Plate Tectonic Review

3. Term Wegener used to describe the movement of continents (second word in the full theory).
5. A crack in Earth’s crust where movement has occurred.
9. Large landmasses whose movement Wegener studied.
10. Earth layer where convection currents occur.
11. Boundary where plates move toward each other.
12. Supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener.
13. The theory describing movement of plates across Earth’s surface (second word in the full theory).
14. Last name of the scientist who proposed continental drift (sometimes spelled Wegener).

1. Landform created at a divergent boundary on the ocean floor (often followed by “mid‑ocean”).
2. Mountains of similar age and make up were found on different sides of what ocean?
4. ______ of an animal that cannot swim were found on two different continents.
6. Coral reefs were found on what continent where they do not belong?
7. Boundary where plates move away from each other.
8. South Africa and South America fit together like a
10. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface that rises at divergent boundaries.
13. Deep valley formed at a subduction zone.