Plate Tectonics
Across
- 3. The Ring of Fire circles what ocean?
- 10. Plates move over a layer of _______ rock
- 11. An area of magma under the Earth that's hotter than the surrounding magma
- 12. What country collided with Asia to create the Himalayas?
- 13. Came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
- 15. The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust create this layer
- 16. The top layer of the Earth
- 18. This is what the super-continent was called
- 20. An area where two plates move horizontally along each other
Down
- 1. Created from continents slamming into each other
- 2. An area where two or more plates collide
- 4. The mechanically weak layer of the upper mantle
- 5. A piece of evidence from animals that supports the super continent theory
- 6. The Theory of Continental Drift stated that the continents were ________
- 7. The second to top layer of the Earth
- 8. The Earth is made up of many ______
- 9. An area where two plates move away from each other
- 14. Plates rubbing into each other cause _______
- 17. These are formed by rising magma erupting through cracks in the Earth
- 19. South America and _______ fit together