Plate Tectonics Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 6. process that takes place at convergent boundaries when one tectonic plate sinks into the mantle as the plates converge
  2. 7. a chain of volcanic mountains formed along the coast of a continent
  3. 9. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  4. 12. When two plates move away from each other this is called __ boundaries.
  5. 13. A layer of soft mantle that is made of molten material
  6. 14. formed when two oceanic plates collide
  7. 15. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
Down
  1. 1. The outermost rigid layer of Earth
  2. 2. Layer located between the core and the crust
  3. 3. formed when two plates collide and there is no subduction
  4. 4. What element makes up most of Earth's core?
  5. 5. Layer is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field
  6. 8. When two plates collide they make __ boundaries.
  7. 10. The movement of matter that results from differences in density
  8. 11. stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object