Plate Tectonics
Across
- 3. The outer layer of the earth
- 4. Last name of the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
- 5. Carries heat from the inner mantle to the outer mantle
- 10. Continental __________ Theory
- 11. Mountain range thought to have formed when India drifted into Asia
- 13. Occurs after a sudden movement in the Earth's crust
- 14. Raised area or mountain range lying under the ocean
- 16. Liquid rock found under the surface of the Earth
- 17. The continent believed to fit perfectly into Africa
- 19. Formed when magma rises to the Earth's surface
Down
- 1. Crust that lays under the ocean
- 2. ______________ plate is when two plates move away from each other
- 6. Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken up into pieces known as ____________ _________
- 7. When two plates mtle / ove towards each other and collide, they are known as _____________ plates
- 8. A deep valley forming at the edge of a continent when subduction takes place
- 9. A ____________ plate movement is when two plates slide past each other
- 12. Name of the one continent before continental drift
- 14. The portion of the Earth between the crust and the core
- 15. When one plate is forced sideways and down into the mantle below another plate
- 18. The centre of the Earth