Plate Tectonics Quiz Review

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Across
  1. 4. Alfred Wegener’s idea that all continents used to be joined together in one single landmass called Pangaea.
  2. 5. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
  3. 6. Part of the continent that extends out underneath the ocean.
  4. 8. the study of all the Earth's plates and their movements.
  5. 9. A long high sea wave caused by a landslide, earthquake, or other disturbance.
  6. 11. a sudden release of energy due to movement along a fault
Down
  1. 1. The process by which energy is transferred in a fluid (non solid).
  2. 2. The type of crust that is less dense and is made of granite.
  3. 3. when all land was joined together in one supercontinent
  4. 7. The type of crust that is more dense and is made of basalt.
  5. 10. A crack in the Earth’s crust, separating the crust into tectonic plates.