Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• cross section : what is a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like called?
• outer layer : what is the rock that is underneath the soil and water called?
• earthquake : what is a sudden shaking of earth’s surface called?
• pattern : what do we call a repeated observation?
• plate : what is one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up earth’s outer layer called?
• plate boundary : what do we call the place where two plates meet together?
• mantle : what is the layer of soft, solid rock underneath earth’s plates called?
• convergent : what do we call plates that are moving toward each other?
• divergent : what do we call plates that are moving away from each other?
• mid-ocean ridge : what is an underwater mountain range where new ocean floor is formed called?
• alfred wegener : who was the scientist who first suggested that continents were once joined together?
• tsunami : what do we call a giant ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake?
• magma : what is the hot, melted rock found beneath earth’s surface called?
• continental drift : what is the idea that continents move slowly across earth’s surface called?
• pangaea : what was the name of the supercontinent where all the continents were once joined together?
• trench : what do we call a deep canyon in the ocean floor?
• volcanic activity : what do we call the processes in which gas, lava and ash are pushed out onto earth's surface?
• analyze : what do we call it when we examine something in detail for a purpose?
• rate : what do we call how fast or often something happens?
• fault : what do we call a break or crack in earth’s crust?