divergent Crossword Puzzles

Final 6 2025-05-28

Final 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of Earth that S waves cannot travel through
  2. the average weather of a region over a long period of time
  3. the spinning of a planet on its axis
  4. Using our senses to learn something about the environment
  5. the layer in the atmosphere that protects us from UV rays
  6. a texture of igneous rocks with air pockets
  7. igneous rock made of more than one mineral
  8. the amount of space something takes up
  9. the model of the solar system with the Earth in the center
  10. the model of the solar system with the Sun in the center
  11. physical weathering when rocks grind and wear away
  12. the plate boundary where the plates are moving away from each other
  13. the orbiting of a planet around the Sun
Down
  1. climate is classified based on temperature and ________
  2. igneous rock that forms on Earth's surface
  3. the plate boundary where the plates slide past each other
  4. the type of cloud that thunderstorms form in
  5. a type of cloud with its base at the surface
  6. precipitation type that only forms in thunderstorms
  7. changing from a liquid to a gas
  8. the amount of matter something has
  9. when weathered rock is moved from one place to another
  10. the name of the supercontinent
  11. drawing conclusions based on observations
  12. igneous rock that forms inside of Earth
  13. the core of Earth is made of nickel and ______

26 Clues: the name of the supercontinent • changing from a liquid to a gas • the amount of matter something has • the spinning of a planet on its axis • the amount of space something takes up • igneous rock that forms inside of Earth • the orbiting of a planet around the Sun • drawing conclusions based on observations • igneous rock that forms on Earth's surface • ...

Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle 2025-11-05

Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
  2. Earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  3. an object, diagram, a computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  4. how often or fast something happens
  5. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain or a channel
  7. moving toward the same place
  8. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
Down
  1. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  3. the place where two plates come together
  4. A scientist who looks for patterns in landforms and geologic events in order to better understand Earth
  5. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  6. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  7. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  8. what Earth’s outer layer is made from
  9. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in South America and Africa
  10. moving apart in different directions
  11. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  12. to examine in detail for a purpose

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • what Earth’s outer layer is made from • the place where two plates come together • the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates • ...

Week 14 - Volcanos and Earthquakes 2024-12-03

Week 14 - Volcanos and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point within the Earth’s crust where an earthquake originates.
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other.(week 12)
  3. consisting of fragments of rock and ash that are erupted by a volcano
  4. a shaking of part of the Earth's surface.
  5. describing a volcano that has not erupted recently, but could possibly erupt again.
  6. The release of gas, ash, molten materials, or hot water into the atmosphere or onto the Earth's surface from a volcano or other opening in the Earth's surface
Down
  1. when a more dense oceanic crust dives down beneath less dense continental crust (week 12)
  2. layer of rock that makes up the outer part of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle. (week 12)
  3. the area on Earth's surface directly over the point of seismic activity between two tectonic plates.
  4. the size of an earthquake, measured on a scale of 1 to 10.
  5. the process in which the hotter parts of a gas or liquid rise to the top and the cooler, denser parts sink.
  6. Describing a volcano that is erupting, ready to erupt or has erupted recently.

12 Clues: a shaking of part of the Earth's surface. • the size of an earthquake, measured on a scale of 1 to 10. • when two tectonic plates move away from each other.(week 12) • The point within the Earth’s crust where an earthquake originates. • consisting of fragments of rock and ash that are erupted by a volcano • ...

Sadlier Vocab. Level C- Unit 8 2017-01-26

Sadlier Vocab. Level C- Unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (n.) hatred, ill-will
  2. (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  3. (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
  4. (v.) to declare publicly or officially
  5. (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
  6. (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  7. (n.) a very close friend, chum, buddy
  8. (adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor
  9. (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
  10. (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Down
  1. (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedneck
  2. (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
  3. (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  4. (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
  5. (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value
  6. (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  7. (adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
  8. (adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
  9. (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that pain grows worse with time)
  10. (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place

20 Clues: (n.) hatred, ill-will • (n.) a very close friend, chum, buddy • (v.) to declare publicly or officially • (adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor • (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-19

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin?
  2. As the plates move what do they do?
  3. boundaries- what boundaries is two plates that move slowly away from each other?
  4. drift-Wegener's idea that continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as?
  5. boundaries- What boundaries is where two plates slip past each other,moving past each other?
  6. was the name of the scientist?
  7. its when wegener made a what about the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart?
  8. valley-where peices of Earth's crust diverge on land,a deep valley called a ?
  9. supercontinent,or single landmass,about 300 million years ago.
  10. is any trace of any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
Down
  1. and shape-the processes of subduction and sea floor spreading can change what?
  2. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into a mantle is called?
  3. these pieces became the what?
  4. thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass
  5. floor- part of what sinks back into the mantle at deep ocean trench?
  6. did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using?
  7. floor spreading-what adds more crust to the ocean floor?
  8. boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide?
  9. ocean trench-At what trench does the oceanic crust bend downward?
  10. oceans- what ocean is expanding?

20 Clues: these pieces became the what? • was the name of the scientist? • oceans- what ocean is expanding? • As the plates move what do they do? • did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using? • ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin? • thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass • boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide? • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries- What boundaries is where two plates slip past each other,moving past each other?
  2. is any trace of any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  3. ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin?
  4. drift-Wegener's idea that continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as?
  5. its when wegener made a what about the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart?
  6. supercontinent,or single landmass,about 300 million years ago.
  7. thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass
  8. oceans- what ocean is expanding?
  9. boundaries- what boundaries is two plates that move slowly away from each other?
  10. floor spreading-what adds more crust to the ocean floor?
Down
  1. boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide?
  2. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into a mantle is called?
  3. was the name of the scientist?
  4. these pieces became the what?
  5. As the plates move what do they do?
  6. did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using?
  7. floor- part of what sinks back into the mantle at deep ocean trench?
  8. and shape-the processes of subduction and sea floor spreading can change what?
  9. valley-where peices of Earth's crust diverge on land,a deep valley called a ?
  10. ocean trench-At what trench does the oceanic crust bend downward?

20 Clues: these pieces became the what? • was the name of the scientist? • oceans- what ocean is expanding? • As the plates move what do they do? • did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using? • ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin? • thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass • boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide? • ...

Final Exam Section 2 2017-05-14

Final Exam Section 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most common element in the atmosphere.
  2. The strength of a wave.
  3. The amount of vibrations in a wave per second.
  4. Huge chunks of Earth crust that explain how the continents actually move.
  5. Scale used to measure earthquake intensity.
  6. A convergent tectonic boundary where one layer goes under the other (makes volcanos).
  7. Second most common element in the atmosphere.
  8. Deformation that bends but bounces back.
  9. Layer of the atmosphere with aurora.
  10. The second waves in an earthquake, they are transverse.
  11. Waves that move at right angles to the direction they vibrate.
Down
  1. The idea that the continents are "floating" and moving around.
  2. Deformation that bends and stays bent.
  3. The north pole that compasses point at.
  4. Waves that vibrate the same direction they move.
  5. The first waves in an earthquake, they are longitudinal.
  6. This state of matter is the fastest medium for sound waves.
  7. Measure of force of air.
  8. Second atmosphere layer, it contains ozone.
  9. The matter a wave goes through.
  10. measure of water in the air
  11. A tectonic boundary where plates spread apart (makes new sea floor).
  12. Outer most layer of the atmosphere.
  13. Measure of particle vibrations.
  14. Middle layer of the atmosphere where most meteors burn up.
  15. Layer of atmosphere with weather and people.
  16. A tectonic boundary where plates slide next to each other (cause earthquakes).
  17. The last and most damaging waves in an earthquake.

28 Clues: The strength of a wave. • Measure of force of air. • measure of water in the air • The matter a wave goes through. • Measure of particle vibrations. • Outer most layer of the atmosphere. • Layer of the atmosphere with aurora. • Most common element in the atmosphere. • Deformation that bends and stays bent. • The north pole that compasses point at. • ...

Sterling´s Crossword 2018-04-09

Sterling´s Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. along with radioactive dating with observations
  2. used by scientists to determine how old fossils are
  3. divide into epochs
  4. where two species become one through there evolution
  5. structures organisms that have similar bone structure
  6. founder of genetics
  7. divide into periods
  8. structures that are similar in purpose but not in the form
  9. collection of individuals of the same species in an area
  10. preserved remains of ancient organisms
  11. An animals job
  12. a single species or a small group of species evolves into several different forms that live in different ways
  13. studies bones
  14. rock piled on rock on rock
  15. when the last of a species dies
  16. a random change in an allele frequency
Down
  1. helps organisms be better suited to there environment
  2. where one species diverges into two different ones
  3. organs useless organs
  4. organisms that are at the early stages of life
  5. natures way of picking out the strong
  6. go into dates
  7. humans pick which organisms survive
  8. life length of time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms to decay
  9. the origins of multiple species
  10. which modern organisms descended from ancient ones
  11. English man who made the idea of natural selection
  12. where two unrelated species keep the same similarities
  13. the stock of different genes in an interbreeding population.

29 Clues: go into dates • studies bones • An animals job • divide into epochs • founder of genetics • divide into periods • organs useless organs • rock piled on rock on rock • the origins of multiple species • when the last of a species dies • humans pick which organisms survive • natures way of picking out the strong • preserved remains of ancient organisms • ...

Unit 8 2012-02-16

Unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (v) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
  2. (v) to declare publicly or officially
  3. (adj) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
  4. to join at one end or be next to; support, prop up
  5. (v) tireless, continuing with vigor
  6. (v) to make of no value or consequence, cancel or wipe out
  7. clothes, apparel, garb (n),to dress, adorn, or bedeck (v)
  8. (v) to plunge straight down (n) a weight fastened to a line
  9. (v) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
Down
  1. (adj) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
  2. (v) to be of use or benefit; to make use of; to take advantage of; profit or benefit; (n) use, benefit or value
  3. (adj) very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot
  4. (adj) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
  5. (adj) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  6. (adj) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention; deviant
  7. (n) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  8. (n) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
  9. (v) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  10. (n) hatred, ill-will
  11. (n) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place

20 Clues: (n) hatred, ill-will • (v) tireless, continuing with vigor • (v) to declare publicly or officially • (adj) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • (n) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy • (adj) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • to join at one end or be next to; support, prop up • (adj) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • ...

2013 수능특강 B형 Test 2-1 2013-04-15

2013 수능특강 B형 Test 2-1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 인지의, 인지적인
  2. 딱, 접근하여
  3. 외야
  4. 날숨(호기)
  5. 포로, 노예
  6. 독특한, 뚜렷한
  7. 부추기다, 꾀다
  8. 지속적으로
  9. 평균(의)
  10. 유전학적인, 유전(상의)
  11. 세대
  12. 부유, 풍족
  13. 역사상의, 역사와 관련된
  14. 손재주, 솜씨
  15. 분발, 돌발
  16. 발산적인, 갈라지는, (의견 등이) 다른
  17. 적응하다, 익숙해지다
  18. 격려[고무](가 되는 것)
  19. 폭식, 폭음처럼 단기간에 특정 활동을 지나치게 하는
  20. (자동판매기에) 동전을 넣다, 입금
  21. 괴롭히다
  22. 타자가 공중으로 쳐서 올린 볼
  23. 소속 관계[의식], 유대감
  24. 투덜대다
  25. 카리브해의
  26. 생물의 다양성
  27. 함축, 암시
  28. 귀뚜라미
  29. 말다툼
  30. 어찌할 도리 없이, 가망이 없이
  31. 맡기다
  32. 성당
  33. 땅볼
  34. 날숨의
  35. 파산한
  36. 포부가 있는
  37. 위험 (요소)
  38. 암호화하다
  39. 책략, 계획
  40. 체포자, 잡는 사람
Down
  1. 정점[최고조]
  2. 권한을 주다
  3. 유아
  4. 광고하다; 전단
  5. 지내다, 살아가다
  6. 검열관
  7. 지출
  8. 멸종, 소멸
  9. 갈리다, 다르다
  10. 현재는, 일반적으로
  11. 조화, 조정
  12. 대안이 되는
  13. 기숙하는 사람[것], 하숙인
  14. 무려, 완전히, 충분히
  15. 직관에 반하는
  16. 피하다
  17. 없어서는 안 될
  18. 풍습
  19. 발전의, 진화의
  20. 그 결과
  21. 타락시키다, 부패하게 만들다
  22. 발표하다, 알리다
  23. 갈등
  24. 탐험, 탐구
  25. 본질적인, 구성적인
  26. 짝의 한쪽
  27. 최종적으로, 결정적으로
  28. 임명하다
  29. 자유사상가
  30. 차원
  31. 용이하게 하다
  32. 예외
  33. 용량, 수용력
  34. 기관, 장치
  35. 살금살금 움직이다
  36. 수행하다
  37. (중요성을) 강조하다
  38. (계획·요구 따위에) 맞게 하다, 조정하다`(to)
  39. 떨쳐 버리다
  40. 옹호자; 옹호하다
  41. 습득하다
  42. 강제하다, 억지로 시키다

82 Clues: 유아 • 외야 • 지출 • 세대 • 풍습 • 갈등 • 차원 • 예외 • 성당 • 땅볼 • 검열관 • 피하다 • 말다툼 • 맡기다 • 날숨의 • 파산한 • 그 결과 • 괴롭히다 • 투덜대다 • 임명하다 • 귀뚜라미 • 수행하다 • 습득하다 • 지속적으로 • 평균(의) • 짝의 한쪽 • 카리브해의 • 자유사상가 • 암호화하다 • 권한을 주다 • 날숨(호기) • 포로, 노예 • 멸종, 소멸 • 조화, 조정 • 대안이 되는 • 부유, 풍족 • 분발, 돌발 • 탐험, 탐구 • 함축, 암시 • 기관, 장치 • 떨쳐 버리다 • 포부가 있는 • 책략, 계획 • 정점[최고조] • 딱, 접근하여 • 손재주, 솜씨 • 직관에 반하는 • 생물의 다양성 • 용이하게 하다 • 용량, 수용력 • 위험 (요소) • 광고하다; 전단 • 독특한, 뚜렷한 • 갈리다, 다르다 • 부추기다, 꾀다 • 없어서는 안 될 • 발전의, 진화의 • 인지의, 인지적인 • 지내다, 살아가다 • 발표하다, 알리다 • 살금살금 움직이다 • 옹호자; 옹호하다 • 현재는, 일반적으로 • 본질적인, 구성적인 • ...

Books and Best-Sellers 2014-02-27

Books and Best-Sellers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is a 2008 fiction young adult novel by Claudia Gray.
  2. Is a science fiction novel by Suzanne Collins.
  3. Another novel by Stephenie Meyer
  4. It is the latest installment in the saga of shadow hunters
  5. Saga written by Jennifer L. Armentrout about aliens
  6. the first book in the spin-off series of the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
  7. young and romance novel that tells the story of Laila, Alessio and Brian
  8. A story of humor and tragedy written by John Green
  9. Is a sequence of novels written by Alyson Noël
Down
  1. The author is Becca Fitzpatrick and the end of the saga is told hush hush
  2. By C.J. Daugherty and tells a history about special students
  3. is a mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown
  4. is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling.
  5. a classic by Daphne Du Maurier
  6. The first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire
  7. Young adult gothic fantasy and romance novel written by Lauren Kate
  8. is a series of young-adult urban fantasy novels by American author Kiersten White
  9. By Alex Flinn, the new history about the beauty and the beast
  10. By L.J.Smith and tells stories of vampires
  11. The first book of the most famous recently saga about vampires
  12. A famous book by Stephen King
  13. Is a spy thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett.
  14. Third installment of the saga divergent

23 Clues: A famous book by Stephen King • a classic by Daphne Du Maurier • Another novel by Stephenie Meyer • Third installment of the saga divergent • is a mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown • The first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire • By L.J.Smith and tells stories of vampires • Is a science fiction novel by Suzanne Collins. • Is a sequence of novels written by Alyson Noël • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-01-24

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the innermost layer of Earth
  2. energy transfer by the movement of a material
  3. a scientific hypothesis stating that the landmasses on earth were once a solid piece but drifted apart
  4. a measurement of how much material is in a volume
  5. the period in which all the continents were joined together to form a supercontinent
  6. plate boundary in which tectonic plates move toward each other
  7. the time period in between the Triassic and Cretatious period
  8. one of the two continents in the Triassic period; consists of today's North America and Asia
  9. plate boundary in which the plates are moving away from each other
  10. lower layer of the mantle; material bends and moves easily
  11. plate boundary in which plates slide past each other
Down
  1. the supercontinent that consisted of all the continents put together like a jigsaw puzzle
  2. huge underwater mountains at the edges of tectonic plates
  3. one of the two continents in the Triassic period; consists of todays South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica
  4. a switch in Earth's magnetic north and south
  5. the top layer of the mantle and the crust
  6. layer of earth in between the innermost layer and the lower mantle
  7. molten rock that is below the Earth's surface
  8. substance that the innermost layer of Earth is mostly made of
  9. when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate
  10. a place where heated rock rises in the middle of a tectonic plate
  11. the outermost layer of Earth

22 Clues: the innermost layer of Earth • the outermost layer of Earth • the top layer of the mantle and the crust • a switch in Earth's magnetic north and south • energy transfer by the movement of a material • molten rock that is below the Earth's surface • a measurement of how much material is in a volume • when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate • ...

FLO+CAB Vocabulary Extra Credit 2015-04-12

FLO+CAB Vocabulary Extra Credit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sentimental;overly-emotional
  2. outcast
  3. hidden
  4. merging;coming-into-one
  5. urgent
  6. apply-pressure;force
  7. defiant;unapologetic
  8. read;look;examine
  9. ample;large;boundaries
  10. large;limitless
  11. sociable
  12. able-to-see-things-other-can't
  13. different-from-the-common
  14. think
  15. repeat
  16. plague
  17. worldly;sophisticated
  18. make-something-different
  19. two-things-come-together
  20. large-books
  21. holes
  22. carefully;attention-to-detail
  23. excessive;numbers
  24. indirect-language
  25. summary
  26. unable-to-be-penetrated
  27. criticism;humiliating
  28. energetic;loud
  29. dance;getdown
  30. varied
  31. make-better;make-improvements
  32. overly-sweet
  33. dull;boring
  34. frustrate
  35. exhausted;tired
  36. original;innovative;groundbreaking
  37. smart;logical
Down
  1. different
  2. rhythm
  3. skilled
  4. largestructure
  5. emphasize;highlight
  6. short;rude
  7. revise-edit
  8. blossom;develop
  9. many;plentiful
  10. talkative
  11. nothing-left;mass-destruction
  12. combination-two-rare-things
  13. compare-contrast
  14. roomy
  15. excessive;moneywise
  16. emotional-charge-of-a-word
  17. soothe;calm
  18. study-of-insects
  19. greater-amount-of-frequency
  20. accusation
  21. see-differences
  22. withdraw
  23. optimistic;cheery
  24. persist;outlast;continue
  25. art-of-public-speaking
  26. model-of-perfection
  27. white-noise
  28. business-deals
  29. speech;formal
  30. deserves-merit
  31. noise-trying-to-sound-together
  32. wordy
  33. say;make
  34. shortsighted
  35. morals
  36. criticize
  37. leftout;excluded
  38. conspiracy;secret;negative
  39. peace-together
  40. crazy;foolish
  41. outcast
  42. split-people-apart

79 Clues: roomy • think • holes • wordy • rhythm • hidden • urgent • repeat • plague • varied • morals • skilled • outcast • summary • outcast • sociable • withdraw • say;make • different • talkative • criticize • frustrate • short;rude • accusation • revise-edit • soothe;calm • large-books • white-noise • dull;boring • shortsighted • overly-sweet • speech;formal • dance;getdown • crazy;foolish • smart;logical • largestructure • many;plentiful • business-deals • ...

Tectonic Plates 2015-04-08

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scientist that suggested the plates where moving.
  2. What is the name of the boundary when two tectonic plates move away from each other?
  3. What tells the history of the earth and animal placement?
  4. Sections of the Earth's crust.
  5. The gases that surround the earth.
  6. Only 21% of the earths atmosphere is made of this gas.
  7. The center most part of the earth that is solid.
  8. Part of the earth that supports life.
  9. The mantle of the earth is __________ ?
  10. The water on the earth and in the atmosphere.
  11. What type of plate is under the Ring of Fire?
  12. Study of the earth.
Down
  1. Temperature of Earth and __________ as depth increases.
  2. Theory that the continents were once all together, but over Millions of years have moved/drifted and are still moving at about 1-2 inches per year.
  3. Outer most surface of the earth.
  4. When two plates are moving ________ from each other, causing earthquakes.
  5. Deposit of soil.
  6. A crack in the earth's crust.
  7. Another name for earth.
  8. When plates of the earth move toward each other it produces a ______ Boundary.
  9. The Super Continent that existed 200 Million years ago.
  10. Layer in our atmosphere that contains our ozone layer.
  11. Near a Subduction Zone the plate moves under the crust and is dissolved in the _____?
  12. Process in which rock are broken down into smaller pieces by the effects of weather.
  13. Process in which rock, soil is removed from the surface.

25 Clues: Deposit of soil. • Study of the earth. • Another name for earth. • A crack in the earth's crust. • Sections of the Earth's crust. • Outer most surface of the earth. • The gases that surround the earth. • Part of the earth that supports life. • The mantle of the earth is __________ ? • The water on the earth and in the atmosphere. • What type of plate is under the Ring of Fire? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary, Forms where two plates separate
  2. push, Rising mantle material at mid--ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  3. pull, As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with force
  4. A layer the is so hot that it behaves like a plastic material
  5. spot, Volcanoes that are associated with plate boundaries
  6. polarity, A state which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  7. plate boundary, Forms where two plates slide past each other
  8. The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
Down
  1. A graphical illustration of seismic waves
  2. The denser the plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  3. plate boundaries, Form where two plates collide
  4. Measures and records ground motion and can be used to determine the distance seismic waves travel
  5. molten rock below the Earth's surface
  6. The cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  7. tectonics, Earths surface is made of rigid of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other
  8. Molten rock that erupts onto Earth's surface
  9. The vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere
  10. polarity, A state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  11. ocean ridges, The mountain range in the middle of the oceans
  12. A vent in Earth's crust through which melted or molten rock flows

20 Clues: molten rock below the Earth's surface • The cold and rigid outermost rock layer • A graphical illustration of seismic waves • Molten rock that erupts onto Earth's surface • plate boundaries, Form where two plates collide • plate boundary, Forms where two plates separate • The denser the plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

Earth's Interior 2022-04-27

Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thick middle layer in the solid part of Earth
  2. Dense oceanic plate slides under Less dense continental plate
  3. this is the force that moves the tectonic plates
  4. plastic layer within the mantle
  5. dense metallic center of Earth
  6. When the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  7. Neither plate is subducted, the Lless dense plate folds and deforms and mountains are formed
  8. a rigid layer including the crust and the uppermost mantle
  9. boundaries that Forms where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  10. solid portion of the core
  11. Supercontinent that has broken apart over time
  12. forms near the edge of a continent at an ocean to continent boundary
Down
  1. liquid portion of the core
  2. outer part of the magnetic field that affects the charged particles
  3. Earth’s surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other
  4. Scientist that researched whether all the continents had always been in the same place on Earth
  5. basalt is rich in this mineral
  6. brittle, rocky outer layer
  7. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  8. hypothesis that the continents are in constant motion on the Earth’s surface
  9. rock that makes up the ocean floor
  10. boundaries that Form where two tectonic plates separate
  11. boundaries that form Where two plates collide
  12. Very long mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans

24 Clues: solid portion of the core • liquid portion of the core • brittle, rocky outer layer • basalt is rich in this mineral • dense metallic center of Earth • plastic layer within the mantle • rock that makes up the ocean floor • boundaries that form Where two plates collide • Supercontinent that has broken apart over time • this is the force that moves the tectonic plates • ...

Evolution Gate 2022-05-17

Evolution Gate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. soup, a selection that favors the norm
  2. the law of __________ states that older fossils are found in older rock layers
  3. _______________ generation is the idea that living things came from non living things
  4. the place scientists believe life began
  5. selection, organisms with favorable variations are selected by nature to survive
  6. the evolution of a new species
  7. isolation caused by a physical barrier
  8. when tree sap gets preserved in sock
  9. mistakes in the DNA that are the foundation for evolution
  10. drift, the change in gene frequency by chance or random events
  11. the father of evolution
  12. pool, all of the genes in a population
  13. the change in gene frequency over time
  14. a selection that favors the norm
  15. selection that favors both extremes
Down
  1. when a thing object leaves its print
  2. when minerals fill the space left by decayed organisms
  3. fossils that are footprints
  4. the original atmosphere contained no ___________________.
  5. evidence that organisms have existed in the past
  6. the hole left by decayed organisms
  7. body structures of different organisms that have a similar structure
  8. equilibrium, organisms stay the same for long periods of time they evolve rapidly
  9. when formerly related species become increasingly different
  10. body structures that are no longer used
  11. the migration of genes into or out of a population
  12. when distantly related species evolve simala features
  13. evolution that is slow and steady
  14. the type of bird that Darwin studied

29 Clues: the father of evolution • fossils that are footprints • the evolution of a new species • a selection that favors the norm • evolution that is slow and steady • the hole left by decayed organisms • selection that favors both extremes • when a thing object leaves its print • when tree sap gets preserved in sock • the type of bird that Darwin studied • ...

Volcano Review 2022-02-03

Volcano Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. golf ball to car size pieces of cooled lava
  2. volcanic belt that is formed around the boundaries of the pacific ocean
  3. dome where lava is to thick to flow a long distance
  4. an area under a volcnao where magma collects before eruption
  5. a volcano that scientist expect to awaken in the future and become active
  6. tall steep and symmetrical erupts hot gasses, ash and lava
  7. a volcano that is unlikely to ever erupt again
  8. tiny pieces of cooled lava that is erupted out of a volcano
  9. volcano erupts explosively, alot of pressure builds up and is released quickly
Down
  1. a volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it will erupt in the near future
  2. tall and broad with a big supply of lava
  3. lava slowly flows out of the volcano on the ground this type is less dangerous
  4. hot and liquefied rock that flows from a volcano or other opening in the surface of the Earth
  5. when two tectonic plates pull apart
  6. symmetrical cone volcano cinders blow into the air and fall a short distance from the opening
  7. Molten rock that is stored inside a volcano or in the mantle
  8. how often a volcano erupts
  9. A landform where molten rock erupts through the surface
  10. when two tectonic plates rub against each other
  11. when two tectonic plates push together
  12. an area where material from deep within earth's mantle rises to the crust and melts to form magma

21 Clues: how often a volcano erupts • when two tectonic plates pull apart • when two tectonic plates push together • tall and broad with a big supply of lava • golf ball to car size pieces of cooled lava • a volcano that is unlikely to ever erupt again • when two tectonic plates rub against each other • dome where lava is to thick to flow a long distance • ...

Tic Tac Know Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-14

Tic Tac Know Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel
  4. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  5. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  6. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  2. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  3. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  6. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  7. Dense ball of solid material
  8. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  9. the name of the single landmass that broke
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions

20 Clues: Dense ball of solid material • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A layer of molten iron and nickel • A deep valley where two plates move apart • the name of the single landmass that broke • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of the earth made mostly of iron and contains small amounts of nickel
  2. type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
  3. tectonic plates fit together like pieces of this type of puzzle
  4. theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided in tectonic plates that move around
  5. boundary between two plates moving horizontally past each other
  6. pieces of the lithosphere that move around
  7. made up of solid rock that flows very slowly
  8. the rising of regions of the Earth's crust due to high elevations
  9. process by which rock changes because of stress
  10. boundary formed by two plates moving away from each other
Down
  1. stress when forces act to stretch an object
  2. boundary formed by the collision of two plates
  3. Greek for "all earth"
  4. Spreading where the new ocean floor is formed by magam rising towards the surface and solidifies
  5. the theory that suggests the continents at one point were all one big land mass
  6. strong, lower part of the mantle
  7. layer of the earth that conists of the crust and upper part of the mantle
  8. the surface along where rocks break and slide past each other
  9. Sinking of the Earth's crust in lower elevations
  10. the outermost layer of the earth
  11. the types of waves that are produced by an earthquake
  12. the layer of the earth that contains most of the earth's mass
  13. bending of rock layers due to stress

23 Clues: Greek for "all earth" • strong, lower part of the mantle • the outermost layer of the earth • bending of rock layers due to stress • pieces of the lithosphere that move around • stress when forces act to stretch an object • made up of solid rock that flows very slowly • boundary formed by the collision of two plates • process by which rock changes because of stress • ...

Science Review! 2022-12-01

Science Review! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compositional Earth layer that is a "soft solid"
  2. Type of boundary that creates rift valleys
  3. Type of element that is a semi-conductor
  4. The amount of matter in an object
  5. Type of change that does not result in a new substance
  6. Type of change that creates a new substance
  7. The amount of light something reflects
  8. The type of boundary that created Mount Everest
  9. What kind of current causes the tectonic plates to move
  10. Can be pounded into thin sheets without breaking
  11. Geological event that can happen at all three plate boundaries
  12. When something breaks easily
  13. mass/volume is the formula for this
  14. Heat transfer that from direct contact (touch)
  15. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other
  16. Compositional Earth layer on the outside where we live
Down
  1. Type of boundary where plates move toward each other (collide)
  2. The chemical symbol "H" represents this element
  3. Mechanical Earth layer that has convection currents
  4. The chemical symbol "Au" represents this element
  5. Type of element that is shiny, a good conductor, and malleable
  6. Heat transfer in the form of waves or rays
  7. The amount of space an object takes up
  8. Mechanical Earth layer on the outside where we live
  9. Formed at convergent plate boundaries
  10. Type of element that is dull, a poor conductor, and brittle
  11. Formed when two or more elements are chemically combined
  12. Type of boundary where plates move away from each other (divide)
  13. The rising and sinking of a liquid or gas due to heat transfer
  14. The force that governs the motion of our Solar System
  15. Made of only one type of atom

31 Clues: When something breaks easily • Made of only one type of atom • The amount of matter in an object • mass/volume is the formula for this • Formed at convergent plate boundaries • The amount of space an object takes up • The amount of light something reflects • Type of element that is a semi-conductor • Type of boundary that creates rift valleys • ...

Geological Oceanography 2023-12-17

Geological Oceanography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are the organisms that live in the ocean bottom
  2. plate boundary formed when plates move away from one another
  3. study of marine sediments
  4. caused by Magma moving beneath the surface of the Earth
  5. waves bend nearly parallel to shore
  6. shoreline below sea level
  7. physical barrier between sea and land
  8. plate boundary formed when plates move towards one another
  9. location that is directly above the focus of an earthquake
  10. chemical reactions in the water
  11. Water returns to Ocean
  12. dangers of the deep
  13. foreshore + berm
  14. from outer space
  15. body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
  16. skeletons of marine creatures
Down
  1. zone in the ocean bottom
  2. zone located at elevations below 6000 m
  3. structure for a navigation channel
  4. plates splitting away or breaking apart
  5. is an increase in the level of the world's oceans
  6. wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment
  7. caused by the shifting of the Earth's plates
  8. shoreline above sea level
  9. boundary between shore and coast
  10. can occur when large amounts of groundwater are withdrawn
  11. above the normal high-water mark to the coastline
  12. device for taking samples of sediments
  13. German physicist with a theory of plate tectonics
  14. where one plate dips beneath another
  15. underwater mountain range formed by diverging plate boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  16. zone of sufficient light for photosynthesis

32 Clues: foreshore + berm • from outer space • dangers of the deep • Water returns to Ocean • zone in the ocean bottom • study of marine sediments • shoreline above sea level • shoreline below sea level • skeletons of marine creatures • chemical reactions in the water • boundary between shore and coast • structure for a navigation channel • waves bend nearly parallel to shore • ...

Restless Earth Vocab Lukas 2023-09-22

Restless Earth Vocab Lukas crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A point along a fault where an earthquake starts
  2. Layer of rock between crust and core
  3. The edge between two or more plates can be divergent, convergent, or transform;3 wds
  4. Soft layer of the mantle where tectonic plates move
  5. The theory that explains how pieces of the lithosphere move;2 wds
  6. The result of one tectonic plate moving below another
  7. A boundary of two plates sliding past each other horizontally;2 wds
  8. A wave of energy that travels through Earth and away from earthquakes;2 wds
  9. A block of the lithosphere;2 wds
  10. The solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  11. Central part of Earth below mantle
  12. When new oceanic lithosphere forms from magma rising to the surface;2 wds
Down
  1. The theory that larger landmasses are smaller ones that drifted into their current positions;2 wds
  2. Any movement of matter that results from a difference in density;2 wds
  3. A boundary of tectonic plates moving away for each other;2 wds
  4. When Earth's poles magnetic force switch periodically;2 wds
  5. Strong lower part of mantle, also a name of an atmosphere level
  6. The boundary of tectonic plates that are colliding;2 wds
  7. Solid outer layer that consist of the crust and upper mantle
  8. A movement of the ground due to the sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  9. A break in a body of rock
  10. The point on Earth's crust directly above the focus

22 Clues: A break in a body of rock • A block of the lithosphere;2 wds • Central part of Earth below mantle • Layer of rock between crust and core • A point along a fault where an earthquake starts • Soft layer of the mantle where tectonic plates move • The point on Earth's crust directly above the focus • The result of one tectonic plate moving below another • ...

