Earths layers and tectonic plates Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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the thinnest layer of earth
the thickest layer of earth
the only liquid layer
the crust and the upper layer of the mantle together make up a zone of ridgid brittle rock called
the region below the lithosphere in which the rock is less ridgid than above and below.
the type of crust made of granite
the type of crust made of basalt
the only layer 800 miles thick
the transfer of heat through the motions of liquids and gases
tectonic plates move toward each other
tectonic plates move away from each other
where one plate moves under another and is forced of sinks into the mantle
wher two plates slide by each other
a valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another
a theory explaining how the pieces of earths surface (the plates) move.
a long chain of undersea mountains
a hypothesis that a new sea floor is created at mid ocean ridges and that in the process the continents are pushed apart from each other
the idea that continents move around on earths surface
an ancient huge landmass composed of earlier forms of todays continents; an ancient supercontinent
vibrations that travel through earth and are caused by events like earthquakes or human made blasts

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