Plate Tectonics Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The solid, outermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust and upper portion of the mantle.
  2. 6. The hypothesis that suggests that the continents were once a single landmass and have since moved apart.
  3. 8. The theory that explains the movement and interaction of the Earth's lithosphere (the rigid outer shell) and how it is divided into several large and small plates.
  4. 10. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth.
  5. 11. The process in which one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate and sinks back into the mantle.
  6. 12. place where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  7. 14. A long, narrow valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates. Formed when two continental plates diverge.
Down
  1. 1. The place where two tectonic plates move apart or separate.
  2. 3. A mountain or hill that has a vent through which lava, gases, and other materials erupt from beneath the Earth's surface. Formed at convergent plate boundaries.
  3. 4. A chain of island volcanoes that form when two oceanic plates converge.
  4. 5. An underwater mountain range formed by volcanic activity where new oceanic crust is created. Formed when two oceanic plate boundaries diverge.
  5. 7. The transfer of heat in a fluid (liquid or gas), caused by differences in temperature and density.
  6. 9. The partially melted layer of the Earth located beneath the lithosphere.
  7. 13. The place where two tectonic plates collide or come together.