divergent Crossword Puzzles
Plate tectonics crossword 2025-10-21
Across
- when two plate techtonics move away from each other.
- formed at the overlap of the two plates.
- similar the the word like split
- rock that forms at the ocean floor.
- when two plate techtonics move past each other.
Down
- occurs at divergent boundaries.
- When two plate techtonics move towards each other.
- Magma that has solidified.
- Layer below Earths crust.
- Molten rock from below the surface of the Earth.
10 Clues: Layer below Earths crust. • Magma that has solidified. • occurs at divergent boundaries. • similar the the word like split • rock that forms at the ocean floor. • formed at the overlap of the two plates. • when two plate techtonics move past each other. • Molten rock from below the surface of the Earth. • When two plate techtonics move towards each other. • ...
Earthquakes 2022-05-31
Across
- The place above the focus
- where 2 plates collide with eachother
- The are between 2 tectonic plates
- the name of where the earthquake occurs
- How we measure the intensity of an earthquake
Down
- mucky water risien to the surface by pressure
- Where 2 tectonic plates seperate
- the first wave of energy
- The plates that make up the crust (not plates)
- Where 2 plates slip past oner and other
10 Clues: the first wave of energy • The place above the focus • Where 2 tectonic plates seperate • The are between 2 tectonic plates • where 2 plates collide with eachother • Where 2 plates slip past oner and other • the name of where the earthquake occurs • mucky water risien to the surface by pressure • How we measure the intensity of an earthquake • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-11-16
Across
- a continent that was split up a long time ago
- gigantic chunks of the Lithosphere
- small earthquakes that occur after big ones
- big wave created by earthquake
- a boundary were the plates are pushed together
- A mountain that can erupt with magma and smoke
Down
- a boundary were plates are pushed apart
- A big crack in the Lithosphere
- the theory that continents move
- Molten rock that is inside the earth
10 Clues: A big crack in the Lithosphere • big wave created by earthquake • the theory that continents move • gigantic chunks of the Lithosphere • Molten rock that is inside the earth • a boundary were plates are pushed apart • small earthquakes that occur after big ones • a continent that was split up a long time ago • a boundary were the plates are pushed together • ...
NATURAL PHENOMENA 2019-11-26
Across
- (of rock) having solidified from lava or magma
- have become changed by intense heat or pressure while forming
- coming closer together
- is underlain by the mantle
- the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
- places where plates slide sideways past each other
Down
- when sediment is deposited and becomes tightly compacted
- develop in different directions
- the earth's crust which forms the large land masses
- a dividing line
10 Clues: a dividing line • coming closer together • is underlain by the mantle • develop in different directions • (of rock) having solidified from lava or magma • the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins • places where plates slide sideways past each other • the earth's crust which forms the large land masses • when sediment is deposited and becomes tightly compacted • ...
Tectonic hazards 2019-11-05
Across
- gives of lava, ash and hot gases
- what is magma called when it pours out of the volcano
- molten rock in the earth
- made of granite
- the very top of the mantle and the crust
- a sudden violent shaking of the ground
Down
- when the continental plate move together and the oceanic plate subducts
- upper layer of earth's mantle
- under the crust
- when the plate moves apart
10 Clues: under the crust • made of granite • molten rock in the earth • when the plate moves apart • upper layer of earth's mantle • gives of lava, ash and hot gases • a sudden violent shaking of the ground • the very top of the mantle and the crust • what is magma called when it pours out of the volcano • when the continental plate move together and the oceanic plate subducts
science class 2021-09-30
Across
- - a human body but just the bones
- - the amount of iowa state things in the class
- - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother
- - tectonic plate that comes together
Down
- -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
- - his favorite nfl team
- -a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
- - a red and black team
- - tectonic plate that pules apart
- - the teachers name
10 Clues: - a red and black team • - his favorite nfl team • - the teachers name • - a human body but just the bones • - tectonic plate that pules apart • - tectonic plate that comes together • - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother • - the amount of iowa state things in the class • -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • ...
science class 2021-09-30
Across
- - a human body but just the bones
- - the amount of iowa state things in the class
- - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother
- - tectonic plate that comes together
Down
- -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
- - his favorite nfl team
- -a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
- - a red and black team
- - tectonic plate that pules apart
- - the teachers name
10 Clues: - a red and black team • - his favorite nfl team • - the teachers name • - a human body but just the bones • - tectonic plate that pules apart • - tectonic plate that comes together • - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother • - the amount of iowa state things in the class • -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • ...
Tectonic Plates 2023-01-24
Across
- the effect of convection in the mantle
- when the plates collide and move toward each other
- housed in the mantle
- a formation of new areas of oceanic crust
- a movement caused within a fluid
Down
- when two plate boundaries crash
- continuous range of underwater volcanoes
- when two plates move away from each other
- when two tectonic plates slide past each other
- occurs in different boundaries
10 Clues: housed in the mantle • occurs in different boundaries • when two plate boundaries crash • a movement caused within a fluid • the effect of convection in the mantle • continuous range of underwater volcanoes • when two plates move away from each other • a formation of new areas of oceanic crust • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • ...
UNIT 8 VOCABULARY CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2015-01-24
Across
- VERY EARNEST, EMOTIONAL, PASSIONATE
- CLOTHES, APPAREL, GARB; TO DRESS
- A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, CHUM, BUDDY
- CAPABLE OF BEING GRASPED BY THE SENSES OR MIND
- TO LIMIT, BE SPARING OR FRUGAL
- TIRELESS, CONTINUING WITH VIGOR
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- GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER; NOT IN AGREEMENT
- TO DECLARE PUBLICLY OR OFFICIALLY
- TO CAUSE ANGER, IRRITATION, OR BITTERNESS
- TO PASS THROUGH OR GAIN ENTRANCE TO GRADUALLY OR STEALTHILY
10 Clues: TO LIMIT, BE SPARING OR FRUGAL • TIRELESS, CONTINUING WITH VIGOR • CLOTHES, APPAREL, GARB; TO DRESS • A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, CHUM, BUDDY • TO DECLARE PUBLICLY OR OFFICIALLY • VERY EARNEST, EMOTIONAL, PASSIONATE • TO CAUSE ANGER, IRRITATION, OR BITTERNESS • CAPABLE OF BEING GRASPED BY THE SENSES OR MIND • TO PASS THROUGH OR GAIN ENTRANCE TO GRADUALLY OR STEALTHILY • ...
Plate Tectonics 2015-10-15
Across
- plates: the name of the pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
- the place where tectonic plates meet
- two plates collide
- two plates move away
- layers: lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
- in between the crust and the core
Down
- spreading: the scientific theory about pangaea
- layers: crust, core and mantle
- two plates move past each other horizontally
- tectonics: large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere
10 Clues: two plates collide • two plates move away • layers: crust, core and mantle • in between the crust and the core • the place where tectonic plates meet • two plates move past each other horizontally • spreading: the scientific theory about pangaea • tectonics: large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere • plates: the name of the pieces that the lithosphere is divided into • ...
Unit 3 Vocabulary 2021-11-22
Across
- thin and bone, starved looking, bare, barren
- to be of use or benefit to; make use of
- a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
- clothes, apparel, garb
- going in different directions; different from each other
- hatred, ill-will
Down
- very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot
- to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
- to join at one end or be next to
- puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
10 Clues: hatred, ill-will • clothes, apparel, garb • to join at one end or be next to • puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy • to be of use or benefit to; make use of • thin and bone, starved looking, bare, barren • very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot • going in different directions; different from each other • ...
Victor Rincon 2022-04-28
Across
- 2 pieces of rock pushing away from each other
- crust broken into large and small pieces
- tiny pieces of separate rocks
- heat and pressure create metamorphic rocks
- the continents drifts away from each other
Down
- when a piece of rock goes under a tectonic plate
- when two tectonic plates meet and make mountains
- 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other
- many tiny pieces of sediment put together
- dried magma
10 Clues: dried magma • tiny pieces of separate rocks • crust broken into large and small pieces • 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other • many tiny pieces of sediment put together • heat and pressure create metamorphic rocks • the continents drifts away from each other • 2 pieces of rock pushing away from each other • when two tectonic plates meet and make mountains • ...
Jaylene 2022-04-28
Across
- A rock formed by sediment
- Movement of continents across the surface
- To be coming closer together
- Making a change in the form
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- Matter that settles to the bottom of liquids
- Pieces of the Earth’s crust
- Sideways or downward movement at the edge of a plate
- A rock solidified from lava or magma
- To be different or go different directions
- A rock transformed from heat and pressure
10 Clues: A rock formed by sediment • Pieces of the Earth’s crust • Making a change in the form • To be coming closer together • A rock solidified from lava or magma • Movement of continents across the surface • A rock transformed from heat and pressure • To be different or go different directions • Matter that settles to the bottom of liquids • ...
PLate tectonics vocab 2025-02-20
Across
- melted rock on Earth's surface
- plates slide against each other
- the layer of earth between the crust and core
- plates moved towards each other
- the solid outer part of the earth
- the outermost layer of the earth
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- boundary an area where two or more tectonic plates meet
- the scientific theory that the earths continents are moving
- melted rock beneath Earth's surface
- plates move away from each other
10 Clues: melted rock on Earth's surface • plates slide against each other • plates moved towards each other • plates move away from each other • the outermost layer of the earth • the solid outer part of the earth • melted rock beneath Earth's surface • the layer of earth between the crust and core • boundary an area where two or more tectonic plates meet • ...
PLATE TECTONICS 2025-01-20
Across
- theory proposed by Alfred Wegener
- where convection currents occur
- the name given to the large supercontinent
- plates that are moving sliding past one another
- a boundary where plate move away from each other
- plate that subducts in subduction zones
- plates that move away from each other
- the border between two plates
- forms mountains, trenches, volcanoes and volcanic islands
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- forms rift valleys, and mid ocean ridges
- forms faults or fracture zones
- process where two plates divide causing new lithosphere
- the theory that states that the lithosphere is broken down into moving plates
13 Clues: the border between two plates • forms faults or fracture zones • where convection currents occur • theory proposed by Alfred Wegener • plates that move away from each other • plate that subducts in subduction zones • forms rift valleys, and mid ocean ridges • the name given to the large supercontinent • plates that are moving sliding past one another • ...
