Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. molten Earth that is pushed out onto the surface
  2. 8. the semi liquid layer underneath the crust
  3. 10. Where 2 plates move toward each other
  4. 11. crashed into Earth leading to the latest mass extinction
  5. 12. one plate is forced underneath another
  6. 13. a current created when heat rises/cool sinks
  7. 16. 2 plates slide past each other
Down
  1. 1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. 3. used sonar in WWII to find ocean floor not flat
  3. 4. the branch of science Alfred Wegener was in first
  4. 5. Mountain formed when lava is pushed out and solidifies
  5. 6. mountains formed when India crashed into Asia
  6. 7. the last supercontinent. Became todays continents
  7. 9. continent on which Alfred Wegener died
  8. 14. famous for theory of continental drift
  9. 15. the outer, solid layer of the Earth