plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

15 Clues: Plate made of oceanic crust • Plate made of continental crust • Boundary where two plates split • Boundary where two plates collide • Deep, narrow depressions in the ocean floor • Proposer of the Theory of Continental Drift • Undersea mountain created by diverging plates • Boundary where two plates slide against each other • ...

7 Clues: drift • valleys • currents • spreading • tectonics • boundaries • boundaries

7 Clues: HEAT • HEAT • ZONES • ENERGY • GRADIENT • TECTONICS • SPREADING

11 Clues: When two plates collide • When two plates break apart • Forms when two oceanic plates collide • When two plates grind among each other • When two plates split and forms a _____ • When one plate goes underneath the other • Forms when two continental plates collide • Large landmasses that sit on top of plates • Tectonics Pieces in the Earth that move and shift • ...

15 Clues: Crust The outer layer of Earth • Drift Movement of the continents • Tectonics Sections of the Earth's lithosphere • A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor • Outer part of Earth including crust and mantle • When the continents were all connected together • Current transfers heat from one place to another • Upper part of Earth's mantle; beneath the lithosphere • ...

14 Clues: a rock layer • hot molten rock • geologic time scale • pieces of the earths crust • the last supercontinent to form • when ocean plates slide under continental plates • formation of new ocean crust at the mid ocean ridge • model of rock strata that documents the history of the earth • study of earth shaping processes and the structures they form • ...

12 Clues: An earthquake's energy travels in _____. • The name of the ocean wave created by an earthquake • Mesosaur fossils are only found in South America and • The most dangerous earthquakes are the opposite of deep. • The piece of equipment used to measure the movement of the earth. • Earthquakes don't happen over 700km below ground because the rocks are very ___ • ...

6 Clues: zone • drift • current • reversal • spreading • tectonics

16 Clues: ocean ridge. • Place where plates slide past each other. • The study of the magnetic record in rocks. • The process of the ocean floor moving away from • An instrument used for measuring magnetic forces. • A line on a map connecting points to the same time. • Gradual movement of continents across earth's surface. • ...

19 Clues: Molten rock • A crack in the Earth's crust. • The outer layer of the Earth. • A type of boundary where plates collide. • The point where seismic waves originates. • Instrument that records earthquake waves. • A mountain formed from the eruption of lava. • Large sections of the Earth's crust that move. • Comprised by the Earth's crust and the upper mantle. • ...

52 Clues: the densest layer of the Earth • the thickest layer of the Earth • melted rock above Earth's surface • the cooling down of magma or lava • melted rock below Earth's surface • water sinking into Earth's surfave • the type of rock created from magma • a type of air mass that forms over land • the layer of Earth that is the thinnest • the day-to-day changes in the atmosphere • ...

10 Clues: How many tectonic plates are there? • Which major plate is the furthest south? • Who proposed the theory of plate tectonics? • The tectonic plates are made up of the crust and? • Which boundaries form when tectonic plates collide? • What is formed when an oceanic plate moves under a continental one • ...

9 Clues: Opposite of cold • Is a layer below the crust • Ash clouds contain poisonous • Valley occurs at divergent boundary • Molten rock that flows from a volcano • At this type of boundary rocks are broken as the plate grind • Where two tectonics plate come together or coverage and overlap • They are two tectonic plate moving away from each other in opposite direction • ...

10 Clues: Arithmetical subtraction • Departing from convention • The dynamics of plate movement • rock formed by the molten magma • rock altered by pressure and heat • to change from one thing to another • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • Material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid • The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics • ...

15 Clues: Curved chains of volcanic islands • A region where tectonic plates move apart • Made up of the upper mantle, below lithosphere • When tectonic plates move away from each other • When tectonic plates split apart from each other • Created when tectonic plates are pushed together • Steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean • ...

18 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • ...

