divergent Crossword Puzzles
Plate Tectonics/Soil Composition 2021-12-02
Across
- Denser TP moves under less dense TP
- Result of a convergent plate boundary
- Organization of soil
- Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist
- Material similar to bedrock
- Where earthquakes begin
- Region where mantle is heated
- Soil Organism
- Partially decomposed organic material
Down
- Earth's outermost rock layer
- Oceanic/Continental
- Parallel + Horizontal movement of plates
- These rest on plates
- Result of a divergent plate boundary
- Matter from remains of plants/animals
- Layer of Earth's crust that supports terrestrial life
16 Clues: Soil Organism • Oceanic/Continental • These rest on plates • Organization of soil • Where earthquakes begin • Material similar to bedrock • Earth's outermost rock layer • Region where mantle is heated • Denser TP moves under less dense TP • Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist • Result of a divergent plate boundary • Result of a convergent plate boundary • ...
Ariel-McKenzie 4 2022-09-30
Across
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- crust and upper mantle
- plates move together
- solid outer
- soft layer below lithosphere
- underwater mountain system
- sideways and downward movement
Down
- divergent boundary on land
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- original super continent
- hot solid rock below crust
- plates slide past each other
- plates spread
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses = warm rises cool sinks
16 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original super continent • divergent boundary on land • hot solid rock below crust • underwater mountain system • plates slide past each other • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • ...
Natalie Lawyer 3 2023-12-11
Across
- shock earthquakes that come before major earthquakes
- a volcano that is erupting
- pull apart
- a volcano that is unlikely to erupt again
- a break in earth's lithosphere
- it is solid
- slide
- lava that is underground
- a volcano that is currently not active
Down
- it has convection current
- scale measures observable damage and physical changes
- core it is only liquid
- scale measures the magintude of an earthquake
- core it is solid
- shock earthquakes that come after major earthquakes
- come together
16 Clues: slide • pull apart • it is solid • come together • core it is solid • lava that is underground • it has convection current • core it is only liquid • a volcano that is erupting • a break in earth's lithosphere • a volcano that is currently not active • a volcano that is unlikely to erupt again • scale measures the magintude of an earthquake • ...
Unit 4 part 3,4 2020-05-04
Across
- good at doing something that needs a lot of skill, for example in art, music, or sport
- a type of government in which a country is ruled by a king or queen
- a type of informal English spoken by someone born in the east end of London, especially a working‐class person
- a woman who has the same social position as a duke (= a man with a very high social position, just below that of a prince) , or who is married to a duke
- a crime or many crimes committed by a young person
- extremely funny
- thick wire covered with plastic that is used for carrying electricity or electronic signals
- so attracted by or interested in something that you do not notice or pay attention to anything else around you
- things that are divergent are different from each other
- concentrating on a particular aim and not wasting time or energy on other things
Down
- an --- attitude, belief, or habit has existed for a long time and cannot easily be changed
- very poor
- involving all the members of a group
- containing many different aspects, features, or qualities
- to describe someone or something using words or pictures
15 Clues: very poor • extremely funny • involving all the members of a group • a crime or many crimes committed by a young person • things that are divergent are different from each other • to describe someone or something using words or pictures • containing many different aspects, features, or qualities • a type of government in which a country is ruled by a king or queen • ...
VOCAB 2021-11-12
Across
- the stress that causes plates to be pushed towards each other
- Ridge a long underwater mountain chain, produced by seafloor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
- Boundary created when plates move towards each other
- Boundary created when plates slide past each other
- a long, narrow, deep depression on the ocean floor
- a seamount whose top has been eroded flat by wave action, and then subsides
- Current an underwater mudslide of sediments
- Slope the steep decline from the continental shelf to the ocean floor
- Canyon a deeply eroded area in the continental slope carved out by ancient rivers and/or turbidity currents
- an underwater mountain, usually volcanic
Down
- Boundary created when plates move away from each other
- ring-shaped coral reef, encircling a shallow lagoon
- Currents a heat transfer process of flowing fluid that is moving because there is a temperature or density difference within the material.
- Rise a mound of sediments at the base of the continental slope
- Plain a flat area on the ocean floor, covered by a thick layer of fine sediment, making them the flattest places on Earth.
- Valley an undersea valley, located along the center of the mid-ocean ridge, from which lava seeps out and creates new ocean floor.
16 Clues: an underwater mountain, usually volcanic • Current an underwater mudslide of sediments • a long, narrow, deep depression on the ocean floor • ring-shaped coral reef, encircling a shallow lagoon • Boundary created when plates slide past each other • Boundary created when plates move towards each other • Boundary created when plates move away from each other • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10
Across
- A zone where one plate moves under another plate.
- Places of permanent convection. Volcanoes move in chains.
- A type of fault when the break in the crust is due to compression built up at a convergent boundary.
- A piece of lithosphere that slides slowly over the asthenosphere.
- The tectonic plate that is more dense and thinner.
- A deep valley in the ocean caused by convergent boundary plate movement.
Down
- A type of fault when the break in the crust is due to shearing built up at a transform boundary.
- A boundary where two plates come (move) together.
- What happens when plates move by sliding past each other and the rock slabs rub against each other.
- A super continent made of all the current continents together 225 million years ago.
- A boundary where two plates move along side each other.
- A type of fault when the break in the crust is due to tension built up at a divergent boundary.
- A boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- A landform with magma inside that erupts and is pushed out of an opening and magma becomes lava.
- The tectonic plate that is less dense and thicker.
15 Clues: A zone where one plate moves under another plate. • A boundary where two plates come (move) together. • The tectonic plate that is less dense and thicker. • The tectonic plate that is more dense and thinner. • A boundary where two plates move away from each other. • A boundary where two plates move along side each other. • ...
all about me stella 2016-05-25
9 Clues: fav book • fav movie • fav color • fav author • what this is • what i am about mel • one of my fav sports • what i am feeling right now • another one of my fav sports
Hawaii 2014-10-30
9 Clues: plates together • Molten material • outer most layer • plates sliding by • plates pulled apart • weak spot in the crust • dense metal ball in earth • in between crust and core • layer of molten iron and nickel
the thing i madke 2023-02-16
10 Clues: liquid rock • solid crust • liquid crust • liquid rock moving • plates on the earth • plates going into each other • plates grinding against each other • plates moving away from each other • when two convergent boundaries collide • oceanic crust going into the other crust
Cruciverba 2023-05-11
10 Clues: Città italiana • Un vulcano famoso • cosa chiedi a ….? • Calciatore argentino • Il tuo cibo preferito • Il mese più caldo dell’anno • sono quelli della settimana • Il nome del tizio di divergent • Il nome di una regina italiana • La città distrutta da un vulcano
Cruciverba 2023-05-11
10 Clues: Città italiana • Un vulcano famoso • cosa chiedi a ….? • Calciatore argentino • Il tuo cibo preferito • Il mese più caldo dell’anno • sono quelli della settimana • Il nome del tizio di divergent • Il nome di una regina italiana • La città distrutta da un vulcano
Cruciverba 2023-05-11
10 Clues: Città italiana • Un vulcano famoso • cosa chiedi a ….? • Calciatore argentino • Il tuo cibo preferito • Il mese più caldo dell’anno • sono quelli della settimana • Il nome del tizio di divergent • Il nome di una regina italiana • La città distrutta da un vulcano
Books 2022-12-13
10 Clues: Old ___ • Percy Jackson's Dad • Divergent main character • One _ Two _ Red _ Blue _ • "Trigger" in Maze Runner • Diary of a wimpy kid mom • Antagonist in Harry Potter • Protagonist of New Testament • Last name of amnesiac in Restart • Last name of protagonist in "Holes"
Vocabulary Week A 2017-01-17
9 Clues: critical, urgent • to combine into one • causing conflict, opposition • separate, distinct, individual • different, deviating, contrary • to criticize, degrade, belittle • a convergence, a coming together • a conspiracy, a secret agreement • unable to be penetrated, unaffected
Land forms forms produced by Land Movement 2023-11-10
9 Clues: Lava and Active • Long and Narrow • Steep and Sloppy • Fromed by limestone • Dives under the other • Ditch on earth's surface • Extends above the terrain • Moving away from each other • Slide Horizontal Past Each other
Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23
Across
- plates that rub against each other
- A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
- Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
- ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
- soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
- core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
- valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
Down
- - plates collide together to make mountains
- ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.
- middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
- core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
- the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
- the outer layer of the Earth
- Fractures in rock
20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...
Earthquake and Volcano Taco Prep 2023-11-21
Across
- Used to evaluate earthquake intensity
- Pushes two blocks of rock horizontally past each other in different directions and occurs on transform plate boundaries
- Cause particles to move up and down and side to side at the same time
- Uses numbers 1-10 to measure an earthquake's magnitude
- Cause particles to move up and down in a rolling motion
- Hot gas, ash, and rock that explosive volcanoes produce
- Magma, or molten rock, that reaches Earth's surface
- Pulls two blocks of rock apart and occurs on divergent plate boundaries
- Energy that travels as vibrations inside and outside Earth
Down
- Fastest moving seismic waves that cause particles in the ground to push and pull
- Large and steep sided volcano located on convergent plate boundaries
- Large and gentle slopes and located on divergent plate boundaries
- A vent in earth's crust where molten magma flows
- Small and steep sided and located on continental rifting
- Pushes two blocks of rock together and occurs on convergent plate boundaries
- Molten rock below Earth's surface
- The ground shakes from movement in the lithosphere
- ash Tiny particles of volcanic rock and glass that gets shot high in the atmosphere
- The location on earth where rocks move along
- A break in earths lithosphere, and when rocks move along a fault, an earthquake occurs
- Volcanoes that are not located on plate boundaries
- The place on earth directly above the earthquake's focus
22 Clues: Molten rock below Earth's surface • Used to evaluate earthquake intensity • The location on earth where rocks move along • A vent in earth's crust where molten magma flows • The ground shakes from movement in the lithosphere • Volcanoes that are not located on plate boundaries • Magma, or molten rock, that reaches Earth's surface • ...
Vocab Bingo 3 2023-09-21
Across
- ridge- a range of underwater volcanoes that wrap around the globe
- the force applied to a rock nd may cause deformination.
- boundary- places where plates slide slideways past eachother.
- rock- form when hot molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
- zone- zones of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- tectonics- plates which move slowley over the underlying mantle.
- when tectonic processes put stress on a rock and the rock bends instead of breaking.
- the branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field
- cycle- how each of the three major rock types form and break down
- behaves as if it constits of bloocka floating on the underlying mantel.
- floor spreadig- occurs at divergent plate boundaries, as tectonic plates slowly move away.
- a solid substance with a fairly well defined chemical composition
Down
- rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantel.
- boundary-when two plates come together
- rock- form around once living oganisms.
- upper layer of the earth's mantle
- changing in shape or distorting
- boundary- occurs when two tectonic plates move away from eachother
- rock- formed in high heat, high pressure
- drift- continents move over time
- fractures between two blocks of rock
- a mountain having a crater through which lava has been created
- hardness scale- way to identify minderals
- arc- a chain of volcanic islands near the ocean
- changing in shape/size resauting from applied forces.
25 Clues: changing in shape or distorting • drift- continents move over time • upper layer of the earth's mantle • fractures between two blocks of rock • boundary-when two plates come together • rock- form around once living oganisms. • rock- formed in high heat, high pressure • hardness scale- way to identify minderals • arc- a chain of volcanic islands near the ocean • ...
Physical Geology (GEOL101) - Exam 1 Review Crossword 2020-08-05
Across
- Outer part of Earth, consisting of the upper mantle, oceanic crust, and continental crust
- Earth's largest layer by volume
- Plate boundary where plates move away or spread apart from each other
- The study of the origin and evolution of Earth (2 words)
- Idea proposed by Harry Hess, new seafloor is formed at divergent ridges (2 words)
- Plate boundary where plates collide, and subduction can occur
- Measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake
- Plate boundary where plates slide alongside each other
- The study of earthquakes
- The slower of the two body waves (2 words)
Down
- The fastest seismic wave, a body wave (2 words)
- The study of Earth materials and processes (2 words)
- Mid-plate volcanism, process that formed Hawaii
- Point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus
- Site within Earth where energy is released during an earthquake
- Idea that Pangaea broke apart and continents moved, proposed by Wegener (2 words)
- The interior-most layer of Earth
- Part of the mantle that behaves plastically and flows slowly
- Temperature below which magma/lava retain magnetic information (2 words)
- Earth's smallest layer by volume
- The shortened name of the boundary between the crust and mantle
- A boundary between Earth’s layers where seismic waves change velocity and direction
- The theory that explains the sudden release of energy in an Earthquake (2 words)
- Study of ancient or residual magnetism in rocks
24 Clues: The study of earthquakes • Earth's largest layer by volume • The interior-most layer of Earth • Earth's smallest layer by volume • The slower of the two body waves (2 words) • The fastest seismic wave, a body wave (2 words) • Mid-plate volcanism, process that formed Hawaii • Study of ancient or residual magnetism in rocks • ...
Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2020-01-29
Across
- The deformation of the crust
- ___ is made by sea floor spreading
- The layer of the mantle that allows the plates to slowly move on top of it
- Sea floor spreading often causes the ____ of oceanic crust when it hits continental crust
- When ocean crusts converge, they often form a ____ which can be very deep
- Plate boundary caused by plates moving away from each other
- The process of continents slowly breaking apart and moving away from each other
- Hot magma ____ and then falls as it cools, causing plates to move in the lithosphere
- Dense oceanic crust is often made of dense _____ which subducts under the continental crust made of mostly granite
- Layer of Earth composed of molten nickel and iron
- Hot material in the mantle
Down
- The movement of magma in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move
- The plate boundary created when plates crunch into each other
- ___ are common on divergent boundaries because magma comes up from the mantle
- Supercontinent that was made up of all the other continents
- The thinnest layer of the Earth, made of silicon and aluminum
- Made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle
- Both density and pressure ____ as you go further toward the center of the Earth
- The thickest layer of the Earth, contains magma
- Solid Layer of the Earth that is solid due to pressure from the outer core
- Plate boundary created when the plates slide past each other
21 Clues: Hot material in the mantle • The deformation of the crust • ___ is made by sea floor spreading • The thickest layer of the Earth, contains magma • Made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle • Layer of Earth composed of molten nickel and iron • Supercontinent that was made up of all the other continents • ...
Land forms forms produced by Land Movement 2023-11-10
9 Clues: Lava and Active • Long and Narrow • Steep and Sloppy • Fromed by limestone • Dives under the other • Ditch on earth's surface • Extends above the terrain • Moving away from each other • Slide Horizontal Past Each other
Plate Tectonics 2023-10-19
Across
- when two plates go away from each other
- a single supercontinent
- where two plates meet
- two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge at the subduction point forming a big ditch
- shaking of the earth when energy is released from friction caused by plate movement
- places where plates slide sideways past each other.
- large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust, move constantly to reshape the Earth's landscape.
- the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity
- When something is cut in half in order to determine and gather information
Down
- a repetition
- a layer of the earth made of a soft solid
- how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year
- hard solid rock also known as the crust
- a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
- the process by which the earth's surface slowly rises either due to increasing upward force applied from below or decreasing downward force (weight) from above.
- when two plates come together
- occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.
- when an oceanic plate and continental plate converge and the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate we call it this
18 Clues: a repetition • where two plates meet • a single supercontinent • when two plates come together • when two plates go away from each other • hard solid rock also known as the crust • a layer of the earth made of a soft solid • how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • ...
PLATE TECTONICES 2013-10-31
Tic Tac Know Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-15
Across
- dense ball of solid iron at the center of the earth
- The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
- A deep canyon on the ocean floor
- a crack in the lithosphere where rocks move
- Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
- when two plates slide past each other
- the thickest layer of the earth; it consists of two layers- the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- a soft layer on the mantle where the lithosphere floats on
- The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
Down
- theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
- where two plates move apart from each other
- the layer of rock that forms the Earth’s outer surface
- Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- A deep valley where two plates move apart
- A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
- the name of the single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
- The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
- where two plates move toward each other
- the german scientist who developed the theory of continental drift
- a layer of molten iron and nickel that covers the inner core
20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • when two plates slide past each other • where two plates move toward each other • A deep valley where two plates move apart • where two plates move apart from each other • a crack in the lithosphere where rocks move • dense ball of solid iron at the center of the earth • the layer of rock that forms the Earth’s outer surface • ...
Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23
Across
- an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
- Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
- core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
- tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
- floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
- soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
- middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
Down
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
- Fractures in rock
- solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
- plates that rub against each other
- the outer layer of the Earth
- - plates collide together to make mountains
- A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
- ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.
20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...
Geomorphic patterns and processes 2012-09-24
Across
- TRANSFORM PLATE MARGINS FORM PATTERNS OF CRUSTAL _______ AND RIDGES
- THE MOVEMENT OF CONTINENTAL PLATES IS A PROCESS OF PUSH AND PULL DUE TO THE CONVECTIONAL CURRENTS WITHIN THE ________
- THE LIGHTER CONTINENTAL CRUST LIES ________ THE DENSER OCEANIC CRUST
- THESE WERE FORMED WHEN THE SUBCONTINENT OF INDIA COLLIDED WITH THE ASIAN CONTINENT
- WHAT MOVES THE HEAT FROM THE NEAR OUTER CORE TO THE CRUST
- AS THE OCEANIC PLATE SLIDES BENEATH THE CONTINENTAL PLATE IN SUBDUCTION IT FORMS A DEEP SEA ....
- THIS TYPE OF CRUST IS MUCH DENSER THAN THE CONTINENTAL CRUST
- THIS MOVEMENT OF PLATES IS WHEN PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
- WHEN OCEANIC PLATES _____ ONE IS FORCED BENEATH ANOTHER
- THIS PLAYS A MAJOR ROLL IN PLATE MOVEMENTS G________
- THIS HAZARD OFTEN OCCURS ON TRANSFORM PLATE MARGINS
Down
- AN EXAMPLE OF TRANSFORM PLATE MARGINS
- TECTONIC ACTIVITY IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARTHS....
- THIS PLATE MARGIN IS WHEN PLATES SLIDE AGAINST EACH OTHER
- AS HEAT ENERGY IS RELEASED THE MANTLE ROCK SLOWLY SINKS BACK, DRAGGING ALONG WITH IT SOME OF THE CRUSTAL ROCK IN A PROCESS CALLED...
- THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH CONSISTS OF THE INNER CORE, OUTER CORE, LOWER MANTLE, ____________ (UPPER MANTLE) AND LITHOSPHERE (CRUST)
- IS EVIDENCE OF CONTINENTAL AND CONTINENTAL PLATES SEPARATING
- THIS IS CARRIED ALONG IN THE MOLTEN MANTLE AND MOVES THE CRUSTAL PLATES THAT SIT ABOVE IT
- NOT AN OCEANIC CRUST BUT A _________ CRUST
- TRENCH WHEN CONTINENTAL TO OCEANIC CONVERGENCE OCCURS THIS IS CREATED
- DIVERGENT PLATES PRODUCE THIS
21 Clues: DIVERGENT PLATES PRODUCE THIS • AN EXAMPLE OF TRANSFORM PLATE MARGINS • NOT AN OCEANIC CRUST BUT A _________ CRUST • THIS HAZARD OFTEN OCCURS ON TRANSFORM PLATE MARGINS • THIS PLAYS A MAJOR ROLL IN PLATE MOVEMENTS G________ • WHEN OCEANIC PLATES _____ ONE IS FORCED BENEATH ANOTHER • THIS PLATE MARGIN IS WHEN PLATES SLIDE AGAINST EACH OTHER • ...
8th Grade Science Review 2015-11-23
Across
- fault that moves down and away
- Himalayan Mountains are an example of this type of boundary
- formed at a divergent boundary
- man who discovered continental drift
- discovery that proved continental drift
- seismic wave that is the fastest
- sediments that are deposited
- how Hawaii was formed (it is over this)
- variable that's measured
- formed at a transform boundary
- steps used to solve a problem
- fault where crust moves up and over
- process where rocks change to other rocks
- theory that states earth's continents once formed one supercontinent
- plates that slide past each other
- stress that pushes together
- earth's thickest layer
Down
- stress that slides past
- formed on a convergent boundary
- plates that move together
- stress that pulls apart
- term used to describe how earth's layers formed based on density
- Mid Atlantic Ridge is an example of this boundary
- outside layer of earth
- variable changed by the scientist
- tectonics theory that states the earth's crust is broken into plates
- when sediments are moved to another place
- fault that slides past each other
- formed at a hot spot
- rocks created from heat and pressure
- seismic wave that does the most damage
- rocks that are formed from compacted sediments
- rock that is broken down
- inside layer of earth
- San Andreas fault is an example of this type of boundary
- rocks created from magma cooling
- name of supercontinent
- seismic wave that arrives second and doesn't go through liquids
38 Clues: formed at a hot spot • inside layer of earth • outside layer of earth • name of supercontinent • earth's thickest layer • stress that slides past • stress that pulls apart • variable that's measured • rock that is broken down • plates that move together • stress that pushes together • sediments that are deposited • steps used to solve a problem • fault that moves down and away • ...
Alyssa 4th 2021-09-27
Across
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in the crust where earthquacks occur
- plates move together
- original suppercontinent
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
Down
- plates spread
- sideways and downward movement
- plates slide past eachother
- soft layer below lithosphere
- divergent boundery on land
- underwater mountain system sea floor spreading
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat energy through space
- solid outer
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
16 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original suppercontinent • divergent boundery on land • plates slide past eachother • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • movement of heat in liquids and gasses • ...
Thomas p1 2023-09-25
Across
- solid outer
- soft layer below lithosphere
- sideways and downward movementent
- hot solid rock below crust
- original supercontinent
- breaks in the crust where eathquakes occur
- movement of heat fromn one solid object to another
- underwater trench
- long deep trenchs in ocean flmovement
Down
- plates move togetheach othergent-boundary plates spread
- divergent boundary on land
- plates slide past each other
- liquid and solid center
- warm rises, cool sinks
- movement of heat energy through space
- crust and upper mantle
16 Clues: solid outer • underwater trench • warm rises, cool sinks • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • original supercontinent • divergent boundary on land • hot solid rock below crust • soft layer below lithosphere • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movementent • movement of heat energy through space • long deep trenchs in ocean flmovement • ...
Mend 3 2023-09-25
Across
- crust and upper mantle
- underwater mountain system
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- movement of heat energy through space
- liquid and solid center
- sideways and downward movement
- divergent boundary on land
Down
- plates move together
- plates spread
- soft layer below lithosphere
- plates slide past each other
- solid outer
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses= warm rises, cool sinks
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- hot solid rock below crust
16 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • underwater mountain system • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • 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 • ...
project. 2021-04-01
Across
- images of earth collected by satelittes
- plane section of a 3D map
- change
- hypothesis that earths geographic form has moved over time
- super continent
- moving or extending direction
- thin part of earths crust
- going up
- move toward one point
Down
- upper layer of earths mantle
- sideways and downward movement of tectonicplates pieces of earths crust
- ridged outer part of earth
- thick part of earths crust
- line on rock
- depressions of sea floor
- arangements of physical features of the area
16 Clues: change • going up • line on rock • super continent • move toward one point • depressions of sea floor • plane section of a 3D map • thin part of earths crust • ridged outer part of earth • thick part of earths crust • upper layer of earths mantle • moving or extending direction • images of earth collected by satelittes • arangements of physical features of the area • ...
Morgan 4th 2021-09-27
Across
- solid outer layer
- hot solid rock below crust
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat in and gasses=warm rises,cool sinks
- movement of heat energy through space
- plates move together
Down
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- plates spread
- sideways and doneward movement
- original supercontinent
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- plates slide past eachother
- crust and upper mantle
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- divergent boundary on land
- underwater mountain system, sea floore spreading
16 Clues: plates spread • solid outer layer • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • hot solid rock below crust • divergent boundary on land • plates slide past eachother • sideways and doneward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur • ...
