divergent Crossword Puzzles
2nd Semester Crossword Scavenger Hunt 2023-01-17
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- Number is under the container of blue pens
- This was the first short story we read last semester ("The __________)
- Book by John Steinbeck that we read
- Amount of minutes after the bell before leaving
- Where you go on Canvas to see the agenda
- Where you go first on Tuesdays and Thursdays
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- You support your claim with this (facts, for example)
- Captain America is safeguarding this number in the classroom
- The day of the month
- A number and a title of one of the Divergent books on Upchurch's bookshelf
- This type of character changes a lot in a story
- Mascot of the university Upchurch attended
- A game we play sometimes as a group
13 Clues: The day of the month • Book by John Steinbeck that we read • A game we play sometimes as a group • Where you go on Canvas to see the agenda • Number is under the container of blue pens • Mascot of the university Upchurch attended • Where you go first on Tuesdays and Thursdays • This type of character changes a lot in a story • ...
That one crossword that your grandma does. 2023-04-04
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- water held underground in soil
- Group of animals that occupy a certain area
- Large pieces of lithosphere that the ocean and continents sit on.
- Petroleum, natural gas made of once living organisms
- A solid inorganic material found in nature
- Still in existence
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- When a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere creates seismic waves
- Study of earth
- No longer in existence
- occur when two divergent boundaries separate causing less dense material to rise. Creates a new ocean floor
- When heat, pressure, cooling, ect... turns rocks from one type to another over time
- A supercontinent that existed before the continents separated.
- Rock formed from extreme heat and pressure, appears glassy
13 Clues: Study of earth • Still in existence • No longer in existence • water held underground in soil • A solid inorganic material found in nature • Group of animals that occupy a certain area • Petroleum, natural gas made of once living organisms • Rock formed from extreme heat and pressure, appears glassy • A supercontinent that existed before the continents separated. • ...
PLATE TECTONICS 2023-04-26
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- A theory stating that the continents drifted apart
- Type of boundary between two plates sliding past each other
- Type of boundary between two colliding plates
- Where one plate sinks below another plate
- Energy waves travelling out from an Earthquake
- Type of boundary between two plates missing away from each other
- A piece of earth’s crust that moves a top of the mantle
- Ground vibrations caused by Earth’s crust moving
- Devices used to record an earthquake’s seismic waves
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- A spot in the earth’s mantle where hot magma rises to the surface
- A break in the earth’s crust due to movement
- A cycle of heating, cooling, and sinking
- An ancient supercontinent of all the Earth’s landforms
13 Clues: A cycle of heating, cooling, and sinking • Where one plate sinks below another plate • A break in the earth’s crust due to movement • Type of boundary between two colliding plates • Energy waves travelling out from an Earthquake • Ground vibrations caused by Earth’s crust moving • A theory stating that the continents drifted apart • ...
Tectonic Hazards 2019-11-06
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- The centre of the earth
- Caused by the heat from the earths core, what causes tectonic plates to move
- What is the name of the plate boundary that moves apart?
- The name of Alfred Wegener's super continent
- The top of the mantle and the crust
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- What is the name of the plate boundary which slides past each other?
- What is the name of the plate that moves into each other?
- The top of the mantle which plates move on
- Where two plates meet
- Sections of the crust which float on the mantle
- Molten rock insde the earth
- Magma above the surface e.g.erupted from a volcanoe
- The layer of the earth under the crust
13 Clues: Where two plates meet • The centre of the earth • Molten rock insde the earth • The top of the mantle and the crust • The layer of the earth under the crust • The top of the mantle which plates move on • The name of Alfred Wegener's super continent • Sections of the crust which float on the mantle • Magma above the surface e.g.erupted from a volcanoe • ...
ap enviro crossword puzzle 2023-11-02
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- how earthquakes are formed, when they slide against
- separation of plates
- when plates come together = mountains
- destruction or removal of forests
- rising air leads to this, winds rapidly rising then condensing into clouds
- on earths surface hot liquid fluid
- when sunlight reaches directly the earth
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- hot gasses or liquid rises while the opposite falls
- leads to sinking air, it surprises the weather causing clear and sunny ear
- above the troposphere, where airplanes fly by starts by 10 to 50, ozone laye r
- happens when trade winds causing hot water to move
- warmest time of the year in the northern hemisphere
- channels rainfall and snowmelt creeks, streams and rivers
13 Clues: separation of plates • destruction or removal of forests • on earths surface hot liquid fluid • when plates come together = mountains • when sunlight reaches directly the earth • happens when trade winds causing hot water to move • hot gasses or liquid rises while the opposite falls • how earthquakes are formed, when they slide against • ...
Literary Main Characters 2024-10-21
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- Real name of the main character in "Percy Jackson" series.
- Wizard, Hogwarts Student, and magical book series protagonist
- "The Fault in Our Stars" Protagonist and Inspiration
- First Name of "Hunger Games" Protagonist
- Main Protagonist of the book "Smile"
- Blue haired girl who battles "Othermother" in her self named book
- Main character of "Divergent" book series
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- First Name of "Twilight" Protagonist
- Not the DC superhero, the somewhat odd middle schooler who plays the ukulele
- Pre-Teen with Telekinesis goes to school for the first time, also a musical
- The Wallflower in "Perks of Being A Wallflower"
- The Wimpy Kid in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."
- First name of "Wonder" book protagonist
- Protagonist Boy who visits Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
14 Clues: First Name of "Twilight" Protagonist • Main Protagonist of the book "Smile" • First name of "Wonder" book protagonist • First Name of "Hunger Games" Protagonist • The Wimpy Kid in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." • Main character of "Divergent" book series • The Wallflower in "Perks of Being A Wallflower" • "The Fault in Our Stars" Protagonist and Inspiration • ...
Final Review 1 2025-06-04
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- The long tube in the ground connecting the magma chamber to Earth's surface
- The pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects
- The opening where molten rock and gas leave the volcano
- Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart
- Primary waves; occur first during an earthquake
- Plate boundary where two plates are moving together
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- Center of an earthquake on Earth's surface
- Broad volcano with gentle slopes
- Volcano with steep, cone-shaped hills
- Secondary waves; occur second during an earthquake
- One event that can occur after an earthquake
- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- boundary Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
13 Clues: Broad volcano with gentle slopes • Volcano with steep, cone-shaped hills • Center of an earthquake on Earth's surface • One event that can occur after an earthquake • Primary waves; occur first during an earthquake • Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart • The pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects • Secondary waves; occur second during an earthquake • ...
H5 Licht B3 2021-02-10
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- als je hier meer van heb, wordt je beeld beter
- Hierin kan je jouw oren wel zien
- ander woord voor positieve lens
- hierin zitten de lichtgevoelige cellen
- de afstand die je meet vanaf je lens tot aan het beeld
- het boller of platter worden van je ooglens
- dit deel in de camera is gevoelig voor licht
- Dit gebeurt er als licht schuin op water valt
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- Als je een voorwerp ziet staat het in je...
- laat alleen bepaalde lichtgolven door
- Als licht steeds verder uit elkaar gaat
- dit wordt groter als het donker wordt
- zo heet het als je lichtstralen tekent
- als je in de verte goed kan zien ben je..
- hier komen de lichtstralen na een positieve lens samen
- Als licht steeds verder naar elkaar toe gaat
- is in het midden dunner dan aan de rand
- als je dichtbij goed van zien ben je..
18 Clues: ander woord voor positieve lens • Hierin kan je jouw oren wel zien • laat alleen bepaalde lichtgolven door • dit wordt groter als het donker wordt • zo heet het als je lichtstralen tekent • hierin zitten de lichtgevoelige cellen • als je dichtbij goed van zien ben je.. • Als licht steeds verder uit elkaar gaat • is in het midden dunner dan aan de rand • ...
KWatts 2023-02-03
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- after the magma melts the rock is created
- created by the outward expansion of plasma
- The instrument that records the ground shaking.
- an area over the mantle plume
- It appears to be in the position, but it is not
- when new crust made
- The movement of gases due to heat and gravity
- the passing of two or more of cel
- Tochange in composition or structure
- This is formed by high pressure, high heats
- wave that come from earthquakes
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- it’s when the crust and mantel lithosphere to the earths mantal
- formed from preexisting rocks
- when planet melt the materials begin to separate from another
- When they move it causes a earthquake
- originated from the solar wind and held around the planet
- region around planet dominated by the planets magnetic field
- the study of extraterrestrial bodies and materials and rocks
18 Clues: when new crust made • formed from preexisting rocks • an area over the mantle plume • wave that come from earthquakes • the passing of two or more of cel • Tochange in composition or structure • When they move it causes a earthquake • after the magma melts the rock is created • created by the outward expansion of plasma • This is formed by high pressure, high heats • ...
BColyer-Masingo 2023-02-01
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- an instrument used to measure seismic waves
- charged particles flow out from sun’s surface
- two plates come together, causing one to go under
- largest part of earth’s interior
- motion of plates of the outer layer
- rock formed by the deposition of various materials
- the study of the earth
- the outer layer of a terrestrial planet
- difference between items that make them unique
- regions of high-energy ions in magnetosphere
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- highly dense, central part of the planet
- change in direction when sometimes enters at an angle
- two tectonic plates move away from each other
- region where planet’s magnetic field is carried by solar wind
- waves a vibration that travels through earth’s interior caused by earthquakes
- rock produced by physical and chemical alteration under high temperature
- type of igneous rock that makes up
- movement of hotter and cooler gas and liquid
18 Clues: the study of the earth • largest part of earth’s interior • type of igneous rock that makes up • motion of plates of the outer layer • the outer layer of a terrestrial planet • highly dense, central part of the planet • an instrument used to measure seismic waves • movement of hotter and cooler gas and liquid • regions of high-energy ions in magnetosphere • ...
Chaper 5,6,8,10,11 2023-05-12
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- the older rocks are near the ____ in sedimentary rock
- is when volcanic rock reaches the earth's surface
- the youngest rocks are at the ___
- boundary where plates are moving apart
- BB or bb genotypes are the same
- heat transfer through the flow of materials
- object releasing magma and changes the name to lava
- is the uniting of the sperm and egg in sexual reproduction
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- imprint of a fossil that gets filled in to form a solid fossil
- boundary where plates are moving together
- heat transfer in the form of rays and waves
- directly over a hot spot
- the solid form of a fossil
- Bb genotypes are different
- occurs when a more dense plate travels under a less dense plate
- giant landmass over two million years ago all continents together
- any characteristic of an organism
- a break in the rock due to stress on the rock
18 Clues: directly over a hot spot • the solid form of a fossil • Bb genotypes are different • BB or bb genotypes are the same • the youngest rocks are at the ___ • any characteristic of an organism • boundary where plates are moving apart • boundary where plates are moving together • heat transfer in the form of rays and waves • heat transfer through the flow of materials • ...
Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23
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- very hot rock
- Heat transferred by touching
- ancient thing that is preserved in rock
- valley- deep valley
- top of mantle into a single layer
- transferred by motion of a liquid
- boundary- Two plates divide
- spreading- where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge Deep-ocean trench- long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom
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- break in the crust were they slipped
- soft layer
- boundaries- Two plates slide past each other
- that carry energy
- drift- Wegener's idea that the continents moved over the surface of earth
- ridge- seams that form mountains that are in the middle of the ocean floor
- tectonics-a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust convergent boundary- Two plates collide
- All the contents that were together
- core- ball of solid mental
- core- molten metal covering the inner core
18 Clues: soft layer • very hot rock • that carry energy • valley- deep valley • core- ball of solid mental • boundary- Two plates divide • Heat transferred by touching • top of mantle into a single layer • transferred by motion of a liquid • All the contents that were together • break in the crust were they slipped • ancient thing that is preserved in rock • ...
Chemistry Vocabulary 2021-12-08
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- change that you can't see in and changes
- glide aganist each other
- creates volcanic islands
- changes that you can see in an substance
- continents move constant and move slowy over time
- tell the evelation of structures on a map
- move away from each other
- how many levels/rings and are arranged left to right
- how you calculate protrons, electrons, and neutrons
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- change in speed, direction, or both
- an object that is in motion while stay in motion until acted upon
- an push or pull on an object that is measured in newtons
- tells you the number of valence electrons and are sorted up and down
- mass x accleration=force
- direction plus speed
- crash into each other
- distance an object moves then divided by the time it takes
- for every reaction there wll be an opposite reaction
18 Clues: direction plus speed • crash into each other • glide aganist each other • creates volcanic islands • mass x accleration=force • move away from each other • change in speed, direction, or both • change that you can't see in and changes • changes that you can see in an substance • tell the evelation of structures on a map • continents move constant and move slowy over time • ...
Plate Boundaries 2021-03-11
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- opening in ground where magma escapes from a volcano.
- Waves at surface, move in all directions.
- where crust breaks during Earthquake.
- Type of volcano that is small, steep sided, and made of ash and cinders.
- plates move away
- bowl shaped pit at the top of volcano.
- plates grind past
- Eruption that is thin and cools quickly.
- plates come together
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- new crust is created as older moves away.
- Eruption that is very hot and thick.
- location on surface above focus.
- oceanic crust is destroyed as it pushes into continental crust and sinks beneath trenches.
- Waves under surface, travels FASTEST through rocks.
- Type of volcano that is large, steep sided, explosive, and made of lava and ash.
- Type of volcano that is wide, flat and formed from a quiet eruption.
- Waves under surface, move SLOWEST in all directions.
- Waves at surface, move side to side.
18 Clues: plates move away • plates grind past • plates come together • location on surface above focus. • Eruption that is very hot and thick. • Waves at surface, move side to side. • where crust breaks during Earthquake. • bowl shaped pit at the top of volcano. • Eruption that is thin and cools quickly. • new crust is created as older moves away. • ...
Crossword puzzle 2023-11-15
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- An ancient organism that was preserved as rock
- heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
- The supercontient
- the transfer of enegry that is carried through rays
- spreading when mid-ocean ridges continually to add new material to the ocean floor
- ocean floor that sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
- Current, Heating and cooling of a liquid
- a molten mixture of rocking forming a substance
- Boundary, plates that move apart
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- heat transfer that is touching
- magama that reaches the surface
- Boundary, plates that moves together
- arc a string of islands
- of fire, Major belt of volcanoes
- a mountain that forms in Earth's crust when a molten material reaches the surface
- spot an area where the material is deep whitin Earth's mantle
- A molten material
- Boundary, plates that slip past each other
- a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
- trenches, when the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons
20 Clues: A molten material • The supercontient • arc a string of islands • heat transfer that is touching • magama that reaches the surface • of fire, Major belt of volcanoes • Boundary, plates that move apart • Boundary, plates that moves together • heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • Current, Heating and cooling of a liquid • Boundary, plates that slip past each other • ...
Physical Processes 2023-11-02
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- Weather is the state of the ______________________
- Weather can cause animal ___________________
- Large slabs of rock that divide the earth's crust
- Tectonic Plates can affect ocean _________________
- The process where rocks are broken down by natural forces
- Erosion can cause ____________________ waterways
- Soil Building Processes can cause a ___________________ in animal populations
- There are __________________ different types of movement in tectonic plates
- A process where soil is able to support growth of plants
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- When tectonic plates move away from each other
- Physical processes like weather and tectonic plates can affect ______________
- The natural forces that change Earth's physical features
- When tectonic plates come together
- Humidity, precipitation, wind, _____________________, and temperature help decide what type of weather it is
- There are ________________ different physical processes
- Tectonic Plates have the ability to ________________
- Tectonic Plates can cause volcanoes, _____________________, and many more
- When tectonic plates slide past each other
18 Clues: When tectonic plates come together • When tectonic plates slide past each other • Weather can cause animal ___________________ • When tectonic plates move away from each other • Erosion can cause ____________________ waterways • Large slabs of rock that divide the earth's crust • Weather is the state of the ______________________ • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-12-11
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- molten rock in earth's surface
- study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
- breaking apart of earth's surface
- undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley
- solid plastic part of the mantle
- boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from earth other
- single, large ocean that covered earth's surface
- single landmass that broke up to form continents
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- solid outer layer of earth made of crust and upper part of mantle
- process where oceanic seafloor forms when magma rises pushing older seafloor away
- boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
- theory explaining how lithosphere moves and changes shape
- piece of lithosphere with unique geologic features
- supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
- sudden movement of earth's surface
- boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving toward each other
- movement of heated material due to differences in density (different temperatures)
- can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface
18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-12-11
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- solid outer layer of earth made of crust and upper part of mantle
- single, large ocean that covered earth's surface
- sudden movement of earth's surface
- study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
- boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
- boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving toward each other
- molten rock in earth's surface
- movement of heated material due to differences in density (different temperatures)
- supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
- boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from earth other
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- piece of lithosphere with unique geologic features
- single landmass that broke up to form continents
- process where oceanic seafloor forms when magma rises pushing older seafloor away
- breaking apart of earth's surface
- theory explaining how lithosphere moves and changes shape
- solid plastic part of the mantle
- undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley
- can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface
18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single landmass that broke up to form continents • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-12-11
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- piece of lithosphere with unique geologic features
- supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
- single landmass that broke up to form continents
- boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from earth other
- theory explaining how lithosphere moves and changes shape
- single, large ocean that covered earth's surface
- boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving toward each other
- breaking apart of earth's surface
- can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface
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- solid outer layer of earth made of crust and upper part of mantle
- study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
- movement of heated material due to differences in density (different temperatures)
- process where oceanic seafloor forms when magma rises pushing older seafloor away
- solid plastic part of the mantle
- molten rock in earth's surface
- undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley
- boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
- sudden movement of earth's surface
18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...
Plate Motion Crossword 2025-11-04
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- A natural disaster where lava erupts
- A super continent that existed millions of years ago
- A sudden shaking of earths surface
- Center layer of earth
- A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again
- Moving toward the same place
- Multiple things that make up on big function
- Moving apart in direction directions
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
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- Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
- The geologist that created the Pangea theory
- A geologist that proved Pangea was a real thing
- how often or fast something happens
- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- Outer layer of earth
- A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
18 Clues: Outer layer of earth • Center layer of earth • Moving toward the same place • A sudden shaking of earths surface • how often or fast something happens • A natural disaster where lava erupts • Moving apart in direction directions • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth • Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth • The geologist that created the Pangea theory • ...
Plate Tectonics Project 2025-11-05
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- wave in the earths produced by an earthquake
- plate where two tectonic plates move towards and collide
- type of seismic wave that moves through the earth's interior
- the process by heat or electricity being transmitted
- field moving electric charge within the force continental drift a theory where earth's continents move slowly
- spreading formation of new areas of oceanic crust
- outermost layer between the earth's crust
- crust thick part of the earth's crust
- plate two Tectonics plates move apart
- polarity a property of a magnet that defines two poles
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- rifting stretched and thinned by forces
- crust thin part of the earth's crust
- the innermost or most essential part of something
- movement caused within the fluid
- boundary where two plates Tectonics meet and interact
- fault two plates slide past each other
- plains found between continental margins and mid-ocean ridges
- a long narrow ditch
- the outer most solid layer
- layer of rock between earth's crust
20 Clues: a long narrow ditch • the outer most solid layer • movement caused within the fluid • layer of rock between earth's crust • crust thin part of the earth's crust • crust thick part of the earth's crust • plate two Tectonics plates move apart • fault two plates slide past each other • rifting stretched and thinned by forces • outermost layer between the earth's crust • ...
Plate Motion Crossword 2025-11-04
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- Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
- The geologist that created the Pangea theory
- A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
- Moving toward the same place
- A geologist that proved Pangea was a real thing
- how often or fast something happens
- Center layer of earth
- A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
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- A super continent that existed millions of years ago
- A natural disaster where lava erupts
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again
- Outer layer of earth
- A sudden shaking of earths surface
- Multiple things that make up on big function
- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
- Moving apart in direction directions
18 Clues: Outer layer of earth • Center layer of earth • Moving toward the same place • A sudden shaking of earths surface • how often or fast something happens • A natural disaster where lava erupts • Moving apart in direction directions • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth • Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth • The geologist that created the Pangea theory • ...
Science Vocab Words 2022-10-25
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- - Any power, principle or substance capable of producing an effect, whether physical, chemical or biological.
- - chemical reaction in which an iron combines with oxygen.
- - naturally-occurring material that
- broken down by processes of weathering.
- - The process where sediment is released/dropped by their agent of erosion.
- - when an earthquake moves towards each other.
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- -The moving or rock material from one place to another.
- - this is moving ice that carries rocks; appears scratched and grooved.
- - When an earthquake moves up and down.
- - The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
- - when an earthquake moves the opposite way.
11 Clues: - naturally-occurring material that • - When an earthquake moves up and down. • broken down by processes of weathering. • - when an earthquake moves the opposite way. • - when an earthquake moves towards each other. • - The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces. • -The moving or rock material from one place to another. • ...
Classification and biodiversity 2023-02-13
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- a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
- when species appearance becomes more different over time
- a way of describing that taxonomy may change as new evidence is discovered
- an ancient domain of bacteria
- the shape and structure of a species
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- a diagram to represent the relationships between different species
- an external factor that affects the organism's ability to survive in a given environment
- the genus and species together give a unique name called the
- a species with five fingered limbs
- a subgroup of a kingdom
- when species appearance becomes more similar over time
11 Clues: a subgroup of a kingdom • an ancient domain of bacteria • a species with five fingered limbs • the shape and structure of a species • when species appearance becomes more similar over time • when species appearance becomes more different over time • the genus and species together give a unique name called the • ...
