Plate Tectonics
Across
- 3. The physical layer of the earth that is made of solid rock that slowly flows and that tectonic plates move on.
- 6. the outermost physical layer of the earth.
- 9. What is the mantle mostly made of?
- 12. The part of the Earth on which the tectonic plates move is the
- 14. What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
- 15. What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
- 16. This process moves layers of rock by heating and cooling
- 17. The type of boundary that is formed when plates slide past each other?
- 19. Where does seafloor spreading take place?
Down
- 1. the thin and solid outermost above the mantle.
- 2. What crustal features might you find at a transform boundary?
- 4. Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory?
- 5. the strong, lower part of the mantle is a physical layer called what?
- 7. by using...?
- 8. The type tectonic plate boundary that form from a collision between two tectonic plates is a.
- 10. What type of boundary occurs when one plate slides UNDER another?
- 11. Who came up with the idea of Sea-floor Spreading?
- 13. The compositional layer of the earth that comprises of 67% of the Earth's mass.
- 18. the deep interior of the earth can be
- 20. The liquid layer of the earth?