Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. What are Pangea and Godwana?
  2. 3. Mostly liquid that makes up the space underneath the upper layer of the earth
  3. 5. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust
  4. 6. An eruption caused by carbon breaking through the crust
  5. 7. The solid layer of Iron and Nickel
  6. 10. Two tectonic plates that move away from each other
  7. 12. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust which forms the large land masses.
  8. 13. The place where two plates meet
  9. 15. The plate Australia rests on
  10. 19. The very center of the earth
  11. 20. The horse shoe shaped ring that contains most of the earth volcanoes and earthquakes
  12. 21. The number of major plates
Down
  1. 1. The crusts segments that float on the mantle
  2. 4. When two plate slide past each other
  3. 8. When two plates come together and push together
  4. 9. Liquid Iron and Nickel
  5. 11. A giant wave that can be caused by an underwater volcano or earthquake
  6. 12. The solid outer layer of the earth
  7. 14. The super continent that incorporated most of the world modern continents
  8. 16. One plate is pushed beneath the other
  9. 17. The force on the plate overcomes the friction, that releases energy in waves through the crust
  10. 18. The movie based on the theory continental drift