Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 4. This is the area where you will find most of the volcanoes in the world
  2. 5. The layer of the earth with the lowest density
  3. 6. The theory that plates slowly move the continents over time
  4. 7. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
  5. 12. Layer of the earth that includes crust and solid upper mantle
  6. 14. Contains solid iron inside the earth
  7. 16. Lava that is below the Earth’s surface
  8. 17. Layer of the earth that contains magma
  9. 19. This is created in the ocean when subduction occurs
  10. 20. Process where one plate moves below another plate
  11. 21. This is where two tectonic plates meet
  12. 22. The process of circulating liquid as it heats and cools
Down
  1. 1. The 750-mile long fault in California that is created by a transform boundary
  2. 2. Large chunks of lithosphere that gradually move
  3. 3. Layer of the earth that contains the asthenosphere
  4. 8. This natural disaster is caused by plates moving
  5. 9. The scientist credited for the Continental Drift theory
  6. 10. Type of boundary where two plates separate
  7. 11. The deepest part of the ocean floor
  8. 13. The prehistoric conglomerate of the 7 continents all combined
  9. 15. The mountain range in Colorado that is created by a collision at a convergent boundary
  10. 18. Contains liquid iron inside the earth
  11. 22. Type of boundary where two plates collide