Plate Tectonics

5. Plate _____________ occurs because of convection in the asthenosphere.
7. Result of a continental plate and oceanic plate converging or colliding.
8. Places where the new seafloor is being created.
11. results when a divergent boundary occurs under the sea.
13. The deepest parts of the oceans.
14. Alfred Wegener noticed that the coast of South America seemed to fit into the coast of this continent, just like a jigsaw puzzle.

1. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift.
2. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
3. ______________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
4. The zone below the lithosphere. It is more 'plastic' than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move.
6. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
9. The Theory of Continental _____________.
10. The most outer solid portion of the planet Earth.
12. Section of the Earth below the crust.