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Across
  1. 2. a fundamental geological process occurring at convergent plate boundaries where one tectonic plate, typically dense oceanic lithosphere, bends and sinks beneath a less-dense, overriding plate into the Earth's mantle
  2. 5. plate tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean
  3. 6. a vent, fissure, or opening in the Earth's crust that allows molten rock (magma), ash, and gases to escape from below the surface
  4. 8. massive, slow-moving, perennial bodies of compacted snow and ice
  5. 9. a volcanic chain surrounding the Pacific Ocean
Down
  1. 1. plate a major tectonic plate covering most of the Eurasian landmass, excluding the Indian subcontinent, Arabia, and far eastern Siberia
  2. 3. Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, and Source
  3. 4. plate massive, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock
  4. 7. occurs when two tectonic plate converge at a convergent boundary