Plate Techtonics Crossword Puzzle

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Asthenosphere : Solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere
Convergent : What type of plate boundary collides with the other to create mountains?
Transform : What type of plate boundary slides past the other to create fault lines?
Himalayas : What mountain range formed from the collision of the india and eurasia plate?
Hotspot : Area in the mantle from which magma rises from a narrow plume to form volcanic mountains
Convection Current : Heated, less dense air or liquid rises and cooler, more dense air or liquid sinks
Subduction : When two plates collide and the more dense one sinks under the earths surface
Continental Drift : Theory that continents were once one big land mass and over time they drifted apart
Hawaiian Islands : What islands were formed over a hotspot?
Aleutian Islands : What islands were formed from the collision of two oceanic plates?
Plate Tectonics : Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that float around on the asthenosphere
Andes Mountains : What mountain formed along the coast of south africa  as a result of plate subduction after a collision
Seafloor Spreading : When magma oozes from mid ocean ridges, creating new crust that gradually moves away from the ridge and makes one ocean bigger and the other smaller
Divergent : What type of plate boundary pulls away from the other to form rift valleys?
Lava : Magma that has reached the surface
Fossil : Materialized remains of organisms that show how long an animal lived and the structure of their body
Lithosphere : Cool, rigid outermost layer of the earth. consists of the upper most part of the mantle and the crust
Magma : Hot, molten rock from deep within the earth

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asthenosphere : solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere
convergent : what type of plate boundary collides with the other to create mountains?
transform : what type of plate boundary slides past the other to create fault lines?
himalayas : what mountain range formed from the collision of the india and eurasia plate?
hotspot : area in the mantle from which magma rises from a narrow plume to form volcanic mountains
convection current : heated, less dense air or liquid rises and cooler, more dense air or liquid sinks
subduction : when two plates collide and the more dense one sinks under the earths surface
continental drift : theory that continents were once one big land mass and over time they drifted apart
hawaiian islands : what islands were formed over a hotspot?
aleutian islands : what islands were formed from the collision of two oceanic plates?
plate tectonics : theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that float around on the asthenosphere
andes mountains : what mountain formed along the coast of south africa as a result of plate subduction after a collision
seafloor spreading : when magma oozes from mid ocean ridges, creating new crust that gradually moves away from the ridge and makes one ocean bigger and the other smaller
divergent : what type of plate boundary pulls away from the other to form rift valleys?
lava : magma that has reached the surface
fossil : materialized remains of organisms that show how long an animal lived and the structure of their body
lithosphere : cool, rigid outermost layer of the earth. consists of the upper most part of the mantle and the crust
magma : hot, molten rock from deep within the earth