Vocab Practice Crossword 1

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Across
  1. 3. a divergent boundary within an ocean plate where new oceanic crust is created.
  2. 6. volcanic regions created by a mantle plume coming from the mantle, then melting through the plate above. These are not near a plate boundary.
  3. 8. When talking about caldera formation, the average timing of major, catastrophic events
  4. 11. Tectonic region where two plates are moving away from each other.
  5. 13. energy Energy that is stored in a system. The amount of stored energy can depend on the arrangement of objects within the system.
  6. 14. An upward flow of hot material in the mantle. This material causes melting of the plate above.
  7. 15. the constant, slow movement of oceanic and continental plates on Earth’s surface. Over millions of years, plate motion has changed the positions of continents on Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. 1. Tectonic region where two plates are moving towards each other.
  2. 2. The space around a magnet where certain objects experience a non-contact force.
  3. 4. Areas on Earth’s surface closely associated with high thermal energy flow and/or linear patterns of volcanic and earthquake activity, like the Ring of Fire.
  4. 5. Thin crust beneath Earth’s big oceans (Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean)
  5. 7. Areas on Earth’s surface with little evidence of thermal energy flow and far away from the linear patterns of volcanic and earthquake activity.
  6. 9. A black volcanic rock that is made from melted oceanic crust.
  7. 10. a light-colored volcanic rock that is made primarily of continental plate material. This type of rock is usually associated with continental caldera volcanoes
  8. 12. Thick crust with expanses of land (North America; South America; Asia)