Plate edges
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Plate edges
Compare three plate-boundary types and their associated structures.
Boundary type where plates slide horizontally past each other (9)
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About Plate edges
5 Across answers meet 3 Down answers. Compare three plate-boundary types and their associated structures. The rigid outer shell includes both crust and the uppermost mantle.
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Plate edges
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Across
1. Boundary type where plates slide horizontally past each other (9)
3. Process in which one tectonic plate sinks beneath another (10)
5. Boundary type where tectonic plates move apart (9)
6. Rigid outer shell made of crust and uppermost mantle (11)
8. Boundary type where tectonic plates move toward each other (10)
Down
2. Earth layer beneath the crust and above the core (6)
4. Long deep seafloor depression often associated with subduction (6)
7. Elongated zone where a continent is being pulled apart (4)