Science Crossword Puzzel
Across
- 3. if the circulation of material is caused by difference in temperature or density it is called what?
- 6. reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction what is it called?
- 9. pull when a slab sinks and pulls on the rest of the plate it is called what?
- 10. cold rigid outermost rock layer of the mantle is called what?
- 13. plate boundaries when 2 plates separate it is called what?
- 15. drift what causes the continents to separate?
- 18. ridges mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called what?
- 19. plate boundary when 2 plates collide it is called what?
- 20. tectonics theory this states that the earth's surface is made of plates that move with respect of each other.
Down
- 1. plates there are 7 of these in total, 6 continental and 1 oceanic, what are they?
- 2. what was the first supercontinent called?
- 4. spreading new crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge is called what?
- 5. polarity when magnetic objects point north is called what?
- 7. what word do geologists use to describe forces shape the earth's surface?
- 8. when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate it is called what?
- 11. plate boundary when 2 plates slide past each other it is called what?
- 12. push when plates move away from the ridge it is called what?
- 14. Wegener who named Pangea?
- 16. Drag when convection currents in the mantle cause a force that causes motion it is called what?
- 17. polarity magnetic objects reverse direction and point south called what?