Earth Science

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Across
  1. 3. who proposed theory of continental drift
  2. 5. type of stress that pulls rocks apart
  3. 7. Plate _________________
  4. 8. boundary where 2 plates collide together
  5. 9. A fault is a _______ in rock along which rocks on either side of break move
  6. 10. fault where 2 rocks move past each other
  7. 11. type of stress that pushes rocks in opposite horizontal directions
  8. 14. A fold is when there is a bend in rocks ________ breaking.
  9. 15. an upcurved fold
  10. 16. bending of te rock without breaking
  11. 17. when all continents were together as 1 giant landmass
  12. 18. force that applies pressure to rocks in the earths crust
Down
  1. 1. a gently dipped bend
  2. 2. boundary where 2 plates move apart
  3. 4. a downcurved fold
  4. 6. fault where the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall
  5. 8. type of stress that pushes rocks together
  6. 12. fault where the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall
  7. 13. boundary where 2 plates move past each other
  8. 16. break in rock along which rocks on either side of the break move