Movement of Plates p. 283-285
Across
- 2. specific type of marsupial that lives in Australia
- 6. These become separated as plates move apart
- 8. on average tectonic plates move about 5 what a year
- 9. land mass about 225 million years ago
- 11. Theory of plate what states the Earth’s plates move slowly on Earth
- 12. as animals become separated for long periods of time, this will actually change due to evolution
- 13. a type of rare animal found in Australia due to long periods of isolation
- 14. word for the dozen or so “jigsaw” pieces that move around the surface of the Earth
Down
- 1. marsupials carry their young in these
- 3. the slow movement of continents is called what drift
- 4. This can change on a tectonic plate that moves from a northern hemisphere position towards the Equator
- 5. Dinosaur fossil that has been found in Europe, Africa, and North America
- 7. this peninsula fits between Africa and Asia like a puzzle piece
- 10. This continent has been isolated by itself for a long period of geologic time