Plate Techonics

3. Ridge: An underwater mountain range formed at divergent boundaries, where new oceanic crust is continuously created.
5. Massive, rigid sections of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move and interact, leading to geological changes.
7. The continuous motion of Earth's lithosphere, driven by forces like mantle convection and gravitational pull.
9. Earthquake and volcanic events resulting from the movement and interactions of tectonic plates.
12. Boundary: Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes along faults.
15. A semi-fluid layer in Earth's upper mantle where tectonic plates "float" and move due to convection currents.
16. A curved chain of volcanic islands formed at a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate subducts beneath another.

1. Boundaries Interaction: The dynamic processes and geological features created by the interactions of tectonic plates.
2. Something wiggling
4. Boundary Zone: Areas where tectonic plates interact, including subduction zones, transform faults, and rifts.
6. When two tectonic plates meet head-on, causing intense pressure and leading to mountain building and earthquakes.
8. Boundary: Plate boundary where two plates move apart, creating new crust as magma rises to the surface.
9. Zone: An area where one tectonic plate is
10. Plume: A rising column of hot mantle material that can cause volcanic activity away from plate boundaries, creating hotspots.
11. A deep valley formed at a divergent boundary on continents, such as the East African Rift.
13. Boundary: Plate boundary where two plates move towards each other, causing compression and often leading to mountain formation.
14. After affect of tectonic plates moving related to water