Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. The country that fits with Europe during Pangaea.
  2. 5. The country that fits with South America during Pangaea.
  3. 7. One of the minor tectonic plates.
  4. 9. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  5. 11. Where two or more lithospheric plates collide with each other.
  6. 13. inches How often the plates move per year.
  7. 14. Came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
  8. 17. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  9. 18. Places where three plates meet.
  10. 19. When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  11. 20. Places where plates slide sideways past each other.
Down
  1. 1. The Ring where 90% of the world's earthquakes occur with over 450 volcanoes.
  2. 3. At one time all of the continents formed one super-continent.
  3. 4. The theory became solidified.
  4. 6. Caused by the moving of transform plates.
  5. 8. The largest major tectonic plate.
  6. 10. One of the seven major tectonic plates.
  7. 12. The cause of the movement of convergent plates.
  8. 15. The molten layer of rock the plates lay on.
  9. 16. Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory.