Plate Tectonics! Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 10 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
The theory that the earth is broken into plates and are in motion due to convection currents in the asthenosphere
Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s
term for the super continent which contained all the plates together
The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
The boundary formed by the collision of two plates
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
process in which two plates collide and the denser ocean plate descends below the other