Tsunamis 2024-04-02
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- a wall made to block tsunami water
- relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust
- colossal oceanic waves driven by geological forces
- scale of magnitude, measured by 0-20trillion kg of tnt worth of power
- the system used to detect tsunamis
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- units of measurement for a earthquake
- an instrument that detects earthquake / seismic activity and in turn tsunamis
- a type of tree that helps mitigate tsunamis
- point of an earthquake / the boundary between tectonic plates
- most common spot of earthquakes which can cause tsunamis
- a natural disaster that can cause tsunamis and can have divergent boundaries
11 Clues: a wall made to block tsunami water • the system used to detect tsunamis • units of measurement for a earthquake • a type of tree that helps mitigate tsunamis • colossal oceanic waves driven by geological forces • most common spot of earthquakes which can cause tsunamis • point of an earthquake / the boundary between tectonic plates • ...
Chapter 14.2 Vocabulary 2024-05-01
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- Deep steep-sided valleys
- Interconnected system of underwater mountains that develop on newly formed oceanic crust
- In regions where trenches do not exist the continental slope turns into this
- Occasional movements of dense, sediment-rich water down the continental slope
- Deep, extremely flat features
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- Occurs at divergent plate boundaries
- The submerged volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor
- Gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline
- The zone of transition between a continent and the ocean basin floor
- Between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge
- Marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf
11 Clues: Deep steep-sided valleys • Deep, extremely flat features • Occurs at divergent plate boundaries • Marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf • Between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge • The submerged volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor • Gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline • ...
Types of Lines 2025-09-23
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- A line that bends smoothly like a rainbow.
- A line that crosses another line.
- Lines that never meet and are always the same distance apart.
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- A line made of short straight pieces with turns.
- A line that goes side to side, like the horizon.
- Lines that move closer together and meet.
- Lines that move away from the same point.
- A line that has both straight and curved parts.
- A line that goes up and down, like a flagpole.
- A slanted line that is not straight up or across.
- A line that does not bend or curve.
11 Clues: A line that crosses another line. • A line that does not bend or curve. • Lines that move closer together and meet. • Lines that move away from the same point. • A line that bends smoothly like a rainbow. • A line that goes up and down, like a flagpole. • A line that has both straight and curved parts. • A line made of short straight pieces with turns. • ...
Tectonic Plates 2021-11-22
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- a boundary where plates come together
- is a wave produced by an earthquake
- when magma reaches the surface it is called this
- is a molten mixture of rock-forming from the mantle
- the sinking movement of ocean floor
- a boundary where plates move apart
- pulls on and thins Earth's crust
- dead or a volcano that poses little threat
- squeezes rock until it bends or breaks
- is an area with lava independent of a plate boundary
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- is a sleeping volcano
- are the more immediate threat
- shaking and trembling from plates moving
- when rock is being pushed in two opposite directions
- is a break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle
- a boundary where plates slip past each other
- is a structure that forms in Earth's crust
- the force that acts on rock to change its shape
18 Clues: is a sleeping volcano • are the more immediate threat • pulls on and thins Earth's crust • a boundary where plates move apart • is a wave produced by an earthquake • the sinking movement of ocean floor • a boundary where plates come together • squeezes rock until it bends or breaks • shaking and trembling from plates moving • is a structure that forms in Earth's crust • ...
Evolution 2015-03-09
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- a change or difference
- Column-rocks during the geological time
- interaction with organisms
- Evolution- differences between species that can lead to a beginning of a new species
- Evolution- different organisms with alike structures
- trace of life caught in a rock
- record- the total number of fossils discovered
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- a organization or category something put
- of superstition- observations of natural history
- to be erased from existence
- Selection- when the environment chooses the species that best fits the environment and survives the best
- the change of an organism through a change in the gene
- the idea of different organisms developing and changing over a history of time
- a new distinct species of evolution .
- Species- a species close to extinction
- a trait with a role of telling its life history of an organism by naturally evolving
- a group of something
- Time Scale- geological time in chronological order
18 Clues: a group of something • a change or difference • interaction with organisms • to be erased from existence • trace of life caught in a rock • a new distinct species of evolution . • Species- a species close to extinction • Column-rocks during the geological time • a organization or category something put • record- the total number of fossils discovered • ...
E Bonneville 2023-02-01
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- formed by sediment deposited by water or air.
- volcanic rock, dense, fine-grained.
- when two tectonic plates slide against each other, causes earthquakes.
- largest layer of the earth, made of semi-molten magma.
- solidified from lava or magma.
- outermost, thinnest layer of the earth.
- charged partials surrounding astrological object.
- plume of hot mantle rising from earth, creates volcanoes.
- elastic wave produced by earthquake.
- two tectonic plates that move away from each other.
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- vertical heating of atmosphere.
- structural change of rock from environmental conditions.
- area where one tectonic plate sinks below another.
- zone of charged particles held around a planet by its magnetosphere.
- solid, metallic, innermost layer of earth.
- continuous flow of charged particles from the sun permeating the solar system.
- when two tectonic plates are moving towards each other, forms mountains.
- hard, granular, igneous rock, mainly quartz, mica, and feldspar.
18 Clues: solidified from lava or magma. • vertical heating of atmosphere. • volcanic rock, dense, fine-grained. • elastic wave produced by earthquake. • outermost, thinnest layer of the earth. • solid, metallic, innermost layer of earth. • formed by sediment deposited by water or air. • charged partials surrounding astrological object. • ...
Dimitri Matheson 2023-02-01
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- any rock that has cooled from a molten state
- cooled volcanic rock made of silicon, oxygen, iron, aluminum, magnesium
- rock produced from chemical/physical alterations – temperature and pressure
- boundary where two plates move apart
- boundary where two plates push together
- to bend; waves do this when passing through the interior
- charged particles flowing from the sun’s surface
- the sorting of a planet’s layers by density; densest first
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- rock made of cemented fragments of other rocks or shells
- vibrations that are sent through the interior of earth
- 1,000 meters
- the dense metallic center of earth
- the outermost layer of the earth; layer we live on
- the idea that convection in the mantle moves the plates
- area where a plate sinks under another
- hot flows up, cold sinks down; process in mantle
- boundary where two plates slide past each other
- largest layer of the earth; putty-like
18 Clues: 1,000 meters • the dense metallic center of earth • boundary where two plates move apart • area where a plate sinks under another • largest layer of the earth; putty-like • boundary where two plates push together • any rock that has cooled from a molten state • boundary where two plates slide past each other • hot flows up, cold sinks down; process in mantle • ...
A.Dacruz 2023-02-01
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- A rock that is a fragment of an Igneous rock.
- Spot the hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
- waves These are waves that travel through earthquakes and explosions
- molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
- Planetary layers separate due to differing densities.
- Largest part of the earth on the inside.
- composed of silicon and oxygen common in the continental crust
- tectonics the movement of plates underneath the Earth
- The innermost layer of the Earth.
- Made of silicon, oxygen, iron, and aluminum, this is produced by volcanoes.
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- The region around the Earth filled with its magnetic field
- wind the energy from the sun that alters the earth’s magnetosphere
- Rocks produced by high temperatures.
- The outer layer of the earth.
- 100 meters
- two boundaries converge together
- When two plates move in opposite directions
- Allen belts a part of earth’s dynamic magnetic energy
18 Clues: 100 meters • The outer layer of the earth. • two boundaries converge together • The innermost layer of the Earth. • Rocks produced by high temperatures. • molten rock crystallizes and solidifies • Largest part of the earth on the inside. • When two plates move in opposite directions • A rock that is a fragment of an Igneous rock. • ...
Mia’s cross word (inspired by Chlo) 2020-04-07
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- The thing I always wear at home
- One of the things I love the most about myself
- a sports I tried recently and loved
- something I really enjoy doing ( I usually do it once or twice a year with my family)
- When I was younger I wanted t become a _____
- My favorite disney princess
- my hobby
- my favorite shape
- a country in which I want to live for a year or so
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- My favorite accessories
- My favorite chocolate lately (it’s not really a chocolate enno it’s a candy)
- a movie I watched recently and loved
- My favorite desert
- The place I always want to go to in summer
- the love of my life
- the name of the garderie I went to
- Another thing wanted to become when I was younger (don’t ask me why)
- my favorite drink
18 Clues: my hobby • my favorite drink • my favorite shape • My favorite desert • the love of my life • My favorite accessories • My favorite disney princess • The thing I always wear at home • the name of the garderie I went to • a movie I watched recently and loved • a sports I tried recently and loved • The place I always want to go to in summer • ...
Ag Earth Plate Tectonics. 2020-10-07
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- Rocks closer to the middle of a mid ocean ridge are _________.
- Heat transfer from a heated liquid or gas, moves the goopy mantle.
- Scientist who came up with Pangea and Continental drift
- Theory that the continents somehow broke away and moved apart over millions of years.
- Formed when two continental plates collide together.
- Plate boundary where the plates pull apart.
- Giant land mass the continents used to be.
- Heat transfer from indirect contact, like a heater.
- Scientist who discovered seafloor spreading.
- Thinnest of Earth's layers.
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- What is pushed and pulled by the heated mantle.
- Where convection takes place.
- Plate boundary where the plates come together.
- Heat transfer from direct contact.
- What Hess discovered to help prove the Theory of Pangea.
- One day geologists learn about Earth's interior (indirect way).
- Plate boundary where the plates slip and slide.
- Earth's layer that's made of nickel and iron.
18 Clues: Thinnest of Earth's layers. • Where convection takes place. • Heat transfer from direct contact. • Giant land mass the continents used to be. • Plate boundary where the plates pull apart. • Scientist who discovered seafloor spreading. • Earth's layer that's made of nickel and iron. • Plate boundary where the plates come together. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20
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- earths magnetic field reversals
- the smallest of all plates
- where roughly 80% of earths volcanoes lie
- the theory that tried to explain why the continent moved before plate tectonics
- the largest of all plates
- consists of the crust and the upper mantle
- the number of major plates
- a type of boundary where two plate come together
- a place where lithosphere descends into the mantle
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- example of seafloor spreading and a rift zone
- the scientist who proposed continental drift
- ancient magnetism preserved in rocks
- an instrument used to study earthquakes
- a type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
- allows for the movement of the lithosphere
- a type of boundary where two plates move apart
- ancient supercontinent before it was split apart
- caused by the rising of mantle material to form islands and volcanoes
18 Clues: the largest of all plates • the smallest of all plates • the number of major plates • earths magnetic field reversals • ancient magnetism preserved in rocks • an instrument used to study earthquakes • where roughly 80% of earths volcanoes lie • allows for the movement of the lithosphere • consists of the crust and the upper mantle • ...
