divergent Crossword Puzzles
Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-05-06
Across
- Occurs at a divergent boundary
- Two Tectonic plates come together or overlap
- is the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
- When two plates slide past each other
Down
- molten rock underground
- Two tectonic plates moving in the opposite directions of the other
- is a current in a fluid that results from convection.
7 Clues: molten rock underground • Occurs at a divergent boundary • When two plates slide past each other • Two Tectonic plates come together or overlap • is a current in a fluid that results from convection. • Two tectonic plates moving in the opposite directions of the other • ...
All About Kaylee Sara Kudlats 2014-01-05
Across
- My best friend
- My middle name
- Divergent or Hungergames
- Fashionista or not
- Where is my cottage
- Who in my grade that you know goes to camp with me
- PIano or guitar
Down
- My dogs full name
- Mahone My favourite famous boy
- Grande My favourite famous girl
- What camp do I go to
- My favourite app
- My favourite show
- My favourite song
- Dance or Gymnastcs
15 Clues: My best friend • My middle name • PIano or guitar • My favourite app • My dogs full name • My favourite show • My favourite song • Fashionista or not • Dance or Gymnastcs • Where is my cottage • What camp do I go to • Divergent or Hungergames • Mahone My favourite famous boy • Grande My favourite famous girl • Who in my grade that you know goes to camp with me
Plate Boundaries 2021-04-01
Across
- to plates move together
- plate sinks below
- two oceanic crust diverge
- new ocean floor created
- sea flor spreading
- coming together
- two continental crust diverge
- earthquakes cause them
Down
- to continental plates collide
- when two plates converge
- crust a thin layer of crust that under lines the basins
- moving apart
- two continental crust collide
- a long chain of volcanoes
- sliding past each other
15 Clues: moving apart • coming together • plate sinks below • sea flor spreading • earthquakes cause them • to plates move together • new ocean floor created • sliding past each other • when two plates converge • two oceanic crust diverge • a long chain of volcanoes • two continental crust collide • two continental crust diverge • to continental plates collide • ...
BEANZ 2021-10-13
Across
- The second closest layer to the surface
- The outermost layer of the earth
- Increasing pressure
- Easy to break
- see-through
- solid metal
- The outer layer of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- moving away
Down
- moving toward
- strain or tightness
- pliable
- The upper layer of the earth's mantle
- liquid metal
- A deep place
- moving sideways past each other
15 Clues: pliable • see-through • solid metal • moving away • liquid metal • A deep place • moving toward • Easy to break • strain or tightness • Increasing pressure • moving sideways past each other • The outermost layer of the earth • The upper layer of the earth's mantle • The second closest layer to the surface • The outer layer of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Vocabulary 2021-09-21
Across
- reliable.
- or expressing pensive sadness.
- gentle and kindly.
- nostalgia.
- truthful and straightforward; frank.
- given to expressing divergent or opposite
- able to be trusted as being accurate or
- characterized by or exhibiting feelings
- showing a lack of respect for people or
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- or dispassionate.
- that are generally taken
- separate or disconnected.
- is being kind
- not having any serious purpose or value.
- characterized by reserve or moderation;
15 Clues: reliable. • nostalgia. • is being kind • or dispassionate. • gentle and kindly. • that are generally taken • separate or disconnected. • or expressing pensive sadness. • truthful and straightforward; frank. • characterized by reserve or moderation; • able to be trusted as being accurate or • characterized by or exhibiting feelings • showing a lack of respect for people or • ...
plate boundaries 2021-11-02
Across
- plates moving laterally
- movement of continents
- less dense but bigger
- containing crust and upper mantle
- all continents together
- crust going under crust
- founder of continental drift theory
- plates moving away from each other
Down
- with and without subduction
- underwater mountains
- cooled magma moving ocean crust
- black smoke and heated water
- how the continents move
- subduction against continent plate
- more dense but smaller
15 Clues: underwater mountains • less dense but bigger • movement of continents • more dense but smaller • plates moving laterally • how the continents move • all continents together • crust going under crust • with and without subduction • black smoke and heated water • cooled magma moving ocean crust • containing crust and upper mantle • subduction against continent plate • ...
Cooper 2021-12-15
Across
- a b c o r
- Made of humus
- cooled magma inside the surface
- move away
- how a mineral reflects
- Mid Atlantic ridge `
- mass divided by volume
Down
- sinks under
- Ability for air and water pass through
- a mixture you can by at store
- earths crust and a part of the mantel
- Made up of two layers
- at the very bottom
- center
- pieces of rock
15 Clues: center • a b c o r • move away • sinks under • Made of humus • pieces of rock • at the very bottom • Mid Atlantic ridge ` • Made up of two layers • how a mineral reflects • mass divided by volume • a mixture you can by at store • cooled magma inside the surface • earths crust and a part of the mantel • Ability for air and water pass through
Plate Motion Vocabulary 2022-10-07
Across
- Examination
- A long, deep, indentation in the mantle
- Underwater mountain range
- magma go boom
- Where the two plates meet
- The inside
- Two fragments of the earth
- How often or fast something happens
Down
- Something we observe that goes over and over
- A place made up of states
- earth goes rattle rattle
- Outer layer of the earth
- Together
- Magma under the earth
- Away
15 Clues: Away • Together • The inside • Examination • magma go boom • Magma under the earth • earth goes rattle rattle • Outer layer of the earth • A place made up of states • Underwater mountain range • Where the two plates meet • Two fragments of the earth • How often or fast something happens • A long, deep, indentation in the mantle • Something we observe that goes over and over
Word Wizard Unit 11 2024-10-01
8 Clues: unhappy • to steal • deception • to reproach • false story/rumor • divergent/ peripheral • to adapt / get used to • fundamental elements/first principles
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-09
Divergent 2022-05-26
Plate Motion Vocab Words 2021-03-26
Across
- Boundary: Where two or more plates collide, one plate eventually slides beneath the other.
- Outer Layer: The outer layer that contains solid rock, we stand on the surface on the outer layer it is under the surface.
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- Boundary: When two tectonic plates move away from each other
- Plate: pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle that cause continental drift.
- A scientist who studies land and fossils
- The land part of Earth
- Boundary: There are three types of tectonic boundaries convergent, divergent and transform.
Down
- A scientist who studies fossils and Earth
- Layer: Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
- Is obtained by drilling underground and showing scientists how the Earth looks beneath the surface
- A preserved specimen of a living thing
- how often or fast something happens
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface.
- Global Positioning System is used to track the motion of Earth’s plates. It requires 3 satellites in space and receivers on Earth.
- a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core
16 Clues: The land part of Earth • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface. • A preserved specimen of a living thing • A scientist who studies land and fossils • A scientist who studies fossils and Earth • a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • Boundary: When two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...
TEst 2023-03-24
Unit 5 Earth 2023-04-20
Across
- giant wave usually caused by earthquake beneath the ocean floor
- oceanic plate collides with another plate sliding under because it is denser
- source of an earthquake
- boundary formed when 2 tectonic plates collide or converge
- formation of new oceanic crust as the seafloor is forced apart at mid-ocean ridges by convection currents in the mantle
- mountain ranges formed by convergent boundary
- extremely deep areas in the ocean caused by subducting plate
- boundary that forms when 2 tectonic plates slide by each other in opposite direction
- crack anywhere in the earths surface; ground slides in 2 different directions
Down
- mountains formed where a one continental plate subducts beneath another
- when 2 plates collide or converge, the force of gravity pulls the plate deeper into the mantle
- series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
- weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces, forms volcanic islands
- when convection currents cause magma to rise to the surface and force 2 plates apart
- boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- deep valley that forms where 2 tectonic plate move apart at a divergent boundary
16 Clues: source of an earthquake • mountain ranges formed by convergent boundary • series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone • boundary formed when 2 tectonic plates collide or converge • extremely deep areas in the ocean caused by subducting plate • giant wave usually caused by earthquake beneath the ocean floor • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14
Crossword novel project 2022-10-05
Across
- the Erudite faction representative
- mocking or insulting manner
- divergent who was originally from candor
- Main character
- Caleb's dad
- the state of having little or money and possessions
- Fours father
- to refuse or deny oneself
- Only having 4 fears
- People who are brave, strong, and fearless
Down
- have an influence upon
- a state of friendship and cordiality
- selfless
- Make ones way by pushing or shoving
- the act starting something
- Tris brother
- the way a person behaves toward other people
- Tris Mom
- sharp and harsh
19 Clues: selfless • Tris Mom • Caleb's dad • Tris brother • Fours father • Main character • sharp and harsh • Only having 4 fears • have an influence upon • to refuse or deny oneself • the act starting something • mocking or insulting manner • the Erudite faction representative • Make ones way by pushing or shoving • a state of friendship and cordiality • divergent who was originally from candor • ...
