Plate Tectonics Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. pressure causing rock layers to fold downward
  2. 6. fan feature that forms when a river deposits sediment on land
  3. 7. area around a river where sediment is deposited when it overflows
  4. 11. slope of a river
  5. 14. feature that forms when sediment is carried from a river into another body of water
  6. 16. a valley formed by glaciers
  7. 17. a crack in the Earth's surface caused by pressure
  8. 18. processes a process which breaks down landforms
  9. 19. a destructive process where sediment is moved to another place
  10. 20. tiny pieces of natural material
Down
  1. 1. a tall landform formed by convergent boundaries or convection currents
  2. 2. valley formed by rivers and erosion
  3. 4. processes processes that help build up landforms
  4. 5. process where two plates collide, causing the plates to fold onto itself
  5. 8. natural process that not only alters the soil and rocks but also the plants and animals
  6. 9. the outer layer of the Earth
  7. 10. a plate pulled under another plate at a convergent boundary
  8. 12. the boundary where two plates collide
  9. 13. currents circulating magma in the crust
  10. 15. the slow, broad upward movement of Earth’s surface