Earth Science Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. the focal point or origin point of an earthquake
  2. 5. a plate on one side of a fault moves vertical in respect to the other plate
  3. 8. the deepest recorded part of the ocean, located near Japan
  4. 13. boundary between the crust and mantle
  5. 16. a supercontinent formed by Pangea that consists of Europe, Asia, and North America
  6. 18. when it erupts, lava is released from a linear vent in the earth
  7. 19. most animal life dies here because of a lack of dissolved oxygen in the water
  8. 20. the chemical compound of O3 that protects the earth from the sun's radiation and is mostly found in the stratosphere
Down
  1. 1. causes an extreme growth in algae and pollutes the necessary nutrients for water life
  2. 2. sea creatures exist and produce their own light within high pressure
  3. 4. hot and less dense liquid rises and cools, then sinks
  4. 6. under the lithosphere and consists of the upper mantle
  5. 7. two plates slide past each other
  6. 9. an underwater plain found deep in the ocean
  7. 10. one plate slides under another plate
  8. 11. the top layer of the ocean where light is visible and the warmest temperatures are recorded
  9. 12. too little oxygen in a body of water that leads to the death of many or all sea creatures within that area
  10. 14. a bubbly, extrusive, basaltic lava
  11. 15. land that separates water going into other bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or streams
  12. 17. a volcano found in the ocean where there is seafloor spreading