Across
- 3. rise-a wide, gentle incline from a deep ocean plain to a continental slope
- 5. action of compressing or being compressed.
- 6. Shelf-the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean
- 7. state of being stretched tight.
- 9. Currents-a current in a fluid that results from convection.
- 10. off or cause to break off
- 11. upper layer of the earth's mantle
- 12. slope-the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
Down
- 1. Boundary-places where two or more plates move toward each other
- 2. Boundary-occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- 4. boundary-occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another
- 5. margin-the submarine edge of the continental crust distinguished by relatively light
- 8. rigid outer part of the earth