Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 6. two plates colliding or coming together
- 8. a very large mass of deep flowing water that is filled with sea life mammals
- 9. two plates sliding past each other
- 11. when two plates move away from each other they cause a sea floor spread
- 14. a dark ashy toned rock from a volcano
- 15. the structure of earth's crust
Down
- 1. when two plates start to shift and causing a sudden rumble in the earth's crust
- 2. the downward movement of a plate shifting under a other plate under the earth's crust
- 3. two plates dividing or moving apart
- 4. when two plates make convergent boundary upwards (hint: mount Everest)
- 5. a limit to a certain area or thing
- 7. a mountain range near south and east asia
- 10. a thin part of outside earth
- 12. a opening through earth's crust causing lava or magma to flow out
- 13. a piece of land that was separated long ago