This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
What is the Earth layer between the crust and core?
Who discovered the Tectonic Plate Theory?
What happens when tectonic plates move against each other?
What is formed when plates sink into the mantle and rise back up?
The surface layer of Earth
Theory that Earth is made up of many plates that move
Innermost layer of Earth
when heat rises in the mantle
The name of the supercontinent (made up of all the current continents)
The tectonic plate under Asia and Europe
The Earth is made up of:
The tectonic plate under India and Australia
This type of boundary occurs when two plates rub against each other going opposite directions
This type of boundary occurs when two plates come apart from each other
This type of boundary occurs when two plates come together
A break where the Earth's tectonic plates shifted that is a likely site of an earthquake is an example of a
Remains of animals found in the ground
Layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
__________ can be created or grow wider where plates diverge or pull apart.
new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.