This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 22 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The hottest part of the Earth
The man who theorized the tectonic plate theory
Forms over thin, weak points in the Earth's crust
The last super continent to exist in Earth's history
Places where magma rises to the surface
The layer that makes up the tectonic plates
The most liquid part of Earth's interior
the part of Earth with the largest volume
varies from 10 km to 70 km in thickness
The part of the Earth that the plates move on
The point direct above the focus of an Earthquake
Areas where one plate pushes under another
Force behind the growth of the Atlantic Ocean.
Driving force behind plate movement
force of oceanic plate falling into mantle is called _____
The build-up of pressure
______________ are used to study the interior of the Earth
The depth of the _______ is a factor in earthquake damage
Young mountians created by continental-continental plate convergence
Devices used to detect earthquakes
The scale used to measure earthquakes
The largest kind of volcanos, are flatter than your average volcano, and one is the Hawaiian islands