Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 4. Where is one of the only places on earth where a divergent boundary can occur on land?
  2. 5. Sloping volcano built by violent eruptions
  3. 6. Thin magma with gentle eruptions
  4. 8. Thick magma with explosive eruptions
  5. 10. Made up of South America, Africa, Antarctica, and the Subcontinent India
  6. 11. South America and Africa fit together like...
  7. 13. A Lahar is a _______ caused by a volcanic eruption
  8. 16. Created the continental drift theory
  9. 17. Once a large landmass
  10. 18. Sharp and blocky lava
  11. 19. The ________ rocks are found closest to the mid-ocean ridge
  12. 24. Discovered that the seafloor was spreading
  13. 25. Rock structure suggests that the continents once...
  14. 27. A famous supervolcano
Down
  1. 1. When plates move away from each other
  2. 2. An example of a transform boundary
  3. 3. A hotspot forms in the ______ of the plate
  4. 7. When plates come together
  5. 9. Mineral found in Antarctica due to climate
  6. 12. Alfred Wegener's theory was rejected because he could not _____ ___ the continents moved
  7. 13. Divergent boundaries occur at the...
  8. 14. Solid material ejected from the volcano
  9. 15. Made up of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland
  10. 17. Smooth and ropey lava
  11. 20. When plates slide past each other
  12. 21. Wcanto map the plate boundaries because of
  13. 22. Steep-sided volcano
  14. 23. An ______ continental margin causes seismic activity such as earthquakes and volcanoes
  15. 26. Broad-based volcano