Across
- 1. moving apart in different directions
- 5. the place where two plates meet
- 6. something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 7. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
- 11. moving toward the same place
- 12. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- 13. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- 15. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- 17. to examine in detail for a purpose
- 18. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
Down
- 2. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- 3. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- 4. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- 8. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- 9. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- 10. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- 14. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- 16. the outside or top layer of something
