Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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The interaction of the lithosphere plates as they move slowly over the mantle
Currents in the mantle that moves plate tectonics
A super continent that slowly moved apart creating our modern continents
The plate boundary that pushes plates together and destroys crust
When plates slide past each other neither creating or destroying crust
Plates pull apart creating new crust
The shaking of the crust caused by convergent and transform boundaries
The coolest layer of the earth that is made of thin, solid rock where all living this live
The layer of the earth that is a hot and dense asphalt-like rock that causes plate tectonics to move
The densest, hottest layer of the earth located in the center, made up of iron and nickel
The layer of the earth that creates the earths magnetic field
The theory that suggests the separation of Pangea
A mountain range running 10,000 miles along the ocean floor
Ruptures in the earth's crust made from hot molten rock
Another name for the crust
Large landforms rising above the earth's surface caused by convergent boundaries
A part of the earth's mantle where magma rises to the surface
A vibration that travels through the earth with the energy from an earthquake
Another name for the mantle
The upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its outward movement, forming new oceanic crust

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