Across
- 5. boundaries - The location where two plates meet.
- 6. - A large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.
- 8. core - A liquid layer of the Earth's core, located between the inner core and the mantle.
- 10. - Molten rocks that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the surface of a planet(such as Earth)or moon.
- 11. - A super continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on the Earth.
- 13. - The layer between the crust and the core.
- 15. - A hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era.
- 17. - The Earth's outermost solid layer which forms the continents and continental shelf.
- 18. - Not active growing but has the ability to be active at a later time.
- 19. core - The soild,innermost layer of the planet, located at its center.
- 20. Wegener - Originator of the continental drift hypothesis.
Down
- 1. currents - Heat-driven cycles that occur in the air,ocean,and mantle.
- 2. tectonics - A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
- 3. - The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth.
- 4. - Sudden shaking of the ground caused by the release of energy in the Earth's crust.
- 7. - Openings, or vents where lava,tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
- 9. - A mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
- 12. - A destruction, gravity - driven mud flow of volcanic ash, water, rock, and ice that orginate high on a volcano.
- 14. - The process by which the surface of the Earth is worn away by the action of water,glaciers,winds,waves,etc.
- 16. - Features on the Earth's surface that make up the terrain.
