Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features
Across
- 4. Proposed the theory of Continental Drift
- 8. The theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates
- 10. The process of one tectonic plate sliding beneath another
- 12. The process of new oceanic crust forming at mid-ocean ridges
- 13. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
- 15. A boundary where tectonic plates move toward each other
Down
- 1. Dense tectonic plates that form the ocean floor
- 2. Large, rigid sections of Earth's lithosphere that make up continents
- 3. An underwater mountain range where new oceanic crust forms
- 5. A boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other
- 6. Openings in the seafloor from which hot, mineral-laden water emerges
- 7. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle
- 9. Boundary A boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
- 11. The idea that continents have moved over geological time
- 14. A deep, narrow depression in the ocean floor, often associated with subduction zones