Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 5. drift the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  2. 7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  3. 8. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
  4. 9. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  5. 10. two plates that move apart or rift.
Down
  1. 1. when the denser ocean subducts under the other one.
  2. 2. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  3. 3. the collision of two plates.
  4. 4. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.
  5. 6. two plates that are sliding past eachother.