Jayla's Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  2. 4. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  3. 8. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil.
  4. 11. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  5. 14. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  6. 16. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  7. 17. how often or fast something happens
  8. 20. moving apart in different directions
  9. 21. A large sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide.
  10. 22. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  11. 24. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  12. 25. A crack in the Earth's crust, typically associated with plate boundaries.
  13. 28. the place where two plates meet
  14. 30. The movement of fluid in the mantle caused by the heat from the Earth's core, driving plate tectonics.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and slowly moves away from the ridge.
  2. 2. Waves of energy that travel through the Earth as a result of an earthquake.
  3. 5. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  4. 6. moving toward the same place
  5. 7. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it
  6. 9. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and the upper mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
  7. 10. the outside or top layer of something
  8. 12. The gradual movement of continents across the Earth’s surface over geological time.
  9. 13. A location where magma rises from deep within the Earth and can cause volcanic activity, often in the middle of a tectonic plate.
  10. 15. Large slabs of Earth’s lithosphere that move over the mantle.
  11. 18. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  12. 19. hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth
  13. 23. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  14. 26. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  15. 27. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  16. 29. where two of the tectonic plates slide alongside each other.