It's a Puzzling World

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Across
  1. 1. the theory of plate _____ says that the lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere and moves around
  2. 3. as you dig deeper into the Earth, fossils that are down lower are _____ than the ones found above it
  3. 4. there is lots of evidence of ancient plant and animal _____ that supports the idea that all continents used to be connected
  4. 8. another name for the middle mantle
  5. 9. the outermost, solid layer of the Earth; can be continental or oceanic
  6. 10. the crust and upper mantle; think "Land"
  7. 12. the innermost, deepest, solid metal layer of Earth
Down
  1. 2. as hot magma rises it then cools near Earth's surface, creating a _____ current
  2. 5. middle layer of the Earth where molten magma and convection currents are found
  3. 6. name of the supercontinent 200 million years ago
  4. 7. Wegener suggested that continents _____ to new locations but he couldn't explain how
  5. 11. seafloor _____ happens where magma reaches the surface and pushes plates away from each other