Earth Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The location where one tectonic plate comes in contact with another
  2. 5. The broken sections of Earth’s crust
  3. 6. The thickest layer of the Earth that lies between the crust and outer core
  4. 7. The outermost, solid layer of the Earth
  5. 8. The process that occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate because it is more dense
  6. 10. The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed
  7. 11. The type of plate boundary where two plates collide
Down
  1. 1. All of the continents on Earth used to be joined as one giant landmass and have since slowly drifted to their current locations
  2. 2. The supercontinent that included all current land masses before they split apart
  3. 4. The type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  4. 9. The type of plate boundary where two plates separate or divide