Earth's Dynamic System Crossword 2019-02-12

Earth's Dynamic System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another
  2. the crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  3. long, narrow mountains formed by magma at divergent boundaries
  4. the laying down or setting of eroded material
  5. boundary where two plates move toward each other
  6. a crack or a fracture in Earth’s crust along which movement occurs
  7. the partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
  8. the process that changes the composition of rocks
  9. the mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth’s surface over time
Down
  1. the circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy
  2. vents in Earth’s crust through which molten rock flows
  3. the material formed from rocks broken down by weathering
  4. the downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil due to gravity
  5. states Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
  6. boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. two plates slide past each other
  8. the process of breaking down rock without changing the composition of the rock
  9. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  10. molten rock stored beneath Earth’s surface
  11. magma that erupts onto surface
  12. the vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth’s crust
  13. large masses of ice, formed by snow accumulation on land, that move slowly across Earth’s surface

22 Clues: magma that erupts onto surface • two plates slide past each other • the crust and uppermost part of the mantle • molten rock stored beneath Earth’s surface • the laying down or setting of eroded material • boundary where two plates move toward each other • the process that changes the composition of rocks • boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Chapter 9 2018-12-04

Chapter 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / measures and records ground motion and can be used to determine the distance seismic waves travel
  2. Cones / small steep sided volcanoes that erupt gas rich basaltic lava
  3. Ash / tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock
  4. / these waves originate where rocks first move along the fault, at a location inside Earth
  5. / the location on Earths surface directly above the earthquakes focus
  6. / Molten rock that erupts onto Earths surface
  7. / scientist that study earthquakes
  8. Waves / P-waves cause particles in the ground to move in a push pull motion similar to a coiled spring
  9. Waves / causes particles in the ground to move up and down in a rolling motion
  10. / break in the Earths lithosphere where one block of rocks moves toward, away from, or past another
Down
  1. / a graphical illustration of seismic waves
  2. / the vibrations in the ground that result from the movement along breaks in the Earths lithosphere
  3. / a vent in Earths crust through which meted or molten rock flows
  4. / volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries
  5. / liquids resistance to flow
  6. Waves / energy that travels as vibrations on and in the Earth
  7. Volcanoes / are large steep sided volcanoes that results from explosive eruptions
  8. Waves / s-waves are slower than P-waves they cause particles to move up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels
  9. / molten rock below Earths surface
  10. Volcanoes / common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots

20 Clues: / liquids resistance to flow • / scientist that study earthquakes • / molten rock below Earths surface • / a graphical illustration of seismic waves • / Molten rock that erupts onto Earths surface • Ash / tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock • / volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics Terms 2019-01-04

Plate Tectonics Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Amount of force pushing on a surface or area.
  2. Transfer / the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
  3. core / solid part of the core
  4. / the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  5. Drift / hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  6. / soft layer of the mantle which the lithosphere floats on.
  7. core / this part is the molten part of the Earth's core.
  8. Tectonics / the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  9. / a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  10. / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
Down
  1. / a system that determines the distance of an object underwater by recording echoes of soundwaves
  2. / transfer of heat by movements of a fluid
  3. / direct transfer of energy through empty space through electromagnetic waves
  4. / the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into mantle
  5. / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  6. / a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. / a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. / name of the single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
  9. / a section of a lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  10. waves / A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.

20 Clues: core / solid part of the core • / transfer of heat by movements of a fluid • / Amount of force pushing on a surface or area. • / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • / soft layer of the mantle which the lithosphere floats on. • ...

Earth Science Final Crossword 2024-05-21

Earth Science Final Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
  2. the phase of the moon where the entire moon is illuminated
  3. a small body of matter from outer space that hits the earth's surface
  4. a small rocky body orbiting the sun *hint: ______ belt
  5. moon phase when the small portion of the Moon is illuminated before or after the new moon
  6. the movement the weathered material
  7. when the moon is getting smaller
  8. Moh's scale measures this from 1-10
  9. rock formed from sediment grains deposited by water, wind or ice
  10. rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock
Down
  1. the breaking down of rocks and minerals
  2. resource has a limited supply (ex: natural gas)
  3. boundary where two or more tectonic plates collide.
  4. a severe tropical storm with high winds and heavy rain
  5. an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun*(hint: our mascot)
  6. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
  7. resource can replenish itself at the rate it is used (ex: sunlight)
  8. boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. when the moon is getting larger
  10. the dropping off of the eroded material
  11. plate boundary where plates slide sideways past each other
  12. rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud
  13. the phase of the moon when none of the moon is illuminated

23 Clues: when the moon is getting larger • when the moon is getting smaller • the movement the weathered material • Moh's scale measures this from 1-10 • the breaking down of rocks and minerals • the dropping off of the eroded material • resource has a limited supply (ex: natural gas) • boundary where two or more tectonic plates collide. • ...

Earth's Interior 2024-05-23

Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock that makes up the ocean floor
  2. boundaries that Form where two tectonic plates separate
  3. this is the force that moves the tectonic plates
  4. plastic layer within the mantle
  5. forms near the edge of a continent at an ocean to continent boundary
  6. liquid portion of the core
  7. boundaries that form Where two plates collide
  8. Scientist that researched whether all the continents had always been in the same place on Earth
  9. When the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
Down
  1. Dense oceanic plate slides under Less dense continental plate
  2. Supercontinent that has broken apart over time
  3. Earth’s surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other
  4. basalt is rich in this mineral
  5. the thick middle layer in the solid part of Earth
  6. dense metallic center of Earth
  7. Neither plate is subducted, the less dense plate folds and deforms and mountains are formed
  8. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  9. hypothesis that the continents are in constant motion on the Earth’s surface
  10. brittle, rocky outer layer
  11. Very long mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  12. a rigid layer including the crust and the uppermost mantle
  13. solid portion of the core
  14. outer part of the magnetic field that affects the charged particles
  15. boundaries that Forms where two tectonic plates slide past each other

24 Clues: solid portion of the core • brittle, rocky outer layer • liquid portion of the core • basalt is rich in this mineral • dense metallic center of Earth • plastic layer within the mantle • rock that makes up the ocean floor • boundaries that form Where two plates collide • Supercontinent that has broken apart over time • this is the force that moves the tectonic plates • ...

AP Bio Unit 7 Review Crossword 2024-04-24

AP Bio Unit 7 Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of evolution that causes groups of organisms to be very different from each other
  2. Type of speciation caused by geographical separation
  3. All of the living things that inhabit a certain area
  4. When a natural disaster or disease wipes out most of the population and changes the allele frequency of a population
  5. Type of evolution that causes similar phenotypes between distantly related species
  6. Barriers that prevent members of different species from mating and producing a zygote
  7. Random fluctuations in a frequency of a certain gene or allele in a population
  8. Often used as a null hypothesis for population ecology (has its own equation)
  9. mating The type of mating in natural selection
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  1. The number of the same species that inhabit a certain area
  2. Evolution that occurs slowly over a very long period of time
  3. A factor that is nonliving
  4. Humans controlling mating of organisms to cause a higher frequency of desirable traits
  5. The process for when a species no longer inhabits the earth
  6. Barrier that keeps hybrid zygotes from developing into healthy and fertile adults
  7. The process where new species form
  8. Equilibrium that occurs after rapid periods of stasis
  9. A factor that is living
  10. All of the living and nonliving things in a particular area
  11. A random change in DNA
  12. Type of speciation that is not cause by geographical separation
  13. An organism's ability to survive long enough to reproduce

22 Clues: A random change in DNA • A factor that is living • A factor that is nonliving • The process where new species form • mating The type of mating in natural selection • Type of speciation caused by geographical separation • All of the living things that inhabit a certain area • Equilibrium that occurs after rapid periods of stasis • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  2. process that changes preexisting rocks into new forms because of increases in temperature, pressure, and chemically active fluids.
  3. The Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces called
  4. tell us when and where plants and animals once existed and can be evidence for plate tectonics
  5. the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere.
  6. a way for heat to move
  7. break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.
  8. an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  9. process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  10. a feature of convergent plate boundaries, where two or more tectonic plates meet.
Down
  1. the sudden movement of Earth's crust at a fault line.
  2. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  3. a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault.
  4. a hard, black volcanic rock
  5. a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
  6. the first person to formulate a complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis.
  7. occurs along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.
  8. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  9. the solid, outer part of Earth.
  10. commonly the sights of tectonic activity

20 Clues: a way for heat to move • a hard, black volcanic rock • the solid, outer part of Earth. • commonly the sights of tectonic activity • the sudden movement of Earth's crust at a fault line. • The Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces called • the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere. • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • ...

study 2022-12-14

study crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sixth step of the scientific method is to analyze _
  2. the fifth step of the scientific method is to observe and _
  3. relative _ is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  4. the _ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.
  5. The boundary between cold and warm air masses
  6. Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather.
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved apart is called _ drift
  8. a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge
  9. the process that takes rocks inside the earth
Down
  1. the _ is used to measure temperature
  2. when a scientist has tested their hypothesis, they must _ and record
  3. the second step in the scientific method is to form a _
  4. the _ are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  5. the fourth step of the scientific method is to _ the hypothesis
  6. the first step of the scientific method is to _ the problem
  7. plates move apart at _ boundaries
  8. the third step in the scientific method to design an _
  9. a scientific law describes a _ in nature
  10. the _ waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  11. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called _
  12. are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  13. the seventh step of the scientific method is to draw _

22 Clues: plates move apart at _ boundaries • the _ is used to measure temperature • a scientific law describes a _ in nature • Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather. • The boundary between cold and warm air masses • the process that takes rocks inside the earth • a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge • the third step in the scientific method to design an _ • ...

study 2022-12-14

study crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sixth step of the scientific method is to analyze _
  2. the fifth step of the scientific method is to observe and _
  3. relative _ is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  4. the _ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.
  5. The boundary between cold and warm air masses
  6. Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather.
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved apart is called _ drift
  8. a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge
  9. the process that takes rocks inside the earth
Down
  1. the _ is used to measure temperature
  2. when a scientist has tested their hypothesis, they must _ and record
  3. the second step in the scientific method is to form a _
  4. the _ are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  5. the fourth step of the scientific method is to _ the hypothesis
  6. the first step of the scientific method is to _ the problem
  7. plates move apart at _ boundaries
  8. the third step in the scientific method to design an _
  9. a scientific law describes a _ in nature
  10. the _ waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  11. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called _
  12. are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  13. the seventh step of the scientific method is to draw _

22 Clues: plates move apart at _ boundaries • the _ is used to measure temperature • a scientific law describes a _ in nature • Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather. • The boundary between cold and warm air masses • the process that takes rocks inside the earth • a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge • the third step in the scientific method to design an _ • ...

study 2022-12-14

study crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sixth step of the scientific method is to analyze _
  2. the fifth step of the scientific method is to observe and _
  3. relative _ is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  4. the _ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.
  5. The boundary between cold and warm air masses
  6. Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather.
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved apart is called _ drift
  8. a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge
  9. the process that takes rocks inside the earth
Down
  1. the _ is used to measure temperature
  2. when a scientist has tested their hypothesis, they must _ and record
  3. the second step in the scientific method is to form a _
  4. the _ are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  5. the fourth step of the scientific method is to _ the hypothesis
  6. the first step of the scientific method is to _ the problem
  7. plates move apart at _ boundaries
  8. the third step in the scientific method to design an _
  9. a scientific law describes a _ in nature
  10. the _ waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  11. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called _
  12. are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  13. the seventh step of the scientific method is to draw _

22 Clues: plates move apart at _ boundaries • the _ is used to measure temperature • a scientific law describes a _ in nature • Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather. • The boundary between cold and warm air masses • the process that takes rocks inside the earth • a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge • the third step in the scientific method to design an _ • ...

Qutaybahs Science Crossword 2025-05-13

Qutaybahs Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the formation of fresh areas of oceanic crust
  2. wind blown sediment, usually yellowish brown
  3. equilibrium that exists between parts of the earths crust
  4. study of the physical features of earths surface
  5. winding curve or bend of a river
  6. the rate at which the temp increases with earths crust
  7. innermost layer of earth
  8. Landform created by the action of glaciers
  9. landform created by erosional processes
  10. this plate boundary has predominantly horizontal movement
  11. the magnetic field surrounding earth
  12. Region between the trench & volcanic arc
  13. Means “small hill” in French
  14. this landform got its name from the greek god of wind
  15. these hills consist of 1,776 mounds of the same general shape
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  1. this rock resembles a fungi
  2. a low area of land between hills or mountains typically with a river between
  3. Where earths tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  4. outer part of earth consisting of crust and upper mantle
  5. an area on earth where 2 or more plates collide
  6. landforms that rise prominently above its surroundings
  7. a place of land almost surrounded by water/projecting into water
  8. bounded below by a core and above by a crust, solid interior of earth
  9. the inner layer of the earth (general term)
  10. flat elevated landform rises sharply above area on atleast 1 side
  11. outermost layer of earth
  12. exists between 2 plates moving away from eachother
  13. inner outer layer of earth
  14. most life-bearing planet
  15. also known as gorge

30 Clues: also known as gorge • innermost layer of earth • outermost layer of earth • most life-bearing planet • inner outer layer of earth • this rock resembles a fungi • Means “small hill” in French • winding curve or bend of a river • the magnetic field surrounding earth • landform created by erosional processes • Region between the trench & volcanic arc • ...

plate tectonics 2025-05-29

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sudden energy release that goes with the fault
  2. below the lower mantle; made mostly of molten metallic material such as nickel and iron.
  3. Boundary is formed where two plates slide sideways past each other.
  4. A mountain with a crater on top through which lava, rock fragments flow.
  5. a crack in Earth’s crust along which movement can take place or has taken place.
  6. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  7. Boundary is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. Boundary is formed when two tectonic plates collide together.
  9. The molten portion of the Earth's innermost layer.
  10. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground resulting from movements of the Earth's crust.
  11. In liquid form because of extreme heating:
  12. The thick layer of the Earth's interior that lies between the thin outer layer (the crust) and the super-heated core.
  13. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
Down
  1. The Border between two tectonic plates.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth, made up of the crust and the upper mantle.
  3. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate beneath another plate.
  4. The solid metal center of the Earth's innermost layer.
  5. Large-scale processes that affect the Earth's surface.
  6. Ancient supercontinent that incorporated most of the land mass on Earth and which broke into two smaller supercontinents.
  7. Hot molten rock that erupts from a volcano or fissure.

20 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • The Border between two tectonic plates. • In liquid form because of extreme heating: • The sudden energy release that goes with the fault • The molten portion of the Earth's innermost layer. • the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus • The solid metal center of the Earth's innermost layer. • ...

Extra Credit: Semester 1 Vocab (CS2) 2022-12-06

Extra Credit: Semester 1 Vocab (CS2) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extremely small particle that everything is made of. A group of these makes a molecule.
  2. type of wave that needs matter to travel. Hint: Starts with an M
  3. oldest rock on bottom, youngest on top = law of ________.
  4. hot air/liquids rise, cold air/liquids sink
  5. The ____ core is the only liquid layer of earth.
  6. another word for light wave. Travels the fastest in outer space.
  7. The least dense layer of Earth. We live on this layer
  8. layers of rocks
  9. the factor that changes in the experiment
  10. any living thing (ex. Human, bacteria, plant)
  11. The sliding of the lithosphere on the mantle. AKA continental drift is known as plate _____.
  12. stored energy
  13. the energy of motion
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  1. Plate boundary where two tectonic plates split.
  2. testable statement regarding the outcome of an experiment
  3. the band of light with the longest wavelength
  4. transfer of heat through light (no contact)
  5. similar to an experiment, but lacks a hypothesis. Uses observations.
  6. the average speed of an object’s molecules
  7. the study of the natural world
  8. The largest layer of the earth. Convection here powers plate tectonics
  9. how close an object's molecules are; thickness
  10. A science teacher.
  11. transfer of heat by direct touch
  12. the band of light with the highest energy/frequency
  13. any prehistoric organism preserved in rock
  14. scientist who studies earth and rocks
  15. plate boundary associated with the formation of mountains and volcanoes

28 Clues: stored energy • layers of rocks • A science teacher. • the energy of motion • the study of the natural world • transfer of heat by direct touch • scientist who studies earth and rocks • the factor that changes in the experiment • the average speed of an object’s molecules • any prehistoric organism preserved in rock • transfer of heat through light (no contact) • ...

Earth and space basics 2023-05-10

Earth and space basics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The regular rise and fall of the ocean's surface influenced by the moon's gravity pulling on earth
  2. a force that exists between any two objects that have mass and that pulls the objects together
  3. layer protects Earth from ultraviolet rays
  4. A resource that can be replaced within a reasonable amount of time
  5. innermost layer of the earth
  6. largest and second outermost layer of the earth
  7. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  10. A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  2. A large cloud of dust and gas in space. (Some are regions where new stars are beginning to form.)
  3. layer of water that makes up ¾ Earth's surface
  4. gaseous region that surrounds the earth
  5. The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
  6. A resource that once used, cannot be replaced in a reasonable amount of time
  7. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  8. second innermost layer of the earth
  9. an imaginary line through the center of a body about which the body rotates.
  10. A measure of how hot or cold something is.

20 Clues: innermost layer of the earth • second innermost layer of the earth • gaseous region that surrounds the earth • layer protects Earth from ultraviolet rays • A measure of how hot or cold something is. • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • layer of water that makes up ¾ Earth's surface • largest and second outermost layer of the earth • ...

