Plate Tectonics

3. the shaking of the surface of the earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves
5. a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
7. continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through california
11. valley, a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
12. magma rises on the sea floor causing it to spread
14. heat energy transfer between two parts of a fluid of different temperatures. When hot fluids rise and cold fluids sink
15. a feature of convergent plate boundaries, where two or more tectonic plates meet
16. oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary
17. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
18. convergent plate boundaries
19. mountain range in asia
20. earth’s crust located under the ocean
21. the place where two lithospheric plates come together, one riding over the other

1. an area on earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
2. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
4. pieces of earths crust
6. mid-ocean ridge located along the floor of the atlantic ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world
8. a major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean
9. a place where there is a significant change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate
10. boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
13. portion of the Earth’s crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and his 20-50 km thick