Plate Tectonics Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 13 clues. Answers range from 6 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
the idea that continents move around on earth's surface
an ancient,hug landmass composed of earlier forms of today's continents an ancient super continent
a theory explaining how the pieces of earth's surface(the plates)move
a long chain of under sea mountains
A hypothesis that the new sea floor is created at mid-ocean ridges and that, in the process, the continents are pushed apart from each other
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere
Thin Lithospheric plates that are made of basalt and form the ocean floor;denser than continental plates
Thick Lithospheric plates that are made of andesite and granite and form the continents less dense than oceanic plates
A process that involves a Lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle
A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates move apart
A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together
A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates slide apart
A valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another
