Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. Where plates move sideways in relation to each other
- 6. They are what is formed when one tectonic plate moves under another plate
- 8. The rigid outer part of Earth which consists of the crust and the upper mantle
- 10. What happens when two plates move into each other
- 11. The tool used to measure the details of an Earthquake
- 12. The second layer of the Earth below the crust
- 13. What occurs when plates move apart
Down
- 1. The innermost part of the Earth
- 2. The thinnest, outer layer of the Earth
- 3. The earth is split into _____.
- 5. The area where earthquakes happen along
- 7. It is what occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and when it slides beneath the continental plate
- 9. It is the branch of science which is concerned with earthquakes and phenomena