Tectonic Plates

2. Boundary Also known as spreading boundary
4. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction.
7. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
8. spot is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
10. Crust A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents.
11. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
15. Zone The place where a collision between two continental plates crunches and folds the rocks at the boundary, lifting them up and leading to mountain formation.
17. melted rock on Earth’s surface.
18. a straight line of travel where data is being collected.
19. The border between two tectonic plates.
20. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust

1. A trembling and shaking of the earth's surface resulting from the sudden release of energy in the crust.
3. Boundary occurs where two land masses on plates are pushed together.
5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure;
6. plate a large piece of the lithosphere that floats
9. moves on the asthenosphere.
10. the outermost layer of Earth.
12. Boundary occurs where two plates slide against each other.
13. Boundary Also known as subduction boundary
14. boundary an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
16. trench a long, narrow, deep area on the ocean floor