Unit 7 Vocabulary Terms
Across
- 2. Two plates coming together
- 6. Two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
- 7. Study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
- 9. An explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by groups of detached researchers; can be used to explain and predict natural phenomena
- 11. Formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
- 13. Thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
- 14. Large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
- 15. Undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
Down
- 1. Thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
- 3. Two plates moving apart
- 4. A change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
- 5. Theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
- 8. Process where one plate slides under another
- 10. Distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
- 12. A region where two lithospheric plates meet