Plate tectonics
Across
- 3. the rigid part of the earth in between the crust and the upper mantle
- 4. the layer of soft, rock underneath Earths plates
- 6. something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 8. the last name of the person that came up with continental drift
- 10. Earths outer layer
- 15. what they call the “plastic” layer
- 16. moving apart in different directions
- 19. a sudden shaking of Earths surface
- 20. Earths innermost layer
Down
- 1. a landform that forms when plates move apart
- 2. the sudden pushing out of something
- 5. the element that makes up most of Earths core
- 7. to examine in detail for a purpose
- 9. how often of fast something is moving
- 11. the process in plate tectonics of the edge of one plate descending below the edge of another plate
- 12. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock, that make up Earths outer layer
- 13. an long deep indentation in the ocean floor form when 2 plates move together
- 14. moving towards the same place
- 17. the number of main plates on earth
- 18. the thing that increases the further down you go in the earth