Ali Ferooz 2020-10-23
Across
- for what I love.
- for other.
- tending to be different or develop.
- surrender.
- persuading a politician to vote for.
- partially excusing or justifying.
- is happens when you're bored in class.
- balancing the the friendliness of relations.
- well meaning and kindly.
Down
- of that unworthy consideration.
- a rushing waitress refusing to chat.
- qualified.
- misfortune or difficulties.
- a very nice a pleasant astute.
- of that building.
- is a person lacking significant overused.
- is the best political person to understand the peoples needs.
- feeling or showing caution.
- unemotional.
19 Clues: qualified. • for other. • surrender. • unemotional. • for what I love. • of that building. • well meaning and kindly. • misfortune or difficulties. • feeling or showing caution. • a very nice a pleasant astute. • of that unworthy consideration. • partially excusing or justifying. • tending to be different or develop. • a rushing waitress refusing to chat. • ...
Plate Boundaries 2023-01-24
Across
- divergent, convergent, and transform
- openings, or vents where lava,small rocks and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
- molten rock that is underground
- a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
- break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics
- mountain range separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau
- where the cold oceanic lithosphere sinks back into the mantle and is recycled
- two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
Down
- tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
- slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
- of fire a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
- molten rock that breaks through the Earth's surface
- any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks
- slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
- Convection currents transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock.
- continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California
- two or more lithospheric plates collide
17 Clues: molten rock that is underground • divergent, convergent, and transform • two or more lithospheric plates collide • tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other • molten rock that breaks through the Earth's surface • two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics • ...
Vocabulary words week 1-3 2021-10-16
12 Clues: different • make known • unavoidable • match or surpass • strongly suggest • extract from a film • revelation of information • examine or inspect closely • the ability to recover quickly • a short story about a real incident • two or more things come together as a whole • having a strong effect on someone/something
Vocabulary Words: Weeks 1-3 2021-10-23
Across
- Inspect something thoroughly
- For seeable event
- Imitate or portray something similarly
- Express/communicate something to someone
- Differentiate from others
- Leaving a mental or physical effect behind
- Unveil or uncover certain information
Down
- Transforming into uniformity
- Recover back up from something
- Indirectly reference something
- Fragment/portion of a text
- Short story or narrative
12 Clues: For seeable event • Short story or narrative • Differentiate from others • Fragment/portion of a text • Transforming into uniformity • Inspect something thoroughly • Recover back up from something • Indirectly reference something • Unveil or uncover certain information • Imitate or portray something similarly • Express/communicate something to someone • ...
Plate Tectonics Review Crossword 2025-12-01
Across
- Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- Tectonics, The theory that Earth's crust is broken into plates that move because of convection currents in the mantle.
- Current, Current caused by rising heated (less dense) material and sinking cooled (denser) material in the mantle.
- Boundary, Boundary where two plates collide.
- Process where an oceanic plate sinks beneath another plate, often forming volcanoes.
- Ridge, Underwater chain of mountains formed at divergent plate boundaries.
Down
- Boundary, Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
- Spreading, Process where new oceanic crust forms as magma rises and hardens at mid-ocean ridges.
- Sudden shaking of Earth's surface often produced when plates move past or collide.
- Landform created when two continental plates collide.
10 Clues: Boundary, Boundary where two plates collide. • Landform created when two continental plates collide. • Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Ridge, Underwater chain of mountains formed at divergent plate boundaries. • Boundary, Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...
narnarbinks 2025-04-12
Across
- should we steal from uniqlo?
- lil green characters
- questionable movie
- how could u pull the plug
- reflections
- worst character in invincible
- u wanna get ___ :)?
Down
- what we need to do
- what we look forward to every monday
- what we need to do
- wheres the ___?
- what wee need to do
- you dont have one
- i used to always beat you at ___
- what you make me
15 Clues: reflections • wheres the ___? • what you make me • you dont have one • what we need to do • what we need to do • questionable movie • what wee need to do • u wanna get ___ :)? • lil green characters • how could u pull the plug • should we steal from uniqlo? • worst character in invincible • i used to always beat you at ___ • what we look forward to every monday
Tectonic Plates 2021-09-28
10 Clues: spreads apart • largest layer • outer most layer • inner most layer • all of the earth • creates mountians • second to last layer • slides past each other • causes the plates to move • when sliding past each other they are touching
Ethan Riley 2021-12-15
10 Clues: Is erosion • means fire • is moving < > • is Weathering • forms from wed • Is the thickest layer • is from chemical weathering • is d horizon in soil profiles • is made out of organic materials • means weathering,erosion,deposition
Plates 2023-09-27
10 Clues: where plates met • layer with magma • form by dounarys • shaking by plates • where plates cross • where volcansoe happen • plates that move toghert • layer that people live on • the sections of the earth • boundary plates that move apart
Vocab words 2026-01-21
10 Clues: slide • divide • collide • preserved remains • circulation of mantle • Alfred Wegner's theory • new oceanic crust forms • mountain range on seafloor • when one plate goes underneath another • the super continent from 250 million years ago
Bundle 1 crossword 2024-09-17
12 Clues: brings cold • brings warmth • average weather • source of energy • heat rises cold sinks • drives into each other • slides past each other • streams of moving water • drives away from each other • earth one big piece of land • rotating storm of low pressure • Physical state at a certain place in time
Sea Floor Spreading 2017-09-25
Across
- a boundary that forms when two plates come together
- stes that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in slow, constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
- an underwater mountain range where new sea floor is created
- the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of a mid-ocean ridge and new crust is added
- the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench
- a boundary where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions
- theory that the continents slowly moved over the Earth's surface
- means all lands and formed the super continent in Wegener's Theory
- the lithosphere is broken into these separate sections
Down
- a boundary where two plates move apart
- breaks in the Earth's crust where the rocks have slipped past each other
- place where the oceanic crust bends downward and sinks back into the mantle
- a device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and records the echoes of the sound waves
- any trace of ancient organisms that have been preserved in rock
- a deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary
- a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
16 Clues: a boundary where two plates move apart • a boundary that forms when two plates come together • a deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary • the lithosphere is broken into these separate sections • an underwater mountain range where new sea floor is created • any trace of ancient organisms that have been preserved in rock • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11
Across
- A place where two plates move away from each other is called a ______ boundary
- A place where two plates move towards each other is called a ________ boundary
- The Indian Australian plate is moving _____ the Eurasian plate.
- Place where two plates meet
- The ___________________ is at a divergent plate boundary, where new ocean is being created
- The _______ fault in California is an example of a transform boundary
- When two continental plates collide, it can form _________
- The ____ plate is between the pacific and south american plates
Down
- When one plate moves under another, it is called _______
- Plate tectonics is driven by _______ in the mantle, which interacts with the crust of the Earth
- When oceanic crust sinks underneath continental crust, one of these can form under water
- A place where two plates slide next to each other is called a _______ boundary
- Plate tectonics builds upon Alfred Wegener's theory of continental _______
- The _______'s are an example of what can form at a convergent plate boundary
- the pacific plate is moving ______ from the Nazca plate
- These can form at convergent plate boundaries. This is why we have the Ring of Fire around the pacific ocean.
