Plate tectonics Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 14 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
Underwater canyons that occur where subduction happens
When mid-ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor. This process adds more crust to the ocean floor.
The area where two plates diverge on continental crust
A super continent or single landmass created when all the continents were joined together
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
When plates slip past one another
Created the hypothesis that the Earth’s plates move. Had three pieces of evidence to support this theory of continental drift.
Area where plates move apart from one another
The idea that the continents slowly move over Earth’s surface
Area where plates move towards each other
Breaks in Earth's Crust
A broken piece of Earth's Crust
The theory of earth's Plates and Plate movement
Long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
