Plate Tectonics

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