Earthquakes & Volcanos 2025-01-13

Earthquakes & Volcanos crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area where lava frequently erupts at the surface, independent of plate boundary processes.
  2. The name for a sleeping volcano.
  3. The single number that geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on its size.
  4. This is formed when volcanos at convergent boundaries grow large enough to break the ocean's surface.
  5. This is the substance that is formed when magma reaches the Earth's surface.
  6. The break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle.
  7. This is the type of plate boundary when two plates collide into each other.
  8. The name for a volcano when it is a more immediate threat.
  9. The shaking and trembling that results from plate movement.
  10. An idea that can be tested by experiments or investigations.
Down
  1. The molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
  2. The name of the one big continent before it drifted apart to make the continents we know today.
  3. A wave or series of waves produced by an earthquake or a landslide.
  4. A country where you can see volcanos at mid-ocean ridges.
  5. The activity of volcanos.
  6. The type of plate boundary the forms mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.
  7. The name of the top of a volcano.
  8. The force that causes rocks to change their shape or volume.
  9. The structure that forms in Earth's crust when molten material reaches the Earth's surface.
  10. This is the type of plate boundary when plates slide past each other.

20 Clues: The activity of volcanos. • The name for a sleeping volcano. • The name of the top of a volcano. • The break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle. • A country where you can see volcanos at mid-ocean ridges. • The name for a volcano when it is a more immediate threat. • The shaking and trembling that results from plate movement. • ...

Geology & Earth Systems 2025-09-07

Geology & Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens.
  2. A circular movement caused by hot material rising and cooler material sinking.
  3. The rigid outer layer of Earth made of the crust and upper mantle, broken into plates.
  4. Plates move apart, creating mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys.
  5. A huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.
  6. Rock made from compressed sediments.
  7. The solid metallic center of Earth, mostly iron and nickel.
  8. The movement of sediments by water, wind, or ice.
  9. Plates move toward each other, forming mountains or volcanoes.
  10. A place where hot mantle rock melts through the crust, creating volcanoes (ex: Hawaii).
  11. The place where two plates meet.
  12. Plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.
Down
  1. The downhill movement of soil or rock, such as a landslide.
  2. The shaking of Earth caused by sudden movement along a fault.
  3. The breaking down of rock at Earth’s surface by wind, water, or ice.
  4. The theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into plates that move because of convection in the mantle.
  5. A break or crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
  6. The liquid metallic layer around the inner core; movement here creates Earth’s magnetic field.
  7. Rock changed by heat and pressure deep in Earth.
  8. An opening in Earth’s surface where magma escapes as lava, ash, and gases.
  9. The process of forming mountains, usually at convergent boundaries.
  10. The thick, hot, moving rock layer beneath the crust; makes up most of Earth’s volume.

22 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • Rock made from compressed sediments. • Rock changed by heat and pressure deep in Earth. • Rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens. • The movement of sediments by water, wind, or ice. • A break or crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs. • Plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core The layer of the Earth’s core made from liquid iron and nickel
  2. boundary Where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. Drift The movement of continents from the motion of tectonic plates
  4. crust The rigid, rocky outer layer of the planet
  5. An opening in the Earth’s crust where lava, volcanic ash, and gas escape.
  6. of Fire A horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean that has most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes
  7. A shaking of the ground caused by sudden movement of materials below the Earth's surface
  8. When plates move towards each other and collide.
Down
  1. A fracture in the Earth’s crust where tectonic plates move relative to each other.
  2. The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
  3. spot A place with unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  4. Plate The plate the makes up the surface of the Earth.
  5. Molten rock that has erupted on the surface of the Earth
  6. Tectonic plates being pushed together
  7. boundary Where two tectonic plates move towards each other, colliding
  8. The solid outer layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. Molten, hot liquefied rock located below the Earth’s surface
  10. A supercontinent made up of all the continents together
  11. boundary Where two or more tectonic plates meet
  12. floor spreading The geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other

20 Clues: Tectonic plates being pushed together • When plates move towards each other and collide. • boundary Where two or more tectonic plates meet • crust The rigid, rocky outer layer of the planet • A supercontinent made up of all the continents together • Molten rock that has erupted on the surface of the Earth • ...

Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle 2025-11-05

Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A scientist who looks for patterns in landforms and geologic events in order to better understand Earth
  2. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  3. moving toward the same place
  4. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in South America and Africa
  5. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  8. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  9. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  11. how often or fast something happens
  12. an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
Down
  1. the place where two plates come together
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain or a channel
  4. Earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  5. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  6. an object, diagram, a computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  7. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  8. what Earth’s outer layer is made from

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • what Earth’s outer layer is made from • the place where two plates come together • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The large, relatively stationary area of volcanic activity away from plate boundaries
  2. A type of plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. The circulation in the mantle driven by heat differences, believed to move the plates
  4. The largest type of landmass, combining all or most continents
  5. The name given to the single massive landmass 200 million years ago
  6. A measure used to quantify the magnitude of an earthquake
  7. A large, circular volcanic depression capable of massive eruptions
  8. A vent in the Earth's crust that releases molten rock, ash, and gases
  9. A fracture or zone of weakness in Earth's crust
  10. A type of plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  11. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface
  12. The ground shaking caused by a rapid release of energy in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. The process where one oceanic plate sinks beneath another plate
  2. The layer of Earth's crust that forms the continents
  3. A seismic vibration produced by the sudden release of energy during rock rupture
  4. Boundary where plates slide horizontally past one another
  5. The theory describing the slow movement of continents over geologic time
  6. The large, rigid sections of Earth's lithosphere that move relative to one another
  7. The dense, heavy plate type that makes up the ocean floor
  8. The large depression in the Earth's surface that holds ocean water
  9. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface

21 Clues: Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface • A fracture or zone of weakness in Earth's crust • Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface • The layer of Earth's crust that forms the continents • Boundary where plates slide horizontally past one another • A measure used to quantify the magnitude of an earthquake • ...

5th grade science vocabulary 2025-12-12

5th grade science vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist that studies volcanos
  2. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  3. thick layer beneath the crust
  4. the thin outer layer of the earth
  5. very small pieces of rock
  6. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  7. a shaking of the Earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  8. the theory that the Earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  9. the liquid rock below Earth's crust
  10. natural land shape or feature
Down
  1. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are COLLIDING with each other
  2. a place where hot gases,smoke,and melted rock come out of the ground onto the Earth's surface
  3. the strength of an earthquake
  4. scientist that studies earthquakes
  5. a break in the Earth's crust where rock on one side moves in relation on the other rock
  6. the layer of earth extending from Earth's center to the bottom of the mantle
  7. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving AWAY from each other
  8. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  9. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale from 1-10
  10. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
  11. the process of breaking rock apart
  12. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another

22 Clues: very small pieces of rock • the strength of an earthquake • thick layer beneath the crust • natural land shape or feature • scientist that studies volcanos • the thin outer layer of the earth • scientist that studies earthquakes • the process of breaking rock apart • the liquid rock below Earth's crust • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • ...

Sea Floor Features 2016-03-10

Sea Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a canyon carved into the outer continental shelf, slope, and rise by turbidity currents is what type of canyon?
  2. a down slope movement of dense, sediment-laden water created when sand and mud on the continental shelf and slope are dislodged and thrown into suspension is called what?
  3. what are long and narrow creases in the ocean floor in deep parts of the ocean?
  4. steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf is called?
  5. the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope is called what?
  6. what is gently sloping from the shoreline?
  7. deep,extremely flat features are called?
Down
  1. volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called?
  2. the ocean floor region starts at what margin?
  3. what occurs at divergent plate boundaries where two lithospheric plates are moving apart?
  4. what is near the center of most ocean basins?
  5. what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge?

12 Clues: deep,extremely flat features are called? • what is gently sloping from the shoreline? • the ocean floor region starts at what margin? • what is near the center of most ocean basins? • volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called? • what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge? • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory that scientists made in the late 1960s. It states that Earths plates are always in a slow, constant mostion. They are driven by convection currents
  2. A theory that says the continents move across Earths surface at a very slow pace
  3. A once living organism that was preserved by a rock
  4. Where plates diverge or move apart from each other
Down
  1. A deep valley along the ocean floor below where the oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  2. Where plates converge or come together
  3. A section of the lithosphere that gradually moves over the asthenospher. Where it is carrying peices of the oceanic and continental crust
  4. The process in which mid ocean ridges add more material to the ocean floor
  5. The place where plates slip past each other
  6. a super-continent
  7. When the ocean floor sinks below a deep ocean trench. Then it moves back to the mantle
  8. The process in which seams are form mountain ranges that run across some ocean floors

12 Clues: a super-continent • Where plates converge or come together • The place where plates slip past each other • Where plates diverge or move apart from each other • A once living organism that was preserved by a rock • The process in which mid ocean ridges add more material to the ocean floor • ...

Volcanoes 2022-05-12

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Built almost entirely by fluid lava flows, typically has a gentle slope, generally erupts slowly over a long period of time.
  2. Type of Volcano that makes up some of Earth’s grandest mountains, typically have steep sides and symmetrical cones, most have a crater and vent at the summit, made up of alternating layers of lava and ash.
  3. Dome, Formed by small, bulbous masses of lava too thick to flow a great distance, lava piles around the vent, some domes form craggy knobs or spines over the volcanic vent.
  4. Plate Boundaries, Two plates converge / move together
  5. Plate Boundaries, Two plates diverge / move apart
  6. Spots, Magma comes up from partial melting i the upper mantle. The molten rock pushes up to one spot in the surface.
  7. Molten rock
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  1. Zone, Two plates meet, one subducts / is pushed down below the other
  2. Cone, Simplest type of volcano rarely rises above 1000 feet, typically has a bowl-shaped crater at the top, found in western North America.
  3. Vents / openings into the hot interior of earth
  4. also known as a composite volcano
  5. Ocean Ridges, Formed on oceanic plates & are like under water mountains

12 Clues: Molten rock • also known as a composite volcano • Vents / openings into the hot interior of earth • Plate Boundaries, Two plates diverge / move apart • Plate Boundaries, Two plates converge / move together • Zone, Two plates meet, one subducts / is pushed down below the other • Ocean Ridges, Formed on oceanic plates & are like under water mountains • ...

vocabulary crossword sheet 2016-04-13

vocabulary crossword sheet crossword puzzle
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  1. Evolution evoluion toward similar characteristic in unrelated species, resulting from adaptations to similar environmental conditions.
  2. Equilibrium Theory states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change.
  3. Isolaton is an important evolutionary mechanism that helps members of the same species identify each other as proper mates.
  4. Distribution a function that represents the distribution of many random variables as a symmetrical bell-shaped graph.
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  1. Selection two opposite, but equally uncommon, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotypes.
  2. Selection selection in which certain traits enhance mating success; traits are therefore passed onto offspring
  3. Evolution evolution of 2 or more cloely related species into diferent species; resulting from adaptation different environmental condition.

7 Clues: Selection two opposite, but equally uncommon, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotypes. • Selection selection in which certain traits enhance mating success; traits are therefore passed onto offspring • Distribution a function that represents the distribution of many random variables as a symmetrical bell-shaped graph. • ...

Crossword L4 2024-02-13

Crossword L4 crossword puzzle
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  1. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  2. The point on earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point or focus
  3. The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an deposited earthquake occurs
  4. edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates
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  1. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
  2. -The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  3. The bending, tilting, and breaking of earths crust the change in the shape of rock in response to stress

7 Clues: -The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape • A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another • The point on earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point or focus • The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an deposited earthquake occurs • ...

Lesson 4 vocabualry 2024-02-14

Lesson 4 vocabualry crossword puzzle
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  1. The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  2. The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates.
  3. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.
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  1. The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.
  2. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
  3. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its underformed shape.
  4. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another.

7 Clues: The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its underformed shape. • A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another. • The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus. • The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs. • ...

CW4 2020-11-14

CW4 crossword puzzle
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  1. to make or arrange in accord with the prevailing mode
  2. an act of putting something to use
  3. the ability to perform an action with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both
  4. a course along which someone or something moves
  5. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through though
  6. relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes
  7. it is a impact on an object caused by an object's interaction with another object
  8. one of the first people to articulate ideas of movement
  9. similar to ‘Guided Discovery'
  10. the act of conveying meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs
  11. the process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something
  12. an area defended by a team or player in a game or sport
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  1. this style is a progression from ‘convergent discovery'
  2. students work together in pairs and take turns observing and giving feedback to each other using performance criteria or a skill card which was provided by the teacher
  3. the act of detecting something new
  4. plan or method for achieving a goal or the skill
  5. it is the relationship between cognitive functions and physical movement
  6. the job or profession of a teacher
  7. didactic style where the teacher makes all the decisions, it is often described as teacher-directed and autocratic
  8. an act of changing physical location or position or of having this change

20 Clues: similar to ‘Guided Discovery' • the act of detecting something new • an act of putting something to use • the job or profession of a teacher • relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes • a course along which someone or something moves • plan or method for achieving a goal or the skill • to make or arrange in accord with the prevailing mode • ...

CW4 2020-11-14

CW4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to make or arrange in accord with the prevailing mode
  2. an act of putting something to use
  3. the ability to perform an action with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both
  4. a course along which someone or something moves
  5. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through though
  6. relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes
  7. it is a impact on an object caused by an object's interaction with another object
  8. one of the first people to articulate ideas of movement
  9. similar to ‘Guided Discovery'
  10. the act of conveying meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs
  11. the process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something
  12. an area defended by a team or player in a game or sport
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  1. this style is a progression from ‘convergent discovery'
  2. students work together in pairs and take turns observing and giving feedback to each other using performance criteria or a skill card which was provided by the teacher
  3. the act of detecting something new
  4. plan or method for achieving a goal or the skill
  5. it is the relationship between cognitive functions and physical movement
  6. the job or profession of a teacher
  7. didactic style where the teacher makes all the decisions, it is often described as teacher-directed and autocratic
  8. an act of changing physical location or position or of having this change

20 Clues: similar to ‘Guided Discovery' • the act of detecting something new • an act of putting something to use • the job or profession of a teacher • relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes • a course along which someone or something moves • plan or method for achieving a goal or the skill • to make or arrange in accord with the prevailing mode • ...

Geosphere Review 2022-03-16

Geosphere Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the hypothesis that the continents have slowly moved around the Earth over millions of years
  2. the deepest parts of the ocean floor
  3. a naturally occuring solid that can form by inorganic processes and has a crystal structure and definite chemical composition
  4. rock that is formed from magma or lava cooling down
  5. in this type of boundary, the plates are sliding past each other
  6. rock that is formed from heat and pressure
  7. in this type of boundary, the plates are moving away from each other
  8. 2nd layer below the earth, made of mostly rocks and magma
  9. this layer of the earth is made of spinning liquid metal
  10. rock that is formed from smaller rocks pressed together
  11. the Earth's crust is broken up into these large slabs of rock
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  1. the process of ocean sea floor falling into the mantle is called this
  2. an idea that can be tested
  3. in this type of boundary, the plates are moving towards each other
  4. these types of currents can be found in the mantle spreading heat
  5. earthquakes make these types of waves
  6. a crack in the Earth's crust, usually in the boundary between two plates
  7. the outermost layer of the earth
  8. rock that is heated until it is melted becomes this
  9. long zipperlike chains of undersea mountains are called this
  10. movement of the Earth's plates causes this
  11. the innermost layer of the earth, made of solid metal

22 Clues: an idea that can be tested • the outermost layer of the earth • the deepest parts of the ocean floor • earthquakes make these types of waves • movement of the Earth's plates causes this • rock that is formed from heat and pressure • rock that is heated until it is melted becomes this • rock that is formed from magma or lava cooling down • ...

8th Grade Science Review 2022-04-26

8th Grade Science Review crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary where 2 tectonic plates move apart
  2. the main metal in magnets
  3. Type of map with contour lines for elevation
  4. Opposite electrical charges do this
  5. If an objects gains these, it becomes negative
  6. type of electric charge created by friction
  7. a single flower reproduces on its own
  8. a term that means push away
  9. term describing how organisms change over time
  10. when rock layers are weathered away
  11. molten rock beneath the surface
  12. Chart like a family tree showing genetics
  13. 2 different flowers reproduce
  14. "Survival of the fittest"
  15. type of fossil found all over;helps determine age
  16. Reproduction with only one parent organism
  17. Law that states older fossils are deeper
  18. a type of gene that is "Strong"
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  1. pert of the earth's interior that is molten
  2. Type of dominance where traits blend together
  3. When a species completely dies off
  4. Motion of molten rock causing plates to move
  5. a large eruption on the suns surface
  6. molten rock that reaches the surface
  7. boundary where 2 tectonic plates slide past
  8. area around a magnet extending in all directions
  9. Molten volcanic rock that squeezes into layers
  10. Plate boundary where 2 plates collide
  11. a type of gene that is "weak"
  12. supercontinent when all land was joined
  13. magnetic field is strongest on this part of magnet
  14. Reproduction where 2 parents are involved
  15. 2 genes combine and both are visible
  16. When one tectonic plate slides under another

34 Clues: the main metal in magnets • "Survival of the fittest" • a term that means push away • a type of gene that is "weak" • 2 different flowers reproduce • molten rock beneath the surface • a type of gene that is "Strong" • When a species completely dies off • Opposite electrical charges do this • when rock layers are weathered away • a large eruption on the suns surface • ...

