divergent Crossword Puzzles

Tetonic Plates 2025-01-26

Tetonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when two tetonic plate move away from each other
  2. a supercontintent that existed for 200 million years
  3. two tetonic plates that slide past each other
Down
  1. two tetonic plates that build up mountains
  2. as the originator of contintental drift

5 Clues: as the originator of contintental drift • two tetonic plates that build up mountains • two tetonic plates that slide past each other • a supercontintent that existed for 200 million years • occurs when two tetonic plate move away from each other

Choice board 2022-09-15

Choice board crossword puzzle
Across
  1. that the outer layer has big plates
  2. north and south poles switch perioddily
  3. the boundary between two plates that our colliding
  4. the boundary between two tectonic plates
  5. strong lower part of mantle
  6. center of earth
  7. volcano making new land forms
  8. Rebound the sudden return of elastically deformed rock
  9. soft layer of mantle
  10. sudden return of elastically deformed Rock
  11. earths surface of the point were the earth quake starts
Down
  1. the boundy between two plates that are sliding past each other
  2. the lithosphere moves
  3. large land mass brake up to be smaller
  4. were the first motion of an earth quake starts
  5. a movement trembling of the ground
  6. a brake in a body of rock
  7. solid outer layer
  8. a block of lithosphere
  9. a chain of events that you do and it will make it right
  10. the bending or braking of crust
  11. between crust and core
  12. a movement of matter that changes density
  13. The Edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent
  14. thin solid layer of earth

25 Clues: center of earth • solid outer layer • soft layer of mantle • the lithosphere moves • a block of lithosphere • between crust and core • a brake in a body of rock • thin solid layer of earth • strong lower part of mantle • volcano making new land forms • the bending or braking of crust • a movement trembling of the ground • that the outer layer has big plates • ...

Project 3 2022-12-12

Project 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural elevation of the earth's surface
  2. An euruption coming from out of the earth's crust
  3. caused by the heat from the core, cool and heat as they rise and fall
  4. when something drops or goes down
  5. liquid that spews from earth's crust
  6. An extened break in the body of a rock
  7. The space inbetween mountains
  8. A sudden or violent shaking of the ground, normally caused by the earth's crust
  9. Middle of atlantic ocean
  10. When convection currents occur and magma spews
  11. Super contient that consisted of all the contients
Down
  1. Downword and side ways movement of a plate
  2. the spreading apart of tectonic plates
  3. may be caused by earthquake
  4. A natural elivation of earth's surface connected
  5. bottom of sea
  6. Outer most shell of earth
  7. for prorection from earthquakes, or volcanoes
  8. Behind the crust
  9. The planet we live on
  10. How long and hard an earthquake lasts
  11. Heat source of convection currents
  12. the process of being moved
  13. when something lifts or goes up

24 Clues: bottom of sea • Behind the crust • The planet we live on • Middle of atlantic ocean • Outer most shell of earth • the process of being moved • may be caused by earthquake • The space inbetween mountains • when something lifts or goes up • when something drops or goes down • Heat source of convection currents • liquid that spews from earth's crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example of a fold mountain formed at a continental-continental convergent plate boundary
  2. Part of the Eart that is in molten state
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth
  4. One of the most famous ocean ridges in the world
  5. The hottest part of the Earth composed of metals
  6. Type of crust that is composed of heavy rock
  7. when two plates slide past one another
  8. When two plates collide
  9. The currents that cause plate movement
  10. The supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago
  11. One of the major seven plates of the world
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  1. Makes up 80% of the Earth's volume
  2. Molten rock when it's under the earth's surface
  3. Type of plate boundary that separates
  4. Makes up the crust and rigid upper mantle
  5. The process of the heavier plate sinking below the lighter plate into the mantle
  6. Man who proposed Continental Drift
  7. Type of crust that is composed of light rock
  8. Home to the most famous fault line in the world
  9. landform created from a transform plate boundary

20 Clues: When two plates collide • The outermost layer of the Earth • Makes up 80% of the Earth's volume • Man who proposed Continental Drift • Type of plate boundary that separates • when two plates slide past one another • The currents that cause plate movement • Part of the Eart that is in molten state • Makes up the crust and rigid upper mantle • ...

