Living on the Edge Revision
Across
- 3. Type of volcano with convex, shallow slopes
- 4. Two plates of crust moving apart
- 5. Two plates of crust moving together
- 7. Under tectonic plates; sludgy liquid under extreme heat and pressure
- 9. Crust is part of the zone called the ___
- 11. Hot things rise to surface then fall to core, therefore the Earth’s crust is constantly ____
- 12. Gigantic super-continent 200 million years ago
- 14. Volcanic activity releases surges of ___ into the atmosphere
- 16. Living things
Down
- 1. ___of sediment showed the age of sea floor
- 2. Waterways
- 6. two plates of crust grind past each other without destruction
- 8. ___flow is the motion of matter resulting from change in temperature
- 10. ____plumes are masses of hot mantle material that ascend towards the surface causing igneous activity
- 13. Type of volcano with concave, steep, sloping sides
- 15. Because it is so dense, oceanic lithosphere always ___