Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. the rising of regions to higher elevations
  2. 3. upward arching folds
  3. 4. stress that occurs when forces stratch an object
  4. 5. the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  5. 7. the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
  6. 8. the outermost thin layer of the Earth above the mantle
  7. 10. the solid outer layer that consists of the crust and upper rigid mantle
  8. 14. stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object
  9. 17. a system of satellites used to measure plate tectonic movement
  10. 18. the central part of Earth
Down
  1. 1. the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  2. 3. the soft layer of the mantle on which tectonic plates move
  3. 5. rock layers folded so that rock layers are horizontal
  4. 6. a huge body of water that existed along with Pangaea
  5. 9. the proces in which rock changes shape through states
  6. 11. the sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations
  7. 12. when crust slowly springs back to its original position
  8. 13. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  9. 15. a supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago
  10. 16. downward troughlike folds