Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  2. 5. the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago
  3. 6. an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics
Down
  1. 1. Meteorologist that proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together
  2. 2. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. 3. a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics.