Plate Tectonics Crossword

where 2 plates are moving towards each other

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform

• subduction zone

upper part of Earth's mantle.

• asthenosphere

• crust

• core

• lithosphere

floating or rising in fluid.

• buoyancy

• gravity

• viscosity

plates located in the ocean

• oceanic plates

• continental plates

• tectonic plates

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

large sections of the crust and upper mantle.

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• core

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

where 2 plates are moving away from each other

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform fault

• subduction zone

theory of plates and their movement

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

two or more lithospheric plates and where they meet

• plate boundaries

• mid-ocean ridges

• mantle plumes

• subduction zones

curved chain of volcanic structures caused by subduction zones

• arc

• rift

• plateau

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

layer of Earth between the crust and core

• mantle

• crust

• core

• outer core