Science 2018-03-21
Across
- the color of the hottest stars
- one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
- large moving pieces of Earth
- the planet with the most moons
- proposed the idea called continental drift
- the fault that runs though California
- the force that holds galaxies together
- tectonic plates collide
- molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface
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- the actual brightness of a star
- one large landmass
- the rigid solid layer of Earth made of rock
- closest star to Earth
- two plates move away from each other
- the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
- a body composed of gas that emits light
- tectonic plates move past one another in opposite directions
- the birthplace of most stars
18 Clues: one large landmass • closest star to Earth • tectonic plates collide • large moving pieces of Earth • the birthplace of most stars • the color of the hottest stars • the planet with the most moons • the actual brightness of a star • two plates move away from each other • the fault that runs though California • the force that holds galaxies together • ...
Science 2018-03-21
Across
- the actual brightness of a star
- one large landmass
- the color of the hottest stars
- tectonic plates collide
- tectonic plates move past one another in opposite directions
- a body composed of gas that emits light
- the force that holds galaxies together
- two plates move away from each other
- large moving pieces of Earth
Down
- closest star to Earth
- one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
- the planet with the most moons
- molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface
- the rigid solid layer of Earth made of rock
- the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
- the birthplace of most stars
- the fault that runs though California
- proposed the idea called continental drift
18 Clues: one large landmass • closest star to Earth • tectonic plates collide • the birthplace of most stars • large moving pieces of Earth • the planet with the most moons • the color of the hottest stars • the actual brightness of a star • two plates move away from each other • the fault that runs though California • the force that holds galaxies together • ...
Science 2018-03-21
Across
- closest star to Earth
- the color of the hottest stars
- two plates move away from each other
- molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface
- the birthplace of most stars
- tectonic plates collide
- one large landmass
- the fault that runs though California
- the force that holds galaxies together
- large moving pieces of Earth
Down
- the planet with the most moons
- proposed the idea called continental drift
- one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
- the rigid solid layer of Earth made of rock
- tectonic plates move past one another in opposite directions
- the actual brightness of a star
- the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
- a body composed of gas that emits light
18 Clues: one large landmass • closest star to Earth • tectonic plates collide • the birthplace of most stars • large moving pieces of Earth • the planet with the most moons • the color of the hottest stars • the actual brightness of a star • two plates move away from each other • the fault that runs though California • the force that holds galaxies together • ...
Geosphere Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-28
Across
- magma that reaches the earth's surface
- includes all the rocks that make up earth
- plates slide past each other
- type of flow of the volcanic rocks ejected during an eruption
- vibrations by the earth's rapid energy release
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- mountain formed of lava and pyroclastic material
- plates move apart
- Japanese word for seismic sea wave
- incorporation/transportation of a material by a mobile agent
- plates move together
- decomposition of a rock at the earth's surface
11 Clues: plates move apart • plates move together • plates slide past each other • Japanese word for seismic sea wave • magma that reaches the earth's surface • includes all the rocks that make up earth • decomposition of a rock at the earth's surface • vibrations by the earth's rapid energy release • mountain formed of lava and pyroclastic material • ...
plate tectonics 2021-11-18
Across
- a sudden shake of the ground.
- occurs at divergent boundaries
- a mountain or hill typically conical haveing
- A thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
- tectonic plates moving away from each othe in oppsite divections
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- two plates sliding past eachthere
- or vent through lava
- two tectonic plates come together
- hot magma rising in the mantle caused the seafloor
- molten rock housed in the mantle
- Layer of rock which forms the continents
11 Clues: or vent through lava • a sudden shake of the ground. • occurs at divergent boundaries • molten rock housed in the mantle • two plates sliding past eachthere • two tectonic plates come together • Layer of rock which forms the continents • a mountain or hill typically conical haveing • hot magma rising in the mantle caused the seafloor • ...
Tectonics 2023-10-03
Across
- Process in mantle that causes tectonic plates to move
- Top of mantle on which the lithosphere (tectonic plates) move
- The intensity of an earthquake is sometimes measured using this scale
- Property that makes ocean plates sink
- One of these is likely to happen at a strike-slip/transform boundary
- The process that occurs as an ocean plate diverges and new rock is formed at the rift and ridge (two words)
- P & S waves are these types of waves
- The process of a plate sinking under another
- He came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- The "Ring of Fire" surrounds this tectonic plate
- (T or F) Earthquakes are very predictable
- Ocean that formed as Pangea separated
- The number of seismic recordings needed to locate an earthquake's epicenter
- Tall folded mountains occur at location "J" where continental plates converge
- Hawaiian volcanoes from at one of these coming from a mantle plume (two words)
- A deep-sea depression formed at subduction zones
- Volcanic mountains that form at the center of a rift valley (usually in oceans)
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- Transform boundaries where plates slide past each other (two words)
- The layer of the Earth that is made up of ocean and continental plates
- Plate boundary where plates collide
- A mammal-like reptile whose fossils are great evidence for continental drift
- An instrument that records ground shaking
- The point on the surface directly above the Earthquake's focus
- You would find this type of volcano at divergent boundaries and hot spots
- Violent stratovolcanoes can be found at location "L" where plate subduction happens
- Plate boundary where plates divide
- An opening formed as plats diverge (two words)
- The point underground where the Earthquake's energy is released
- Fissure volcanoes at a mid ocean rift and ridge occur at location "F"
- Erosion from these match up on the Southern continents, providing climate evidence for cont.drift
30 Clues: Plate boundary where plates divide • Plate boundary where plates collide • P & S waves are these types of waves • Property that makes ocean plates sink • Ocean that formed as Pangea separated • An instrument that records ground shaking • (T or F) Earthquakes are very predictable • The process of a plate sinking under another • ...
Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2020-10-28
Across
- volcanoes erupt from this substance called "Lava'. Once the magma is ready to be set free it causes the volcano to erupt.
- Boundary, A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more plates collide.
- The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
- Subduction as the process by which tectonic plates sink into Earth's mantle.
- “Crust” describes the hard surface shell coving the mantle of our planet.
- Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
- As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust, This fills in the gap created by the Tectonic plates.
- Boundary, A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- The researchers believe this shift is the earliest proof that modern like plate motion happened between two to four billion years ago.
- inside the crust and core it is pitch solid.
- A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock.
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- Earth has many different layers such as, the mantle, Core, and crust.
- When two plates come in contact with each other through plate tectonics, scientists can use the density of the plates to predict what will happen.
- Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet.
- The lower boundary of a plate depends on the temperature of the mantle material.
- Once a tectonic plate Alters is shifts something in or out of the earth.
- The continents are made within the plates.
- a process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates.
- Boundary, Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
- in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates.
- Earthquakes occur along lines, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
- floor, Bathymetry, the shape of the ocean floor, is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.
22 Clues: The continents are made within the plates. • inside the crust and core it is pitch solid. • in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates. • Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet. • A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock. • Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. • ...
Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2020-10-28
Across
- volcanoes erupt from this substance called "Lava'. Once the magma is ready to be set free it causes the volcano to erupt.
- Boundary, A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more plates collide.
- The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
- Subduction as the process by which tectonic plates sink into Earth's mantle.
- “Crust” describes the hard surface shell coving the mantle of our planet.
- Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
- As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust, This fills in the gap created by the Tectonic plates.
- Boundary, A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- The researchers believe this shift is the earliest proof that modern like plate motion happened between two to four billion years ago.
- inside the crust and core it is pitch solid.
- A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock.
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- Earth has many different layers such as, the mantle, Core, and crust.
- When two plates come in contact with each other through plate tectonics, scientists can use the density of the plates to predict what will happen.
- Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet.
- The lower boundary of a plate depends on the temperature of the mantle material.
- Once a tectonic plate Alters is shifts something in or out of the earth.
- The continents are made within the plates.
- a process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates.
- Boundary, Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
- in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates.
- Earthquakes occur along lines, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
- floor, Bathymetry, the shape of the ocean floor, is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.
22 Clues: The continents are made within the plates. • inside the crust and core it is pitch solid. • in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates. • Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet. • A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock. • Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. • ...
fun 2023-01-04
Across
- Boundary A tectonic where two plates are moving toward each other
- Dating method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes.
- Tectonics a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
- The semi-solid layer that takes up the most space in the earth
- Waves an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
- Current a natural process of heat transfer involving the movement of energy and heat from one place to another
- Isotope More stable version of parent isotope
- Boundary a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- a neutrino or antineutrino emitted in decay of radionuclide naturally occurring in the Earth.
- Core The most solid layer of the earth that is in the middle
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- Core Above the Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle
- layer of the atmosphere in which the gasses are all mixed up rather than being layered by their mass.
- Isotope the isotope that decays, forming the daughter isotope after releasing a decay particle
- The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
- Decay The emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation.
- pieces from a meteor that survived it’s passage through the Earth’s atmosphere
- Crust The geological layer that makes up the continents and their surrounding shallow seabed or continental shelves.
- Boundary the changing of energy from one type to another,
- Crust The outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centers on oceanic ridges, which occur at divergent plate boundaries.
20 Clues: Isotope More stable version of parent isotope • Boundary the changing of energy from one type to another, • Core Above the Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle • Core The most solid layer of the earth that is in the middle • The semi-solid layer that takes up the most space in the earth • Decay The emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation. • ...
Tectonic Plate 2024-04-24
8 Clues: A dividing line • Melted rock under the crust • The middle layer of the earth • Difficult to go or see through • Plates that move into each other • Plates that slide past each other • Plates that move away from each other • Type of crust that is thick and contains granite
SW 2 2025-02-20
8 Clues: finding things under water • The lowest point of a wave. • The highest point of a wave. • where they are spread apart. • plates move away from each other • where particles are closer together • a series of waves caused by vibrations • measured from its resting point to its highest or lowest point.
Kevin's Crossword Puzzle 2025-03-21
Across
- Occurs at transform plate boundaries.
- A fracture in the crust.
- A straight split with horrizontal movement.
Down
- When two plates has very fast jerky movement.
- Occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
- Occurs at convergent plate boundries.
- A incline split that goes upwards or downwards.
- When a fault moves very slowly.
8 Clues: A fracture in the crust. • When a fault moves very slowly. • Occurs at divergent plate boundaries. • Occurs at convergent plate boundries. • Occurs at transform plate boundaries. • A straight split with horrizontal movement. • When two plates has very fast jerky movement. • A incline split that goes upwards or downwards.
