Across
- 3. A huge underwater mountain chain stretching across the ocean ⛰️🌊
- 5. When one plate dives under another like a sneaky submarine 🚢⬇️
- 8. A mountain that can explode with lava—BOOM! 🌋💥
- 9. Rock made from layers stacking up over time like a sandwich 🥪🪨
- 12. When new ocean floor is made as plates pull apart 🌊✨
- 15. Plates pull apart like they’re doing the ultimate stretch 🕺↔️
- 18. A crack in Earth where things can break and shift ⚡🌍
- 20. Melted rock bubbling beneath Earth like underground lava soup 🍲🔥
Down
- 1. The “meeting line” where tectonic plates come together 🤝
- 2. Rock born from cooled melted lava—hot stuff turned solid 🔥🪨
- 4. Plates smash together like bumper cars at full speed 💥🚗
- 6. A super-hot spot under Earth that can pop up volcanoes 🔥🌋
- 7. A rock “time capsule” holding clues from ancient life 🦴⏳
- 10. The science of how Earth’s plates move and groove 🧠🌍
- 11. Rock that got “cooked and squished” into something new ♨️🪨
- 13. The shape or layout of something—like how the seafloor is built 🧩
- 14. The part of Earth’s crust that lives under the ocean 🌊🌍
- 16. When land gets pushed upward like it’s rising on a giant elevator ⬆️⛰️
- 17. The ground starts shaking like a giant is stomping nearby 😬🌍
- 19. A super deep crack in the ocean floor—like Earth’s giant ditch 🌊⬇️