16 Clues: Place where two plates meet • the pacific plate is moving ______ from the Nazca plate • When one plate moves under another, it is called _______ • When two continental plates collide, it can form _________ • The Indian Australian plate is moving _____ the Eurasian plate. • The ____ plate is between the pacific and south american plates • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03
10 Clues: an area • steep hill • long or narrow • relating to ocean • breaks earthquakes • crash into each other • slide past each other • shaking on the ground • has lava and is like a mountain • divorce/separate from each other
ACT Vocabulary 4 2015-03-24
10 Clues: follow an example • improve or augment • tiring or weakening • sharing of feelings • to regard with scorn • dishonor or disgrace • momentary or fleeting • irritation or frustration • quickly fading or disappearing • moving apart or to develop in different directions
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-27
10 Clues: Slides • Moves plates • Collides plates • Plates spread apart • Valleys in the ocean • Lava under the surface • Happens when plates collide • Mountains with lava in them • happens when plates are apart • Happens with transform boundary
Tectonic Plates 2021-09-29
10 Clues: all of earth • spreads apart • largest layer • inner most layer • outer most layer • creates mountains • second to last layer • slides past each other • the current that what they move • when sliding were they are touching each other
Plate tectonics 2023-09-29
10 Clues: plates slide • Mantle currents • from the mantle • plates move apart • plates move together • what plates slide on • formed from two plates apart • one plate goes other another • formed from two plates sliding • formed from two plates together
Plate Tectonics 2022-03-09
Across
- separate from each other
- slide against each other
- moves towards each other
- Layer that moves these plates
- the place that was called when plates were together
- Plate of North America
- cause by convergent
- caused by convergent
- Plate of Asia
- Plate of Africa
- the plates what forever?
- denser plate sink below the other plate
Down
- Plate of Antarctic
- caused by convergent
- Plate of South America
- cause by transform
- Plate of Australian
- Plate of Europe
- How many Major plates
- earth surface that moves with respect with of each other
20 Clues: Plate of Asia • Plate of Europe • Plate of Africa • Plate of Antarctic • cause by transform • Plate of Australian • cause by convergent • caused by convergent • caused by convergent • How many Major plates • Plate of South America • Plate of North America • separate from each other • slide against each other • moves towards each other • the plates what forever? • Layer that moves these plates • ...
Earth's Interior Processes 2024-05-19
Across
- it is the very hot, very dense center of the Earth's interior.
- it is composed of magma that erupts on the seafloor to create basalt lava flows or cools deeper down.
- it is the mostly sold bulk of Earth's interior.
- this is when two plates slides past each other.
- it refers to the process of rising hot mantle material and sinking colder material.
- a German Scientist that published two articles about a concept called Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
- this is when two plates meet together.
- it is made up of many different types of igneous, metamorphic. and sedimentary rocks.
- the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
- it is the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of a new ocean floor.
- these are series of pieces, or tectonic plates, that move slowly over time.
- this is when two plates separates from each other.
- it is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created because of Earth's subterranean movements.
13 Clues: this is when two plates meet together. • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • it is the mostly sold bulk of Earth's interior. • this is when two plates slides past each other. • this is when two plates separates from each other. • it is the very hot, very dense center of the Earth's interior. • ...
Braylon 1st 2022-09-30
Across
- original supercontinent
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- crust and upper mantle
- plates spread
- plates slide past each other
- plates move together
- hot solid rock below crust
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gases
Down
- soft layer below lithosphere
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- sideways and downward movement
- movement of heat energy through space
- solid outer
- movement of heat from one solid to another
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • divergent boundary on land • hot solid rock below crust • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • ...
Ella word wall 1 2021-10-20
Across
- soft layer below lithosphere
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- plates slide past each other
- hot solid rock below the crust
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system
Down
- sideways and downward movement
- plates move together
- plates spread
- solid outer
- original supercontinent
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- movement of heat energy through space
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • hot solid rock below the crust • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
Types of Thinking 2025-01-27
Across
- Based on feelings and experiences.
- Generating new ideas.
- Evaluating information objectively.
- Choosing between options.
- Breaking down information.
- Storing and recalling information.
- Intelligence: Understanding and managing emotions.
- Judging the worth.
- Combining parts to make a whole.
Down
- Exploring many possibilities.
- Intelligences: Gardner's theory of many minds.
- Focusing on a task.
- Theory: Sternberg's three-part theory.
- Finding solutions.
- Using reason and evidence.
- Seeking the single best answer.
- Thinking about your own thinking.
17 Clues: Finding solutions. • Judging the worth. • Focusing on a task. • Generating new ideas. • Choosing between options. • Using reason and evidence. • Breaking down information. • Exploring many possibilities. • Seeking the single best answer. • Combining parts to make a whole. • Thinking about your own thinking. • Based on feelings and experiences. • Storing and recalling information. • ...
Words you should know before 7th grade 2020-10-06
Across
- the dismissing of an idea
- accept or endure
- be suspicious of
- a favorable position
- to make something suitable for a new purpose
- frequently reoccurring
- achieve or complete
Down
- sudden and unexpected
- a person who carries out research
- tending to be different
- a strong desire to achieve something
- formally put an end to
12 Clues: accept or endure • be suspicious of • achieve or complete • a favorable position • sudden and unexpected • formally put an end to • frequently reoccurring • tending to be different • the dismissing of an idea • a person who carries out research • a strong desire to achieve something • to make something suitable for a new purpose
Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries 2024-04-29
Across
- When 2 plates push against each other (can cause the creation of mountains and volcanoes)
- Is created at a transform boundary (San Andreas _______).
- There are two types. Continental and Oceanic.
- Ridge Is created by divergent boundaries and occurs when two OCEANIC PLATES move away from each other.
- When 2 plates slide past each other (this boundary created the San Andreas Fault)
Down
- When 2 plates move away from each other (they don't occur at continent to oceanic boundaries)
- The convection currents in this layer cause tectonic plates to move.
- The layer below the lithosphere.
- When 2 plates collide and the less dense one is pushed under the other (creates volcanoes)
- Occurs at a transform boundary. Its magnitude is recorded on a Richter scale.
10 Clues: The layer below the lithosphere. • There are two types. Continental and Oceanic. • Is created at a transform boundary (San Andreas _______). • The convection currents in this layer cause tectonic plates to move. • Occurs at a transform boundary. Its magnitude is recorded on a Richter scale. • ...
Plate Tectonics Review Crossword 2025-12-01
Across
- Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- Tectonics, The theory that Earth's crust is broken into plates that move because of convection currents in the mantle.
- Current, Current caused by rising heated (less dense) material and sinking cooled (denser) material in the mantle.
- Boundary, Boundary where two plates collide.
- Process where an oceanic plate sinks beneath another plate, often forming volcanoes.
- Ridge, Underwater chain of mountains formed at divergent plate boundaries.
Down
- Boundary, Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
- Spreading, Process where new oceanic crust forms as magma rises and hardens at mid-ocean ridges.
- Sudden shaking of Earth's surface often produced when plates move past or collide.
- Landform created when two continental plates collide.
