Tectonic Plates

2. A location where two tectonic plates divide or separate from each other
3. Drives the movements of the Earth's tectonic plates
5. Tension that can cause the crust to break
9. Formed along the edge of two colliding crusts plates
11. When plates move towards each other
13. A rupture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape
16. Weak spots where the breaks in the Earth's crust occur
17. A location where two tectonic plates slide past each other
19. The relatively thin part that forms the top layer of the earth
20. A location where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

1. Break down the Earth’s surface
4. When plates move away from each other
6. Tectonic plates that are made mostly of the crust in the ocean
7. The broken sections of the Earth’s crust
8. Build up the Earth’s surface
10. The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridge, where new oceanic crust is formed
12. Tectonic plates are made mostly of dry land
14. The location where two tectonic plates meet
15. Is formed along a divergent plate boundary, where new ocean floor is created as plates spread apart
18. When continental crust and oceanic crust converge the less dense ocean crust sinks beneath the continental crust