Plate Tectonics Crossword

Center of the Earth made of metals like iron and nickel
The outermost layer of the Earth (You walk on it!)
Liquid part of the center (Second layer from center)
Layer below the crust that is cooler and more brittle (Upper portion of the Mantle)
Layer below the crust that is mostly solid but can move like silly putty due to great heat and pressure
Name for the supercontinent
The man who discovered the continents may have fit together
What evidence led him to believe the continents may have fit together
The process where heat rises from the bottom, spreads and then cools
Underwater volcanic mountain chains
Place where two plates are moving apart is called a _____ boundary
Place where two plates are moving together is called a ____ boundary.
Deep underwater depression
Two plates colliding can create what
Two plates pulling apart can create what
The structure that is created when the plates move and release pressure from within the Earth
Islands form when a plate moves over a stationary what in the mantle
When two plates slide and grind past each other
California has many earthquakes because it sits on a
The strain when two plates are pulling apart
The strain when two plates are pusing together
The strain when plates are moving sideways
Waves of energy that travel through the ground
The point directly above the focus during an earthquake
The point that the earthquake originated
Instrument used to detect vibrations in the Earth
Seismic waves are measured using which scale
An earthquake in the ocean can cause this
Under the ocean, the process when plates diverge and new crust is formed is called