Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features
Across
- 3. creator of the theory of pangea
- 5. process in plate tectonics of edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
- 6. when two plate slide against each other in different directions
- 9. process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earths mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out
- 10. long cut in the ground
- 12. when two plates move apart
- 14. a tectonic plate that consists of primarily of continental crust
- 15. theory of continents thats slowly drift apart
Down
- 1. when two plates come together
- 2. a theory explaining the earths crust
- 4. plates that are located beneath the ocean
- 7. formed when there is two tectonic plates meet under the ocean
- 8. the rigid outer part of the earth
- 11. an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows
- 13. a super continent