Tectonic Plates

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Across
  1. 3. Tall land that rises high above the ground.
  2. 5. A black rock used for energy, made from old plants. (Naughty kids get this as a present from Santa: a lump of _______.)
  3. 6. Mountains that can erupt with lava and ash.
  4. 7. Huge, slow-moving rivers of ice.
  5. 10. The ocean that spans between California and Japan
  6. 11. Huge pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly.
  7. 16. The ocean between North America and Europe.
  8. 18. A supercontinent from long ago when all land was joined.
  9. 19. When the ground shakes because of moving plates.
  10. 20. The idea that continents slowly move over time.
Down
  1. 1. Old bones or prints left by plants and animals.
  2. 2. A crack in Earth’s crust where movement happens. (Aslo, if someone blames you for something you didn't do, you say: "It's not my ______!"
  3. 4. The crust found under the ocean.
  4. 7. The study of rocks and Earth.
  5. 8. The crust that forms the continents.
  6. 9. A crack where land pulls apart.
  7. 12. The thin, outer layer of Earth where we live.
  8. 13. Melted rock that flows out of a volcano.
  9. 14. The thick layer under Earth’s crust.
  10. 15. Hot, melted rock found under the ground. (Also the name of a bad guy in Dr. Stone anime)
  11. 17. An idea that explains how something works.