Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. Name of the large land mass which consisted of all continents, which were connected.
  2. 4. Outer shell of the earth.
  3. 6. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by stress along a geologic fault.
  4. 9. Theory that the earth's crust is made of large chunks of land which move over time.
  5. 10. Remains of previous living organisms reserved in the rock.
  6. 11. An area of stress in the earth where broken rocks slide past each other causing a crack in the earth's surface.
Down
  1. 1. Centre of the earth consisting of an inner and outer layer.
  2. 2. Theory that all continents were once all together, but over time seperated by force of tectonic plates.
  3. 3. Continental land masses that move relative to one another.
  4. 5. The part of the earth that goes around the core and is solid.
  5. 7. Vibrations carried through the earth released by the energy generated by earthquakes.
  6. 8. Opening in the earth's crust formed by layers of lava and ash build up.