Volcano crossword puzzle 2024-04-05
8 Clues: hot molten • coming closer together • an act or instance of erupting • caused by a explosion or impact • a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock • moving or extending in different directions • a powder residue left after a burning substance • hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the Earth's core
Volcano crossword puzzle 2024-04-05
8 Clues: hot molten • coming closer together • an act or instance of erupting • caused by a explosion or impact • a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock • moving or extending in different directions • a powder residue left after a burning substance • hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the Earth's core
chapter 7 voceb. 2021-10-12
Across
- was once a super continent
- floor spreading new crust forms along the mid ocean
- polarity compass needles to point north
- poler when objects point south
- drift constant motion on the surface of
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- tectonice rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to each other
- reversal when magnetic field reverses direction
- part of the seafloor
- ridges mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
- older crust moves away
- cold and rigid outmost rock layer divergent
11 Clues: part of the seafloor • older crust moves away • was once a super continent • poler when objects point south • polarity compass needles to point north • drift constant motion on the surface of • cold and rigid outmost rock layer divergent • reversal when magnetic field reverses direction • ridges mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean • ...
Layers of the earth 2012-11-11
Across
- A theory that the continents move over time
- Earths outer layer
- What happens when earths magnetic poles switch
- A place where new crust is formed
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- The man who introduced the theory of plate tectonics
- Huge plates in the earths lithosphere
- Currents in the mantle that move the tectonic plates
- Earths thickest layer
- Convergent, divergent and transform
- One of the metals found in the core
- A super continent that contained all of the current continents
11 Clues: Earths outer layer • Earths thickest layer • A place where new crust is formed • Convergent, divergent and transform • One of the metals found in the core • Huge plates in the earths lithosphere • A theory that the continents move over time • What happens when earths magnetic poles switch • The man who introduced the theory of plate tectonics • ...
Chapter 4 Plate Tectonics 2023-11-08
Across
- Which plate type is heavier and denser
- under crust lava
- The other word for a divergent boundary
- the surface point above focus
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- - a famous hot spot volcanic island
- Which plate type does not sink during subduction
- the line of the plate boundaries
- the plate boundaries which make fold mountains
- the type of current in magma which help pull and drag plates
- The volcano type found at subduction zones
- a feature that happens during sea floor spreading
11 Clues: under crust lava • the surface point above focus • the line of the plate boundaries • - a famous hot spot volcanic island • Which plate type is heavier and denser • The other word for a divergent boundary • The volcano type found at subduction zones • the plate boundaries which make fold mountains • Which plate type does not sink during subduction • ...
Plate Tectonics & Ocean Floor 2020-11-13
Across
- Ocean floor feature found at a divergent boundary, underwater mountain range.
- A flat-topped, submerged inactive volcano.
- Sediment formed from living organisms.
- Settling of sediments out of the water.
- Organic or inorganic particles that accumulate in a loose form.
- Sediment formed from particles dissolved in water.
- Plate boundary in which Earth's plates slide past each other.
- The layer of Earth between the crust and core.
- Sediment formed from particles from space.
- Small, sediment-covered inactive volcano, found on the abyssal plain.
- The hot layer of Earth's upper mantle below the crust.
- Large destructive wave commonly caused by underwater earthquakes.
- Movement of sediments through the action of wind, gravity, and moving water.
- Sediment formed from weathering and erosion of land.
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- Deep, narrow valley with very steep sides found at subduction zones.
- Theory that the continents have moved slowly apart over the past 250 million years.
- A vent in the Earth's crust through which lava, steam, and ash are expelled.
- Breakdown of rocks & minerals by ice, water, and heat.
- Occurs when a dense, oceanic plate converges with a less dense continental plate, creates trenches.
- The gentle transition from the slope to the deep sea floor, created by the accumulation of sediments.
- A sudden motion of the Earth's crust resulting from plate movement.
- The greatly sloping transition between the shelf and rise.
- The outermost layer of Earth, top of the lithosphere.
- Name given by Alfred Wegener to the original "supercontinent."
- Vast, flat sediment-covered deep ocean floor.
- Type of current found in the mantle that causes the Earth's plates to move.
- The outermost layer of Earth, rigid layer of the mantle.
- Type of plate boundary in which the Earth's plates divide.
- Type of plate boundary in which the Earth's plates collide.
- Cone-shaped, underwater, volcanic mountain peak.
- The gently sloping submerged portion of a continent, just off land.
31 Clues: Sediment formed from living organisms. • Settling of sediments out of the water. • A flat-topped, submerged inactive volcano. • Sediment formed from particles from space. • Vast, flat sediment-covered deep ocean floor. • The layer of Earth between the crust and core. • Cone-shaped, underwater, volcanic mountain peak. • Sediment formed from particles dissolved in water. • ...
Earth and Environmental Science 2014-01-09
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- super continent
- channel coarse of stream
- another word for damage
- force acting on a rock change
- global winds drive these
- moves past each other
- study of earthquake waves
- comes after earthquakes
- calcite is the most common of this type of mineral group
- cooling and Hardening of magma
- 71% of earth
- this rock is formed by compaction,compression, and cementation
- percent of rock that contain pore spaces
- doesn't have a carbon and hydrogen bond
- what the earth does around the earth
- u can not see it
- breaking down of rock
- moves apart
- measures magnitude of largest seismic wave
- vertical currents
- having definite shape and volume
- above focus
- comes before earth quake
- waves that ravel through earths interior
- when one plate seeps below another
- forms mountains
- the amount of matter in an object
- break in the crust where rock slip past each other
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- moves things foward and back
- a natural disaster caused by transform boundary
- hematite is an example of this
- point of rupture
- an example of a divergent boundary
- building blocks of all matter
- plants absorb water and release it back into the atmosphere
- invented laws of motion
- water underground in aquifers
- the name of our galaxy
- waves that move along earths surface
- bends in stream channel
- how the universe was formed
- founder of continental drift
- formed by heat and pressure
- pure form minerals belong in this group
- water for human use
- change from liquid to gas
- state with great seismic risk
- anything that takes up space
- difference in neutrons
- the universe was formed this many years ago
- how light reflects of the surface
- returning of water into bigger bodies of water
52 Clues: moves apart • above focus • 71% of earth • super continent • forms mountains • point of rupture • u can not see it • vertical currents • water for human use • moves past each other • breaking down of rock • the name of our galaxy • difference in neutrons • another word for damage • invented laws of motion • comes after earthquakes • bends in stream channel • channel coarse of stream • ...
Earth's systems 2023-04-04
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- the layer that lies between earth's crust and core.The majority of earth's mass is in this layer
- The innermost layer of earth.Divided into 2 parts,liquid outer and solid inner.Made of iron and nickel
- Cycle When heat, pressure,cooling,melting and weathering cause rocks to change from one type to another over time
- 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
- Still in existence, surviving species
- Below the lithosphere.Hotter and more fluid part of the mantle
- Forms from pre-existing rock and fossils.Appears layered
- The outer part of the earth.Includes the crust and upper mantle
- Boundary Boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other
- Group of animals that occupy a certain area
- floor spreading Occurs when divergent plates separate.Convection currents cause less dense material to rise.Creates new ocean floor
- Form at convergent boundaries where one plate subducts under another,and magma underground is pushed upward
- Fuel Petroleum, natural gas, coal.Made from remains of plants and animals
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- Water held underground in the soil in deep reservoirs
- The lower part of earth's mantle, below the Asthenosphere
- No longer in existence
- A solid inorganic material found in nature
- Forms under extreme heat and pressure.Appears twisted
- The movement caused within a fluid when the hotter, less material rises,colder,denser material sinks
- Boundary Boundary where tectonic plates divide
- Boundary Boundary where tectonic plates collide
- The supercontinent that existed before continents separated
- When a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere creates seismic waves
- The study of earth
- The solid,outermost layer of the earth,lying above the mantle
- plates Large pieces of lithosphere that the ocean and continents rest on
- Forms when molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.Appears glassy
- A tool that measures/records detail of earthquakes
- The study of earthquakes and related phenomena
29 Clues: The study of earth • No longer in existence • Still in existence, surviving species • A solid inorganic material found in nature • Group of animals that occupy a certain area • The study of earthquakes and related phenomena • Boundary Boundary where tectonic plates divide • Boundary Boundary where tectonic plates collide • ...
Forces That Shape the Earth 2023-09-26
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- Pulls on the crust of the earth creating constant ‘tension’ on the earth. The rock in the middle becomes thinner with this applied pressure
- A point on the surface, directly above the focus
- Waves that carry the energy from an earthquake away from the focus
- Left from the collapse of a volcano
- When divergent boundaries meet on a continent, creating a deep trench
- A large rock that is formed by large amounts of magma cooling
- A string of islands created by volcanoes
- Force that acts on a rock
- formed when magma forces itself across rock layers and hardens
- An area where molten rock from deep within the earth’s surface rises and melts; forming a volcano
- Forms when large formations, such as dikes, erect from the mantle
- A change in the shape of a rock due to stress over time
- Form when force pulls rocks apart and along a divergent boundary, which moves other rocks down
- Force pushes two blocks together with other rocks moving up the fault
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- Hot rocks from the mantle cool and create steep ridges
- A area that overtime has built cooled magma
- A point under the earth where a heavily pressured rock breaks, causing an earthquake
- Pushing two masses of land in different directions
- Form when magma hardens in a hard ad soft layer, after the soft layer is broken down, you are left with a volcanic neck
- Molten mixture of rock
- A fountain of water that is shot from the earth out of pressure
- Two blocks of rock slide horizontally past eachother.
- A weak spot in the earth’s surface where molten rock from the mantle rises to the surface
- Tectonic plates moving, this creates a intense and violent shaking on the crust of the earth
24 Clues: Molten mixture of rock • Force that acts on a rock • Left from the collapse of a volcano • A string of islands created by volcanoes • A area that overtime has built cooled magma • A point on the surface, directly above the focus • Pushing two masses of land in different directions • Two blocks of rock slide horizontally past eachother. • ...
Moving continants 2025-08-22
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- arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
- drifted slowly to their current positions.
- Has a trunk
- Likes to chase mice
- a crack or a fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement
- 200 million years ago.
- the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under
- boundary the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
- zone an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
- a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
- a break or a crack in Earth’s crust.
- ridge long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma
- drift Wegener’s hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a
- vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks
- spreading the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean
- and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
- trench a deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under
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- crater a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or
- Large marsupial
- magma that erupts onto Earth's surface.
- tectonics theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that
- boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
- rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
- plate at a convergent plate boundary.
- divergent plate boundaries.
- Flying mammal
- Man's best friend
- molten rock stored below Earth's surface.
- a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a
- with respect to each other.
- given to a supercontinent that began to break apart
- large landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago
- boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
- space object by the impact of a meteorite.
- volume of water.
- tectonic plate.
