Plate Tectonic Crossword

the german scientist who created the theory about continenial drift
when all the continent were one big land mass
when magma rises through the mid-ocean ridges and creates new crust
when all the continents were together then drifted apart
made up of the crust ans upper mantle
inner most part of the earth, very hot, made of nickel and iron
outer part of the core, liquidy and thick
thickest layer of the earth made up of magma
thinnest layer of the earth in which he live on
when two plates slide together
where two plates meet
where one plate slides under another because its denser
Type of stress that pulls apart(like divergent)
type of stress that pulls together(convergent boundary)
When two plates slide(shear)
a natural disasterwhen tectonic plates interact at the tectonic plate boundaries
underwater mountains
ocean crust, more dense, usually when plates collide goes into subduction
land crust, more dense
a theory in geology, the crust of the earth is divided into a small number of plates