Plate Motion

2. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation,
4. a claim supported by evidence
10. to examine in detail for a purpose
11. something we observe to be similar over and over again
12. a proposed answer to a question about the natural world
13. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
14. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates

1. moving apart in different directions
3. how often or fast something happens
5. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
6. moving toward the same pcross-section section - a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
7. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows)
8. information about the natural world that is used to support or go against
9. the place where two plates meet
11. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
15. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface