Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. string of volcanoes, or seismic activity around the edges of the pacific ocean
  2. 3. result of plates releasing stress
  3. 5. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal
  4. 6. result of magma from the earth making its way to the surface
  5. 8. Plates that come together
  6. 13. Plate located under South America
  7. 15. theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  8. 17. plate located under North America
  9. 18. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present day continents were joined together
  10. 19. Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. Plates that spread apart
  2. 3. Plate located under Europe and Asia
  3. 4. Plate located under Africa
  4. 7. outer most layer of the Earth
  5. 9. symbolizes the edge of the plates
  6. 10. plate located under the pacific ocean
  7. 11. Plate located under India and Oceania
  8. 12. part of the earth's crust that moves
  9. 14. big wave because of release of energy in the earth's crust
  10. 16. melted rock on the Earth's surface