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Plate Tectonic Movement by Parker Conley

Across
When two plates move away from eachother
Equal stress from all sides
When two plates slide and interact
It spews magma from the earths core
Underwater ridges that are formed by seafloor spreading
When the ocean cracks along mid-ocean ridge crests
An area of rock that has been bent by stress
Force applied to an object
Large movable segments of the lithosphere
The uppermost division of the solid earth
The theory that all continents used to be different than today
Down
When plates move into eachother
The center of the earth
The theories of plate tectonics and how they work
The upper layer of Earth's interior
The thick, dense layer of rock
The study of tectonism
A plate pushes another one down causing it to partially melt
A generalA general statement derived from a hypothesis that has withstood sufficient testing
An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress