Plate Tectonics

5. Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______
6. The theory that the Earth’s surface is made of plates.
9. The edge of the Pacific Ocean prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
10. Molten rock
11. A deep crack where new earth surface is continuously being formed
14. 225 million years ago all the major continents formed a giant super continent called ______________
15. These are formed when two plates push against each other.

1. When two plates move away from each other, it is called a _________ boundary.
2. When two plates collide and one plate slides under the other, it is called a ________ boundary.
3. ________ float on the mantle.
4. The violent jerk when the tension between two plates is released.
7. When two plates push against each other, it is called a _______ boundary.
8. The highest mountains in the world (and still growing)
12. When two plates move against each other and neither create or consume crust, ________ boundaries are created.
13. The line on which two different plates move against each other.