Tectonic Word Power

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Across
  1. 3. A process where a dense tectonic plate sinks underneath a light one
  2. 4. Boundary between two colliding plates.
  3. 6. Point on Earth's crust directly above an earthquake's hypocenter.
  4. 7. A scientist who studies earthquakes and maps Internal structure.
  5. 9. The subducted tectonic plate beneath the Ring of Fire.
  6. 11. Fracture on Earth's crust.
  7. 13. Rigid layer of Earth that composed of crust and uppermost mantle.
  8. 15. An opening on Earth's surface through which volcanic materials are released.
  9. 16. Layer between the crust and the core.
  10. 17. Two plates are moving away from each other.
Down
  1. 1. Liquid core of the Earth.
  2. 2. Measure the released by an Earthquake.
  3. 4. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  4. 5. Large ocean wave that may result from underwater earthquakes.
  5. 8. Boundary at which two plates slide past each other.
  6. 10. DRIFT Theory of Alfred Wegener.
  7. 12. PLATE A block of rocks that comprise the crust.
  8. 14. Large landmass that is also known as supercontinent.