Vocab
Across
- 2. the process that occurs when one tectonic plates moves under another tectonic plate
- 4. the boundary between two plates that move towards each other
- 8. the process by which new oceanic crust forms a long a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
- 10. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
- 11. the boundary between two plates that slide past each other
Down
- 1. theory that Earth's surface is broken into large,rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
- 3. an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
- 5. the boundary between two plates that move away from each other
- 6. long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor;formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
- 7. the movement of Earth's continents over time
- 9. name given to a super continent that began to break apart approximately 290 million years ago