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Plate Tectonics

Across
Explaining how the pieces of Earth's surface move
New sea floor is created at mid ocean ridges and that in the process the continents are pushed apart
Lithospheric plate boundary where 2 plates slide by eachother
Involves a lithospheric plate sinking in the mantle
Friction between 2 lithospheric plates
Down
Lithospheric plate boundary where 2 plates come together
Lithospheric plate boundary where 2 plates move apart
A long chain of undersea mountains
The idea that continents move around Earth's surface
An erupting vent through which molten rock reaches Earth's surface
An ancient supercontinent
A region on Earth's surface that is split into 2 pieces