Science Crossword
Across
- 2. when denser plate sinks below less dense plate
- 3. when plates separate
- 4. came up with some theories about the earth and how it moves
- 6. magnetized object will point North
- 8. mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
- 11. the land of the earth
- 12. when convection currents produce force
- 16. a layer of sediments that make up ocean floor
- 18. slabs of rock that that move
- 19. process when seafloor spreads apart and lava comes through and makes new land
- 20. when plates collide
Down
- 1. suggest that the continents are in constant motion
- 5. magnetized objects would reversed direction
- 7. when plates slide past each other
- 9. when magnetic field changes direction
- 10. outer most layer of rock
- 13. potential for plates to move away from a ridge
- 14. a slab sinks and causes rest of plate to move it
- 15. the super continent when all continents were together
- 17. once a living thing found all over the world but it should not have been