Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 5. spreading of oceanic crust
  2. 6. fracture in the ground where earthquakes usually occur
  3. 11. moving in different directions
  4. 12. coming together
  5. 13. rigid outer part of the earth
  6. 15. sideways downward movement of a tectonic plate
Down
  1. 1. mountain with an opening where magma shoots through
  2. 2. valley between highlands
  3. 3. one plate moving up and one moving down
  4. 4. long narrow ditch
  5. 7. breaking off
  6. 8. tectonic plates moving upward together
  7. 9. mountain range in south america
  8. 10. long chain of active volcanic islands
  9. 14. outermost shell of the earth