Plate Tectonics Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
- 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
- 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. Meteorologist that proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together
- 2. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
- 3. a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics.