Tectonic plates
Across
- 4. forms where two plates separate
- 5. a supercontinent that contained all of Earth´s continents about 225 million years ago
- 6. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- 7. forms where two plates slide past each other
- 9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 10. The partially melted layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere floats and moves
Down
- 1. the theory that Earth´s continents slowly move across Earth´s surface over time
- 2. forms where two plates collide
- 3. pieces of the earth´s crust and lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere
- 8. when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate