Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features

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