Plate Tectonics Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 24 clues. Answers range from 5 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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The motion of continents slowly moving
All land
Sections in the earths mantle that move on a plastic-like layer
The area between the earths crust and core
Two plates moving apart
Lines of magnetic forces moving in opposite directions
German meteorologist who discovered the concept of pangaea
The crust and upper mantle combined
A plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
Very top layer of the earth
Princeton Scientist in the early 1960s
Mountain range found in the United States and Greenland
Drilling rig scientists used to drill into the sea floor seeking rock samples
A device used to detect magnetic fields
Oceanic plate that goes down into the mantle
Two continental plates that collide
Two plates pulling apart forming a valley
Cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking
Faults forming from a pulling force
A curved chain of volcanic islands
Two plates sliding past each other without converging or diverging
Two plates sliding past each other
Two plates pushing up against each other
Two plates pushing up against each other with magma pushing through

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