Tectonic Plates

3. plates, like pieces of a puzzle
5. When oceanic plates collide with continental plates a __________ will form between the two plates.
8. floor spreading, The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created.
9. The __________ mountain range was formed from the collision of the Indian plate colliding into the Eurasian plate.
11. boundaries, The boundary where two tectonic plates meet and push into one another.
12. a place where two tectonic plates meet.
13. At a __________ plate boundary, new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other.
15. Transform boundaries (faults) cause __________.
16. When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________.
17. When a divergent boundary occurs on land a __________, or separation, will arise and over time, that mass of land will break between them.
18. Currents, A circulation pattern in which material is heated and rises in one area then cools and sinks in another area, flowing in a continuous loop
19. zone, A __________ __________ is a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench. The oceanic crust melts resulting in the formation of volcanoes.

1. Tectonic Theory, theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into.
2. When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.
4. A region where oceanic plates sink down.
6. Earthquakes often occur at __________ lines.
7. boundary, The plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from one another.
10. Ridge, The __________-__________ __________ is an example of a divergent boundary.
14. ridges, Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.