Plate Tectonics Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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At a __________ plate boundary new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other.
__________ can be created or grow wider where plates diverge or pull apart.
When a divergent boundary occurs on land a __________, or separation, will arise and over time, that mass of land will break between them.
Convergent boundaries can form underwater __________ ranges.
Divergent boundaries can cause shallow __________.
__________Can be Found below the ocean.
Divergent boundaries cause oceans to grow __________.
On our planet oceanic plates collide with other __________ plates.
When oceanic plates collide, one of those plates will __________ (go beneath the other).
When plates collide the plate that is __________ will subduct (go beneath the other).
When oceanic plates collide with continental plates a __________ will form between the two plates.
The __________ mountain range was formed from the collision of the Indian plate colliding into the Eurasian plate.
A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other.
A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide into each other.
When tectonic plates slide past each other a __________ is formed.
When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________.
is the part of the earth between the core and the the crust is the__________.
When _______ cools and solidifies, it forms igneous rock, of which lava is one type.
There are __________ major tectonic plates. Hint: count the big plates!
the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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