This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 25 clues. Answers range from 6 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Rock, minerals, or other particles.
Layers of a sedimentary rock.
Something that comes from living matter.
Breaking down of rock material.
Rock that forms when magma reaches the Earths surface and cools rapidly.
Physical disintegration of rock
When rock disintegrates and decomposes.
When crystals are pressed flat.
Not looking like it was pressed flat.
Theory of the continents being one large continent.
Two plates moving apart.
Two plate moving together.
Deep “valley” like structures.
Happens in subduction zone.
Deepest point in the ocean.
Shows all 3 types of waves.
Measures the amplitude of the largest waves of and earthquake.
Opening of a volcano.
Hot materials that flow from a volcano.
Measures energy released from fault zone.
Small EQ’s that happen after a big EQ’s.
Small EQ’s that come before a big EQ’s
Most destructive waves.
More dangerous than P waves.
Waves that cause little damage