10 Clues: Boundary, Boundary where two plates collide. • Landform created when two continental plates collide. • Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Ridge, Underwater chain of mountains formed at divergent plate boundaries. • Boundary, Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...
cheeto 2021-03-23
Across
- crocodile-like dinosaur
- crust of the earth
- an isle of land
- upper mantle
- scientist of the continental drift theory
- it causes continents to move
Down
- pieces of the lithosphere that moves
- remains of what was once alive
- downward movement of a tectonic plate
- a deep valley
- marks on rocks from glaciers
- to move apart
- to move together
- molten rock
14 Clues: molten rock • upper mantle • a deep valley • to move apart • an isle of land • to move together • crust of the earth • crocodile-like dinosaur • marks on rocks from glaciers • it causes continents to move • remains of what was once alive • pieces of the lithosphere that moves • downward movement of a tectonic plate • scientist of the continental drift theory
ACT Vocabulary 4 2015-03-24
10 Clues: follow an example • improve or augment • tiring or weakening • sharing of feelings • to regard with scorn • dishonor or disgrace • momentary or fleeting • irritation or frustration • quickly fading or disappearing • moving apart or to develop in different directions
ACT Vocabulary 4 2015-03-24
10 Clues: follow an example • improve or augment • tiring or weakening • sharing of feelings • to regard with scorn • dishonor or disgrace • momentary or fleeting • irritation or frustration • quickly fading or disappearing • moving apart or to develop in different directions
earth 2022-01-05
10 Clues: out part • fluid layer • inner most layer • 2 plates collide • pleas coming apart • mostly solid layer • layer near the surface • plates move horizontally • were rocks and plants start forming • where water or things start to crack
Marquise p 4 2022-09-30
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- movement of heat energy through space
- crust and mantle
- soft outer layer below lithosphere
- original supercontinent
- Sideways and downward movement
- movement of heat from one solid object to
- plates slide past each other
- divergent boundary on land
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- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- hot solid rock below crust
- plates spread
- liquid and solid center
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- underwater mountain system
- plates move together
- solid outer layer
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes ocur
17 Clues: plates spread • crust and mantle • solid outer layer • plates move together • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • hot solid rock below crust • underwater mountain system • divergent boundary on land • plates slide past each other • Sideways and downward movement • soft outer layer below lithosphere • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
ACT Vocabulary 2020-10-16
Across
- short amusing story
- difficulties or misfortune
- temporary departure from main subject
- to refrain from something
- ability to share feelings of another
- leader who appeals to desires
- concerned with beauty
- serving as a desirable model
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- tending to be different
- express severe disapproval
- showing feeling of superiority
- causing harm or damage
- showing great care
- lasting for a very short time
- settle a dispute with concessions
- to match or surpass a person
- to shorten
17 Clues: to shorten • showing great care • short amusing story • concerned with beauty • causing harm or damage • tending to be different • to refrain from something • express severe disapproval • difficulties or misfortune • to match or surpass a person • serving as a desirable model • lasting for a very short time • leader who appeals to desires • showing feeling of superiority • ...
Ellisha Anger 4th 2021-09-27
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- plates slide past eachother
- warm rises, cool sinks
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes appear
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- hot solid rock below crust
- original supercontinent
- soft layer below lithosphere
- liquid and solid center
- underwater mountain system and seafloorspreading
Down
- sideways and downward movement
- plate move together
- of heat energy through space
- plates spread
- divergent boundary on land
- solid outer layer
- crust and upper mantle
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
17 Clues: plates spread • solid outer layer • plate move together • warm rises, cool sinks • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • divergent boundary on land • hot solid rock below crust • plates slide past eachother • of heat energy through space • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
Ella word wall 1 2021-10-20
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- soft layer below lithosphere
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- plates slide past each other
- hot solid rock below the crust
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system
Down
- sideways and downward movement
- plates move together
- plates spread
- solid outer
- original supercontinent
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- movement of heat energy through space
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • hot solid rock below the crust • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
Plate Tectonic and Sea Floor Spreading Vocab 2024-10-22
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- The floor of sea
- Plates slide across each other
- Another name for hills
- An idea and possible fact
- Plates moving away from eachother
- Worlds mainland's
- Plate covers one another
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- Layer of crust and upper mantle
- Covers earth and moves
- Scientist who studies earthquakes
- Deep fracture in earth
- Theory continents used to be one
- Earth's outside layer
- Plates moving towards each other
- Movement by warm/cool fluids
- Moving pieces on earth
- Plates form mountains, crashing together
17 Clues: The floor of sea • Worlds mainland's • Earth's outside layer • Covers earth and moves • Deep fracture in earth • Another name for hills • Moving pieces on earth • Plate covers one another • An idea and possible fact • Movement by warm/cool fluids • Plates slide across each other • Layer of crust and upper mantle • Theory continents used to be one • Plates moving towards each other • ...
Restless Earth 2014-04-30
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- A landscape feature
- How many plate Boundaries
- location in Australia and the world
- how landforms are made
- a current in tectonic plates
- were are some of the high mountains
- when tectonic plates come together
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- were Mt Mckinley
- location of a mountain
- occurs beneath oceanic lithosphere
- something that convergents do
- A feature of landforms
- a type of lanform
- Giant water wave
14 Clues: were Mt Mckinley • Giant water wave • a type of lanform • A landscape feature • location of a mountain • how landforms are made • A feature of landforms • How many plate Boundaries • a current in tectonic plates • something that convergents do • occurs beneath oceanic lithosphere • when tectonic plates come together • location in Australia and the world • ...
Risolvilo e scoprirai il tuo regalo di compleanno! 2023-02-07
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- Abbiamo passato una notte dondolando
- è un segno matematico
- Inizia dopo l'ora del te
- Raggruppamento omogeneo
- Le strofino quando ho freddo
- L'interrogativo del sordo
- Articolo determinativo femminile plurale
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- 300gr
- Questo sa fare un'artista
- Nel limone e nella pigna
- C'è l'ufficio di quelli smarriti
- Il soprannome del protagonista di Divergent
- Quello nero di Wall Street
- Noi collocheremo in un posto
14 Clues: 300gr • è un segno matematico • Raggruppamento omogeneo • Nel limone e nella pigna • Inizia dopo l'ora del te • Questo sa fare un'artista • L'interrogativo del sordo • Quello nero di Wall Street • Noi collocheremo in un posto • Le strofino quando ho freddo • C'è l'ufficio di quelli smarriti • Abbiamo passato una notte dondolando • Articolo determinativo femminile plurale • ...
Vocabulary words week 1-3 2021-10-16
12 Clues: different • make known • unavoidable • match or surpass • strongly suggest • extract from a film • revelation of information • examine or inspect closely • the ability to recover quickly • a short story about a real incident • two or more things come together as a whole • having a strong effect on someone/something
Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-01-24
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- divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
- Which scientist is credited for first proposing Plate Tectonics Theory?
- A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other.
- When plates collide the plate that is __________ will subduct (go beneath the other).
- convergence more dense oceanic plate dives under continental plate. forms a trench. causes volcanoes, and earthquakes (Andes Mountains)
- Theory that great slabs or plates of Earth's outer layer float on a hot, semi-molten mantle. All plates are moving slowly and have rafted continents to new positions over time
- Scientists believe that convection currents in the __________ is responsible for the movement of the plates that form the Earth's crust.
- Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.
- The ___ _______ Fault in California is a transform plate boundary.
- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
- What do you call the process of hot rock rising, cooling, and then sinking?
- A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.
- A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide into each other.
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- Areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid oceanic ridges or rift valleys.
- Areas where two plates grind past each other resulting in faults such as the San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes often occur at fault lines.
- Areas where plates move toward each other and collide, causing uplift or subduction.
- The MOST recently (newest) formed crust of the Earth would be found at a...
- happens where 2 continental plates collide and push up creating mountain ranges
- Tectonic Plates which are largely comprised of less dense granite
- When a collision between two plates pushes the denser plate into and under the other plate __________ takes place.
- When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.
- Movements within Earth's mantle that cause tectonic plates to collide, separate, or slide past each other are called __________ __________.
- proposed the theory of seafloor spreading
- At a __________ plate boundary new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other.
- single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
- Divergent boundaries create new __________.
- tectonic plate that lies under an ocean comprised of denser basalt
27 Clues: proposed the theory of seafloor spreading • Divergent boundaries create new __________. • divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean • Tectonic Plates which are largely comprised of less dense granite • The ___ _______ Fault in California is a transform plate boundary. • tectonic plate that lies under an ocean comprised of denser basalt • ...
Unit Two Review: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior 2023-11-12
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- The upward force that allows objects to float.
- It is the ________ dense plate that stays above at a convergent boundary.
- This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
- Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
- Heat transferred through rapid collision of materials in a solid.
- The outer and inner core are made up of __________ in a solid and liquid form.
- The land feature created at a divergent continental - continental boundary - it's currently happening in Iceland!
- The center of the Earth.
- The word to describe something like toothpaste; not a liquid but not quite a solid.
- The type of crust that is underwater.
- When magma comes to Earth's surface in the middle of a tectonic plate.
- This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move along each other.
- Divergent boundaries are where the ___________ crust forms.
