This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 30 clues. Answers range from 3 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
who was the German scientist propsing the continental drift (last name)
Wegener's concept
The continents had alot of the same
The supercontinent
the wondered how continents could move through '' '' rock
in the middle of the Atlantic there was a
there are seven major
the plates move over hot fluid rock or
there is '' '' heating
this explains how plates move apart and new crust forms
sideways force
as the magma cools and solidifies then the '' '' freeze
boundaries that collide are called
boundaries that move away from each other
boundaries that slide past each other
when the oceanic plate slides under the continental plate this process in called
when a plate sinks under one another this forms an
Antarctica had fossils that were most likely
the continents seemed to fit together like a '' '' puzzle
a new seafloor crust is formed at the rate of about '' '' centimeters per year
true or false at convergent boundaries earthquakes and volcanic activity can occur
at diverging plats what forms
as the lithosphere moves so do the ocean floor and the '' ''
a model that shows how our plates move
what year did Wegener's idea come to a possibility
what does uneven heating the mantle cause
true ore false Wegener's idea was not supported by evidence
by what years were similar structures found in other oceans
at all of the boundaries make land forms true or false
yes or no was there evidence for seafloor spreading