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.
Waves that tell us about the inside of the earth
Primary waves where crust squeezes back and forth like an accordion
Secondary waves side to side and up and down. Cannot travel through liquids
Travel along the surface of the Earth. Move slowly
Increases as you go down into the earth.
Increases as you go down because of the weight of the earth above.
Thin layer of solid rock that includes both both dry and land and the ocean floor.
Crust under the ocean; made of mostly basalt.
Dark rock with fine texture. Very dense.
Crust that forms continents; made of granite.
Light colored rock with coarse texture.
Second layer of earth made up of hot rock, but the rock is solid.
The upper part of the mantle and part of the crust above it.
Softer part of mantle that is about 350 km deep.
Part of the earth that is hot but solid. Extends all the way to the Earths core.
Part of the earth made mostly out of iron and nickel.
Very hot liquid part of the earth
Very hot part of the earth, but the pressure pushes the atoms together keeping it solid.
Transfer of heat by waves, travels through space.
Heat transfer when objects touch.
Heat transferred by movements of currents within a fluid.