9 Clues: the border between two plates. • discovered seafloor spreading using sonar • the formation of new areas in oceanic crust • uses sound waves to locate things in the sea • Spreads apart pushing older rock farther away • cause to break away through faulting caused by plate tectonics • Lowland religion that forms where the earth section moves apart. • ...

8 Clues: drift • ridge • trench • boundary • boundary • boundary • spreading • tectonics

6 Clues: arc • spot • drift • valley • of fire • tectonics

18 Clues: The sky father. • The earth mother. • Means "building". • Rocks formed from magma. • The zone of life on Earth. • The solid part of the earth. • The outermost layer of Earth. • Water _________ to form clouds. • The water component of the Earth. • The thickest section of the Earth. • The god of storms and violent weather. • A layer of gases surrounding the planet. • ...

8 Clues: moves • two dence plates collide • plates slide past eahcother • the outer shell of the earth • two plates colide at equal force • a plate that moves away from another • partly melted rock under the lithosphere • the study of the formation and movement of earths plates

10 Clues: A Massive shape of rock • when the plates are moving • When a plate goes under another • a rock cooled from magma or lava • When something moves closer to another • When two plates move agents each other • A rock made from sediment of other rocks • A material made by weathering and erosion • A rock that has formed from a type of rock • ...

18 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • ...

13 Clues: liquid layer surrounding the inner core. • The place inside Earth where an earthquake originates • the driving force of plate tectonics, occurs in the mantle • when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate • An area where two or more tectonic plates bump into each other • A massive slab or rock made up of Earth's lithosphere is called a • ...

10 Clues: Tectonic? • Very old is? • Magma rising is? • Plate interaction is? • Remains of an animal? • Movement of plates is? • What is the super continent? • The boundary in which plates collide? • When plates move away from each other? • when plates slide past eachtother it is

20 Clues: crust, mantle, core based on chemical makeup of matter • - When the force of gravity moves a plate downward and away from the ridge. • The soft viscous layer of the upper mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core • ...

20 Clues: The outermost, solid layer. • Energy Heat from within the Earth. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • Core Solid sphere of iron and nickel. • Core Liquid layer of iron and nickel. • Crust Thin, dense crust (mostly basalt). • The lower, more rigid part of the mantle. • The ability of solid rock to flow slowly. • Process where one plate dives beneath another. • ...

12 Clues: Earth's outermost layer • crust that contains mostly land • the later of Earth below the crust • the crust that lies beneath the ocean • the valley formed by a diverging plate boundary • location where two tectonic plates meet and slides past each other • location where two tectonic plates meet and are moving toward each other • ...

19 Clues: underwater mountain range • when plates are separating • when the whole world shakes • the part of land we stand on • the crust that is below the ocean • an example of transform boundaries • when tectonic plates are colliding • this is divided into separate plates • there are 3 different types of these • how volcanoes form and how there made • ...

15 Clues: an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times. • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time • ...

20 Clues: The energy waves produced by earthquakes that travel through the Earth. • The location beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake originates. • The hottest, solid center of the Earth composed mainly of iron and nickel. • A lowland region formed where continental plates diverge and the crust thins. • ...

32 Clues: foreshore + berm • from outer space • dangers of the deep • Water returns to Ocean • zone in the ocean bottom • study of marine sediments • shoreline above sea level • shoreline below sea level • skeletons of marine creatures • chemical reactions in the water • boundary between shore and coast • structure for a navigation channel • waves bend nearly parallel to shore • ...

20 Clues: crust, mantle, core based on chemical makeup of matter • - When the force of gravity moves a plate downward and away from the ridge. • The soft viscous layer of the upper mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core • ...

8 Clues: Super-continent • Plate --------- • Two plates colliding • Two plates splitting • Movement of continents • Sinking of tectonic plates • Two plates passing each other • ___-_____+_____,Big hole in the ocean

19 Clues: the place we live • another word for lava • a giant and dangerous wave • boundary two plates collide • land that has been elevated • the second layer of the earth • a hill or mountain that has magma in it • basin a geological basin found in the sea • ocean ridge an underwater mountain system • valley a valley created by divergent plates • ...

