Across
- 1. two tectonic plates slide past each other
- 4. measurement instruments that measure strength
- 7. sliding plate force
- 8. set of intital conditions that lead to same long term behavior
- 9. study of the record of the Earths magnetic field in rocks and sediment
- 11. two or more plates move toward each other and collide
- 13. led scientists to magnetic reversals
- 14. lowland between high mountain ranges
Down
- 1. outer shell glides over mantle
- 2. change in the magnetic field such as positions of north & south poles
- 3. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
- 5. one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle
- 6. super continent made up of all land forms
- 10. hypothesis that the continents used to be a part of a single landmass called Pangea but drifting into separate masses
- 12. portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by abduction