Byatt Wanks 4th 2021-09-27
Across
- solid outer layer
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
- divergent boundary on land
- Plates slide past each other
- plates spread
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- underwater mountain system seafloor spreading
Down
- sideways and downward movement
- movement of heat in liquids and guess
- crust and upper mantle
- movement of heat energy through space
- soft layer below lithosphere
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- plates move together
- original supercontinent
- liquid and solid center
16 Clues: plates spread • solid outer layer • plates move together • crust and upper mantle • original supercontinent • liquid and solid center • divergent boundary on land • Plates slide past each other • soft layer below lithosphere • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat in liquids and guess • movement of heat energy through space • ...
Earths Structure and Plate Tectonics 2025-11-27
Across
- cycle Continuous process
- rock Formed when magma cools and solidifies
- Two additional layers
- boundary Plates that slide past each other
- Trembling and shaking of the earth
- Made up of two layers
- Outermost layer
Down
- Lava erupts from it
- rock Compaction and cementation
- boundary They crash into each other
- boundary moves apart from each other
- Thickest layer
- plates Several large slabs
- boundary The meeting point of two tectonic plates
- building Forms mountains
- Rock Formed by extreme heat and pressure
16 Clues: Thickest layer • Outermost layer • Lava erupts from it • Two additional layers • Made up of two layers • building Forms mountains • plates Several large slabs • Trembling and shaking of the earth • cycle Continuous process • rock Compaction and cementation • boundary They crash into each other • boundary moves apart from each other • ...
Puttin' it Together 2020-08-12
Across
- this plate boundary is sometimes called a strike-slip fault
- without this ductile zone of earth's mantle the lithosphere would not have something to slide on
- lithospheric crust is created at this type of margin
- new crust forms out of this at divergent plate boundaries
- this is the smallest tectonic plate on earth
- the highest mountains in the world are formed as a result of this type of crust coming together
- these result at transform plate boundaries as a result of crustal plates moving against each other
- the only tectonic plate situated completely in south of the equator
- the youngest rocks on earth can be found here - like the one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
- volcanoes can be formed at convergent plate boundaries and above these
Down
- this margin is also called a convergent plate boundary
- this is part of the world's longest (underwater) mountain range
- this is the thinnest portion of the lithosphere - located beneath the ocean's water
- this plate boundary is responsible for mountain building
- the portion of earth made up earth's crust and upper most solid mantle
- this mountain range exists as a result of the Indian Plate subducting underneath the Eurasian Plate
- this plate is subductin underneath the North American Plate
- these type of igneous mountains are caused at convergent plate boundaries
- an example of a transform plate boundary
- sometimes called a ridge -this topographic feature is formed at convergent plate boundaries
20 Clues: an example of a transform plate boundary • this is the smallest tectonic plate on earth • lithospheric crust is created at this type of margin • this margin is also called a convergent plate boundary • this plate boundary is responsible for mountain building • new crust forms out of this at divergent plate boundaries • ...
Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2024-09-05
Across
- This is the area where you will find most of the volcanoes in the world
- Type of boundary where two plates separate
- This mountain range that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean was created by a new crust from a divergent boundary
- This is where two tectonic plates meet
- This natural disaster, along with volcanoes, can cause a tsunami
- Large chunks of lithosphere that gradually move
- The 750-mile long fault in California that is created by a transform boundary
- The prehistoric conglomerate of the 7 continents all combined
- This is how scientists track movements of tectonic plates
- This process creates new crust in the ocean
- Process where one plate moves below another plate
- An area in the Earth’s mantle that is unusually hot
Down
- The theory that plates slowly move the continents over time
- Type of boundary where two plates collide
- Lava that is below the Earth’s surface
- Layer of the earth that represents the crust
- The largest tectonic plate
- The deepest part of the ocean floor
- The scientist credited for the Continental Drift theory
- Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
- This is the type of rock that is created at a ridge
- This is created in the ocean when subduction occurs
- Layer of the earth that contains magma
- The mountain range in Colorado that is created by a convergent boundary
24 Clues: The largest tectonic plate • The deepest part of the ocean floor • Lava that is below the Earth’s surface • This is where two tectonic plates meet • Layer of the earth that contains magma • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Type of boundary where two plates separate • This process creates new crust in the ocean • Layer of the earth that represents the crust • ...
Plate tectonics and boundaries 2023-12-18
Across
- the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust
- Outer most layer of earth
- The vent on the earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled is a called a _________.
- Most inner layer of earth
- Thickest layer in earth crust
- is the layer of the upper mantle composed of low-density rock matterial that is semiplastic,like putty.
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- Said to be a liquid layer
- In this boundary plates slide past each other.
- where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust
Down
- A major volcanic zone which is found along the Pacific ocean and travels all the way from South America, to North America and along Asia.
- boundary between two colliding plates, often associated with mountain building ocean trenches and volcanic islands
- This is an example of a mid ocean ridge.
- When the earth's tectonic plates move, we call this a ______.
- A ______________ boundary creates mountains.
- What type of process is created by a divergent boundary.
- When one tectonic plates dives under another, it is called __________.
- boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other.
- the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape the topography of the earth.
- At a convergent convergent boundary where an ocean meets a continent, the ocean dives under. This is called _________.
- A ___________ boundary creates new ocean floor.
21 Clues: Outer most layer of earth • Most inner layer of earth • Said to be a liquid layer • Thickest layer in earth crust • This is an example of a mid ocean ridge. • A ______________ boundary creates mountains. • In this boundary plates slide past each other. • A ___________ boundary creates new ocean floor. • What type of process is created by a divergent boundary. • ...
Tsunamis (L1-L3) 2025-08-29
Across
- This part of the core is solid iron
- This wave model's limitation is the depth is the same under the water
- This happens at a convergent boundary when two continental plates collide
- This is the original point of an earthquake
- This variable increases when you increase earthquake magnitude
- If this is lower, the tsunami wave height increases
- This variable is on the x-axis
- This is created at a divergent boundary in the ocean
- This part of the core is liquid iron
- This boundary is where two plates slide past each other
- This is how energy is transferred within the mantle
Down
- If this is higher, the tsunami wave height increases
- This is the hot liquid layer of the earth below the crust
- This layer of the earth combines the crust with the upper solid mantle
- This boundary is where two plates move apart
- This variable is on the y-axis
- This is the distance from the mean to the highest point in a wave
- This part of the mantle lies below the lithosphere
- This wave model's limitation is that we cannot see the actual amplitude of the waves
- This is what a wave does after it hits a barrier
- This is the depth that increases tsunami wave height
- This boundary is where two plates collide
- This type of convergent boundary is where a continental plate meets an oceanic plate
23 Clues: This variable is on the y-axis • This variable is on the x-axis • This part of the core is solid iron • This part of the core is liquid iron • This boundary is where two plates collide • This is the original point of an earthquake • This boundary is where two plates move apart • This is what a wave does after it hits a barrier • ...
Plate Tectonics 2025-11-04
Across
- There are matching rock formations in South America and this continent.
- This supercontinent existed 250 million years ago.
- The Earth's crust is thinnest and densest here.
- The thickest layer of the Earth
- This describes one plate moving under another plate, often producing volcanoes.
- These types of current in the mantle are what makes plates move.
- The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of this type of plate boundary.
- Continental Drift Theory did not explain how the continents do this.
- How many main layers is the interior of the Earth divided into?
- Tectonic plates float on top of this.
- The rigid part of the Earth including the crust and upper mantle (makes up the plates of the Earth)
- The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the result of this type of plate boundary.
Down
- This describes one plate crashing into another plate and pushes up mountains.
- Harry Hess used this to map the bottom of the ocean and discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- Rigid but moving pieces of the Earth's surface are called _______ plates.
- Who created Continental Drift Theory?
- The thinnest layer of the Earth
- Fossils of tropical plants were found here.
- This type of spreading means the youngest rocks of the ocean floor are at divergent boundaries.
- Earthquakes and volcanoes are usually located near the ______ between plates.
- The Himalayan mountains are the result of this kind of plate boundary.
- These happen when stress builds up at a plate boundary.
