Across
- 6. Matches up on either side of the mid ocean ridge.
- 7. Scientist who proposed continental drift.
- 11. Coal is thought to be formed in ________.
- 13. Process for moving tectonic plates which relies on gravity and subduction (2 words).
- 15. Plate tectonics is thought to be important for nutrient ________.
- 16. Formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian and Sunda plates.
- 18. Island arcs are formed by the convergence of plates mainly composed of __________ crust.
- 19. One of the types of evidence for continental drift.
- 20. Type of volcano that formed the Bunya Mountains.
- 23. Evidence for a global flood: fossils on the top of _________.
- 24. Point (often below the surface) where the earthquake originates.
- 25. Supercontinent proposed by German meteorologist.
- 27. Mount Everest is getting __________.
- 28. Type of boundary where new oceanic crust forms.
- 30. Physical property that means that oceanic plates subduct below continental plates.
- 31. The plate subducting to form the Andes Mountains.
Down
- 1. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
- 2. Hot spots are ________.
- 3. The thickest layer of the earth.
- 4. Currents in the mantle which power plate tectonics.
- 5. Evidence for a global flood: fossils indicating ________ burial.
- 8. Basalt is denser than _________.
- 9. A lot of coal deposits are found at the ________.
- 10. The Himalayan Mountains involve what type of crust?
- 11. Plate tectonics is thought to act as a _______.
- 12. The Himalayan Mountains involve what type of boundary?
- 14. The thinnest layer of the earth (2 words).
- 17. Term for the 'plastic' layer of the mantle.
- 20. The number of main tectonic plates.
- 21. Term for the crust and upper mantle.
- 22. These Islands are formed from a hot spot.
- 26. Convection currents rely on differences in __________ in the mantle.
- 29. Diagrams in Science must be drawn in __________.