Across
- 2. boundary Occurs where two plates scrape past each other
- 4. Boundary Occurs where two plates move apart
- 6. Boundary Occurs where two plates push together
- 7. Process by which an oceanic tectonic plate sinks under another plate into Earth’s mantle
- 9. Spot An area where a column of hot material rises from deep within Earth’s mantle and heats the lithosphere above it, often causing volcanic activity at the surface
- 10. Collision A boundary along which two plates carrying continental crust push together
Down
- 1. Subduction A boundary along which a plate carrying oceanic crust sinks beneath a plate with continental crust
- 3. Subduction A boundary along which a plate carrying oceanic crust sinks beneath another plate with oceanic crust
- 5. Reversal A switch in the Earth’s magnetic field so that the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole and the magnetic south pole becomes the magnetic north pole
- 8. Valley A deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart, such as along a mid-ocean ridge