Across
- 4. an area in which there are several closely spaced faults
- 6. an inorganic, naturally occurring, homogenous solid, with a definite chemical composition, and ordered (crystalline) atomic structures
- 11. the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
- 12. places where plates slide sideways past each other
- 14. When two plates come together
Down
- 1. occurs along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart
- 2. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
- 3. When two plates move away from each other
- 5. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form
- 7. form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
- 8. an opening on the surface of a planet or moon that allows material warmer than its surroundings to escape from its interior
- 9. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
- 10. formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms
- 13. The rock cycle is a web of processes that outlines how each of the three major rock types—igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary—form and break down based on the different applications of heat and pressure over time