Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 5. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  2. 6. rift valleys where the crust has been stretched
  3. 7. plates move together
  4. 8. continents that move slowly on the Earth's surface
  5. 11. plates move apart
  6. 12. the last supercontinent on Earth about 300 million years ago
Down
  1. 1. plates slip past each other
  2. 2. deep underwater canyons
  3. 3. mid-ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor
  4. 4. from long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
  5. 9. a large elongated depression with steep walls
  6. 10. ocean floor sinks beneath and deep ocean trench and back into the mantle again