22 Clues: The thinnest layer of the Earth • The thickest layer of the Earth • Who created Continental Drift Theory? • Tectonic plates float on top of this. • Fossils of tropical plants were found here. • The Earth's crust is thinnest and densest here. • This supercontinent existed 250 million years ago. • These happen when stress builds up at a plate boundary. • ...
plate boundaries 2022-10-06
Across
- land
- hard solid rock moving
- lava comes out of the earth
- when something repeats
- to examine something
- the earth's crust is also the ____
- indent
Down
- when plates move away from each other
- the space between the plates
- when plates move towards each other
- the soft solid layer under the earth's crust
- the earth is shaking
- how fast things move
13 Clues: land • indent • the earth is shaking • to examine something • how fast things move • hard solid rock moving • when something repeats • lava comes out of the earth • the space between the plates • the earth's crust is also the ____ • when plates move towards each other • when plates move away from each other • the soft solid layer under the earth's crust
vocab 2023-01-31
Across
- thin and bony
- to pass through or gain entrance
- capable of being grasped by the sences of mind
- hatred
- to make of no value or consequences
- puzzling
Down
- going in different directions
- to be of use or benifit to
- very earnest
- clothes, apparel,garb
- to plunge straight down
- a very close friend
- to join at one end or be next to
13 Clues: hatred • puzzling • very earnest • thin and bony • a very close friend • clothes, apparel,garb • to plunge straight down • to be of use or benifit to • going in different directions • to pass through or gain entrance • to join at one end or be next to • to make of no value or consequences • capable of being grasped by the sences of mind
Plate tectonics 2023-08-25
Across
- Material Above Earths Surface
- Formed when two continental plates collide
- Material Below Earths Surface
- Curret responsible for plate movent
- 2 Plate tectonic plates collide
- One continent buckling under another
Down
- Formed by Divergent Plates
- Evidence of continental drift
- Old formation of continents
- Location Directly above origin of earthquake
- 2nd outermost layer of earth
- 2 Plates Slide along each other
- Earths outer most layer
13 Clues: Earths outer most layer • Formed by Divergent Plates • Old formation of continents • 2nd outermost layer of earth • Material Above Earths Surface • Evidence of continental drift • Material Below Earths Surface • 2 Plates Slide along each other • 2 Plate tectonic plates collide • Curret responsible for plate movent • One continent buckling under another • ...
Plate Tectonics/Soil Composition 2021-12-02
Across
- Denser TP moves under less dense TP
- Result of a convergent plate boundary
- Organization of soil
- Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist
- Material similar to bedrock
- Where earthquakes begin
- Region where mantle is heated
- Soil Organism
- Partially decomposed organic material
Down
- Earth's outermost rock layer
- Oceanic/Continental
- Parallel + Horizontal movement of plates
- These rest on plates
- Result of a divergent plate boundary
- Matter from remains of plants/animals
- Layer of Earth's crust that supports terrestrial life
16 Clues: Soil Organism • Oceanic/Continental • These rest on plates • Organization of soil • Where earthquakes begin • Material similar to bedrock • Earth's outermost rock layer • Region where mantle is heated • Denser TP moves under less dense TP • Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist • Result of a divergent plate boundary • Result of a convergent plate boundary • ...
Cameron 4 2022-09-30
Across
- breaks in the crust where earthquakes occur
- plates move together
- original supercontinent
- solid outer
- underwater mountain system
Down
- divergent boundary on land
- crust and upper mantle
- Plates spread
- long deep depressions in ocean floor
- hot solid rock below crust
- plates slide past each other
- movement of heat energy through space
- movement of heat in liquids and gasses
- sideways and downward movement
- liquid and solid center
- movement of heat from one solid object to another
16 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 • plates slide past each other • sideways and downward movement • long deep depressions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • ...
earth 2021-11-17
8 Clues: a valley • molten rock • coming close together • sliding past something • to glide past something • going different directions • something that contains lava • elevated portion of earths crust
Divergent crossword puzzle 2016-02-26
5 Clues: The 'peaceful' faction • is the name of the book • The divergent Tris meets in Dauntless • was the faction beatrice was born into • The 'selfless' faction, also Beatrice's birth faction
Book club 7 2023-12-15
Tectonic Plates 2023-10-24
Crossword Puzzle ! 2013-02-26
Across
- its where two tectonic plates meet
- a type of elastic wave, also called seismic waves, that can travel through gases
- is a process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
- an unsatisfactory feature of one's work
- a divergent boundary or divergent plate
- a type of seismic, also known as the elastic s-waves
- the crust and upper mantle of the earth
- the thin part of the earth's crust that under lies the ocean basins
- the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
Down
- a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph
- in plate tectonics, a boundary also known as a destructive boundary
- the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent
- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
- the think crust of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses, it is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust
- the branch of science concerned with earthquake and related experience
- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
- the upper layer of the earth;s matle, below the listhosphere
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing destruction, as a result movements of the earth's crust is involved
18 Clues: its where two tectonic plates meet • an unsatisfactory feature of one's work • a divergent boundary or divergent plate • the crust and upper mantle of the earth • a type of seismic, also known as the elastic s-waves • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • the upper layer of the earth;s matle, below the listhosphere • ...
unit 3 vocab 2021-11-10
Across
- Boundary created when plates move away from each other
- a seamount whose top has been eroded flat by wave action, and then subsides
- Boundary created when plates move towards each other
- Slope the steep decline from the continental shelf to the ocean floor
- Boundary created when plates slide past each other
- a long, narrow, deep depression on the ocean floor
- the solid upper layer of the Earth's mantle, that is so hot that it behaves plastically and can flow. Convection currents occur here and move the lithospheric plates above.
- an underwater mountain, usually volcanic
Down
- Ridge a long underwater mountain chain, produced by seafloor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
- top-most layer of the Earth, composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid
- Shelf the gently sloping part of the continent that is underwater
- Valley an undersea valley, located along the center of the mid-ocean ridge, from which lava seeps out and creates new ocean floor.
- Current an underwater mudslide of sediments
- Rise a mound of sediments at the base of the continental slope
14 Clues: an underwater mountain, usually volcanic • Current an underwater mudslide of sediments • a long, narrow, deep depression on the ocean floor • Boundary created when plates slide past each other • Boundary created when plates move towards each other • Boundary created when plates move away from each other • ...
Volcanoes 2025-10-14
Across
- A type of volcano that is large, steep sided and results from explosive eruptions of andesitic and rhyolitic lava and ash along convergent plate boundaries
- Of Fire An area of earthquake and volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific ocean
- Large volcanic depression formed when a volcano's summit collapses or is blown away by explosive activity
- When 2 plates collide and the denser plate sinks
- A vent in earth's crust through which melted or molten rock flows
Down
- Volcanic Eruptions Eruptions caused by lava that is low in silicia and the amount of dissolved gasses
- A small steep sided volcano that erupts gas-rich, basaltic lava
- Molten rock below earth's surface
- When 2 plates spread apart and magma rises through the vent
- Volcanic Eruptions Eruptions caused by lava and ash that are high in silicia and dissolved gasses
- Spots Volcanoes that aren't associated with plate boundaries
- A type of volcano common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots
12 Clues: Molten rock below earth's surface • When 2 plates collide and the denser plate sinks • When 2 plates spread apart and magma rises through the vent • A small steep sided volcano that erupts gas-rich, basaltic lava • A vent in earth's crust through which melted or molten rock flows • Spots Volcanoes that aren't associated with plate boundaries • ...
Spelling/Vocabulary 10 2022-11-14
Across
- out of date, not used
- intense or eager interest
- going or moving in different directions
- first, new
- not having enough information to make a decision
- a part of a whole
- significant important
- standard by which something can be judged or evaluated
Down
- impartial fair
- to make happen quickly
- heavier, bigger or lower on one side
- mixed feelings
- explanation for something, not practice
- gain benefit favorable circumstance
- important to the point discussed
15 Clues: first, new • impartial fair • mixed feelings • a part of a whole • out of date, not used • significant important • to make happen quickly • intense or eager interest • important to the point discussed • gain benefit favorable circumstance • heavier, bigger or lower on one side • explanation for something, not practice • going or moving in different directions • ...
Tectonic Plates 2024-04-05
Across
- Near 5000 °C, the Sun's surface temperature.
- Mountains formed when plates crush.
- There are seven of them.
- 2000-4000 °C.
- One tectonic plate converges under another.
- Who studies earthquakes.
- Natural disaster.
Down
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Who studies volcanoes.
- Plates sliding past each other.
- Plates moving towards each other.
