This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 23 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
indirect evidence scientists use to figure out what Earth's interior looks like.
outside layer of the Earth(where the continents and ocean are)
what the oceanic crust is made up of mostly.
what the continental crust is made of.
layer of mantle that is solid but able to flow
layer of mantle that includes some of the oceanic crust
liquid layer made of iron
solid, extremely hot layer in the center of the Earth
heat transfer through space
heat transfer between objects that are touching
heat transfer within a fluid
supercontinent that formed millions of years ago
theory Alfred Wegener discovered.
place where an oceanic crust sinks underneath continental crust and causes subduction
crack in ocean floor where magma seeps out.
device scientists use to map the ocean floor
proccess where oceanic crust is continuelly added.
proccess where oceanic crust is recycled back down into the mantle at a trench
deep valley that forms at a divergent boundary
broken parts in the Earth's lithosphere
breaks in the Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
any trace of an ancient organism that hasbeem preserved in rock
s measure of how much mass ther is in a volumem of water