Plate Tectonics
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
p
a
e
Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
2.
c
u
r
n
s
Dominant course of successive events or ideas (plural)
3.
t
t
o
n
c
Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
4.
m
a
l
e
United States baseball player
5.
e
r
t
q
a
k
e
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the ___ resulting from underground movement along a fault
6.
c
u
t
Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread
7.
v
o
c
n
o
Mountain that erupts with lava
8.
l
i
t
h
o
h
e
The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
9.
b
u
n
a
r
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
10.
t
s
u
a
m
A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
11.
m
o
v
e
m
A change of position that does not entail a change of location
12.
a
n
a
e
a
A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when
13.
f
a
t
A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
14.
n
v
e
c
t
i
n
The transfer of heat through a fluid caused by molecular motion