PLATE TECTONICS
Across
- 1. One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate
- 4. A wave from an earthquake or an explosion, that can travel along the Earth’s surface or through Earth’s interior
- 6. Sections of the Earth’s surface that move-- these sections can include both continental and oceanic crust
- 7. This type is thinner and denser than continental
- 8. Plate boundary where the plates collide
- 9. These events are common at plate boundaries, and are caused by the motions of the plates or of magma.
- 10. The dividing line where tectonic plates meet
Down
- 2. Plate boundary where the plates move apart
- 3. Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other
- 5. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake