Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Crossword

a mountain that forms when magma is forces to the Earth's surface
type of volacno that is almost entirely magma and lava
small volcanoes made from ash and rocks
type of volcano with explosive eruptions followed by out pouring of lava
another name for composite volcanos
the _____ _____ is made up of basalt rock, is very dense, and is 3-6 miles thick
the ______ ______ is made up of granite, less dense, and 20-30 miles thick
the _____ contains most of Earth's mass
made out of iron and nickle
pieces of the crust that float on the mantle
technical name for crust and upper mantle
places where the sea floor is spreading
an actively deforming region where two tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide
two continents collide with each other, folding, thrust faulting, and building upward into a high, wide mountain range
the oceanic plate is more dense causing it to sub duct down back to the mantle.
a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
where 2 plates slide past each other, happens at continental vs. oceanic plates.
a long high sea wave
vibrations produced by the breaking of rock
the rocks on either side of a _____ move in different directions