Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Molten rocks
- 5. Movement of the lithospheric plate
- 6. Earth crust that is thinner but denser
- 8. The innermost layer of the earth
- 9. When the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of a second plate the heavier plate dives beneath the second plate and sinks into the mantle.
- 10. The break in a rock along which movement has occurred
Down
- 1. The vibration of the Earth due to the release of tremendous energy
- 2. A rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
- 4. The outermost rigid layer of the earth consists of the crust and upper mantle
- 7. Borderline