PLATE TECKTONICS Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
A GRADUAL MOVEMENT OF CONTINENT
THE RIGID OUTER PART OF THE EARTH
COMING CLOSER TOGETHER
FERROMAGNESIAN MINERALS
A LOSS SLEEVELESS
THE EQUILIBRIUM THAT EXIST BETWEEN PART
THE SIDEWAYS AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH
UPPER LAYER OF THE EARTH
A SUPER CONTINENT THAT EXISTED DURING THE LATE PALEOZOIC AND EARLY MESOZOIC ERAS
A PROCESS THAT OCCURS AT MID OCEAN RIDGES WHERE NEW OCEANIC CRUST IS FORMED THROUGH VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND THEN GRADUALLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE RIDGE
A MAJOR AREA IN THE BASIN OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS OCCUR
HE PROPOSED THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
A LINEAR FEATURE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES THAT ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
MOVEMENT OF GROUPS OF MOLECULES WITHIN FLUIDS SUCH AS LIQUIDS OR GASES
A LINEAR OF FISSURES ALONG THE FLANK OF A VOLCANO, FROM WHICH LAVA ERUPTS
A RUPTURE IN THE CRUST OF A PLANETARY-MASS OBJECT SUCH AS EARTH THAT ALLOWS HOT LAVA
THE THINNEST LAYER OF THE EARTH
THE HOTTEST LAYER OF THE EARTH
A RESULT FROM THE BUILD UP OF STRESS AT A PLATE BOUNDARY
A LONG NARROW DITCH
