Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 1. The solid portion on which we stand on
  2. 2. The innermost part of the Earth
  3. 4. The study of the formation and movement of these plates is called?
  4. 7. These travel at about 6-7 km per second
  5. 9. How have scientist learned what makes up the planet's interior
  6. 11. These waves are picked up by seismographs
  7. 12. When lithospheric plates slide past each other, a break or crack in the earth can occur
Down
  1. 1. These are created when heating causes material to expand and rise
  2. 3. the crust and the upper portion of the mantle
  3. 4. Ocean The largest belt is located where?
  4. 5. layer within the mantle
  5. 6. This occurs when stresses build up and fractures occur
  6. 8. How many layers of Earth are there?
  7. 10. A plastic but solid material