14 Clues: synonym for change • plates move away from each other • when plates move towards each other • when plate goes under another plate • a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake • great _______ rift is like a mid-ocean ridge. • a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor • movement of two oceanic plates away from each other • ...

13 Clues: a super continent • movement of the ocean crust • the uppermost solid part of Earths crust • ocean mountain ranges split down the middle • a large part of the earths crust that slowly moves • a type of plate boundry where the plates slowly move • a type of fault where the crust sideways past eachother • the preserved remains of anicient, once living organisms • ...

12 Clues: divide • collide • tectonic plates slide • third layer of the earth • controls plate tectonics • second layer of the earth • innermost layer of the earth • outermost layer of the earth • where earthquake and volcanoes occur most • supercontenint about 225 million years ago • secondary wave that travels in a snake like shape • ...

14 Clues: mountain chain in the world. • and 75% of all active volcanoes on Earth occur here. • - plate boundary where two plates divide, move apart. • - thin, more dense crust that may subduct in a collision. • - plate boundary where two plates collide, come together. • - process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. • ...

14 Clues: The Earth's innermost layer. (4 letters) • The outermost layer of the Earth. (5 letters) • The place where two tectonic plates meet. (8 letters) • A type of plate boundary where plates move apart. (9 letters) • A scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes. (7 letters) • A large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake. (7 letters) • ...

10 Clues: ridges • The partially molten layer of Earth's upper mantle. • Ground shaking caused by the movement of tectonic plates. • The process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. • Mountains formed by molten rock erupting from the Earth's interior. • Wegener: The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • ...

19 Clues: Supercontient • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • a crack split, or break in something. • the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks • ridges- an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics • Zone- is a region of the Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet • crust- uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate • ...

10 Clues: Boundary, Boundary where two plates collide. • Landform created when two continental plates collide. • Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Ridge, Underwater chain of mountains formed at divergent plate boundaries. • Boundary, Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...

6 Clues: Ridge • Crust • Wegener • Tectonics • Hypothesis • Time Scale

14 Clues: A long and narrow ditch • The first layer of Earth • It is basically a landslide • Plates sliding pass each other • Plates moving towards each other • Plates moving part from each other • Directly under the 2nd layer of Earth • The 2nd and 3rd layer of Earth combined • The first two layers of Earth out of five layers • When one plates is forced to sink under another plate • ...

15 Clues: _______ shoot steam and water high into the air. • What layer of the Earth is made up of the upper mantle? • What boundary is when the plates move towards each other? • What other than trenches do convergent boundary's create? • What boundary is when the plates move alongside each other? • What boundary is when the plates move away from each other? • ...

14 Clues: the change in elevation of the crust • process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate • Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart 200 mya. • device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields. • ...

14 Clues: the less dense type of crust • the more dense type of crust • the largest layer of the earth • the low part of a fault block mountain • the high part of a fault block mountain • crust is destroyed at an ocean ________ • the idea that the continents move over time • new crust is created at the mid-ocean _______ • a type of heat transfer in liquids and gasses • ...

14 Clues: A volcano that never erupts • The opening of a volcano top • A mix of volcanic ash and snow • A volcano that erupts regularly • The shape of a volcanic mountains • A volcano that erupts not as often • Island, Solid form of land above sea level • Plates that collides are also called C______ • Plates that separate are also called D______ • ...

14 Clues: A long and narrow ditch • The first layer of Earth • sliding It is basically a landslide • Directly under the 2nd layer of Earth • The 2nd and 3rd layer of Earth combined • boundary Plates sliding pass each other • boundary Plates moving towards each other • boundary Plates moving part from each other • The first two layers of Earth out of five layers • ...

