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Plate Tectonics Crossword
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ASTHENOSPHERE
ISLANDCHAINS
SUBDUCTIONZONE
CONTINENTAL
LITHOSPHERE
CONVECTION
NEWER
TRANSFORMFAULT
DIVERGENT
PALEOMAGNETISM
VOLCANIC
FRACTUREZONE
PLATES
HOTSPOT
PLATETECTONICS
WEGENER
Across
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Another term to describe the upper part of the
mantle
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Alfred _______ is credited with developing the
theory of continental drift.
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Hot spots that cool over time in an ocean can
form these.
_____________ boundaries occur where plates
grind past each other without destroying the
lithosphere.
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Another term for the Earth's crust
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This zone is created in a convergent boundary
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__________-__________ subtype of convergent
boundaries can form mountain ranges such as the
Himalayas
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Oceanic-continental subtypes of convergent
boundaries can create this type of mountain range.
Down
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This zone in a transform fault represents
plates/areas moving in the same direction.
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The term used to describe the natural, magnetic
polarity of rocks.
Plate Tectonics Crossword
Mr. Hwang
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__________ currents are responsible for the
movement of continental plates
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The theory that describes how the Earth's crust
moves
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A concentration of heat in the mantle capable of
producing magma.
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Type of boundaries in which two plates move
apart in opposite directions
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Rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a
unit are known as...
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In a divergent boundary, _______ crust is found
closer to the plate boundary