This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 26 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Formed by the arching and up-folding. Layers of rock folded upward
Formed by the down folding. Layers of rock are folded downwards.
Upward circular or slightly elongated structure. Oldest rocks are in the center.
large, step-like folds in otherwise horizontal strata. Appear to be the result of steep dipping rocks.
A bend in rock that is the response to compression forces
Forms when the stresses overcome the internal strength of the rock forming a fracture
The two sides of a fold
The axis of this fold is not horizontal creating a tilt of the fold
Fold is the same on both sides
Fold that is not the same on each side
Fold falls over; both limbs dip in the same direction
A crack in a rock along which no appreciable movement has occurred
Broad flat anticline or syncline is bordered by steeply dipping limbs
A very small sized fold
A continental sized fold
"All Earth" Continents fit together as one large continent
Wegener's hypothesis about continent movement
The layer of crust that is broken into plates
The revised theory of Continental Drift
The driving force of Plate Tectonics
Layer below the Lithosphere; Partial liquid
Plates move away from each other
Plate move towards each other
Plates slide against each other
Up-welling of hot rock
The surface manifestation of a mantle plume