Across
- 5. a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
- 8. oceanic trenches are formed by the process of subduction
- 12. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano
- 13. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
- 14. destructive plate boundary
- 16. the binding together of particles or other things by cement
- 17. discover or reveal through detailed examination
- 19. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earths crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- 20. supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic
Down
- 1. an idealized cycle of process undergone by rocks in the earths crust
- 2. plutonic rock
- 3. is derived from magma that was poured out or ejected at earths surface
- 4. places where two of the earths tectonic plates move past one another in the horizontal plane
- 6. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earths crust
- 7. the process of crystals forming
- 9. increasing the density
- 10. the points where two or more tectonic plate meets
- 11. a continuous moving band of fabric
- 15. drift movement of the continents across the earth's surface
- 18. a crack in the Earth's surface
