Theory of Plate Tectonics Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 13 clues. Answers range from 5 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
The name of the scientist whose theory is called continental drift.
This theory is describes how Pangaea separated over millions of years.
The name of the Scientist whose theory is called Seafloor Spreading.
This landform was discovered on the ocean floor where new crust is being formed and pushing the continents apart.
The process of hot liquids or gases rising and cool liquids or gases sinking.
The upper layer of the mantle on which the crust of the Earth floats.
The layer of the earth made of plates that contain continental and oceanic crust.
The asthenosphere is made of this.
The boundary where the plates of the lithosphere collide.
The plate boundary found mostly on oceanic crust.
At this boundary, the plates slide past each other.
These are formed where transform boundaries slide past each other.
Wegener discovers this type of evidence across continents as evidence Pangaea existed.
