Tectonic Plates and Pangaea
Across
- 4. is a part of the planet earth, it is solid.
- 6. occurs when underground rock crumbles including in violent shaking.
- 8. the region of the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere.
- 12. The scorching hot, dense center of our planet.
- 13. large quantities of land across the world. There are only seven in total for example Asia, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, Australia, North America, and South America.
- 15. the movement of continents across the earth’s surface through geological time.
- 17. the upper layer of the mantle the earth contains, it is below the lithosphere where there is low resistance
- 18. A feature on the Earth’s surface that is part of the terrain.
- 19. based on a theory that explains how major landforms are made as a result of earth’s subterranean movements.
- 20. The lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth’s surface.
Down
- 1. the layer of the earth’s atmosphere above the troposphere
- 2. a mountain or hill that has a crater or vent through lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas
- 3. the third planet from our solar system. It is substance of the land surface;soil. We also live on this planet.
- 5. a theory that the world was once a supercontinent.
- 7. The outermost shell of the planet earth.
- 9. The rough interior of the earth.
- 10. the remains of prehistoric organisms preserved in preserved in a petrified form.
- 11. A path on the coastlines of the Pacific Ocean fulled with active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
- 14. the outer part of the earth involving the upper mantle and crust.
- 16. lies within the earth it is a liquid although the mantle is solid.