Plate Tectonics Crossword

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