Plate Tectonics Crossword

upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
A seismic wave that travels through the earth rather than across its surface. Body waves usually have smaller amplitudes and shorter wavelengths than surface waves and travel at higher speeds.
was the cause of the plates moving in the theory Alter Weagner said.
is a steep mount that forms when lava//magma exturded from a volcano vent underneath the water
a daqmaging issue. When two, or more plates collide, and the movement of the rocks underneath the surface
a weak point in the lithosphere where the rocks, or plates slipped/ruppured. They occur afterva Earthquake
the force to help balance that causes movement of plates
an area of volcanic active that is commonly at the boundaries where the plates meet
the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
a layer of the earth between the core (inner layer) and the crust (outer layer).
two plates divid, or slide apart forming a rift vally/ Mid~Ocean ridge
the suppercontinent that Alfer Wagner said was formed
an area of deep cracks that form between two tectonic platesbthat are pulling away from each other
a process that takes place at the boundaries of the plates. To where one plate moves under another
plates slide past each other, often causing dangerous hazazards
when two plates collide, and force each other upward
a fissure in gthe Earths crust through which magma forms. while they form ridges to help create new landforms on the plates
He had a theory that the continents were ounce together, and drifted to their location today. The landmass is called Pangaea
a force that apposes movement of two plates which when plates move when in contact
when a bunch of forces on the plates when moving, and when going through change