Plate Tectonics Cross Word Puzzle

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 6 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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The continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.
The continents were joined together in a supercontinent, or single landmass, about 300 million years ago.
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
Form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
Adds more crust to the ocean floor. At the same time, older strips of rock move outward from either side of the ridge.
Part of the ocean sinks back into the mantle, in a process that takes millions of years.
Plates move apart of diverge from each other.
Plates come together or converge.
Plates slip past each other.
The theory that Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
Breaks in the Earth's surface where crust have slipped past each other.
A deep valley forms when pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land.
A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
Occurs when two plates pull apart.
Occurs when two plates come together.
Occurs where two plates slip past each other.
The faulta cuts through rock at an angle, so one rock sits over the fault, while the other block lies under the fault.
Has the same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the reverse direction.
The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion.
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level.

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