Tectonic Plates & Weather

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Across
  1. 4. A natural disaster that happens when plates move
  2. 6. _______ pressure system: makes storms worse. Expect lousy weather.
  3. 10. ________ rocks that proved Alfred Wegener was right
  4. 11. A type of plate boundary where plates move side by side and create fault lines
  5. 13. A type of plate boundary where plates move together and forms mountains
Down
  1. 1. the guy who came up with continental drift theory
  2. 2. Where the earth is hotter and the hurricanes are formed/ are worse.
  3. 3. A type of plate boundary where plates move together, but one plate is lighter than the other. Creates trenches and volcanic island arcs
  4. 5. A type of plate boundary where plates move apart. Creates rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges
  5. 7. ___________ cycle: hot rises, cold sinks
  6. 8. _______ front: light rain and warmer, humid weather
  7. 9. _______ front: severe storms and cooler weather
  8. 12. _______ pressure system: happy weather :)