Types of Plate Movements

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Across
  1. 2. When two continental plates converge, the rocks ________ and fold to form fold mountains.
  2. 5. When two oceanic plates diverge, the ridge of new ocean floor is called a ____-_________ ridge.
  3. 6. An example of fold mountains formed at a continental-oceanic convergent boundary is _____________ Mountains.
  4. 9. When two plates diverge, __________ are formed at the plate boundary.
  5. 11. At transform plate boundaries, plates _______ past each other.
  6. 13. An example of fold mountains formed at a continental-continental convergent boundary is __________.
Down
  1. 1. When two oceanic plates converge, the denser one ________ under the less dense one.
  2. 3. When two continental plates diverge, the linear depression formed is called a ____-_________.
  3. 4. When two oceanic plates diverge, magma rises through the gap and cools and ____________ to form a ridge of new ocean floor.
  4. 7. When two oceanic plates converge, a deep oceanic ________ forms at the subduction zone.
  5. 8. Tremendous ______ builds up when plates move. Eventually the ______ is released, resulting in a violent earthquake.
  6. 10. When two oceanic plates converge, a chain of volcanic islands can form. This chain is called an island ____.
  7. 12. The deepest trench in the world is called the ________ Trench, formed by the convergence of two oceanic plates.