Continental Drift Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST: million : 250 _ : alfred wegener hypothesized that pangaea began to break apart about how many years ago?, seafloor spreading : the process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges, fossils : paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans, lithosphere : a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust, increases : what happens to temperature as you go deeper in the earth?, convection : force in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move, magnetic : the earth's _ field reverses from time to time, africa : alfred wegener noticed that the coast of south america seemed to fit into the coast of this continent, just like a jigsaw puzzle, subduction zones : places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates, plate tectonics : a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move, two centimeters : about how far do the plates move each year?, astheno sphere : the zone below the lithosphere. it is more 'plastic' than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move, alfred wegener : scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted, mantle : section of the earth below the crust, fossil record : glossopteris and mesosaurus would be considered this type of pangaea supportive evidence, mesosaurus : a fossil that was found in both south america and africa; evidence of continental drift.