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Plate Tectonics

Across
The solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
A sudden violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
The rising of regions of the earths crust to higher elevations.
The bending of rock layers due to stress.
The strong,lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.
A brake in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
The central part of the earth below the mantle.
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass.
Down
A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
The sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations
Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
The boundary between plates that slide past each other horizontally.
Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object.
The process by which oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies.
The theory that explains how large pieces of the earths outermost layer move and change shape.
The layer of rock between the earths crust and core.
Thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle.