Plate Tectonics
Across
- 1. This is mass divided by volume
- 3. Dense ball of solid metal
- 4. Scientists say that the movement of this causes the Earth's magnetic field
- 6. This supercontinent, known as Pangaea, existed before the ______.
- 7. The process that takes place at the convergent boundary
- 10. When two plates collide, one plate can slide under another into the subduction zone, or slide above another plate to form mountains
- 12. Found in continental crust
- 14. All life exists on this layer on Earth
- 16. Located under the Lithosphere
Down
- 1. When two plates move away from each other
- 2. A well-substantiated explanation of some aspects of the world
- 5. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
- 6. Heat transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid
- 8. Found in oceanic crust
- 9. Scientific Theory that describes the motion of the Lithosphere
- 10. The transfer of heat within a material between materials that are touching
- 11. When two plates slide past each other
- 13. The crust and the uppermost mantle
- 15. This layer's thickness is 2,867 km