36 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • tectonic plate. • volume of water. • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • 200 million years ago. • divergent plate boundaries. • with respect to each other. • a break or a crack in Earth’s crust. • plate at a convergent plate boundary. • drifted slowly to their current positions. • space object by the impact of a meteorite. • ...
sci. terms 2013-09-28
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- a bad thing happens
- old on bottom and new on top
- rigid brittle layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
- plates moving away
- plates moving together
- what scientists call the edges where tectonic plates meet
- plates moving side by side
- a big shake in the ground
- flexible upper layer of the mantle
- we live on it
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- naturally occurring solid
- theory that the continents moved to where they are now
- The period of time covering the physical formation and development of Earth
- a use to be mountain
- a once super continent
15 Clues: we live on it • plates moving away • a bad thing happens • a use to be mountain • plates moving together • a once super continent • naturally occurring solid • a big shake in the ground • plates moving side by side • old on bottom and new on top • flexible upper layer of the mantle • theory that the continents moved to where they are now • ...
Science Vocabulary 2021-12-16
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- the theory by Harry Hess
- when to plates come together
- A mountain that holds and releases lava
- Upper layer of the mantle but under the lithosphere
- Lava before it comes out of a volcano.
- Outermost layer of the earth
- The innermost layer of the earth
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- when two plates go away from each other
- Almost the innermost layer of the earth
- had the theory of Plate tectonics
- there are 3 types of this,Convergent,Divergent,and transform
- happens when two tectonic plates slide past Each other
- Magma after it leaves the ground
- two plates that slide past each other
- discovered Seafloor spreading
15 Clues: the theory by Harry Hess • when to plates come together • Outermost layer of the earth • discovered Seafloor spreading • Magma after it leaves the ground • The innermost layer of the earth • had the theory of Plate tectonics • two plates that slide past each other • Lava before it comes out of a volcano. • when two plates go away from each other • ...
Strabismul la copii.Profilaxia strabismului dobândit. 2022-02-22
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- Cauză de apariție a strabismului?
- Cu care tipuri de anomalii trebuie supravegheați copii?
- După ce se apreciază unghiul strabic?
- Clasificare a strabismului în raport cu ochiul care deviază?
- Ochii deviază medial?
- Ochii deviază lateral?
- În e evoluează strabismul la copii mai mari?
- Care tip de strabism apare în urma paraliziei muschilor?
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- Stare când axele optice nu se unesc pe obiectul fixat?
- În ce evoluează strabismul la copii mici?
- Tip al nistagmului?
- Clasificare a strabismului în raport cu data apariției?
- Afecțiune a aparatului oculomotor?
- Mișcări tremurătoare a globilor oculari?
- Ce se aplică pe ochi pentru tratarea ambliopiei și strabismului?
15 Clues: Tip al nistagmului? • Ochii deviază medial? • Ochii deviază lateral? • Cauză de apariție a strabismului? • Afecțiune a aparatului oculomotor? • După ce se apreciază unghiul strabic? • Mișcări tremurătoare a globilor oculari? • În ce evoluează strabismul la copii mici? • În e evoluează strabismul la copii mai mari? • Stare când axele optice nu se unesc pe obiectul fixat? • ...
Layers Of the Earth 2022-08-30
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- a long narrow ditch
- the solid, outer part of Earth
- moving apart and new crust
- The innermost part of Earth
- between earths dense core and its thin layer
- the third layer of the Earth
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- Formulated continental drift hypothesis
- the outer most shell
- Earth where two or more plates collide
- he denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle
- lates come together, one riding over the other.
- Earth is transformed by its movement.
- molten found beneath the surface of the earth
- molten rock that issues from a volcano
- break apart or become separated by platetectonics
15 Clues: a long narrow ditch • the outer most shell • moving apart and new crust • The innermost part of Earth • the third layer of the Earth • the solid, outer part of Earth • Earth is transformed by its movement. • molten rock that issues from a volcano • Formulated continental drift hypothesis • Earth where two or more plates collide • he denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle • ...
Tectonic Plates 2021-12-09
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- When an igneous rock cools above ground
- Is created from a subduction zone
- Where two oceanic plates collide and fold
- Igneous rock that cools underground
- Melted rock inside the earth
- The outermost layer of the earth
- When two continental plates collide and fold
- The heat source that's in the center of earth
- The boundary that a mid-ocean ridge occurs
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- What occurs at a convergent boundary
- can be made by a transform boundary
- the layer in which the mantle is in
- What occurs at a transform boundary
- Melted rock that errupted from a volcano
- The asphalt like rock that plates float on
15 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Is created from a subduction zone • can be made by a transform boundary • the layer in which the mantle is in • What occurs at a transform boundary • Igneous rock that cools underground • What occurs at a convergent boundary • When an igneous rock cools above ground • Melted rock that errupted from a volcano • ...
Tectonic Plates 2021-12-09
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- When an igneous rock cools above ground
- Is created from a subduction zone
- Where two oceanic plates collide and fold
- Igneous rock that cools underground
- Melted rock inside the earth
- The outermost layer of the earth
- When two continental plates collide and fold
- The heat source that's in the center of earth
- The boundary that a mid-ocean ridge occurs
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- What occurs at a convergent boundary
- can be made by a transform boundary
- the layer in which the mantle is in
- What occurs at a transform boundary
- Melted rock that errupted from a volcano
- The asphalt like rock that plates float on
15 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Is created from a subduction zone • can be made by a transform boundary • the layer in which the mantle is in • What occurs at a transform boundary • Igneous rock that cools underground • What occurs at a convergent boundary • When an igneous rock cools above ground • Melted rock that errupted from a volcano • ...
plate tectonics 2021-12-10
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- is the part of the earth that holds the athenosphere
- made from igneous rock being weathered and eroded
- rock made from heat and pressure.
- where the plates are held
- a mountain that erupts magma/lava
- when 2 plates slide past each
- when 2 plates collide
- melted rock outside of the volcano
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- made from melted rock.
- magma that cools outside of the volcano
- magma that cools inside of the volcano.
- a large slap of rock in the athenosphere.
- made from compaction of sediments
- when 2 plates pull apart
- form from plates coliding
15 Clues: when 2 plates collide • made from melted rock. • when 2 plates pull apart • where the plates are held • form from plates coliding • when 2 plates slide past each • rock made from heat and pressure. • made from compaction of sediments • a mountain that erupts magma/lava • melted rock outside of the volcano • magma that cools outside of the volcano • ...
ES Unit 5 Test 2023-04-03
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- Plate boundaries that move side-to-side compared to each other
- The formation of new mountains
- The denser type of tectonic plate
- A device used to measure earthquakes
- Volcano made of alternating layers of lava and tephra
- The supercontinent that existed before continental drift pulled the continents apart
- Plate boundaries that move apart
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- the scale used to measure earthquakes
- Underwater valley
- changes in elevation in an area
- Underwater mountain
- Smallest type of volcano, made of layers of tephra
- Biggest type of volcano, made of non-exploded lava
- The less dense type of tectonic plate
- Plate boundaries that come together
15 Clues: Underwater valley • Underwater mountain • The formation of new mountains • changes in elevation in an area • Plate boundaries that move apart • The denser type of tectonic plate • Plate boundaries that come together • A device used to measure earthquakes • the scale used to measure earthquakes • The less dense type of tectonic plate • ...
8th Grade Chap 10 Review 2023-01-20
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- fault where the plates slide past each other
- plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
- boundary where the plates move past one another
- spreading of the ocean floor
- says the continents have slowly moved to their new position
- the crust and the upper mantle
- super continent
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- theory that says Earth's crust is broken up into pieces
- fault that creates rift valleys
- division in the Earth's crust caused by diverging plates
- oceanic plate is pushed down into the mantle
- cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
- boundary where plates collide
- sections of the Earth's crust
- boundary where plates are moving apart
15 Clues: super continent • spreading of the ocean floor • boundary where plates collide • sections of the Earth's crust • the crust and the upper mantle • fault that creates rift valleys • boundary where plates are moving apart • plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • fault where the plates slide past each other • oceanic plate is pushed down into the mantle • ...
Vocabulary 6 2023-05-12
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- Stop, _________ and listen
- Expressionless, but fancy
- Fictional book series by Veronica Roth following the story of Beatrice Prior
- Subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met
- ______ Correlations, book by Tyler Vigen
- A leader who uses popular prejudices and false claims/promises in order to gain power
- Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
- Imitate, copy, mimic
- ______ Accountants, accounting firm in Minneapolis, MN
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- Mass should be a time of prayer and ________
- ________ performance, great job
- Shawn Spencer and Adrian Monk are _______ detectives
- Unavoidable, certain to happen
- Poem by Wallace Stevens, ________ of the Jar
- Climate having little or no rain, dry
15 Clues: Imitate, copy, mimic • Expressionless, but fancy • Stop, _________ and listen • Unavoidable, certain to happen • ________ performance, great job • Climate having little or no rain, dry • ______ Correlations, book by Tyler Vigen • Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly • Mass should be a time of prayer and ________ • Poem by Wallace Stevens, ________ of the Jar • ...
tectonic plates crossword 2024-10-14
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- cycles of heated magma in the mantle
- plates large plates of crust that span the lengths of continents and oceans
- cause of rock deformities
- tectonics landforms created from the moving and shifting of plates
- a person who studies the earth and rocks
- plate above fault zone
- large pieces of crust on top of the mantle
- the area between to plates
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- area around fault
- when the denser plate slides under the less dense plate
- convergent, divergent, and transform faults
- plate below fault zone
- the moving of plates on the mantle
- supercontinent that formed millions of years ago
- instrument used to measure the size of earthquakes
15 Clues: area around fault • plate below fault zone • plate above fault zone • cause of rock deformities • the area between to plates • the moving of plates on the mantle • cycles of heated magma in the mantle • a person who studies the earth and rocks • large pieces of crust on top of the mantle • convergent, divergent, and transform faults • ...
Layers of the earth 2012-11-11
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- What happens when earths magnetic poles switch
- Huge plates in the earths lithosphere
- A place where new crust is formed
- A theory that the continents move over time
- Convergent, divergent and transform
- A super continent that contained all of the current continents
- Earths thickest layer
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- Currents in the mantle that move the tectonic plates
- Earths outer layer
- One of the metals found in the core
- The man who introduced the theory of plate tectonics
11 Clues: Earths outer layer • Earths thickest layer • A place where new crust is formed • One of the metals found in the core • Convergent, divergent and transform • Huge plates in the earths lithosphere • A theory that the continents move over time • What happens when earths magnetic poles switch • Currents in the mantle that move the tectonic plates • ...
Science choice board 2025-10-17
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- sudden shaking of earths surface
- hot liquid rock on earth
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- moving towards the same place
- evidence of life from the past
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- moving apart in different directions
- sudden pushing out of something
- feature that forms on the surface of a planet
- natural spring that sends hot water and steam into the air
- any of earths main areas of land
- to examine in detail for a purpose
11 Clues: hot liquid rock on earth • moving towards the same place • evidence of life from the past • sudden pushing out of something • sudden shaking of earths surface • any of earths main areas of land • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • feature that forms on the surface of a planet • ...
YA Books 2020-09-22
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- In Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series, which also debuted as a tv series on Freeform, the main character is this type of being that hunts down demons
- This fruit is both featured on the Twilight book cover and is the first object Jonas sees in color in The Giver
- Mike Lupica and Carl Deuker are popular YA authors for this genre
- Edward Cullen is this undead creature
- The name of Juliet’s love in Shakespeare’s tragedy featuring two lovestruck teens
- This John Green book is about two sick teens, and the title comes from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. It begins with The ______ ___ ____ _____.
- The shape of Harry Potter’s scar
- Some people call them comic books, but they are a newer addition to our library and feature stories told with pictures and words in a sequence.
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- Jacob Black and his tribe are this type of supernatural creature in Twilight
- This series is set in Chicago and features a futuristic dystopian society that is divided into factions
- The person Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace in The Hunger Games
- The bird whose pin Katniss Everdeen wears in The Hunger Games which later becomes a symbol for the rebellion
- Bad Book Summary: Two bros go on an epic camping trip to get rid of this evil ring. The _______ ___ ___ _______
- The number of “reasons why” that Hannah gives for ending her life
- Number of books in the Harry Potter series
- This character is a demigod, and his father is Poseidon
- This first book in this series by James Dashner features mostly teen boys placed in an area surrounded by giant hedges by a wicked company. The ______ ________
- Popular boy wizard who lives with his awful relatives
- The Hunger Games and Divergent are examples of these types of books that feature societies in bad conditions
- Fill in the last word of this series by Darren Shan that features Darren, Steve, and Mr. Crepsley: Cirque Du ________
20 Clues: The shape of Harry Potter’s scar • Edward Cullen is this undead creature • Number of books in the Harry Potter series • Popular boy wizard who lives with his awful relatives • This character is a demigod, and his father is Poseidon • The number of “reasons why” that Hannah gives for ending her life • Mike Lupica and Carl Deuker are popular YA authors for this genre • ...
Earth Science Terms 2024-05-17
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- The type of currents of that are present in the mantle
- The number of large tectonic plates
- The denser of the two types of crust
- The part of the core that is the hottest but also solid
- The last name of the scientist that came up with the idea of continental drift
- What causes the volcanoes on Hawai'i
- Part of the earth that contains both the crust and the upper mantle
- This forms at divergent boundaries right at where the plates separate at
- This feature is found in the ocean at convergent plate boundaries, where deep sections are present
- Continental plates move 1 to 10 ________________________ every year
- This forms at convergent boundaries as a result of magma rising up under the service
- The top taffy like part of the mantle
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- The age of magnetic bands that are closest to the rift valley
- These are where earthquakes occur as tectonic plates slip pass each other
- One of the supercontinents that existed 300 million years ago
- The first major type of evidence that supports continental drift
- The second layer of the earth
- These can be formed at convergent boundaries where one continental plate rises over another
- The age of magnetic bands that are the furthest to the rift valley
- The type of plate boundary where two plates move apart from each, allowing for new crust to be formed
- These are underwater mountain ranges
- The type of plate boundary where two plates collide causing the denser crust to be melted back into the mantle
- The stronger lower part of the mantle
- The thickest type of the two types of crust
- Theory that there are large peices of the crust that move slowly over time causing continents to drift
- The part of the core that is liquid
- Happens when oceanic crust is pulled under continental crust as it is destroyed in the mantle
- The top layer of the earth
28 Clues: The top layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • The number of large tectonic plates • The part of the core that is liquid • The denser of the two types of crust • These are underwater mountain ranges • What causes the volcanoes on Hawai'i • The stronger lower part of the mantle • The top taffy like part of the mantle • ...
science vocab 2023-04-06
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- spot when magma flows through a crack in the middle of a tectonic plate, not at a plate boundry. Hawaiian islands were formedthis way
- is the movement caused within fluid when the hotter, less dense material rises, and colder, denser material sinks.
- the innermost layer of the earth, divided into 2 parts liquid outer and solid inner. made of nickle andiron divergent boundary where tectonic plates divide
- a sudden release of energy in the listhophere creates seismic waves
- group of animals that occupy a certain area
- study of earthquakes and related phenomena
- a tool that measures the details of earthquakes
- from pre-existing rocks into fossils
- boundary where tectonic plates collide
- large pieces of lithosphere that the ocean and contants rest on
- still in existence, surviving species
- water held underground in the soil in deep reservoirs
- forms under extreme heat and pressure
- the lower part of earth's mantle, below the asthenosphere
- forms when molten rock crystallizes and solidifies. appears glassy
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- boundary where the tectonic plates slide past each other
- form at convergent boundries where one plate subducts under another and magma undergrouned
- the solid, outermost layer of the earth
- supercontinent that existed before continents separed
- a solid inorganic material found in a nature
- compress or squeeze through solids and liquids. faster than s waves
- lies between the crust and core
- no longer existence
- is the study of the earth
- the outer part of the earth
- fuel petroleum, natural gas, coal. made from remains of plants and animals.
- below the lithosphere. the hotter and more fluid part of the mental
- cycle when heat pressure, cooling, melting, and weathering cause rocks to change from one type to another over time.
- spreading occurs when divergent plates seperate.
- move side to side through ONLY solids. slower than p waves
30 Clues: no longer existence • is the study of the earth • the outer part of the earth • lies between the crust and core • from pre-existing rocks into fossils • still in existence, surviving species • forms under extreme heat and pressure • boundary where tectonic plates collide • the solid, outermost layer of the earth • study of earthquakes and related phenomena • ...
Topic 4 Plate Tectonics 2025-02-25
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- liquid magma that reaches the surface
- a break in earth's crust along which rocks move
- boundary a plate boundary where to plates move toward each other
- a type of stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
- a type of stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite dir4ections, in a sideways movement
- a giant wave usually causes by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor
- a type of stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
- term used to describe a volcano that is not currently active but able to become active in the future
- a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
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- boundary a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
- term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again
- the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface
- spreading the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
- a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
- trench an undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean
- the measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults
- spot an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
- a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
- ridge an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
- boundary a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
21 Clues: liquid magma that reaches the surface • a break in earth's crust along which rocks move • a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume • a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • a type of stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • boundary a plate boundary where to plates move toward each other • ...
U2 Earth, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2025-10-22
Across
- The process where a denser oceanic plate is forced under a less dense continental plate and melts in the mantle.
- A chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone where magma rises to the surface.
- The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake’s focus where the shaking is strongest.
- The hot, liquid layer surrounding the inner core made of iron, nickel, sulphur, and oxygen.
- A boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes but no new crust formation.
- A lowland region formed where continental plates diverge and the crust thins.
- Circular movements of molten rock in the mantle caused by heat from radioactive decay, driving plate movements.
- The thickest layer of the Earth made of semi-molten solid and liquid rock beneath the crust.
- The thin, solid outermost layer of the Earth where we live, consisting of continental and oceanic types.
- The semi-molten layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows plates to move.
- The location beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake originates.
Down
- A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, creating new crust.
- An underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary where new ocean crust is created.
- The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle, broken into tectonic plates.
- A boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, often causing subduction or mountain formation.
- The energy waves produced by earthquakes that travel through the Earth.
- A type of fault where two plates slide past one another, often causing earthquakes.
- The hottest, solid center of the Earth composed mainly of iron and nickel.
- A logarithmic scale used to measure the magnitude or strength of an earthquake.
- The theory that explains the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates over the mantle.
20 Clues: The energy waves produced by earthquakes that travel through the Earth. • The location beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake originates. • The hottest, solid center of the Earth composed mainly of iron and nickel. • A lowland region formed where continental plates diverge and the crust thins. • ...
Get under the table, or end up as a label 2021-10-14
Across
- region of earths interior between the crust and
- upper layer of earths mantle
- the outer layer of rock in which a planet consists
- coming close together or approaching a definite limit
- able to be deformed without losing toughness
- moving or extending in different directions
Down
- something reducing in volume
- the solid, innermost part of the earth
- the state of being stretched tight
- to make a thorough or dramatic change
- the rigid outer part of the earth
- hard but liable to break easily
- the third layer of earth, and only liquid one
- break off or cause to break off
- a long narrow ditch
15 Clues: a long narrow ditch • something reducing in volume • upper layer of earths mantle • hard but liable to break easily • break off or cause to break off • the rigid outer part of the earth • the state of being stretched tight • to make a thorough or dramatic change • the solid, innermost part of the earth • moving or extending in different directions • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09
Across
- When igneous rock cools above ground
- Is created from a subduction zone
- Where two oceanic plates collide and fold
- Igneous rock that cools underground
- Melted rock inside the earth
- The outermost layer of the earth
- When two continental plates collide and fold
- The heat source that's in the center of earth
- The boundary that a mid-ocean ridge occurs
Down
- What occurs at a convergent boundary
- can be made by a transform boundary
- the layer in which the mantle is in
- What occurs at a transform boundary
- Melted rock that has erupted from a volcano
- The asphalt like rock that plates float on
15 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Is created from a subduction zone • can be made by a transform boundary • the layer in which the mantle is in • What occurs at a transform boundary • Igneous rock that cools underground • What occurs at a convergent boundary • When igneous rock cools above ground • Where two oceanic plates collide and fold • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10
Across
- heat transferring by the movement of liquid or gasses
- Two plates coming apart
- the hardest part in the earth's interior
- a rock type changed by heat and pressure
- formation of oceanic crust
- a rock type made by cooled magma
Down
- Two plates coming together
- liquid iron and nickel
- solid iron and nickel
- A rock type formed from sediment
- the outermost layer of Earth
- Two plates sliding past each other
- an opening in the earth's crust that erupts lava
- Shaking of the ground
- the idea that the continents were once one giant super continent
15 Clues: solid iron and nickel • Shaking of the ground • liquid iron and nickel • Two plates coming apart • Two plates coming together • formation of oceanic crust • the outermost layer of Earth • A rock type formed from sediment • a rock type made by cooled magma • Two plates sliding past each other • the hardest part in the earth's interior • a rock type changed by heat and pressure • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-14
Across
- Molten Rock that is found beneath the ground
- The area where two plate rub against each other
- When one plates goes under another
- Where two oceanic plates diverge
- Magma that cools quickly
- When two continental plates diverge
- When two plates rub against each other
- Found in subduction zones where plates collide
Down
- A sudden violent shaking of the ground
- A mountain that erupts lava and ash
- When two plates collide
- When two continental plates collide
- Magma that cools slowly
- A weak-spot in the Earth's crust that lets magma come through
- When two plates push apart
15 Clues: When two plates collide • Magma that cools slowly • Magma that cools quickly • When two plates push apart • Where two oceanic plates diverge • When one plates goes under another • A mountain that erupts lava and ash • When two continental plates collide • When two continental plates diverge • A sudden violent shaking of the ground • When two plates rub against each other • ...
