Unit 5 Earth
Across
- 6. giant wave usually caused by earthquake beneath the ocean floor
- 7. oceanic plate collides with another plate sliding under because it is denser
- 9. source of an earthquake
- 10. boundary formed when 2 tectonic plates collide or converge
- 11. formation of new oceanic crust as the seafloor is forced apart at mid-ocean ridges by convection currents in the mantle
- 12. mountain ranges formed by convergent boundary
- 13. extremely deep areas in the ocean caused by subducting plate
- 14. boundary that forms when 2 tectonic plates slide by each other in opposite direction
- 16. crack anywhere in the earths surface; ground slides in 2 different directions
Down
- 1. mountains formed where a one continental plate subducts beneath another
- 2. when 2 plates collide or converge, the force of gravity pulls the plate deeper into the mantle
- 3. series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
- 4. weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces, forms volcanic islands
- 5. when convection currents cause magma to rise to the surface and force 2 plates apart
- 8. boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- 15. deep valley that forms where 2 tectonic plate move apart at a divergent boundary