Earths layers and plates

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Across
  1. 3. when forces act to squeeze an object
  2. 7. the sinking of regions to lower elevations
  3. 8. the outermost rigid layer of the earth
  4. 9. the central part of the earth below the mantle
  5. 10. the rising of regions of earth's crust to higher elevations
  6. 14. the process by which oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the the surface and solidifying
Down
  1. 1. ____ boundaries move towards each other
  2. 2. A theory of which all the continents in the world formed a single landmass, broke up, and floated to their present location.
  3. 4. stress that occur when forces act to stretch an object
  4. 5. the layer of rock between the crust and core
  5. 6. ____ boundaries move away from each other
  6. 11. the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into pieces and float along the asthenosphere
  7. 12. A break in a body of rock on which one block slides past each other
  8. 13. the strong lower part of the mantle