Tectonic Plate Crossword

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