Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. the word for lava when it's still in the mantle
- 6. two plates moving away from each other
- 8. one plate sliding under another
- 9. the top layer of Earth; two types: oceanic and continental
- 10. two (or more) plates coming together
- 11. what denser oceanic crust is made of
Down
- 1. two plates sliding sideways
- 2. "all land" or "whole land"
- 3. divergent boundaries will result in these
- 4. what less-dense continental crust is made of
- 7. these are formed when subduction occurs, and oceanic crust melts as it enters the mantle (think Mt. St. Helens)