Tectonic Plates Cross Word

2. a arc shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone
4. a crack or fracture in the earths crust that is associated with movement
5. the solid outer section of Earth
10. a high, large mass of earth and rock that rises above the earth's surface with steep or sloping sides
11. the area where one plate is being pulled under the edge of the other
12. the out come of when two oceanic plates collide, and the older plate it forced under the younger one
14. when two plates are moving apart/away from each other
15. the out come of two continental plates diverge
18. when two plates grind against each other to make an earth quake
20. a steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

1. Tectonic a theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that move over the mantle, the plates act like a hard and rigid shell
3. the scientist who named Pangaea
6. the only liquid layer of earth
7. the earth's crust the makes up the continents
8. molten rock, gases, and solid crystals and minerals
9. when two plates are pushing towards each other
13. where two plates meet
16. when the continents on earth used to be connected in one big piece of land
17. a vent in the earths surface through which magma and gases erupt
19. the rocky inner layer above the core