Tectonics Mid-Unit Test
Across
- 3. The upper layer of the Earth’s mantle
- 5. margin Boundary that occurs when plates move apart
- 6. The point inside the Earth’s crust where an earthquake occurs
- 7. margin Boundary that occurs when two continental plates collide
- 11. When plates under the ocean collide and displace a large volume of water
- 12. push When new, less dense crust rises to form ocean ridges
- 13. margin Where two or more plates meet
- 16. currents Movement within the Earth’s mantle caused by the heat of the core
- 18. When the pressure at plate margins causes violent shaking on the surface
- 20. currents Circular movements of magma within the Earth’s mantle
Down
- 1. The semi-molten layer if the Earth which is about 3,000 km thick
- 2. margin Boundary that occurs when an oceanic and a continental plate move towards each other
- 4. The point on the ground surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- 8. The more rigid outer part of the Earth
- 9. pull When a denser plate subducts under a lighter one
- 10. core A liquid layer of the Earth that is 2,000km thick
- 14. core The solid inner layer of the Earth which reaches temperatures of 5,200° Celsius
- 15. margin Boundary that occurs where plates slide past each other in opposite directions
- 17. When an oceanic plate is pushed under a continental plate at a destructive plate margin
- 19. The thin rocky outer layer of the Earth approximately 5 to 70 km thick