Plate Tectonics

123456789101112
Across
  1. 3. the center of the earth
  2. 4. Outermost layer on earth
  3. 5. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  4. 7. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies
  5. 11. pieces of the lithosphere that move around, they each have a different name
  6. 12. core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core
Down
  1. 1. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  2. 2. a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core
  3. 4. Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart
  4. 6. a partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer that is located below the solid part of Earth's mantle
  5. 8. the solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. 9. Tectonics pieces of the lithosphere that move around;upper most part of mantle
  7. 10. core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth