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Plate Tectonics

Name _________________________
Period _______________
Day Science
Across
The San Andreas Fault in California is a continental transform ____.
The compaction and cementation of sediments creates ______ rocks.
Most uplift happens along _______ boundaries.
When magma is allowed to cool, it
Geologists had long recognized that earthquakes are not _______ distributed on the Earth.​
Plates can move toward each other.
_______ are concentrated along the plate boundaries.
A single plate can have both continental and _____ crust.
Plates can move parallel to each other.
Down
To see sedimentary rocks, they need to be _____ and exposed.
Convergent boundaries are the most _______active.
_____, thin plumes of hot magma that act like Bunsen burners as plates move over them. ​
Plates can move away from each other.
There are two types of crust: oceanic crust and _____ crust.
Rocks that have changed below Earth's surface due to exposure to heat, pressure, and hot fluids are called ______rocks.
____ are located on or near plate boundaries. ​
Rocks that form from cooled magma are called --- rocks.
As soon as rocks are exposed at the Earth's surface, the _____ process begins.
Two major sources of energy for the rock cycle are the sun and the Earth's internal _____.
Gravity and ____ convection are two driving forces for the movement of plates.​