Plate Motion Amplify

2. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
3. the outside or top layer of something
4. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
8. to examine in detail for a purpose
10. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
11. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
15. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
17. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
20. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
21. how often or fast something happens
22. moving apart in different directions
23. moving toward the same place

1. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
2. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
5. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
6. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
7. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
9. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
12. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
13. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
14. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
16. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
18. boundary the place where two plates meet
19. something we observe to be similar over and over again
21. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement