Across
- 5. Is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
- 6. consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- 9. The gradual movement and formation of continents, as described by plate tectonics
- 10. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings
- 11. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism that's petrified
- 12. Each of several large landmasses thought to have divided to form the present continents
- 13. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- 16. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates
- 17. a hypothetical continent including all the landmasses of the earth put together
- 18. A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
- 19. The lower layer of the crust
Down
- 1. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth
- 2. The transfer of heat through a fluid
- 3. A mountain formed by volcanic material
- 4. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
- 6. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges
- 7. The outer layer of Earth
- 8. Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
- 14. A German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher who outlined his theory of Continental Drift.
- 15. Molten rock in the earth's crust