Earth's Layers & plate Tectonics 2022-01-10
Across
- Earth's solid outer crust
- the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
- raise the level of
- oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
- moved over geologic time
- an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature
Down
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
- when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- When two plates come together
- places where plates slide sideways past each other
- chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate
- pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
- divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries
- a lot of action
- a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
15 Clues: a lot of action • raise the level of • moved over geologic time • Earth's solid outer crust • When two plates come together • an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • the formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • ...
Earthquake 2019-01-15
Across
- strength of an earthquake based on instrumentally derived information
- strength of an earthquake based on the damage caused
- plate a piece of the lithosphere
- an instrument used to detect and record earthquake
- a landmass
- fault formed when hanging wall moves up
- large ocean wave created by undersea earthquake
Down
- waves from an earthquake
- two plates are moving apart
- the point directly above the focus
- plates slide passed each other
- two plates are colliding
- weak to violent shaking of the ground
- plates colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate
- located in California and was formed through transform boundary
15 Clues: a landmass • waves from an earthquake • two plates are colliding • two plates are moving apart • plates slide passed each other • plate a piece of the lithosphere • the point directly above the focus • weak to violent shaking of the ground • fault formed when hanging wall moves up • large ocean wave created by undersea earthquake • ...
Inside the Earth 2013-04-11
Across
- type of rock formed from molten material
- type of crust beneath the continents
- layer between the crust and the core
- where two tectonic plates move past each other
- the outermost layer of the Earth
- type of crust beneath the ocean
- the center of the Earth below the mantle
- greek word meaning "all Earth"
Down
- type of rock that has different layers
- place in the mantle that is hotter than the rest
- where two tectonic plates divide
- rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure
- when two tectonic plates collide
- the preserved remains of an organism
- way to change rocks
15 Clues: way to change rocks • greek word meaning "all Earth" • type of crust beneath the ocean • where two tectonic plates divide • when two tectonic plates collide • the outermost layer of the Earth • type of crust beneath the continents • layer between the crust and the core • the preserved remains of an organism • type of rock that has different layers • ...
sci. terms 2013-09-28
Across
- naturally occurring solid
- a once super continent
- rigid brittle layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
- plates moving together
- old on bottom and new on top
- flexible upper layer of the mantle
- plates moving away
- a bad thing happens
Down
- a big shake in the ground
- The period of time covering the physical formation and development of Earth
- theory that the continents moved to where they are now
- plates moving side by side
- we live on it
- what scientists call the edges where tectonic plates meet
- a use to be mountain
15 Clues: we live on it • plates moving away • a bad thing happens • a use to be mountain • a once super continent • plates moving together • a big shake in the ground • naturally occurring solid • plates moving side by side • old on bottom and new on top • flexible upper layer of the mantle • theory that the continents moved to where they are now • ...
Earth's Crust 2015-03-16
Across
- /A boundary where plates are pushed together.
- /A boundary where plates are pulled away from each other.
- /Rock made of sediments.
- /Caused by plate movement, has an epicenter.
- /A boundary where plates slide past each other.
- /The ring of fire is around this plate.
- /Molten rock.
- /Scale used to measure magnitude of earthquakes.
Down
- /Rock that has been put under lots of heat and pressure but hasn't melted.
- /An instrument that measures earthquake activity.
- /Where convection currents occur.
- /Wave caused by earthquakes.
- /What magma is called when it is on the surface.
- /Rock formed when magma cools.
- /Small broken pieces of rock.
15 Clues: /Molten rock. • /Rock made of sediments. • /Wave caused by earthquakes. • /Small broken pieces of rock. • /Rock formed when magma cools. • /Where convection currents occur. • /The ring of fire is around this plate. • /Caused by plate movement, has an epicenter. • /A boundary where plates are pushed together. • /A boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...
Earth's Moving Plates 2023-02-02
Across
- a country AND a continent
- hot molten rock under the Earth's surface
- the movement of one plate UNDER another
- a boundary where plates come together
- founder of the Theory of Continental Drift
- Earth's solid surface
- hot molten material released from a volcano
- the ocean that is home to the Ring of Fire
- the U.S. location of volcanic islands
Down
- a boundary where plates pull apart
- the state that is home to Mt. St. Helens
- Mt. St. Helens created a cubic mile of this
- a large supercontinent
- original horizontality was about layers of these
- a deep valley on the ocean floor
15 Clues: Earth's solid surface • a large supercontinent • a country AND a continent • a deep valley on the ocean floor • a boundary where plates pull apart • a boundary where plates come together • the U.S. location of volcanic islands • the movement of one plate UNDER another • the state that is home to Mt. St. Helens • hot molten rock under the Earth's surface • ...
Sat lesson 5 2022-05-01
Across
- Lasting for a short period of time.
- Restoring relationships and friendships.
- Something kept secret because it is not approved of.
- Put something you need to do at the very last minute.
- Having large amounts of space.
- The highest point of something.
Down
- Mutual trust and friendship between those who enjoy spending time together.
- An educated guess.
- To work together with someone or a group of people to create something.
- A pleasure seeker.
- Something done on impulse.
- Dealing with something in a realistic way.
- To develop in different directions.
- Showing or feeling casually calm and relaxed.
- To make an offence lesen.
15 Clues: An educated guess. • A pleasure seeker. • To make an offence lesen. • Something done on impulse. • Having large amounts of space. • The highest point of something. • Lasting for a short period of time. • To develop in different directions. • Restoring relationships and friendships. • Dealing with something in a realistic way. • Showing or feeling casually calm and relaxed. • ...
Exam Crossword 2022-11-29
Across
- Records waves caused by Earthquakes
- Waves caused by Earthquakes
- What volcanoes have in them
- The famous scientist that created tesla
- The famous scientist we grew up watching
- What causes the most damage from hurricanes
- Part of the hurricane that's the calmest
- Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
Down
- Deadly, Devastating, windy, storm with deadly water waves
- What you measure water in (large amounts)
- The famous scientist that Discovered E=mc^2
- What volcanoes are made out of
- Season where hurricanes are more likely and more powerful
- Where hurricanes form
- The type of storm before it's a hurricane
15 Clues: Where hurricanes form • Waves caused by Earthquakes • What volcanoes have in them • What volcanoes are made out of • Records waves caused by Earthquakes • The famous scientist that created tesla • The famous scientist we grew up watching • Part of the hurricane that's the calmest • What you measure water in (large amounts) • The type of storm before it's a hurricane • ...
8th Grade Crossword Mar/Apr 2021-03-03
Across
- fundamentally distinct or dissimilar; divergent
- a recurring subject, theme, idea, element, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work
- criticize unfairly
- evoke images
- a person, thing, or event that causes change; impetus, sparkplug, stimulus, springboard
- to avoid or prevent
Down
- to reduce in form or effect
- to inspire
- without flow
- skill or expertise in a particular activity or field; ability; capacity; talent; aptitude; dexterity
- the ability to gain an intended result; effectiveness; potency; productiveness; value
- difficult
- very skilled or proficient at something
- the point at which a plan or project is realized, reaches efficacy, or is efficacious; fulfillment
- jump-start
15 Clues: difficult • to inspire • jump-start • without flow • evoke images • criticize unfairly • to avoid or prevent • to reduce in form or effect • very skilled or proficient at something • fundamentally distinct or dissimilar; divergent • the ability to gain an intended result; effectiveness; potency; productiveness; value • ...
Science 2025-08-13
Across
- Molten rock that reaches the surface.
- Opening in Earth's crust where magma escapes.
- Process where one tectonic plate moves under another.
- Plate boundary where plates move apart.
- Plate boundary where plates collide.
- The rigid outer layer of the Earth.
- Connected chain of mountains.
Down
- Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
- Crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
- Area where two tectonic plates meet.
- Large section of the Earth's lithosphere.
- Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
- Location underground where an earthquake begins.
- Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- Related to vibrations in the Earth caused by earthquakes.
15 Clues: Connected chain of mountains. • The rigid outer layer of the Earth. • Area where two tectonic plates meet. • Plate boundary where plates collide. • Molten rock that reaches the surface. • Plate boundary where plates move apart. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Large section of the Earth's lithosphere. • Crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs. • ...
Lithosphere 2017-02-26
Across
- loose material on the Earth's surface
- where oil and natural gas are formed
- removal of nutrients from the soil by rain water
- fossil fuel in the solid form
- type of rock related to volcanic activities
Down
- plates that move away from each other
- the liquid rock that comes out of the volcano
- vent in Earth's crust
- extraction of minerals from the soil
- outermost layer on the Earth
10 Clues: vent in Earth's crust • outermost layer on the Earth • fossil fuel in the solid form • where oil and natural gas are formed • extraction of minerals from the soil • plates that move away from each other • loose material on the Earth's surface • type of rock related to volcanic activities • the liquid rock that comes out of the volcano • ...
science class 2021-09-30
Across
- - a human body but just the bones
- - the amount of iowa state things in the class
- - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother
- - tectonic plate that comes together
Down
- -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
- - his favorite nfl team
- -a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
- - a red and black team
- - tectonic plate that pules apart
- - the teachers name
10 Clues: - a red and black team • - his favorite nfl team • - the teachers name • - a human body but just the bones • - tectonic plate that pules apart • - tectonic plate that comes together • - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother • - the amount of iowa state things in the class • -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • ...
science class 2021-09-30
Across
- - a human body but just the bones
- - the amount of iowa state things in the class
- - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother
- - tectonic plate that comes together
Down
- -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
- - his favorite nfl team
- -a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
- - a red and black team
- - tectonic plate that pules apart
- - the teachers name
10 Clues: - a red and black team • - his favorite nfl team • - the teachers name • - a human body but just the bones • - tectonic plate that pules apart • - tectonic plate that comes together • - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother • - the amount of iowa state things in the class • -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-02-18
Across
- feature formed when 2 tectonic plates collide
- this event occurs at all plate boundaries
- 2 plates that come together or collide
- the ridge created on the seafloor
- a type of crust
Down
- rock type that makes up the crust
- feature that is created at a subduction zone
- 2 plates that are separating
- 2 plates that slide past each other
- the type of crust that is the seafloor
10 Clues: a type of crust • 2 plates that are separating • rock type that makes up the crust • the ridge created on the seafloor • 2 plates that slide past each other • 2 plates that come together or collide • the type of crust that is the seafloor • this event occurs at all plate boundaries • feature that is created at a subduction zone • feature formed when 2 tectonic plates collide
Changing earth 2022-01-05
Across
- The thickest layer of earth
- Where 2 plates slip past each other
- Thinnest layer of earth
- The layer with the most pressure in it
- A place where 2 plates move apart
- A place where 2 plates converge
Down
- When water slows and drops sediment
- The breakdown of rocks into smaller particles
- Removal and transport of weathered material
- A layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core
10 Clues: Thinnest layer of earth • The thickest layer of earth • A place where 2 plates converge • A place where 2 plates move apart • When water slows and drops sediment • Where 2 plates slip past each other • The layer with the most pressure in it • Removal and transport of weathered material • The breakdown of rocks into smaller particles • ...
