Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. When two plates come together
  2. 4. Smooth and ropey lava
  3. 8. A solid material that is ejected from a volcano
  4. 9. A mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption
  5. 10. "All lands"
  6. 11. When magma reaches the surface
  7. 13. A long narrow split where basaltic magma flows out
  8. 17. ThSouthern-day continents of SOuth America, Africa, Antarctica, and the subcontinent of India
  9. 18. Found at the edge of a continent
  10. 19. Magma that is thick and traps gas bubbles
  11. 20. The crust is made up of plates that float on the asthemosphere
  12. 21. The theory that all landmasses on earth were once together
Down
  1. 1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. 2. Larger rocks that are blown from the crater of a volcano
  3. 5. The seafloor is spreading along theMid-Ocean Ridge
  4. 6. Pebble-sized material that is thrown from a volcano
  5. 7. The modern-day continents of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland
  6. 8. When two plates slide against each other
  7. 12. The Earth's crust is broken up into plates made up of continental and oceanic rock
  8. 14. Molten rock beneath the surface
  9. 15. Magma that is thin and flows easily
  10. 16. Sharp and blocky lava