divergent Crossword Puzzles

Puzzle 22: Plate Tectonics 2025-09-07

Puzzle 22: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other.
  2. – A valley formed at a divergent boundary.
  3. – Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  4. – The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere.
  5. – A rigid section of the Earth's crust.
  6. – Type of plate boundary where plates move apart.
Down
  1. – The rigid outer layer of the Earth.
  2. – Mountain formed by magma erupting through the crust.
  3. – A crack in the Earth's crust where movement occurs.
  4. – Sudden shaking of the ground caused by plate movement.
  5. – The thick layer of Earth beneath the crust.
  6. – Process where one plate moves under another.

12 Clues: – The rigid outer layer of the Earth. • – A rigid section of the Earth's crust. • – A valley formed at a divergent boundary. • – The thick layer of Earth beneath the crust. • – Process where one plate moves under another. • – The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere. • – Type of plate boundary where plates move apart. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-11-08

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates rub against each other
  2. the man who proposed sea floor spreading
  3. when two plates move away from each other
  4. the scientist who proposed the idea of Pangea
  5. the direction that divergent plates move to each other
  6. caused by transform plate movement
Down
  1. when two plates move towards each other
  2. what causes tectonic plates to move
  3. the amount of current tectonic plates
  4. the name of the supercontinent where all plates were still together

10 Clues: when plates rub against each other • caused by transform plate movement • what causes tectonic plates to move • the amount of current tectonic plates • when two plates move towards each other • the man who proposed sea floor spreading • when two plates move away from each other • the scientist who proposed the idea of Pangea • ...

Topography of the Seafloor 2023-05-03

Topography of the Seafloor crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Steeply sloped; middle of the continental margin
  2. Shelf Gently sloping area at coastline
  3. Transition zone between continental and oceanic crust
  4. Underwater volcano
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  1. Large level area; 50% of Earth’s surface
  2. A seamount that break the ocean’s surface
  3. Underwater mountain range near divergent boundary
  4. Contains abyssal plain, ridges, rift zones and volcanoes
  5. Gently sloping area that marks the end of the continental margin
  6. Valley at divergent plate boundary where magma rises to the surface

10 Clues: Underwater volcano • Shelf Gently sloping area at coastline • Large level area; 50% of Earth’s surface • A seamount that break the ocean’s surface • Steeply sloped; middle of the continental margin • Underwater mountain range near divergent boundary • Transition zone between continental and oceanic crust • Contains abyssal plain, ridges, rift zones and volcanoes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural crack or fracture in the Earth's crust.
  2. The force that drives plate tectonics.
  3. A huge section of Earth's lithosphere.
  4. A type of boundary where two plates are pulling apart.
  5. The layer of Earth that flows like a liquid.
  6. - The theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates.
  7. The type of boundary where plates collide.
  8. The energy stored in rocks before an earthquake occurs.
Down
  1. boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  2. The outermost layer of Earth’s interior.
  3. When one plate sinks beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  4. The movement of continents over time, as proposed by Wegener.
  5. Earth's outermost layer.
  6. Deep oceanic trenches occur at these convergent boundaries.
  7. The process of new crust formation at divergent boundaries.
  8. A plate boundary where plates slide past each other.

16 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • The force that drives plate tectonics. • A huge section of Earth's lithosphere. • The outermost layer of Earth’s interior. • The type of boundary where plates collide. • The layer of Earth that flows like a liquid. • boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A natural crack or fracture in the Earth's crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate slides under another plate
  2. What type of boundary forms from two plates sliding past each other?
  3. What type of boundary forms from two plates separating?
  4. What forms at a continental-continental boundary?
  5. Forms at a subduction zone
  6. Process in which new sea floor appears
  7. What is dense and in the center of the Earth?
Down
  1. When two plates interact with each other
  2. Current What is the movement that is causing Earth's plates to move?
  3. What element makes up the inner core?
  4. What forms at a divergent boundary where new sea floor forms?
  5. Core What is the liquid layer of Earth's core?
  6. What is located between the core and crust?
  7. What is the outermost rigid layer of Earth?
  8. Earth's surface is broken up into 15 ____
  9. What type of boundary forms two plates colliding?

16 Clues: Forms at a subduction zone • What element makes up the inner core? • Process in which new sea floor appears • When two plates interact with each other • When one plate slides under another plate • Earth's surface is broken up into 15 ____ • What is located between the core and crust? • What is the outermost rigid layer of Earth? • ...

what vinaya should know 2021-03-09

what vinaya should know crossword puzzle
Across
  1. favourite number
  2. favourite dessert
  3. "celebrity crush"
  4. divergent faction
  5. moon sign
  6. Capricorn in my friend group
  7. absolutely disgusting
  8. oldest cousin
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  1. favourite subject
  2. drinking fountain
  3. best sport ever
  4. enneagram type
  5. favourite exotic animal
  6. worst jewellery
  7. name of cat
  8. favourite colour

16 Clues: moon sign • name of cat • oldest cousin • enneagram type • best sport ever • worst jewellery • favourite number • favourite colour • favourite subject • drinking fountain • favourite dessert • "celebrity crush" • divergent faction • absolutely disgusting • favourite exotic animal • Capricorn in my friend group

Tectonic plates 2021-12-13

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the ancient supercontinent that Earth was 28 million years ago.
  2. The theory that Earth was a supercontinent that slowly drifted apart
  3. at ridges and spreads apart
  4. What kind of events happen at transform plate boundaries?
  5. A hotspring where boiling water is launced into the air
Down
  1. The theory that new
  2. Divergent oceanic plates can cause what?
  3. How can you tell the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rock?
  4. What causes Earth's plates to move?
  5. The process of older rock becoming newer rock
  6. What type of plate boundaries go towards each other?
  7. What type of plate boundaies move side by side?
  8. What area of the Earth has plates?
  9. What type of plate boundaries move away from each other?
  10. Convergent plate boundaries can create what?

15 Clues: The theory that new • at ridges and spreads apart • What area of the Earth has plates? • What causes Earth's plates to move? • Divergent oceanic plates can cause what? • Convergent plate boundaries can create what? • The process of older rock becoming newer rock • What type of plate boundaies move side by side? • What type of plate boundaries go towards each other? • ...

Four by Veronica Roth 2024-01-31

Four by Veronica Roth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Four's original faction
  2. Initiate who stabbed Edward in the eye
  3. One of Four's Family members who is in his fear landscape
  4. Four works in the _______ room when he is not training initiates
  5. New initiate that Four recognizes as Divergent
Down
  1. Tris' fear where Four discovers she's divergent
  2. Four's Faction Transfer
  3. The amount of fears Tobias Eaton (Four) Possesses
  4. Name of Person Second place to Four during Initiation
  5. Name of Four's mother who is factionless

10 Clues: Four's Faction Transfer • Four's original faction • Initiate who stabbed Edward in the eye • Name of Four's mother who is factionless • New initiate that Four recognizes as Divergent • Tris' fear where Four discovers she's divergent • The amount of fears Tobias Eaton (Four) Possesses • Name of Person Second place to Four during Initiation • ...

Plate Boundaries 2023-02-16

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where 2 plates crash into each other
  2. The scientist that created the theory of continental drift
  3. 7 regions of the world
  4. What 7 regions formed before continental drift
  5. What caused Pangaea to become 7 continents
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  1. Where a denser plate moves under a less denser plate.
  2. Where 2 plates slide past each other
  3. Caused by convergent plate boundaries
  4. Caused by divergent plate boundaries
  5. Where 2 plates move away from each other

10 Clues: 7 regions of the world • Where 2 plates slide past each other • Where 2 plates crash into each other • Caused by divergent plate boundaries • Caused by convergent plate boundaries • Where 2 plates move away from each other • What caused Pangaea to become 7 continents • What 7 regions formed before continental drift • Where a denser plate moves under a less denser plate. • ...

Divergent Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-04

Divergent Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the faction that shows fearlessness and bravery
  2. the faction that shows truth and upholds the law
  3. Tris's worst enemy during initiation
  4. the object that surrounds the city in order to protect their society
  5. the head leader at Dauntless who is brutal
  6. the faction that shows intelligence and
  7. the faction that shows peacefulness and
Down
  1. the person who oversees training and placed first in their class
  2. leaves her life in Abnegation to be a Dauntless
  3. Tris's best friend who is tall and transferred from Candor
  4. the state of fitting the qualities for more than one faction
  5. the faction that shows selflessness and helping others

12 Clues: Tris's worst enemy during initiation • the faction that shows intelligence and • the faction that shows peacefulness and • the head leader at Dauntless who is brutal • leaves her life in Abnegation to be a Dauntless • the faction that shows fearlessness and bravery • the faction that shows truth and upholds the law • ...

Divergent: Expert Edition 2023-05-29

Divergent: Expert Edition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tris' mother came from here
  2. Director
  3. Motto
  4. Name of the city
  5. Seeing what suits best
Down
  1. Name of second book/movie
  2. Can be put in one of these to test your fears
  3. Identity Picker
  4. Christina's old faction
  5. Erudite Leader
  6. Could have been Tris' new family
  7. What people are called during Initiation

12 Clues: Motto • Director • Erudite Leader • Identity Picker • Name of the city • Seeing what suits best • Christina's old faction • Name of second book/movie • Tris' mother came from here • Could have been Tris' new family • What people are called during Initiation • Can be put in one of these to test your fears

Divergent book project 2023-08-16

Divergent book project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What the main character changed their name to.
  2. What faction was the main character born in?
  3. What faction is four from?
  4. Was Tris or Four afraid of heights?
  5. Who did the main character have to shoot at the end of the book?
  6. Who got stabbed in the eye?
Down
  1. How many factions are there?
  2. What was four's real name?
  3. Who were the leaders?
  4. What faction did Caleb transfer to?
  5. What did four place in his year?
  6. What was the main characters name before she switched factions?
  7. What faction jumped of trains?
  8. How many fears did four have?
  9. What is the name of the book?

15 Clues: Who were the leaders? • What was four's real name? • What faction is four from? • Who got stabbed in the eye? • How many factions are there? • How many fears did four have? • What is the name of the book? • What faction jumped of trains? • What did four place in his year? • What faction did Caleb transfer to? • Was Tris or Four afraid of heights? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that explains why geological features of the Earth are where they are, and the processes that shaped the crust.
  2. Produced when two continental plates collide
  3. Type of boundary where old ocean floor is destroyed
  4. Produced when oceanic and continental plates collide
  5. Boundary where crust is neither created or destroyed.
  6. Type of crust that is too light to subduct.
  7. Can result from any type of plate collision
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  1. Boundary where new ocean floor is produced
  2. Nick name for divergent boundaries
  3. Created by subducting crust. Can occur beneath oceanic or continental crust.
  4. Geological feature where new ocean floor is created
  5. Side by side or back and forth stress
  6. Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre
  7. Results when two oceanic plates collide
  8. Geological feature where oceanic crust is destroyed.

