Layers of Plate Tectonics Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 16 clues. Answers range from 5 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
Earth's outermost layer
solid center of the Earth that is made of mostly iron
largest layer inside Earth
liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core
energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquake's focus
rigid, outermost layer of Earth
plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
lower layer of the mantle that borders the liquid outer core
single large landmass
surface along which rocks break and move
theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle
theory that magma from below Earth's crust is forced upward toward the surface at a mid-ocean ridge
Plates crash into each other
Plates slide passed each other
Plates crash into each other
