Plate Tectonics
Across
- 4. Partially melted rock is a major property of the_________.
- 7. Mountains are formed from the collision of two lithospheric plates that have the same.
- 8. Ridge ______________ is another name for a seafloor spreading center.
- 9. ___________ Is the driving force that causes plates to move.
- 10. Is a famous example of a Divergent boundary.
- 11. boundary Creates faults and moves in a sliding motion.
- 14. boundary creates seafloor spreading centers.
- 15. Ocean The Ring of Fire follows the border of which body of water?
- 16. of Fire largest active belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
- 17. Flow measure of the amount of heat leaving the rocks of the lithosphere.
Down
- 1. This person came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- 2. Crust What kind of crust is involved in the formation of major mountains?
- 3. The lithosphere and Asthenosphere belong here.
- 5. Andreas Fault ______________ In California is an example of a transform boundary.
- 6. Supercontinent that broke and drifted apart.
- 12. Center Area where lithospheric plates are moving apart.
- 13. Polarity Reversal Present north magnetic pole became the south magnetic pole and the present south magnetic pole became the north magnetic pole.
- 15. tectonics theory of the formation and movement of the rigid pieces, or plates, that cover earths surface.