Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. A type of boundary where the plates come closer together.
- 6. Something that happens when plates jerk apart.
- 8. The "puzzle pieces" that the Earth's crust consists of.
- 9. (Two word phrase separated with -)The movement of continents and land across the Earth over time.
- 10. (Two word phrase separated with -) A zone in the Earth's mantle where crust from a plate is melted into molten rock.
Down
- 1. A land feature made when plates move under each other, usually a dense and thin oceanic plate.
- 2. The outer part of the Earth consisting of the crust and mantle.
- 3. A type of boundary in which plates move away from each other.
- 5. A land feature that is made by plates moving into each other.
- 7. The processes that control the structure of the Earth.