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle 2022-11-17

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts
  2. Strength of quake measure by the amount of ground movement
  3. A solid (3D) copy of the shape of an organism
  4. A hollow area in sediment in the shape of the organism
  5. the remains of a prehistoric animal
  6. The movement of continents
  7. A fracture in rocks that make up the Earth's crust
  8. The point on the Earth's surface above the focus
  9. A long and giant sea wave
Down
  1. A Place where the majority of earthquakes and volcanoes are
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust that shoots out lava
  3. The thinnest layer of the Earth
  4. A giant plate of land
  5. The second main layer of the Earth
  6. Massive rocks that make up the outer layer of the Earth's surface, and whose movement along faults triggers earthquakes
  7. The hottest layer of the Earth
  8. When two plates move away from each other
  9. A fossil that is replaced by minerals
  10. Measures the effects of an earthquake
  11. A supercontinent millions of years ago

20 Clues: A giant plate of land • A long and giant sea wave • The movement of continents • The hottest layer of the Earth • The thinnest layer of the Earth • The second main layer of the Earth • the remains of a prehistoric animal • A fossil that is replaced by minerals • Measures the effects of an earthquake • A supercontinent millions of years ago • ...

Science Crossword 2017-03-05

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stage in lunar cycle
  2. getiing larger
  3. less than a quarter moon but not full
  4. causes night and day
  5. two tectonic plates moving toward eachother
  6. plate goes below another
  7. removes and transports sediments from one place to another
  8. solid layer in the upper mantle
  9. smallest daily tidal range
  10. the alternate rising or falling of sea usually twice a day
  11. process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
  12. all space and the matter space contains
  13. imaginary line through the Earth from the north to south pole
Down
  1. each of the four divisions of the year
  2. large grouping of stars
  3. the slant of Earth's axis
  4. shape of moon that is greater than a quarter moon
  5. two tectonic plates that slide by eachother
  6. two tectonic plates moving away from eachother
  7. outermost layer of Earth
  8. the movement cause by hot and cold water
  9. the arrangement of physical features of an area
  10. getting smaller
  11. the locsation of star formation
  12. a self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas

25 Clues: getiing larger • getting smaller • stage in lunar cycle • causes night and day • large grouping of stars • outermost layer of Earth • plate goes below another • the slant of Earth's axis • smallest daily tidal range • solid layer in the upper mantle • the locsation of star formation • less than a quarter moon but not full • each of the four divisions of the year • ...

Tectonic Plates 2017-04-13

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. The thin layer of the earth's surface
  2. The centre of the earth
  3. boundaries occur where two plates slide apart from each other
  4. Scale This measures the strength of the earthquake
  5. Method of farming found in Alpine areas
  6. Volcano Steep sided cone with layers of ash and lava
  7. Holmes The theory was launched by
  8. Margin Where two plates move apart
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  1. Volcano A gentle sided volcano with a wide base made up of basic lava
  2. Mountains Mountains formed by the earth's movements
  3. boundaries occur where two lithospheric plates slide
  4. Plate A huge section of the earth's crust
  5. A shaking of the earth's crust
  6. Huge tidal waves that are caused by submarine earthquakes
  7. The mouth of the volcano
  8. Zone Where a plate sinks and slides under another plate
  9. The molten rock that surrounds the earth's core
  10. The point on the earth's surface directly above the epicenter
  11. Lava Thin , runny lava which can flow long distances
  12. The name given to liquid magma when it reaches the surface of the earth

20 Clues: The centre of the earth • The mouth of the volcano • A shaking of the earth's crust • Holmes The theory was launched by • Margin Where two plates move apart • The thin layer of the earth's surface • Method of farming found in Alpine areas • Plate A huge section of the earth's crust • The molten rock that surrounds the earth's core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates and the plates motion
  2. The part of the ocean floor that lava comes out of
  3. The part of the crust made of basalt
  4. Part of the pattern created on the ocean floor
  5. One of the items in the earth that helped prove that Pangea existed
  6. The idea that continents slowly move over the Earth’s surface
  7. What oceanic and continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  8. Type of plate boundary that destroys things
  9. The part of the crust made of granite
Down
  1. What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle
  2. A deep valley formed by plates moving away from each other
  3. When subduction takes place it happens at a __________ boundary
  4. The one continent that existed millions of years ago
  5. The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans
  6. This boundary can form a rift valley
  7. What happens at a transform boundary
  8. The pieces of earth’s lithosphere
  9. The process of one plate sinking underneath another
  10. Cracks in Earth’s crust after plates rub against each other
  11. What two continental plates create on a convergent boundary