UNIT 4 & UNIT 5 2021-05-02
Across
- differing; deviating
- to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy
- to compel (something) of a person or thing
- the highest or most intense point
- present in great quantity; more than adequate
Down
- implied, rather than expressly stated
- a sudden, violent attack; onslaught
- to have a good or bad effect or result
- to change in appearance, sound, or shape
- an act or deed showing mercy or leniency
10 Clues: differing; deviating • the highest or most intense point • a sudden, violent attack; onslaught • implied, rather than expressly stated • to have a good or bad effect or result • to change in appearance, sound, or shape • an act or deed showing mercy or leniency • to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy • to compel (something) of a person or thing • ...
Tectonic Plates Lab 2023-09-29
Across
- Also known as molten rock
- Occurs at Divergent Boundaries
- This is what helps tectonic plates move
- When two tectonic plates slide past each other
Down
- When two tectonic plates come together or converge
- A dark dense rock that forms the ocean floor
- This stores many things, including Convection currents
- Two tectonic plates that move away from each other
- A deep pit/hole on the ocean floor
- Makes volcanoes
10 Clues: Makes volcanoes • Also known as molten rock • Occurs at Divergent Boundaries • A deep pit/hole on the ocean floor • This is what helps tectonic plates move • A dark dense rock that forms the ocean floor • When two tectonic plates slide past each other • When two tectonic plates come together or converge • Two tectonic plates that move away from each other • ...
Plate techonics 2020-09-29
Across
- came up the Pangaea theory
- boundary that pushes in each other
- boundary that pulls apart
- the inner most layer of the earth
Down
- one goes under other plate
- what forms when 2 continent convergent boundaries push into each other
- lava before it comes out of a volcano
- the boundary between 2 diverging tectonics
- when all the world continents where attached to each other
- boundary that slides past each other
10 Clues: boundary that pulls apart • one goes under other plate • came up the Pangaea theory • the inner most layer of the earth • boundary that pushes in each other • boundary that slides past each other • lava before it comes out of a volcano • the boundary between 2 diverging tectonics • when all the world continents where attached to each other • ...
Earthquakes 2024-10-03
Across
- How the earthquake is measured
- The _______ scale
- _______ Boundary. When two tectonic plates slide past eachother sideways
- A crack in the eaarth's crust
- Where tectonic plates are located
- _______ Boundary. When two tectonic plates move into eachother
Down
- a big slab of rock in the lithosphere
- _______ Boundary. When two tectonic plates seperate away from eachother
- The point directly over the point where the earthquake starts
- The point where the earthquake starts
10 Clues: The _______ scale • A crack in the eaarth's crust • How the earthquake is measured • Where tectonic plates are located • a big slab of rock in the lithosphere • The point where the earthquake starts • The point directly over the point where the earthquake starts • _______ Boundary. When two tectonic plates move into eachother • ...
SCIENCE FINAL 2022-12-13
Across
- type of plate boundary
- the process of taking rock into the earth
- the step after a scienctist tests their hypothesis
- type of wave
Down
- measure of the amount of water vapor air is holding
- a vast underwater chain
- point in earths interior where energy is released for an earthquake
- most freshwater on earth is held here
- A tool used to measure temperatures
- the hypothesis the continents are moving
10 Clues: type of wave • type of plate boundary • a vast underwater chain • A tool used to measure temperatures • most freshwater on earth is held here • the hypothesis the continents are moving • the process of taking rock into the earth • the step after a scienctist tests their hypothesis • measure of the amount of water vapor air is holding • ...
Plate Tectonic Theory 2023-03-22
Across
- Formed from a transform boundary
- Formed from a subduction zone; erupts lava
- Two tectonic plates come together (converge)
- Two plates slide past each other
Down
- Formed from a subduction zone; a long narrow ditch
- Formed when one convergent plate is more dense than another
- Two tectonic plates move away from each other in opposite directions
- Formed from a divergent boundary
- Another word for molten rock
- Formed from a convergent boundary
10 Clues: Another word for molten rock • Formed from a transform boundary • Formed from a divergent boundary • Two plates slide past each other • Formed from a convergent boundary • Formed from a subduction zone; erupts lava • Two tectonic plates come together (converge) • Formed from a subduction zone; a long narrow ditch • ...
Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19
Across
- The lower-middle layer of the Earth.
- Missing sequence of parallel rocks
- Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface
- Boundary between 2 plates that are moving away from each other.
- Outermost layer of the Earth.
- Boundary between 2 plates that push into each other.
- Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
- Molten rock squeezing into existing ones
Down
- Sequence of rock layers
- Bending rock layers
- The transfer of heat due to the movement of particles
- The inner-most layer of the Earth.
- Break in the Earth's crust
- The middle layer of the Earth.
- Slated rock layers
15 Clues: Slated rock layers • Bending rock layers • Sequence of rock layers • Break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • Missing sequence of parallel rocks • The inner-most layer of the Earth. • The lower-middle layer of the Earth. • Molten rock squeezing into existing ones • Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface • ...
Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19
Across
- Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
- Slated rock layers
- Sequence of rock layers
- Boundary between 2 plates that push into each other.
- Missing sequence of parallel rocks
Down
- The transfer of heat due to the movement of particles
- The inner-most layer of the Earth.
- The middle layer of the Earth.
- Break in the Earth's crust
- Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface
- Outermost layer of the Earth.
- Bending rock layers
- Boundary between 2 plates that are moving away from each other.
- Molten rock squeezing into existing ones
- The lower-middle layer of the Earth.
15 Clues: Slated rock layers • Bending rock layers • Sequence of rock layers • Break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • The inner-most layer of the Earth. • Missing sequence of parallel rocks • The lower-middle layer of the Earth. • Molten rock squeezing into existing ones • Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface • ...
Mathematik 2015-01-31
Across
- Die kleinste Primzahl ist ...
- Folgen, die einen Grenzwert besitzen sind ...
- Vertauschungsgesetz oder auch ...
- Zahlen die nur durch 1 oder sich selbst teilbar sind ...
- Der Schnittpunkt des Funktionsgraphen mit der x-Achse ist die ...
- Ein Kreissegment wird von einem Kreisbogen und einer ... begrenzt
- Es gibt ... viele Primzahlen
- Folgen, die keinen Grenzwert besitzen sind ...
Down
- Eine Gerade g die die Kreislinie k in 2 Punkten schneidet ...
- Das Ergebnis einer Subtraktion ...
- Kreise mit demselben Mittelpunkt sind ...
- Integral von 1 durch x ist ...
- Ein Vektor mit der Länge 1 heißt ...
- Eine gemischte Zahl kann man in einen unechten ... angeben
- In Summen kürzen nur die ...
15 Clues: Es gibt ... viele Primzahlen • In Summen kürzen nur die ... • Die kleinste Primzahl ist ... • Integral von 1 durch x ist ... • Vertauschungsgesetz oder auch ... • Das Ergebnis einer Subtraktion ... • Ein Vektor mit der Länge 1 heißt ... • Kreise mit demselben Mittelpunkt sind ... • Folgen, die einen Grenzwert besitzen sind ... • Folgen, die keinen Grenzwert besitzen sind ... • ...
whats shaken cross word puzzle 2021-10-14
Across
- a liquid like layer of the mantle
- building energy
- when two things go away from each other
- two things moving side by side
- solid rock cable of flow
- the hard outer layer of the earth
- core liquid metal inside of it is the inner core
Down
- the layer beneath the lithosphere that is a lot like plastic but is cable of flow
- something that breaks easily when force is applied
- two things pushing towards each other
- able to move without losing toughness
- where two things meet
- when something becomes something else
- core solid iron and nickel inside the outer core
- A narrow hole
15 Clues: A narrow hole • building energy • where two things meet • solid rock cable of flow • two things moving side by side • a liquid like layer of the mantle • the hard outer layer of the earth • two things pushing towards each other • able to move without losing toughness • when something becomes something else • when two things go away from each other • ...
Plate tectonics 2021-12-10
Across
- what boundary make mid-ocean ridges?
- what is a violent shaking in the ground?
- what rock is made from cooling magma outside of the volcano?
- what boundary makes earthquakes?
- what did Harry Hess find?
- what is a underwater mountain range?
- What rock is made under intense heat and pressure?
- what is a crack in the crust where magma flows?
Down
- what igneous rock is made in the volcano?
- what rock is made from sediments?
- what is melted rock in the groud?
- what boundary makes mountains?
- what did Alfred Wegener find?
- when the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate?
- melted rock above the group
15 Clues: what did Harry Hess find? • melted rock above the group • what did Alfred Wegener find? • what boundary makes mountains? • what boundary makes earthquakes? • what rock is made from sediments? • what is melted rock in the groud? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what is a violent shaking in the ground? • ...
Tectonic Plates 2021-12-09
Across
- When an igneous rock cools above ground
- Is created from a subduction zone
- Where two oceanic plates collide and fold
- Igneous rock that cools underground
- Melted rock inside the earth
- The outermost layer of the earth
- When two continental plates collide and fold
- The heat source that's in the center of earth
- The boundary that a mid-ocean ridge occurs
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- What occurs at a convergent boundary
- can be made by a transform boundary
- the layer in which the mantle is in
- What occurs at a transform boundary
- Melted rock that errupted from a volcano
- The asphalt like rock that plates float on
15 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Is created from a subduction zone • can be made by a transform boundary • the layer in which the mantle is in • What occurs at a transform boundary • Igneous rock that cools underground • What occurs at a convergent boundary • When an igneous rock cools above ground • Melted rock that errupted from a volcano • ...
