Tectonic Plate Vocabulary

5. A type of plate boundary where two plates move apart from each other.
6. A region where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, often creating earthquakes and volcanoes.
8. An underwater mountain range formed by divergent boundaries, where new oceanic crust forms.
9. A mountain range formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates.
10. A type of plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
12. A region around the Pacific Ocean with many volcanoes and earthquakes.
13. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, which includes the crust and upper mantle.
14. The theory that continents have slowly moved to their current positions over time.
15. A mountain that forms when hot magma from inside the Earth escapes to the surface.

1. Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move over the surface.
2. Heat-driven movements in the mantle that help move tectonic plates.
3. The softer, semi-liquid layer beneath the lithosphere where tectonic plates move.
4. A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates.
7. A crack in the Earth’s crust where tectonic plates move past each other.
11. A type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.