Plate Tectonics

3. The physical or chemical process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface
6. The super continent
9. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
10. A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
12. A German scientist that noticed that the continents were once connected
13. Pushing against each other
15. Sliding by each other
18. There are 12 major _____
19. A _______ often occur when transform plates slide past each other
20. Is the process that allows plates to be in motion

1. It is between the core and the crust
2. Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing a ________
4. Moving away from each other
5. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location
7. New crust is being made at the __________
8. A _________ has the same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the opposite direction
11. A device that scientists use to map the ocean floor
13. The outer layer of the Earth
14. The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil
16. The process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle
17. The center of the Earth