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- 3. The lithosphere is divided into pieces called ______.
- 6. When two plates of continental lithosphere collide,they buckle and form ________.
- 7. ________ form along the cracks in the crust.
- 8. ________ boundaries move away from each other.
- 12. The process in which molten rock from inside Earth rises through the cracks in the ridges, cools, and forms new oceanic crust is called _______.
- 13. The process in which a denser tyectonic plate sinks, or subducts, beneath another, less dense plate. The leading edge of the subducting plate is colder and denser than the mantle. As it sinks,the leading edge of the plate pulls the rest of the plate with it. This process is called ______.
- 14. A place where dense, oceanic crust is sinking into the asthenosphere. Older crust is being destroyed at the same rate new crust is forming. These things form _____
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- 1. convergent boundaries also form _______ which involves magma.
- 2. _______ crust forms over oceans.
- 4. ________ crust forms over continents.
- 5. The movement of material due to differences in density that are caused by differences in tempature is called ______.
- 9. ________ boundariesa move past each other horizontally.
- 10. _______ boundaries form where tow plates collide.
- 11. All the continents joined together are called _______.
