Plate Tectonics Crossword
Across
- 4. An opening in Earth's crust where lave escapes
- 6. A string of volcanic mountains at a subduction zone
- 8. The plastic-like layer of the mantle.
- 11. Place under Earth's crust where the earthquake happens
- 14. A boundary where plates move together
- 17. Large vibrations moving through Earth's crust
- 20. The lighter, older, and thicker crust.
- 23. A boundary where plates move apart.
- 24. Kind of volcano with alternating layers of lava
- 25. Largest type of volcano with gently sloping sides
- 26. German scientist who came up with Continental Drift
Down
- 1. A place where two tectonic plates meet.
- 2. A deep canyon formed in a subduction zone.
- 3. Place where most earthquakes happened
- 5. Rock and solid lava falling from the sky
- 7. When a denser plate slides under another plate.
- 9. An area of volcanic activity in the middle of a plate
- 10. The outermost layer of the Earth.
- 12. A boundary where plates slide past one another
- 13. The crust making up the ocean floor.
- 15. __plates are able to move, bend, or break while floating
- 16. The thickest layer of Earth just below the crust.
- 18. The name of the ocean where you find the Ring of Fire
- 19. A mid-ocean ___ is an underwater mountain range.
- 21. The crust and rigid upper part of the mantle.
- 22. Place on Earth's crust where earthquake is located