- Plates moving away from each other.
- Slowly moving peaces of Earth's crust.
- Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink.
- Ancient supercontinent.
15 Clues: 2000-4000 °C. • Natural disaster. • Who studies volcanoes. • Ancient supercontinent. • There are seven of them. • Who studies earthquakes. • Plates sliding past each other. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Plates moving towards each other. • Mountains formed when plates crush. • Plates moving away from each other. • Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink. • ...
Tectonic Plates 2024-04-05
Across
- Near 5000 °C, the Sun's surface temperature.
- Mountains formed when plates crush.
- There are seven of them.
- 2000-4000 °C.
- One tectonic plate converges under another.
- Who studies earthquakes.
- Natural disaster.
Down
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Who studies volcanoes.
- Plates sliding past each other.
- Plates moving towards each other.
- Plates moving away from each other.
- Slowly moving peaces of Earth's crust.
- Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink.
- Ancient supercontinent.
15 Clues: 2000-4000 °C. • Natural disaster. • Who studies volcanoes. • Ancient supercontinent. • There are seven of them. • Who studies earthquakes. • Plates sliding past each other. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Plates moving towards each other. • Mountains formed when plates crush. • Plates moving away from each other. • Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink. • ...
Tcap review 2023-04-05
Across
- The innermost layer of earth. Divided into 2 parts, liquid outer and solid inner. Made of iron and nickel.
- plates large pieces of lithosphere that the ocean and continents rest on.
- floor spreading occurs when divergent plates separate. convection currents cause less dense materials to rise. creates new ocean floor.
- The solid, outermost layer of the earth, lying above the mantle
- Boundary Boundary were tectonic plates divide.
- Spot When magma flows through a crack in the middle of a tectonic plate, and not at a plate boundary. Hawaiian islands were formed this way.
- the supercontinent that existed before continents separated.
- the layer that lies between Earth's crust and core. The majority of earths mass in this layer
Down
- Form at convergent boundaries where one plate subducts under another, and magma underground is pushed upward.
- boundary Boundary were tectonic plates collide.
- when a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere creates seismic waves.
- boundary Boundary were tectonic plates slide past each other.
12 Clues: Boundary Boundary were tectonic plates divide. • boundary Boundary were tectonic plates collide. • the supercontinent that existed before continents separated. • boundary Boundary were tectonic plates slide past each other. • The solid, outermost layer of the earth, lying above the mantle • ...
Science of Earth 2021-12-15
Across
- plates collide
- rock over the Earth
- plates move away
- shaking in the ground
- The most inner layer in earth
- What holds the continents together
- rock under the earth
Down
- hot fluid from a volcano.
- matter that settles at the bottom of
- plates under the ocean
- hold the earth
- Plates slide past each other
- an opening in the earths crust
- the outer layer in earth
- underneath the Earth
15 Clues: plates collide • hold the earth • plates move away • rock over the Earth • rock under the earth • underneath the Earth • shaking in the ground • plates under the ocean • the outer layer in earth • hot fluid from a volcano. • Plates slide past each other • The most inner layer in earth • an opening in the earths crust • What holds the continents together • ...
Whats shaking? Rishi 2021-10-14
Across
- extremely fragile
- bellow the outer surface
- when two tectonic plates move away
- when two tectonic plates collide
- distinct motion of two rock surfaces
- core around the middle of the earth
- the outer surface
- causes rocks to fold or fracture
Down
- core the middle of the Earth
- the tectonic plates float on
- Where the tectonic plates are
- a caterpillar can _________
- stress or pressure
- I fell into a ______
- to the capacity of a rock...
15 Clues: extremely fragile • the outer surface • stress or pressure • I fell into a ______ • bellow the outer surface • a caterpillar can _________ • core the middle of the Earth • the tectonic plates float on • to the capacity of a rock... • Where the tectonic plates are • when two tectonic plates collide • causes rocks to fold or fracture • when two tectonic plates move away • ...
Vocabulary 2024-05-13
Across
- Light,slow
- dark,fast
- warm air slowly moves over cold air
- innermost layer of the earth
- fronts that are moving parallel
- two plates colliding
Down
- Volcano that is currently erupting
- cold air quickly moves into warm air
- Third rock from the sun
- two plates moving away from each other
- predict
- volcano formed by alternating eruptions of lava and ash
- regular repeating pattern found in minerals
- East and west
- North and south
15 Clues: predict • dark,fast • Light,slow • East and west • North and south • two plates colliding • Third rock from the sun • innermost layer of the earth • fronts that are moving parallel • Volcano that is currently erupting • warm air slowly moves over cold air • cold air quickly moves into warm air • two plates moving away from each other • regular repeating pattern found in minerals • ...
Types of boundaries 2023-10-08
Landforms 2022-12-12
rocks lir 2022-11-08
Across
- made from transformed rocks
- rock is heated enough to melt
- made from sediment
- carries away sediment
- one plate sinks below the other
- breaks down bits of rock into sediment
Down
- magma cooling to become igneous rock
- made from magma
- liquid rock
- sediment becoming sedimentary rock
- rock is pushed up towards the surface
- plates move away from each other
- plates move towards each other
13 Clues: liquid rock • made from magma • made from sediment • carries away sediment • made from transformed rocks • rock is heated enough to melt • plates move towards each other • one plate sinks below the other • plates move away from each other • sediment becoming sedimentary rock • magma cooling to become igneous rock • rock is pushed up towards the surface • ...
Observations of Evolution 2024-07-24
Across
- evolution towards different traits
- genetic characteristics
- selection towards one extreme
- speciation within the same area
- selection towards the mean
- alleles moving between different populations
- selection towards both extremes
- speciation because of geographic barrier
- speciation because of geographic barrier
Down
- evolution towards a similar trait
- the changing of allele frequencies due to random mating
- same design, different function
- same function, different design
- physical characteristics
14 Clues: genetic characteristics • physical characteristics • selection towards the mean • selection towards one extreme • same design, different function • speciation within the same area • same function, different design • selection towards both extremes • evolution towards a similar trait • evolution towards different traits • speciation because of geographic barrier • ...
8.9 ABC Vocabulary 2023-02-10
Across
- place where tectonic plates meet
- long crack in the surface of the earth
- collide
- oceanic floor pushed together
- divide
- when rock layers a pushed together
- huge pieces of lithosphere
- plate in the water
Down
- a long narrow steep sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust
- when two tectonic plates move towards each other and collide
- circular movement of fluids
- sink
- super continet
13 Clues: sink • divide • collide • super continet • plate in the water • huge pieces of lithosphere • circular movement of fluids • oceanic floor pushed together • place where tectonic plates meet • when rock layers a pushed together • long crack in the surface of the earth • when two tectonic plates move towards each other and collide • ...
a 2018-04-16
10 Clues: Not divergent • to interpolate • To be together • rule of suppression • It satisfies the equation • Divisible by itself or one • Point where maxima is found • Point where minimum is found • Array of elements in row & column • To take the function to next value
Tectonic Plates Puzzle 2021-11-04
10 Clues: Causes earthquakes • Humans live on this • Earths largest layer • Move toward eachother • Liquid iron and nickel • Shoots out of a volcano • Move away from eachother • Causes the plates to move • Shoots out hot lava and magma • Solid ball of solid iron and nickel
Earth Structre 2021-11-30
10 Clues: Plates move apart • Plates move together • Lower mantle and core • Slide past each other • makes up the oceanic crust • Includes crust and continents • makes up the continental crust • Most popular transform boundary • Ability to float by displacing water • Supports the continental drift theory
station lab crossword puzzle 2023-04-17
10 Clues: liquid rock • opposite of cold • slide past each other • mountains that go boom • 2 plates come together • thickest layer of earth • thinnest layer in earth • what we are learning about • plates move away from each other • plates move apart causing a trench
Vocabulary for "Internment" 2022-10-07
10 Clues: hate • forced • take in • point out; indicate • overlook or excuse an offense • a person who is always hopeful • prejudice; hostility to other groups • separate; going in different directions • discussions aimed at reaching an agreement • joining together of things that had been divided
No More Management 101 2014-08-19
Divergent by Veronica Roth 2025-11-03
Across
- Tris's original faction.
