Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The planet we live on.
  2. 4. To watch carefully and attentively.
  3. 9. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, but is below the lithosphere
  4. 13. Machinery and equipment developed from such scientific knowledge.
  5. 14. The study of materials to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
  6. 16. A person who studies the physical or natural sciences.
  7. 17. Record in detail the spatial distribution of something.
  8. 18. Summarizes a hypothesis that has been supported by many tests.
  9. 19. There are 2 of these on different sides of the U.S.
  10. 20. The outside of something.
Down
  1. 1. The solid, outermost layer of the Earth, lying above the mantle.
  2. 3. The remains of prehistoric organisms.
  3. 5. Available facts indicating whether a belief is true or false.
  4. 6. This man wrote the book "The Origin of Continents and Oceans."
  5. 7. It was also called the "super continent".
  6. 8. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  7. 10. An educated guess based on observation.
  8. 11. There are 7 of these.
  9. 12. Ridge General term for an underwater mountain system, consisting of various mountain chains.
  10. 15. The ocean on the East of the United States.