Tectonic Plates

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Across
  1. 2. The state the centre of the Earth is in
  2. 4. What happens where 2 plates come together, one going under the other. Most volcanoes on land occur parallel to and inland from this area
  3. 7. Finish the name of this area of volcanoes: Pacific ____ __ ____
  4. 8. The centre of the Earth
  5. 9. Type of boundary where plates move away from each other
  6. 11. Rigid pieces of the Earth's surface that are the cause of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes
  7. 13. The layer of the Earth above the centre and below the top thin layer
Down
  1. 1. The top part of the Earth that's made up of the Crust and Upper Mantle
  2. 3. Type of boundary where plates move towards each other
  3. 5. Type of boundary where plates move alongside each other
  4. 6. The ocean to the East of Aotearoa & the name of one of the plates we sit on
  5. 10. The planet we live on
  6. 12. The top layer of the Earth