Plate Tectonics

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A ridge of cracked plates sits above glowing magma as a volcano erupts nearby.

H	K	M	A	G	M	A	O	I	T	P	E
T	C	W	E	E	E	R	M	U	O	K	P
C	O	O	A	X	J	D	T	C	R	B	L
O	N	P	R	V	O	L	C	A	N	O	A
L	T	S	T	G	M	A	N	T	L	E	T
L	I	I	H	C	R	A	T	H	I	Q	E
I	N	O	Q	Y	I	R	I	I	L	M	S
S	E	S	U	B	D	U	C	T	I	O	N
I	N	Q	A	H	G	L	A	S	Z	X	T
O	T	S	K	N	E	H	A	J	A	N	E
N	B	U	E	B	O	U	N	D	A	R	Y
E	N	V	F	N	S	Z	O	D	O	R	S

BOUNDARY
COLLISION
CONTINENT
EARTHQUAKE
MAGMA
MANTLE
PLATES
RIDGE
SUBDUCTION
VOLCANO

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Plates drifting over a molten mantle, subduction dragging seafloor back down, magma rising at a ridge, two continents colliding at the boundary between them. Ten words for the collisions that raise mountains, trigger earthquakes, and feed volcanoes without the ground ever feeling like it moved at all.

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H	K	M	A	G	M	A	O	I	T	P	E
T	C	W	E	E	E	R	M	U	O	K	P
C	O	O	A	X	J	D	T	C	R	B	L
O	N	P	R	V	O	L	C	A	N	O	A
L	T	S	T	G	M	A	N	T	L	E	T
L	I	I	H	C	R	A	T	H	I	Q	E
I	N	O	Q	Y	I	R	I	I	L	M	S
S	E	S	U	B	D	U	C	T	I	O	N
I	N	Q	A	H	G	L	A	S	Z	X	T
O	T	S	K	N	E	H	A	J	A	N	E
N	B	U	E	B	O	U	N	D	A	R	Y
E	N	V	F	N	S	Z	O	D	O	R	S

H	K	M	A	G	M	A	O	I	T	P	E
T	C	W	E	E	E	R	M	U	O	K	P
C	O	O	A	X	J	D	T	C	R	B	L
O	N	P	R	V	O	L	C	A	N	O	A
L	T	S	T	G	M	A	N	T	L	E	T
L	I	I	H	C	R	A	T	H	I	Q	E
I	N	O	Q	Y	I	R	I	I	L	M	S
S	E	S	U	B	D	U	C	T	I	O	N
I	N	Q	A	H	G	L	A	S	Z	X	T
O	T	S	K	N	E	H	A	J	A	N	E
N	B	U	E	B	O	U	N	D	A	R	Y
E	N	V	F	N	S	Z	O	D	O	R	S

Plate Tectonics

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H	K	M	A	G	M	A	O	I	T	P	E
T	C	W	E	E	E	R	M	U	O	K	P
C	O	O	A	X	J	D	T	C	R	B	L
O	N	P	R	V	O	L	C	A	N	O	A
L	T	S	T	G	M	A	N	T	L	E	T
L	I	I	H	C	R	A	T	H	I	Q	E
I	N	O	Q	Y	I	R	I	I	L	M	S
S	E	S	U	B	D	U	C	T	I	O	N
I	N	Q	A	H	G	L	A	S	Z	X	T
O	T	S	K	N	E	H	A	J	A	N	E
N	B	U	E	B	O	U	N	D	A	R	Y
E	N	V	F	N	S	Z	O	D	O	R	S