Plate Motion

3. Large, rigid pieces of Earth's crust that moves over the mantle.
5. Divergent boundaries in the middle of the ocean can form a __ when they move apart.
8. In science, we often have to break things down or __ information in order to better understand a concept.
10. A sudden shaking of the ground cause by movement in the Earth's crust.
13. How quickly or slowly something happens, such as plate movement.
14. In a __ boundary, plates move towards one another.

1. When magma reaches the Earth's surface or erupts, this is considered ___ ___. (an example of geologic activity)
2. We live on the Earth's __ __, also known as the crust.
4. The place where two tectonic plates meet.
6. The middle view of an object if it were cut, typically used to view plate motion at a boundary.
7. A type of plate boundary where two plates move apart.
9. A repeated or consistent way something happens or is arranged.
11. A thick layer of rock between the Earth's crust and the core.
12. A deep, underwater valley formed at a convergent plate boundary.