Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

1. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of solid rock, where we live, and divided into continental and oceanic types.
3. The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.
4. A super-continent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
5. This is the layer of the Earth that is broken into sections...we call these sections plates.
6. Underwater geysers found along mid-ocean ridges that release heated water rich in minerals.
9. The thick layer of semi-solid rock between the crust and the outer core, which flows slowly and is involved in tectonic activity.
11. This is one of the pieces of evidence that proves plate tectonics by describing the movement of magma within the asthenosphere.
13. An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics, where new oceanic crust is created as tectonic plates pull apart.

1. A tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, creating mountain ranges and volcanoes.
2. A geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other.
7. A tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, characterized by significant seismic activity (earthquakes) due to friction between the plates.
8. This is the theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena that result in the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the asthenosphere.
10. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, often associated with mid-ocean ridges.
12. This is one of the pieces of evidence that proves plate tectonics by describing the movement of continents over time.