Plate Tectonics Vocabulary
Across
- 5. The dividing lines where tectonic plates meet
- 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
- 7. This type is thinner and denser than continental
- 8. Sections of the Earth’s surface that move-- these sections can include both continental and oceanic crust
- 9. This type is thicker than oceanic and doesn’t sink under (subduct)
Down
- 1. Plate boundaries where the plates move apart
- 2. Plate boundaries where the plates collide
- 3. Plate boundaries where the plates slide past each other
- 4. A wave from an earthquake or an explosion, that can travel along the Earth’s surface or through Earth’s interior