15 Clues: Nick name for divergent boundaries • Side by side or back and forth stress • Results when two oceanic plates collide • Boundary where new ocean floor is produced • Type of crust that is too light to subduct. • Can result from any type of plate collision • Produced when two continental plates collide • Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries where plates slide past each other
  2. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  3. type of volcano rock that makes up the mid-ocean ridges, plates, and the oceans basins
  4. zone Where seafloor is forced underneath continental plates
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. When two plates move toward each other
  7. plate Two plates that pull away from one another
Down
  1. Where new seafloor is created
  2. The outer part of the earth's crust
  3. Hot molten rock deep below the earth's surface
  4. plates The structure of the earth's surface
  5. Crack in the earths surface between two divergent plates
  6. The outer solid portion of the planet earth
  7. The scientist who first proposed the theory of the continental drift
  8. The section below Earth's crust

15 Clues: Deepest part of the ocean • Where new seafloor is created • The section below Earth's crust • upper layer of the earth's mantle • The outer part of the earth's crust • When two plates move toward each other • The outer solid portion of the planet earth • plates The structure of the earth's surface • boundaries where plates slide past each other • ...

Types Of Boundaries 2023-10-05

Types Of Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the result of a convergent boundary in Washington state:
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. A place where two tectonic plates meet:
  4. Two oceanic plates colliding form this:
  5. Out side edge or border:
  6. What causes contential drift:
Down
  1. The process by which the shape of a rock changes because of stress:
  2. Huge moving slabs of solid rock:
  3. A plate boundary where to plates move forward each other
  4. A divergent boundary where two continental plates can result in?
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  6. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions:
  7. Hawaii is an example of this type of tectonic activity:
  8. What can convergent boundaries form?
  9. The boundary of a surface:

15 Clues: Out side edge or border: • The boundary of a surface: • What causes contential drift: • Huge moving slabs of solid rock: • What can convergent boundaries form? • A place where two tectonic plates meet: • Two oceanic plates colliding form this: • Hawaii is an example of this type of tectonic activity: • A plate boundary where to plates move forward each other • ...

Unit One Review Puzzle 2025-03-05

Unit One Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where two plates collide
  2. The direction of surface currents are moved by the ____
  3. Currents that appear near the top layers of water
  4. Effect that causes currents to move on the spinning planet
  5. Water is an example of a ______ molecule
  6. The water property that causes salty water to sink
  7. Water is a really good _____, meaning it dissolves lots of substances
  8. Boundary where two plate pull apart
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  1. Boundary where two plate slide past each other
  2. Feature that affects ocean currents near the shore
  3. Ocean feature defined by an expanse of flat land
  4. Currents that appear in the lower layers of water
  5. Feature formed when divergent plates move apart
  6. Ocean feature formed at a subduction zone
  7. Water has a high surface tension because of ____

15 Clues: Boundary where two plates collide • Boundary where two plate pull apart • Water is an example of a ______ molecule • Ocean feature formed at a subduction zone • Boundary where two plate slide past each other • Feature formed when divergent plates move apart • Ocean feature defined by an expanse of flat land • Water has a high surface tension because of ____ • ...

The Divergent Crossword 2015-05-05

The Divergent Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the people of this faction are fearless and drawn to do brave and daring things
  2. the term used for a person who is in the process of becoming a member of their chosen faction
  3. the dreamlike state that a person goes into when they are injected with a special serum
  4. the corrupted faction that wants to usurp abnegation of their government position
Down
  1. a person who does not belong in any faction and gets the "dirty jobs" of the communities
  2. devoted to honesty; thinks the truth should be in black and white
  3. the faction of selflessness, the faction that hold most of the government positions in the factions
  4. the slang name for a member of abnegation
  5. a community of people that conform to one human attribute, such as kindness or bravery
  6. the center of activity in the dauntless compound
  7. "drawn to human nature;" fits into more than one faction
  8. the faction of kindness; does most of the farming for the factions

12 Clues: the slang name for a member of abnegation • the center of activity in the dauntless compound • "drawn to human nature;" fits into more than one faction • devoted to honesty; thinks the truth should be in black and white • the faction of kindness; does most of the farming for the factions • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-01-10

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A boundary that splits apart and away from one and another.
  2. _____ happen at divergent boundaries.
  3. stored inside the earth and creates new crust.
  4. ________ happen at transform boundaries.
  5. The San Andrea's ______
Down
  1. Came up with the theory of, "Pangaea". (A super continent)
  2. A boundary that happens at seduction zones and collide into one and another.
  3. A boundary that slides against one and another and causes earthquakes.
  4. ______ happen at convergent boundaries.
  5. The Mariana ______

10 Clues: The Mariana ______ • The San Andrea's ______ • _____ happen at divergent boundaries. • ______ happen at convergent boundaries. • ________ happen at transform boundaries. • stored inside the earth and creates new crust. • Came up with the theory of, "Pangaea". (A super continent) • A boundary that splits apart and away from one and another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is a barrier that you can't get through
  2. Boundary When two sides pass each other
  3. Boundary Is where two tectonic plates come together
  4. Currents A current in fluid results from convention
  5. A large steep hill
Down
  1. Boundary Is where two tectonic plates move away from eachother
  2. A long narrow ditch
  3. Valley Rift valleys occurs at divergent boundaries
  4. It burst out of a mountain
  5. Is when convection currents in the molten rock

10 Clues: A large steep hill • A long narrow ditch • It burst out of a mountain • It is a barrier that you can't get through • Boundary When two sides pass each other • Is when convection currents in the molten rock • Valley Rift valleys occurs at divergent boundaries • Boundary Is where two tectonic plates come together • ...

Plate Tectonics Terminology 2020-06-10

Plate Tectonics Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earthquake
  2. Trench
  3. Secondary
  4. Convergent
Down
  1. Tectonics, Primary
  2. Plate
  3. Hot Spot
  4. Fracture
  5. Transform
  6. Oceanic

10 Clues: Plate • Trench • Oceanic • Hot Spot • Fracture • Secondary • Transform • Earthquake • Convergent • Tectonics, Primary

Science Vocab 2022-02-07

Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Humus
  2. Drift
  3. Currents
  4. Spreading
  5. Boundaries
  6. Waves
  7. Wave
Down
  1. Boundaries
  2. Boundaries
  3. of Fire
  4. Plates Clay
  5. Core
  6. Core

13 Clues: Core • Core • Wave • Humus • Drift • Waves • of Fire • Currents • Spreading • Boundaries • Boundaries • Boundaries • Plates Clay

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries where plates slide past each other
  2. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  3. type of volcano rock that makes up the mid-ocean ridges, plates, and the oceans basins
  4. zone Where seafloor is forced underneath continental plates
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. When two plates move toward each other
  7. plate Two plates that pull away from one another
Down
  1. Where new seafloor is created
  2. The outer part of the earth's crust
  3. Hot molten rock deep below the earth's surface
  4. plates The structure of the earth's surface
  5. Crack in the earths surface between two divergent plates
  6. The outer solid portion of the planet earth
  7. The scientist who first proposed the theory of the continental drift
  8. The section below Earth's crust

15 Clues: Deepest part of the ocean • Where new seafloor is created • The section below Earth's crust • upper layer of the earth's mantle • The outer part of the earth's crust • When two plates move toward each other • The outer solid portion of the planet earth • plates The structure of the earth's surface • boundaries where plates slide past each other • ...

TV SHOWS/MOVIES 2023-03-27

TV SHOWS/MOVIES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drugs
  2. let down your hair
  3. may the odds eva be in your favor
  4. channing tatum
  5. dwight
  6. steamy
  7. wearwolf
  8. melanie martinez
Down
  1. dr.spencer reid
  2. backpack backpack
  3. dauntless
  4. stephan
  5. oh my gawd chandler bing
  6. romance

14 Clues: drugs • dwight • steamy • stephan • romance • wearwolf • dauntless • channing tatum • dr.spencer reid • melanie martinez • backpack backpack • let down your hair • oh my gawd chandler bing • may the odds eva be in your favor

Plate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth 2024-10-01

Plate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed when two plates keep pressing into one another and folds upward
  2. also known as the Asthenosphere and flows like liquid
  3. boundary when plates slide past each other
  4. theory of how the surface of the earth works
  5. boundary when plates move away from each other
  6. plates run into each other
  7. plates that are more dense
Down
  1. caused when mantle is heated and acts like wheels to move plates
  2. broken up into plates made of land
  3. built up when plates rub against each other
  4. name of supercontinent when all the continents were together
  5. when one plate slides under the other plate
  6. where a divergent boundary is found
  7. caused when energy is released and the rocks break

14 Clues: plates run into each other • plates that are more dense • broken up into plates made of land • where a divergent boundary is found • boundary when plates slide past each other • built up when plates rub against each other • when one plate slides under the other plate • theory of how the surface of the earth works • boundary when plates move away from each other • ...

Divergent Crossword! 2013-10-14

Divergent Crossword! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who stabbed Edward in the eye with a dinner knife?
  2. Which of the five factions are the selfless?
  3. What is Beatrice's nickname?
Down
  1. What species of bird did Beatrice get tattooed on her collarbone?
  2. In your first simulation, if you picked up the knife instead of the cheese, which faction would you most likely belo
  3. How many fears does Four have?
  4. Which faction would you choose to find a sense of peace?
  5. Which faction thinks that wearing the colour blue calms the mind?

8 Clues: What is Beatrice's nickname? • How many fears does Four have? • Which of the five factions are the selfless? • Who stabbed Edward in the eye with a dinner knife? • Which faction would you choose to find a sense of peace? • What species of bird did Beatrice get tattooed on her collarbone? • Which faction thinks that wearing the colour blue calms the mind? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-05-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An underwater mountain range formed by divergent tectonic plates.
  2. The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and slowly moves away.
  3. A large, rigid piece of the Earth's lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere.
  4. Earth's outermost solid layer; includes both continental and oceanic crust.
  5. A region where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
  6. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the heating and cooling of material, driving plate movement.
  7. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by subduction.
  8. A break or crack in Earth's crust where movement has occurred.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, often resulting in mountain formation or subduction.
  2. The hypothesis that continents move slowly across Earth’s surface, originally proposed by Alfred Wegener.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, often causing earthquakes.
  4. The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere on which tectonic plates move.
  5. A deep valley formed where two plates move apart on continental crust.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, often creating mid-ocean ridges.
  7. The rigid outer layer of Earth, composed of the crust and uppermost mantle; divided into tectonic plates.
  8. A location where magma rises through the mantle in the middle of a tectonic plate, creating volcanic activity.
  9. A mountain formed from the eruption of magma from the mantle to the surface, often found at convergent or divergent boundaries.
  10. A supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago and began breaking apart about 200 million years ago.

