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Plate Tectonics Crossword Mr. Hwang 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 EclipseCrossword.com Word bank ASTHENOSPHERE ISLANDCHAINS SUBDUCTIONZONE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE CONVECTION NEWER TRANSFORMFAULT DIVERGENT PALEOMAGNETISM VOLCANIC FRACTUREZONE PLATES HOTSPOT PLATETECTONICS WEGENER Across 14. Another term to describe the upper part of the mantle 1. 15. Alfred _______ is credited with developing the theory of continental drift. 16. Hot spots that cool over time in an ocean can form these. _____________ boundaries occur where plates grind past each other without destroying the lithosphere. 6. Another term for the Earth's crust 7. This zone is created in a convergent boundary 8. __________-__________ subtype of convergent boundaries can form mountain ranges such as the Himalayas 10. Oceanic-continental subtypes of convergent boundaries can create this type of mountain range. Down 2. This zone in a transform fault represents plates/areas moving in the same direction. 3. The term used to describe the natural, magnetic polarity of rocks. Plate Tectonics Crossword Mr. Hwang Down 4. __________ currents are responsible for the movement of continental plates 5. The theory that describes how the Earth's crust moves 9. A concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma. 11. Type of boundaries in which two plates move apart in opposite directions 12. Rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit are known as... 13. In a divergent boundary, _______ crust is found closer to the plate boundary