Earth's Systems Review
Across
- 3. name of the supercontinent by alfred wegener
- 6. broken pieces of rock, sand, soil, etc.
- 7. plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- 9. drift, theory that earth's continents were once joined but moved apart due to plate tectonics
- 11. thinnest layer of the earth closest to the surface
- 14. the movement of rock through wind, water, or ice
Down
- 1. plate boundary where two plates move towards each other
- 2. thickest layer of the earth that contains convection currents that move earth's plates
- 4. these occur at a transform plate boundary when the crust moves
- 5. tectonics, theory that earth's crust is broken into pieces that cause geologic events and landforms
- 8. the breaking down of rock
- 10. the law of ________ states that newer rock is formed on top of older rock layers
- 12. when oceanic crust sinks below continental crust
- 13. when sediment is laid down in a new location after erosion carries it