PLATE TECTONICS
Across
- 3. A SUDDEN RELEASE OF ENERGY IN THE EARTH'S CRUST THAT CREATES SEISMIC WAVES.
- 10. WHERE TWO CONTINENTS COLLIDE.
- 13. WHERE TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER IN A SIDEWAYS MOTION.
- 15. WHAT MAKES UP 2/3S OF THE WORLD.
- 16. A PLACE WHERE ON PLATE WITH LARGER MASS DIVES BENEATH ANOTHER WITH LESS MASS.
- 17. A LARGE LAND FORM THAT IS MADE WHEN TWO PLATE COLLIDE AND THE LAND IS FORCED UPWARD.
- 18. THE THOERY WHERE ALL THE CONTINENTS CREATED ONE BIG SUPER CONTINENT.
- 19. THE RIGID OUTER MOST SHELL OF THE EARTH.
Down
- 1. THE TRANSFER OF HEAT BY THE ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF THE HEATED MATERIAL.
- 2. THE MECHANICALLY WEAK AND DUCTILELY-DEFORMING REGION OF THE UPPER MANTLE.
- 4. THE TOP LAYER OF THE EARTHS CRUST.
- 5. A THIN LAYER OF ROCK THAT SITS IN THE MANTLE.
- 6. AN UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN SYSTEM.
- 7. A PLANAR FRACTURE OR DICONTINUITY IN A VOLUME OF ROCK.
- 8. AN OPENING OR RUPTURE IN A PLANETS SURFACE OR CRUST.
- 9. WHERE TWO PLATES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
- 10. WHERE TWO PLATES COME TOGETHER.
- 11. A TYPE OF EXCAVATION OR DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND CAUSED BY PLATES MOVING APART.
- 12. VERY LARGE LLAND MASSES ON EARTH
- 14. A PLACE WHERE OCEANIC CRUST IS MADE BY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.