- Tris's brother who joins Erudite.
- People who have no faction are called this.
- The main character who transfers from Abnegation to Dauntless.
- Tris's love interest and Dauntless instructor.
- Leader of the Erudite faction.
Down
- People who are not just one faction are called this.
- The faction that values bravery.
- The faction that values knowledge.
- The faction that values peace.
- The faction that values honesty.
- The simulated test that decides a person's faction.
12 Clues: Tris's original faction. • The faction that values peace. • Leader of the Erudite faction. • The faction that values bravery. • The faction that values honesty. • Tris's brother who joins Erudite. • The faction that values knowledge. • People who have no faction are called this. • Tris's love interest and Dauntless instructor. • ...
Tectonic Plates 2024-04-05
Across
- Near 5000 °C, the Sun's surface temperature.
- Mountains formed when plates crush.
- There are seven of them.
- 2000-4000 °C.
- One tectonic plate converges under another.
- Who studies earthquakes.
- Natural disaster.
Down
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Who studies volcanoes.
- Plates sliding past each other.
- Plates moving towards each other.
- Plates moving away from each other.
- Slowly moving peaces of Earth's crust.
- Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink.
- Ancient supercontinent.
15 Clues: 2000-4000 °C. • Natural disaster. • Who studies volcanoes. • Ancient supercontinent. • There are seven of them. • Who studies earthquakes. • Plates sliding past each other. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Plates moving towards each other. • Mountains formed when plates crush. • Plates moving away from each other. • Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink. • ...
chapter 9 2023-04-25
Across
- continents in motion
- opposite orient
- two plates collide
- opposite direction of the magnetic field
- magnetic compass needles
- circulation of material
- two plates side past one another
- moves the lithosphere in opposite directions
- mountain ranges
- plates sank below the buoyant plate
Down
- oceanic crust on mid-ocean ridges
- two plates separate
- Supercontinent
- outermost rocky layer
- Earths surface
15 Clues: Supercontinent • Earths surface • opposite orient • mountain ranges • two plates collide • two plates separate • continents in motion • outermost rocky layer • circulation of material • magnetic compass needles • two plates side past one another • oceanic crust on mid-ocean ridges • plates sank below the buoyant plate • opposite direction of the magnetic field • ...
Divergent crossword puzzle 2016-02-26
5 Clues: The 'peaceful' faction • is the name of the book • The divergent Tris meets in Dauntless • was the faction beatrice was born into • The 'selfless' faction, also Beatrice's birth faction
Crossword Vocab Crossword 2023-02-16
Across
- when two plates spread apart along a divergent boundary.
- relatively slow moving, they are rarely deadly
- volcanoes that are large,steep-sided volcanoes that result from explosive eruptions of andesite and rhyolitic lava and ash
- When two plates collide,the denser plate sinks or sub-ducts,into the mantel
Down
- explosive volcanoes can produce fast-moving avalanches of hot gas,ash,and rock called pyroclastic rock
- large volcanic depressions formed when a volcano's summit collapses or is blown away by explosive activity's
- during an explosive eruption volcanoes can erupt large volumes of volcanic ash
- the thermal energy a volcano produces during an eruption can melt snow and ice on the summit.
- volcanoes that are small, steep-sided volcanoes that erupt gas-rich,basaltic lavas.
- A vent in earths crust through which melted or molten rock flows.
- volcanoes are common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots.
- volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries are called hot spots.
12 Clues: relatively slow moving, they are rarely deadly • when two plates spread apart along a divergent boundary. • A vent in earths crust through which melted or molten rock flows. • When two plates collide,the denser plate sinks or sub-ducts,into the mantel • volcanoes are common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots. • ...
Vocab 6 2023-05-12
Across
- An amusing story about a real-life accident
- Similar to wise
- Calm or cool
- Certain to happen
- Similar to perfect
- subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met; made or granted on certain terms.
- Similar to differing
Down
- To match or surpass
- Inspect closely
- Similar to cooperate
- A desert is a ____ climate
- Deep respect for someone or thing
- A political leader that seeks advice
- Similar to instinctive
- Similar to fake
15 Clues: Calm or cool • Inspect closely • Similar to wise • Similar to fake • Certain to happen • Similar to perfect • To match or surpass • Similar to cooperate • Similar to differing • Similar to instinctive • A desert is a ____ climate • Deep respect for someone or thing • A political leader that seeks advice • An amusing story about a real-life accident • ...
Vocab unit #8 2022-02-03
Across
- Continuing with vigor
- Puzzling, Mystifying
- Very hated
- Not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
- To plunge straight down
- To pass through
- To be of use or benefit to
- To declare publicly or officially
- To limit or restrict
- Going in a different direction
- To cause anger
- A written permission allowing one person to act in another place
Down
- To make no value
- Thin and very bony
- A very close Friend
- To join at one end
- Very hot
- Capable of being grasped
- A person that collects items
19 Clues: Very hot • Very hated • To cause anger • To pass through • To make no value • Thin and very bony • To join at one end • A very close Friend • Puzzling, Mystifying • To limit or restrict • Continuing with vigor • To plunge straight down • Capable of being grasped • To be of use or benefit to • A person that collects items • Going in a different direction • To declare publicly or officially • ...
science vocab 2023-02-15
Plate Tectonics // By: Korn Kanihk Norn 2018-02-14
Across
- Where Satellites orbit Earth
- Rock/land, outer of earth's crust
- Upper part of the earth
- The zone below the lithosphere
- Moving to different direction
- Middle and thickest layer
- Rigid
- A process in which new ocean floor is created
- Where we humans live
Down
- Waves produced by earthquakes
- Where meteors burn
- Contains the ozone layer
- How continents move on Earth's surface
- A former "supercontinent" on Earth
- Liquid phase
- A trace or print of plants/animals preserved in rocks
- The lithosphere being broken into
- Coming closer together
- One of the plate tectonics moving below another
19 Clues: Rigid • Liquid phase • Where meteors burn • Where we humans live • Coming closer together • Upper part of the earth • Contains the ozone layer • Middle and thickest layer • Where Satellites orbit Earth • Waves produced by earthquakes • Moving to different direction • The zone below the lithosphere • Rock/land, outer of earth's crust • The lithosphere being broken into • ...
Quiz 7 review 2025-11-17
Across
- where the earthquake begins
- the first vibration sent out from an earthquake
- movement toward
- movement away from
- heat transfer by a moving fluid
- what an earthquake is essentially
- Earth's outermost solid layer
- heat transfer by physical contact
Down
- heat transfer by EM waves
- to visit again
- the wave motion and energy are perpendicular
- to overcome
- movement past
- the most destructive seismic wave
- to draw out
- related to earthquakes
- makes up 80% of Earth's volume
- where earthquake energy shows up on the surface
- a type of plate
19 Clues: to overcome • to draw out • movement past • to visit again • movement toward • a type of plate • movement away from • related to earthquakes • heat transfer by EM waves • where the earthquake begins • Earth's outermost solid layer • makes up 80% of Earth's volume • heat transfer by a moving fluid • the most destructive seismic wave • what an earthquake is essentially • ...
Geoscience crossword puzzle 2023-05-24
9 Clues: same direction • measures speed • measures weather • opposite direction • metric unit for mass • radiation from the sun • matter that settles at the bottom • basic unit for length in metric system • in the ocean and electromagnetic spectrum
Plate Tectonics 2021-10-18
Across
- The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
- an underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed. Caused by Divergent Boundary
- a deep section along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
- A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
- the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core, has magma
- Energy or vibrations that are released due to plate movement
- A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
Down
- The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past
- Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
- A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, example is The Rocky Mountains
- A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, example is Mid-Atlantic Ridge or Great Rift Valley
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- Earth's outermost layer.
