Across
- 2. the original super continent
- 5. Soft layer of the mantle
- 7. the theory that the continents have drifted away from each other
- 9. Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
- 10. when 2 plates diverge from each other
- 11. when an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
- 12. formed when 2 continental plates diverge
- 14. when 2 continental plates slide horizontally past each other
- 17. plates situated throughout the lithosphere
- 18. The longest mid ocean ridge on the planet
- 19. Line of volcanic islands formed by plates colliding and one plate sliding under the other
Down
- 1. Usually near tectonic plates a tremor in the Earths surface
- 3. when 2 continental plates collide with each other
- 4. A deep valley along the ocean floor
- 6. when 2 plates collide with each other
- 8. Came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- 11. the process in which 2 plates are diverging forming new crust along the Mid Atlantic ridge
- 13. fractures in the earths crust
- 15. Molten rock
- 16. when oceanic plates diverge and magma rises through the crust and forms new crust
