Tectonic Plates Crossword

2. a large movement of water in on e general direction
3. all sediment slowly moving
5. any of the regions of the surface of earth loosely divided by longitude and latitude
7. a large landmass or continent
9. floor the bottom of the ocean
11. a fracture in earth's crust where rocks have moved
12. a line that separates two distinct things
15. the line along which a large body of water meets the land
16. the innermost part of the earth
17. two plates slide past each other horizontally

1. the sideways or down word movement of the edge of a plate of earths crust
3. moving in different directions
4. moving towards something
6. natural disasters that cause sudden and violent shaking of the ground
7. earths thin rocky outer layer
8. mostly solid bulk of earths interior
10. the process where rock layers bend and buckle under stress rather than breaking
13. one giant landmass
14. an opening on the mountain or hill that allows material warmer than its surroundings to escape from the inside
17. relating to the structures of earth's crust