Plate Tectonics Crossword
Across
- 1. Man's best friend
- 3. Earth's outer layer that can be oceanic or continental.
- 6. Large marsupial
- 7. ___ Wegener was the first scientist to propose the theory of plate tectonics.
- 10. The landform that was all the continents fit together like a puzzle.
- 11. The ___ crust is older and more buoyant.
- 12. A ___ boundary is when two plates slide passed each other.
- 14. A ___ boundary is when two plates move away from each other.
- 16. Another name for Earth's outermost layer besides The Crust.
- 20. Caused by an oceanic plate being pushed under a continental plate.
- 21. The Famous Geological Feature: The San Andreas ___
- 24. The layer in between the core and the crust that is split into two layers.
- 25. Organisms preserved in rock when heat and pressure is applied.
Down
- 2. The ___ crust is younger and more dense.
- 4. Seafloor ___ is caused by a divergent boundary.
- 5. A ___ boundary is when two plates move towards each other.
- 8. Flying mammal
- 9. They are caused by movement in the Earth's crustal formations.
- 13. Molten rock under the Earth's crust.
- 15. The super continent Pangaea, was split into two parts named, Laurasia and ___.
- 17. Plate ___ is the study of Earth's lithosphere divided into different moving plates.
- 18. Has a trunk
- 19. Where magma escapes the Earth to form islands.
- 22. Likes to chase mice
- 23. A Divergent boundary: The Mid Atlantic ___