Across
- 4. split between 2 plates that used to be 1
- 7. weaker part of mantle, flows beneath the lithosphere
- 9. straight above the center/focus of an earthquake
- 11. type of plates that move towards each other
- 13. creates new seafloor and develops along well developed plate boundaries
- 14. amount of force to an area
- 15. type of plates that grind/slide past each other
Down
- 1. area of the fracturing of rocks because of stress put on them
- 2. strong layer formed from the earths crust and uppermost mantle
- 3. the study of past direction and intensity of magnetic fields
- 5. Pangaea is breaking apart and the pieces are drifting to where they are now
- 6. when plates converge and one is pushed under the other
- 8. type of plates that move away from each other
- 10. boundary between plates
- 12. the result of a hypothesis, and idea