plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A wide, gently sloped cone that forms from flows of lave.
  2. 2. Hot molten rock below Earth's surface.
  3. 4. The sliding of a denser Ocean plate under another plate when they collide.
  4. 5. A steep sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders.
  5. 6. Heat from below Earth's surface.
  6. 9. The idea that many kinds of rocks form flat horizontal layers.
  7. 12. Earth's solid, rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor.
  8. 13. A cone firmed from explosive eruptions of hot rocks followed by a flow of lava, over and over.
Down
  1. 1. The idea that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor, Spreading apart the crust on either side of the ridges.
  2. 2. The layer beneath Earth's crust.
  3. 3. A very hot part of the Sun's Mantle, Where magma can melt through a plate moving above it.
  4. 5. The idea that a super continent split apart into pieces (The Continents) Which drifted in time to their present locations.
  5. 7. The idea that Earth's surface is broken plates that slide slowly across the mantle.
  6. 8. Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent.
  7. 10. The central opening in a volcanic area through which magma, may escape.
  8. 11. A cup like hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent.