tectonic crossword
Across
- 3. a deep hole in the sea floor usually caused by plate subduction
- 8. the soft, flexible upper layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
- 10. a mountain range in the ocean
- 12. the process of a tectonic plate going under another
- 16. hot flowing liquid below the earth's surface
- 18. upper layer of the mantle, below the lithosphere
- 19. the layer of earth on the outside
- 20. a rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of crust and mantle
Down
- 1. the jigsaw puzzle pieces that make up the crust
- 2. the science and study of rocks
- 4. land feature that is created when magma exits the crust and turns into lava
- 5. the layer of earth between the crust and the outer core
- 6. when tectonic plates move away from each other
- 7. spreading the process of new crust being formed from a gap in tectonic plates
- 9. when tectonic plates scrape past each other
- 11. the natural disaster that occurs when two tectonic plates interact
- 13. when tectonic plates move towards each other
- 14. the most famous super continent
- 15. plate boundary the place where tectonic plates meet
- 17. bottom of the ocean