GR1AFET: Plate Tectonics
Across
- 6. Evidence for continental drift includes the puzzle-like fit of this continent with South America.
- 7. Rocks that form from the accumulation and compression of sediments.
- 9. This type of rock forms when magma cools and solidifies.
- 10. This type of rock forms under heat and pressure but does not melt.
- 12. The continuous process of rock formation, change, and recycling.
- 13. The theory explaining the movement of Earth's plates and the resulting geological activity.
Down
- 1. This layer of the Earth is broken into tectonic plates.
- 2. A type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- 3. When two plates slide past each other, this boundary is formed.
- 4. The supercontinent that once existed before breaking into current continents.
- 5. The process where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by wind, water, or ice.
- 8. A region where plates move toward each other, often forming mountains or trenches.
- 11. This scientist proposed the idea of continental drift.