Tectonic Plate Crossword

1. the dense central region of a planet.
4. Plates/Theory explaining the structure of the earth.
7. of fire/The zone of volcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
8. A fault line that extends for about 600 miles through the length of coastal California.
12. having the properties of a magnet.
14. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material.
15. the bottom of the ocean.
18. Trenches/Of or relating to the ocean.

1. the part of the earth above the mantle.
2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
3. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level.
5. the sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
6. a continuous slow movement from one place to another.
9. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle.
10. Ocean/The Ocean near the west African coast.
11. make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.
13. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
14. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter or colder, more dense or less dense materials.
16. the planet we live on.
17. an extended break in a body of rock.