Plate Tectonics Crossword

The pieces of the earth's lithosphere that together make up the earth's surface.
The point on earth's surface thats vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
The theory explaining plates on the lithosphere moving slowly over the mantle on earth's surface.
The area on the edge of tectonic plates where volcanic, seismic, and tectonic activity occurs as a result of the motion of the plates.
The feature that exists when tectonic plates move away from each other.
A break in a body of rock which cause displacement on earth's surface.
The process where one tectonic plate moves under another.
The process where the continental lithosphere stretches.
Where two plates slide past each other.
Where two plates slide and collide into each other.
A strike slip fault occurring in between to plates
Volcanic regions fed by the underlying mantle
Earthquake activity that happens at the middle of a tectonic plate.
A current in fluid.
New oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity.
The outermost shell of earth.
A mild vibration before the regular earthquake.
The countries and regions bordering the Pacific Ocean.
The scientific theory that all the continents were a supercontinent millions of years ago.
A supercontinent that formed billions of years ago and broke apart millions of years ago.
The upper layer of earth's mantle.
The outermost layer of rock on the earth.
The middle of earth's interior made of hot rock.
Large rock that forms from cooled magma.