Plate Tectonics Review

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Across
  1. 2. preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
  2. 6. plate boundary where plates move apart
  3. 7. plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. 10. theory explaining how tectonic plates move and shape Earth
  5. 12. extremely large volcano capable of massive eruptions
  6. 13. process where new ocean crust forms at mid ocean ridges
  7. 15. area around the Pacific Ocean with many volcanoes and earthquakes
  8. 16. landform created when continents collide
  9. 17. underwater mountain chain formed at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. 1. theory that continents slowly move over Earth’s surface
  2. 3. large low area of Earth’s crust that holds ocean water
  3. 4. process where one plate sinks beneath another
  4. 5. plate boundary where plates collide
  5. 8. large moving piece of Earth’s crust
  6. 9. area where magma rises through the mantle not at a plate boundary
  7. 11. principle stating older rock layers are below younger layers
  8. 14. chain of volcanic islands formed as a tectonic plate moves over a hot spot