Across
- 7. Earth's natural borders; the ones on Africa and South America fit like puzzles.
- 9. The circular heat currents in the mantle that drive plate movement.
- 11. Molten rock underground that wells up to create new crust at boundaries.
- 12. The final period of the Paleozoic era when Pangea was fully formed.
- 14. The massive prehistoric supercontinent that held all Earth's land.
- 16. The slow movement of Earth's landmasses across the surface.
- 17. The vast, single global ocean that completely surrounded Pangea.
- 18. A deep valley or tear created where tectonic plates pull apart.
- 19. A massive landmass made up of multiple smaller continents.
- 20. The ancient C-shaped sea nestled into the eastern side of Pangea.
Down
- 1. The thick, molten layer under Earth's crust where convection happens.
- 2. The geological period when Pangea first started to break apart.
- 3. The German scientist who first proposed continental drift theory.
- 4. The geological study of how the plates of Earth's crust move.
- 5. The thin, solid outermost layer of Earth broken into moving pieces.
- 6. The southern half of the split supercontinent, including South America and Africa.
- 8. The physical edge or meeting line between two shifting tectonic plates.
- 10. The northern landmass formed after Pangea first split.
- 13. Massive moving ice sheet; its ancient scars on different continents match up.
- 15. Preserved plant or animal remains used to prove the continents were joined.
