Plate Tectonics
Across
- 2. The layer below Earth's crust made of molten rock/metal
- 5. When two plates smash into each other
- 7. The continents look like they fit together like a __________.
- 9. Formed when plates collide on land
- 13. Name for the area with lots of volcanic/earthquake activity
- 14. North America is getting CLOSER to this continent, due to continental drift
- 15. The name of the supercontinent, when all the continents were together
- 16. A piece of Earth's crust that is broken
- 20. __________ Wegner was the person who developed the Theory of Continental Drift
- 21. Formed when divergent boundaries are on land
Down
- 1. The name for the processes of Earth's crust moving; Plate ___________.
- 3. Formed in subduction zones in the ocean (Marianas)
- 4. __________ evidence tells us that the continents were together because of extinct plants/animals
- 6. When one plate slides under another
- 8. When who plates move away from each other
- 10. Earth's outside layer
- 11. North America is getting FURHTER from this continent, due to continental drift
- 12. Formed when divergent boundaries are in the ocean
- 17. ___________ feature evidence tells us that the continents were connected because of mountains or rock layers
- 18. When two plates grind past each other
- 19. Formed near subduction zones, can erupt