Plate Tectonics

1. Is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another.
7. Is the process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries.
11. The solid outer part of the Earth.
12. A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
13. A horseshoe-shaped zone of intense seismic and volcanic activity that traces the boundaries of the pacific plate.
15. Formed where two tectonic plats pass laterally by one another.

2. Internal structure which includes crust, mantle and core.
3. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere.
4. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates.
5. Occurs when two tectonic plates move apart, creating a crack that fills with magma and forms new crust.
6. A linear lowland region created by tectonic plates pulling apart.
8. An area on earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
9. A portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid.
10. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust.
14. Processes that destroy landforms.