Plate Tectonics Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. what is the theory that Henry Hess created that helped prove continental drift?
  2. 4. what was the mountain range formed when the Indian plate ran into the Eurasian plate?
  3. 10. what is the largest mid-ocean ridge?
  4. 11. who was the scientist that is most famous for his theory on Pangea?
  5. 13. what type of rock forms from rock that undergoes lots of heat and pressure?
  6. 15. what land structure is formed from a rupture in the earth's crust?
  7. 16. what's the natural disaster that results in lots of shaking on the earth?
Down
  1. 1. where do two plates collide?
  2. 2. what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented?
  3. 5. what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion
  4. 6. where does more dense plates go under less dense plates?
  5. 7. what was the super continent formed 280 millions years ago
  6. 8. what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma?
  7. 9. where do two plates pull away from each other?
  8. 12. what is formed when volcanoes erupt underwater, and they tend to have more of a smooth shape?
  9. 14. what is it called when an area beneath the surface moves melted rock is moving upwards?