Across
- 2. idea proposed by Alfred Wegener
- 6. the study of ancient magnetics within ocean floor basalt
- 8. longest mountain range in the world that is also a divergent boundary and the source for seafloor spreading
- 9. the type of lithospheric crust made of less dense granite
- 13. mountain range in South America formed from continental vs oceanic convergence
- 14. the movement of lithospheric plates on top of the mantle
- 15. Hawaii is not on a plate boundary, but a what?
- 18. island arc in Alaska formed from oceanic vs oceanic convergence
- 21. Divergent boundary in Africa that has filled in with water
- 22. the type of plate boundary where plates move together
- 24. the solid innermost layer of the Earth
- 25. a solid-like layer of the Earth that contains convection currents
- 27. a large fault in California on a transform plate boundary
- 28. where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen around the Pacific Plate
Down
- 1. responsible for the movement of lithospheric plates
- 3. scientific name for the Upper Mantle
- 4. the liquid layer of the Earth responsible for the magnetosphere
- 5. mountain range formed from continental vs continental convergence
- 7. the solid layer of the Earth that we walk on
- 10. the Caledonian Mountains in Europe match up with these mountains in the United States
- 11. idea proposed by Harry Hess
- 12. the deepest trench in the world formed from oceanic vs oceanic convergence
- 14. the state of matter of the Asthenosphere
- 16. a divergent boundary will create this formation
- 17. the type of plate boundary where plates move apart
- 19. the name for when an oceanic plate is pushed underneath another plate
- 20. an Island Country on a divergent plate boundary
- 23. the type of lithospheric crust made of dense basalt
- 26. the type of plate boundary where plates slide past one another