Plate Tectonics Crossword

the upper layer of the earth's mantle
A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
the outermost solid layer of the earth
A linear feature that exist between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
the shaking of the earth's surface
The rigid outer part of the earth
the layer below the crust
A massive irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
A scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of several large plates and the movements of a large number of smaller plates of the lithosphere
A place where two lithospheric plates come together
A place where plates slide sideways past each other
A rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object
A theory that explained hw continents shift position on the earth's surface
A current in a fluid that results from convection
the remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form
Depressions of the seafloor, relatively narrow in the width, but very long
the formation of the new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges