Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #2
Across
- 2. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere.
- 3. The Theory of Continental _____________.
- 6. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
- 9. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
- 10. The layer just below the lithosphere.
- 13. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt.
- 14. The Earth's ______________ field reverses from time to time.
- 15. Places where new seafloor is being created.
- 18. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift.
- 19. Scientist who first proposed that thermal convection in the mantle causes continental drift.
Down
- 1. Scientists study these in order to learn about the interior of the earth.
- 2. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.
- 4. Source of heat in the mantle.
- 5. The cool, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.
- 7. The core is made up mostly of these two elements.
- 8. how many tectonic plates are there.
- 11. ______________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
- 12. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
- 16. where everyone lives.
- 17. gushing out hot liquid.