Tectonic Plate Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The solid outer section of the earth.
  2. 6. The transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles.
  3. 7. Formed by transform boundaries.
  4. 8. The layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents.
  5. 10. The thin part of the earth’s crust.
  6. 11. When two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  7. 12. The landmass that existed when all continents were joined.
  8. 13. The deepest part of the oceanic floor.
  9. 14. When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
Down
  1. 1. When one plate boundary moves under another plate boundary.
  2. 2. The scientist who proposed the continental drift.
  3. 3. Formed by divergent boundaries.
  4. 5. The two sub-layers of the earth's crust.
  5. 6. When two tectonic plates move towards each other.
  6. 8. The movement of the continents.
  7. 9. The upper layer of the earths mantle , and is below the lithosphere.