PuzzleFast

Plate Tectonics

a crossword puzzle by
PuzzleFast Instant Puzzle Maker

Puzzle URL

https://www.puzzlefast.com/en/puzzles/20150203671034

I love crosswords and word searches, but
I also need ONLINE MATH PRACTICE!

Make everything smaller

Make everything bigger

Puzzle:

Make the puzzle smaller

Make the puzzle bigger

Clues:

Make the clues smaller

Make the clues bigger

Print

Plain Puzzle

Leave a tip?

Plate Tectonics

		1
					2




														3
4

											5		6

								7

Across:

4.	the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the up-welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
6.	is an actively deforming region where plate tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
7.	moving inward

Down:

1.	when rocks break
2.	where plates slide sideways past each other
3.	An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
4.	the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
5.	subduction usually happens when these form

© 2015 PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only

Plate Tectonics

1

E

A

2

T

R

R

T

A

H

N

Q

S

U

F

3

M

4

S

E

A

F

L

O

O

R

S

P

R

E

A

D

I

N

G

U

K

R

D

B

E

M

5

D

6

C

O

N

V

E

R

G

E

N

T

D

S

E

C

U

7

D

I

V

E

R

G

E

N

T

C

P

A

T

O

N

I

C

R

O

E

I

N

A

D

N

G

T

E

R

S

E

N

C

H

E

S

Across:

4.	the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the up-welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
6.	is an actively deforming region where plate tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
7.	moving inward

Down:

1.	when rocks break
2.	where plates slide sideways past each other
3.	An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
4.	the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
5.	subduction usually happens when these form

© 2015 PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only