Tectonic Plate Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The movement of the continents.
  2. 6. When two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  3. 7. When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. 10. Formed by divergent boundaries.
  5. 11. Formed by transform boundaries.
  6. 12. The thin part of the earth’s crust.
  7. 13. The transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles.
  8. 15. The landmass that existed when all continents were joined.
Down
  1. 1. When one plate boundary moves under another plate boundary.
  2. 2. The layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents.
  3. 3. The solid outer section of the earth.
  4. 5. When two tectonic plates move towards each other.
  5. 8. The upper layer of the earths mantle , and is below the lithosphere.
  6. 9. The scientist who proposed the continental drift.
  7. 14. The deepest part of the oceanic floor.