Tectonic Plates (ET)

2. is the continuous addition of new material to the ocean floor
5. form vast mountain chains rising from the ocean floor
6. Heat transfer between materials that are in contact
9. When molten material, or magma, reaches the surface of the Earth's crust, a ________ develops.
10. when it moves apart
13. is a major belt of volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean
14. The process which the ocean floor sinks under a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
15. Parts off Earth's Crust

1. an area in the Earth's mantle where material rises through the crust and melts to create magma
3. The transfer of energy carried by light or heat rays
4. When the oceanic crust bends downward, it creates a ______________
7. Heat transfer by fluid movement
8. fractures in the Earth's crust and rocks slipping past each other
11. form along the boundaries of plates
12. when a plate converges