Across
- 3. A boundary where plates slide past each other.
- 8. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust.
- 13. The movement of heat within the mantle that pushes the plates.
- 16. The plastic-like layer of the mantle that the plates slide on.
- 17. The location where new crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges.
- 19. A boundary where two plates pull apart.
- 20. The theory describing the motion of large sections of Earth's lithosphere.
Down
- 1. An ancient fern fossil used as evidence for Continental Drift.
- 2. When one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
- 4. Evidence of these ice masses in tropical areas proved continents have shifted.
- 5. The way the coastlines of South America and Africa seem to fit together.
- 6. The slow movement of continents over millions of years.
- 7. The ancient supercontinent where all landmasses were joined.
- 9. The process occurring at divergent boundaries under the ocean.
- 10. The border where two tectonic plates meet.
- 11. Preserved remains of ancient organisms found on matching coastlines.
- 12. A boundary where two plates collide.
- 14. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface that creates new crust.
- 15. A freshwater reptile fossil found in both South America and Africa.
- 18. The scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift.
