Plate Tectonics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Mountain that erupts with lava (7)
  2. 4. A long narrow natural elevation or striation (5)
  3. 7. Tending to come together from different directions (10)
  4. 8. The commonest type of solidified lava (6)
  5. 10. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  6. 12. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle (11)
  7. 16. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)

Down

  1. 1. Plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture (7)
  2. 3. One of the large landmasses of the earth (plural) (10)
  3. 5. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (5)
  4. 6. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  5. 9. King of Wessex (6)
  6. 11. Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands (5)
  7. 13. Huge body of salt water (5)
  8. 14. A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when (6)
  9. 15. The planet we live on (5)