Plate Tectonics
Across
- 4. when one plate is pushed under another
- 5. formed by hot spots
- 8. last name of the man who came up with th theory of plate tectonics
- 9. are formed by divergent oceanic boundaries
- 11. plate across a continent
- 16. Hot area that has the potential to form volcanoes
- 17. name of the plate that the U.S is on
- 19. boundary in which plates slide past eachother
- 20. transform boundaries cause these
Down
- 1. name of the plate hawaii is located on
- 2. causes plates to move
- 3. boundary in which plates move away from eachother
- 6. plate in the ocean
- 7. moving plates that make up earth's crust
- 10. boundary in which plates are pushing against eachother
- 12. one large supercontinent
- 13. divergent boundaries form these
- 14. the section of the earth consisting of the crust
- 15. breaking rocks cause _____________
- 18. North american and ____________ formed the himmalayas