Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. What was the name of the super continent that was once made up of all the continents that are present today?
  2. 5. Plate tectonics is a theory based on the Earth's plates ___ in different directions
  3. 11. when molten rock is heated up by the core and begins to rise (becoming less dense), then cooling down (becoming denser) and sinking, starting to create a circular cycle
  4. 12. What is the process called when a rock is recycled through the Earth in multiple possible ways?
  5. 13. Sediments turn into sedimentary rock through _________
  6. 15. Magma turns into metamorphic and/or igneous rock through ___ above/below the Earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. Rocks turn into sediments through _________
  2. 2. Plates moving/spreading can cause a variety of ___ and boundaries
  3. 4. A ___ boundary causes a variety of land formations when two plates move in the same direction (into each other
  4. 6. A ___ boundary causes faults and earthquakes when two plates move against each other
  5. 7. A ___ boundary causes sea floor spreading when two plates move opposite directions (away from each other)
  6. 8. What happens to sedimentary rock when it is put under heat and pressure
  7. 9. ___ Igneous rock is cooled below the Earth's surface
  8. 10. Igneous rock turn into magma through ___ in the Earth's mantle
  9. 14. ___ Igneous rock is cooled below the Earth's surface