Features of the Seafloor Crossword Puzzle

the crust and rigid outer/uppermost layer of the mantle
the limitations on an engineering solution
the requirements that must be met for an engineering solution to be successful
the hypothesis that the continents slowly drifted to their current positions after having been part of a single, giant landmass that broke apart
a break in Earth’s crust where the rocks on either side have moved
the scientific theory that the lithosphere is made up of rigid pieces, called tectonic plates, that move across Earth’s surface
the process by which the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge slowly pull away from each other, allowing molten rock to rise, solidify, and form new seafloor
a well-established group of ideas or models that is supported by a large amount of evidence and that can be used to explain many different phenomena
the process by which a collision between two tectonic plates forces the denser plate under the less dense plate
a prediction or statement based on limited evidence that can be tested by observation and experimentation
the technology used by scientists to map the ocean floor
Deep valleys in the seafloor located far from the mid-ocean ridge
the outer edge of continents that cannot be seen because they are underwater
a chain of volcanic mountains found mostly underwater
cracks that form at right angles of a mid-ocean ridge