Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: mantle : _ convection - what is the slow creeping motion of earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface?, outer core : what is the liquid layer of earth's core?, slab pull : what is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for b the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction?, ridge push : what pushes the rest of a plate away from the mid-ocean ridge?, iron : what element makes up most of earth's core?, core : what is the outermost layer of earth?, core : what extends from below the mantle to the center of earth?, lithosphere : what is the outermost rigid layer of earth?, divergent : _ boundaries - when two plates move away from each other this is called.., sea-floor spreading : what explains the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks?, tectonic plates : the lithosphere is divided into.., transform : _ boundary - a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally is called a.., mesosphere : what is the strong lower part of the earth's mantle?, convergent : _ boundaries - two plates collide they make.., inner core : what is dense and is in the center of earth and extends from the bottom of the outer core to the center of earth?, ocean : _ trenches - what are the huge trenches on earth's seafloor?, convection : what is the movement of matter that results from differences in density?, mantle : what is located between the core and the crust?, plate tectonics : what describes large scale movements of the earth's lithosphere?