Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 1. study of magnetic record
  2. 4. theory that says the Earth is made of moving plates
  3. 5. fossil of seed fern
  4. 8. aquatic reptile found in freshwater rocks
  5. 9. boundary that moves apart
  6. 12. long narrow depression where crust is separating
  7. 13. line on a map that connects points that have same age
  8. 16. says Earth's continents had once been joined
Down
  1. 2. one plate descends under another plate
  2. 3. device that detects small changes in magnetic fields
  3. 6. scientist who proposed the continents were joined
  4. 7. boundary where plates push towards each other
  5. 10. describes a change in Earth's magnetic field
  6. 11. theory that explains continental movement
  7. 14. supercontinent
  8. 15. boundary that slides past each other