Tectonic Plates & Fossils

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Across
  1. 4. landmasses joined together as a single supercontinent
  2. 5. a high flat land also called a mesa in spanish
  3. 6. organisms that feed on dead plant and animal materials
  4. 7. amount or level of saltiness
  5. 9. first bird and link between birds and dinosaurs
  6. 14. of the sea
  7. 16. colder, rainy, higher
  8. 19. bones and teeth of preserved animals
  9. 20. the theory that the continents drift through earth's oceans
  10. 21. someone who studies the weather
  11. 22. soil and other matter that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
  12. 23. from the ocean
  13. 25. oldest layer in the grand canyon
  14. 26. location where archaeopteryx fossils were found
Down
  1. 1. 277 miles long
  2. 2. 150 million years ago
  3. 3. layers
  4. 8. rust
  5. 10. german meteorologist developed hypothesis of continental drift
  6. 11. pieces of land connect two larger landmasses
  7. 12. warmer, dryer, lower
  8. 13. living things, like people, plants or animals.
  9. 15. shallow bodies of water
  10. 17. the widely accepted theory that Earth's crust is divided into sections called plates
  11. 18. more than 750 different species of plants and animals have been identified here
  12. 24. movement of rock and soil by natural means such as wind and rain