Plate Tectonics Crossword

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The crustal part of the earth.
The theory that the earth's landmasses where once closer together
Flexible upper layer of the mantle, on which the tectonic plates move
A shake in the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
The fracturing to two rocks.
An area of rocks that have been bent.
Branch of geology that studies the evolution of rocks.
Marine mountain range where a new seafloor is created by seafloor spreading, or plate tectonics.
The super continent that existed about 335 million years ago.
A major fault line that travels through all of California.
The creation of new sea floor layers that is caused from magma at mid ocean-ridges.
Rocks being formed from being pressed together.
A rupture in the earth's crust that holds magma and shoots out lava.
Molten rock in the earth's crust.
He created the Pangaea theory.
Movement of the earth's crust.
Magma when it reaches the surface.
When a tectonic plate sinks below another tectonic plate.
The type of rock that covers the ocean.
That point on the Earth's surface directly above the center of an earthquake

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