Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. when 2 plates slip past each other
  2. 7. a scientist that studies rock and earth's crust
  3. 8. the theory that the oldest rock is at the bottom and youngest on the top
  4. 10. the 2nd layer of earth
  5. 12. the theory that the continents drift apart
  6. 17. when plates move toward each other
  7. 18. a break in the rock of earth's crust or mantle
  8. 19. The shaking and trembling of a plate after it releases stress
Down
  1. 1. a structure that forms in earth's crust when magma reaches the earth's surface
  2. 2. An area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward
  3. 3. Earth's surface is broken up into more than a dozen distance plates
  4. 4. a natural force on earth that holds plates together
  5. 5. a natural formation formed at convergent boundaries
  6. 6. Most if not all the continent where conected and made a super continect
  7. 9. The type of thermal energy transfer that takes place in earth mantle
  8. 11. the force that acts on rock to change it's shape or volume
  9. 13. when 2 plates move away from each other
  10. 14. The name of the scientist that developed the theory of continental drift
  11. 15. a molten mixture of rock forming substances from the mantle
  12. 16. the remains of a prehistoric orgainsum that were presurved