Plate Tectonics & Supercontinents Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• ring of fire : region with frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity around the pacific.
• earthquake : sudden movement of earth's crust due to stress release.
• faults : breaks in earth’s crust where earthquakes commonly occur.
• continental drift : the process where continents slowly move apart over time.
• divergent : type of boundary where two plates move away from each other.
• convergent : plate boundary where two plates collide, forming mountains or trenches.
• super continent cycle : the cycle where supercontinents form and break apart repeatedly.
• plate tectonics : theory explaining the movement of earth’s plates.
• mountains : the collision of tectonic plates forms these massive landforms.
• subduction : zone where one plate slides beneath another.
• amasia : future supercontinent possibility; “next pangaea”.
• mantle : earth's layer located between the crust and the outer core.
• pangea : giant landmass formed when all continents were once connected.
• transform : the direction plates move when two plates slide past one another.
• lithosphere : the uppermost solid part of the mantle and crust combined.