Plate Tectonics

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