Tectonic Plates Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 19 clues. Answers range from 6 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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hot, less dense material below Earth's crust rises toward the surface at the mid ocean ridge seafloor
plasticlike layer of Earth on which the lithospheric plates float and move around
plates that slide past each other
seven great land masses on the globe
all land
portion of the Earth's crust that lies beneath the ocean floor
hot, less dense material below Earth's crust rises toward the surface at the mid ocean ridge seafloor
Current in Earth's mantle that transfers heat in earths interior and is the driving force for plate tectonics
move on a plastic like layer of the mantle
plates that move apart from each other or diverge
plates that come together or collide into each other converge
rigid layer of Earth's crust and a part of the upper mantle
the man who was thought to be crazy for creating the plate tectonic theory and that all continents were once connected
can form where two oceanic plates collide
Similar rock structures were found in different continents
Boundaries form mountains, volcanoes, and trenches
where two plates slide past one another at transform boundaries
fossils of the same species were found on different continents
Glacier deposits were found on continents that no longer have glaciers

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