plate tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. - A large mountain range formed by plate collision (7 letters)
  2. 3. - The process by which molten rock rises to form new crust (10 letters)
  3. 8. - The movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates (11 letters)
  4. 11. - The theory that Earth's continents were once joined (8 letters)
  5. 12. - Large, rigid pieces of Earth's lithosphere (5 letters)
  6. 14. - This boundary occurs when two plates move apart (10 letters)
  7. 15. - A deep ocean trench caused by subduction (9 letters)
Down
  1. 1. - A volcanic region on the seafloor formed by tectonic activity (8 letters)
  2. 4. - Earth's outer layer, consisting of the crust and upper mantle (9 letters)
  3. 5. - The boundary where two plates collide (9 letters)
  4. 6. Zone- The center of a mid-ocean ridge (6 letters)
  5. 7. - The area where one plate is forced under another (9 letters)
  6. 9. - An area where a plate sinks beneath another, forming volcanic islands (8 letters)
  7. 10. - This type of plate boundary occurs when plates move toward each other (10 letters)
  8. 13. - A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other (10 letters)