Across
- 5. waves that can only travel through the surface of the Earth
- 6. a wave that cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake
- 7. deposits evidence that leads to the idea that Antartica once experienced a tropical climate
- 10. the process in which the crust plunges back into earth
- 12. a Greek word which means "All Earth"
- 13. destroyed at the subduction zone and melts in the mantle
- 15. is the force that drives the plates to move around
- 17. he proposed the Seafloor Spreading together with Dietz
- 18. it is made up of solid iron and nickel
- 20. during this period Pangaea started to break into two smaller supercontinents
Down
- 1. the outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth
- 2. Gondwanaland and ______ are the two smaller supercontinent
- 3. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
- 4. mantle-core boundary
- 8. the outermost rigid shell
- 9. the boundary that seperates the crust and the mantle
- 11. where seismic waves are recorded
- 14. preserved remains or traces of organisms from the remote past
- 16. branch of geology that deals with the that shaprs the Earth's crust
- 19. evidence where the rock formations in Africa line up with that in South America as if it was a mountain range