Across
- 1. A segement of the Earth's crust that is slowly moving due to convection currents in the mantle
- 3. The thin outer layer of the Earth also referred to as the lithosphere
- 5. Waves break up the beach at an angle carrying particles along the beach
- 7. The boundaries between two plates are moving away from each other
- 8. The boundaries between two plates are moving back and forth on each other
- 10. Water that returns to the ocean after a wave breaks
- 11. Where the plates meet are refered to as
- 14. Depositing of sand and rock particles caused by wind and wave action
- 16. The boundaries between two plates are moving towards each other
- 17. Weathering, erosion and deposition are all forms of
- 18. Scientist who believed the world continents were joined together which he called Pangaea
- 19. t\The layer between the Earth's core and its crust
Down
- 2. A natural geographical feature or shape that appears on the Earth's surface
- 3. Small low-energy waves that deposit sand onto beaches
- 4. The process that broke Pangaea
- 6. Large waves formed by tropical cyclones and storms that erode material from beaches
- 9. A mountain resulting from folding on the Earth's crust
- 12. The process, caused by waves hitting the coast an an angle, that is responsible for moving sand along the coast
- 13. Part of the Earth's surface
- 15. The removal of rock and sand particles as a result of wind and wave action