20 Clues: The pieces of earth’s lithosphere • The part of the crust made of basalt • This boundary can form a rift valley • What happens at a transform boundary • The part of the crust made of granite • The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans • Type of plate boundary that destroys things • What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle • ...

cografiya litosfer 2020-11-22

cografiya litosfer crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ən hündür yayla
  2. Səhrada yaşayış məskəni
  3. Cənubi Amerikada yayla
  4. Afrikada cavan dağ
  5. İntruziv maqmatik süxur
  6. And
  7. Subduksiya nəticəsində yaranıb
  8. Divergent sərhəddə ada
  9. Qranit Bazalt arasında sərhəd
  10. Mezozoyun dövrü
  11. Avropa və Asiya sərhəddində dağ
  12. 4cu dövr buzlaşması olub
  13. Qazaxıstanda çökəklik
  14. Sonmüş vulkan
  15. avstraliyada ovalıq
  16. 5642
  17. Keçid üçün əlverişli yer
  18. Kimmeridə yaranan dağ
  19. Siciliyada vulkan
  20. Gürcüstanda ovalıq
  21. Mislə zəngin dağ
  22. Avrasiyanın cənub burnu
  23. Kiçik litosfer tavası
  24. Cavan platforma
  25. Dalğaların dağıdıcı fəaliyyəti
  26. Birtərəfli küləyin nəticəsi
  27. Yarğanın inkişafının son nəticəsi
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  1. Afrikanın ən çökək yeri
  2. Müasir materiklər əmələ gəlib
  3. Dağlıq yayla
  4. Alpda yaranan dağ
  5. Antarktidada vulkan
  6. Hertsində yaranan dağ
  7. 1895
  8. Plato
  9. Kaynazoyun dövrü
  10. Kaledonda yaranan dağ
  11. Yer qabığı üst mantiya arasında sərhəd
  12. Zirvəsi Dena
  13. Qırıntı çökmə süxur
  14. Asiyanın şərq burnu
  15. Qırmızı massiv
  16. Paleozoyun dövrü
  17. Masavari dağ
  18. Şimali Amerikanın şimal burnu
  19. Cənubi Amerikanın cənub burnu
  20. Hindistanda yayla
  21. Avropada dağ
  22. Metomorfik süxur
  23. Yaponiyada vulkan

50 Clues: And • 1895 • 5642 • Plato • Dağlıq yayla • Zirvəsi Dena • Masavari dağ • Avropada dağ • Sonmüş vulkan • Qırmızı massiv • Ən hündür yayla • Cavan platforma • Mezozoyun dövrü • Paleozoyun dövrü • Mislə zəngin dağ • Metomorfik süxur • Alpda yaranan dağ • Kaynazoyun dövrü • Siciliyada vulkan • Hindistanda yayla • Yaponiyada vulkan • Afrikada cavan dağ • Gürcüstanda ovalıq • Antarktidada vulkan • Qırıntı çökmə süxur • ...

Earth Science 2021-02-03

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a geological process in which tectonic plates split from each other
  2. plates slide horizontally and past one anothe
  3. waves in the stratified rocks of the earth's crust
  4. two plates move toward each other
  5. a central valley formed at the summit of the oceanic ridges
  6. caused by forces that are exerted on the edges or interior of the material
  7. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  8. circulation of material caused by the differences in density
  9. gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge
  10. line represents an are of shear
Down
  1. an outlet for the molten materials to go out
  2. largest ocean
  3. a fault on which two blocks slide past one another
  4. regions below sea level
  5. two plates move away
  6. are inclined fractures where the blocks has mostly shifted vertically
  7. change in shape or size resulting from applied forces (deformation)
  8. narrow, elongated depressions on the seafloor
  9. largest layer of the earth
  10. force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab

20 Clues: largest ocean • two plates move away • regions below sea level • largest layer of the earth • line represents an are of shear • two plates move toward each other • an outlet for the molten materials to go out • plates slide horizontally and past one anothe • narrow, elongated depressions on the seafloor • force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab • ...

