Cameron's Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. when magnetized objects point north
- 3. The surface that is made of rough slabs of rocks that move in respect of one another
- 4. mountains in the ocean on the seafloor
- 5. when magnetized objects will point south
- 6. the outernost layer of the Earth that is frigid and rough
- 7. Earth's continents are always in motion
- 8. something that backs up a fact or a hypothesis
- 10. when two of Earth's plates smash together
- 13. when new crust forms along a mid ocean ridge and old crust moves away from the ridge
- 16. rounded structures that are formed because lava erupts into water and cools rapidly
- 17. when a slab pulls part of the plate down
- 19. lava that is below Earth's surface
Down
- 1. when two of Earth's plates separate
- 9. when Earth's magnetic field reverses direction
- 11. a tool scientists use to determine the depth of an ocean
- 12. A plant that grew in a swampy environment
- 13. when the heavier plate sinks below the lighter plate
- 14. magma that is above Earth's surface and comes from a volcano
- 15. someone who studies rocks
- 18. The supercontinent