Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 4. 225 millions years ago all the major continents formed a giant super continent called ______________
  2. 5. When two plates collide and one plate slides under the other, it is called a ________ boundary.
  3. 6. When two plates push against each other, it is called a _______ boundary.
  4. 8. The violent jerk when the tension between two plates is released.
  5. 10. When two plates move away from each other, itis called a _________ boundary.
  6. 11. Thes are formed when two plates push against each other.
  7. 13. The edge of the Pacific ocean prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
  8. 14. The highest mountains in the world )and still growing)
Down
  1. 1. Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______
  2. 2. Molten rock
  3. 3. The line on which two different plates move against each other.
  4. 4. The theory that the Earths surface is made of plates.
  5. 7. ________ float on the mantle.
  6. 9. A deep crack where new earth surface is continuously being formed
  7. 12. WHen two plates move against each other and neither create or consume crust, ________ boundaries are created.