Earth Vocabulary
Across
- 3. The formation of the new areas of the oceanic crust at midocean ridges and its movement on either side
- 6. rock that forms when magma cools on he surface or underground
- 10. Rock that forms when existing rocks change due to heat and/or pressure
Down
- 1. The processes that change the surface of the earth through the movement of the lithospheric plates
- 2. Rock that forms when pebbles,sand,shells, and other pieces are cemented together over time
- 4. Where two plates move together to form volcanoes, islands, and other landforms
- 5. When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another into the mantle where it melts
- 7. Movement of magma in the mantle caused by temperature changes that move the lithospheric plates above
- 8. When plates scrape past each other causing strong earthquakes
- 9. When two plates separate causing underwater volcanic chains and rift valleys