Across
- 2. finest particle size of sediment that takes the longest to settle
- 6. a linear lowland area between two uplifted areas found at a divergent plate boundary
- 7. molten lava from the upper mantle that wells up forming new seafloor
- 9. stripes that form a symmetrical pattern around mid ocean ridges showing ancient pole reversals
- 11. the Aleutian Islands and the islands of Japan are formed in this convergent boundary
- 12. formed by the tests of diatoms and radiolarians specifically
- 14. forms at convergent boundaries
- 15. deepest flattest parts of the earth
- 18. sediment derived from weathering
- 19. bump of sediment found at the base of a passive continental margin
- 20. volcanic island shape that forms on the less dense of two oceanic plates at a subduction zone
- 21. area of high earthquake and volcanic activity around the Pacific ocean due to convergent plate boundaries
Down
- 1. a superheated water spout found at midocean ridges
- 3. sediment derived from diatoms foraminifera and other organismal remains
- 4. steepest part of a continental margin
- 5. an underwater volcano
- 8. a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates
- 10. the earths crust
- 13. continental margin with a narrow shelf and steep slope
- 16. continental volcanic arc due to oceanic-continental plate convergence
- 17. type of continental margin that does not mark a plate boundary