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 describes large scale movements of the Earth's lithosphere?
The lithosphere is divided into...
Two plates collide they make...
When two plates move away from each other this is called...
A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally is called a...
What is the outermost rigid layer of Earth?
What is a layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock?
What is the strong lower part of the Earth's mantle?
What explains the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks?
What is the outermost layer of Earth?
What is the movement of matter that results from differences in density?
What is located between the core and the crust?
What extends from below the mantle to the center of Earth?
What element makes up most of Earth's core?
What is the liquid layer of Earth's core?
What is dense and is in the center of Earth and extends from the bottom of the outer core to the center of Earth?
What are the huge trenches on Earth's seafloor?
What pushes the rest of a plate away from the mid-ocean ridge?
What is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for b the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction?
What is the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the Earth to the surface?