Plate Tectonics Quiz Review
Across
- 4. Alfred Wegener’s idea that all continents used to be joined together in one single landmass called Pangaea.
- 5. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
- 6. Part of the continent that extends out underneath the ocean.
- 8. the study of all the Earth's plates and their movements.
- 9. A long high sea wave caused by a landslide, earthquake, or other disturbance.
- 11. a sudden release of energy due to movement along a fault
Down
- 1. The process by which energy is transferred in a fluid (non solid).
- 2. The type of crust that is less dense and is made of granite.
- 3. when all land was joined together in one supercontinent
- 7. The type of crust that is more dense and is made of basalt.
- 10. A crack in the Earth’s crust, separating the crust into tectonic plates.