Living with Tectonic Hazards: Lessons 1 & 2

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Across
  1. 3. A mountain range that's formed by the convergence of the Indian and the Eurasian plates
  2. 6. Naturally occurring event that threatens human lives and causes damage to property
  3. 7. A destructive zone where plates collide
  4. 8. The descent of the edge of an oceanic plate under the edge of an adjoining plate
  5. 10. A type of crust that is located beneath the Earth's land masses and under shallow seas close to the continents
  6. 12. A constructive zone where oceanic-oceanic plates move apart to form new seafloor
  7. 13. A plate which collides with the Philippine plate to form the Marianna Trench
  8. 14. A deep depression that's perpendicular to the point of subduction
Down
  1. 1. Consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle
  2. 2. A ridge that's formed when the North American plate moves away from the Eurasian plate
  3. 4. A chain of volcanic islands that's associated with an oceanic-oceanic plate subduction
  4. 5. A type of crust that is located beneath deep oceans and is made up of heavy rocks such as basalt
  5. 9. A force that is generated by the subduction proceess
  6. 10. Current created by the movement of heat within the mantle
  7. 11. A boundary where plates slide past each other, creating a zone of horizontal displacement