Movement of Plates p. 283-285

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Across
  1. 2. specific type of marsupial that lives in Australia
  2. 6. These become separated as plates move apart
  3. 8. on average tectonic plates move about 5 what a year
  4. 9. land mass about 225 million years ago
  5. 11. Theory of plate what states the Earth’s plates move slowly on Earth
  6. 12. as animals become separated for long periods of time, this will actually change due to evolution
  7. 13. a type of rare animal found in Australia due to long periods of isolation
  8. 14. word for the dozen or so “jigsaw” pieces that move around the surface of the Earth
Down
  1. 1. marsupials carry their young in these
  2. 3. the slow movement of continents is called what drift
  3. 4. This can change on a tectonic plate that moves from a northern hemisphere position towards the Equator
  4. 5. Dinosaur fossil that has been found in Europe, Africa, and North America
  5. 7. this peninsula fits between Africa and Asia like a puzzle piece
  6. 10. This continent has been isolated by itself for a long period of geologic time