Plate Boundary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The outermost sold shell of the Earth
  2. 3. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are sing or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  3. 5. This process occurs when one tectonic plate slides beneath another
  4. 7. TECTONICS The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move
  5. 11. The edge between two tectonic plates
  6. 12. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and
  7. 13. The central part of the Earth
  8. 14. The shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  9. 15. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. CRUST: The relatively thin part of the Earth's crust that anderies the ocean batins
  2. 4. This boundary is where plates collide, leading to mountain formation or volcanic activity
  3. 6. mantle
  4. 8. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  5. 9. This boundary is where plates slide past each other horizontally
  6. 10. This boundary occurs when plates move apart, often forming mid-ocean ridges.