Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 4. Theory that explains why geological features of the Earth are where they are, and the processes that shaped the crust.
  2. 6. Produced when two continental plates collide
  3. 8. Type of boundary where old ocean floor is destroyed
  4. 10. Produced when oceanic and continental plates collide
  5. 11. Boundary where crust is neither created or destroyed.
  6. 14. Type of crust that is too light to subduct.
  7. 15. Can result from any type of plate collision
Down
  1. 1. Boundary where new ocean floor is produced
  2. 2. Nick name for divergent boundaries
  3. 3. Created by subducting crust. Can occur beneath oceanic or continental crust.
  4. 5. Geological feature where new ocean floor is created
  5. 7. Side by side or back and forth stress
  6. 9. Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre
  7. 12. Results when two oceanic plates collide
  8. 13. Geological feature where oceanic crust is destroyed.