14 Clues: The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth. • The place where two tectonic plates move apart or separate. • The place where two tectonic plates collide or come together. • place where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. • A chain of island volcanoes that form when two oceanic plates converge. • ...

14 Clues: When magnetic objects point North. • the movement of Earth's continents over time. • The process of one plate moving under another. • Name given to a supercontinent that broke apart 200 mya • The boundary between 2 plates that move toward each other • the boundary between 2 plates that slide past each other. • ...

14 Clues: The part of Earth where all life exists. • The envelope of gases surrounding the planet. • Molten rock located beneath the Earth's surface. • Molten rock that has broken through the surface. • Earth's thin, outermost layer made of solid rock. • All the water on Earth's surface, such as lakes and oceans. • ...

14 Clues: Build up landforms • Wears down landforms • Outer layer of the earth • The crust and upper mantle • Thickest, middle layer of earth • Two events or things occur together • Great size or strength of something • When two or more plates come together • Outter shell of earth moving constantly • the measure of how tall or short a wave is • ...

14 Clues: the area of maximum damage from an earthquake • a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • a small, linear crack in the surface of the Earth • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • sinking movement of the ocean floor back into the mantle • ...

10 Clues: Earth's outermost solid layer • Type of rock formed from cooling magma • Process that shapes the Earth's surface • Study of the Earth's physical structure • Type of plate boundary where plates move apart • crust is broken into several large pieces called • Type of rock formed from compression and cementation • The Earth's surface is approximately ___ percent water • ...

14 Clues: moon and sun • an organ organism • an observe on earth • with regard to the sun • temperature for a group of stars • Cycle Of A Star-nebula cloud of gas • tectonics-the dynamics of plate movement • distribution of parts of features on the surface or • of the four divisions the year marked by particular • Systems-the condition of one area at a particular time • ...

10 Clues: Borderline • Molten rocks • The innermost layer of the earth • Movement of the lithospheric plate • Earth crust that is thinner but denser • The break in a rock along which movement has occurred • The vibration of the Earth due to the release of tremendous energy • The outermost rigid layer of the earth consists of the crust and upper mantle • ...

14 Clues: synonym for change • plates move away from each other • when plates move towards each other • when plate goes under another plate • a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake • great _______ rift is like a mid-ocean ridge. • a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor • movement of two oceanic plates away from each other • ...

14 Clues: Type of rock found in the oceanic crust • Type of rock found in the continental crust • A discontinuity that separates the mantle from the core • A discontinuity that separates the crust from the mantle • The core is entirely made up of two metals: iron and ________ • Precursor to the development of the theory of plate tectonics • ...

15 Clues: Continent • Core-A sphere of hot solid metal • Plate-Occurs when two plates slide past each other • layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earths surface • Plate-Occurs when two plates move away from each other • Plate-Occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide • Plates-Thick plates made of andesite and granite that form the Earth • ...

15 Clues: Continent • Core-A sphere of hot solid metal • Plate-Occurs when two plates slide past each other • layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earths surface • Plate-Occurs when two plates move away from each other • Plate-Occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide • Plates-Thick plates made of andesite and granite that form the Earth • ...

22 Clues: area • region • townships • Coordinates • resource oil • birds do this • --- day friday • organization amazon • hazard natural disasters • a government organization • similar to cultural aspects • tectonics earths rigid slabs • map in your head,not on paper • destiny similar to population • the upper most portion of Earth • process alters earths physical system • ...

9 Clues: the upper mantle • had once been joined • is broken into 8 major plates • where plates slide past each other • that move slowly over the lower mantle • where plates slide apart from each other • where two boundary are moving towards each other • when the oceanic plate goes underneath the continental creating volcanoes • ...

10 Clues: Boundary, Boundary where two plates collide. • Landform created when two continental plates collide. • Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Ridge, Underwater chain of mountains formed at divergent plate boundaries. • Boundary, Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...

