Landforms
Across
- 5. a long crack in the surface of the earth
- 9. The super continent
- 11. the result of plate tectonics
- 12. Layer of melted iron and nickel
- 13. This process moves broken down rocks
- 14. rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock
- 15. Rock made by sediment under immense pressure
- 19. the thickest layer
- 20. This process breaks down rocks
Down
- 1. where convection currents occurs
- 2. Proposed the idea that continents sat on large crustal plates
- 3. Is most commonly found in sedimentary rock
- 4. tectonics the Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces
- 6. Earths first layer
- 7. Most earthquakes and volcanoes are here
- 8. When two plates come together
- 10. places where plates slide sideways past each other
- 16. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- 17. Tectonics The scientific theory that Earth’s crust is divided up into massive plates that float on top of the mantle and can move around
- 18. Rock made by heat, pressure, and mineral rich liquids