Volcanic 2021-03-05

Volcanic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. repeated eruptions of lava or pyroclastic material eventually build a mountain called a volcano
  2. volcanic hazards
  3. produced by the accumulation of fluid basaltic lavas
  4. an opening in the surface of a volcano
  5. particles produced in eruptions
  6. first volcanic hazard
  7. -cinder-cones-and-composite-cones three main volcanic types
  8. occurs when water soaked volcanic ash and rock slide downhill
  9. pressure drops enough for ____ to occur
  10. depends on types of eruptions volcanoes can produce _____ ____ ____
  11. eject lava fragments that harden in the air build
  12. long belt of volcanoes in pacific ocean
  13. are large nearly symmetrical volcanic mountains
Down
  1. determine weather the volcano erupts explosively or quietly
  2. most volcanoes form here
  3. substance resistance to flow.
  4. Volcanic landforms
  5. volcanic activity that occurs within a plate
  6. what is the liquid in a volcano
  7. is a landform made of magma that hardened in a volcanic pipe and later exposed to erosion
  8. the summit of many volcanoes is a steep-walled depression

21 Clues: volcanic hazards • Volcanic landforms • first volcanic hazard • most volcanoes form here • substance resistance to flow. • particles produced in eruptions • what is the liquid in a volcano • an opening in the surface of a volcano • pressure drops enough for ____ to occur • long belt of volcanoes in pacific ocean • volcanic activity that occurs within a plate • ...

Volcanoes 2021-03-05

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanic activity within a plate
  2. occurs when water-soaked volcanic ash and rock slide rapidly downhill
  3. depression in a volcanic mountain
  4. a mountain that erupts lava
  5. long belt of volcanoes in Pacific Ocean
  6. hot solid mantle rock that rises when it becomes less dense.
  7. huge cliffs made up of layers of volcanic rock
  8. particles that escape from volcanoes eruptions
  9. a large symmetrical volcanic mountain formed by layers of lava and pyroclastic depression
  10. all volcanic eruptions also emit large amounts of this as well as lava flows or pyroclastic material
  11. a substance's resistance to flow
  12. ejected lava fragments that harden form this
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  1. accumulation of fluid basaltic lava
  2. this is where the magma is stored under the surface of the volcano
  3. a depression in the ground in the summit of many volcanoes
  4. include lava flows, volcanic ash, pyroclastic flows, and mudflows
  5. lava that erupts from the volcanoes
  6. the opening where the magma escapes
  7. magma below the ground
  8. landform made of magma that is hardened in the volcanos pipe
  9. volcanic activity where plates pull apart

21 Clues: magma below the ground • a mountain that erupts lava • volcanic activity within a plate • a substance's resistance to flow • depression in a volcanic mountain • accumulation of fluid basaltic lava • lava that erupts from the volcanoes • the opening where the magma escapes • long belt of volcanoes in Pacific Ocean • volcanic activity where plates pull apart • ...

Volcanos 2021-03-05

Volcanos crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Opening on the top of a volcano where lava exits
  2. Large, nearly symmetrical volcanic mountain composed of lava and pyroclastic material
  3. Volcanic activity occurring within a plate
  4. Steep-walled depression ontop of a volcano
  5. Water-soaked volcanic ash and rock slide rapidly downhill
  6. Happens when pressure drops in a volcano
  7. Particles produced in volcanic eruptions
  8. Area of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific Ocean
Down
  1. Mountain in Tanzania thats a volcano formed near the rift valley
  2. Landform made of magma that hardens in a volcanoes pipe and exposed by erosion
  3. Spots where volcanoes form above plate boundaries
  4. Hot, fast-moving basaltic lava
  5. A substance's resistance to flow
  6. Repeated build up of lava or pyroclastic material
  7. Particles are called this when they are ejected as glowing lava
  8. Volcanoes emit large amount of these
  9. Created from ejected lava fragments that harden in the air
  10. Boundary where plates pull apart
  11. needed in order to melt rocks and make magma
  12. Boundary where plates are pushed down into the mantle
  13. A depression in a volcanic mountain
  14. Cooler, slower-moving basaltic lava

