Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress.
  2. 5. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
  3. 6. Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface.
  4. 7. The process of creating new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridge that moves plates apart.
  5. 9. A plate boundary where two plates come together as result of compression stress.
  6. 10. An underwater volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed.
  7. 11. When dense oceanic plate sinks below a less dense continental plate and melts and creates volcanoes.
  8. 12. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions as result of shear stress.
Down
  1. 1. To cause damage or DESTROY.
  2. 3. Molten rock ON Earth's surface.
  3. 4. To build up or CREATE.
  4. 8. Force behind plate tectonics when heated mantle rises and pushes plates apart and cooled mantle sinks where plates come together.