Earth Science - Outline 8 - Tectonic Plates

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Across
  1. 1. Occur at all three boundaries.
  2. 6. At a convergent boundary,Continent-oceanic crust collision form ________
  3. 9. A zone of fracture
  4. 10. The name for the layer of the earth tectonic plates are made of
  5. 14. At a convergent boundary, continent-continent collisions form _________
  6. 15. This layer is so hot it is up to 5% liquid
  7. 16. Refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction
  8. 17. The Earth’s crust is divided into ______ major plates
  9. 20. Crust that is thick and goes above
Down
  1. 2. Boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. 3. the largest earthquake ever recorded in Canada occured at the Queen _________ Fault
  3. 4. At a convergent boundary, Ocean-ocean collision form ______
  4. 5. A Squamish mountain formed as a result of a convergent boundary
  5. 7. _______ Zone - the area where Oceanic crust is thinner, so it goes beneath
  6. 8. Boundary where plates move away from each other
  7. 11. Crust that is thin and sinks underneath
  8. 12. Boundary where plates move towards each other
  9. 13. Tectonic plates move at a rate of ___________ per year
  10. 18. Continental ______ - formation of a divergent boundary on a continent
  11. 19. This ridge is a divergent boundary west of Vancouver Island