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Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

Andrew: Andrew Linden
Horizontales
Stress that occurs when forces act in parallel but opposite directions pushing parts of a solid in opposite directions
Outer most solid shell of a rocky planet or natural satellite
A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
Upper layer of earths mantle below the lithosphere
The solid outer section of earth which includes the crust and part of the mantle
An actively deforming region where 2 or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
Super continent consisting of all of earths land masses
The theory that earths outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle
Movement of the earths continents relative to each other
A geological fault in which the hanging wall appears to have been pushed up along the footwall
Earths inner most part
A layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies
Verticales
The process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into mantle as the plates converge
A type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction
Liquid layer about 2,300 km thick; composed of iron and nickel that lies above the solid inner core and below its mantle
The sinking of regions of earths crust to lower elevations
Region of earths atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
A process that occurs at mid ocean ridges
Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
An under water mountain range formed by plate tectonics
A region in a longitudinal wave where particles are closest together
The rising of regions of earths crust to higher elevations
A crack in a rock along which slippage has occurred
The innermost layers of a planet