Tectonic Plates Crossword 5

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Across
  1. 3. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake
  2. 6. Sections of the Earth’s surface that move
  3. 9. Movement of heat by the flow of something like air, water, or magma.
  4. 11. One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate
  5. 12. A region of the crust with magma breaking through and making volcanoes. This is forming Hawaii.
  6. 14. Violent motion of the ground, caused by the motions of the plates or of magma.
  7. 16. Plate boundary where the plates move apar
  8. 18. Underwater mountain
  9. 19. Plate boundary where the plates collide
Down
  1. 1. Earth's magnetic field as recorded in rocks, minerals, and sediments
  2. 2. This happens at a mid-oceanic ridge where two plates are moving apart and new crust is forming.
  3. 4. Magma rising from the mantle to the base of the crust
  4. 5. crust This type is thinner and denser than continental
  5. 7. Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other
  6. 8. Oscillating motion from an earthquake or an explosion
  7. 10. crust This type is thicker than oceanic and doesn’t subduct
  8. 13. Cooled lava rock
  9. 15. boundaries The dividing line where tectonic plates meet
  10. 17. The plate subducting underr the South American Plate