Chapter 9 vocab words
Across
- 4. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves another tectonic plate.
- 7. An event causes a magnetic field to reverse direction.
- 8. The movement of Earth’s continents over time.
- 9. The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density.
- 10. Theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other.
- 11. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
Down
- 1. Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries.
- 2. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a Mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
- 3. The boundary between two plates that move towards each other.
- 5. The boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
- 6. Name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 290 million years ago.