Ocean Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. A circular current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  2. 8. A steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the
  3. 9. The gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope
Down
  1. 1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. 2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. 3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. 4. The process where a more dense oceanic plate dives underneath a less dense continental plate
  5. 5. A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
  6. 6. The repetition of a process where improvements/changes are made each time
  7. 7. A steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the