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Plate Tectonic Crossword

Author: Kb
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When two plates come together.
The upper layer of the earth's mantel, below the lithosphere.
Horizontal rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides.
The theory that earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle is plate _____.
Process of mountain building.
Waves used to map the ocean floor.
A Theory that maintains the continents are slowly moving is called continental _____.
Cracks in the tectonics plates.
In early geologic time this was a supercontinent.
Volcanoes-magma produced by friction.
Hot magma rises in what?
Down
Largest major plates.
Act like a hard and rigid shell compared to earths mantle.
The transfer of heat by the circulation of movement.
The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges.
A German meteorologist.
When magma hits the ____ it cools.
Ancient animals and plants are found on distant landmassess.
The solid outer part of the earth.
Convergent and divergent boundaries form______.
Huge, tilted blocks of rocks that are separated.