Lithosphere Review 2023-05-15
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- The type of rock that forms from cooling molten lava
- The ability to dissolve in a liquid
- The compactness of a Mineral (Mass divided by volume)
- The way a mineral reflects light
- The type of rock characterized by a banded appearance
- What rocks are made of
- The thinner, more dense type of crust
- Occur due to transform boundaries
- The thicker, but less dense type of crust
- Mineral breaking type with irregular patterns
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- The study of rocks
- The solid outer part of Earth
- The type of boundary that occurs when two plates pull apart from one another
- The division in the lithosphere between the crust and upper mantle
- The ability of minerals to resist scratching
- The type of rock that is formed when sediments become compacted together
- The ability to break into sharp corners and flat planes
- The color of a mineral's powder when scraped
18 Clues: The study of rocks • What rocks are made of • The solid outer part of Earth • The way a mineral reflects light • Occur due to transform boundaries • The ability to dissolve in a liquid • The thinner, more dense type of crust • The thicker, but less dense type of crust • The ability of minerals to resist scratching • The color of a mineral's powder when scraped • ...
The Techtonic Plates 2023-12-05
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- Wegner- the person who created the pangea theory
- crust- the crust that makes up the land
- the theory that all continents drifted apart
- Andreas fault- lots of earthquakes happen here
- drift- when all the continents separated
- convergent boundaries slide together causing a __________
- of fire- a ring of volcanos
- boundary- where 2 plate boundaries separate and a fault is formed
- boundary- when two plate boundaries slide against each other and cause an earthquake
- ridge an underwater mountain chain
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- zone- when one plate boundary slides under another
- the solid\liquid stuff that the outer core is made of
- the remains of an animal that was alive millions of years ago
- current- where heat rises and cold air descends
- the upper mantle and crust
- boundary- the boundary between two tectonic plates
- crust- the crust below the ocean
- boundary- when two plate boundaries slide together and form mountains
- spreading- when the plate boundary splits apart, causing new seafloor
19 Clues: the upper mantle and crust • of fire- a ring of volcanos • crust- the crust below the ocean • ridge an underwater mountain chain • crust- the crust that makes up the land • drift- when all the continents separated • the theory that all continents drifted apart • Andreas fault- lots of earthquakes happen here • current- where heat rises and cold air descends • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-12-11
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- breaking apart of earth's surface
- boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving toward each other
- single, large ocean that covered earth's surface
- theory explaining how lithosphere moves and changes shape
- supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
- study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
- single landmass that broke up to form continents
- molten rock in earth's surface
- solid plastic part of the mantle
- movement of heated material due to differences in density (different temperatures)
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- boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from earth other
- process where oceanic seafloor forms when magma rises pushing older seafloor away
- boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
- undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley
- can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface
- solid outer layer of earth made of crust and upper part of mantle
- piece of lithosphere with unique geologic features
- sudden movement of earth's surface
18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...
Plate Motion Crossword 2025-11-04
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- A natural disaster where lava erupts
- A super continent that existed millions of years ago
- A sudden shaking of earths surface
- Center layer of earth
- A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again
- Moving toward the same place
- Multiple things that make up on big function
- Moving apart in direction directions
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
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- Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
- The geologist that created the Pangea theory
- A geologist that proved Pangea was a real thing
- how often or fast something happens
- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- Outer layer of earth
- A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
18 Clues: Outer layer of earth • Center layer of earth • Moving toward the same place • A sudden shaking of earths surface • how often or fast something happens • A natural disaster where lava erupts • Moving apart in direction directions • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth • Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth • The geologist that created the Pangea theory • ...
Restless Earth Molly 2014-04-30
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- a series of water waves caused by a displacement of a large body of water
- 1 way of measuring an earthquake
- famous Australian landform in the Northern Territory
- occurs when the earths tectonic plates collide and push together and create a peak
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- landscape along the sea
- type of volcano where its shape is formed by thin lava and spreads before cooling
- ocean where most volcanoes occur
- occurs when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault
- plate boundary which pulls apart
- Everest tallest mountain in the world
- A huge mass of ice which slowly falls over land
11 Clues: landscape along the sea • ocean where most volcanoes occur • plate boundary which pulls apart • 1 way of measuring an earthquake • Everest tallest mountain in the world • A huge mass of ice which slowly falls over land • famous Australian landform in the Northern Territory • occurs when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault • ...
8.3 Vocab Review 2016-04-25
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- Evolution where organisms become increasingly different
- System of classifying organisms based solely on exterior similarities
- System of classifying organisms that relies on evolutionary history and DNA analysis
- One of the two domains without a nucleus
- The study of biological classification
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- A grouping of objects based on degrees of complexity
- Most specific category of modern biological classification. Also, organisms that can breed.
- Category that comes after Kingdom and before Class
- Evolution where adaptations of different species come together
- Considered the father of taxonomy
- Category later added to taxonomy that includes Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea
11 Clues: Considered the father of taxonomy • The study of biological classification • One of the two domains without a nucleus • Category that comes after Kingdom and before Class • A grouping of objects based on degrees of complexity • Evolution where organisms become increasingly different • Evolution where adaptations of different species come together • ...
Plate Tectonics Theory 2021-04-30
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- molten rock
- the idea that earth is broken into pieces that move, creating earthquakes, mountains, and volcanoes
- occurs at all plate boundaries
- the process in which more dense oceanic crust is recycled into the mantle
- the landform created in the ocean when new crust is made
- the landmass or supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
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- a deep crack in the earth where earthquakes occur
- boundary where 2 plates move away from each other
- boundary where 2 plates slide past each other
- chunks of lithosphere
- boundary where 2 plates move towards each other
11 Clues: molten rock • chunks of lithosphere • occurs at all plate boundaries • boundary where 2 plates slide past each other • boundary where 2 plates move towards each other • a deep crack in the earth where earthquakes occur • boundary where 2 plates move away from each other • the landform created in the ocean when new crust is made • ...
Evolution Term Crossword 2021-04-07
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- The development of a new species over time
- Those with favorable traits pass on genes to the next generation
- Two species evolving with each other over time
- A survival or reproductive characteristic
- Structures that currently serve no apparent purpose in an organism but previously had a purpose
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- When species with a common ancestor diverge into new species
- Structures that are similar in unrelated species
- Change over time
- When species that are unrelated evolve similar characteristics based on the environment they live in
- Evolution happening in spurts followed by gaps of relatively no change
- Evolution happening slowly over time
11 Clues: Change over time • Evolution happening slowly over time • A survival or reproductive characteristic • The development of a new species over time • Two species evolving with each other over time • Structures that are similar in unrelated species • When species with a common ancestor diverge into new species • ...
EARTH 2021-09-29
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- the result of a denser continental plate going a lighter oceanic plate and can pull the plate even more
- two plates that move away from each
- two plates that move past each other in opposite directions
- molten rock underneath the Earth's surface
- the main force that pulls plates across
- The theory of Alfred Wegener
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- two plates that move towards each
- The theory of Herald Hess
- the result of two equal plates that move towards each other and go upwards
- the result of an oceanic plate going under a continental plate
- The result of two plates sliding past each other
11 Clues: The theory of Herald Hess • The theory of Alfred Wegener • two plates that move towards each • two plates that move away from each • the main force that pulls plates across • molten rock underneath the Earth's surface • The result of two plates sliding past each other • two plates that move past each other in opposite directions • ...
Tectonic Plates Vocab 2023-09-27
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- hot fluid below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
- plate boundary that separates from each other
- where two plates meet
- when diverging oceanic plates spread ocean floor
- plate boundary that collides into each other, causing the lighter one to sublimate
- the gap left between to diverging plates
- plate boundary that rubs against each other
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- when one plate sinks underneath a heaver plate
- a current in a fluid that results from convection.
- piece of the earth's crust
- a mountain that spews lava, caused by converging plates
11 Clues: where two plates meet • piece of the earth's crust • the gap left between to diverging plates • plate boundary that rubs against each other • plate boundary that separates from each other • when one plate sinks underneath a heaver plate • when diverging oceanic plates spread ocean floor • a current in a fluid that results from convection. • ...
Marine Crossword 2023-10-10
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- Type of plate boundary that makes mountains
- Type of plate boundary that can result in earthquakes
- outermost layer of the Earth
- Tide when the moon is out of alignment from the sun and earth
- When moon is after the New moon until the Full moon
- Type of plate boundary that makes mid ocean ridges
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- When moon is less than half full
- When moon is more than half full
- Change in temperature in the ocean
- Tide when the sun, moon, and earth are in line
- When moon is after the Full moon until new moon
11 Clues: outermost layer of the Earth • When moon is less than half full • When moon is more than half full • Change in temperature in the ocean • Type of plate boundary that makes mountains • Tide when the sun, moon, and earth are in line • When moon is after the Full moon until new moon • Type of plate boundary that makes mid ocean ridges • ...
Plate Motion 2023-10-18
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- moving toward the same place
- ridge, an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- boundary, the place where two plates meet
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
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- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- moving apart in different directions
- how often or fast something happens
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
11 Clues: moving toward the same place • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • boundary, the place where two plates meet • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement • ...
Form 1 Geo 2017-03-16
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- rocks are ______ materials covering the Earth's crust.
- igneous rocks get their name from the latin word _____.
- ________ plate margins move towards each other.
- the continents were joined together in a single land mass or super continent called _______.
- sedimentary rocks are formed from ______ igneous rocks.
- sedimentary rocks get their name from the latin word ______.
- igneous rocks that solidify deep within the Earth's crust are called _____ rocks.
- ______ rocks turns into marble.
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- ________ plate margins move apart.
- rocks and _______ are constantly being formed, eroded, altered and combined.
- ________ drift is the movement of the continents.
- _____ and pressure within the Earth's crust cause sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks to be changed.
12 Clues: ______ rocks turns into marble. • ________ plate margins move apart. • ________ plate margins move towards each other. • ________ drift is the movement of the continents. • rocks are ______ materials covering the Earth's crust. • igneous rocks get their name from the latin word _____. • sedimentary rocks are formed from ______ igneous rocks. • ...
Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-01
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- a spot in earths mantle were hot magma rises to the surface
- ground vibrations caused by earths crust moving
- a device used to measure earths seismic waves
- a theory stating that all the continents drifted apart
- a type of boundary between two plates moving away from each other
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- a break in earths crust
- a piece of earths crust that moves atop the mantle
- an ancient super continent that contained all of earths landmass
- a type of boundary between two plates that slide past each other
- were one plate sinks below another plate
- energy waves traveling out from an earthquake
- a type of boundary between two colliding plates
12 Clues: a break in earths crust • were one plate sinks below another plate • a device used to measure earths seismic waves • energy waves traveling out from an earthquake • ground vibrations caused by earths crust moving • a type of boundary between two colliding plates • a piece of earths crust that moves atop the mantle • ...
Tectonic hazards 2019-11-06
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- All continents connected together
- When an oceanic crust subducts under continental crust
- A funnel-shaped hollow at the top of a volcanic cone
- Take place in the mantle causing continental drift
- Made up of the crust and the top of the mantle
- The huge invisible magnetic field that surrounds the earth
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- When two plate boundries spread apart
- Top part of the earths mantle directly underneath the lithosphere
- The gradual movement of all the continents
- Trembling and shaking of the earths surface
- Found in the Ring of Fire
- Hot and flows like lava and made of a semi-molten rock called magma
12 Clues: Found in the Ring of Fire • All continents connected together • When two plate boundries spread apart • The gradual movement of all the continents • Trembling and shaking of the earths surface • Made up of the crust and the top of the mantle • Take place in the mantle causing continental drift • A funnel-shaped hollow at the top of a volcanic cone • ...
earthquake crossword 2024-05-27
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- The Maori word for house is ______
- When there is an earthquake under the water is can cause a ________
- This is the god of natural disasters
- One of these are located under-neath lake Taupo
- This is a boundary that pulls away from each-other
- When there is an earthquake the ground can _____
- In 1931 there was the Napier ___________
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- These are big pieces of the Earth's crust
- This person is the mother of multiple gods
- This is the centre of the Earth
- This is a boundary that slides under one an-other
- In-between the outer core and the crust is the _______
12 Clues: This is the centre of the Earth • The Maori word for house is ______ • This is the god of natural disasters • In 1931 there was the Napier ___________ • These are big pieces of the Earth's crust • This person is the mother of multiple gods • One of these are located under-neath lake Taupo • When there is an earthquake the ground can _____ • ...
5th six weeks menu project crossword 2024-03-08
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- when it seems as though the light of the moon is draining on the left side
- when it seems as though the of the moon is growing on the right side
- water that runsoff until it becomes groundwater or surface water
- boundaries that move away from each other
- map that models a mountain or hill in 2D
- a front that brings heat to the land affected
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- when a boundary goes under another boundary
- water that is runoff to a body of water
- water that seeps underground
- phases of the moon
- boundaries that move toward each other
- boundaries that move side by side
12 Clues: phases of the moon • water that seeps underground • boundaries that move side by side • boundaries that move toward each other • water that is runoff to a body of water • map that models a mountain or hill in 2D • boundaries that move away from each other • when a boundary goes under another boundary • a front that brings heat to the land affected • ...
sucks to be Alfred Wegener 2023-02-15
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- What word explains how heat rises and falls back down when cooled
- What are 2 pieces of bread squishing edible food called
- What theory supported continental drift
- What theory did Alfred Wegener propose
- What do you call plates that pull away from each other
- What do you a plate that slides under another
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- What do you call a tectonic plate that moves under anothother
- What is the largest rodent
- What do you call plates that slide past each other
- Who proposed the theory of continental drift
- What is a sour cucumber called
- What word explains how spread apart molecules are
12 Clues: What is the largest rodent • What is a sour cucumber called • What theory did Alfred Wegener propose • What theory supported continental drift • Who proposed the theory of continental drift • What do you a plate that slides under another • What word explains how spread apart molecules are • What do you call plates that slide past each other • ...
Minerals and Rocks classification 2025-09-11
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- A curve that describes the rate of change of temperature with depth in the Earth’s interior
- Rocks poor in iron and magnesium
- Minerals with melting point >1200 degrees Celsius
- Plate boundaries where wet melting is common
- A graph that shows the temperature of the earth at a given depth
- Plate boundaries where decompression melting is common
- Melting due to addition of water and carbon dioxide
- An example of Felsic Rock
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- Scalding avalanche of volcanic ash and gas.
- In terms of color felsic rocks are …. than Mafic rocks
- The first mineral to crystallize from a mafic melt according to Bowen’s reaction series
- A large, thick, irregular composite intrusive body
- When lowered, decompression melting of the mantle occurs
13 Clues: An example of Felsic Rock • Rocks poor in iron and magnesium • Scalding avalanche of volcanic ash and gas. • Plate boundaries where wet melting is common • Minerals with melting point >1200 degrees Celsius • A large, thick, irregular composite intrusive body • Melting due to addition of water and carbon dioxide • In terms of color felsic rocks are …. than Mafic rocks • ...
Bee Smart 2025-09-23
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- /A person you work or study with.
- /When people work together to reach a goal
- /Something that happens by accident, not on purpose.
- /Reduced in size, importance, or strength.
- /Having a creative mind full of original ideas.
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- /The force that keeps something moving or progressing.
- /A plan or idea that was never carried out.
- /A game or problem that needs to be solved.
- /A question or statement asked only to make a point, not to get an answer.
- /A person who works to protect nature and the planet.
- /Going in a different direction, not following the usual path.
- /Doing something correctly, without mistakes.
12 Clues: /A person you work or study with. • /When people work together to reach a goal • /Reduced in size, importance, or strength. • /A plan or idea that was never carried out. • /A game or problem that needs to be solved. • /Doing something correctly, without mistakes. • /Having a creative mind full of original ideas. • /Something that happens by accident, not on purpose. • ...
Plate tectonics 2025-10-29
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- The central, hottest layer of the Earth.
- The solid outermost layer of the Earth.
- A boundary where plates move toward each other.
- A boundary where plates slide past each other.
- The shaking of the ground caused by movement of plates.
- A boundary where plates move apart from each other.
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- Mountains that form when plates collide and fold up.
- The theory that Earth’s crust is broken into moving slabs.
- A place where two tectonic plates meet.
- These slow-moving currents in the mantle cause the plates to move.
- The hot, molten layer beneath the crust.
- Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface.
12 Clues: A place where two tectonic plates meet. • The solid outermost layer of the Earth. • The central, hottest layer of the Earth. • The hot, molten layer beneath the crust. • Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface. • A boundary where plates slide past each other. • A boundary where plates move toward each other. • A boundary where plates move apart from each other. • ...
Geography Crossword 2019-11-05
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- molten rock generated by geothermal energy
- the shaking of the surface of the earths crust
- the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time
- hot fluid within the earth's crust
- a super continent that existed long ago
- volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle
- plate boundaries that usually push up against each other
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- igneous rock formed from lava exposure
- the upper layer of the earths mantle
- Mountain formed mainly by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust.
- the bottom layer of the earths mantle
- a plate boundary where plates slide past each other in opposite directions
12 Clues: hot fluid within the earth's crust • the upper layer of the earths mantle • the bottom layer of the earths mantle • igneous rock formed from lava exposure • a super continent that existed long ago • molten rock generated by geothermal energy • the shaking of the surface of the earths crust • volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle • ...
Tectonic Hazards Crossword 2019-10-17
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- Where two plates push away from each other
- A fast moving current that contains hot gas and volcanic matter
- The boundary between tectonic plates
- An area in the mantle where volcanic activity is not reliant on tectonic plates
- The hottest part of the earth
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- The upper layer of the earth's mantle
- When unstable atoms explode and cause thermal energy
- The name of the supercontinent during the late paleozoic era
- Measures the power of earthquakes
- A device that responds to motions in the ground
- Where plates slide past each other at different speeds
- Where two plates collide with each other and one goes underneath the other
12 Clues: The hottest part of the earth • Measures the power of earthquakes • The boundary between tectonic plates • The upper layer of the earth's mantle • Where two plates push away from each other • A device that responds to motions in the ground • When unstable atoms explode and cause thermal energy • Where plates slide past each other at different speeds • ...
Unit 4 Vocabulary 2023-02-28
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- non-religious
- when things move in different directions
- the ability to move social classes
- to change
- a decentralized system of power where a powerful lord controlled land and offered protection to others in exchange for their labor and loyalty
- the state of relying on others
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- an economic system where serfs would live on the lord's estate called a manor
- a condition that exists when someone has lost power and no one has replaced them
- to bring together
- loosely organized system with no one person or state in charge
- to make into law
- when one person or government has control of power
12 Clues: to change • non-religious • to make into law • to bring together • the state of relying on others • the ability to move social classes • when things move in different directions • when one person or government has control of power • loosely organized system with no one person or state in charge • an economic system where serfs would live on the lord's estate called a manor • ...
8th grade vocabulary 2024-03-07
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- are seen based on the amount of sunlight on the moon
- a type of boundary where the tectonic plates slide past each other
- a type of boundary where the tectonic plates go away from each other
- hot temperatures and clear skies caused by this front
- earth goes around the sun
- when there is rain and cloudy skies
- earth spins on it's axis
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- when there are clear skies and it's sunny
- storm cooler temperatures are caused by this front
- a diagram that classifies stars
- the warmest part of the earth
- a type of boundary where the tectonic plates go towards each other
12 Clues: earth spins on it's axis • earth goes around the sun • the warmest part of the earth • a diagram that classifies stars • when there is rain and cloudy skies • when there are clear skies and it's sunny • storm cooler temperatures are caused by this front • are seen based on the amount of sunlight on the moon • hot temperatures and clear skies caused by this front • ...
Unit 5 Vocabulary Review 2022-11-08
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- movement of magma due to differences in density
- plate boundaries that slide against one another
- region where more dense oceanic crust goes under less dense continental crust
- movement of plates due to rising magma that pushes older portion away
- plate boundaries that move away from one another
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- region where magma rises as the older plates are pushed apart
- theory that the lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates
- plate boundaries that move towards one another
- Theory that the continents are in constant motion
- remains of once living organisms
- Most well-known supercontinent
- First to propose theory of continental drift
12 Clues: Most well-known supercontinent • remains of once living organisms • First to propose theory of continental drift • plate boundaries that move towards one another • movement of magma due to differences in density • plate boundaries that slide against one another • plate boundaries that move away from one another • Theory that the continents are in constant motion • ...
21st CC and Student Outcomes 2025-07-08
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- Learning approach that is ________-centred for effective 21CC development
- Type of reasoning needed for sound decision-making
- Type of thinking needed for generating multiple solutions
- Essential trait for questioning and discovering new things
- Type of thinking that enables generation of novel and useful ideas
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- Metacognitive skill needed to monitor and regulate one's thinking
- Key thinking skill needed to evaluate and refine ideas
- Essential skill for co-constructing meaning with others
- Essential skill for exchanging ideas and expanding knowledge
- Process of thinking about one's own thinking
- Ability to assess different contexts to draw new insights
- The core of the 21CC Framework that guides opinions and behaviour
12 Clues: Process of thinking about one's own thinking • Type of reasoning needed for sound decision-making • Key thinking skill needed to evaluate and refine ideas • Essential skill for co-constructing meaning with others • Type of thinking needed for generating multiple solutions • Ability to assess different contexts to draw new insights • ...
Vocab 2021-03-18
Across
- Earthquake Ring of Fire Pangea
- Spreading Transform Boundaries Subduction
- Valley Fault Loam Volcano Crust Tension Compression
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- Boundaries Convergent Boundaries Clay
- Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Soil Humus Lithosphere Seismic Waves
- Asthenosphere P-Wave S-Wave Surface Wave Tectonic Plates Convection Currents Continental Drift
6 Clues: Earthquake Ring of Fire Pangea • Boundaries Convergent Boundaries Clay • Spreading Transform Boundaries Subduction • Valley Fault Loam Volcano Crust Tension Compression • Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Soil Humus Lithosphere Seismic Waves • ...
Plate Boundary Puzzle Online Lesson week 1 2022-11-15
6 Clues: 2 plates moving together • 2 plates spreading apart • The result of plate movement • Liquid rock found in the mantle layer • This layer is the hard, thin, outer layer of the earth • The name given to land-mass plates, usually lighter and less dense
Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion 2018-02-27
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- a rigid layer of solid rock
- what is the layer beneath the crust called
- new floor forming at the ridge spreading outward to make room for more
- what is the layer before the inner core called
- when a dense ocean plate converges with a lighter continental plate
- two tectonic plates pull apart
- what is the name of the large land that the continents were once together of
- earth's only totally liquid layer
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- a mountain range running across 10,000 miles on the ocean floor
- when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air
- when two tectonic plates slide past each other
- the layer of earth we live on
- two tectonic plates collide
13 Clues: a rigid layer of solid rock • two tectonic plates collide • the layer of earth we live on • two tectonic plates pull apart • earth's only totally liquid layer • what is the layer beneath the crust called • when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • what is the layer before the inner core called • ...
Mirrors & Lenses Crossword Puzzle 2013-04-17
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- where all parallel rays come together
- of incidence from the normal to the incoming ray
- a lens or mirror that that is bigger in the middle
- what you are actually looking at
- light rays that spread apart
- a line drawn perpendicular to the surface of a mirror or lens
- and optical device that works by reflection
- the study of how light behaves
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- where your eyes think something is
- a lens or mirror that is bigger at the ends
- light rays that come together
- an optical device that works by reflection
- A device that emits a beam of photons that travel in the same direction and phase, producing a beam of coherent light
13 Clues: light rays that spread apart • light rays that come together • the study of how light behaves • what you are actually looking at • where your eyes think something is • where all parallel rays come together • an optical device that works by reflection • a lens or mirror that is bigger at the ends • and optical device that works by reflection • ...
Unit 4 Review 2023-11-26
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- Consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.
- The supercontinent
- Location where subduction occurs.
- Any trace of a living organism preserved in rock.
- Evidence that the climate of warmer areas used to much colder.
- Type of plate boundary where plates are coming together.
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- Type of plate boundary where plates are moving apart.
- Discovered the presence of the mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean
- Proposed the idea of sea floor spreading.
- Portion of the mantle that causes the surface of the Earth to move.
- Type of plate boundary where plates are sliding past each other.
- The true edge of the continents
- Process where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle.
13 Clues: The supercontinent • The true edge of the continents • Location where subduction occurs. • Proposed the idea of sea floor spreading. • Any trace of a living organism preserved in rock. • Process where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle. • Type of plate boundary where plates are moving apart. • Consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle. • ...
Plate Tectonics UNIT test REVIEW 2023-03-03
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- zone formed where a continental plate and oceanic plate converge, forms volcanoes
- bottom layer of crust that is plastic like
- deep underwater formation at a convergent boundary
- formed when 2 continental crust converge
- top layer of earth's crust, rigid and rocky
- formed at a midocean ridge
- type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other
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- least dense of Earth's layers, the top
- when hot magma rises and cooler magma sinks, this causes plate movement
- formed when 2 oceanic plates diverge
- formed when 2 continental plate diverge
- The oceanic crust is _______ dense that the continental crust, so it will sink
- type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
13 Clues: formed at a midocean ridge • formed when 2 oceanic plates diverge • least dense of Earth's layers, the top • formed when 2 continental plate diverge • formed when 2 continental crust converge • bottom layer of crust that is plastic like • top layer of earth's crust, rigid and rocky • deep underwater formation at a convergent boundary • ...
Science crossword puzzle 2015-02-25
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- boundary/plates collide.
- planes when exposed to stress, when being hit with a hammer.
- with a predictable chemical composition.
- from 250 million years ago.
- zone/biggest smash-up on earth.
- property of a mineral that measures resistance to scratching
- rock material found inside earth.
- property of a mineral that causes it to break into uneven pieces.
- geologist.
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- ridge/continuous system of twin mountain ranges with a Rift Valley between them that extends around earth on the seafloor.
- while molten into cracks between layers of rocks.
- to a wider gully or ditch.
- the size and arrangement of rock components and can help indicate how a rock formed.
- rock-forming process in which minerals precipitate out of water and fill the spaces between coasts.
- boundary/plates moving apart
- scientist.
- fossilized seed ferm.
- seafloor spreading.
18 Clues: scientist. • geologist. • seafloor spreading. • fossilized seed ferm. • boundary/plates collide. • to a wider gully or ditch. • from 250 million years ago. • boundary/plates moving apart • zone/biggest smash-up on earth. • rock material found inside earth. • with a predictable chemical composition. • while molten into cracks between layers of rocks. • ...
Oceanography Unit 1 2021-09-22
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- The second layer of the physical structure of the Earth.
- First ship built and equipped for oceanic research.
- Where was Robert Ballard when he discovered the first hydrothermal vent community?
- The study of past civilizations.
- Plate boundaries that slide past each other.
- Which Ferdinand was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
- This kind of plate boundary creates rift valleys.
- What is the name of the organization that studies the ocean and atmosphere?
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- These vents form at the mid-ocean ridge.
- Underwater mountain created by convergent plate boundaries.
- What kind of organisms live in hydrothermal vents?
- What controls tidal patterns in the ocean?
- Last name of the scientist on the HMS Beagle expedition.
- This is the deepest and largest ocean.
- What kind of margin is on the US West Coast?
- Deepest trench in the ocean.
- The ocean absorbs what fraction of the Earth's CO2?
- Name of an eroded volcanic island.
18 Clues: Deepest trench in the ocean. • The study of past civilizations. • Name of an eroded volcanic island. • This is the deepest and largest ocean. • These vents form at the mid-ocean ridge. • What controls tidal patterns in the ocean? • What kind of margin is on the US West Coast? • Plate boundaries that slide past each other. • ...
Plate Technics 2021-12-03
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- the theory that all the plates were once connected
- what are strike-slip faults caused by
- the area around the pacific plate with a lot of volcanos
- what is one of the causes of tsunamis
- what plate boundary slides past each other
- what fault is under Missouri
- where does seafloor spreading begain
- a break in the earth's crust like the one under Missouri
- what is happing to the pacific ocean
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- that formed the Hawaiian islands
- what plate boundary moves away from each other
- what causes normal faults
- what plat boundary collides with one another
- happing in the mantle that causes continental drift
- the process where ocean crust is being formed at mid-ocean ridges
- at what boundary do earthquakes happen
- what was it called when all the plates were once connected
- old ocean floor is getting destroyed
- what physical feature can form at a convergent country
- at what boundry do trenches form
20 Clues: what causes normal faults • what fault is under Missouri • that formed the Hawaiian islands • at what boundry do trenches form • old ocean floor is getting destroyed • where does seafloor spreading begain • what is happing to the pacific ocean • what are strike-slip faults caused by • what is one of the causes of tsunamis • at what boundary do earthquakes happen • ...
English II October Vocab 2022-09-16
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- lasting for a very short time; brief
- a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth
- strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way
- reluctant; unwilling
- a plot or scheme
- not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse
- to a greater degree or in greater amounts than is necessary, normal, or desirable; inordinately
- filled or well-supplied with something
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- wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy
- a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint
- given to expressing divergent or opposite views
- a feeling of intense dislike or disgust; hatred
- the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
- well meaning and kindly
- a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject
- comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
- admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering
- a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening
18 Clues: a plot or scheme • reluctant; unwilling • well meaning and kindly • lasting for a very short time; brief • filled or well-supplied with something • a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint • comically or repulsively ugly or distorted • wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy • given to expressing divergent or opposite views • ...
Crossword puzzle 2023-11-15
Across
- An ancient organism that was preserved as rock
- heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
- The supercontient
- the transfer of enegry that is carried through rays
- spreading when mid-ocean ridges continually to add new material to the ocean floor
- ocean floor that sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
- Current, Heating and cooling of a liquid
- a molten mixture of rocking forming a substance
- Boundary, plates that move apart
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- heat transfer that is touching
- magama that reaches the surface
- Boundary, plates that moves together
- arc a string of islands
- of fire, Major belt of volcanoes
- a mountain that forms in Earth's crust when a molten material reaches the surface
- spot an area where the material is deep whitin Earth's mantle
- A molten material
- Boundary, plates that slip past each other
- a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
- trenches, when the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons
20 Clues: A molten material • The supercontient • arc a string of islands • heat transfer that is touching • magama that reaches the surface • of fire, Major belt of volcanoes • Boundary, plates that move apart • Boundary, plates that moves together • heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • Current, Heating and cooling of a liquid • Boundary, plates that slip past each other • ...
IPC Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2020-06-05
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- Molten rock above the surface of the Earth.
- Colliding tectonic plates.
- A volcano that has not erupted for thousands of years and is unlikely to erupt again.
- A volcano that has not erupted for over 20 years but is not extinct.
- A zone of intense volcanic and earthquake activity (4,2,4).
- The name of the energy waves caused by an earthquake.
- A scientific instrument for measuring seismic waves.
- Molten rock.
- Tectonic plates moving along each other.
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- Tectonic plates moving apart.
- A volcano that has recently erupted.
- The location on the surface above the focus of an earthquake.
- A zone where one plate is being pushed under another.
- A super continent.
- A continental volcano may form here.
- A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
- S waves are also know as ... waves.
- The point where an earthquake originates.
18 Clues: Molten rock. • A super continent. • Colliding tectonic plates. • Tectonic plates moving apart. • S waves are also know as ... waves. • A volcano that has recently erupted. • A continental volcano may form here. • Tectonic plates moving along each other. • The point where an earthquake originates. • Molten rock above the surface of the Earth. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2019-04-03
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- form along mid-ocean ridges
- the large moving pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
- a stress that squeezes or shortens material
- the layer immediately below the lithosphere
- boundary forms when two tectonic plates move past each other in opposite directions
- underwater mountain belts
- drift is the hypothesis that today’s continents were one large landmass
- the name Wegener called the supercontinent
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- a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the world
- the process when new sea-floor forms from rising magma
- when one plate sinks below another plate
- the outermost physical layer of Earth
- boundary forms when plates move away from one another
- the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
- a stress that causes a material to twist or become distorted
- a stress that lengthens a material or pulls it apart
- breaks in rocks
- boundary forms when plates move toward each other and collide
18 Clues: breaks in rocks • underwater mountain belts • form along mid-ocean ridges • the outermost physical layer of Earth • when one plate sinks below another plate • the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • the name Wegener called the supercontinent • a stress that squeezes or shortens material • the layer immediately below the lithosphere • ...
Layers of the Earth: Tectonic plates 2019-03-10
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- a violent shaking of the ground
- a prehistoric squirrel
- broken up pieces of the lithosphere
- the super continent that existed 250 million years ago
- boundary that occurs when tectonic plates are moving apart.
- the earths layer consisting of hot solid metals.
- the energy built up that maybe released when the plates move
- the earth's layer that consists of cool rock on the outside of earth
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- a crack in the earths crust.
- the earth's softer rocker below the lithosphere
- the thicker less dense crust that is on top of oceanic crust.
- boundary that occurs when tectonic plates are moving apart.
- the amont of matter in a certain amount of space.
- the earth's rigid crust and top of the mantle
- a thinner more dense crust that goes under continetal crust.
- scientists that study earthquakes
- the earths layer consisting of hot solid liquids.
- The earths thickest layer
- boundary that occurs where tectonic plates are sliding past one another.
19 Clues: a prehistoric squirrel • The earths thickest layer • a crack in the earths crust. • a violent shaking of the ground • scientists that study earthquakes • broken up pieces of the lithosphere • the earth's rigid crust and top of the mantle • the earth's softer rocker below the lithosphere • the earths layer consisting of hot solid metals. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-03-03
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- the mid-atlantic ridge is an example of this
- when lava erupts out of a mountain
- when one plate goes underneath another
- these happen at transform boundaries and strike-slip faults
- the plates float on the top of this
- the igneous rock that oceanic crust is made of
- where two tectonic plates meet
- when two tectonic plates move apart
- drift the theory that the continents move
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- where mid-ocean ridges form, also Harry Hess' theory
- the driving force of plate tectonics
- when two plates collide and the land is forced up
- the igneous rock that continental crust is made of
- the top layer of the mantle where the plates float
- when two plates slide past each other
- when you plates collide into each other
- currents that are in the mantle and the driving force of plate tectonics
- this is formed when two continental plates diverge
18 Clues: where two tectonic plates meet • when lava erupts out of a mountain • the plates float on the top of this • when two tectonic plates move apart • the driving force of plate tectonics • when two plates slide past each other • when one plate goes underneath another • when you plates collide into each other • drift the theory that the continents move • ...
AFalahati 2023-02-01
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- molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
- These are waves that travel through earthquakes and explosions
- A rock that is a fragment of an Igneous rock.
- Largest part of the earth on the inside.
- composed of silicon and oxygen common in the continental crust
- The outer layer of the earth.
- Spot The formation of Hawaii was caused by
- The region around the Earth filled with its magnetic field
- The innermost layer of the Earth.
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- wind the energy from the sun that alters the earth’s magnetosphere
- When two plates move in opposite directions
- The distortion of light.
- 100 meters
- Made of silicon, oxygen, iron, and aluminum, this is produced by volcanoes.
- tool used for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake
- Planetary layers separate due to differing densities.
- a part of earth’s dynamic magnetic energy
- Rocks produced by high temperatures.
18 Clues: 100 meters • The distortion of light. • The outer layer of the earth. • The innermost layer of the Earth. • Rocks produced by high temperatures. • molten rock crystallizes and solidifies • Largest part of the earth on the inside. • a part of earth’s dynamic magnetic energy • Spot The formation of Hawaii was caused by • When two plates move in opposite directions • ...
Ashley's lithosphere vocab 2023-02-01
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- rock that has cooled from molten state
- an instrument that is used to record an earthquake
- part of the magnetosphere and are also known as radiation belts
- a metric unit of length
- where plates crash into each other
- organization of a planet’s layers
- flow of charged particles from the sun
- where two plates rub
- protects the planet from radiation, surrounds the planet, and makes up the planets magnetic field
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- the study of earth’s crust and processes that have shaped its surface throughout history
- the mantle moves the plates as the core heats the slowly flowing asthenosphere
- the thinnest layer of a planet
- two plates move away from each other
- lithosphere broken up into sections
- bend
- the thickest layer of aa planet
- the center of a planet
- a vibration or energy that travels through a planet
18 Clues: bend • where two plates rub • the center of a planet • a metric unit of length • the thinnest layer of a planet • the thickest layer of aa planet • organization of a planet’s layers • where plates crash into each other • lithosphere broken up into sections • two plates move away from each other • rock that has cooled from molten state • flow of charged particles from the sun • ...
Y8 Oceania Revision 2023-03-14
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- Central most part of the earth structure - solid.
- Steep sided volcano produced by viscous magma.
- Where most violent volcanoes and earthquakes are found.
- Two plates move towards each other and the denser plate is subducted.
- Country where Mt Uluwan is located.
- Reduce the severity of something.
- Giant eruption occured here in 2021 causing a shockwave.
- Volcanoes that produce none viscous lava - this volcano has gentle sides.
- Refers to the thickness of the lava.
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- Location of a major earthquake in Oceania which killed 185 people.
- Hazards related to the weather.
- two plates moving side by side.
- Two plate smoving away from each other.
- Giant wave produced by the discplacement of water can be caused by earthquakes.
- Where volcanoes and earthquakes are found.
- where magma is stored within the earth.
- Occur following a EQ ususally smaller in size.
- Produced by a volcano during an eruotion hardens to form igneous rock
18 Clues: Hazards related to the weather. • two plates moving side by side. • Reduce the severity of something. • Country where Mt Uluwan is located. • Refers to the thickness of the lava. • Two plate smoving away from each other. • where magma is stored within the earth. • Where volcanoes and earthquakes are found. • Steep sided volcano produced by viscous magma. • ...
Geology crossword 2022-12-06
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- removes from earth's surface
- valley created by flowing water
- slow upward movement of earths surface
- process that occurs when two plates converge causing the crust to fold over itself
- future formed when sediment is carried into another body of water by a river or stream
- when a plate is pulled under another plate
- type of mountain that erupts
- particles of rock, dirt, or sand that are moved
- the circular movemet of magma that cause plates to shift
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- small extremely hot regin within the mantle
- also known as deposition
- where a stream or river ends and deposits sediment onto land
- valley created by a glacier
- plates moving away from eachother
- where sediment is deposited from an overflowing stream
- creates or adds to earth's surface
- plates moving toward eachother
- causes rock layers to fold
18 Clues: also known as deposition • causes rock layers to fold • valley created by a glacier • removes from earth's surface • type of mountain that erupts • plates moving toward eachother • valley created by flowing water • plates moving away from eachother • creates or adds to earth's surface • slow upward movement of earths surface • when a plate is pulled under another plate • ...
Landforms Unit 2025-01-27
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- type of rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens
- two or more substances mixed together
- weathered material is moved from one place to another
- a tectonic plate boundary
- weathered material is deposited and settles in a place
- breaking down rocks
- innermost layer of Earth; the hottest layer
- a substance dissolved in a liquid
- plate boundary where plates move toward each other
- plate boundary where plates move away from each other
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- outermost layer of Earth; the thinnest layer
- layer of Earth directly below the crust; the thickest layer
- type of rock formed when a rock undergoes extreme heat and pressure
- plate boundary where plates slip past each other
- third layer of Earth
- tiny pieces of rock created from weathering
- type of rock formed by sediment being compacted and cemented together
- large pieces of Earth's crust that move
18 Clues: breaking down rocks • third layer of Earth • a tectonic plate boundary • a substance dissolved in a liquid • two or more substances mixed together • large pieces of Earth's crust that move • tiny pieces of rock created from weathering • innermost layer of Earth; the hottest layer • outermost layer of Earth; the thinnest layer • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-12-11
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- solid outer layer of earth made of crust and upper part of mantle
- undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley
- can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface
- solid plastic part of the mantle
- movement of heated material due to differences in density (different temperatures)
- sudden movement of earth's surface
- single, large ocean that covered earth's surface
- single landmass that broke up to form continents
- boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from earth other
- molten rock in earth's surface
- breaking apart of earth's surface
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- process where oceanic seafloor forms when magma rises pushing older seafloor away
- theory explaining how lithosphere moves and changes shape
- study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
- boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving toward each other
- supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
- boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
- piece of lithosphere with unique geologic features
18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-12-11
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- solid outer layer of earth made of crust and upper part of mantle
- single, large ocean that covered earth's surface
- sudden movement of earth's surface
- study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
- boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
- boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving toward each other
- molten rock in earth's surface
- movement of heated material due to differences in density (different temperatures)
- supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
- boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from earth other
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- piece of lithosphere with unique geologic features
- single landmass that broke up to form continents
- process where oceanic seafloor forms when magma rises pushing older seafloor away
- breaking apart of earth's surface
- theory explaining how lithosphere moves and changes shape
- solid plastic part of the mantle
- undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley
- can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface
18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single landmass that broke up to form continents • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • ...
Plate Motion Crossword 2025-11-04
Across
- Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
- The geologist that created the Pangea theory
- A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
- Moving toward the same place
- A geologist that proved Pangea was a real thing
- how often or fast something happens
- Center layer of earth
- A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
Down
- A super continent that existed millions of years ago
- A natural disaster where lava erupts
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again
- Outer layer of earth
- A sudden shaking of earths surface
- Multiple things that make up on big function
- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
- Moving apart in direction directions
18 Clues: Outer layer of earth • Center layer of earth • Moving toward the same place • A sudden shaking of earths surface • how often or fast something happens • A natural disaster where lava erupts • Moving apart in direction directions • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth • Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth • The geologist that created the Pangea theory • ...
Physical features of India 2020-07-16
Across
- the regional division of the Himalayas between Tista and Dhiang river.
- The longitudinal valleys lying between the Himachal and Shiwaliks
- The two adjacent plates move away from each other.
- 335 Millions of year ago, there was a single continent
- The continental blocks or the plates are floating on:
- Beautiful hill station of Himachal Pradesh
- the abode or house of snow.
Down
- The two adjacent tectonic plates move towards each other.
- The core of himadiri Himalaya is composed of
- The two adjacent plates move along their borders.
- the regional division of the Himalayas between Satluj and Kali river.
- The two big landmasses were separated by a shallow sea.
12 Clues: the abode or house of snow. • Beautiful hill station of Himachal Pradesh • The core of himadiri Himalaya is composed of • The two adjacent plates move along their borders. • The two adjacent plates move away from each other. • The continental blocks or the plates are floating on: • 335 Millions of year ago, there was a single continent • ...
SAT Vocabulary 2 2016-12-12
Across
- Very clear and easy for someone to accept and believe
- The quality of being open, sincere, and honest
- Old and respected
- To examine something carefully, especially in a critical way
- Having the quality of people who want to be seen as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are
- To prove the truth (of something)
- Shopping mall near Rana's house
Down
- ELI stands for ----- Language Institute
- Neighborhood where ELI is located
- To become different or to split and move out in different directions from a single point
- Not able to exist together without trouble or conflict
- Luck, finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for
12 Clues: Old and respected • Shopping mall near Rana's house • Neighborhood where ELI is located • To prove the truth (of something) • ELI stands for ----- Language Institute • The quality of being open, sincere, and honest • Very clear and easy for someone to accept and believe • Not able to exist together without trouble or conflict • ...
Topic 4 Lesson 2:Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface 2025-03-18
Across
- The supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
- The deepest parts of the ocean formed by subduction
- The type of rock that forms from cooled magma
- A common geological event at transform boundaries
- A system used to measure plate movement
- The type of plate boundary where plates collide
Down
- The type of crust that is denser and found under oceans
- The theory that explains the movement of Earth's lithosphere
- A region with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
- A fault boundary where two plates slide past each other
- The type of plate boundary where new crust forms
- The process responsible for moving tectonic plates
12 Clues: A system used to measure plate movement • The type of rock that forms from cooled magma • The type of plate boundary where plates collide • The type of plate boundary where new crust forms • A common geological event at transform boundaries • The process responsible for moving tectonic plates • The deepest parts of the ocean formed by subduction • ...
Plate Boundaries 2025-11-17
Across
- A natural disaster that was caused by shifting plate boundaries
- The island you're standing on
- The act of the erosion stopping and sediment getting dropped
- The act of wind or water moving rock or sediment
- Crust that is part of the ocean
- A tropical tornado-like storm
- Someone who studies the sky, weather patterns, and space
Down
- Tall hills created by these plate boundaries
- A flat land form created by these types of plate boundaries
- The act of rock breaking down rock
- The type of plate boundary that separates one plate from another
- The month the storm was predicted.
12 Clues: The island you're standing on • A tropical tornado-like storm • Crust that is part of the ocean • The act of rock breaking down rock • The month the storm was predicted. • Tall hills created by these plate boundaries • The act of wind or water moving rock or sediment • Someone who studies the sky, weather patterns, and space • ...
Unit 4 Extra Credit 2022-03-28
Across
- Type of evolution where species drift apart
- Last name of the scientist who came up with the theory of evolution
- the process of becoming a fossil
- scientist that studies the history of life and fossils
- The change in species and populations overtime
- Type of rock fossils are usually found in
- ______ roseae
Down
- When over 95% of all living species are wiped out over a relatively short time span
- Type of evolution where species evolve along side each other
- The imprint or actual organism left intact in rock
- Type of evolution where species move together
11 Clues: ______ roseae • the process of becoming a fossil • Type of rock fossils are usually found in • Type of evolution where species drift apart • Type of evolution where species move together • The change in species and populations overtime • The imprint or actual organism left intact in rock • scientist that studies the history of life and fossils • ...
EarthQuakes 2022-04-26
Across
- Rocks are sliding by one another
- Located directly above the focus on the surface of earth
- Caused by compression on a convergent boundary
- Fastest seismic waves that travel through the inner layers of earth including solids and liquids
- The origin of an earthquake
Down
- Squeezes rocks together causing folds and fractures
- Rocks that pull apart from one another
- Caused by shearing stress on a transform boundary
- Caused by tension on a divergent boundary
- Slower waves that travel through the earth and only travel through solid objects
- A process used to determine the epicenter of an earthquake
11 Clues: The origin of an earthquake • Rocks are sliding by one another • Rocks that pull apart from one another • Caused by tension on a divergent boundary • Caused by compression on a convergent boundary • Caused by shearing stress on a transform boundary • Squeezes rocks together causing folds and fractures • Located directly above the focus on the surface of earth • ...
apes unit 3 2023-11-01
Across
- inclimate weather, warm air rises
- precipitation on the windward side of the mountain, dry areas on the leeward side
- the northern hemisphere is faced away from the sun
- the southern hemisphere is faced towards the sun
- brings cooler air down to the equator
- convergent, divergent, transform, found in the mantle
- burning of trees
Down
- warmer air rises towards the poles and cooler air falls to the equator
- a result of trade winds weakening in the pacific ocean
- second layer of the atmosphere, where airplanes are found
- moves through convection currents in the mantle
11 Clues: burning of trees • inclimate weather, warm air rises • brings cooler air down to the equator • moves through convection currents in the mantle • the southern hemisphere is faced towards the sun • the northern hemisphere is faced away from the sun • convergent, divergent, transform, found in the mantle • a result of trade winds weakening in the pacific ocean • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-16
Across
- When two plates move away from each other
- When two plates slide past each other
- Hot melted rock on earth's surface
- When two plates push against each other
- Chain of island volcanoes located near a trench at a plate boundry
- Created at subduction zones
Down
- Theory that the lithosphere is broken into plates that move around
- A deep valley that forms when two plates move away from each other
- Plates on the ocean floor move apart creating new ocean floor
- Hot melted rock underground
- When two plates collide and one goes under the other
11 Clues: Hot melted rock underground • Created at subduction zones • Hot melted rock on earth's surface • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates push against each other • When two plates move away from each other • When two plates collide and one goes under the other • Plates on the ocean floor move apart creating new ocean floor • ...
Earth's Systems Review 2025-01-22
Across
- the movement of rock through wind, water, or ice
- plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- when sediment is laid down in a new location after erosion carries it
- broken pieces of rock, sand, soil, etc.
- plate boundary where two plates move towards each other
Down
- when oceanic crust sinks below continental crust
- the breaking down of rock
- these occur at a transform plate boundary when the crust moves
- name of the supercontinent by alfred wegener
- thickest layer of the earth that contains convection currents that move earth's plates
- thinnest layer of the earth closest to the surface
11 Clues: the breaking down of rock • broken pieces of rock, sand, soil, etc. • name of the supercontinent by alfred wegener • when oceanic crust sinks below continental crust • the movement of rock through wind, water, or ice • thinnest layer of the earth closest to the surface • plate boundary where two plates move towards each other • ...
Big Geosphere 2021-10-20
Across
- Thinner and more dense crust
- a geohazard that happens if a volcanic eruption melts snow that mixes with ash
- a type of boundary where plates move away
- these in the mantle move tectonic plates
- created when two oceanic plates move apart
- Type of crust that is thicker and less dense
Down
- When a denser plate sinks under a less dense plate
- at this type of boundary, plates collide
- if there is more of this then magma has a higher viscosity
- the name of the wave that moves slower and has a side to side motion
- the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener
- p waves have this type of motion
- created at a subduction zone
13 Clues: Thinner and more dense crust • created at a subduction zone • p waves have this type of motion • at this type of boundary, plates collide • these in the mantle move tectonic plates • a type of boundary where plates move away • created when two oceanic plates move apart • Type of crust that is thicker and less dense • the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener • ...
Science Homework 2019-10-03
Across
- Weathering, the process of breaking down rock through chemical reactions
- Zone, an area where 1 plate sinks beneath another plate due to density
- Boundary, when plates slide past eachother
- Weathering, the process of breaking down rock by physical means
- igneous rocks that were formed from lava cooling and hardening
- the study of earths physical structure and subatance
- boundary, when plates move away from eachother
Down
- a layer of the earth that includes the cust and upper mantle
- molten rock that reaches the earths surface
- Strwardship, takeing care of the land
- Plates, large peaces of the lithosphere
- igneous rocks that were formed from magma cooling and hardening
- molten rock found inside the earth
13 Clues: molten rock found inside the earth • Strwardship, takeing care of the land • Plates, large peaces of the lithosphere • Boundary, when plates slide past eachother • molten rock that reaches the earths surface • boundary, when plates move away from eachother • the study of earths physical structure and subatance • ...
Oceanography 2020-10-12
Across
- small, drifting carnivorous organisms
- the wash of wave water down the slope of a beach
- an unstable wave that has collapsed
- a rotating water mass
- a ring-shaped carbonate (or coral) reef series of islands
- the transfer of heat through direct contact
- an organism that cannot swim effectively, so it drifts with the surface
- solidified glass fragments ejected during meteorite impacts
Down
- ridge an underwater mountain system along divergent plate boundaries
- molten rock typically dominated by silica
- water that lies beneath the surface of the ground
- reef a reef that forms a barrier to waves along a coast
- a volcanic rock that makes up much of the oceanic crust
- a cloud of interstellar dust and gases
14 Clues: a rotating water mass • an unstable wave that has collapsed • small, drifting carnivorous organisms • a cloud of interstellar dust and gases • molten rock typically dominated by silica • the transfer of heat through direct contact • the wash of wave water down the slope of a beach • water that lies beneath the surface of the ground • ...
Hunting Divergents 2014-03-30
Across
- Only faction that uses trains.
- Faction that values peace.
- The city the story takes place in.
- Where the Dauntless Zip line is located. (2 words)
- The main protagonist.
- A jealous, Candor transfer, that envies Tris's initiation ranking.
- Age to choose your faction.
Down
- The voice in Tris's Aptitude Test.
- Faction where most Divergents are found to be born.
- A character that earned their nickname, because of the amount fears that they have.
- A type of test that is suppose to help you decide your faction. (2 words)
- People that did not pass initiation, or didn't make it into a faction.
- Those who could not be controlled or labeled.
- Tris's friend that betrays her, after stage 2 initiation ranking.
14 Clues: The main protagonist. • Faction that values peace. • Age to choose your faction. • Only faction that uses trains. • The voice in Tris's Aptitude Test. • The city the story takes place in. • Those who could not be controlled or labeled. • Where the Dauntless Zip line is located. (2 words) • Faction where most Divergents are found to be born. • ...
Plate tectonics crossword puzzle 2021-12-09
Across
- things that form on intrusive igneous rocks
- lava that cools underwater(looks like pillows)
- something that erupts lava/magma
- whats created when an oceanic and continental plate collide and create a subduction zone
- another word for molten rock
- What boundary is it when plates pull together
- the part of earth that is the closest to the core (its still called a core)
Down
- lava that is under ground
- magma that is above the surface
- what boundary is it when plates pull apart
- What is created when two continental plates collide and fold and build up
- the center of earth (Super hot)
- What time of boundary is it when two plates rub against each other.
- Something that happens when plates collide
- the levels of the mantle
15 Clues: the levels of the mantle • lava that is under ground • another word for molten rock • magma that is above the surface • the center of earth (Super hot) • something that erupts lava/magma • what boundary is it when plates pull apart • Something that happens when plates collide • things that form on intrusive igneous rocks • What boundary is it when plates pull together • ...
Plate Tectonics 6th Grade 2017-06-16
Across
- Two plates collide at this boundary type
- Where are the Aleutian Islands?
- Two plates divide apart at this boundary type
- may occur at every plate boundary except continental to continental convergence
- This plate is known as the Ring of Fire
- These two plate types converge to form islands
- layer where convection currents occur that move the lithosphere
- Earth's hottest and densest layer
Down
- type of mountain that forms when two continental plates converge
- Earth's largest layer
- may occur at every plate boundary
- layer that carries/inckludes the crust
- forms when an oceanic plate diverges
- New ocean basins may form when this plate type diverges
- forms in ocean, on densest side when two plates converge
- This volcanic mountain range forms when the Nazcan plate subducts under the S.American plate.
- Earthquakes are very common at this boundary type
- densest oceanic plate sinking under a less dense plate
18 Clues: Earth's largest layer • Where are the Aleutian Islands? • may occur at every plate boundary • Earth's hottest and densest layer • forms when an oceanic plate diverges • layer that carries/inckludes the crust • This plate is known as the Ring of Fire • Two plates collide at this boundary type • Two plates divide apart at this boundary type • ...
