This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 19 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
the make up of a rock
1.the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
the transform of thermal energy by the circuation or movement of liquid or gas
the boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
the central spherical part of the earth below the mantle
the thin outmost layer of the earth or the uppermost part of the lithosphere
the amount of matter in a given space mass per unit volume
the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
a shaking of trembling of a portion of the earth
a break in the Earth crust along which blocks of the crust slides relative to one another due to tectonic plates
magma that flows onto the Earth's surface
the outermost; rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
the hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts
the layer of Earth between the crust and the core
the theory that Earth's' lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere and mantle
the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates
the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
an act, process, or result of lifting up a part of the Earth's surface
a mountain that forms when molten rock, called magma, is forced to Earth's surface