rest in a location
  6. 6. the __________ wave is faster and can travel through any matter
  7. 7. the process of rocks breaking into smaller pieces. Can be biological chemical or mechanical.
  8. 10. rocks formed from sediment layers undergoing compaction and cementation
  9. 11. rocks formed from
  10. 13. the ________ core is a solid chunk of metal
  11. 14. the top of a wave
  12. 16. _______ plate
  13. 17. the space where two tectonic plates meet
  14. 18. _______ boundaries are where plates slide towards each other
  15. 21. the _________ wave is slower and may only travel through solids