17 Clues: These isochron maps revealed an interesting ________. • Molten rock below Earth's surface is called ________. • Tectonic plates move very ________, only 1.9 cm per year. • Ocean ________ are deep underwater troughs on the seafloor. • The mid-Atlantic ________ is the youngest part of the ocean. • When magma erupts onto Earth's surface it is called ________. • ...

9 Clues: super-continent • result of plate tectonic movement • result of plate tectonic movement • 90% of earths earthquakes happen here • the layer plate tectonics move very slowly on • theory that states the earth is made up of 13-20 • person who developed the theory of continental drift • evidence of continental drift which involves animals • ...

10 Clues: Location of Spaceships • Location of the Ozone Layer • the layer where meteors burn • where the northern lights occur • When one plate moves under another. • Protects use from UV Lights radiation • tectonic plates slide past each other. • two plates are moving towards each other • the layer where airplanes and hot air balloon can fly within that layer. • ...

7 Clues: joined together • crash collision • where tectonics plates meet • landmass that existed when all continents • boundary-boundary formed by collison of 2 • of fire- ring of volcanoes the pacific plate • plate-the broken up piece of the lithospehre

20 Clues: Raising of land. • Pulling rocks apart. • Dangerous natural events. • Change in shape of rocks. • Squeezing rocks together. • How tectonic plates shift. • Underwater mountain range. • Earth's solid outer layer. • Opening that lets out lava. • Flat areas that are high up. • Crack in the Earth’s surface. • Deep hole in the ocean floor. • Study of movement in the Earth. • ...

15 Clues: formed at plate boundaries • rock formed when lava cools • forms from weathering and erosion • the semi fluid Layer of the mantle • Nome of the ancient super continent • includes the crust and upper mantle • made from high temperatures and pressure • deep, elongated depressions in the ocean • a group of the same species living in an area • ...

16 Clues: layer beneath the crust • rupture on crust of Earth • break or separation in rock • scientist who studies earthquakes • who proposed the theory of plate tectonics • amount of energy released from an earthquake • places where plates pull apart from each other • places where one plate slides beneath the other • point directly above the source of the earthquake • ...

21 Clues: body of water • a time period • studys fossils • a living thing • Big Land Masses • curve in a river • planet we live on • loose dead leaves • warm blooded animal • proof for something • large channel in soil • solid rock outer layer • animal without backbone • large mass of moving ice • micheal jordans middle name • mountain that shoots out lava • organism that no longer lives • ...

9 Clues: lower mantle • Move plates apart • solid outer shell of Earth • fractures in the Earth's crust • smaller earthquakes after the main one • plates that carry pieces of continental crust • underground where the rock gives way in an earthquake • wave of energy that happens when tension in the rock is released • ...

9 Clues: volcano • pull slab • earthquake • lithosphere • asthenosphere • Push ridge pull • mantle convection • continental drift • Plates tectonic plates

9 Clues: Big wave • lava like • something that contains lava. • sudden violent shaking of the ground • something that has changed of transformed. • Innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • the root or the strongest part of the earthquake. • a rock created by the accumulation of other rocks. • rock created from the cooling and solidified lava.

11 Clues: move • zone • cruve • crust • ranges • material • bounders • two blocks • ocean trench • ocean ridges • floor spreading

9 Clues: the thin, outermost layer of the Earth • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core • the soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move • a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top the asthenosphere • the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • ...

10 Clues: hot molten rock • occur at divergent boundaries • ridge underwater mountain range • Boundary denser plate slides under • Boundary where two plates come together • Current transfering heat from one another • rocky outermost shell of Earth's interior • Boundary two plates sliding past each other • collusion, plates go up and make fold mountains • ...

9 Clues: move away • molten rock • move together • thinner, denser • moves continents • thicker, less dense • slide past each other • when one plate goes under the other • new ocean floor from divergent boundary

9 Clues: towards each other. • against each other. • away from each other. • harsh plate movements. • a zone where a denser plate sinks. • process that causes plates to move. • a spot under the crust where magma rises. • land formation where magma rises to the surface. • what is caused by the same desity convergent plates.

