Across
- 2. the movement of two oceanic plates away from each other which results in the formation of new oceanic crust
- 4. the result of a sudden release of energy in the earths crust that creates seismic waves
- 5. this theory explains the movement of the earths plates
- 6. high energy waves are sparked when a particular strong earthquakes energy is distributed through the ocean waters
- 7. where two plates collide
- 11. large peices of earths crust
- 13. when one plate is pushed under another
- 14. plates seperate from each other
Down
- 1. theory of continents moving together and apart over time
- 3. a deep canyon which runs the length of the mid-atlantic ridge
- 8. when two plates move sideways against each other
- 9. extremely ddep areas in the ocean
- 10. heat rising from the molten mantle layer below the earths crust
- 12. when two plates collide