18 Clues: A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by subduction. • A break or crack in Earth's crust where movement has occurred. • An underwater mountain range formed by divergent tectonic plates. • A deep valley formed where two plates move apart on continental crust. • A region where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle. • ...

Plate Boundaries Crossword Puzzle 2025-07-01

Plate Boundaries Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. → Convergent boundary feature formed by oceanic-oceanic collision (e.g., island arcs).
  2. → The Earth’s rigid outer shell broken into plates.
  3. → Type of crust created at divergent boundaries.
  4. → Deep underwater valleys formed at convergent boundaries.
  5. → Convergent boundary where oceanic plate sinks below continental plate.
  6. → A type of boundary where no magma or volcanoes form, only earthquakes.
  7. → Boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally.
  8. → Plates move toward each other, forming mountains or trenches.
  9. → Zone of earthquakes caused by transform boundaries.
  10. → Example of transform boundary in California.
Down
  1. → Plates move away from each other, forming new crust.
  2. → Large cracks in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
  3. → Plate movement type creating rift valleys in Africa.
  4. → Area where two continental plates pull apart forming valleys.
  5. → The process that produces new oceanic crust.
  6. → Theory that explains movement of Earth’s plates.

16 Clues: → The process that produces new oceanic crust. • → Example of transform boundary in California. • → Type of crust created at divergent boundaries. • → Theory that explains movement of Earth’s plates. • → The Earth’s rigid outer shell broken into plates. • → Zone of earthquakes caused by transform boundaries. • → Plates move away from each other, forming new crust. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-05-12

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary When two tectonic plates come together
  2. plate movement is caused by convection currents
  3. earth crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  4. long narrow depressions on sea floor
  5. mostly solid layer, between earth core and the crust
  6. valley it occurs at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. Boundary When two plates move away from each other
  2. Boundary
  3. currents a current caused by convection

9 Clues: Boundary • long narrow depressions on sea floor • currents a current caused by convection • valley it occurs at divergent boundaries • Boundary When two tectonic plates come together • plate movement is caused by convection currents • earth crust into the mantle beneath another plate • Boundary When two plates move away from each other • ...

unit 8 vocab words 2024-05-02

unit 8 vocab words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Puzzling
  2. A person who collects
  3. To cause anger
  4. Very earnest
  5. Hatred
  6. To declare publicly
  7. An agent
Down
  1. Noticeable
  2. Different from each other
  3. Cancel
  4. To support
  5. Close friend
  6. Thin and bony
  7. to pass through

14 Clues: Cancel • Hatred • Puzzling • An agent • Noticeable • To support • Close friend • Very earnest • Thin and bony • To cause anger • to pass through • To declare publicly • A person who collects • Different from each other

do you know me? 2022-03-07

do you know me? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bias in bts
  2. bias in seventeen
  3. fav seventeen song (1)
  4. fav app
  5. fav sport
  6. fav kpop group
  7. fav book series
  8. fav kotlc character
  9. fav color
Down
  1. fav seventeen song (2)
  2. fav enhypen song
  3. fav anime
  4. fav twice song
  5. fav book trilogy
  6. my bff
  7. fav bts song
  8. mbti

17 Clues: mbti • my bff • fav app • fav anime • fav sport • fav color • bias in bts • fav bts song • fav twice song • fav kpop group • fav book series • fav enhypen song • fav book trilogy • bias in seventeen • fav kotlc character • fav seventeen song (2) • fav seventeen song (1)

Tina's Crossword 2025-04-07

Tina's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first concert
  2. Intended college major
  3. First job
  4. Favorite holiday
  5. Favorite hobby
  6. Favorite color
  7. Number of siblings
Down
  1. Favorite Movie
  2. Favorite sport to play
  3. Hometown
  4. Seattle neighborhood Tina lives in
  5. Favorite place Tina has travelled
  6. Favorite ice cream flavor
  7. Favorite food
  8. Dog's name
  9. Favorite number
  10. Favorite music genre

17 Clues: Hometown • First job • Dog's name • first concert • Favorite food • Favorite Movie • Favorite hobby • Favorite color • Favorite number • Favorite holiday • Number of siblings • Favorite music genre • Favorite sport to play • Intended college major • Favorite ice cream flavor • Favorite place Tina has travelled • Seattle neighborhood Tina lives in

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that makes it move.
  2. A slow movement of heat and cool.
  3. 2 plates that collide.
Down
  1. When they react to something moving.
  2. when 2 plates are passing.
  3. The 2 plates are going opposite way.
  4. A long volcanic mark by divergent.
  5. The eruption by the boundaries.

8 Clues: 2 plates that collide. • when 2 plates are passing. • Something that makes it move. • The eruption by the boundaries. • A slow movement of heat and cool. • A long volcanic mark by divergent. • When they react to something moving. • The 2 plates are going opposite way.

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , instrument used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake
  2. , Earth's crust is broken into these types of plate
  3. , boundary where two plate slide past each other
  4. , most well known transform plate boundary in the world
  5. , boundary where two plates move toward each other
Down
  1. , underwater earthquakes that cause large ocean waves
  2. , a supercontinent 200 million years ago
  3. , boundary where two plate move away from each other
  4. , Divergent plate boundaries cause these
  5. , cycle begins with continental rifting within a large landmass
  6. , magma that has erupted onto Earth's surface

11 Clues: , Divergent plate boundaries cause these • , a supercontinent 200 million years ago • , boundary where two plate slide past each other • , most well known transform plate boundary in the world • , boundary where two plates move toward each other • , magma that has erupted onto Earth's surface • ...

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-07

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate is forced under the other.
  2. ____ Plates theory, the lithosphere is separated into several peices.
  3. The boundary that separate or move away from each other.
  4. The boundary that collides or comes together.
  5. ___ evidence that shows the same species found on different coninents.
  6. The outer crust of the earth.
Down
  1. The boundary that slides right past each other.
  2. ____ spreading, divergent boundaries under water.
  3. The theory that all the continents were once one called Pangaea.
  4. Currents that move heat in the mantle.
  5. The liquidly part that sits right under the lithosphere.

11 Clues: The outer crust of the earth. • Currents that move heat in the mantle. • When one plate is forced under the other. • The boundary that collides or comes together. • The boundary that slides right past each other. • ____ spreading, divergent boundaries under water. • The liquidly part that sits right under the lithosphere. • ...

Divergent Crossword Puzzle 2022-10-18

Divergent Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is Fours real name?
  2. Who sends Tris to the infirmary?
  3. What faction does Caleb choose?
  4. What faction does Beatrice choose?
  5. How many fears does Tris have?
  6. What is the name of Toris brother?
Down
  1. What faction is Four originally from?
  2. Who gives Tris her faction test?
  3. Who is the leader of Abnegation?
  4. Who is the leader of Erudite?
  5. Who does Peter attack?
  6. Who was the first jumper?

12 Clues: Who does Peter attack? • What is Fours real name? • Who was the first jumper? • Who is the leader of Erudite? • How many fears does Tris have? • What faction does Caleb choose? • Who sends Tris to the infirmary? • Who gives Tris her faction test? • Who is the leader of Abnegation? • What faction does Beatrice choose? • What is the name of Toris brother? • ...

Divergent Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-04

Divergent Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the state of fitting the qualities for more than one faction
  2. leaves her life in Abnegation to be a Dauntless
  3. Tris's worst enemy during initiation
  4. the faction that shows peace and neutrality
  5. the faction that shows selflessness and helping others
  6. the faction that shows fearlessness and bravery
  7. the person who oversees training and placed first in their class
Down
  1. the faction that shows intelligence and knowledge
  2. Tris's best friend who transferred from Candor
  3. the faction that shows truth and upholds the law
  4. the object that surrounds the city in order to protect their society
  5. the head leader at Dauntless who is brutal

12 Clues: Tris's worst enemy during initiation • the head leader at Dauntless who is brutal • the faction that shows peace and neutrality • Tris's best friend who transferred from Candor • leaves her life in Abnegation to be a Dauntless • the faction that shows fearlessness and bravery • the faction that shows truth and upholds the law • ...

Science 2022-05-04

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a result from a convergent boundary
  2. when two plates slide past each other
  3. a result from a divergent boundary
  4. pieces of land or ocean
  5. the world before it broke apart
Down
  1. when two plates move towards each other
  2. when two plates go away from each other
  3. a result from a divergent boundary
  4. a result from a transform boundary
  5. when a plate goes under a plate another plate

10 Clues: pieces of land or ocean • the world before it broke apart • a result from a divergent boundary • a result from a transform boundary • a result from a divergent boundary • a result from a convergent boundary • when two plates slide past each other • when two plates move towards each other • when two plates go away from each other • ...

Grace Crossword March 31 2013 2013-03-31

Grace Crossword March 31 2013 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lean,lanky,skin and bones
  2. puzzling,enigmatic
  3. slip into,creep, penetrate
  4. irritate,vex,irk
  5. announce, promulgate
  6. deputy
  7. differing, unorthodox, unconventional
  8. profit, benefit or value
Down
  1. enthusiastic, burning, blazing scorching
  2. hostility, amity
  3. steady,undiminished
  4. border on, bolster
  5. rummager
  6. noticeable,discernible, observable
  7. invalidate, annul
  8. take a nose dive
  9. friend,buddy
  10. clothing
  11. restrict,scrimp, economize
  12. unresponsive,impassive

20 Clues: deputy • rummager • clothing • friend,buddy • hostility, amity • take a nose dive • irritate,vex,irk • invalidate, annul • border on, bolster • puzzling,enigmatic • steady,undiminished • announce, promulgate • unresponsive,impassive • profit, benefit or value • lean,lanky,skin and bones • slip into,creep, penetrate • restrict,scrimp, economize • noticeable,discernible, observable • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this boundary creates rift valleys
  2. this area around the west coast, pacific ocean, and asia house many volcanoes and earthquakes
  3. this process in the mantle is the reason the plates move
  4. this layer of the upper mantle allows the plates to slide over it
Down
  1. the Himalayas are an example of this boundary
  2. This happens when 2 plates of different densities collide
  3. this boundary creates fault lines
  4. tectonic activity creates these
  5. molten rock in the mantle
  6. this is an example of a divergent boundary in the sea
  7. this commonly happens at transform boundaries

11 Clues: molten rock in the mantle • tectonic activity creates these • this boundary creates fault lines • this boundary creates rift valleys • the Himalayas are an example of this boundary • this commonly happens at transform boundaries • this is an example of a divergent boundary in the sea • this process in the mantle is the reason the plates move • ...

