This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 21 clues. Answers range from 4 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
An area that is hotter than its surroundings that can eventually create volcanoes/islands
A crack in the earthes crust where rocks slide past one another
A deep depression of the sea floor caused by subduction
When two oceanic crust separate
Where two continental plastes separate they form a ____ valley.
Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creatin new
Theory that the continents drift away from each other
Long continuous volcanic chain of various mountains
Plates pushing toward each other
Plates that move in opposite directions of each other
Strong tumor that shakes the ground and can be caused by transform plate
When two oceanic crust collide and one subducts, it can create
Crust that is under the ocean
A series or chain of mountains that are close together
Crust that is underneath a continent
When two contiental plates collide it forms
Where two continental plates slide passeach other is
A landform that is made by subduction from oceanic crust
Supercontinent of all the contients
When two plates collide and one of them submerges
Man who proposed the theory that plates drifted away from each other