- The land feature that does not occur at a continental - continental plate boundary.
- Earth has a solid core because the ___________ is so intense.
- The layer of molten rock between Earth's crust and its core.
- Convergent boundaries are where you can find Earth's _________ crust.
- The ground shaking event that occurs at every plate boundary.
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- The type of crust that is above the ocean.
- The location where one tectonic plate subducts under another.
- More sense solutions will _________.
- The mantle is made of heated ________.
- The movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the hot core to the cooler crust.
- This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
- The rising and falling of mantle as it cools and becomes more dense and warms to become less dense creates a _____________________.
- A measure of how much mass is in a given volume.
- The land feature that is created at a continental - continental boundary.
- The very top layer of the Earth that we walk on every day.
- Liquefied by heat
- What is the name of the super continent scientists believe existed 220 million years ago?
- The state in the U.S. that was created from a hot spot.
- The layers of the Earth get _______ dense from the crust to the core.
32 Clues: Liquefied by heat • The center of the Earth. • More sense solutions will _________. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • The type of crust that is underwater. • The mantle is made of heated ________. • The type of crust that is above the ocean. • The upward force that allows objects to float. • A measure of how much mass is in a given volume. • ...
divergent 2024-12-09
Plate tectonics 2023-09-29
10 Clues: plates slide • Mantle currents • from the mantle • plates move apart • plates move together • what plates slide on • formed from two plates apart • one plate goes other another • formed from two plates sliding • formed from two plates together
Plate Tectonics 2025-11-13
10 Clues: valleys • molten rock • moving apart • moving together • bottom of the ocean • Earth's lithosphere • ex: San Andres _________ • two plates creating friction • product of dense rock on the ocean floor • one plate going on top of the other plate
Plate Boundaries Vocabulary 2025-04-02
10 Clues: moving apart • moving together • flowing together • a large land mass • plates moving away • a part of the earth • where two plates meet • plates moving together • plates sliding against each other • something similar over and over again
happy first clue!! 2024-10-25
9 Clues: my age • your name • my fav hobby • my fav color • my hair color • my birthday month • my favorite ice cream • our fav workout class • my celeb crush from divergent
Plate Tectonics 2020-05-19
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- a thicker but less dense crust making up the earth's land
- a supercontinent that existed about 550 milion years ago
- the rising of oceanic crust caused by a convergent boundary
- an invisible field surrounding the earth which is responsible for electromagnetic activity on the planet
- the second and thickest layer of the earth which is made up of magma
- a common metal believed to be found inside of the earth's outer core
- a common metal found inside of the earth's cores
- molten rock found upon the earth's surface
- the final and innermost layer of the earth which is made up of solid metals
- a type of volcano distinguised by a large and flat dome-like base
- the shaking of the earth's crust due to tectonic movements
- a type of volcano distinguished by a standard base but cone-shaped peak
- molten rock found within the earth's crust and mantle
- the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth which is made up of solid rocks
- a boundary in which two tectonic plates collide
- the area between two tectonic plates
- a large and devastating wave caused by tectonic activity
- the separation and spreading of oceanic crust found upon a divergent boundary
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- a boundary in which two tectonic plates move apart
- a thin and dense crust found below the earth's oceans
- a boundary in which two tectonic plates slide against eachother
- a supercontinent that existed about 335 million years ago
- a fracture between sets of rock or plates
- the movement of earth's crust due to the movement of tectonic plates
- large rocks that move around underneath the earth's crust
- a scale to measure the severity of an earthquake
- the upper section of the earth's mantle and the crust
- a type of volcano distuinguished by a recognisable and extremely tall cone shape
- currents found within the mantle caused by the rising and falling of heat in the magma
- the third layer of the earth which is made up of liquid metals
- a mountainous-like mound of varying shapes and sizes that connect to magma chambers below the earth through vents
- a lowland often found between montainous regions at divergent boundaries
- an event in which crust or a tectonic plate slides underneath another
33 Clues: the area between two tectonic plates • a fracture between sets of rock or plates • molten rock found upon the earth's surface • a boundary in which two tectonic plates collide • a scale to measure the severity of an earthquake • a common metal found inside of the earth's cores • a boundary in which two tectonic plates move apart • ...
plate boundaries 2024-05-01
6 Clues: can happen because of a transform boundary • plates that separate the earth in sections • when two tectonic plates push into each other • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • valleys that occur at divergent plate boundaries • when two tectonic plates move away from each other
Bristol 1 2023-09-25
Across
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- hot solid rock below crust
- solid outer
- plates slide past each other
- crust and upper mantle
- movement of heat energy through space
- underwater mountain system
Down
- original supercontinent
- plates spread
- sideways and downward movement
- divergent boundary on land
- plates move together
- soft layer below lithosphere
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- liquid and solid center
- warm rises and cool sinks
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • warm rises and cool sinks • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
Plate Tectonics 2020-11-01
Across
- part of core that is metallic
- records earthquake wave
- used to locate a epicenter
- means sliding past each other
- means separating
- travels the fastest
- ocean where the mid-ocean ridge is located
- means sinking area
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- means coming together
- part of core that is liquid
- ancient super-continent
- type of current where warm fluids rise
- outer layer of Earth
- seismic sea wave
- located on the Earth's surface
- located deep inside the Crust
- layer that acts like a paste
17 Clues: seismic sea wave • means separating • means sinking area • travels the fastest • outer layer of Earth • means coming together • ancient super-continent • records earthquake wave • used to locate a epicenter • part of core that is liquid • layer that acts like a paste • part of core that is metallic • means sliding past each other • located deep inside the Crust • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-03-11
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- located in the upper mantle
- plate _
- _ american plate
- located in the lower mantle
- forms where two plates collide
- plate _
- Asia plate
- Antarctica plate
- the denser plate sinks below the other plate
- _ american plate
- _ to continental
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- forms where two plates slide past eachother
- australia plate
- the lithosphere is broken into pieces called _
- forms where two plates seperate
- Europe plate
- _ to oceanic
- earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock,or plates that move with respect to eachother
- Africa plate
- _ to oceanic
20 Clues: plate _ • plate _ • Asia plate • Europe plate • _ to oceanic • Africa plate • _ to oceanic • australia plate • _ american plate • Antarctica plate • _ american plate • _ to continental • located in the upper mantle • located in the lower mantle • forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates seperate • forms where two plates slide past eachother • ...
Owen 5th 2021-09-27
Across
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- liquid and solid center
- outer layer of rock
- underwater mountain system
- divergent boundary or land
- plates slide past each other
- original supercontinent
- plates spread
- sideways and downward movement
Down
- soft layer below lithosphere
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- plates move together
- hot solid hot below crust
- movement of heat in liquids
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- movement of heat energy through space
- crust and upper mantel
17 Clues: plates spread • outer layer of rock • plates move together • crust and upper mantel • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • hot solid hot below crust • underwater mountain system • divergent boundary or land • movement of heat in liquids • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
Science Terms 2024-05-14
Across
- the basic unit of a chemical element
- plates move away from eachother
- anything that has volume and mass
- vertical on the periodic table
- not good conductors of heat and electricity
- plates move towards eachother
- particles are widely spread
- particles are closely packed
- opaque, lustrous elements that are good conductors of heat and electricity
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- nonliving
- a neutral charge
- particles are loosely packed
- a positive charge
- horizontal on the periodic table
- plates move across eachother
- living
- a negative charge
17 Clues: living • nonliving • a neutral charge • a positive charge • a negative charge • particles are widely spread • particles are loosely packed • plates move across eachother • particles are closely packed • plates move towards eachother • vertical on the periodic table • plates move away from eachother • horizontal on the periodic table • anything that has volume and mass • ...
