Plate Tectonics

1. The transfer of heat through a fluid
9. The lower layer of the crust
12. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates
14. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges
15. A mountain formed by volcanic material
16. Is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
19. A German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher who outlined his theory of Continental Drift.
20. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth

2. The gradual movement and formation of continents, as described by plate tectonics
3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
4. Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
5. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings
6. Each of several large landmasses thought to have divided to form the present continents
7. a hypothetical continent including all the landmasses of the earth put together
8. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism that's petrified
10. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
11. A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
13. Molten rock in the earth's crust
17. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
18. The outer layer of Earth