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 3RD AND 4TH QUARTER 2018-03-13

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 3RD AND 4TH QUARTER crossword puzzle
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  1. HOT MOLTEN ROCKS
  2. GREETING OR AS A SIGNAL, SIGN
  3. ARCH OF COLORS FORMED IN THE SKY
  4. DISTANCE BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE CREST OF A WAVE
  5. LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATION WAVE
  6. WAVE WITH A WAVELENGTH
  7. REFLECTIVE SURFACE
  8. ALSO CALLED DINSCRUPTED THEORY
  9. DIVISION INTO TWO SHARPLY CONTRASTING
  10. GEOLICAL PROCESS
  11. A LONG HIGH SEA WAVE
  12. SLIDE AWAY THE ROCKS
  13. SERIES OF SOUNDS BY THE SOUND WAVES
  14. BEAM OF LIGHT THAT SPREAD OUT
  15. GREATER THAN WAVE
  16. VISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE
  17. LUMINOUS ENVELOPE OF A STAR
  18. THE ACTION OF PROCESS INTERFERING
  19. NOT ABLE TO BE SEEN THROUGH
  20. PENETRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
  21. THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN
  22. EMISSION OF ENERGY
  23. LIGHT FROM ONE CELESTIAL BODY
  24. THE HIGHEST POINT
  25. DENSTRUCTIVE PLATE THEORY
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  1. A SHAFT SHARPENED AT THE FRONT
  2. OUTLINE OR SURFACE THAT CURVES INWARD
  3. ROCK FORMATIONS
  4. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIARTION
  5. LIQUID LAYER
  6. RADIATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC
  7. ACTION PROCESS
  8. PHENOMENON OF LIGHT
  9. COMPOSED OF ALL EM WAVES
  10. SOLID BALL
  11. A GERMAN PHYSICIST
  12. NATURAL SATELLITE
  13. DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTER
  14. VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE GROUND
  15. LOOSE SLEVELESS SHAWL
  16. EMISSION OF LIGHT BY SUBSTANCE BY NOT BEEN HEATED
  17. IT MEASURE HUMANS VISUAL
  18. KNOWN AS OPTICS
  19. PORTABLE LIGHT
  20. A MOUNTAIN OR HILL
  21. CENTER OF INTEREST
  22. CAN DETECT ONE OR MORE SPORTS OF SHRINGKING
  23. THROWING BACK A BODY
  24. HOT MOLTEN LIQUID ROCKS
  25. EXPLOSION OF LAVA

50 Clues: SOLID BALL • LIQUID LAYER • ACTION PROCESS • PORTABLE LIGHT • ROCK FORMATIONS • KNOWN AS OPTICS • HOT MOLTEN ROCKS • GEOLICAL PROCESS • NATURAL SATELLITE • GREATER THAN WAVE • THE HIGHEST POINT • EXPLOSION OF LAVA • REFLECTIVE SURFACE • A GERMAN PHYSICIST • A MOUNTAIN OR HILL • CENTER OF INTEREST • EMISSION OF ENERGY • PHENOMENON OF LIGHT • A LONG HIGH SEA WAVE • SLIDE AWAY THE ROCKS • THROWING BACK A BODY • ...

Marine Science Unit 2 Mega Crossword Review 2016-10-27

Marine Science Unit 2 Mega Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Earth's early atmosphere had almost none
  2. The most generic Halloween costume
  3. A piece of continental drift evidence
  4. The longest continuous mountain chain in the world Mid _____ _____ (2 words)
  5. Boundaries that cause mid-ocean ridges
  6. Theory that Earth's continents have moved apart and continue to do so. Continental ________
  7. Single giant landmass that later broke apart
  8. Big ol' scratches in rocks. Glacial __________
  9. The release of a substance as a gas or vapor
  10. Less dense crust that makes up the continents
  11. Dense crust that sinks below continental crust
  12. Where Wegener perished
  13. Ring of Fire's ocean
  14. Boundary where two plates slide past one another
  15. Outer planets are made primarily of _____
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  1. A piece of continental drift evidence
  2. Is the Earth getting bigger?
  3. Continental Drift theorist
  4. Process where crust is forced below other crust and destroyed.
  5. Boundary where two plates come together
  6. Theory that we're all floating around on the upper mantle (2 words)
  7. Mass per unit Volume of a substance
  8. Deep ocean canyon formed by subduction
  9. Your Marine Science teacher
  10. How new seafloor gets created
  11. Earth's cool, rigid, outer layer
  12. Was slowly formed by seafloor spreading. (It's an ocean)
  13. Theory that states universe is expanding and accelerating. Big ____
  14. Found along the Ring of Fire. They might erupt.
  15. You'll find volcano chains here (2 words)
  16. The most dense part of earth
  17. Country music legend who sang "Ring of Fire"
  18. Naturalist who has a trail named after him
  19. Inner planets have large ones

34 Clues: Ring of Fire's ocean • Where Wegener perished • Continental Drift theorist • Your Marine Science teacher • Is the Earth getting bigger? • The most dense part of earth • How new seafloor gets created • Inner planets have large ones • Earth's cool, rigid, outer layer • The most generic Halloween costume • Mass per unit Volume of a substance • A piece of continental drift evidence • ...

Science 2016-08-17

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change: it is human-caused or anthropogenic
  2. Theory: proposed by Georges Lemaitre
  3. galaxies: spherical or elongated galaxies
  4. destructive plate margins
  5. spiral galaxy: variation of the spiral galaxy
  6. proposed the continental drift theory
  7. emerged from rising molten rocks
  8. tectonics theory: earth's surface is not a static and intact structure
  9. Have the greatest contribution to global warming
  10. storm: one of the natural sources of aerosols
  11. galaxies: flat, disk-shaped galaxies
  12. clusters: gravitationally bound clusters
  13. fine liquid and solid particles
  14. larger groups of galactic clusters
  15. law: law that states galaxies recede at speeds proportional to their distances from the observer
  16. single supercontinent
  17. Milky Way's nearest neighboring spiral galaxy
  18. galaxies: no distinct symmetry compared to spiral and elliptical galaxies
  19. fission: H2O combine with another atom to form helium
  20. imaginary path around the planets
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  1. rainfall: can wash out pathogens
  2. warming: increase in the average global temperature
  3. plate: one of the tectonics plate
  4. fault: conservative plate margins
  5. constructive plate margins
  6. collection of start
  7. clearing of forests
  8. tallest mountain on earth
  9. birthplace of the stars
  10. deepest trench
  11. Way: example of spiral galaxy
  12. large volumes of ocean water
  13. effect: the ability to absorb and hold heat in the atmosphere
  14. gases:gases that contributes to greenhouse effect
  15. region in space where gravity is strong
  16. group: galactic cluster
  17. largest plate
  18. matter: undetectable form of matter
  19. dioxide: transparent to incoming solar radiation

39 Clues: largest plate • deepest trench • collection of start • clearing of forests • single supercontinent • birthplace of the stars • group: galactic cluster • tallest mountain on earth • destructive plate margins • constructive plate margins • large volumes of ocean water • Way: example of spiral galaxy • fine liquid and solid particles • rainfall: can wash out pathogens • ...

Earthquake and Volcano Study Aid 2019-02-27

Earthquake and Volcano Study Aid crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the location on Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake’s focus
  2. common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hotspots. Shield volcanoes are large with gentle slopes of basaltic lavas
  3. - a liquid’s resistance to flow
  4. Scientists that study earthquakes
  5. graphical illustration of seismic waves
  6. waves that are slower than primary waves and cause particles to move up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels
  7. tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass
  8. small, steep-sided volcanoes that erupt gas-rich, basaltic lavas
  9. the vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth’s lithosphere
  10. a vent in Earth’s crust through which melted- or molten -rock flows
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  1. waves that cause particles in the ground to move up and down in a rolling motion
  2. energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth
  3. large, steep-sided volcanoes that result from explosive eruptions of andesitic and rhyolitic lava and ash along convergent plate boundaries
  4. volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries
  5. measures and records ground motion and can be used to determine the distance seismic waves travel
  6. waves that cause particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion similar to a coiled spring
  7. molten rock below Earth’s surface
  8. a location inside Earth where rocks first move along the fault, creating seismic waves
  9. a break in Earth’s lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another
  10. molten rock that erupts onto Earth’s surface

20 Clues: - a liquid’s resistance to flow • Scientists that study earthquakes • molten rock below Earth’s surface • graphical illustration of seismic waves • molten rock that erupts onto Earth’s surface • energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth • tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass • volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries • ...

Jay Nordlinger Vocabulary 2012-11-05

Jay Nordlinger Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent
  2. A conventional way of describing someone who has died or something that has been lost or that has ceased to exist
  3. Relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic and certain ancient languages such as Phoenician
  4. not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
  5. not discordant; tuneful
  6. Successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective
  7. a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
  8. A person who is honored with an award for outstanding achievement
  9. an Image Comics superhero created by Erik Larsen in 1992
  10. A series of words said as a magic spell or charm
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  1. the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
  2. racist: discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
  3. disincentive: a negative motivational influence
  4. Exclusive attachment to one's own group, party, or nation
  5. An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization
  6. the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
  7. A person who has risen suddenly to wealth or high position, esp. one who behaves arrogantly
  8. The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation
  9. Render (someone) unable to think or act normally, esp. through panic or fear
  10. The status of being a recognized independent nation

20 Clues: not discordant; tuneful • not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed • disincentive: a negative motivational influence • A series of words said as a magic spell or charm • The status of being a recognized independent nation • an Image Comics superhero created by Erik Larsen in 1992 • Exclusive attachment to one's own group, party, or nation • ...

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-05-21

Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary where plates move side by side
  2. volcano that has both explosive and quiet eruptions
  3. type of fault that drops rock down on one side relative to the other
  4. a volcano that erupts continually or frequently
  5. measure of energy released during an earthquake
  6. magnitude scale that describes the strength of an earthquake
  7. place in earth's crust where pressure is released
  8. energy waves that travel outward from an earthquake
  9. plate boundaries that collide
  10. place where the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami happened
  11. the act of one plate being forced under another
  12. volcano with steep sides and is explosive
  13. spot on earth's surface directly above the focus
  14. a volcano that is "sleeping"
  15. the ocean bounded by the Ring of Fire
  16. plate boundary that moves apart, allowing volcanoes to occur
  17. when volcanoes happen in the middle of a plate
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  1. seismic wave that produces a rolling motion
  2. earthquake and volcano zone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  3. the fastest seismic wave
  4. shaking of the earth
  5. seismic wave that causes particles to move at right angles to direction of wave travel
  6. the San Andreas is this type of fault
  7. study of earthquakes and seismic waves
  8. a volcano that hasn't erupted in modern times
  9. type of fault that moves rock up on one side relative to the other
  10. volcano with a gentle slope and quiet eruptions

27 Clues: shaking of the earth • the fastest seismic wave • a volcano that is "sleeping" • plate boundaries that collide • the San Andreas is this type of fault • the ocean bounded by the Ring of Fire • study of earthquakes and seismic waves • volcano with steep sides and is explosive • seismic wave that produces a rolling motion • plate boundary where plates move side by side • ...

Science 2013-10-23

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Water located within the rounds below the earths surface
  2. Movement of matter due to differences in density
  3. Outermost layer of the earth made of the crust and top of the mantle.
  4. crust Part of the lithosphere above that is thicker and less dense
  5. a boundary When two tectonic plates collide into each other
  6. Layers of deposited sediment that can form a flat area
  7. Natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents such as rain, ice and temperature changes, and decomposes rocks
  8. Tiny grains of broken down rocks
  9. tectonics The theory that explains how tectonic plates move
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  1. Movement of the tectonic plates caused by convection in the asthenosphere
  2. A fan shaped pattern where sediments are deposited
  3. Standard method used to divide long natural history in manageable parts
  4. fan A fan shaped deposit that forms on land
  5. Block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  6. part of the lithosphere that is thinner and is underwater, but less dense
  7. Where old rock is destroyed as new rock rises and cools becoming less dense
  8. a boundary When two tectonic plates slide pass each other horizontally
  9. a boundary When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. Movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault
  11. The process which water, ice, wind, or ground move soil and sediment

20 Clues: Tiny grains of broken down rocks • fan A fan shaped deposit that forms on land • Movement of matter due to differences in density • A fan shaped pattern where sediments are deposited • Layers of deposited sediment that can form a flat area • Water located within the rounds below the earths surface • a boundary When two tectonic plates collide into each other • ...

Review "Graph/Scrib, Script" 2 2014-12-11

Review "Graph/Scrib, Script" 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A book about a person's life written by themselves.
  2. The tombstone had one of these written on it dedicated to Lucy's grandmother.
  3. Prefix meaning "on"
  4. A device used to record movements of the earth.
  5. Prefix meaning "hand"
  6. Prefix meaning "across"
  7. Using light to record a IMAGE; this is usually done with a camera.
  8. People do this to books so that they can be read in all languages.
  9. Prefix meaning "life"
  10. "P.S. Don't forget the chips!"
  11. Fans of famous athletes, music artists, and actors ask for this.
  12. Prefix meaning "earthquake"
  13. Words written the same, but having a different meaning.
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  1. Prefix meaning "small book"
  2. The _____ for Netflix only costs $9 a month!
  3. Before you can pick up your medicine, you need to have a _____ so the pharmacist can prepare it properly.
  4. This should be the last page of your report.
  5. Prefix meaning "under"
  6. Prefix meaning "before"
  7. The original ______ of Divergent is probably worth millions now!
  8. Dealing with the making of maps.
  9. A record player.
  10. "You used terrific adjectives!" said your teacher. What did you do?
  11. Prefix meaning "after"
  12. How writing is broken up to make sense.
  13. A book about a person's life written by someone else.
  14. A small child usually colors a picture like this.
  15. If not for these people, there would be no books from the years before computers and printing presses.
  16. For the class play, students memorized lines from the ____.

29 Clues: A record player. • Prefix meaning "on" • Prefix meaning "hand" • Prefix meaning "life" • Prefix meaning "under" • Prefix meaning "after" • Prefix meaning "before" • Prefix meaning "across" • Prefix meaning "small book" • Prefix meaning "earthquake" • "P.S. Don't forget the chips!" • Dealing with the making of maps. • How writing is broken up to make sense. • ...

All About Emily 2014-06-01

All About Emily crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ________ Lowell
  2. What you could hear coming from outside of the Perú hotel
  3. Joan ________
  4. Potato chips
  5. Spain (10) vs. ________ (0) soccer match
  6. "I was found in a ________!"
  7. Memorized ________ on Deck
  8. Tinkerbell
  9. Spiderman character that her ski goggles make her look like
  10. ________ School
  11. They populate Kathy Hsu's office.
  12. _______ Life
  13. ________ Stand
  14. First Word
  15. "We finish each other's ________!"
  16. Quad #
  17. Bride and ________
  18. Animal on the Norwegian shot glass
  19. SAT 2
  20. ________ and Maggie
  21. One ________ radio
  22. Val ________
  23. Apartment ________ A
  24. Peruvian childcare program
  25. @gmail.com
  26. ¿Qué ________ ayer?
  27. Best Peruvian dish
  28. Snakes in in the lily pads on the other side of the lake
  29. "________ knows best."
  30. Bear ________. Hug a tree.
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  1. Russian ________ Jackman
  2. ________ Manny
  3. ________ and Jerry
  4. (Not a) Sport
  5. Peppermint Puppy Webkinz name
  6. ________ hypo
  7. ________ and Thymine
  8. Root ________
  9. Chairlift #
  10. Egyptian priest during the time of Wen Amen
  11. "Don't be such an ________!"
  12. Solar ________
  13. Tennis instructor that goes on dates with his mom
  14. "You're scaring little ________ children!"
  15. Quid pro quo, ________
  16. 1-800-________
  17. Divergent <3
  18. ________ Smell
  19. 5th grade teacher
  20. Broke her arm by falling off a ________
  21. The China ________
  22. 200 calorie ________
  23. Crashed 8th Birthday party
  24. Not Mrs. Karp
  25. The ________ Cycle :/
  26. Cooper
  27. "Hi, I'm Norwegian" "I'm ________"
  28. The ________ guy on the side of the road (RIP)
  29. Caught her ________ in a sliding door
  30. Jian Jiao
  31. Food ________
  32. All That ________

62 Clues: SAT 2 • Quad # • Cooper • Jian Jiao • Tinkerbell • First Word • @gmail.com • Chairlift # • Potato chips • _______ Life • Divergent <3 • Val ________ • (Not a) Sport • Joan ________ • ________ hypo • Root ________ • Not Mrs. Karp • Food ________ • ________ Manny • Solar ________ • ________ Stand • 1-800-________ • ________ Smell • ________ Lowell • ________ School • 5th grade teacher • All That ________ • ________ and Jerry • ...