Remy p4 2022-09-30
Across
- original supercontinent
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- plates slide past each other
- plates move together
- crust and upper mantle
- plates spread
- divergent boundary on land
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- soft layer below lithosphere
Down
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- underwater mountain system
- liquid and solid center
- hot solid rock below crust
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- movement of heat through space
- sideways and downward movement
- solid outer
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • underwater mountain system • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • plates slide past each other • soft layer below lithosphere • movement of heat through space • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
David 2023-09-25
Across
- movement of heat through empty space
- crust and upper mantle
- plates slide past each other
- solid outer
- underwater mountain system
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- movement of heat in gasses and liquid
- original supercontinent
- plates move together
- plates spread
Down
- hot and solid rock below crust
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- movement of heat from one solid to another
- sideways and downward movement
- liquid and solid center
- soft layer below lithosphere
- divergent boundary on land
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • plates slide past each other • soft layer below lithosphere • hot and solid rock below crust • sideways and downward movement • movement of heat through empty space • ...
kaitlyn p5th 2021-09-27
Across
- movement of heat energy through space
- underwater mountain system
- soft layer below lithosphere
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- gasses and liquids = warm rises, cold sinks
- plates slide past eachother
- long deep depressions in the ocean floor
- crust and upper mantel
- original supercontinent
Down
- liquid and solid center
- plates spread
- hot solid rock below crust
- movement of heat from one solid to another
- divergent boundryon land
- sideways and downward movement
- outer layer of rock
- plates move together
17 Clues: plates spread • outer layer of rock • plates move together • crust and upper mantel • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • divergent boundryon land • hot solid rock below crust • underwater mountain system • plates slide past eachother • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • movement of heat energy through space • ...
kaitlyn p5th 2021-09-27
Across
- movement of heat energy through space
- underwater mountain system
- soft layer below lithosphere
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- gasses and liquids = warm rises, cold sinks
- plates slide past eachother
- long deep depressions in the ocean floor
- crust and upper mantel
- original supercontinent
Down
- liquid and solid center
- plates spread
- hot solid rock below crust
- movement of heat from one solid to another
- divergent boundryon land
- sideways and downward movement
- outer layer of rock
- plates move together
17 Clues: plates spread • outer layer of rock • plates move together • crust and upper mantel • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • divergent boundryon land • hot solid rock below crust • underwater mountain system • plates slide past eachother • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • movement of heat energy through space • ...
Caleb 4 2022-09-30
Across
- soft layer below lithosphere
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- movement of heat from one object to another
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- plates slide past each other
- hot solid rock below crust
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system
Down
- sideways and downwards movemnet
- plates move together
- plates spread
- solid outer
- original supercontinent
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in crust where earthquakes occur
- movement of heat energy through space
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downwards movemnet • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • ...
taven 4 2022-09-30
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- solid outer
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- hot solid rock below crust
- movement of heat energy through space
- movements of heat in liquids and gasses
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- soft layer below lithosphere
- divergent boundare or land
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- plates spread
- plates slide past each other
- original supercontinent
- underwater mountain system
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- liquid and solid center
- sideways and downward movement
- crust and upper mantle
- plates move together
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • underwater mountain system • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundare or land • plates slide past each other • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • ...
vocab 2023-09-07
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- - without any reduction in intensity or strength
- lack of good sense; foolishness.: "an act of sheer folly"
- lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.
- -infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).: "she had transgressed an unwritten social law" "they must control the impulses that lead them to transgress".
- unchanging over time or unable to be changed.:
- -hesitating or doubting.: "Alex looked dubious, but complied"
- public shame or disgrace.: "the ignominy of being imprisoned"
- tending to be different or develop in different directions.: "divergent interpretations" "varieties of English can remain astonishingly divergent from one another".
- piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark which they made on it.
- referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
- -the quality of being impudent; impertinence.: "his arrogance and impudence had offended many"
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- - a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.
- (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.: "the authorities allocated 50,000 places to refugees" "he has been allocated a generous slice of the annual budget".
- to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
- exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.: "the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings" "protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity".
- (of a person's legs) curved so as to be wide apart at the knees.: "she had bent, slightly bandy legs".
- the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.: "the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry" "a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers".
- a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.: "owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich".
- regard with disgust and hatred.: "professional tax preparers abhor a flat tax because it would dry up their business"
- devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.: "she didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention" "the devious wiles of the politicians".
20 Clues: unchanging over time or unable to be changed.: • - without any reduction in intensity or strength • lack of good sense; foolishness.: "an act of sheer folly" • lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person. • -hesitating or doubting.: "Alex looked dubious, but complied" • public shame or disgrace.: "the ignominy of being imprisoned" • ...
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 2013-10-28
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- -----------of light is 300000000 m/s
- symbol of wavelength
- form of energy
- Converging lens
- Bending of light in the boundary of 2 media
- Used in scanning dense body parts like bones
- has longest wavelength in Visible light
- angle of incidence= angle of--------------
- Biologically harmful radiation
- produces heating effect
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- Discovered Xrays
- Used for communication and transmission
- rainbow colours
- Discovered by Marie Curie
- Divergent lens
- Frequency of waves is measured in-------
16 Clues: form of energy • Divergent lens • rainbow colours • Converging lens • Discovered Xrays • symbol of wavelength • produces heating effect • Discovered by Marie Curie • Biologically harmful radiation • -----------of light is 300000000 m/s • Used for communication and transmission • has longest wavelength in Visible light • Frequency of waves is measured in------- • ...
Kouki P1 2023-09-25
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- soft layer below lithosphere
- long deep depressions in the ocean floor
- movement of heat energy through space
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- plates slide past each other
- hot solid rock below crust
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system
Down
- sideways and downward movement
- plates move together
- plates spread
- solid outer
- original supercontinent
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in the crust where the earthquakes occur
- movement of heat energy through space
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • movement of heat energy through space • movement of heat energy through space • ...
EARTH SCIENCE 2024-12-16
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- come together
- the movement of sediment after weathering
- the breaking down of rock into sediment
- prevents flooding
- the dropping of the sediment
- top layer of the Earth
- area of land next to a river
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- ridge of sediment
- movie apart
- layer below the crust
- huge sheet of ice
- waves wash sediment to form this
- broken down rock
- force that pulls objects to the Earth
- slide past each other
- caused by deposition
16 Clues: movie apart • come together • broken down rock • ridge of sediment • huge sheet of ice • prevents flooding • caused by deposition • layer below the crust • slide past each other • top layer of the Earth • the dropping of the sediment • area of land next to a river • waves wash sediment to form this • force that pulls objects to the Earth • the breaking down of rock into sediment • ...
vocab 2023-09-07
Across
- - without any reduction in intensity or strength
- lack of good sense; foolishness.: "an act of sheer folly"
- lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.
- -infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).: "she had transgressed an unwritten social law" "they must control the impulses that lead them to transgress".
- unchanging over time or unable to be changed.:
- -hesitating or doubting.: "Alex looked dubious, but complied"
- public shame or disgrace.: "the ignominy of being imprisoned"
- tending to be different or develop in different directions.: "divergent interpretations" "varieties of English can remain astonishingly divergent from one another".
- piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark which they made on it.
- referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
- -the quality of being impudent; impertinence.: "his arrogance and impudence had offended many"
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- - a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.
- (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.: "the authorities allocated 50,000 places to refugees" "he has been allocated a generous slice of the annual budget".
- to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
- exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.: "the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings" "protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity".
- (of a person's legs) curved so as to be wide apart at the knees.: "she had bent, slightly bandy legs".
- the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.: "the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry" "a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers".
- a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.: "owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich".
- regard with disgust and hatred.: "professional tax preparers abhor a flat tax because it would dry up their business"
- devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.: "she didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention" "the devious wiles of the politicians".
20 Clues: unchanging over time or unable to be changed.: • - without any reduction in intensity or strength • lack of good sense; foolishness.: "an act of sheer folly" • lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person. • -hesitating or doubting.: "Alex looked dubious, but complied" • public shame or disgrace.: "the ignominy of being imprisoned" • ...
