Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere
- 4. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
- 7. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
- 9. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
- 11. a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
- 12. the idea that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface
- 13. the theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology
Down
- 1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- 3. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
- 5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
- 6. A break in the earth's crust
- 8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
- 10. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)