Insurgent 2014-04-03

Insurgent crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area Tris was shot on her body (pg.2)
  2. _______ died juping off a building whild under a simulation (pg.300)
  3. Tobias was protecting himself from this person when he transferred to the Dauntless faction (pg.138)
  4. How old is Tobias? (pg.17)
  5. A "Stiff" breakfast (pg.403)
  6. Who bit Tris' hand? (pg.498)
  7. The faction that does not like nicknames (pg.467)
  8. The name of Tobias's father (pg.17)
  9. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent (pg.458)
  10. What does Tris look at when she feels like she understands Al? (pg.157)
Down
  1. "Whatever they gassed us with, it had to be_________ or i wouldn't be the only one awake." (pg.179)
  2. "Everyone spreads throughout the building in search of janitor's closets,per my instruction to find a______." (pg.466)
  3. The nickname they give people who belong to the faction Abnegation (pg.329)
  4. "My head hits the tile. I ignore________ in my eyes..." (pg.497)
  5. _________ is an old Dauntless slang word that was used to insult a person (pg.402)
  6. the title people are called when one receives to or more results in an amptitude test (pg.192)
  7. what they use to get people to tell the truth (pg.374)
  8. the person Tris regrets shooting (pg.131)
  9. what people who dont belong to a faction called (pg.94)
  10. What was Tris's brothers name? (pg.368)

20 Clues: How old is Tobias? (pg.17) • A "Stiff" breakfast (pg.403) • Who bit Tris' hand? (pg.498) • The name of Tobias's father (pg.17) • What was Tris's brothers name? (pg.368) • The area Tris was shot on her body (pg.2) • the person Tris regrets shooting (pg.131) • The faction that does not like nicknames (pg.467) • what they use to get people to tell the truth (pg.374) • ...

Tectonic Plates Crossword 2016-03-21

Tectonic Plates Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a crack or fracture in the earths crust that is associated with movement
  2. Wegner / the scientist who named Pangaea
  3. Arc / a arc shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone
  4. Boundary / when two plates are moving apart/away from each other
  5. / the solid outer section of Earth
  6. / molten rock, gases, and solid crystals and minerals
  7. Boundary / when two plates grind against each other to make an earth quake
  8. / the rocky inner layer above the core
  9. Core / the only liquid layer of earth
  10. / the out come of two continental plates diverge
Down
  1. Arcs / the out come of when two oceanic plates collide, and the older plate it forced under the younger one
  2. / a vent in the earths surface through which magma and gases erupt
  3. / a steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  4. / when the continents on earth used to be connected in one big piece of land
  5. boundary / when two plates are pushing towards each other
  6. Zone / the area where one plate is being pulled under the edge of the other
  7. Crust / the earth's crust the makes up the continents
  8. / where two plates meet
  9. Tectonics / a theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that move over the mantle, the plates act like a hard and rigid shell
  10. / a high, large mass of earth and rock that rises above the earth's surface with steep or sloping sides

20 Clues: / where two plates meet • / the solid outer section of Earth • Core / the only liquid layer of earth • / the rocky inner layer above the core • Wegner / the scientist who named Pangaea • / a steep-sided depression in the ocean floor • / the out come of two continental plates diverge • Crust / the earth's crust the makes up the continents • ...

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-23

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  2. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  3. A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.
  4. The place where two plates meet.
  5. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  6. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  7. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  8. Hot liquid below the surface earth.
  9. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  10. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  11. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
Down
  1. The outside or top layer of something.
  2. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
  3. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  4. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
  5. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  6. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  8. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  9. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.

20 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • Hot liquid below the surface earth. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-15

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A massive area of solid rock made up of Earth's
  2. A string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the Pacific Ocean
  3. A scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  4. A continuous range of underwater mountains that rise up
  5. A large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  6. Chains of islands formed by volcanoes located along the subduction zone
  7. A fracture in Earth's crust that have slid past each other
  8. It occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. Extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock under Earth's surface
Down
  1. It occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. It occurs where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. Where all continents moved over Earth's surface spreading apart
  4. Long narrow depressions on the sea floor
  5. It occurs where too tectonic plates move torwards each other
  6. A lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift
  7. The remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock over time
  8. A super continent where all the continents on earth were once connected like a puzzle piece
  9. An opening in the Earth's crust, which lava, ash, and gas erupt
  10. It occurs when one tectonic plate moves underneath another one
  11. Molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid

20 Clues: Long narrow depressions on the sea floor • A massive area of solid rock made up of Earth's • A continuous range of underwater mountains that rise up • It occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other • Molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid • It occurs where two tectonic plates slide past each other • ...

Earth science Crossword Finals 2024-01-11

Earth science Crossword Finals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of plates that move towards each other
  2. are formed along spreading centers, typically beneath several kilometers of seawater.
  3. A Chaotic time because of several meteorite bombardment
  4. age where life forms are still limited to single-celled organisms without nucle
  5. type of plates that move away from each other
  6. Similar to midoceanic ridges, the transfer of heat and decompression result to magma generation.
  7. type of stress formed when plates move away from each other
  8. innermost layer of the Earth
  9. type of plates that slip past each other
  10. A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  11. age of mammals
  12. Physical weathering is caused by the effects of changing temperature on rocks,causing the rock to break apart.
  13. are marker fossils used to define periods of geologic time.
  14. age of reptile
  15. outermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. Chemical weathering is caused by rain water reacting with the mineral grains in rocks to form new minerals (clays) and soluble salts.
  2. eon where Earth started forming an ozone layer
  3. largest layer of the Earth
  4. the breakdown of rocks at the Earth’s surface.
  5. eon of hidden life
  6. thinnest but densest type of crust
  7. type of stress when plates move toward each other
  8. refers to Dynamic actions or events that occur at the Earth's surface due to application of natural forces
  9. age of ancient life
  10. type of stress when plates slip past each other

25 Clues: age of mammals • age of reptile • eon of hidden life • age of ancient life • largest layer of the Earth • innermost layer of the Earth • outermost layer of the Earth • thinnest but densest type of crust • type of plates that slip past each other • type of plates that move towards each other • type of plates that move away from each other • ...

Anna 2023-03-02

Anna crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of the structure of organisms
  2. A particular section, group, or type of people or animal living in an area or country
  3. Slow changes over a long period of time
  4. A group of lobing orgamisms consisting of similar individual capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
  5. The study of the embyonic development of organisms
  6. Where living things are located
  7. The study ofthe structure of organisms
  8. Similar function, different structure
  9. Genetic flow from a population
  10. Occurs when a catastrophic event changes the environment suddenly
  11. A change in gene frequency over time
Down
  1. Similar characteristics resulting from common ancestry
  2. A feature that allows an organism to better survive in it's environment
  3. Occurrs at a slow rate
  4. The study of the chemical processes in organisms
  5. Changes in the population overtime by acting on traits that are heritable
  6. Two organisms change in response to each other forming a specialized relationship
  7. Burst of change over a long period of time
  8. When unrelated species evolve similar characteristics
  9. What the female find atractive, Non necessarily needed
  10. Structures with little or no fraction to the organism
  11. Change in population overtime
  12. The study of prehistoric life
  13. Movement of genes into/out of a population
  14. Forming a new species by evolution from pre-existing species
  15. Things dug up from the ground that show proof of life from the past
  16. Random Change

27 Clues: Random Change • Occurrs at a slow rate • Change in population overtime • The study of prehistoric life • Genetic flow from a population • Where living things are located • A change in gene frequency over time • Similar function, different structure • The study ofthe structure of organisms • The study of the structure of organisms • Slow changes over a long period of time • ...

Biology HN Ecology Crossword 2024-06-06

Biology HN Ecology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist who created the theory of evolution (full name)
  2. the least specific taxa
  3. type of selection that humans use to manipulate the expected traits in a population
  4. A type of evidence for evolution where embryos are compared
  5. type of evolution where species possess common ancestry with each other, but have evolved into separate species
  6. use of radioactive isotopes to determine the age of fossils
  7. a type of speciation where populations are physically separated by land masses and formations
  8. scientist who believed that traits were acquired in an individual's lifetime and passed on to their offspring
  9. what the "V" in "VISTA" stands for
  10. a mode of natural selection where both extremes for a trait are selected
  11. what the "S" in "VISTA stands for
  12. a type of genetic drift in which only a small portion of the population survives due to a disaster (chance)
Down
  1. the second name for disruptive selection
  2. a mode of natural selection where only one extreme of a trait is selected
  3. the alternative/second name for Gene flow
  4. change that occurs within a population slowly (rate of evolution)
  5. organisms that are fertile and can reproduce with each other are in the same ______
  6. a rate of evolution where species experience rapid change to adapt to environmental factors (_______ Equilibrium)
  7. structures that are similar due to environmental influence, not common ancestry
  8. type of evolution where species possess similar traits from environmental influence, not common ancestry

20 Clues: the least specific taxa • what the "S" in "VISTA stands for • what the "V" in "VISTA" stands for • the second name for disruptive selection • the alternative/second name for Gene flow • scientist who created the theory of evolution (full name) • A type of evidence for evolution where embryos are compared • use of radioactive isotopes to determine the age of fossils • ...

study 2022-12-14

study crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sixth step of the scientific method is to analyze _
  2. the fifth step of the scientific method is to observe and _
  3. relative _ is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  4. the _ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.
  5. The boundary between cold and warm air masses
  6. Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather.
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved apart is called _ drift
  8. a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge
  9. the process that takes rocks inside the earth
Down
  1. the _ is used to measure temperature
  2. when a scientist has tested their hypothesis, they must _ and record
  3. the second step in the scientific method is to form a _
  4. the _ are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  5. the fourth step of the scientific method is to _ the hypothesis
  6. the first step of the scientific method is to _ the problem
  7. plates move apart at _ boundaries
  8. the third step in the scientific method to design an _
  9. a scientific law describes a _ in nature
  10. the _ waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  11. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called _
  12. are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  13. the seventh step of the scientific method is to draw _

22 Clues: plates move apart at _ boundaries • the _ is used to measure temperature • a scientific law describes a _ in nature • Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather. • The boundary between cold and warm air masses • the process that takes rocks inside the earth • a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge • the third step in the scientific method to design an _ • ...

study 2022-12-14

study crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sixth step of the scientific method is to analyze _
  2. the fifth step of the scientific method is to observe and _
  3. relative _ is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  4. the _ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.
  5. The boundary between cold and warm air masses
  6. Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather.
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved apart is called _ drift
  8. a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge
  9. the process that takes rocks inside the earth
Down
  1. the _ is used to measure temperature
  2. when a scientist has tested their hypothesis, they must _ and record
  3. the second step in the scientific method is to form a _
  4. the _ are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  5. the fourth step of the scientific method is to _ the hypothesis
  6. the first step of the scientific method is to _ the problem
  7. plates move apart at _ boundaries
  8. the third step in the scientific method to design an _
  9. a scientific law describes a _ in nature
  10. the _ waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  11. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called _
  12. are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  13. the seventh step of the scientific method is to draw _

22 Clues: plates move apart at _ boundaries • the _ is used to measure temperature • a scientific law describes a _ in nature • Areas of low _ usually have cloudy weather. • The boundary between cold and warm air masses • the process that takes rocks inside the earth • a vast underwater chain is called a mid _ ridge • the third step in the scientific method to design an _ • ...

Final Exam Study Guide Assignment 2022-12-14

Final Exam Study Guide Assignment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a mid-ocean
  2. plates move apart at divergent
  3. contains the highest concentration of ozone.
  4. water freezes at degrees
  5. list the 3 things that distinguish atmospheric layers. composition, altitude,
  6. used to measure temperature.
  7. is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  8. A scientific law describes a pattern in
  9. the hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called Continental
Down
  1. what are the 3 ways in which movement of two blocks of rock along a fault causes earthquake to occur strike-slip, normal,
  2. List the 7 steps of the scientific method in order R F D T O A D recognize a problem, form a hypothesis, design an experiment, test the hypothesis, observe and record, analyze data, draw...
  3. areas of low-pressure usually have cloudy
  4. Most of the freshwater on Earth is found in
  5. is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface
  6. evaporates from oceans and lakes and rises into Earth's atmosphere as water vapor.
  7. boundary between cold and warm air masses is called
  8. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called
  9. When a scientist has tested her hypothesis, the next step in scientific inquiry is to observe and
  10. process takes rock to the inside of Earth?
  11. List the three things necessary for photosynthesis.sun light water carbon

20 Clues: water freezes at degrees • used to measure temperature. • plates move apart at divergent • A scientific law describes a pattern in • areas of low-pressure usually have cloudy • process takes rock to the inside of Earth? • Most of the freshwater on Earth is found in • contains the highest concentration of ozone. • boundary between cold and warm air masses is called • ...

Vocab. unit 8 2023-01-31

Vocab. unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
  2. (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
  3. (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  4. (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value
  5. (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
  6. (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  7. (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
  8. (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
  9. (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
  10. (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to
  11. (adj.) capable of being grasped by the sense or mind
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  1. (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  2. (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck
  3. (n.) hatred, ill-will
  4. (adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant
  5. (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor
  6. (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  7. (v.) to declare publicly or officially
  8. (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
  9. (adj.) self-controlled; not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

20 Clues: (n.) hatred, ill-will • (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor • (v.) to declare publicly or officially • (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy • (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • (adj.) capable of being grasped by the sense or mind • (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to • ...

Review Semester 1 2023-02-08

Review Semester 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An attitude where one asks many questions
  2. a sub-atomic particle without a charge
  3. bending of light rays
  4. color that absorb light rays
  5. building blocks of all matter
  6. light rays in a spot light
  7. temperature at which liquid changes to solid
  8. splitting of white light
  9. bouncing of light rays
  10. Used for evaporation
  11. Only for observing and mixing chemicals but not measuring
  12. positively charged sub-atomic particle
  13. negatively charged sub-atomic particle
  14. Evaluates and answers the problem
  15. Only for measuring liquids
  16. sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom
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  1. An educated or scientific guess
  2. enables matter to be bent without breaking
  3. can be solved by dividing mass and volume
  4. temperature at which liquid changes to gas
  5. an atom that has no charge
  6. Used to measure liquids, heating and mixing chemicals
  7. temperature at which solid changes to liquid
  8. A means to verify the hypothesis
  9. space occupied by matter
  10. Used for filtration
  11. light rays in a lens
  12. light rays in a light house
  13. materials that allow heat and electricity to pass through
  14. property of a material to resist scratch
  15. amount of matter in an object
  16. made upn of two or more atoms chemically combined
  17. Accepts suggestions and criticisms
  18. materials that does not allow heat and electricity to pass through
  19. refers to the number of protons in an atom

35 Clues: Used for filtration • light rays in a lens • Used for evaporation • bending of light rays • bouncing of light rays • space occupied by matter • splitting of white light • an atom that has no charge • light rays in a spot light • Only for measuring liquids • light rays in a light house • color that absorb light rays • building blocks of all matter • amount of matter in an object • ...

Evolution Crossword George 2022-05-04

Evolution Crossword George crossword puzzle
Across
  1. species that were once similar become increasingly different
  2. a basic unit of classification and taxonomy
  3. structures or attributes that have lost function
  4. a sharp decline in population size after an environmental event
  5. variation in frequency of genotypes due to chance
  6. speciation caused by human intervention (cows, chickens, dogs)
  7. organisms of this species are currently alive
  8. selective breeding is an example of this
  9. loss of genetic diversity due to a small breeding population
  10. the theory that life originated from microbes that traveled to Earth from space.
  11. a condition in which cells have more than one pair of chromosomes
  12. refers to when there are no living organisms in a species
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  1. an organism's observable traits
  2. "survival of the fittest"
  3. occurs when populations are isolated, creating speciation among the smaller groups
  4. occurs when two or more organisms affect each other's evolution through natural selection
  5. a cyanobacteria that is Earth's earliest fossil evidence of life.
  6. Researched finch populations
  7. the hypothetical conditions present on Earth that allowed for life to begin.
  8. model of evolution that involves slow, steady transformation of species
  9. similarity of genome, physiology, or structure of an organism based on common ancestry
  10. a theory that holds most evolutionary changes are on the molecular level and are due to random genetic drift that is selectively neutral
  11. remains of an organism encased in rock
  12. different species evolve to have similar traits

24 Clues: "survival of the fittest" • Researched finch populations • an organism's observable traits • remains of an organism encased in rock • selective breeding is an example of this • a basic unit of classification and taxonomy • organisms of this species are currently alive • different species evolve to have similar traits • structures or attributes that have lost function • ...

6th Grade Science Review 2023-05-24

6th Grade Science Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock formed by extreme heat and pressure
  2. layers of rock
  3. the color of a minerals powder
  4. type of soil with largest grain size
  5. a planet makes one trip around its orbital path
  6. alive, or once was
  7. a vibration inside the earth that shakes the surface of the earth
  8. the slow, natural process that causes all of the rocks on earth to change over time
  9. largest layer of earth
  10. type of soil with smallest grain size
  11. solid metal and densest layer of Earth
  12. how light reflects off of a mineral
  13. these are mainly caused on Earth by the moon's gravity
  14. the breaking down of rocks
  15. larger, less dense, gas giants (4 of them)
Down
  1. a mixture of all types of soil, best for growing plants
  2. when you can see less than half of the moon
  3. the most powerful force of weathering on Earth
  4. rock formed by compacted sediment, commonly found on Earth's surface
  5. not alive, never was
  6. longest and shortest days of the year, June 21 and Dec 21
  7. equal amounts of daytime and night time, March 21 and Sept 21
  8. the outer layer of the Earth
  9. boundary where two tectonic plates pull apart
  10. can be solar or lunar, when a shadow is cast in space
  11. boundary where two tectonic plates collide
  12. a planet makes one spin around its axis
  13. rock formed by cooling magma/lava
  14. when the moon appears to be growing

29 Clues: layers of rock • alive, or once was • not alive, never was • largest layer of earth • the breaking down of rocks • the outer layer of the Earth • the color of a minerals powder • rock formed by cooling magma/lava • how light reflects off of a mineral • when the moon appears to be growing • type of soil with largest grain size • type of soil with smallest grain size • ...

