Plate Tectonics Review

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Across
  1. 2. idea proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. 6. the study of ancient magnetics within ocean floor basalt
  3. 8. longest mountain range in the world that is also a divergent boundary and the source for seafloor spreading
  4. 9. the type of lithospheric crust made of less dense granite
  5. 13. mountain range in South America formed from continental vs oceanic convergence
  6. 14. the movement of lithospheric plates on top of the mantle
  7. 15. Hawaii is not on a plate boundary, but a what?
  8. 18. island arc in Alaska formed from oceanic vs oceanic convergence
  9. 21. Divergent boundary in Africa that has filled in with water
  10. 22. the type of plate boundary where plates move together
  11. 24. the solid innermost layer of the Earth
  12. 25. a solid-like layer of the Earth that contains convection currents
  13. 27. a large fault in California on a transform plate boundary
  14. 28. where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen around the Pacific Plate
Down
  1. 1. responsible for the movement of lithospheric plates
  2. 3. scientific name for the Upper Mantle
  3. 4. the liquid layer of the Earth responsible for the magnetosphere
  4. 5. mountain range formed from continental vs continental convergence
  5. 7. the solid layer of the Earth that we walk on
  6. 10. the Caledonian Mountains in Europe match up with these mountains in the United States
  7. 11. idea proposed by Harry Hess
  8. 12. the deepest trench in the world formed from oceanic vs oceanic convergence
  9. 14. the state of matter of the Asthenosphere
  10. 16. a divergent boundary will create this formation
  11. 17. the type of plate boundary where plates move apart
  12. 19. the name for when an oceanic plate is pushed underneath another plate
  13. 20. an Island Country on a divergent plate boundary
  14. 23. the type of lithospheric crust made of dense basalt
  15. 26. the type of plate boundary where plates slide past one another