Plate Tectonics Crossword
Across
- 1. Melted rock inside the mantle
- 3. Where all living things are found
- 6. Formed when 2 tectonic plates push into each other
- 8. When 2 tectonic plates move toward each other
- 11. The crust + the top part of the mantle
- 13. Hurricanes are ___caused by plate tectonics
- 14. Caused by the slipping of tectonic plates
- 16. The last name of the man who first came up with the idea of plate tectonics
- 17. Often formed when one plate is subducted under another
Down
- 2. the fossils that were found that help prove the theory of plate tectonics
- 4. Word for the movement of chunks of the Earth's lithosphere
- 5. When one tectonic plate is tucked or pushed under another
- 6. The thickest layer of the Earth
- 7. Drift When continents move because of plate tectonics
- 9. When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other
- 10. Has 2 parts and is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field
- 11. Melted rock that has erupted out of a volcano onto the crust
- 12. The mantle and core are very, very ___
- 15. The name for when all continents were once joined together millions of years ago