Shake Rattle Roll Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Tectonic Theory – A theory that explains how the Earth’s crust moves like plastic over time, changing shape slowly.
  2. 4. – The hard outer part of the Earth, made up of the crust and the top part of the mantle.
  3. 7. Currents – The circular movement of hot and cooler rock in the mantle that helps move tectonic plates.
  4. 9. – Melted rock found under the Earth’s surface.
  5. 12. Plates – Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move around slowly on the mantle.
  6. 13. Boundary – The edge where two tectonic plates meet.
  7. 16. – All the water on Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and even water in the air.
  8. 19. – A sudden shake of the ground caused by movement of tectonic plates.
  9. 20. Boundary – A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  10. 21. Ridge – A long mountain range under the sea where new crust is formed.
  11. 23. – All the living things on Earth, like animals, plants, and people.
  12. 24. – The layer of gases (like air) that surrounds the Earth.
  13. 25. – Always changing or full of movement.
Down
  1. 1. – A powerful storm with strong winds and heavy rain, usually forming over warm ocean water.
  2. 3. Zones – Places where one tectonic plate slides under another and goes back into the mantle.
  3. 5. Eruption – When magma (hot melted rock) comes out of a volcano.
  4. 6. Force – The pull between objects; it's what keeps us on the ground and affects how plates move.
  5. 8. – Sudden hits or changes caused by things like asteroids or moving plates.
  6. 10. – A softer, almost gooey layer of rock under the lithosphere that the tectonic plates move on.
  7. 11. – The thick layer of hot rock between the crust and the core of the Earth.
  8. 14. – An ancient continent made up of what is now Australia, South America, Africa, Antarctica, and India.
  9. 15. – The thin, solid outer layer of the Earth that we live on.
  10. 17. – A supercontinent that existed a long time ago, made up of all the continents joined together.
  11. 18. – Something that has to do with a continent or big piece of land.
  12. 22. – The remains or traces of plants or animals that lived a long time ago, found in rocks.