Plate Tectonics

4. A place where two plates move away from each other is called a ______ boundary
5. A place where two plates move towards each other is called a ________ boundary
7. The Indian Australian plate is moving _____ the Eurasian plate.
8. Place where two plates meet
11. The ___________________ is at a divergent plate boundary, where new ocean is being created
12. The _______ fault in California is an example of a transform boundary
15. When two continental plates collide, it can form _________
16. The ____ plate is between the pacific and south american plates

1. When one plate moves under another, it is called _______
2. Plate tectonics is driven by _______ in the mantle, which interacts with the crust of the Earth
3. When oceanic crust sinks underneath continental crust, one of these can form under water
6. A place where two plates slide next to each other is called a _______ boundary
9. Plate tectonics builds upon Alfred Wegener's theory of continental _______
10. The _______'s are an example of what can form at a convergent plate boundary
13. the pacific plate is moving ______ from the Nazca plate
14. These can form at convergent plate boundaries. This is why we have the Ring of Fire around the pacific ocean.