Across
- 3. The border between two tectonic plates.
- 6. Outermost layer of earth.
- 9. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
- 11. Is the only liquid layer of the earth consists of mostly iron and nickel.
- 13. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust.
- 14. is a dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart.
- 15. States that continents shift position on Earth's surface.
Down
- 1. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth.
- 2. where two plates slide past each other.
- 4. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 5. States that the earth's outer layer, or lithosphere, is broken into several large slabs called plates, and the plates slowly move around the planet.
- 7. Where two plates are pushing toward each other.
- 8. Is an underwater mountain range.
- 10. Two plates that are moving apart from each other.
- 12. Semisolid rock is located directly below the crust.