Unit 3 Clue #2 2023-11-27

Unit 3 Clue #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock is pushed or squeezed together
  2. the evidence of animals and plant remains found on different continents
  3. South America and Africa fit like this
  4. the area where two oceanic plates pull apart
  5. forms at a divergent boundary between two continental plates
  6. when two plate move away from each other
  7. formed when two continental plates collide
Down
  1. the force responsible for the movement of tectonic plates
  2. this left striations on what are now desert rocks
  3. formed from one tectonic plate subducting under another
  4. rock is stretched until it becomes thin in the middle

11 Clues: rock is pushed or squeezed together • South America and Africa fit like this • when two plate move away from each other • formed when two continental plates collide • the area where two oceanic plates pull apart • this left striations on what are now desert rocks • rock is stretched until it becomes thin in the middle • ...

Plate Boundary's 2024-01-29

Plate Boundary's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many types of plate boundary's are there
  2. Where two tectonic plates move TOWARDS each other.
  3. When tectonic plates horizontally slide past each other in opposite directions
  4. Something that two tectonic plates do in a convergent boundary
  5. Something that two tectonic plates do in a divergent boundary
Down
  1. Where two tectonic plates move APART from each other.
  2. There are ____ types of convergent boundary's
  3. Something that tectonic plates do in a transform boundary
  4. A pattern of volcanos form in the _______ ___ ________
  5. Plates form on the _________________________________
  6. Volcano's can form in ____ types of plate boundary's
  7. Lots of these happen in a transform boundary

12 Clues: How many types of plate boundary's are there • Lots of these happen in a transform boundary • There are ____ types of convergent boundary's • Where two tectonic plates move TOWARDS each other. • Plates form on the _________________________________ • Volcano's can form in ____ types of plate boundary's • Where two tectonic plates move APART from each other. • ...

Grace's Crossword April 2013 2013-04-01

Grace's Crossword April 2013 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. restrict,scrimp, economize
  2. profit, benefit or value
  3. invalidate, annul
  4. friend,buddy
  5. clothing
  6. slip into,creep, penetrate
  7. announce, promulgate
  8. rummager
  9. take a nose dive
  10. border on, bolster
Down
  1. unresponsive,impassive
  2. hostility, amity
  3. lean,lanky,skin and bones
  4. enthusiastic, burning, blazing scorching
  5. puzzling,enigmatic
  6. steady,undiminished
  7. noticeable,discernible, observable
  8. differing, unorthodox, unconventional
  9. irritate,vex,irk
  10. deputy

20 Clues: deputy • clothing • rummager • friend,buddy • hostility, amity • irritate,vex,irk • take a nose dive • invalidate, annul • puzzling,enigmatic • border on, bolster • steady,undiminished • announce, promulgate • unresponsive,impassive • profit, benefit or value • lean,lanky,skin and bones • restrict,scrimp, economize • slip into,creep, penetrate • noticeable,discernible, observable • ...

duping mimi 2021-03-09

duping mimi crossword puzzle
Across
  1. absolutely disgusting
  2. best sport ever
  3. oldest cousin
  4. favourite dessert
  5. "celebrity crush"
  6. favourite number
  7. favourite subject
Down
  1. drinking fountain
  2. favourite exotic animal
  3. name of other goldfish
  4. divergent faction
  5. capricorn rising in my friend group
  6. favourite colour
  7. moon sign
  8. worst jewellery

15 Clues: moon sign • oldest cousin • best sport ever • worst jewellery • favourite colour • favourite number • drinking fountain • divergent faction • favourite dessert • "celebrity crush" • favourite subject • absolutely disgusting • name of other goldfish • favourite exotic animal • capricorn rising in my friend group

Popular teen books 2023-04-16

Popular teen books crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Title of the first book in the "divergent" series
  2. Mame of dystopian society in "the Giver"
  3. Author of Harry Potter series
  4. First book in "Percy Jackson" series
  5. The prince who is looking for a wife in "the Selection"
Down
  1. Series written by James Dashner
  2. the city where the shadowhunters live in the "mortal instruments" series
  3. a Series about the war between wolves and vampires
  4. the district that Katniss Everdeen comes from in "Hunger games"
  5. Name of protagonist in "the fault in our stars"
  6. The character who narrates "The book thief"

11 Clues: Author of Harry Potter series • Series written by James Dashner • First book in "Percy Jackson" series • Mame of dystopian society in "the Giver" • The character who narrates "The book thief" • Name of protagonist in "the fault in our stars" • Title of the first book in the "divergent" series • a Series about the war between wolves and vampires • ...

science STUFF 2024-10-18

science STUFF crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is created when one plate slides under antother plate
  2. the plate boundy that forms fault lines
  3. formed by divergent plate boundries
  4. heat rising and falling to create a current
  5. two plate tectonics running into each other
  6. creating when two covergent plates of the same density colide
Down
  1. fault line along the coast fo California
  2. one plate going under another plate
  3. the thickest layer of Earth
  4. dip in the bottom of the ocean floor
  5. two plate seperating and moving in the opposite direction of one another

11 Clues: the thickest layer of Earth • one plate going under another plate • formed by divergent plate boundries • dip in the bottom of the ocean floor • the plate boundy that forms fault lines • fault line along the coast fo California • heat rising and falling to create a current • two plate tectonics running into each other • ...

tectonic plate 2022-10-24

tectonic plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic plates come together
  2. when two plates collide together this is called
  3. this floats on the Mantle
  4. rocks are broken as the plates grind past each other
  5. under the Earths crust
  6. valleys at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. there are two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  2. when two plates slide past each other this is called a _______ plate boundary
  3. spits out magma from the mantle
  4. tectonic plats float on this

10 Clues: under the Earths crust • this floats on the Mantle • tectonic plats float on this • spits out magma from the mantle • valleys at divergent boundaries • two tectonic plates come together • when two plates collide together this is called • rocks are broken as the plates grind past each other • there are two tectonic plates moving away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Causes earthquakes
  2. A type of boundary that move towards each other
  3. person who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading
  4. what causes tectonic plates to move
Down
  1. rises up during a divergent boundary, forming volcanoes
  2. person who gave the theory of continental drift
  3. A type of boundary that move away from each other
  4. the amount of main boundary there are
  5. _____ is more dense than continental
  6. A zone where the more dense one goes under the less dense one

10 Clues: Causes earthquakes • what causes tectonic plates to move • _____ is more dense than continental • the amount of main boundary there are • person who gave the theory of continental drift • A type of boundary that move towards each other • A type of boundary that move away from each other • person who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading • ...

Plates 2021-02-10

Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two plates move away from each other
  2. Formed at a convergent boundary when the two plates are of equal density
  3. Molten rock above the earths surface
  4. Formed at a divergent boundary
  5. Where two plates come together
Down
  1. Happens when the denser crust sinks under the lesser dense one
  2. The layer of the earth that we stand on
  3. Molten rock under the earths surface
  4. Where two plates slide past each other
  5. A crack or split in the earth

10 Clues: A crack or split in the earth • Formed at a divergent boundary • Where two plates come together • Molten rock under the earths surface • Molten rock above the earths surface • Where two plates slide past each other • The layer of the earth that we stand on • Where two plates move away from each other • Happens when the denser crust sinks under the lesser dense one • ...

Vocabulary learned from this lab station 2023-09-19

Vocabulary learned from this lab station crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge,created by divergent boundaries
  2. when two plates move away from each other
  3. when two plates move closer together
  4. boundary when two plates slide right past each other
Down
  1. goes down
  2. rises up and forms a new crust
  3. currents, cause tectonic plates to move.
  4. plates,is the movement of the hard solid pieces of lithosphere
  5. of fire a long chain of volcanoes
  6. when two plates move away from each other it causes a rift

10 Clues: goes down • rises up and forms a new crust • of fire a long chain of volcanoes • when two plates move closer together • ridge,created by divergent boundaries • currents, cause tectonic plates to move. • when two plates move away from each other • boundary when two plates slide right past each other • when two plates move away from each other it causes a rift • ...

Grace's Crossword 2013-04-01

Grace's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. restrict,scrimp, economize
  2. rummager
  3. irritate,vex,irk
  4. border on, bolster
  5. announce, promulgate
  6. slip into,creep, penetrate
  7. puzzling,enigmatic
  8. hostility, amity
  9. unresponsive,impassive
  10. take a nose dive
  11. invalidate, annul
Down
  1. clothing
  2. differing, unorthodox, unconventional
  3. lean,lanky,skin and bones
  4. steady,undiminished
  5. friend,buddy
  6. profit, benefit or value
  7. noticeable,discernible, observable
  8. enthusiastic, burning, blazing scorching
  9. deputy

20 Clues: deputy • clothing • rummager • friend,buddy • irritate,vex,irk • hostility, amity • take a nose dive • invalidate, annul • border on, bolster • puzzling,enigmatic • steady,undiminished • announce, promulgate • unresponsive,impassive • profit, benefit or value • lean,lanky,skin and bones • restrict,scrimp, economize • slip into,creep, penetrate • noticeable,discernible, observable • ...

Mind Your Vocab 2015-04-20

Mind Your Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Honest
  2. A strange habit
  3. Barn
  4. Someone who gossips indiscreetly
  5. Lively
  6. Genuine
  7. An old hand
  8. Virgin
  9. Scoff
Down
  1. A special anniversary
  2. Complete failure
  3. An occasion
  4. Cautious
  5. To stop a fire from burning
  6. Different
  7. Monstrous
  8. Out of condition
  9. A pointed tooth
  10. Rude
  11. Extreme mental pain
  12. Autocrat
  13. Talk rapidly
  14. A popular hot sauce
  15. Daydream

24 Clues: Barn • Rude • Scoff • Honest • Lively • Virgin • Genuine • Cautious • Autocrat • Daydream • Different • Monstrous • An occasion • An old hand • Talk rapidly • A strange habit • A pointed tooth • Complete failure • Out of condition • Extreme mental pain • A popular hot sauce • A special anniversary • To stop a fire from burning • Someone who gossips indiscreetly

Unit 8 Words 2025-01-15

Unit 8 Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to cause anger
  2. to support
  3. puzzling
  4. to pass through
  5. to limit
  6. to take advantage of
  7. to make no value or consequence
  8. going into different directions
  9. very close friends
  10. a person who collects
Down
  1. to plunge straight down
  2. very earnest
  3. tireless
  4. self-controlled
  5. capable of being grasped
  6. clothes
  7. thin and bony
  8. hatred
  9. to declare publicly
  10. an agent

20 Clues: hatred • clothes • tireless • puzzling • to limit • an agent • to support • very earnest • thin and bony • to cause anger • to pass through • self-controlled • very close friends • to declare publicly • to take advantage of • a person who collects • to plunge straight down • capable of being grasped • to make no value or consequence • going into different directions

Terry’s TimeOut 2022-06-23

Terry’s TimeOut crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Z is Queen High
  2. DND
  3. lab rats x2
  4. Checkmate + green pill x2
  5. the boo looks good
  6. fake agency
  7. Princess -> Queen
  8. Plastic Surgery
  9. Team Jacob
  10. Mississippi River
Down
  1. bee sting
  2. green light/ jazz x3
  3. ‘Obliviate’x2
  4. abbv
  5. Society chooses life
  6. Turkey with sunglasses
  7. District x2
  8. Alabama
  9. prolonged and comics are better
  10. Faction
  11. True American x2

21 Clues: DND • abbv • Alabama • Faction • bee sting • Team Jacob • lab rats x2 • District x2 • fake agency • ‘Obliviate’x2 • Z is Queen High • Plastic Surgery • True American x2 • Princess -> Queen • Mississippi River • the boo looks good • green light/ jazz x3 • Society chooses life • Turkey with sunglasses • Checkmate + green pill x2 • prolonged and comics are better

Vocab 8 2020-03-05

Vocab 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. substitute
  2. directed rage
  3. dumpster diver
  4. a popular book
  5. opposite of hiding something
  6. antonym of flying
  7. to be next to something
  8. antonym for leaving
  9. to stop something
  10. cold, unfeeling
  11. opposite of honest
Down
  1. opposite of enemy
  2. antonym for invisible
  3. to announce something
  4. invalidate
  5. truthful, heartfelt
  6. bony, thin
  7. steadfast
  8. the big mad
  9. to put something on

20 Clues: steadfast • substitute • invalidate • bony, thin • the big mad • directed rage • dumpster diver • a popular book • cold, unfeeling • opposite of enemy • antonym of flying • to stop something • opposite of honest • truthful, heartfelt • antonym for leaving • to put something on • antonym for invisible • to announce something • to be next to something • opposite of hiding something

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2023-01-10

Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. valley
  2. spreading
  3. boundary
  4. core
  5. core
  6. Drift
  7. zone
Down
  1. boundary
  2. ridge
  3. Wegener
  4. currents
  5. of Plate Tectonics
  6. boundary

13 Clues: core • core • zone • ridge • Drift • valley • Wegener • boundary • currents • boundary • boundary • spreading • of Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a current in a fluid that causes convection
  2. the act of one plate subducting under another
  3. two plates drifting past one another
  4. two plates divide
  5. Alfred Wegener's CDT + Harry Hess's seafloor spreading theory
Down
  1. two plates collide
  2. occur at divergent boundaries
  3. molten rock; hot liquid in the mantle

8 Clues: two plates divide • two plates collide • occur at divergent boundaries • two plates drifting past one another • molten rock; hot liquid in the mantle • a current in a fluid that causes convection • the act of one plate subducting under another • Alfred Wegener's CDT + Harry Hess's seafloor spreading theory

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina 2021-04-06

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina crossword puzzle
Across
  1. At this type of boundary rocks are broken as they grind past each other
  2. Plate that pulls apart
  3. When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
Down
  1. Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other
  2. Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten
  3. plates that pull together or overlap
  4. Inner core of the earth
  5. Lava
  6. The area that marks the tectonic plate.
  7. Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary .

10 Clues: Lava • Inner core of the earth • Plate that pulls apart • plates that pull together or overlap • The area that marks the tectonic plate. • Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary . • Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten • When one convergent plate is more dense than the other • Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundaries that move away from each other
  2. A geological formation that occurs from divergent boundaries
  3. The currents that move the tectonic plates
  4. Ranges of these are created at convergent boundaries
  5. Scientist that proposed the idea of Continental Drift
  6. Molten rock
Down
  1. This occurs when two plates collide and the heavier plate is pushed beneath the thinner plate
  2. Boundaries that move towards one another
  3. Boundaries that slide past each other
  4. The name of all the continents combined

10 Clues: Molten rock • Boundaries that slide past each other • The name of all the continents combined • Boundaries that move towards one another • Boundaries that move away from each other • The currents that move the tectonic plates • Ranges of these are created at convergent boundaries • Scientist that proposed the idea of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundaries that slide past each other
  2. Ranges of these are created at convergent boundaries
  3. The currents that move the tectonic plates
  4. Boundaries that move towards one another
  5. The name of all the continents combined
Down
  1. A geological formation that occurs from divergent boundaries
  2. Molten rock
  3. This occurs when two plates collide and the heavier plate is pushed beneath the thinner plate
  4. Scientist that proposed the idea of Continental Drift
  5. Boundaries that move away from each other

10 Clues: Molten rock • Boundaries that slide past each other • The name of all the continents combined • Boundaries that move towards one another • Boundaries that move away from each other • The currents that move the tectonic plates • Ranges of these are created at convergent boundaries • Scientist that proposed the idea of Continental Drift • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-01-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In a convergent boundary, the plates _______ decides if a subduction zone forms
  2. When a subduction zone occurs, a _______ forms
  3. When two plates collide together
  4. Molten rock
  5. When two plates divide apart from eachother
Down
  1. When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
  2. When a divergent boundary occurs on the ocean floor, a ______________ happens
  3. When two plates slide past eachother
  4. When a divergent boundary occurs on a landmass, a __________ occurs
  5. When a transform boundary occurs, ___________ occur

10 Clues: Molten rock • When two plates collide together • When two plates slide past eachother • When two plates divide apart from eachother • When a subduction zone occurs, a _______ forms • When a transform boundary occurs, ___________ occur • When one convergent plate is more dense than the other • When a divergent boundary occurs on a landmass, a __________ occurs • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Causes earthquakes
  2. A type of boundary that move towards each other
  3. person who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading
  4. what causes tectonic plates to move
Down
  1. rises up during a divergent boundary, forming volcanoes
  2. person who gave the theory of continental drift
  3. A type of boundary that move away from each other
  4. the amount of main boundary there are
  5. _____ is more dense than continental
  6. A zone where the more dense one goes under the less dense one

10 Clues: Causes earthquakes • what causes tectonic plates to move • _____ is more dense than continental • the amount of main boundary there are • person who gave the theory of continental drift • A type of boundary that move towards each other • A type of boundary that move away from each other • person who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading • ...

Plate boundaries crossword puzzle 2024-12-06

Plate boundaries crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs at divergent boundaries
  2. plate boundary where tectonic plates come together/overlap
  3. plate boundary where tectonic plates move in opposite directions
  4. crust that makes up the continents
Down
  1. plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  2. layer of Earth; hot semisolid rock
  3. Earth’s crust found underneath the ocean
  4. steep-sided depression in the ocean
  5. molten rock in the mantle below Earth’s crust
  6. the plate with greater density slides underneath the less dense plate

10 Clues: occurs at divergent boundaries • layer of Earth; hot semisolid rock • crust that makes up the continents • steep-sided depression in the ocean • Earth’s crust found underneath the ocean • molten rock in the mantle below Earth’s crust • plate boundary where tectonic plates come together/overlap • plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other • ...

Divergent 2020-11-05

Divergent crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large marsupial
  2. Likes to chase mice
Down
  1. Has a trunk
  2. Flying mammal
  3. Man's best friend

5 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice

Rocks With Schrock! 2025-09-19

Rocks With Schrock! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Faults caused by tectonic plates breaking apart
  2. An area of volcanic activity that develops above where magma rises in a plume from the mantle
  3. When plates move away from each other
  4. The
  5. The process of plates merging and breaking apart over millions of years
  6. Theory that the lithosphere is broken into several large plates
  7. A semi-rigid part of the mantle that flows like syrup
  8. When plates slide across each other
Down
  1. The theory of continents moving over time
  2. Oceanic crust forms as magma rises and cools
  3. The center of the Earth is called
  4. A chain of mountains underwater caused by divergent plate movement
  5. the flow of air from the core of the Earth
  6. When plates move away from each other

14 Clues: The • The center of the Earth is called • When plates slide across each other • When plates move away from each other • When plates move away from each other • The theory of continents moving over time • the flow of air from the core of the Earth • Oceanic crust forms as magma rises and cools • Faults caused by tectonic plates breaking apart • ...

Science Review 2021-02-03

Science Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is one of the famous transform boundaries
  2. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. two tectonic plates collide
  4. plates move because of heat in Earth's core
Down
  1. occurs when plates have the same density
  2. two tectonic plates divide or pull apart
  3. when magma is forced to the surface of the crust
  4. What valley occurs at a divergent boundary
  5. An oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
  6. a molten or hot rock below the earth's surface

10 Clues: two tectonic plates collide • occurs when plates have the same density • two tectonic plates divide or pull apart • is one of the famous transform boundaries • What valley occurs at a divergent boundary • plates move because of heat in Earth's core • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • a molten or hot rock below the earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina 2021-04-06

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other
  2. When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
  3. The area that marks the tectonic plate.
  4. Inner core of the earth
  5. Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary .
Down
  1. At this type of boundary rocks are broken as they grind past each other
  2. Plate that pulls apart
  3. Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten
  4. plates that pull together or overlap
  5. Lava

10 Clues: Lava • Plate that pulls apart • Inner core of the earth • plates that pull together or overlap • The area that marks the tectonic plate. • Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary . • Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten • When one convergent plate is more dense than the other • Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2023-09-19

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a plate moves under the other.
  2. A line of volcanoes that form a ring-like shape.
  3. Plate boundaries that move together.
  4. A current in the Earth's mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.
  5. A ocean covered tectonic plate.
Down
  1. A tectonic plate that holds a continent.
  2. Plate boundaries that move apart.
  3. A large plate that moves around under the ocean and continents.
  4. Plate boundaries that move parallel
  5. A large dip in the crust where divergent plate separate.

10 Clues: A ocean covered tectonic plate. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • When a plate moves under the other. • Plate boundaries that move parallel • Plate boundaries that move together. • A tectonic plate that holds a continent. • A line of volcanoes that form a ring-like shape. • A large dip in the crust where divergent plate separate. • ...

vocab crossword 2025-11-21

vocab crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by a convergent boundary, plates push onto each other
  2. volcanic activity, often found in the middle of tectonic plates
  3. the cause of Pangea spreading all around the globe
  4. A dip in the earths suface that is bowl-shaped
  5. creates new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges
Down
  1. convergent,divergent,and transform.
  2. created by convergent boundaries, and is a source of magma
  3. when two continental plates converge
  4. vally caused by divergent plates
  5. scientific theory by Alfred Wagner

10 Clues: vally caused by divergent plates • scientific theory by Alfred Wagner • convergent,divergent,and transform. • when two continental plates converge • creates new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges • A dip in the earths suface that is bowl-shaped • the cause of Pangea spreading all around the globe • created by convergent boundaries, and is a source of magma • ...

Tectonic Plates 2024-10-01

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A result of transform plate boundaries
  2. When two tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  3. Creates new crust
  4. A convergent plate boundary when one plate is denser than the other
Down
  1. The movement of energy from place to place
  2. When two tectonic plates collide together
  3. Pieces of Earth's crust that roughly fit together
  4. The hot liquid substance in Earth's mantle
  5. Formed by divergent plate boundaries
  6. Plates The scientific theory on how land forms are created

10 Clues: Creates new crust • Formed by divergent plate boundaries • A result of transform plate boundaries • When two tectonic plates collide together • The movement of energy from place to place • The hot liquid substance in Earth's mantle • Pieces of Earth's crust that roughly fit together • Plates The scientific theory on how land forms are created • ...

science 7b tectonic plates crossword -michael 2024-01-05

science 7b tectonic plates crossword -michael crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed by a divergent plate boundary
  2. are formed when two plates colide at a convergent boundary
  3. happens when two plates slide past each other
  4. a type of boundary where plates move towards eachother
  5. a process were hotter rock floats and colder rock sinks
Down
  1. a rock that forms from magma
  2. a type of boundary where plates slide past eachother
  3. a boundary were plates divide from each other
  4. when one plate does under another
  5. how compact somthing is

10 Clues: how compact somthing is • a rock that forms from magma • when one plate does under another • formed by a divergent plate boundary • a boundary were plates divide from each other • happens when two plates slide past each other • a type of boundary where plates slide past eachother • a type of boundary where plates move towards eachother • ...

Plate Boundaries 2024-01-30

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed at a convergent boundary of two plates with unequal densities
  2. two plates slide past each other
  3. the upper layer of the earth just below the crust
  4. formed at a divergent boundary when magma comes to the surface
  5. caused by two plates passing at a transform boundary
Down
  1. a type of current that moves the plates
  2. two plates move apart
  3. molten rock
  4. two plates come together
  5. formed at a convergent boundary of two plates with the same density

10 Clues: molten rock • two plates move apart • two plates come together • two plates slide past each other • a type of current that moves the plates • the upper layer of the earth just below the crust • caused by two plates passing at a transform boundary • formed at a divergent boundary when magma comes to the surface • ...

Boundaries 2026-02-05

Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Goes towards each other
  2. Where a denser oceanic plate slides beneath a less dense plate into the mantle
  3. Deep depressions in the seafloor formed at subduction zones where the oceanic plate subducts downwards (Two words)
  4. When two continental plates of similar low density meet
  5. The origanal super conteniaint
Down
  1. Shaking of the ground caused by sudden, rapid earth movements
  2. Goes past each other
  3. Made by Convergent Boundaries
  4. Made by divergent ot converget plates
  5. Goes away from each other

10 Clues: Goes past each other • Goes towards each other • Goes away from each other • Made by Convergent Boundaries • The origanal super conteniaint • Made by divergent ot converget plates • When two continental plates of similar low density meet • Shaking of the ground caused by sudden, rapid earth movements • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pushes
  2. apart
  3. Near boundarys
  4. ridge
  5. around
Down
  1. together
  2. tectonics
  3. lava
  4. slide
  5. ocean floor splitting

10 Clues: lava • apart • slide • ridge • Pushes • around • together • tectonics • Near boundarys • ocean floor splitting

Tectonic plates 2022-12-08

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area
  2. up
  3. place
  4. top
Down
  1. down angle
  2. collide
  3. up and down
  4. how much
  5. liquid
  6. down

10 Clues: up • top • area • down • place • liquid • collide • how much • down angle • up and down

Plate tectonics crossword 2026-01-21

Plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a plate with a lower density sink
  2. where two plates slide past eachother
  3. what moves the plates
  4. boiling hot liquid under the earth's surface
Down
  1. the plates that cover the earth
  2. where two plates seperate
  3. this forms at a divergent plate boundary
  4. where two plates collide

8 Clues: what moves the plates • where two plates collide • where two plates seperate • the plates that cover the earth • where two plates slide past eachother • when a plate with a lower density sink • this forms at a divergent plate boundary • boiling hot liquid under the earth's surface

Plate tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plates slide past each other
  2. *Bonus* What is the best color
  3. Formed from a transform boundary
  4. the super continent that was made up of all of the continents
  5. The plates move away
Down
  1. Formed from a convergent boundary
  2. The plates move together
  3. Formed from a divergent boundary

8 Clues: The plates move away • The plates move together • *Bonus* What is the best color • The plates slide past each other • Formed from a divergent boundary • Formed from a transform boundary • Formed from a convergent boundary • the super continent that was made up of all of the continents

Plate Tectonic 2023-09-28

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Honey has a high ____.
  2. What is the fastest waves, can move through solids, liquids, and gasses, and they are the first to be recorded?
  3. What type of boundary do the plates move apart from each other?
  4. Where do the earthquakes occur?
  5. What occurs near transform boundaries?
  6. Subduction occurs most between continental and ocean crust because of ____.
  7. Mountains form when two plates of a ____ crust collides.
  8. The___is found below the surface when the rock breaks along the fault.
  9. An earthquake releases energy in the form of ____.
  10. At the epicenter the most destruction is from?
  11. The difference between magma and lava is ____.
  12. what waves cause the most damage?
Down
  1. Boundaries that move toward each other are ____.
  2. S waves can only move through ____.
  3. Where does seafloor spreading occur?
  4. Resistance of a liquid to flow.
  5. What can travel through solids, arrive 2nd, move side to side and up and down.
  6. where does subduction occur?
  7. Volcanoes at divergent boundaries are found in ____.
  8. explosive eruptions happen with volcanoes that produce____.

20 Clues: Honey has a high ____. • where does subduction occur? • Resistance of a liquid to flow. • Where do the earthquakes occur? • what waves cause the most damage? • S waves can only move through ____. • Where does seafloor spreading occur? • What occurs near transform boundaries? • At the epicenter the most destruction is from? • The difference between magma and lava is ____. • ...

Plate Tectonics Features Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-04

Plate Tectonics Features Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giant cracks in a rock formed by compression or tension
  2. the rocky part of the crust and upper mantle
  3. formed by a divergent boundary on land
  4. a place where lava erupts and forms some mountains
  5. the place where convection currents are happening
  6. when one plate slides beneath another
  7. plate boundary where plates slide parallel
  8. formed when undersea earthquakes push water upwards
  9. formed where magma upwells from a convection current
Down
  1. the type of crust that is thicker
  2. formed when two continental plates collide
  3. the place where old crust is destroyed, deep in the ocean
  4. the type of plate boundary that is at the mid-ocean ridge
  5. the type of plate boundary where plates come together
  6. a vibration of earth's crust caused by plate movement
  7. the less dense and thinner crust
  8. Japan and the Aleutian islands are an example. Formed when subducted crust melts and rises as volcanoes
  9. happens when rocks are slowly compressed over time

18 Clues: the less dense and thinner crust • the type of crust that is thicker • when one plate slides beneath another • formed by a divergent boundary on land • formed when two continental plates collide • plate boundary where plates slide parallel • the rocky part of the crust and upper mantle • the place where convection currents are happening • ...

Inside Earth 2018-03-29

Inside Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An underwater mountain range.(2 Words)
  2. The Lithosphere includes Earth's _____ layers?
  3. The place where 2 plates meet is a _____.
  4. A _____ boundary is where 2 plates collide.
  5. A famous divergent boundary found in the ocean.(3 words)
  6. A_____ boundary is where 2 plates slide past each other.
  7. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust is ____.(3 Words)
  8. The theory of ______ is the theory of plate movement.(2 Words)
Down
  1. The movement of the continents can be described as _____.
  2. What is the Asthenosphere involved with?(2 Words)
  3. When 2 plates collide, the denser plate gets pulled under the other plate. This is called____.
  4. Heat is transferred by ______.
  5. What layer of the Earth formed first?
  6. What causes the mantle to flow?(2 Words)
  7. A _____ boundary is where 2 plates spread apart.
  8. This person developed the theory of Plate Tectonics.
  9. ______ involves harmful waves moving as subatomic particles.
  10. The most common geological events to happen at transform boundaries.

18 Clues: Heat is transferred by ______. • What layer of the Earth formed first? • An underwater mountain range.(2 Words) • What causes the mantle to flow?(2 Words) • The place where 2 plates meet is a _____. • A _____ boundary is where 2 plates collide. • The Lithosphere includes Earth's _____ layers? • A _____ boundary is where 2 plates spread apart. • ...

