This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
the very center of the Earth
the third layer of the Earth
between the core and the the crust
the tough outer part
the rigid outer part of the earth
the upper layer of the earth's mantle
is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
underwater mountain range
the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter
a current in a fluid that results from convection
linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates
Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
places where plates slide sideways past each other
a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement
a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings
that Earth's outer shell is divided into several
A change in the Earth's magnetic field
the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.