Plate Tectonics Crossword

hypothesis that continents are in motion
naturally preserved remains, imprint, or traces of organisms
middle layer of Earth situated between the crust above and the core below
ancient supercontinent composed of land that forms today's continents
events in which the magnetic fields reverses direction
mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean normal conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern
today's magnetic field; magnets orient themselves to point north
magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south
new oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
where two plates collide
where two plates separate
cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth
theory that Earth's surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other
force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge
force created by sinking of a plate, or a slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate subduction sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary
where two plates slide by each other