Across
- 2. Molten rock when it is underground
- 4. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and the outer mantle
- 6. A supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago which included most of the earth's continental ladmasses
- 9. A vent in the crust of the Earth from which molten rock, ask and steam are ejected
- 10. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by stress along a geologic fault
- 11. Continental land masses the move relative to one another
- 12. Innermost part of the earth
- 14. Plates that are moving away from each other
- 17. When one plate is forced beneath another into the mantle
Down
- 1. An area of stress in the earth where broken rocks slide past each other causing a crack in the Earth’s surface
- 3. Plates that slide horizontally against each other
- 5. Plates that are moving toward each other
- 7. Part of the earth that goes around the core and is solid
- 8. What is magma called when it reaches the surface of the Earth?
- 13. The process of wearing away or grinding something down
- 15. Rock that is formed when magma cools and hardens
- 16. The outermost shell of the earth
