Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 13 clues. Answers range from 7 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
The scientist who developed the idea of continental drift.
The supercontinent founded by Alfred Wegener
The hypothesis that states that all the continents are moving on earth's surface.
A tropical plant found in multiple regions such as South America, Africa, and Antarctica.
The longest chain of mountains in the world.
The process where new seafloor is continuously made at the mid-ocean ridges
The American Scientist who studied sea floor spreading and the mid-ocean ridges.
The boat that drills and collect samples from the sea floor
The large brittle pieces of Earth's outer shell
The theory when lithospheric plates move and cause geological changes.
Contains basalt
Contains granite
Occurs in asthenosphere; moves plates in lithoshpere
