Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. When a lot of stored-up energy along a boundary line is released, causing the ground to shake.
  2. 8. A plate boundary that is spreading apart.
  3. 9. A plate boundary that is crashing together.
  4. 11. Created when two continental plates diverge.
  5. 12. This plate smashed into Asia, creating the Himalayan Mountain Range.
  6. 13. All the surface of Earth, including the ocean floor.
Down
  1. 1. Created when two continental plates converge.
  2. 2. The largest tectonic plate. Contains Hawaii.
  3. 4. The extremely hot center of Earth.
  4. 5. The many layers of hot material between the crust and the core of Earth.
  5. 6. When ocean plates diverge, creating new oceanic crust.
  6. 7. A plate boundary that is sliding side-by-side.
  7. 10. Lava escaping from a weak point in the crust. Can generate entire islands.