Science Project Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. the outermost physical layer of the Earth
- 6. a piece of the lithosphere
- 8. when two tectonic plates move away from one another
- 9. the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
- 11. one of the three landforms associated with convergent boundaries
- 13. when tectonic plates move towards each other and collide
- 14. squeezes or shortens material
- 15. the second of three landforms associated with convergent boundaries
- 17. when two oceanic plates converge and one sinks beneath the other
- 19. the process of one plate sinking below another
- 20. one of two landforms associated with divergent boundaries
Down
- 1. when two tectonic plates move past each other in opposite directions
- 3. lengthens a material or pulls a material apart
- 4. the third of three landforms associated with convergent boundaries
- 5. a chain of volcanic mountains
- 7. causes material to twist or become distorted
- 10. pieces of the lithosphere
- 12. breaks in rock
- 16. volcanic island that forms far from tectonic plates
- 18. the layer immediately below the lithosphere