Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a boundary where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  2. 4. a type of crust that forms the continents
  3. 6. a type of boundary where crust is formed
  4. 10. the point below the ground where the earthquake starts
  5. 13. a zone where earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  6. 14. the rapid movement of the ground due to the movement of tectonic plates
  7. 15. the centre of the earth
  8. 18. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occuring in the seafloor
  9. 19. a section of the earth's crust that moves about on the earth's surface
  10. 21. molten rock that has erupted onto earth's surface
  11. 22. a boundary where a section of earth's crust is sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
Down
  1. 2. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  2. 3. a type of crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. 5. name for the crust and upper mantle together
  4. 7. an isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of magma is collected
  5. 8. a boundary where plate collide with each other
  6. 9. a type of boundary where lithosphere is destroyed
  7. 11. the very outer layer of the earth
  8. 12. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  9. 16. molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  10. 17. layer beneath earth's crust
  11. 20. the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake