Unit 3: Earth Processes Vocabulary Words
Across
- 3. the process where one plate lithosphere slides under another at a convergent plate boundary.
- 8. the process the plates of the Earth's crust are constantly moving over the mantle, that causing natural disasters or volcanoes.
- 10. a liquid layer that makes up the uppermost part of the mantle.
- 13. a theory that supports the possibility of continents moving over Earth's surface.
- 14. where two plates create friction by sliding against each other.
Down
- 1. A sloping surface that goes from low tide to the continental slope.
- 2. When two or more plates move towards each other.
- 4. Where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
- 5. the distribution of organisms in specific zones based on latitude and depth.
- 6. A process that relates to the reason why the Earths crust floating on the mantle.
- 7. the removal of moisture.
- 9. deep depression on the ocean floor.
- 11. an region where cold sea water seeps into the ocean crust and is superheated by underlying magma causing it to rise in ocean vents.
- 12. the Earths crust outermost layer.