Plate Motion

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Across
  1. 3. a large area of land on Earth's outer layer that sticks up above the ocean, such as Africa and North America
  2. 4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. 6. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. 10. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in gas,lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  5. 11. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement
  6. 12. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  7. 13. how often or fast something happens
  8. 14. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. 15. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
Down
  1. 1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. 2. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  3. 5. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  4. 7. moving apart in different directions
  5. 8. moving toward the same place
  6. 9. the plate where two plates meet