- A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions example New Madrid Fault
- A geological feature that indicates a break in a rock due to stress
16 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past • Energy or vibrations that are released due to plate movement • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core, has magma • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-11-07
Across
- these were found in what is now African deserts to support the shifting of the plates
- layer of the earth that causes the plates to move slowly
- this boundary slides past each other at a fault to form earthquakes
- the theory that is based on the continents being connected and then splitting
- evidence of the plates being together based on their shape fitting together like this
- the landform in the ocean where new rock forms that lead to seafloor spreading
- the type of boundary that forms a trench & volcano by sinking below another plate after colliding
Down
- the crust that is less dense & does not sink to be recycled at a convergent subduction boundary
- these were found of the same plants & animals on different continents showing the continents moved
- forms when two continental plates separate at a divergent boundary
- the type of boundary when two continental plates collide to form folded mountains
- the type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading
12 Clues: the type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading • layer of the earth that causes the plates to move slowly • forms when two continental plates separate at a divergent boundary • this boundary slides past each other at a fault to form earthquakes • the theory that is based on the continents being connected and then splitting • ...
Tectonic Plates 2024-04-05
Across
- Near 5000 °C, the Sun's surface temperature.
- Mountains formed when plates crush.
- There are seven of them.
- 2000-4000 °C.
- One tectonic plate converges under another.
- Who studies earthquakes.
- Natural disaster.
Down
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Who studies volcanoes.
- Plates sliding past each other.
- Plates moving towards each other.
- Plates moving away from each other.
- Slowly moving peaces of Earth's crust.
- Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink.
- Ancient supercontinent.
15 Clues: 2000-4000 °C. • Natural disaster. • Who studies volcanoes. • Ancient supercontinent. • There are seven of them. • Who studies earthquakes. • Plates sliding past each other. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Plates moving towards each other. • Mountains formed when plates crush. • Plates moving away from each other. • Warm fluids rise, cool fluids sink. • ...
Mirrors 2022-05-09
Across
- A reflective surface
- The slight bending of light
- Light travels in straight lines
- Reflection or refraction of an object
- Rays go apart
- Point where light rays come together
- Reflected outward
- Transparent substance used to form an image
- Reflected inward
Down
- Image formed of converging light rays
- Image created when light rays converge
- Return of light/sound waves from a surface
- Point where parallel light rays converge
- Rays intersect
- Actual item
15 Clues: Actual item • Rays go apart • Rays intersect • Reflected inward • Reflected outward • A reflective surface • The slight bending of light • Light travels in straight lines • Point where light rays come together • Image formed of converging light rays • Reflection or refraction of an object • Image created when light rays converge • Point where parallel light rays converge • ...
Changing Earth 2014-06-18
Across
- These geological events usually occur at transform plate boundaries or where two plates push together.
- The process by which heat rises and then sinks as it cools is called _____________.
- _________ boundaries forms where two plate collide.
- Evidence for the continental drift theory, involving m________ was observed at Divergent plate boundaries.
- As the oceanic crust drives under the continental crust a ________ forms at the interface.
- The age of rocks and _________ of plants is some of the evidence that supported Wegner’s “Theory of Continental Drift”.
Down
- Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust because it is made of_________.
- Convergent boundaries are also referred to as ____________ boundaries.
- These form at convergent plate boundaries and as a result of magma plumes in the crust.
- This technology was developed during WW2 and allowed for the mapping of the ocean floors.
- ________ is the process by which the crust is destroyed at convergent plate boundary.
- When the magma rises to the crust as a result of convection currents, new crust is formed at a __________ boundary.
- _______ boundaries form when two plate slide against each other in opposite directions.
- The less dense continental crust is composed of ___________.
- The Theory of Continental Drift refers to the movement of _________ plates.
- Regions where volcanoes form in the absence of plate boundaries are known as _______.
16 Clues: _________ boundaries forms where two plate collide. • The less dense continental crust is composed of ___________. • Convergent boundaries are also referred to as ____________ boundaries. • The Theory of Continental Drift refers to the movement of _________ plates. • Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust because it is made of_________. • ...
Rätsel 2015-03-10
Across
- linear Denken
- Rangordnung
- Aussagen die mit eigenen Worten wiederholt werden
- Eine Frage, die einem die Antwort schon vorschlägt
- Zu etwas neigen
- allgemeine Verständigung zwischen Lebewesen untereinander
Down
- Gespflogenheit im Geschäftsverkehr
- Was ist Brainstorming?
- Wie kann man Missverständnisse beseitigen?
- Eine Gesprächsform, anderen etwas darüber zu sagen, wie man sie sieht
- vernetzt Denken
11 Clues: Rangordnung • linear Denken • Zu etwas neigen • vernetzt Denken • Was ist Brainstorming? • Gespflogenheit im Geschäftsverkehr • Wie kann man Missverständnisse beseitigen? • Aussagen die mit eigenen Worten wiederholt werden • Eine Frage, die einem die Antwort schon vorschlägt • allgemeine Verständigung zwischen Lebewesen untereinander • ...
Fun game:Divergent 2014-03-20
10 Clues: Rare result. • Aggressive force. • Dauntless Instructor. • A place of your fears. • The injection "juice". • Compound for the Brave. • Not in your original place. • In order from best to worst. • A transfer who seeks to be #1 • The stiff in the Dauntless transfers.
SCIENCE 2022-02-03
10 Clues: a rift valley • destroys crust • very bottom layer • convergent creates it • When new crust is formed • Creates folded mountains • Known for creating earthquakes • a sideways and downward movement • like when you divide & make a new # • plates slip _________ past each other creating earthquakes
plate boundries 2023-02-13
10 Clues: pulls apart • ground shaking • lava/magma erupts • parts of the earth • slides past each other • collide into each other • the seafloor moves apart • when an area gets really deep • when a plate goes under another • a ridge in the middle of the ocean
Plate tectonics 2022-02-17
10 Clues: Geohazard • Super continent • boundary Collide • boundary pull apart • Hazard caused by the earth • boundary slide past each other • Molten material above the surface • one plate lower density then other • Molten material underneath the surface • currents earth created by the heat in the core
SPELLING WEEK 3 2016-04-23
10 Clues: : A narrow opening • : Fragile or frail • : emotions disappear • : increase or addition • plane: A slip in a surface • To change form or appearance. • bombardment : Earths formation • : When two tectonic plates merge • : relating to the earth or earthly • : when two tectonic plates move away.
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-20
10 Clues: seismic activity • moving away boundary • below the lithosphere • upper layer of mantle • shifting piece of earth • scorched piece of mantle • deep groove in the ocean • 1800 mile thick layer of earth • one mass of all the continents • conical hill that contains magma
Tectonic Plate Project 2022-11-01
10 Clues: Tectonic? • Very old is? • Magma rising is? • Plate interaction is? • Remains of an animal? • Movement of plates is? • What is the super continent? • The boundary in which plates collide? • When plates move away from each other? • when plates slide past eachtother it is
Dystopian Literature 2025-12-09
10 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • not held securely;uncertainty • to withdraw from a union or group • different or developing directions • transforming a planet to resemble earth • the process or action of combining something
Plate Tectonics 2021-03-30
10 Clues: Molten rocks • A split or gap • Patterns in the magma • One plate under another • Colliding/coming together • Sliding against each other • Moving away from each other • Formed form eruption of volcanoes • Formed by plates with same density • Formed by convergent plate boundaries
Creative Cakes 2023-09-30
10 Clues: Red fruit • Best candy • Brand of cola • Best ESP teacher • Type of thinking • Goes on top of a cake • Savannah's favorite color • Thing Sav's cake was missing • Every great idea starts with a good • When you push through set backs you are ""
science 2023-05-11
10 Clues: produces lava • they go apart • pushes together • what we live on • they go together • hole in the ground • plates in the earth • they slide past each other • produced by the middle of the earth • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
Oceanography crossword 2024-01-18
10 Clues: lowest/part/of/wave • period/of/inactivity • mid/lattitude/region • smallest/weakest/cell • 2/plates/come/together • the/highest/part/of/wave • plate/sinks/under/another • crust/is/broken/into/plates • two/plates/move/away/from/eachother • perrminant/winds/in/middle/lattitudes
Layers of the Earth 2024-02-01
10 Clues: to compress • a supercontinent • plates move apart • layer below the crust • outside the inner core • Boundary plates move apart • plates slide past eachother • innermost layer of the earth • Layer of the earth we walk on • earth is made of up 15 of these
Plate techonics 2022-01-12
10 Clues: molten lava • moves apart • comes together • how land moves • crack in the ground • where lava comes from • slides past each other • made from convergent plates • are made from transform boundaries • when a plate doesn't have the same density and goes beneath the plate.
