Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 5. a super continent formed 300 million years ago
  2. 6. step-like fold that are horizontal
  3. 9. movement of fluid (magma), caused by temperature variations
  4. 11. arch-shaped fold that bends downward
  5. 13. solid, plastic layer, of mantle, beneath the lithosphere
  6. 14. boundary between tectonic plates that collide
  7. 15. arch-shaped fold that bends upward
Down
  1. 1. boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each other (horizontally)
  2. 2. boundary between tectonic plates that move away from each other
  3. 3. new ocean floor that rises to the surface & solidifies as a mid ocean ridge
  4. 4. long mountain range that has a narrow steep at the center
  5. 7. solid, outer layer, consists of the crust & rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. 8. a region with plate boundaries around the pacific ocean
  7. 10. region along a convergent plate boundary where a platonic plate goes under another
  8. 12. volcanically active area on earths surface