Natural Hazards: Introductory Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. where 2 plates are moving towards each other
  2. 5. upper part of Earths mantle
  3. 11. floating or rising in fluid
  4. 12. plates located in the ocean
  5. 14. large sections of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. 1. where 2 plates are moving away from each other
  2. 3. theory of plates and their movement
  3. 4. tow or more lithospheric plates and where they meet
  4. 5. curved chain of volcanic structures caused by subduction zones
  5. 6. layer of Earth between the crust and core
  6. 7. solid most outer layer of Earth; above mantle
  7. 8. where a denser plate subducts beneath the other due to density
  8. 9. volcanic area that forms as a tectonic plate moves over a point heated by the mantle
  9. 10. consists of crust and upper mantle
  10. 13. where plates move past each other