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PLATE TECTONICS
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Pacific: Largest plate
Plate tectonics: Theory of continents moving
Alfred Wegner: This person became curious about the relationship of the continents
Pangaea: Over tens of millions of years, ________ began to break apart Convergent
Convergent Subduction:________ _________ is when one plate goes under another plate
Convergent Collision:When two plates collide into each other
Transform:When two plates slide together
Divergent:When the lithosphere is being ripped apart
Mountains:When two plates crash together it may form a ____________
Indo Australian:Smallest plate
Antarctic:This plate looks much bigger on a map
Magma:Melted rock under the lithosphere
Convection currents:Make the plates move
Basalt:Most tectonic plates are made of ______
Sea floor spreading:Magma comes up between plates on the ocean floor is called ___ _____ _________
Asthenosphere:Where convection currents are
Cascades:Convergent boundaries formed _________ in North America
Earthquakes:When plates slide together it causes ___________
Rift Valley:Formed when two plates ripped apart
Mid Ocean Ridge:Mountain in ___ _____ _____ is about a mile high
PLATE TECTONICS
Across:3. | Melted rock under the lithosphere | 5. | Where convection currents are | 7. | Formed when two plates ripped apart | 9. | Mountain in ___ _____ _____ is about a mile high | 12. | Convergent boundaries formed _________ in North America | 13. | When two plates collide into each other | 14. | When the lithosphere is being ripped apart | 16. | Most tectonic plates are made of ______ | 18. | Make the plates move | 19. | Magma comes up between plates on the ocean floor is called ___ _____ _________ | 20. | ________ _________ is when one plate goes under another plate |
| | Down:1. | Smallest plate | 2. | This person became curious about the relationship of the continents | 4. | This plate looks much bigger on a map | 6. | Theory of continents moving | 8. | When two plates slide together | 10. | Over tens of millions of years, ________ began to break apart Convergent | 11. | Largest plate | 15. | When plates slide together it causes ___________ | 17. | When two plates crash together it may form a ____________ |
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PLATE TECTONICS
Across:3. | Melted rock under the lithosphere | 5. | Where convection currents are | 7. | Formed when two plates ripped apart | 9. | Mountain in ___ _____ _____ is about a mile high | 12. | Convergent boundaries formed _________ in North America | 13. | When two plates collide into each other | 14. | When the lithosphere is being ripped apart | 16. | Most tectonic plates are made of ______ | 18. | Make the plates move | 19. | Magma comes up between plates on the ocean floor is called ___ _____ _________ | 20. | ________ _________ is when one plate goes under another plate |
| | Down:1. | Smallest plate | 2. | This person became curious about the relationship of the continents | 4. | This plate looks much bigger on a map | 6. | Theory of continents moving | 8. | When two plates slide together | 10. | Over tens of millions of years, ________ began to break apart Convergent | 11. | Largest plate | 15. | When plates slide together it causes ___________ | 17. | When two plates crash together it may form a ____________ |
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