9 Clues: The biggest mountain • still growing mountain • smallest mountain in the world • longest mountain range in the world • 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain • where two continental plates collide. • the mountain that has never been climbed • the mountain has killed the most climbers • is the shortest mountain range in the world

9 Clues: when two plates come together • the border between two plates • when one plate sinks under another • where two plates slide past one another • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle • ...

9 Clues: molten rock • slides apart • slides together • divergent plates move • plate tectonic _________ • slides next to each other • explodes and has a magma chamber • diveregnt plates move (in the ocean) • one plate is more dense then the other

10 Clues: This is housed in the mantel • When two plates collided together • When two plates slide past each other • This occurs at the divergent boundaries • Valleys This occurs by the divergent boundaries • When one convergent plate is more denser that the others • Plate The denser it gets it is forced down to the mantel • ...

10 Clues: What the Grand Canyon is • Where the Grand Canyon formed • plate tectonics rocks high and flat • What the bands of red rock are doing • What happened to the top layer of rock • What type of history is the Grand Canyon • Upper most layer of rock at the Grand Canyon • The river which helped form the Grand Canyon • Plateau The plate that caused the Grand Canyon • ...

13 Clues: A large hill • Fuji: mountain in Japan • lowering of the Earth's crust • push together to form mountains • Olympus: tallest mountain in Greece • eroded remnants of this form mountains • ranges: a group of mountains in a single area • help form mountains or are dormant and become one • boundaries: plate boundary that causes mountains to from • ...

9 Clues: continents • outer-shell • moving-away • molten rock • magma circle • ocean/mentle • come together • ;ayer below the crust • grinds past each other

9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle

9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle

9 Clues: Henry Hess' theory • where plates collide • Alfred Wegener's theory • convergent plates form these • famous fault like in California • where plates slide next to each other • where plates move away from each other • __________ currents cause plates to move • when denser plates go under less dense plates

9 Clues: tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses • tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • when two plates slide past each other Ex: fault lines • sea floor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries • long crack in the surface on the earth, earthquakes usually occur • when two plates move away from each other Ex: rift valley, mid ocean ridge • ...

9 Clues: Big wave • lava like • something that contains lava. • sudden violent shaking of the ground • something that has changed of transformed. • Innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • the root or the strongest part of the earthquake. • a rock created by the accumulation of other rocks. • rock created from the cooling and solidified lava.

10 Clues: the outermost layer of a planet. • surface along which rocks break and move • plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • surface along which rocks break and move • all landmasses were connected then broke apart. • steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent • vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults • ...

9 Clues: Moving Away • Moves Along • Moving under • Lava come out of • 11-77 km in depth • A valley under water • When the ground shakes • Between the crust and the core • A large destructive wave of water

9 Clues: Molten rock • What is Mt. Everest? • Shaking of the Earth • Plates slide past each other • Occur at divergent boundaries • Plates move AWAY from each other • Plates move TOWARD from each other • 1 convergent plate more dense than the other v< • openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.

9 Clues: the border between two plates. • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust, • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • In the subduction zone where tectonic plates collide • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. I • extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface. • ...

9 Clues: a crack, split, or break in something. • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line. • tending to be different or develop in different directions. • coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas. • composed of the oceanic lithosphere and the thicker continental lithosphere • ...

9 Clues: this prefix means under • the outermost layer on the earth • The change of the magnetic poles • the process that creates new sea floor • One plate's edge being pushed under another plate • The theory that earth is made of giant, moving slabs • A system of ideas that explains many related observations. • Any movement of matter that results from differences in density • ...

9 Clues: Va l y • Oc a i • Coll e • w e er • Vol a o • Div r n • Tran o m • Con i en a • Co v g t