Across
- 3. A mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material reaches the surface
- 5. Mountain ranges that form along the sea floor
- 6. The transfer of heat through movement of fluid
- 8. The scientist that came up with one of the first ideas of Pangaea
- 10. The idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth
- 12. Where plates move toward each other
- 13. The major pieces of Earth separated by cracks
- 14. Where plates move apart
- 15. The continuous land masses of Earth (there are 7)
- 18. The process where material continues to be added to the ocean floor
- 20. A deep valley that forms when two plates diverge on land
Down
- 1. The process by which the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle
- 2. The flow that transfers heat inside of a fluid
- 4. the middle layer of Earth
- 7. A valley under the water where subduction occurs
- 9. The theory that states that Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
- 11. Where plates move past each other
- 16. A super continent that existed 200-300 million years ago
- 17. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
- 19. Breaks in the crust where rocks have moved past each other
