Across
- 2. Sliding by each other
- 8. The process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle
- 10. A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
- 11. The center of the Earth
- 14. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location
- 15. A German scientist that noticed that the continents were once connected
- 17. It is between the core and the crust
- 18. New crust is being made at the __________
- 21. The outer layer of the Earth
Down
- 1. Pushing against each other
- 3. A device that scientists use to map the ocean floor
- 4. The super continent
- 5. There are 12 major _____
- 6. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
- 7. The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil
- 9. A _________ has the same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the opposite direction
- 12. Is the process that allows plates to be in motion
- 13. The physical or chemical process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface
- 16. Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing a ________
- 19. Moving away from each other
- 20. A _______ often occur when transform plates slide past each other