Science Vocabulary 2021-12-16
Across
- when two plates go away from each other
- spreading the theory by Harry Hess
- discovered Seafloor spreading
- when to plates come together
- Lava before it comes out of a volcano.
- two plates that slide past each other
- A mountain that holds and releases lava
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- there are 3,Convergent,Divergent,and transform
- The innermost layer of the earth
- Upper layer of the mantle but under the lithosphere
- had the theory of Plate tectonics
- Outermost layer of the earth
- Almost the innermost layer of the earth
- happens when two tectonic plates slide past Each other
- Magma after it leaves the ground
15 Clues: Outermost layer of the earth • when to plates come together • discovered Seafloor spreading • The innermost layer of the earth • Magma after it leaves the ground • had the theory of Plate tectonics • spreading the theory by Harry Hess • two plates that slide past each other • Lava before it comes out of a volcano. • when two plates go away from each other • ...
Earths Geology 2022-05-23
Across
- Molten rock in the Earth's crust
- Type of waves that cause the most damage
- Molten rock that break through the surface of Earth
- Thinnest compositional layer of Earth
- Fossils are found in this type of rock
- Layer of Earth mostly made of iron and nickel
- Type of force at a convergent boundary
- Type of force at a divergent boundary
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- Process where rocks are worn down
- Ocean crust is made of what rock
- Plastic mechanical layer of Earth
- How many mechanical layers does Earth have?
- Type of force at a transform boundary
- How many compositional layers does Earth have?
- Layer responsible for the magnetic field
15 Clues: Ocean crust is made of what rock • Molten rock in the Earth's crust • Process where rocks are worn down • Plastic mechanical layer of Earth • Thinnest compositional layer of Earth • Type of force at a transform boundary • Type of force at a divergent boundary • Fossils are found in this type of rock • Type of force at a convergent boundary • ...
Marine Science Vocabulary Crossword 2023-10-28
Across
- Two plates moving together
- The equilibrium in the Earth's crust
- Flexible layer made up of magma(underneath lithosphere)
- The removal of moisture
- Two plates sliding passed each other
- Occurs during a divergent boundary(is superheated)
- Things underneath the crust that are constantly moving
Down
- A theory supporting that the continents were once a supercontinent
- Occurs during a convergent boundary
- Two plates moving apart
- Animals that live in sediments of the seafloor
- The edge of a continent that's submerged underwater
- Divisions of zones(photic and aphotic)
- Long, narrow, deep ocean floor(caused by convergent boundaries)
- outermost layer of crust
15 Clues: Two plates moving apart • The removal of moisture • outermost layer of crust • Two plates moving together • Occurs during a convergent boundary • The equilibrium in the Earth's crust • Two plates sliding passed each other • Divisions of zones(photic and aphotic) • Animals that live in sediments of the seafloor • Occurs during a divergent boundary(is superheated) • ...
Plate tectonics 2020-09-29
Across
- Transfers energy in the mantle
- pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes
- pulls apart and forms rift valleys
- a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
- slide past each other and form earthquakes and faults
Down
- the earth's upper mantle
- a thick layer of rock that form the continents
- a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
- crashes together and forms mountains
- the earth's outer crust
10 Clues: the earth's outer crust • the earth's upper mantle • Transfers energy in the mantle • pulls apart and forms rift valleys • crashes together and forms mountains • pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes • a thick layer of rock that form the continents • a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean • a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins • ...
Unit 8 - Grade 8H 2022-01-29
Across
- clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck
- puzzling, mystifying or enigmatic
- very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
- to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line
Down
- capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
- going in different directions;
- thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
- unresponsive, impassive
- to pass through or gain entrance gradually
- to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
10 Clues: unresponsive, impassive • going in different directions; • puzzling, mystifying or enigmatic • to pass through or gain entrance gradually • thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck • very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot • to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-02-15
Across
- the result of a convergent boundary
- when two plates collide
- the result of a transform boundary when two plate slide past each other
- zone when one plate is more dense than the other
Down
- currents The heat which causes the plates to move
- when two plates come apart
- hot material underneath the mantle.
- the ground beneath the continents
- the reason behind convection currents
- when two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: when two plates collide • when two plates come apart • the ground beneath the continents • hot material underneath the mantle. • the result of a convergent boundary • the reason behind convection currents • when two plates slide past each other • zone when one plate is more dense than the other • currents The heat which causes the plates to move • ...
4th grade Plates Notes Review 2022-04-07
Across
- magma becomes this when erupting
- oceanic crust dips beneath continental crust
- plate boundary where plates move past each other
- pieces making up Earth's surface
- hot, partially dissolved rock found in Earth's upper mantle
- islands produced by magma burning through crust
Down
- plate boundary where plates move together
- one type of crust found on Earth
- one type of crust found on Earth
- plate boundary where plates move apart
- mountains formed from continental crust pushing together
11 Clues: one type of crust found on Earth • magma becomes this when erupting • one type of crust found on Earth • pieces making up Earth's surface • plate boundary where plates move apart • plate boundary where plates move together • oceanic crust dips beneath continental crust • islands produced by magma burning through crust • plate boundary where plates move past each other • ...
science class 2021-09-30
Across
- - a human body but just the bones
- - the amount of iowa state things in the class
- - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother
- - tectonic plate that comes together
Down
- -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
- - his favorite nfl team
- -a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
- - a red and black team
- - tectonic plate that pules apart
- - the teachers name
10 Clues: - a red and black team • - his favorite nfl team • - the teachers name • - a human body but just the bones • - tectonic plate that pules apart • - tectonic plate that comes together • - tectonic plate that slide aganst eachother • - the amount of iowa state things in the class • -where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • ...
Plate tectonics 2013-11-05
Across
- When there is a sudden drop in a fold
- When plates are moving away from each other
- When plates collide/come together
- When plates slide against each other
- When a fold goes up
Down
- The surface along rocks break and slide past each other
- When you pull on something
- When you press something together
- When the fold goes down
- When a rock changes its shape due to stress
10 Clues: When a fold goes up • When the fold goes down • When you pull on something • When you press something together • When plates collide/come together • When plates slide against each other • When there is a sudden drop in a fold • When a rock changes its shape due to stress • When plates are moving away from each other • The surface along rocks break and slide past each other
UNIT 8 VOCABULARY CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2015-01-24
Across
- TO DECLARE PUBLICLY OR OFFICIALLY
- GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER; NOT IN AGREEMENT
- CLOTHES, APPAREL, GARB; TO DRESS
- TIRELESS, CONTINUING WITH VIGOR
- CAPABLE OF BEING GRASPED BY THE SENSES OR MIND
- TO CAUSE ANGER, IRRITATION, OR BITTERNESS
- TO LIMIT, BE SPARING OR FRUGAL
Down
- A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, CHUM, BUDDY
- TO PASS THROUGH OR GAIN ENTRANCE TO GRADUALLY OR STEALTHILY
- VERY EARNEST, EMOTIONAL, PASSIONATE
10 Clues: TO LIMIT, BE SPARING OR FRUGAL • TIRELESS, CONTINUING WITH VIGOR • A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, CHUM, BUDDY • CLOTHES, APPAREL, GARB; TO DRESS • TO DECLARE PUBLICLY OR OFFICIALLY • VERY EARNEST, EMOTIONAL, PASSIONATE • TO CAUSE ANGER, IRRITATION, OR BITTERNESS • CAPABLE OF BEING GRASPED BY THE SENSES OR MIND • TO PASS THROUGH OR GAIN ENTRANCE TO GRADUALLY OR STEALTHILY • ...
UNIT 8 VOCABULARY CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2015-01-24
Across
- CAPABLE OF BEING GRASPED BY THE SENSES OR MIND
- TIRELESS, CONTINUING WITH VIGOR
- GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER; NOT IN AGREEMENT
- CLOTHES, APPAREL, GARB; TO DRESS
- VERY EARNEST, EMOTIONAL, PASSIONATE
Down
- A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, CHUM, BUDDY
- TO PASS THROUGH OR GAIN ENTRANCE TO GRADUALLY OR STEALTHILY
- TO LIMIT, BE SPARING OR FRUGAL
- TO DECLARE PUBLICLY OR OFFICIALLY
- TO CAUSE ANGER, IRRITATION, OR BITTERNESS
10 Clues: TO LIMIT, BE SPARING OR FRUGAL • TIRELESS, CONTINUING WITH VIGOR • A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, CHUM, BUDDY • CLOTHES, APPAREL, GARB; TO DRESS • TO DECLARE PUBLICLY OR OFFICIALLY • VERY EARNEST, EMOTIONAL, PASSIONATE • TO CAUSE ANGER, IRRITATION, OR BITTERNESS • CAPABLE OF BEING GRASPED BY THE SENSES OR MIND • TO PASS THROUGH OR GAIN ENTRANCE TO GRADUALLY OR STEALTHILY • ...
Continental Drift 2024-04-11
Across
- when sections of earth collide
- Alfred ____________ theory of continental drift
- largest continental plate in the world
- when one section of earth dives below another in a collision
- where one continent plate touches another
Down
- super continent
- these tall structures are found a some continent seams
- Seven massive plates of land make up the earth
- when sections of earth separate
- when sections of earth slide past one another
10 Clues: super continent • when sections of earth collide • when sections of earth separate • largest continental plate in the world • where one continent plate touches another • when sections of earth slide past one another • Seven massive plates of land make up the earth • Alfred ____________ theory of continental drift • these tall structures are found a some continent seams • ...
Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-21
Across
- currents What causes plates to move
- plates Pieces of earth's crust
- The rock in the mantle
- boundary When plates come together
- boundary When plates slide past each other
- zone When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
Down
- When something breaks apart, caused by plate tectonics
- Chains Another thing created by convergent plate boundaries
- boundary When plates split away from each other
- The creation of a convergent boundary
10 Clues: The rock in the mantle • plates Pieces of earth's crust • The creation of a convergent boundary • boundary When plates come together • currents What causes plates to move • boundary When plates slide past each other • boundary When plates split away from each other • When something breaks apart, caused by plate tectonics • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-01-26
Across
- Created by sea-floor spreading.
- When to plates slide against each other.
- When two plates go away from each other
- Usually created by plates subducting.
- The area of Earth in between the crust and core
Down
- When two plates converge towards each other
- Usually occur near a fault line.
- When one plate slides underneath the other while converging.
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Form in divergent boundaries.
10 Clues: Form in divergent boundaries. • Created by sea-floor spreading. • Usually occur near a fault line. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Usually created by plates subducting. • When two plates go away from each other • When to plates slide against each other. • When two plates converge towards each other • The area of Earth in between the crust and core • ...
