Continental Drift Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. Wegener German meteorologist and geophysicist who is best known for developing the theory of continental drift.
  2. 6. time.
  3. 8. process where a continent is slowly splitting apart or pulling away from itself.
  4. 10. horizontal movement of continents across Earth's surface.
  5. 13. The edges where Earth's tectonic plates meet and interact.
  6. 14. Time Scale framework used by scientists to divide Earth's history into distinct time intervals based on major geological and biological events.
  7. 15. Crust outermost layer of the Earth
  8. 16. flow of magma in the earth's mantle.
Down
  1. 1. process of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as liquids and gases, where warmer material rises and cooler material sinks due to differences in density.
  2. 2. Refers to the largest land masses that have ever existed on Earth, which have formed and broken up over the course of geological time.
  3. 3. a large landmass that forms when multiple continents come together and merge into a single, massive landmass.
  4. 4. study of the Earth's lithosphere and the movement and deformation of the Earth's crust.
  5. 7. is the bottom of the world's oceans and seas.
  6. 9. Tectonics theory that explains the movement and interaction of the Earth's lithospheric plates.
  7. 11. preserved remains or traces of ancient plants, animals, or other organisms,
  8. 12. gradual shifting and relocation of continents over