Plate Tectonic
Across
- 1. Arc /a chain of volcanic mountains formed at an ocean-continental convergent boundary
- 3. Zone /the more dense plate us pulled into the mantle under the less dense plate
- 5. Valley /formed when two plates pull apart and land falls downard
- 6. Tectonics /Theory that plates that move due to convection currents
- 8. /another name for them mantle
- 12. Currents /circular movement of a substance due to changes in temperature and density
- 13. Range /formed at a continental-continental convergent boundary
- 14. Boundary /when two plates pull apart
- 15. Floor Spreading /when two oceanic plates pull apart, magma rises and new crust is formed
- 16. /another name for the crust
- 21. /thickest layer of the Earth, part liquid part solid where convection currents are found
- 22. Wegener /credited with the theory of Continental Drift
- 23. /outer layer of the Earth, the thinnest layer
Down
- 2. Boundary /when two plates come together
- 4. /large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents
- 7. Crust /earths crust made of land
- 9. /depression formed at a subduction zone
- 10. /large supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago
- 11. Boundary /when two plates grind past each other
- 13. Atlantic Ridge /divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
- 17. Arc /a chain of volcanic islands formed at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary
- 18. Crust /earths crust located under the ocean
- 19. Hess /credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics
- 20. /a break in the earths crust that moves