Plate Tectonics Crossword
Across
- 3. A landform that rises above the surrounding land sharply and is the result of a convergent boundary
- 6. This ridge is located under the Atlantic ocean and is the product of a divergent plate boundary
- 7. A place where magma rises to the lithosphere and causes several volcanoes in one spot
- 9. The thicker section of Earth's crust that is under and includes the continents
- 12. The name of the landmass that split 200 million years ago
- 13. The soft layer of the mantle that the crust floats on
- 15. The shaking that normally is a product of a transform boundary
- 17. A valley caused by a divergent plate boundary
- 19. The thinner section of Earth's crust that is located under the ocean
- 20. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
- 21. the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth
- 23. The current in which the hot liquid rises to the top and the cool liquid sinks to the bottom
- 24. The process that forms a new seafloor
Down
- 1. When a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate;occurs at a convergent boundary
- 2. The theory that states that before the continents of today, the continents were all joined into one super continent that split due to plate tectonics
- 4. The layer of hot semisolid metal that is in between the crust and outermost layer of the core, this is this thickest layer of the Earth
- 5. The rigid outermost layer of the earth that includes the crust and the top layer of the mantle
- 8. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away form each other
- 10. The dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth
- 11. A mountain, normally with a crater at it's peak,that occasionally ejects lava from it's core;normally the cause of mass destruction if a structure is too close
- 14. The layer right above the Inner Core that is liquid metal instead of solid
- 16. A steep canyon on the ocean floor
- 18. The sections of the Earth's crust that float on top of the mantle and move due to convection currents
- 22. A boundary where two plates are sliding past each other
- 25. A dip caused by a divergent plate boundary