Evolution 1-4 2024-10-01

Evolution 1-4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. elimination of a species
  2. 2 organisms change in order to form a specialized relationship
  3. radiation/divergent evolution a number of different species from one common ancestor
  4. equlibrium bursts of change followed by periods of stability
  5. structures similar function, different structure
  6. population shows different species on different islands
  7. comparing similarities in DNA and AA sequences in different species to find common ancestry
  8. tree diagram that predict the evolutionary relationship between organisms
  9. structures structures with little or no function to the organism
  10. remnants of animals
  11. pool
  12. random change in frequency of alleles in a population
  13. reproduction process of binary fission or mitosis where only one parent produces offspring
  14. reproduction takes 2 organisms to produce offspring
  15. fossils fossils that link extinct species to current species
  16. evolution unrelated species evolve similar characteristics
  17. large scale
  18. traits that arent good but necessary to reproduce
  19. small scale
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  1. Survival of the fittest
  2. structures similar characteristics resulting from common ancestry
  3. classifying and assigining each organism a name
  4. the study of fossils
  5. the structure of an organism
  6. the embryos of vertebrates are very similar in appearance
  7. movement of genes in or out of a population
  8. forming of a new species by evolution from pre-existing species
  9. slow changes over a long period of time
  10. evolution,
  11. no changes in the allele frequency of a population
  12. evolutionary history of a species or group of a related species

31 Clues: pool • evolution, • large scale • small scale • remnants of animals • the study of fossils • Survival of the fittest • elimination of a species • the structure of an organism • slow changes over a long period of time • movement of genes in or out of a population • classifying and assigining each organism a name • traits that arent good but necessary to reproduce • ...

Evolution 2025-03-30

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Refers to the variety of species in an environment.
  2. Refers to the average time it takes for a species to reach reproductive maturity.
  3. Organisms can produce fertile offspring.
  4. The process by which the remains or traces of organisms are preserved in rock.
  5. Someone who studies life's history through fossils.
  6. Types of fossils which show links between species.
  7. The sterile offspring of two animals from two different species.
  8. An organism from which another organism has evolved or descended from.
  9. The fossil _____ documents the history of life and is key evidence for evolution.
  10. The process by which an organism changes to better suit its environment.
  11. Refers to the process by which nutrients move through the environment.
Down
  1. Studies how and why different plants and animals exist in certain locations.
  2. Refers to a type of biological selection where humans are choosing traits instead of nature.
  3. limits interactions between groups within a species, leading to unique traits in a population and potentially the development of new species.
  4. A type of organ which has lost its primary ancestral function.
  5. Animals within a species that share similar features.
  6. Natural Selection is guided by these principles.
  7. A type of dating process which involves measuring the rate of decay of nearby unstable elements.
  8. The development of new species.
  9. Fossils can only form in the absence of elements which cause _________
  10. A type of evolution where two organisms share a common ancestor.

21 Clues: The development of new species. • Organisms can produce fertile offspring. • Natural Selection is guided by these principles. • Types of fossils which show links between species. • Refers to the variety of species in an environment. • Someone who studies life's history through fossils. • Animals within a species that share similar features. • ...

Honors Processes of Earth 2024-11-13

Honors Processes of Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when two plates collide and the denser plate is pulled into the mantle
  2. forms when an oceanic plate collides with another plate
  3. this happens to rock and turns into magma or lava
  4. feature of the ocean floor where new seafloor is created
  5. boundary where 2 plates move past each other
  6. forms when two continental plates collide
  7. type of rock formed when sediment is compacted and cemented
  8. rock formed when magma and lava cools and hardens
  9. creates sediment
  10. a hot plume of mantle pushes up in the center of the plate creating a volcanic island like Hawaii
  11. pieces of rock created that have been broken down
  12. occurs when large numbers of trees are removed from one area at the same time
Down
  1. occurs when the population of an area increases drastically
  2. rock that is formed when a rock is exposed to intense pressure and heat without melting
  3. drops sediment in a new location
  4. boundary where 2 plates collide
  5. layer where convection currents occur that move the tectonic plate
  6. event that can happen at any boundary but are most common at transform boundaries
  7. surface layer of Earth that is made of the crust and upper mantle and is divided into pieces
  8. boundary where 2 plates pull apart
  9. moves rocks and sediment
  10. occurs when plants are lost due to climate change and cutting down trees leading to increased temperatures and little to no rainfall

22 Clues: creates sediment • moves rocks and sediment • boundary where 2 plates collide • drops sediment in a new location • boundary where 2 plates pull apart • forms when two continental plates collide • boundary where 2 plates move past each other • this happens to rock and turns into magma or lava • rock formed when magma and lava cools and hardens • ...

PTRC Vocabulary Crossword #2 2025-01-23

PTRC Vocabulary Crossword #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea
  2. a series of processes that create and transform the types of rocks in Earth's crust
  3. to build up
  4. a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
  5. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor
  6. a boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming
  7. process that occurs at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
  8. inner most layer of the Earth and helps generate the Earth's magnetic field
  9. are gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  10. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
Down
  1. sediment is moved from one place to another
  2. the rate an area is worn down over time
  3. when water, ice, acids, salts, plants, animals, and/or temperature changes break down or dissolve rocks and minerals
  4. the youngest layer is at the top, the oldest layer is at the bottom
  5. to cause damage or to destroy
  6. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  7. third layer of the Earth; only liquid layer; mainly made up of the metals iron and nickel
  8. crack in the Earth's lithosphere that occurs between two pieces of rock
  9. how much an area of land is pushed up over time
  10. geologic structure that is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent or folded.

20 Clues: to build up • to cause damage or to destroy • the rate an area is worn down over time • long, narrow depressions on the seafloor • sediment is moved from one place to another • how much an area of land is pushed up over time • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • are gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • ...

Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle 2025-11-05

Plate Motion Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  2. how often or fast something happens
  3. moving apart in different directions
  4. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  6. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in South America and Africa
  7. an object, diagram, a computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
Down
  1. Earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  2. the place where two plates come together
  3. moving toward the same place
  4. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  5. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. A scientist who looks for patterns in landforms and geologic events in order to better understand Earth
  7. what Earth’s outer layer is made from
  8. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  9. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain or a channel
  10. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  11. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • what Earth’s outer layer is made from • the place where two plates come together • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Vocabulary Review (Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanos) 2013-06-27

Vocabulary Review (Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanos) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma that reaches the earth's surface
  2. a plate boundary where plates slide horizontally
  3. the instrument used to record earthquakes
  4. a plate boundary where plates move toward each other
  5. the fastest seismic wave that goes through everything
  6. the name of the rock material that form during an eruption
  7. a movement of the ground caused by plate movement
  8. magma that is light and has feldspar and silica
  9. the sudden return of rock to its normal shape
  10. the point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. areas along a fault where few earthquakes happen
  12. a giant ocean wave that forms from an earthquake or eruption under water
Down
  1. a large circular crater that forms when all the magma leaves a volcano
  2. an area what is volcanically active but not near a plate boundary
  3. the layer of rock underneath the lithosphere
  4. the exact location of an earthquake inside the earth
  5. a plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  6. magma that is dark and has magnesium and iron
  7. a vent/fissure where gases and magma come out from
  8. the amount of damage caused by an earthquake
  9. the theory that explains continent movement
  10. the upper part of earth's crust
  11. the secondary seismic wave that only goes through solids
  12. the strength of an earthquake (ground motion)
  13. liquid (melted) rock produced inside the earth
  14. the name of the slowest seismic waves that cause the most damage

26 Clues: the upper part of earth's crust • magma that reaches the earth's surface • the instrument used to record earthquakes • the theory that explains continent movement • the layer of rock underneath the lithosphere • the amount of damage caused by an earthquake • magma that is dark and has magnesium and iron • the sudden return of rock to its normal shape • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock between the crust and core
  2. hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single land mass
  3. soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  4. set of deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates
  5. where sea floor spreading takes place
  6. boundary formed by collision of two lithospheric plates
  7. theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's outermost layer
  8. boundary between two tectonic plates
  9. rim of volcano
Down
  1. thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle
  2. strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core
  3. fault when rocks are pulled apart because of tension
  4. earth's magnetic poles change places
  5. stress occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  6. bending of rock layers due to stress
  7. solid outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  8. block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and rigid outermost part of the mantle
  9. fault when rocks are pushed together by compression
  10. central part of the earth below the mantle
  11. rising regions of earth's crust to higher elevation
  12. boundary between two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally
  13. stress occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  14. sinking of regions of earth's crust to lower elevation
  15. break in a body of rock where one rock slides relative to another

24 Clues: rim of volcano • earth's magnetic poles change places • bending of rock layers due to stress • boundary between two tectonic plates • where sea floor spreading takes place • layer of rock between the crust and core • central part of the earth below the mantle • stress occurs when forces act to stretch an object • stress occurs when forces act to squeeze an object • ...

Review "Graph/Scrib, Script" 2 2014-12-11

Review "Graph/Scrib, Script" 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Prefix meaning "earthquake"
  2. The original ______ of Divergent is probably worth millions now!
  3. A book about a person's life written by themselves.
  4. Words written the same, but having a different meaning.
  5. Prefix meaning "life"
  6. Dealing with the making of maps.
  7. The tombstone had one of these written on it dedicated to Lucy's grandmother.
  8. Prefix meaning "across"
  9. For the class play, students memorized lines from the ____.
  10. People do this to books so that they can be read in all languages.
  11. Prefix meaning "hand"
  12. "P.S. Don't forget the chips!"
  13. A book about a person's life written by someone else.
  14. Prefix meaning "after"
  15. Prefix meaning "before"
Down
  1. A device used to record movements of the earth.
  2. If not for these people, there would be no books from the years before computers and printing presses.
  3. The _____ for Netflix only costs $9 a month!
  4. This should be the last page of your report.
  5. Before you can pick up your medicine, you need to have a _____ so the pharmacist can prepare it properly.
  6. A record player.
  7. How writing is broken up to make sense.
  8. Using light to record a IMAGE; this is usually done with a camera.
  9. Prefix meaning "under"
  10. Prefix meaning "on"
  11. "You used terrific adjectives!" said your teacher. What did you do?
  12. Fans of famous athletes, music artists, and actors ask for this.
  13. A small child usually colors a picture like this.
  14. Prefix meaning "small book"

29 Clues: A record player. • Prefix meaning "on" • Prefix meaning "life" • Prefix meaning "hand" • Prefix meaning "under" • Prefix meaning "after" • Prefix meaning "across" • Prefix meaning "before" • Prefix meaning "earthquake" • Prefix meaning "small book" • "P.S. Don't forget the chips!" • Dealing with the making of maps. • How writing is broken up to make sense. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2015-04-08

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A crack in the earth's crust.
  2. Process in which rock, soil is removed from the surface.
  3. The gases that surround the earth.
  4. Outer most surface of the earth.
  5. What type of plate is under the Ring of Fire?
  6. When two plates are moving ________ from each other, causing earthquakes.
  7. Process in which rock are broken down into smaller pieces by the effects of weather.
  8. Layer in our atmosphere that contains our ozone layer.
  9. Part of the earth that supports life.
  10. Sections of the Earth's crust.
  11. Another name for earth.
  12. The mantle of the earth is __________ ?
  13. Scientist that suggested the plates where moving.
  14. Near a Subduction Zone the plate moves under the crust and is dissolved in the _____?
Down
  1. Study of the earth.
  2. The center most part of the earth that is solid.
  3. Only 21% of the earths atmosphere is made of this gas.
  4. Theory that the continents were once all together, but over Millions of years have moved/drifted and are still moving at about 1-2 inches per year.
  5. When plates of the earth move toward each other it produces a ______ Boundary.
  6. The water on the earth and in the atmosphere.
  7. What tells the history of the earth and animal placement?
  8. Deposit of soil.
  9. Temperature of Earth and __________ as depth increases.
  10. What is the name of the boundary when two tectonic plates move away from each other?
  11. The Super Continent that existed 200 Million years ago.

25 Clues: Deposit of soil. • Study of the earth. • Another name for earth. • A crack in the earth's crust. • Sections of the Earth's crust. • Outer most surface of the earth. • The gases that surround the earth. • Part of the earth that supports life. • The mantle of the earth is __________ ? • The water on the earth and in the atmosphere. • What type of plate is under the Ring of Fire? • ...

PASCUA 2014 REVIEW - CROSSWORD STYLE 2014-12-11

PASCUA 2014 REVIEW - CROSSWORD STYLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Pascua's wish your family a blessed
  2. Justin enjoys doing this in the winter months
  3. Courtney's year in high school
  4. Becoming a homeowner has turned Ryan into this
  5. The Pascua family reunion was held in Northfield on this day in July
  6. Courtney plays this sport
  7. What Justin plays in the Jazz band
  8. Courtney had these removed in August
  9. The Pascua's are hosting this holiday for Beth's family
  10. Events in which Ryan & Megan attended throughout 2014
  11. The reason for the season
  12. Beth holds this position for the Northfield Volleyball Club
  13. The black and white four-legged family member
  14. Currently Courtney's favorite movie
  15. Favorite area in the Pascua home to spend family time
Down
  1. Beth enjoys doing this to the house for the holidays
  2. Ryan & Megan enjoy this in their backyard on summer nights
  3. Courtney (15) is very proud to have earned this document to drive
  4. Justin played this leading role in Prairie Fire Theater
  5. Jeff became sick with this in the Spring
  6. Justin (12) is in this grade
  7. The Pascua's traveled to this state for a week-long vacation
  8. The hotel company that Jeff has worked for this year
  9. Ryan still finds time to play all sorts of these in his busy schedule
  10. Megan's favorite DIY website
  11. Justin played on the U12AAA team
  12. Megan continues to work here in the city of St. Cloud

27 Clues: Courtney plays this sport • The reason for the season • Justin (12) is in this grade • Megan's favorite DIY website • Courtney's year in high school • Justin played on the U12AAA team • What Justin plays in the Jazz band • Currently Courtney's favorite movie • Courtney had these removed in August • The Pascua's wish your family a blessed • ...

Grade 8 Science Crossword 2019-10-01

Grade 8 Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mature tropical cyclone that develops in western part of North Pacific Ocean
  2. If the human eye is too "long" and image forms in front of retina
  3. Faulting which happens when the crust is compressed.
  4. When water-saturated granular material temporarily loses its solid structure and becomes fluid-like
  5. Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  6. Main spiral bands of a typhoon
  7. Height of crest or depth of trough
  8. The movement and speed of typhoons is affected by the _______
  9. Distance between crest and and its succeeding crest; same goes between trough and its succeeding trough
  10. Lowest point of a wave
  11. Highest point of a wave
  12. Point on the ground directly above focus
Down
  1. Occurs when image forms behind the retina of the eye.
  2. Heat transfer through the movement of fluids with different temperatures
  3. Light coming from a light source
  4. "Typhoon" "hurricane" are some of those considered under _______
  5. The result of two or more waves that meet
  6. Type of faulting which is found along divergent zones
  7. Caused by rocks pulled together by diverging plates.
  8. Force that opposes the motion of an object
  9. Vibrations sent travelling through the ground by earthquakes
  10. Abnormal rise of water due to tropical cyclone
  11. Part with lowest pressure in a typhoon
  12. Energy transfer between two objects either by collision or contact
  13. Transfer of energy as a result of temperature difference between two objects

25 Clues: Lowest point of a wave • Highest point of a wave • Main spiral bands of a typhoon • Light coming from a light source • Height of crest or depth of trough • Part with lowest pressure in a typhoon • Point on the ground directly above focus • The result of two or more waves that meet • Force that opposes the motion of an object • Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • ...

Earth Science Final Review Crossword 2020 2020-01-14

Earth Science Final Review Crossword 2020 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Age of a rock determined by comparison with other rocks
  2. Enormous explosion of a star
  3. Part of the engineering cycle that takes place after a prototype is built
  4. Large glowing ball of gas that generates nuclear fusion in the core
  5. Cloud of gas and dust in space
  6. Process that occurs in the core of a star
  7. Group of stars
  8. Conditions of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
  9. Visible surface of the sun
  10. Breaking down of rock
  11. Theory that continents were once all connected and split apart
  12. Plates that slide past one another
  13. Law of relative dating that states older rocks are on the bottom
  14. Plates move together
  15. Rock in space between Mars and Jupiter
  16. Bang Theory Theory of how the universe was created
  17. Supercontinent
Down
  1. The exact age of a rock determined using radioactive decay
  2. Object in space made of rock and ice
  3. Middle layer of the sun's atmosphere
  4. Process by which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges
  5. Plates move apart
  6. Outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere that extends into space
  7. Rock that has been changed by temperature and pressure
  8. Rock that is compacted and cemented together
  9. Process by which crust sinks into the mantle beneath another piece of crust
  10. Rock that forms from magma
  11. Evidence that galaxies are drifting apart
  12. Long term weather conditions of a region

29 Clues: Group of stars • Supercontinent • Plates move apart • Plates move together • Breaking down of rock • Rock that forms from magma • Visible surface of the sun • Enormous explosion of a star • Cloud of gas and dust in space • Plates that slide past one another • Object in space made of rock and ice • Middle layer of the sun's atmosphere • Rock in space between Mars and Jupiter • ...

