Tectonic Plates

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Across
  1. 3. A chain of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
  2. 5. Large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
  3. 9. To go under, beneath
  4. 10. First name of the person who proposed Continental Drift Theory
  5. 11. Magma, but above ground
  6. 12. When two plates slide past one another in opposite directions
  7. 13. When two plates pull apart in opposite directions
  8. 14. The process that has formed the Hawaiian Islands
  9. 16. Geological feature that is formed when two continental plates converge
  10. 18. Best football team in the NFL
Down
  1. 1. Area of Earth made of hot molten magma
  2. 2. The type of heat transfer responsible for causing our tectonic plates to shift and move
  3. 4. The island we live on
  4. 6. The center of our earth and the source of heat in the mantle
  5. 7. When two plates push together
  6. 8. Worst football team in the NFL
  7. 15. Name for a supercontinent that once existed on Earth
  8. 17. The reason some tectonic plates submerge below others