This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 21 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A break or crack in earths lithosphere along which the rocks move
Vibrationsthat travel through earth carring the energy released during an earthquake
Heat transfer by the movement of curents within a fluid
The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
The process by which ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere
The place where two plates move apart or divergent
A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
A device that determines the distance of an object under water
A measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point
A force pressing on a area
A dark dense igneous rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust
A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
The layer of hot solid material between earths crust and core
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
a dense ball of solid metal
A layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core
The transfer of energy through space
Heat transfer within a materal or between materials that are touching
A measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance