Plate Tectonics Crossword
Across
- 6. Africa and South America are examples of these types of plates
- 7. simple term for convection currents
- 8. boundary that exists when plates pull apart
- 10. example of a volcanic island that was created along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- 13. term used to name the earth when it was one large continent
- 14. term used to describe the tectonic pieces that make up the crust
- 15. plasticine-like layer of the Earth
Down
- 1. zone/area where a heavier plate is pulled beneath a lighter plate
- 2. Pacific and Nazca are examples of these types of crustal plates
- 3. Peru-Chile is an example of this feature
- 4. fold mountain range that formed along the western edge of South America
- 5. first name of the scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift
- 9. single large southern super-continent
- 11. term used to describe the deposits that remained from glaciers
- 12. single large northern super-continent