SERVING UP SOME PLATE TECTONICS Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
The thin and solid outermost layer of the earth
The layer of rock between the earths
The center part of the earth
The crust and upper mantle
Soft layer of the mantle
Solid layer of the mantle
Liquid, outer layer of the core. Produced the earth's magnetic field
Pieces of Lithosphere that move around on top of the Asthenosphere
Solid, inner layer of the core
The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up and drifted to their present day location
Continents as one single landmass
The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
A place where tectonic plates touch
Two tectonic plates collide
Two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
Two tectonic plates separate
A break in rock that is due to stress
Fault when rocks are pushed together
The study of earthquakes
A sudden , violent shaking of the earth caused by shifting of the earths crust
