Plate Tectonics
Across
- 4. Layer of Earth on which tectonic plates float
- 7. The rigid outer layer of Earth
- 8. German scientist who proposed continental drift
- 9. Evidence used by Wegener: ___ found on multiple continents
- 10. Supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener
- 11. Underwater mountain chain formed by diverging plates
Down
- 1. When one plate sinks beneath another
- 2. Theory that Earth’s continents have moved over time
- 3. Movement of molten rock in the mantle that drives plate motion
- 5. Large sections of the Earth’s crust that move slowly
- 6. Process that creates new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridges