Science
Across
- 2. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
- 5. Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift
- 6. A crack in the Earth's lithosphere
- 8. pieces of the earths lithosphere are still in motion caused by convection currents in the mantle
- 10. two plates move toward each other
- 12. Name of the landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
- 13. cause the plates to move
- 15. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
Down
- 1. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
- 3. deep valley where two plates seperate
- 4. molten materials add new oceanic crust to the sea floor
- 7. Thickest layer of the Earth
- 9. layer of iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
- 11. two plates grind against each other moving them apart
- 14. a deep depression in the ocean floor,