Plate Tectonics & Mountain Building
Across
- 4. Which way does the hanging wall move in a reverse fault
- 6. Term referring to a break in rock without movement
- 9. Pangea is the name of the _____________ which existed 200 MYA
- 10. The Mesosaurus was found in both Africa and South America! This provided ________ evidence that the continents were once connected
- 11. Type of fault found at a divergent boundary
- 14. Type of fault found at a transform boundary
- 16. Type of stress found at a transform boundary
- 17. Theory that the continents were once connected but then overtime drifted apart
- 19. Type of stress found at a divergent boundary
- 20. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other
Down
- 1. Type of fault found at a convergent boundary (Low angle)
- 2. Type of stress found at a convergent boundary
- 3. Term referring to the balance between the crust and mantle
- 5. Term referring to a break in rock with movement
- 7. Type of fault found at a convergent boundary (High angle)
- 8. Name of the german scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift
- 12. Term referring to the creation of mountains
- 13. Type of boundary where plates are moving away from each other
- 15. Type of boundary where plates are moving towards each other
- 18. Which way does the hanging wall move in a normal fault