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Plate Tectonics
Across
A crack in the earth's crust.
When oceanic crust converges with continental crust, the denser oceanic plate plunges beneath the continental plate.
Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.
Series or chain of mountains that are close together and rise 300 meters above its surrounding area.
The liquid layer of earth next to the inner core.
Long, continuous volcanic chain of various mountains.
An area that's surrounding the Pacific Ocean that's comprised of multiple chains of volcanic islands. This area also has an abundance of volcanic activity.
Where two plates are moving away from each other
A deep depression of the sea floor caused by subduction
A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, or gas erupting from earth's crust.
Down
The lithosphere.
When two continental plates converge.
Where two plates are sliding past each other
Where two plates are moving toward each other
The features of a subduction zone where an oceanic plate subducts beneath another oceanic plate
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
When one tectonic plate plunges underneath another tectonic plate.
The solid, inner most part of earth.
An area in the middle of a continental plate where the plate is beginning to separate. A large valley will form in the area as the crust thins
The outermost layer of the earth. This is also the thinnest layer.