Plate Tectonics Crossword

states that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates , that move with respect to each other
the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
forms where two plates separate
forms where two plates slide past each other
form where two plates collide. The denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process called subduction
the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
the man who came up with the Plate Tectonic Theory
layer of Earth below the lithosphere
this helped develop the Plate Tectonic Theory
convection currents in the mantle produce fa force that causes motion
what is the largest plate tectonic
what is one of the smallest plate tectonic
what heats Earth's interior
the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
a state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
all the continents were once part of a supercontinent