Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. One plate going under anotherridge Underwater mountain chain
  2. 4. Crack in Earth’s surface
  3. 7. Study of Earth’s plates
  4. 10. Melted rock on Earth’s surface
  5. 11. Large piece of Earth’s crust
  6. 12. Earth’s outer layer
  7. 13. Plates moving together
  8. 15. Ancient supercontinent
  9. 17. Deep valley in the ocean floor
  10. 18. Layer beneath the crust
  11. 20. Opening where lava erupts
  12. 21. Center of the Earth
Down
  1. 1. Large landmass
  2. 2. Plates moving apart
  3. 5. Rigid outer layer including crust and upper mantle
  4. 6. Edge where plates meet
  5. 8. Sudden shaking of the ground
  6. 9. Ocean floor spreading area
  7. 14. Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
  8. 16. Soft layer under the lithosphere
  9. 19. Plates sliding past each other