Rolo's Tectonic plates 2019-11-06

Rolo's Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The innermost layers of the earth.
  2. An area under the rocky outer layer of Earth.
  3. The type of crust that underlies the ocean basins.
  4. Plates that move towards each other and when then collide the form mountains.
  5. Is called lava after it comes out of it's chamber.
  6. Currents in the mantle that are driving force in the movement of the tectonic plates.
  7. Are the edges where two plates meet.
  8. Erupts lava,ash and gasses.
  9. When magma comes out of the volcano.
  10. Part of the earth’s mantle that lies below the lithosphere.
  11. Mountains formed at a destructive plate margin or collision zone.
  12. A rock that is a dark-colored and is a igneous rock.
  13. A fracture in the earth’s crust
Down
  1. A vibration causing cracks in the ground.
  2. Plates that move past each other.
  3. They float on the upper mantle near the earths crust.
  4. A solid rock that covers the planet including the crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle.
  5. Is also called a super continent that existed on earth millions of years ago.
  6. They show how continents shift position or moved on Earth's surface.
  7. Plates that move away from each other.
  8. Is between the crust and outer core.
  9. The region around a planet took over by the planet's magnetic field and protects the planet from radiation.
  10. A layer of rocks forming land and continents

23 Clues: Erupts lava,ash and gasses. • A fracture in the earth’s crust • Plates that move past each other. • The innermost layers of the earth. • Is between the crust and outer core. • Are the edges where two plates meet. • When magma comes out of the volcano. • Plates that move away from each other. • A vibration causing cracks in the ground. • ...

EARTHSCIENCE PT#2 2021-02-05

EARTHSCIENCE PT#2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fault rock which is cohesive with a poorly developed or absent
  2. materials continuously flow out from the ridges.
  3. Which layer of the Earth has convection currents.
  4. Is formed at the base of the continental rise about 4000 to 6000 meters
  5. Is when the denser plate sinks, gravity pulls on the rest of the plate with a
  6. It is a mountain or hill formed around a vent or opening in the Earth’s crust through which hot materials are expelled.
  7. It is the submerged volcanoes.
  8. fabric.
  9. Kind of plate boundary occurs in sea floor spreading.
  10. Opposite of a convergent boundary.
  11. The shaking is caused by movements in Earth’s outermost
  12. Flat sediment that result in the spreading of the sea floor.
  13. Which boundary occurs when two plates move away.
Down
  1. A transform boundary connects two diverging boundaries.
  2. These are depressions on the ocean floor.
  3. Slab pull forces occur at which type of plate boundary.
  4. of rock on the surface.
  5. Is the circulation of material caused by the differences in density.
  6. Considered as a small earthquake in underground caverns
  7. mines that are caused by seismic waves produced from the
  8. Where does the ridge push occur.
  9. Type of plate movement is in the San Andreas Fault.
  10. Is a central valley formed at the summit of the oceanic ridges is the
  11. Is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. Rocks change their shape and volume when they are subjected to.

25 Clues: fabric. • of rock on the surface. • It is the submerged volcanoes. • Where does the ridge push occur. • Opposite of a convergent boundary. • These are depressions on the ocean floor. • materials continuously flow out from the ridges. • Which boundary occurs when two plates move away. • Which layer of the Earth has convection currents. • ...

EARTHSCIENCE PT#2 2021-02-05

EARTHSCIENCE PT#2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Considered as a small earthquake in underground caverns and mines that are caused by seismic waves produced from the explosion of rock on the surface.
  2. Rocks change their shape and volume when they are subjected to.
  3. Flat sediment that result in the spreading of the sea floor.
  4. Is when the denser plate sinks, gravity pulls on the rest of the plate with a
  5. The shaking is caused by movements in Earth’s outermost
  6. These are depressions on the ocean floor.
  7. It is the submerged volcanoes.
  8. Where does the ridge push occur.
  9. Which layer of the Earth has convection currents.
  10. A fault rock which is cohesive with a poorly developed or absent planar fabric.
  11. Is formed at the base of the continental rise about 4000 to 6000 meters deep.
Down
  1. Is a central valley formed at the summit of the oceanic ridges is the molten materials continuously flow out from the ridges.
  2. It is a mountain or hill formed around a vent or opening in the Earth’s crust through which hot materials are expelled.
  3. Is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  4. A transform boundary connects two diverging boundaries.
  5. Opposite of a convergent boundary.
  6. Slab pull forces occur at which type of plate boundary.
  7. Which boundary occurs when two plates move away.
  8. Is the circulation of material caused by the differences in density.
  9. Type of plate movement is in the San Andreas Fault.
  10. Kind of plate boundary occurs in sea floor spreading.

21 Clues: It is the submerged volcanoes. • Where does the ridge push occur. • Opposite of a convergent boundary. • These are depressions on the ocean floor. • Which boundary occurs when two plates move away. • Which layer of the Earth has convection currents. • Type of plate movement is in the San Andreas Fault. • Kind of plate boundary occurs in sea floor spreading. • ...

Earth's Constructive and Destructive Forces 2021-01-22

Earth's Constructive and Destructive Forces crossword puzzle
Across
  1. contains all of Earth's water
  2. forces associated with plate movement
  3. a glacier lake
  4. Earth's living and nonliving organisms
  5. a continuous, directed movement of water
  6. rain, snow, sleet, and hail
  7. to collect or "drop" rocks in a given area
  8. birds fly in this layer of atmosphere
  9. outermost layer of Earth's mantle
  10. water as a gas
  11. the antarctic type of glacier
  12. snowmelt and precipitation both cause this
  13. glaciers leave this bowl shape
  14. "middle layer" of Earth's atmosphere
  15. when precipitation soaks into soils
  16. "build up"
  17. oceanic crust is rock similar to _____
  18. indirect method of studying earth
  19. destroy or wear away
  20. aka a peak
Down
  1. "breaking down" rocks and minerals
  2. "move away"
  3. layer above mesosphere in Earth's geosphere
  4. solid water becoming water vapor
  5. outermost layer of Earths atmosphere
  6. front edge of a glacier
  7. a change in state from a liquid to a gas
  8. scientist developed theory of plate tect.
  9. solid ice becoming liquid water
  10. the "between mountains type of glacier
  11. a valley cut by a glacier
  12. planes fly in this layer Earth's atmosphere
  13. the process of moving rocks and minerals
  14. H20 that is found below Earth's surface
  15. an ecosystem that is flooded by water
  16. "collide"
  17. the fastest traveling of all seismic waves
  18. any large mass of ice that moves over land
  19. sediments, rock, soil, and debris deposited

39 Clues: "collide" • "build up" • aka a peak • "move away" • a glacier lake • water as a gas • destroy or wear away • front edge of a glacier • a valley cut by a glacier • rain, snow, sleet, and hail • contains all of Earth's water • the antarctic type of glacier • glaciers leave this bowl shape • solid ice becoming liquid water • solid water becoming water vapor • outermost layer of Earth's mantle • ...

Vocabulary Unit 8 2019-04-05

Vocabulary Unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
  2. (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  3. (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
  4. (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  5. (adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
  6. (v.) to declare publicly or officially
  7. (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  8. (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
  9. (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor
  10. (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Down
  1. (n.) a close friend or companion
  2. (n.) hatred, ill-will
  3. (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  4. (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck
  5. (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
  6. (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
  7. (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
  8. (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
  9. (adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant
  10. (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value

20 Clues: (n.) hatred, ill-will • (n.) a close friend or companion • (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor • (v.) to declare publicly or officially • (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot • ...

Terrestrial dynamics 2019-04-19

Terrestrial dynamics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the unic continent was 225 milions of years ago.
  2. the smallest continent of the world.
  3. the plates can be oceanic, continental or mixed.
  4. a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  5. with edges of oceanic crust and continental crust edges.
  6. is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents and the areas of shallow.
  7. when the tectonic plates separate.
  8. is a is the rigid outermost shell of the Earth and comprises.
  9. sources are responsible for modeling the relief by external geological cycle weathering, erosion, transport and sedimentation.
  10. when the tectonic plates friction.
  11. is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.
Down
  1. when the tectonic plates crash.
  2. are underwater mountain with a height between 2-3 km and about 80.000 km long where oceanic crust is formed.
  3. old the continents fit and made it.
  4. put those two things together and you have an abyssal plain, which refers to the huge, flat areas on the ocean floor.
  5. is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  6. are topographic depressions of the sea floor, relatively narrow in width, but very long.
  7. which is part of the upper mantle, consisting of semi-liquid and highly viscous materials.
  8. the comparatively steep slope from a continental shelf to the ocean floor.
  9. he invented the theory of tectonic plates.

20 Clues: when the tectonic plates crash. • when the tectonic plates separate. • when the tectonic plates friction. • old the continents fit and made it. • the smallest continent of the world. • a sudden violent shaking of the ground • he invented the theory of tectonic plates. • the plates can be oceanic, continental or mixed. • the unic continent was 225 milions of years ago. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-07-28

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 'n' or horseshoe shaped area where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes take places more commenly.
  2. One of the largest indefinite units of geological time
  3. The force drawing the body away from it's rotaional point
  4. The layer of the Earth's surface that is made up of living organisms
  5. A type of rock made of compacted sediments
  6. A regular occurance caused by the positions of the Sun and Moon around the Earth
  7. Something that happens when heated molecules move around
  8. A word used in terms with earthquakes and vibrations in the Earth's crust
  9. A part of ocianic crust or the upper mantle that has been pushed above sea level
  10. The process when the continents broke apart
Down
  1. A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are moving away from eachother
  2. A type of rock that undergoes great amounts of heat and pressure
  3. The landmass on Earth before continental drift
  4. The process where one edge of a tectonic plate is force beneath that of another
  5. A type of rock made from a cooled liquid
  6. A bit of cold water from deep in the ocean that rises up to the surface waters
  7. A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are sliding towards eachother
  8. A rounded landform that protrudes from the Earth's surface
  9. A floating piece of ice that occurs on Earth
  10. A type of temperature change where the heated air becomes thin
  11. A compound that contains silicon with anionic properties

21 Clues: A type of rock made from a cooled liquid • A type of rock made of compacted sediments • The process when the continents broke apart • A floating piece of ice that occurs on Earth • The landmass on Earth before continental drift • One of the largest indefinite units of geological time • Something that happens when heated molecules move around • ...

Types of volcanic eruption 2020-11-11

Types of volcanic eruption crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Give an example of a Plinian eruption which occurred in Italian (2 words)
  2. Which volcano island off of the south coast of Iceland is an example of a Surtseyan eruption and occurred between 1963 and 1965?
  3. A vent or line of vents
  4. Which Italian island are Vulcanian eruptions named after?
  5. The type of lava found at more gentle eruptions
  6. How many metres can eruptions reach at Strombolian eruptions?
  7. A type of viscose gassy magma found at very explosive eruptions
  8. What forms when very viscous, rubbly lava is squeezed out of a vent without exploding?
  9. Which eruptions are the largest and most violent of all?
  10. A type of volcano found at divergent boundaries with gentle sloping sides
Down
  1. Used to describe a gentle eruption
  2. A type of magma found at explosive eruptions
  3. Which volcano in Washington in 1980 spent several years building lava domes?
  4. When Vulcanian eruptions occur, do they reach high or low and are they fast or slow? (2x 4 letter word with "and" in the middle)
  5. A word for hardened chunks of bubbly lava
  6. What kinds of explosions do Vulcanian eruptions cause?
  7. Which volcano in Hawaii gives Hawaiian eruptions their names?
  8. An eruption where magma or lava interacts explosively with water
  9. Which Italian island are Strombolian eruptions named after?
  10. What landforms could be found at Strombolian eruptions? (2x 4 letter words)
  11. A type of hydromagmatic eruption, which usually occurs when an undersea volcano grows large enough to break the water's surface

21 Clues: A vent or line of vents • Used to describe a gentle eruption • A word for hardened chunks of bubbly lava • A type of magma found at explosive eruptions • The type of lava found at more gentle eruptions • What kinds of explosions do Vulcanian eruptions cause? • Which eruptions are the largest and most violent of all? • ...

Sadlier Vocab. Level C- Unit 8 2019-02-13

Sadlier Vocab. Level C- Unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (n.) hatred, ill-will
  2. (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  3. (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
  4. (v.) to declare publicly or officially
  5. (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
  6. (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  7. (n.) a very close friend, chum, buddy
  8. (adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor
  9. (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
  10. (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Down
  1. (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedneck
  2. (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
  3. (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  4. (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
  5. (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value
  6. (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  7. (adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
  8. (adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
  9. (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that pain grows worse with time)
  10. (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place

20 Clues: (n.) hatred, ill-will • (n.) a very close friend, chum, buddy • (v.) to declare publicly or officially • (adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor • (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot • ...

Earth's dynamic system vocabulary 2019-02-11

Earth's dynamic system vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vents in earth's crust through which molten rock flows
  2. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  3. The material formed from rocks broken down by weathering
  4. The mechanical and chemical process that changes earth's surface over time
  5. the partial melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
  6. The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil due to gravity
  7. A boundary where two plates move away from each other
  8. The process of breaking down rocks without changing the composition of the rock
  9. Large masses of ice, formed by snow accumulation on land, that move slowly across Earth's surface
  10. Two plates that slide past each other
  11. tectonics Earth's surface is broken into large rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
Down
  1. The circulation of fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy
  2. Long narrow mountains formed by magma
  3. A boundary where two plates move towards each other]
  4. The vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or crack in earth's crust
  5. The crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  6. The process that changes the composition of rocks
  7. The moving of weathered material or sediment
  8. A crack or a fracture in earth's crust along which movement occurs
  9. molten rock stored beneath earth's surface
  10. Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface
  11. the laying down or settling of eroded material

22 Clues: Long narrow mountains formed by magma • Two plates that slide past each other • Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface • The crust and uppermost part of the mantle • molten rock stored beneath earth's surface • The moving of weathered material or sediment • the laying down or settling of eroded material • The process that changes the composition of rocks • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-01-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a section of a lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  2. Transfer / the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
  3. / a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. waves / A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
  5. / transfer of heat by movements of a fluid
  6. / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  7. / soft layer of the mantle which the lithosphere floats on.
  8. / a system that determines the distance of an object underwater by recording echoes of soundwaves
  9. / a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
Down
  1. / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  2. / the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  3. / the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into mantle
  4. core / solid part of the core
  5. / direct transfer of energy through empty space through electromagnetic waves
  6. / name of the single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
  7. Drift / hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  8. / a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  9. Tectonics / the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  10. / Amount of force pushing on a surface or area.
  11. core / this part is the molten part of the Earth's core.

20 Clues: core / solid part of the core • / transfer of heat by movements of a fluid • / Amount of force pushing on a surface or area. • / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • core / this part is the molten part of the Earth's core. • ...

Plate Boundaries 2021-06-04

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ is when one plate is pulled under another.
  2. Plates move because of forces in the _____.
  3. At _____ boundaries, neighbouring plates are sliding past one another or locked in place as they are trying to slide past one another.
  4. Where a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, the thinner, denser _______ plate subducts beneath the thicker, more rigid ________ plate.
  5. In a subduction zone, the subducted _____ becomes molten and forms magma.
  6. Movements in the crust often result in _____.
  7. A continental rift, often referred to as a rift valley, forms where continental plates ______.
  8. At _____ boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving away from one another.
  9. If magma reaches the surface without cooling and solidifying, it can break through in the form of ______ eruptions.
  10. Earthquakes send out ______ waves when there is movement along transform boundaries.
Down
  1. Where plates ______ earthquakes occur and volcanoes and mountain forms.
  2. At convergent boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving ______ one another.
  3. The rifting of plates allows _____ to move to the surface.
  4. Subduction creates a _____ between the plates and a subduction zone below.
  5. Where plates move apart, ______ form.
  6. The edges of tectonic plates are called _____.
  7. Oceanic plates are pulled ______ continental plates.
  8. During subduction, magma that is less _____ than the rest of the mantle rises to the surface.
  9. At ______ boundaries neighbouring plates are moving toward one another.
  10. An ______ rift, often referred to as a rift valley, forms where oceanic plates diverge.
  11. Where oceanic plates converge, the ______, denser plate subducts under the less dense plate.
  12. When magma cools in a rift, it creates more _____ in the gap between the plates.

22 Clues: Where plates move apart, ______ form. • Plates move because of forces in the _____. • Movements in the crust often result in _____. • The edges of tectonic plates are called _____. • ______ is when one plate is pulled under another. • Oceanic plates are pulled ______ continental plates. • The rifting of plates allows _____ to move to the surface. • ...