Plate Tectonics Crossword
Across
- 4. The movement of the Earth’s crust resulting from the release of built up potential energy between two stuck tectonic plates
- 7. A theory that explains how pieces of Earth’s surface (plates) move.
- 8. A region on Earth’s surface that is broken and where movement occurs
Down
- 1. The idea that continents move around on Earth’s surface
- 2. Think tectonic plates that are made of basalt and form the ocean floor; denser than continental plates
- 3. The point on Earth’s surface right above the focus of an Earthquake.
- 5. An ancient huge landmass composed of earlier forms of today’s continents; an ancient supercontinent.
- 6. Thick tectonic plates that are made from andesite and granite and form the continents; less dense than oceanic plates.