Plate Tectonics
Across
- 4. plates slide past each other in opposite directions
- 6. Name of the giant supercontinent
- 9. normal faults occur when rocks are
- 10. The Hawaiian Islands formed over a
- 12. The name of the fault in Missouri
- 13. The process by which new ocean crust is being formed
- 15. Sea Floor Spreading begins at
- 17. Reverse faults occur when rocks are
- 18. Plates spread apart at what boundaries
- 19. Who created the theory of continental drift
Down
- 1. The driving force behind plate tectonics
- 2. Plates collide at what boundaries
- 3. The theory that the plates were once a large landmass that has moved to where they are now
- 4. old ocean floor gets destroyed in
- 5. A break in the Earth’s crust
- 7. Can form at convergent boundaries
- 8. Whats happening to the size of the Pacific ocean
- 11. What can occur from earthquakes in the ocean
- 14. The area around the Pacific Ocean plate known for its volcanic activity is the
- 16. What caused the Mississippi river to flow backwards