Geology Vocabulary Review Part 2
Across
- 4. the thin, rocky outer covering of Earth’s surface
- 8. the theory that Pangaea broke up and the pieces moved into their current locations
- 9. a break in a rock where one side moves relative to the other side
- 11. a sudden release of energy that is created when tectonic plates move
- 12. the thick; semi-solid interior of Earth that flows like hot taffy
Down
- 1. when tectonic plates are forced back into the mantle and melt into magma
- 2. a long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the major oceans
- 3. the circulation of the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move above it
- 5. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and upper mantle
- 6. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past one another horizontally
- 7. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from one another
- 8. the boundary formed where two tectonic plates collide
- 10. the giant landmass that once formed when all continents were connected