Tectonic Plates Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 14 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
Made up of semi-molten rock (magma). Located just inside of the crust.
solid and unattached to the mantle.
convection motion within in this region along with the rotation of the earth creates an effect that maintains the Earth’s magnetic field.
Outer layer of the earth
Plates travel past each other
Earth’s outer shell
Plate movements underwater, which creates Ocean ridges and trenches.
The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
A supercontinent that incorporated all the land masses on earth.
Plates colliding into each other
Plates moving away from each other
Caused by rapid movement of the earth as tectonic plates move past each other.
The alignment of magnetic minerals in the ocean.
