Across
- 5. Wegener German meteorologist and geophysicist who is best known for developing the theory of continental drift.
- 6. time.
- 8. process where a continent is slowly splitting apart or pulling away from itself.
- 10. horizontal movement of continents across Earth's surface.
- 13. The edges where Earth's tectonic plates meet and interact.
- 14. Time Scale framework used by scientists to divide Earth's history into distinct time intervals based on major geological and biological events.
- 15. Crust outermost layer of the Earth
- 16. flow of magma in the earth's mantle.
Down
- 1. process of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as liquids and gases, where warmer material rises and cooler material sinks due to differences in density.
- 2. Refers to the largest land masses that have ever existed on Earth, which have formed and broken up over the course of geological time.
- 3. a large landmass that forms when multiple continents come together and merge into a single, massive landmass.
- 4. study of the Earth's lithosphere and the movement and deformation of the Earth's crust.
- 7. is the bottom of the world's oceans and seas.
- 9. Tectonics theory that explains the movement and interaction of the Earth's lithospheric plates.
- 11. preserved remains or traces of ancient plants, animals, or other organisms,
- 12. gradual shifting and relocation of continents over