Tectonic Plate Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. A series of large ocean waves caused from water displacement from underwater earthquakes
- 5. Igneous rock that makes up most of the oceanic crust and some of the continental crust
- 6. Molten rock formed from melted minerals and rocks beneath the earth's surface
- 8. A sudden shaking of the earth from tectonic plates shifting
- 10. A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates move away from each other
- 11. The earth's outermost layer broken into tectonic plates
Down
- 1. A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates slide horizontally past each other
- 2. A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates collide
- 4. A thick layer of the earth between the crust and outer core that is made up of hot rock
- 7. Large cracks in the earth's surface
- 9. Deep, narrow depressions caused by tectonic plates on convergent boundaries
- 12. The process of sinking below a tectonic plate