22 Clues: Hot, fast-moving basaltic lava • A substance's resistance to flow • Boundary where plates pull apart • A depression in a volcanic mountain • Cooler, slower-moving basaltic lava • Volcanoes emit large amount of these • Happens when pressure drops in a volcano • Particles produced in volcanic eruptions • Volcanic activity occurring within a plate • ...

unit 8 Vocab 2023-01-27

unit 8 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a very close friend, chum, buddy
  2. to declare publicly or officially
  3. to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit
  4. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
  5. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  6. to dress, adorn, or bedeck
  7. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
  8. to limit, be sparing or frugal
  9. to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
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  1. tireless, continuing with vigor
  2. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  3. a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  4. a weight fastened to a line
  5. capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
  6. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  7. to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
  8. an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
  9. hatred, ill-will
  10. self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
  11. to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness

20 Clues: hatred, ill-will • to dress, adorn, or bedeck • a weight fastened to a line • to limit, be sparing or frugal • tireless, continuing with vigor • a very close friend, chum, buddy • to declare publicly or officially • puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness • thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • ...

wesley Lewis plate tec and fossil stations 2023-02-09

wesley Lewis plate tec and fossil stations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a ring in the ocion on vocanos, earth quacts , and more
  2. the scale to graph earth quacke
  3. when all continets were together
  4. lava?
  5. is when they go over and under ech other
  6. what it is called when lavva is in the vocano
  7. and plant animal or any thing burred and fosselized
  8. a violent shake
  9. the the crust on the ocean crust
  10. at one point in time, all of the continents were joined together as one large mass of land, then the land spread apart and drifted into their current positions.
  11. climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
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  1. geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  2. thecrust on the continet
  3. the biggest earth quake
  4. when they leae each other
  5. the place were the cechtonic plates move and cause stuff on the eaths crust.
  6. the cerent when cold goes down and hot goes up
  7. the convergent when a plat encounters a nother
  8. the layer between the crust and top layer
  9. a ridge that drops in the oceane

20 Clues: lava? • a violent shake • the biggest earth quake • thecrust on the continet • when they leae each other • the scale to graph earth quacke • when all continets were together • a ridge that drops in the oceane • the the crust on the ocean crust • is when they go over and under ech other • the layer between the crust and top layer • what it is called when lavva is in the vocano • ...

wesley Lewis plate tec and fossil stations 2023-02-09

wesley Lewis plate tec and fossil stations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a ring in the ocion on vocanos, earth quacts , and more
  2. the scale to graph earth quacke
  3. when all continets were together
  4. lava?
  5. is when they go over and under ech other
  6. what it is called when lavva is in the vocano
  7. and plant animal or any thing burred and fosselized
  8. a violent shake
  9. the the crust on the ocean crust
  10. at one point in time, all of the continents were joined together as one large mass of land, then the land spread apart and drifted into their current positions.
  11. climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
Down
  1. geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  2. thecrust on the continet
  3. the biggest earth quake
  4. when they leae each other
  5. the place were the cechtonic plates move and cause stuff on the eaths crust.
  6. the cerent when cold goes down and hot goes up
  7. the convergent when a plat encounters a nother
  8. the layer between the crust and top layer
  9. a ridge that drops in the oceane

20 Clues: lava? • a violent shake • the biggest earth quake • thecrust on the continet • when they leae each other • the scale to graph earth quacke • when all continets were together • a ridge that drops in the oceane • the the crust on the ocean crust • is when they go over and under ech other • the layer between the crust and top layer • what it is called when lavva is in the vocano • ...

