Tectonic Plates Crossword

1. Liquid and semi-liquid extremely hot rock under the surface of the earth.
5. A rupture or crack in the surface of the earth that allows magma, gases and ash to escape.
6. Thick part of the crust that forms large land masses.
8. The theory that explains the movement of the surface of the earth.
9. The zone where one plate slides underneath the other.
10. Thinner (but denser) part of the crust under the ocean.
11. Where two plates slide against each other.
13. Place where plates meet is called the ...
15. Where two plates move away from each other.
16. These movements are responsible for the movement of the tectonic plates.
17. A series or chain of mountains.

2. This long phenomena (thing) is the result of divergent plate movement in the Atlantic Ocean
3. The giant landmass believed to have existed approximately 600 million years ago.
4. Rigid outer layer of the earth that consists of the Crust and part of the mantle.
6. One of the main, large masses of land
7. This happens at mid ocean ridges, where divergent tectonic plates are moving apart.
8. The earths´crust is made up of a series of large slabs of rock called...
12. This can occur where the Lithosphere if pulling apart.
14. Where two plates move towards each other.