Wegner & Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. When two plates slide past each other
  2. 7. the theory that states that the continents used to be together in a supercontinent and have drifted apart over time is the Theory of...
  3. 8. Two plates drifting away from each other
  4. 11. these two land formations occur at a subduction zone.
  5. 15. occurs when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate
  6. 16. Wegner noticed that Mountain ranges of different areas had sediment layers that were the same ______
  7. 17. The scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading
  8. 18. occurs at a transform boundary
Down
  1. 1. This was a type of evidence that Wegner proposed using the remains of plant and animal species from different continents
  2. 2. No one in the scientific community believe Wegner's Theory because he could not prove how the plated ________ apart.
  3. 4. occur when two oceanic plates diverge
  4. 5. Two plates colliding towards each other
  5. 6. a large subduction zone that causes a chain of volcanoes in an area is called The ____ ___ ____.
  6. 9. occur when two continental plates converge
  7. 10. occurs when two continental plates diverge
  8. 12. this evidence was left behind by glaciers
  9. 13. The scientist that came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
  10. 14. Wegner noticed that the coastlines of South American and Africa fit together like a...