Plate Tectonics
Across
- 2. theory about how the continents were once together but then drifted away from each other
- 5. the longest mountain range in the world
- 7. is formed when two continental plates collide
- 9. Large pieces of Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
- 10. the rigid and outer layer of the earth
- 12. it transfers heat using the movements of fluids
- 15. the reason everyone believed in Alfred's theory
- 17. Wegener His theory wasn't believed in his time
- 19. a boundary that has two plates crash into another
- 20. What plate is Russia located on
Down
- 1. What plate is Philippine located on
- 3. A boundary that has two plate push away from each other
- 4. theory that plates move due to convection currents
- 6. how volcanoes are formed
- 8. the tectonic plate Colorado lies on
- 11. A super continent
- 13. is a path that volcanoes mostly occur at
- 14. one of the evidence that Wegener used to try to prove his theory
- 16. how many minor plates are on the earth
- 18. how many major plates are on the earth