Plate Boundaries

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Across
  1. 3. Plate Boundaries - __ plate - thicker, less dense
  2. 5. Plate Boundaries - Convection currents are heat rising and cooling in the __
  3. 7. Plate Boundaries - __ plate boundaries form when convection currents move alongside one another, either going the same direction or opposite.
  4. 8. Plate Boundaries - For an example of __ plate boundaries, the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate because it’s made of basalt which is denser. Friction causes earthquakes and the gases create volcanoes
  5. 9. Plate Boundaries - An example of conservative plates; in Haiti, the two plates get stuck, causing immense friction between the two moving at different speeds, where __ points snag and catch on each other creating only earthquake
Down
  1. 1. Plate Boundaries - For an example of __ plate boundaries, fast flowing magma breaks through to form shield volcanoes and subtle earthquakes
  2. 2. Plate Boundaries - When two __ plates collide at a destructive boundary, it creates fold mountains
  3. 3. Plate Boundaries - __ plate boundaries form when convection currents move away from one another
  4. 4. Plate Boundaries - __ plate - denser, thinner
  5. 6. Plate Boundaries - __ plate boundaries form when convection currents move toward one another