Divergent Crossword Puzzle 2012-12-15

Divergent Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Peaceful
  2. Tris's full name
  3. The Brave
  4. The Intelligent
  5. The Selfless
Down
  1. Were the story takes place
  2. How many factions there are
  3. Not infected by the injection
  4. Four's real name
  5. The Honest
  6. Tris's boyfriend
  7. The genre of the book

12 Clues: The Brave • The Honest • The Peaceful • The Selfless • The Intelligent • Tris's full name • Four's real name • Tris's boyfriend • The genre of the book • Were the story takes place • How many factions there are • Not infected by the injection

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift 2014-02-11

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten center of the Earth
  2. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  3. Outermost layer of the Earth
  4. Forms from a continental-continental convergent plate boundary
  5. One piece of evidence for plate tectonics
  6. Forms at a divergent plate boundary
  7. The study of the Earth and Earth's processes
  8. Refers to the direction of rock formations found on the ocean floor
  9. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  10. Middle layer of the Earth
Down
  1. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  2. Type of plate boundary that exists where 2 plates colide
  3. Type of plate boundary that exists where 2 plates move apart
  4. Current theory for the movement of continents
  5. Occurs at a transform plate boundary
  6. The name given to the single "super continent" that all of today's continents came from
  7. Type of plate boundary that exists where 2 plates slide past each other
  8. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  9. May form at an oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary
  10. May result from a severe earthquake at an oceanic-continental plate boundary

20 Clues: Middle layer of the Earth • Molten center of the Earth • Outermost layer of the Earth • Forms at a divergent plate boundary • Occurs at a transform plate boundary • One piece of evidence for plate tectonics • One piece of evidence for continental drift • One piece of evidence for continental drift • One piece of evidence for continental drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift
  2. plate boundary where two plates slide against each other
  3. plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. energy release often caused by transform boundaries
  5. divergent plate boundaries, also known as __________ plate boundaries due to new crust being created
  6. in convection, less dense warmer material does this
  7. process by which new crust forms
  8. convergent plate boundaries, also known as __________ plate boundaries because lithosphere returns to the mantle here
  9. landform created when two continental plates converge
  10. large pieces of the lithosphere that slowly drift
  11. in convection, denser cooler material does this
Down
  1. plate boundary where two plates move towards each other
  2. process in the mantle that drives continental drift
  3. chain of volcanoes in the pacific due to subduction zones and upwelling of magma
  4. runs the vertical length of the atlantic ocean
  5. when a denser plate moves under a less dense plate'
  6. female scientist famous for mapping plate boundaries
  7. two types of _________ - Oceanic and continental

18 Clues: process by which new crust forms • runs the vertical length of the atlantic ocean • in convection, denser cooler material does this • two types of _________ - Oceanic and continental • large pieces of the lithosphere that slowly drift • process in the mantle that drives continental drift • energy release often caused by transform boundaries • ...

Divergent 2017-04-23

Divergent crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Has a trunk
  2. Likes to chase mice
  3. Man's best friend
Down
  1. Flying mammal
  2. Large marsupial

5 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice

Divergent 2022-05-26

Divergent crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Divergent book
  2. beaten by AI
Down
  1. Main character
  2. Beat Will
  3. beat up Christina

5 Clues: Beat Will • beaten by AI • Divergent book • Main character • beat up Christina

Plate Tectonics CROSS/SEARCH 2022-01-11

Plate Tectonics CROSS/SEARCH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that Earth's crust is broken into pieces and float on the liquid mantle
  2. occurs at the divergent boundary along the mid-ocean ridge
  3. innermost layer of Earth that is made up of solid metals
  4. slow flowing of mantle material that causes plate movement
  5. the plasticlike layer beneath the lithosphere
  6. second and largest layer of Earth, made up of liquid rock
  7. areas where two or more plates meet
Down
  1. forms at a convergent boundary of two continental crust plates
  2. process where one crust goes under another at a convergent boundary
  3. the crust and upper part of mantle
  4. boundary where two plates slide along each other in opposite directions
  5. pieces of crust that float on the asthenosphere
  6. boundary where two or more plates move apart
  7. boundary where two or more plates collide
  8. formed when two continental crusts diverge
  9. layer of liquid iron and nickle

16 Clues: layer of liquid iron and nickle • the crust and upper part of mantle • areas where two or more plates meet • boundary where two or more plates collide • formed when two continental crusts diverge • boundary where two or more plates move apart • the plasticlike layer beneath the lithosphere • pieces of crust that float on the asthenosphere • ...

Environmental Science Semester 1 2014-11-25

Environmental Science Semester 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This type of boundary involves two tectonic plates rubbing against each other
  2. The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth
  3. This type of volcano occurs in the middle of a tectonic plate
  4. The abyss of the ocean
  5. These are caused by divergent boundaries
  6. The name given for all the water on earth
  7. The first scientist to propose the idea of continental drift
  8. This type of boundary involves two tectonic plates moving apart
  9. The sunlight zone of the ocean
  10. The name for the land mass when all the continents were together
  11. The twilight zone of the ocean
Down
  1. The air around the earth
  2. This are caused by transform boundaries
  3. The dark zone of the ocean
  4. The earth is made up of 12 of these
  5. Absorbs harmful rays from the sun
  6. Currently the deepest part of the ocean
  7. This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer
  8. The outermost layer of the atmosphere
  9. This type of boundary involves two tectonic plates moving towards each other
  10. The trench zone of the ocean
  11. These are caused by convergent boundaries

22 Clues: The abyss of the ocean • The air around the earth • The dark zone of the ocean • The trench zone of the ocean • The sunlight zone of the ocean • The twilight zone of the ocean • Absorbs harmful rays from the sun • The earth is made up of 12 of these • The outermost layer of the atmosphere • This are caused by transform boundaries • Currently the deepest part of the ocean • ...

Science Midterm 2016-12-15

Science Midterm crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convection __________ occur in the mantle.
  2. __________ occurs when the old rock layer is pushed back down into the mantle and melted into magma.
  3. __________ boundaries occur when plates come together.
  4. Seafloor __________ occurs when magma erupts from the Mid-Atlantic ridge and cools and hardens into a new rock layer.
  5. __________ boundaries occur when plates move apart.
  6. __________ are pieces of sand, rock, and other materials.
  7. __________ drift theory is the theory that the continents once fit together but broke apart and slowly drifted apart.
  8. __________ is the movement of weathered rocks.
  9. __________ boundaries occur when plates slide past each other.
  10. Transform boundaries can cause __________ to occur.
  11. Subduction occurs at the __________.
  12. Convergent boundaries can cause __________ to form.
  13. Seafloor spreading occurs at the Mid-Atlantic __________.
Down
  1. __________ rocks are formed from magma cooling and hardening.
  2. Sedimentary rocks are formed from cementation and __________ of sediments.
  3. __________ currents occur when hot magma rises and cool magma sinks over and over.
  4. Divergent boundaries can cause __________ spreading to happen.
  5. __________ rocks are formed from heat and pressure.
  6. When any type of rock is melted, it becomes __________.
  7. __________ is the breaking down of rocks.

20 Clues: Subduction occurs at the __________. • __________ is the breaking down of rocks. • Convection __________ occur in the mantle. • __________ is the movement of weathered rocks. • __________ boundaries occur when plates move apart. • __________ rocks are formed from heat and pressure. • Transform boundaries can cause __________ to occur. • ...

Ebrahim's science crossword puzzle 2024-02-23

Ebrahim's science crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a liquid particles are close together but move past one another.
  2. a liquid changes into a gas.
  3. plates that are moving apart from each other.
  4. when magma cools and hardens.
  5. mantle is the most solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  6. a liquid changes into a solid.
  7. smallest planet in our solar system.
  8. a gas changes into a solid.
  9. word that Ms.Fig uses a lot in class.
Down
  1. a solid, particles are packed together.
  2. plates-are large slabs of rock.
  3. two oceanic plates diverge lava erupts,cools,and forms new oceanic crust.
  4. Rock-are formed from particles of sand,shells,and pebbles.
  5. crust is the solid outermost layer, of the Earth.
  6. a solid changes into a gas.
  7. a gas particles are spread far apart.
  8. a solid changes into a liquid.
  9. is basically sand,shells,and pebbles.
  10. two plates are pushing toward each other.
  11. two plates slide past each other.

20 Clues: a solid changes into a gas. • a gas changes into a solid. • a liquid changes into a gas. • when magma cools and hardens. • a liquid changes into a solid. • a solid changes into a liquid. • plates-are large slabs of rock. • two plates slide past each other. • smallest planet in our solar system. • a gas particles are spread far apart. • is basically sand,shells,and pebbles. • ...

Crossword Puzzle of the Earths Studies 2024-01-13

Crossword Puzzle of the Earths Studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate that is called..
  2. Sphere contained with all water on Earth
  3. Rock that includes the process of cementation and compaction
  4. Something that erupts with lava
  5. First layer of air in the atmosphere
  6. Outermost layer of the Earth
  7. Type of plate boundary that comes towards each other
  8. When something is squeezed together into one
  9. Sphere contained out of all rocks
  10. Type of plate boundary that moves away from each other
  11. Innermost layer of the Earth
  12. Convergent, divergent, and transform are all...
  13. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis are all...
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  1. Contained of the crust and upper mantle
  2. Made from the transform plate boundary
  3. Contained of liquid nickel and iron
  4. Rock made from intense heat and pressure
  5. The current that moves the tectonic plates
  6. Located in the upper mantle and con stained of hot plastic rock
  7. Type of plate boundary that slides or moves past each other
  8. Sphere contained of all living things
  9. Study of rocks
  10. Rock made from melting and cooling

23 Clues: Study of rocks • Outermost layer of the Earth • Innermost layer of the Earth • Something that erupts with lava • Sphere contained out of all rocks • Rock made from melting and cooling • Contained of liquid nickel and iron • First layer of air in the atmosphere • Sphere contained of all living things • Made from the transform plate boundary • ...

Earth Science 2024-12-12

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. common in divergent boundaries where rocks undergo tensional stress
  2. common in San Andreas Fault
  3. change in shape or volume of the rock due to stress
  4. plates moving towards each other
  5. stress exceeds the strength of the rock
  6. rock reverts to original size and shape upon removal of stress
  7. formed by brittle deformation
  8. causes deformations on Earth's landmasses
  9. unequal magnitude of stress from different directions
  10. shaped like a basin
  11. shaped like an arch
Down
  1. vertical motion of rocks along the fault line
  2. simple folds involving only slight bends in one side of rock layers
  3. angle of inclination is less than 45 degrees
  4. rocks above the fault plane
  5. plate slides past another plate
  6. squeezes rocks together
  7. plane blocks of rocks along the fracture
  8. common in convergent boundaries where rocks undergo compressional stress
  9. does not have hanging wall and footwall
  10. results to stretching, bending, or folding of the rock without breaking
  11. rocks below the fault plane
  12. plates move away from each other
  13. formed by compressional forces
  14. circular structure dipping uniformly on all sides
  15. body of rock is pulled apart

26 Clues: shaped like a basin • shaped like an arch • squeezes rocks together • common in San Andreas Fault • rocks above the fault plane • rocks below the fault plane • body of rock is pulled apart • formed by brittle deformation • formed by compressional forces • plate slides past another plate • plates moving towards each other • plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the biggest layer of earths layers
  2. - Consists of Australia, Antarcticaand South America
  3. - The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate and drawn back into the Earth's mantle
  4. - places where plates slide sideways past each other
  5. - The circular motion of liquids or gasses caused by density differences
  6. - The theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today
  7. - Formed when two continental plates collide
  8. - happens in a trench
  9. - the uppermost layer of earth
  10. - created when a divergent boundary happens
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  1. - supercontinent that was in form 300 million years ago
  2. - The place where two plates meet.
  3. - German who came up with the plate tectonics theory
  4. isn’t declared a continent but close to a continent much like India
  5. - a layer made of of iron
  6. - boundary between two colliding plates
  7. - boundary between two plates moving away from each other.
  8. - happens in a trench
  9. - North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia
  10. - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something
  11. - liquid, spans from 7200–9000 degrees

21 Clues: - happens in a trench • - happens in a trench • - a layer made of of iron • - the uppermost layer of earth • - The place where two plates meet. • - the biggest layer of earths layers • - liquid, spans from 7200–9000 degrees • - boundary between two colliding plates • - North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia • - created when a divergent boundary happens • ...

The Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics 2013-05-17

The Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of plate boundary when two continental plates spread apart from each other.
  2. Sedimentary rock is turned to metamorphic rock when ______ and _________ are applied (no spaces).
  3. When compacted and cemented, ___________ is turned to sedimentary rock
  4. These rocks are formed beneath the Earth's surface from the change that occurs due to intense heat and pressure. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
  5. Hot, liquid rock found deep inside the Earth.
  6. cycle The name of the cycle undergone by rocks in the earth's crust.
  7. These rocks are formed when magma cools and hardens. Sometimes the magma cools inside the earth, and other times it erupts onto the surface from volcanoes. They form at divergent boundaries.
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  1. Type of plate boundary when two continental plates are pushed together.
  2. These rocks are formed from particles of sand, shells, pebbles, and other fragments of material. They form at the sea floor then get pushed down at convergent boundaries.
  3. Type of plate boundary when two continental plates are sliding.
  4. Sediment is ___________ together to form sedimentary rock.
  5. __________ turns metamorphic rock into magma.

12 Clues: __________ turns metamorphic rock into magma. • Hot, liquid rock found deep inside the Earth. • Sediment is ___________ together to form sedimentary rock. • Type of plate boundary when two continental plates are sliding. • cycle The name of the cycle undergone by rocks in the earth's crust. • When compacted and cemented, ___________ is turned to sedimentary rock • ...

Plate Boundarys 2022-02-24

Plate Boundarys crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed when a transform boundary occurs
  2. Molten rock found in the mantel
  3. When one plate slides under another
  4. Formed when two plates pull apart to form a rift valley
  5. When two plates pull apart
  6. Formed when two plates collide and they have the same density
Down
  1. Formed when two plates pull apart (divergent boundary)
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. When two plates collide

9 Clues: When two plates collide • When two plates pull apart • Molten rock found in the mantel • When one plate slides under another • When two plates slide past each other • Formed when a transform boundary occurs • Formed when two plates pull apart (divergent boundary) • Formed when two plates pull apart to form a rift valley • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-24

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate slides under another
  2. Formed when two plates collide and they have the same density
  3. When two plates pull apart
  4. Molten rock found in the mantle
  5. Formed when a transform boundary occurs
Down
  1. When two plates collide
  2. Formed when two plates pull apart (divergent boundary)
  3. When two plates slide past each other
  4. Formed when two plates pull apart to form a rift valley

9 Clues: When two plates collide • When two plates pull apart • Molten rock found in the mantle • When one plate slides under another • When two plates slide past each other • Formed when a transform boundary occurs • Formed when two plates pull apart (divergent boundary) • Formed when two plates pull apart to form a rift valley • ...

marine extra credit 2023-10-09

marine extra credit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of crust on land
  2. type of shore with mud
  3. Dead animals and used in fossil fuels
  4. last layer of the earth and is very hot and dense
  5. things formed by tectonic plates which spew lava
  6. lowest tides which are lower than normal low tides. Tectonicplates, the reason the continents have moved to where they are.
  7. highest tides which are higher than normal high tides
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  1. type of boundary where they slide past each other
  2. these are formed by divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and there is a famous one in the Atlantic
  3. type of shore with lots of rocks
  4. things which are emitted from hydrothermal vent
  5. type of shore with sand
  6. type of puzzle and horror film
  7. rise and fall of sea levels
  8. type of crust under ocean
  9. layer of earth between core and crust which is where plate movement happens

16 Clues: type of crust on land • type of shore with mud • type of shore with sand • type of crust under ocean • rise and fall of sea levels • type of puzzle and horror film • type of shore with lots of rocks • Dead animals and used in fossil fuels • things which are emitted from hydrothermal vent • things formed by tectonic plates which spew lava • ...

LO task 1 tectonic plates revision 2024-10-15

LO task 1 tectonic plates revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This section of the earth is over 5000'c
  2. this crust is made of basalt and is heavier
  3. This area of the planet contains all our land and oceans
  4. These are responsible for moving our tectonic plates
  5. An example of a volcano found at a convergent plate boundary
  6. The San Andreas Fault is located in _____________
  7. this crust is made of Granite and is lighter
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  1. the term given for when one plate is forced down into magma
  2. the alternative name for a Divergent plate boundary
  3. the alternative name for a Convergent plate boundary
  4. The ring of ______ is the most tectonically active area on earth
  5. An example of a structure formed from a divergent plate boundary
  6. the alternative name for a Transform plate boundary
  7. This tectonic plate is the largest on Earth
  8. At a convergent boundary, plates move __________ each other
  9. this is the largest section of the earth.

16 Clues: This section of the earth is over 5000'c • this is the largest section of the earth. • this crust is made of basalt and is heavier • This tectonic plate is the largest on Earth • this crust is made of Granite and is lighter • The San Andreas Fault is located in _____________ • the alternative name for a Divergent plate boundary • ...

plate tectonic 2021-12-02

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  2. the chemistry of the earths crust
  3. a rigid layer of the earths crust that is believed to drift slowly
  4. a specialist of the history of the earth recorded in rocks
  5. came up with the theory of continental drift
  6. molten rock in the earths crust
  7. transfer of heat caused by molecular motion of liquid or heat
  8. the movement or study of the movement of the earths crust
  9. movement of one tectonic plate under another
  10. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
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  1. when 2 plates are rubbing up against each other
  2. lower layer of the crust
  3. a large gap made from divergent plates
  4. happens when plates scrape together
  5. a fissure in the earths crust through which gasses explode
  6. when 2 plates are moving away from each other
  7. of or relating to of characteristics of the crust of the moon or the earth
  8. super continent
  9. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earths crust
  10. occurs from convergent plates

20 Clues: super continent • lower layer of the crust • occurs from convergent plates • molten rock in the earths crust • the chemistry of the earths crust • happens when plates scrape together • a large gap made from divergent plates • when 2 plates are moving towards each other • came up with the theory of continental drift • movement of one tectonic plate under another • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes 2014-10-21

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fault with horizontal motion
  2. 90% of the world's earthquakes are along the __________
  3. California's major fault
  4. A plate boundary where plates are moving towards one another
  5. Large wave created by an undersea earthquake
  6. Instrument for measuring earthquakes
  7. Process of one plate sinking beneath another
  8. A plate boundary where plates are sliding past each other
  9. Formed when continental plates spread apart
  10. Discovered continental drift
  11. Southern supercontinent
  12. New oceanic crust is formed during _____ spreading
  13. Northern supercontinent
  14. A more horizontal fault found at convergent boundaries
  15. Supercontinent
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  1. A plate boundary where plates are spreading apart
  2. Fault usually found at divergent boundaries
  3. Worldwide ocean
  4. Organism that provided fossil evidence for continental shift
  5. _____ magnitude scale
  6. Underwater mountain chain along plate boundary
  7. The point on the earth's surface above an earthquake's location
  8. Driving force of continental drift
  9. Formed when two oceanic plates converge
  10. The west coast of North America is made up of many _____ terranes
  11. Fault usually found at convergent boundaries
  12. Fault with vertical motion
  13. Break in the Earth's crust/lithosphere

28 Clues: Supercontinent • Worldwide ocean • _____ magnitude scale • Southern supercontinent • Northern supercontinent • California's major fault • Fault with vertical motion • Fault with horizontal motion • Discovered continental drift • Driving force of continental drift • Instrument for measuring earthquakes • Break in the Earth's crust/lithosphere • Formed when two oceanic plates converge • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-12-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a horse shaped area of volcanoes across the continents
  2. the rock material which lies below the fault plane
  3. the direction the hanging block wall moves in a normal fault
  4. type of convergent boundary the Ring of fire is
  5. the rock material which lies above the fault plane
  6. when two plates move towards each other
  7. type of convergent boundary left after the other questions
  8. the plane along which the the rock or crustal material has fractured
  9. a _______ is a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of crust slip past each other
  10. created by shearing along transform boundaries
  11. two plates sliding past each other
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  1. _________ are formed by divergent boundaries
  2. type of convergent boundary that the Andes mountains is.
  3. best known example of a divergent boundary
  4. Earthquakes, Trenches,Mountains, and _________ are results of convergent boundaries
  5. the direction the hanging block wall moves in a reverse fault
  6. Caused by tension forces where plates diverge
  7. ___________ is formed by transform Boundaries
  8. Caused by compression forces along convergent plates boundaries
  9. When two plates move away from each other

20 Clues: two plates sliding past each other • when two plates move towards each other • When two plates move away from each other • best known example of a divergent boundary • Caused by tension forces where plates diverge • ___________ is formed by transform Boundaries • created by shearing along transform boundaries • type of convergent boundary the Ring of fire is • ...

Plate Motion 2025-11-06

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The top part of the Earth that is thin and solid.
  2. The place where two plates meet.
  3. A long, deep indentation.
  4. What is created by divergent plates moving apart.
  5. Moving toward the same place.
  6. The semi-fluid part of Earth’s layers, located right underneath the lithosphere.
  7. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  8. How often or fast something happens.
  9. One of the continents that the Mesosaurus fossils were found on.
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  1. The force that moves Earth’s plates.
  2. What Earth’s outer layer is made out of under the ocean and land.
  3. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates.
  4. To examine in detail for a purpose.
  5. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  6. The sudden shaking of Earth’s surface.
  7. The very center of the Earth, made of iron
  8. Moving apart in different directions
  9. The very outer layer of the Earth.
  10. What scientist Alfred Wegener named the supercontinent that was here long ago.
  11. The dinosaur fossil that was found on both South America and Africa because of plate tectonics.

20 Clues: A long, deep indentation. • Moving toward the same place. • The place where two plates meet. • The very outer layer of the Earth. • To examine in detail for a purpose. • The force that moves Earth’s plates. • Moving apart in different directions • How often or fast something happens. • The sudden shaking of Earth’s surface. • The very center of the Earth, made of iron • ...