Plate Tectonics Crossword
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
 
 
Down: 1) Worlds tallest mountain2) A boundary where two plates move away from each other creating new crust4) Whe water, ice, acid, plants, salt, or animals break down or dissolve rock and minerals.5) Liquid rock found below the Earth's surface6) The reason something has occured or is occurring7) Formed when heat and pressure change the original rock into a new rock9) Made up of granite10) Where crust is destroyed12) The movement and collision of tectonic plates14) Two things or events happening together but not causing one another18) The ongoing collision between the Indian plate and Eurasian plate19) Made up of basalt20) The process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another21) The movement of weathered material by wind, water, and ice22) Liquid rock flowing out of a volcano onto the Earth's surface26) Loose earth materials such as sand, soil, and rocks found on the surface of the earth27) Solid rock found everywhere on earth often found under sediments Across: 3) The thick layer of hot, semi-solid rock between the crust and core.8) The section of the crust between earthquake lines11) Rocks that are formed from pre-exisiting rocks or pieces of once-living organisms13) Common along tectonic plate boundaries15) A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other16) Area around the South Pacific that has many volcanoes and earthquakes17) When all the continents were combined/connected23) When movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other24) Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core25) To build up where new crust if formed28) A boundary where two plates move toward each other often causing mountains or subduction29) Earthquakes, volcanoe, and mountain formations30) Cooling and solidification of molten magma or lava
 

 

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