Science 7 Vocabulary Puzzle 2023-03-05

Science 7 Vocabulary Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Source of energy on earth's surface that produces the weather
  2. Hot, liquid rock on earth's surface
  3. Rock formed from heat or pressure
  4. evidence of life in the past in rocks
  5. sudden shaking of earth's surface
  6. Glued or stuck together
  7. rock formed when sediments are pressed and glued
  8. Shows how the inside of something looks
  9. Feature formed on the surface of a planet
  10. Plate moving toward each other
  11. large sections of solid rock
  12. Example (Africa, Europe, Asia, North America)
  13. Tiny rocks
  14. Mixture of gases around a planet
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  1. A set of parts that work together
  2. Hot, liquid rock below earth's surface
  3. layer of soft, solid rock below earth's surface
  4. Solid rocky part of planet
  5. Rock formed from cooling magma
  6. Plates pushed upward toward earth's exterior
  7. Breaking down rocks
  8. Moving sediment from place to place
  9. Able to support life
  10. Plates moving apart
  11. Plates sinking downward into earth's interior
  12. A small part of a larger whole
  13. Living things on a planet
  14. Pressed or packed together
  15. Long narrow groove where water or lava flows

29 Clues: Tiny rocks • Breaking down rocks • Plates moving apart • Able to support life • Glued or stuck together • Living things on a planet • Solid rocky part of planet • Pressed or packed together • large sections of solid rock • Rock formed from cooling magma • A small part of a larger whole • Plate moving toward each other • Mixture of gases around a planet • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  2. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  3. the primary source of the movement of plates
  4. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  5. plates are moving towards one another.
  6. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  7. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  8. has a greater density than continental crust
  9. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
Down
  1. two oceanic plates converge
  2. plates are moving up and down each other
  3. what does a convergent plates make
  4. what is the oceanic crust made of
  5. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  6. has a less density than oceanic crust
  7. what moves the crust
  8. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  9. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  10. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  11. they are made by earthquakes

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • the primary source of the movement of plates • has a greater density than continental crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they are made by earthquakes
  2. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  3. the primary source of the movement of plates
  4. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  5. two oceanic plates converge
  6. what moves the crust
  7. plates are moving up and down each other
  8. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  9. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
Down
  1. what is the oceanic crust made of
  2. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  3. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  4. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  5. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  6. what does a convergent plates make
  7. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  8. has a greater density than continental crust
  9. has a less density than oceanic crust
  10. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  11. plates are moving towards one another.

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • the primary source of the movement of plates • has a greater density than continental crust • ...

Geology and Plate Tectonics 2012-12-16

Geology and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of crust that is made up of granite.
  2. The result of the continental and oceanic crusts meeting.
  3. What is inside the mantle.
  4. Where the tectonic plates are located.
  5. The pulling apart of the sea floor at the ridge.
  6. Two plates sliding side-by-side.
  7. Where new rocks form from rising magma.
  8. ________ created the first proposed rock cycle.
  9. The dividing or pulling apart of plates.
  10. Type of crust that is made up of basalt.
Down
  1. A new form of technology that bounced sound waves off of the ocean floor.
  2. What is outside of the mantle.
  3. The force that derives plate movement.
  4. The coming or pushing together of plates.
  5. Discovered the process called sea-floor spreading.
  6. The supercontinent that was theorized by Alfred Wegener.
  7. An area where a lot of subduction activity occurs.
  8. The study of the Earth and the forces that change the shape of the Earth.
  9. The process of one plate sliding below the other.
  10. A well researched idea or thought that has not been proven a fact.

20 Clues: What is inside the mantle. • What is outside of the mantle. • Two plates sliding side-by-side. • The force that derives plate movement. • Where the tectonic plates are located. • Where new rocks form from rising magma. • The dividing or pulling apart of plates. • Type of crust that is made up of basalt. • Type of crust that is made up of granite. • ...

Plate tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes! 2013-05-29

Plate tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A ring like area where there are a lot of volcanoes is the called the ring of
  2. One of the huge sections which make up the Earth's crust
  3. When one play goes underneath another
  4. Islands chains can be made from ... volcanoes
  5. The theory that the continents where all one land mass
  6. The point where an earthquakes power is released from is the ep
  7. Two plates moving towards each other
  8. Molten rock
  9. An earthquake which occurs after the initial shock
  10. The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth
Down
  1. Plates that move away from each other are
  2. The cycle of heat inside the earth
  3. Two plates moving past each other
  4. line An area where earthquakes are likely to happen are called f
  5. An event that shakes the ground causing damage
  6. Earthquakes are described by the theory of plate
  7. An underwater mountain system could be called a mid-ocean
  8. Outer layer of the earth
  9. A measurement of the strength of an earthquake
  10. Comes out of volcanoes, super hot

