Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
Across
- 7. A type of lithospheric plate that is made of heavier basalt and gabbro rocks.
- 9. These are massive, irregular slabs of solid rock that covers the surface of the Earth.
- 12. It means carpenter or builder.
- 13. These are areas or columns where magma rises toward the Earth's surface.
- 14. A supercontinent that broke into two smaller supercontinents.
- 15. He developed and published the world's first atlas.
Down
- 1. The body of water that separated Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
- 2. It is also known as submarine volcanoes.
- 3. It refers to the idea that Earth contracted during the cooling process producing the physical features of the planet's surface.
- 4. A tectonic plate that is considered as both a primary and secondary plate.
- 5. He proposed the Continental Drift Theory.
- 6. A supercontinent that existed 1,100 million years ago.
- 8. It refers to the equilibrium that exists on the Earth's surface.
- 10. A mountain that opens downward to a reservoir of magma.
- 11. These are locations on the Earth's surface that have experienced volcanic activities for a long time.