Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress.
- 5. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
- 6. Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface.
- 7. The process of creating new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridge that moves plates apart.
- 9. A plate boundary where two plates come together as result of compression stress.
- 10. An underwater volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed.
- 11. When dense oceanic plate sinks below a less dense continental plate and melts and creates volcanoes.
- 12. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions as result of shear stress.
Down
- 1. To cause damage or DESTROY.
- 3. Molten rock ON Earth's surface.
- 4. To build up or CREATE.
- 8. Force behind plate tectonics when heated mantle rises and pushes plates apart and cooled mantle sinks where plates come together.