Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. The dividing lines where tectonic plates meet
  2. 6. Part of the driving force for plate tectonics; this process moves heat from the interior of the Earth towards the surface as cooler plates sink back into the mantle
  3. 7. This type is thinner and denser than continental
  4. 8. Sections of the Earth’s surface that move-- these sections can include both continental and oceanic crust
  5. 9. This type is thicker than oceanic and doesn’t sink under (subduct)
Down
  1. 1. Plate boundaries where the plates move apart
  2. 2. Plate boundaries where the plates collide
  3. 3. Plate boundaries where the plates slide past each other
  4. 4. A wave from an earthquake or an explosion, that can travel along the Earth’s surface or through Earth’s interior