EXOGENIC AND EXOGENIC PROCESSES 2023-10-08
11 Clues: Where magma formed • Rocks is broken down • Type of Mass movement • Intrusive igneous rock • Extrusive igneous rock • Stress of Divergent PB. • Stress of Transform PB. • Movement of rock pieces • Stress of Convergent PB. • Vertical movement of Earths crust. • Horizontal movement of Earths crust
Changing Earth's Surface 2025-02-04
Across
- Scale, 1-10 Scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake
- Plate, Large section of bedrock located between fault lines
- Melted rock beneath earth’s surface
- Melted rock above earth’s surface
- Boundary, An area where two or more tectonic plates meet
- Eruption, When a volcano releases molten lava, hot rock fragments, and gases onto the Earth's surface or into the atmosphere
- Spreading, The process that forms new oceanic crust along divergent boundaries
- Crust, The layer of crust or bedrock located under the earth’s seven continents
- Zone, Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
- Rock behaving like warm clay due to extreme temperature and pressure
- The amount stuff in a sample vs the volume of the sample (how tightly packed together the molecules in a sample are)
- Zone, Convergent boundary where two continental plates are pushing against each other forcing the rock up
- A supercontinent that existed a long time ago in which all current day continents were joined together
- The outermost layers of earth made of solid rock - spans from what we can see on earth’s surface to a few miles below the surface
- The strength of an earthquake
- Loose earth materials, such as sand, soil, and rocks found at earth’s surface
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- To break down
- Boundary, Boundary where two plates move away from each other
- Solid rock underneath loose soil and sediment in the earth’s crust
- Crust, The type of bedrock or crust lying under the oceans of the world
- Trench, A long narrow, deep area on the ocean floor formed at convergent boundaries
- A sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the shifting of rock within the earth's crust or volcanic action
- Boundary, Two plates sliding past each other
- To build up
- An opening in Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
- The layer of earth between the crust and the core made of thick gooey rock and magma - The creep zone is located here
- Ridge, Underwater mountain range formed when magma fills the space along a divergent boundary
- A crack or fracture in earth’s crust
- Boundary, Boundary where two plates are pushing towards each other
29 Clues: To build up • To break down • The strength of an earthquake • Melted rock above earth’s surface • Melted rock beneath earth’s surface • A crack or fracture in earth’s crust • Boundary, Two plates sliding past each other • Boundary, An area where two or more tectonic plates meet • Plate, Large section of bedrock located between fault lines • ...
Plate Tectonics and More 2025-02-14
Across
- underground layer of material through which water flows
- type of convergence where one plate slides under another
- rocks that have changed from their original form due to heat and pressure
- transfer of heat between two touching items due to temperature differences
- solid surface of the Earth
- device that measures vibrations in the Earth and converts them into electric signals
- series of vibrations in the Earth caused by plate tectonics
- type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
- vent in the Earth's crust through which magma, steam and ash can be expelled
- plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- hot liquid layer of the Earth made of iron and nickel
- solid, dense extremely hot layer of the Earth
- type of boundary where two plates come together
- ocean feature which can be created by subduction
- process by which the surface of the earth is worn away but water, wind, etc
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- conduction, convection and radiation
- a long narrow land mass between two divergent plates
- liquid part of upper mantle below the lithosphere
- area of science that studies the movement and interaction of the Earth's plates
- heat transfer by the movement of a liquid or a gas
- portion of the Earth made up mostly of a very thick molten liquid
- process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where rising magma creates new ocean crust
- motion created with the hand and wrist to say hello or goodbye
- energy wave that travels through the Earth caused by motion
- used by Dr.Wegener to help support his hypothesis
- process by which rocks are mechanically or chemically broken down
- type of rock produced under extreme heat by volcanoes and magma
- molten material beneath the Earth's crust that can create igneous rock
- area on the ocean floor where seafloor spreading takes place
- transfer of heat through empty space
- rocks formed when sediment is deposited and becomes tightly compacted
- elevation of the Earth's surface created by divergent or convergent plates
- the thin outermost layer of the Earth
- depression in the ground caused by the collapse of the surface from moving water
34 Clues: solid surface of the Earth • conduction, convection and radiation • transfer of heat through empty space • the thin outermost layer of the Earth • solid, dense extremely hot layer of the Earth • type of boundary where two plates come together • ocean feature which can be created by subduction • liquid part of upper mantle below the lithosphere • ...
Unit 11 Natural Events Vocabulary Crossword 2024-02-28
Across
- Hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations
- Solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- Images that are taken from space by satellites that orbit the Earth
- Process in which material is laid down
- When rocks suddenly break along faults; often occur at plate boundaries
- Boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
- The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief
- Natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate, and decompose rocks
- These types of maps show rock types and ages, including geologic features
- Weathering that is the chemical breakdown and decomposition of rocks by natural processes in the environment
- The collision of two continental plates can form these tall geologic features
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- Process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces
- Forms when rocks break; break where tension at divergent boundaries is greater than the strength of a rock
- Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical
- Made when Earth’s lithosphere pulls apart to form long, narrow, faulted valleys
- There are three types of these, including convergent, divergent, and transform
- Process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
- Block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
- Process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing seafloor moves away from the ridge
- Boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- Map that shows the surface features of Earth
- Boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
- Weathering that is the mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that is caused by natural processes and that does not change the chemical composition of the rock material
- Occurs on the ocean floor; magma rises through cracks in the oceanic lithosphere, forming volcanic mountains
24 Clues: Process in which material is laid down • Map that shows the surface features of Earth • Boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • Images that are taken from space by satellites that orbit the Earth • Boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • When rocks suddenly break along faults; often occur at plate boundaries • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-09-26
6 Clues: occur at divergent boundiaries • The molten rock and below the crust • When two tectiniocs plates move away from eachother • When there is a gap in between two tectiniocs plates • When two tetiniocs plates move closeer and soon collide • When two tetiniocs plates slide past eachother in the mantle
Lesson 4: Theory of Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2025-07-22
Across
- explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates.
- separate sections of Earth's lithosphere
- boundaries where plates slip past each other
Down
- boundary where two plates come together or converge; causing a collision.
- a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
- created when a deep valley is formed along a divergent boundary
- boundaries when two plates move apart or diverge; usually happens at the mid-ocean ridge.
7 Clues: separate sections of Earth's lithosphere • boundaries where plates slip past each other • created when a deep valley is formed along a divergent boundary • a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. • explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates. • ...
Noah's Crossword: Divergent Vocab 2013-04-14
Across
- a ruthless early antagonist
- the "good cop" half of the "good cop/bad cop" leadership duo
- protagonist's birth faction
- protagonist's faction
- the final fear in good cop's test
- "the ___ doesn't gouge out eyes, Peter gouges out eyes... with the ____."
Down
- protagonist's father works as a _____
- a metaphor for loneliness in the protagonist's test
- preferred method of transport in protagonist's faction
- The villains of the piece
- fear _____
- an abbreviation of the protagonist's name
12 Clues: fear _____ • protagonist's faction • The villains of the piece • a ruthless early antagonist • protagonist's birth faction • the final fear in good cop's test • protagonist's father works as a _____ • an abbreviation of the protagonist's name • a metaphor for loneliness in the protagonist's test • preferred method of transport in protagonist's faction • ...
Plate Tectonics Project 2021-04-27
5 Clues: when plates unite • when plates move apart • when plates go past each other • convergent,divergent,and transform • a theory about earth's outer crust
Tectonic Plates 2014-10-15
Across
- ____ is a high-energy wave caused by an earthquake, volcano, landslide or other natural event that displaces and distributes energy through the ocean waters.
- the theory that once all the continents were joined in a super-continent, which scientists call Pangaea.
- When one tectonic plate falls under another.
- occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
- __ is a place where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other and colliding.
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- scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.
- There are three types of this
- There's one near Puerto Rico
- What the continents sit on
- the transfer of heat by the movement of large groups of particles frome one place to another.
- locations where two plates slide past one another
- a boundary where the tectonic plates are moving apart.
- A deep rift valley formed by the divergent, extending the length of the mid-ocean ridge and the site of frequent volcanic activity.
