SEAFLOOR SPREADING & CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY

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Across
  1. 1. Evidence from similar rocks on different continents
  2. 2. One of the causes of Earth Movement
  3. 4. Evidence from preserved creatures that supported drift
  4. 6. Hot, molten material beneath Earth’s crust
  5. 7. A german meteorologist who developed Continental Drift Theory (CDT)
  6. 10. Process where magma rises and forms new seafloornew
  7. 11. Underwater mountain chain where new oceanic crust forms
  8. 13. Evidence in the seafloor’s magnetism
  9. 18. Ocean formed after Pangaea split
  10. 19. Place where old ocean crust sinks back into the mantle
Down
  1. 1. Deep valley at the ridge where plates pull apart
  2. 3. The movement of tectonic plates
  3. 5. Rock that makes up most of the ocean floor
  4. 8. The continent opposite africa where Mesosaurus was also found
  5. 9. The continent where Mesosaurus fossils were found
  6. 12. The large landmasses of Earth
  7. 14. Modern theory combining drift & spreading
  8. 15. The floor of the world’s oceans where spreading occurs
  9. 16. It is called "Supercontinent"
  10. 17. American scientist who proposed the SFS