- Something major that happened in Haiti
14 Clues: What the continents sit on • There's one near Puerto Rico • There are three types of this • Something major that happened in Haiti • When one tectonic plate falls under another. • locations where two plates slide past one another • a boundary where the tectonic plates are moving apart. • scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15
Across
- A dip in Earths crust
- Alfred Wegener's Theory
- Made from cucumbers
- Largest rodent on Earth
- Two plates sliding against each other
- Happens underwater
- These cause continntal drift
Down
- There are many different types
- Died in Greenland
- Rising of heat and falling of cool.
- Two plates moving toward each other
- Two plates moving away from each other
- Not mass, but ______________
13 Clues: Died in Greenland • Happens underwater • Made from cucumbers • A dip in Earths crust • Alfred Wegener's Theory • Largest rodent on Earth • Not mass, but ______________ • These cause continntal drift • There are many different types • Rising of heat and falling of cool. • Two plates moving toward each other • Two plates sliding against each other • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-04-09
13 Clues: map • walls • live in it • drive on it • out side of it • can swim in it • closer together • can climb on them • part of earths crust • in diffrent directions • structure of earth crust • dark fine-grained volcaninc rock • long seisimaaclly active sumbarine
The Giver Vocab 2022-05-16
Across
- can't make a mistake
- going 50 miles per hour in a 35 zone
- things that need each other
- amount of medicine
- something boring
- screaming and crying in pain
- being frustrated
- takes care of someone
Down
- robbing a bank
- what happens to you when you misbehave
- gives a warning
- a test they take in the movie divergent
- being clever
13 Clues: being clever • robbing a bank • gives a warning • something boring • being frustrated • amount of medicine • can't make a mistake • takes care of someone • things that need each other • screaming and crying in pain • going 50 miles per hour in a 35 zone • what happens to you when you misbehave • a test they take in the movie divergent
Unit 5 Vocabulary 2020-11-16
Across
- Where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
- Where two plates divide, or move away from each other.
Down
- An underwater mountain range formed at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates.
- Where two plates collide, or move toward each other.
- One plate sinks below another plate at a convergent boundary.
- A map that uses lines to show the elevation of landforms.
- The theory that all of the continents were once joined together as a supercontinent called Pangea.
- A deep part of Earth's crust formed at a divergent boundary between two continental plates.
8 Clues: Where two plates collide, or move toward each other. • Where two plates divide, or move away from each other. • A map that uses lines to show the elevation of landforms. • One plate sinks below another plate at a convergent boundary. • Where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions. • ...
Boundaries and Tectonic Plates Crossword 2021-12-16
Across
- The type of boundary in which two plates push against one another
- divergent boundaries create new land at the bottom of the ocean
- A huge wave caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor
- Magma at a subduction zone gets pushed up to the surface and forms these
Down
- A famous transform fault in California
- The type of crust that underlies the continents
- The type of boundary in which two tectonic plates slide past one another
- the type of boundary in which two tectonic plates move away from each other
8 Clues: A famous transform fault in California • The type of crust that underlies the continents • A huge wave caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor • divergent boundaries create new land at the bottom of the ocean • The type of boundary in which two plates push against one another • The type of boundary in which two tectonic plates slide past one another • ...
Volcanoes 2021-11-15
Across
- Single number assigned to an earthquake
- Plates that move apart
- Supercontinent
- Plates that collide
- Wave produced by earthquakes or landslides
- Break in the rock of Earth's crust
- Magma that has reached the surface
- Shaking and trembling of Earth
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- Sleeping volcano
- Fastest moving continent
- Dead volcano
- Plates that move past
- Force that changes rocks
- Deepest part of the ocean
- Molten mixture of rock, gas, and water
- Volcanoes that cause immediate threat
16 Clues: Dead volcano • Supercontinent • Sleeping volcano • Plates that collide • Plates that move past • Plates that move apart • Fastest moving continent • Force that changes rocks • Deepest part of the ocean • Shaking and trembling of Earth • Break in the rock of Earth's crust • Magma that has reached the surface • Volcanoes that cause immediate threat • Molten mixture of rock, gas, and water • ...
Kouki P1 2023-09-25
Across
- soft layer below lithosphere
- long deep depressions in the ocean floor
- movement of heat energy through space
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- plates slide past each other
- hot solid rock below crust
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system
Down
- sideways and downward movement
- plates move together
- plates spread
- solid outer
- original supercontinent
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in the crust where the earthquakes occur
- movement of heat energy through space
17 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • underwater mountain system • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • movement of heat energy through space • movement of heat energy through space • ...
Countdown to STAAR Review 2025-04-01
Across
- newton's 2nd law
- newton's 3rd law
- inertia is an object's resistance to this
- energy in motion
- plates separate
- newton's 1st law
Down
- homophone for unit for energy
- seasons in each hemisphere
- energy stored
- mnemonic for ordering components of the universe
- plates collide
- fruit cake/cookie confused with unit for force
- causes earth's plates to move
- plates slide past one another
- mnemonic for evidence of chemical change
- reason for seasons
16 Clues: energy stored • plates collide • plates separate • newton's 2nd law • newton's 3rd law • energy in motion • newton's 1st law • reason for seasons • seasons in each hemisphere • homophone for unit for energy • causes earth's plates to move • plates slide past one another • mnemonic for evidence of chemical change • inertia is an object's resistance to this • ...
Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16
Across
- Theory that Earth's crust is divided into 12 large plates
- the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
- A large chunk of Earth's crust
- High energy wave
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- the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- Location where tectonic plates meet
- Theory that parts of Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core
- deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary
- a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust
- Region where 2(or more) tectonic plates move toward one another and collide
- Zone in Earth's crust along which rocks slide past each other
- Region where 2(or more)tectonic plates move apart
14 Clues: High energy wave • A large chunk of Earth's crust • Location where tectonic plates meet • deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary • Region where 2(or more)tectonic plates move apart • Theory that Earth's crust is divided into 12 large plates • Zone in Earth's crust along which rocks slide past each other • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-01-28
9 Clues: move away • molten rock • move together • thinner, denser • moves continents • thicker, less dense • slide past each other • when one plate goes under the other • new ocean floor from divergent boundary
Tectonic Plates 2025-10-08
Across
- last super-continent
- crust and part of upper mantle
- heating and cooling of liquid, forming currents
- earth shaking
- layer under earth's crust
- outer layer of earth
- forms at a convergent boundary
Down
- 2 plates move towards eachother
- 1 plate goes under another
- 2 or more plates touch
- 2 plates move away from eachother
- 2 plates slide against eachother
- plate
13 Clues: plate • earth shaking • last super-continent • outer layer of earth • 2 or more plates touch • layer under earth's crust • 1 plate goes under another • crust and part of upper mantle • forms at a convergent boundary • 2 plates move towards eachother • 2 plates slide against eachother • 2 plates move away from eachother • heating and cooling of liquid, forming currents
Tectonic Plates (Just to let you know, There are spaces and for the boundaries it's the first part of it like transform or divergent) 2023-12-12
Across
- The upper part of the crust
- Hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
- Boundaries that divide or separate
- Layer of earth between mantle and inner core -liquid iron/nickel -molten metal
- Currents in the mantle that causes the tectonic plates to move and create boundaries
- Innermost layer of earth -densest layer -solid iron/nickel
- Boundaries that scrape past each other
Down
- This occurs when Two tectonic plate move away from each other in other words when a divergent boundaries happen
- Process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
- This is caused by tectonic plates- ash and lava/magma comes out of this
- The lower part of the crust
- Boundaries that one goes under and the other goes on top
- Boundaries that collide with each other
- What scientist believe connected all of the continents a long time ago (like BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO!)
- The outermost layer of Earth -thinnest/least dense layer -made of rock
- This is caused by tectonic plates shifting- its the shaking of the earth
- Layer of earth between the crust and the core -thickest layer -molten rock -convection current
17 Clues: The upper part of the crust • The lower part of the crust • Boundaries that divide or separate • Boundaries that scrape past each other • Boundaries that collide with each other • Boundaries that one goes under and the other goes on top • Innermost layer of earth -densest layer -solid iron/nickel • The outermost layer of Earth -thinnest/least dense layer -made of rock • ...