20 Clues: Molten rock • Outer layer of the earth • Two plates moving past each other • Comes out of volcanoes, super hot • The cycle of heat inside the earth • Two plates moving towards each other • When one play goes underneath another • Plates that move away from each other are • Islands chains can be made from ... volcanoes • An event that shakes the ground causing damage • ...

chapter 10 plate tectonics 2013-10-31

chapter 10 plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. contain large areas of stable rock
  2. boundary boundary in which two plates slide past each other horizontally
  3. single large ocean that covered earths surface during the time the supercontinent
  4. cycle form an break apart over time
  5. the study of magnetic properties of rock
  6. boundary 2 plates move away from each other
  7. drift a germen scientist names Alfred Wegener proposed a hypothesis
  8. terranes may be small volcanic or underwater valcaones
  9. rigid upper part of the mantle form a layer of earth
  10. process in which continents break apart
  11. ridge undersea mountain range through the center of which run steep, narrow valleys
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  1. exposed at earths surface
  2. boundaries plate boundaries that form where 2 plate collide
  3. piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history that differs from the history of the surrounding lithosphere
  4. continents arranged into large landmasses
  5. layer of plastic rock just below the lithosphere
  6. terrane becomes part of a continent
  7. form on top of seamounts
  8. formed over 30 million years ago
  9. spreading new ocean floor forms when magma rises to earths surface and solidifies at a mid ocean ridge

20 Clues: form on top of seamounts • exposed at earths surface • formed over 30 million years ago • contain large areas of stable rock • cycle form an break apart over time • terrane becomes part of a continent • process in which continents break apart • the study of magnetic properties of rock • continents arranged into large landmasses • boundary 2 plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior 2014-01-03

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outer layer of Earth composed of thin hard rock
  2. Thick dense layer of rock under the crust
  3. Earth's only liquid layer
  4. Created when one plate slides under another plate
  5. An example of a divergent boundary
  6. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago that consisted of all present continents
  7. States that continents have moved slowly into their present locations
  8. The plastic-like layer of Earth below the lithosphere
  9. Plates below continents
  10. A German meteorologist who presented the theory of continental drift in 1912
Down
  1. An example of a subduction zone
  2. Made up of the crust and upper part of upper mantle
  3. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  4. Magma in the Earth rises when hot and sinks when cool
  5. Boundary between two plates that are moving towards each other
  6. Boundary between two plates that are moving away from each other
  7. An example of a convergent boundary
  8. An example of a transform boundary
  9. Plates below oceans
  10. Innermost layer of Earth composed of solid iron and nickel

20 Clues: Plates below oceans • Plates below continents • Earth's only liquid layer • An example of a subduction zone • An example of a divergent boundary • An example of a transform boundary • An example of a convergent boundary • Thick dense layer of rock under the crust • Outer layer of Earth composed of thin hard rock • Created when one plate slides under another plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An individual part of the Earth's Crust.
  2. Movements in the earth's crust mostly by transform boundary.
  3. Located under the continents.
  4. 2 plates move away from each other.
  5. Plate One of three plates colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
  6. The name for the Continents before they were seperated.
  7. 2 plates slide/move past each other.
  8. A mountain range or long narrow hilltop.
Down
  1. Tectonics The movement of tectonic plates.
  2. Range a line of mountains connected by high ground.
  3. A line that marks the limits of an area.
  4. 2 plates collide and one goes under the other plate.
  5. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land.
  6. Occurs when two plates collide & lava erupts.
  7. Plate A landmass consisting of the continents, Europe & Asia.
  8. Occurs when two plates collide.
  9. The outermost rough shell of Earth.
  10. Plate A tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa.
  11. Wegner Created the Theory of Continental Drift.
  12. Located under the ocean floor.

20 Clues: Located under the continents. • Located under the ocean floor. • Occurs when two plates collide. • 2 plates move away from each other. • The outermost rough shell of Earth. • 2 plates slide/move past each other. • An individual part of the Earth's Crust. • A line that marks the limits of an area. • A mountain range or long narrow hilltop. • ...

Science Puzzle 4: Tectonic Plates 2015-03-05

Science Puzzle 4: Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hottest and most dense of the Earth's layers
  2. the rock formed from compacting and cementation
  3. the property of the color of a mineral's powder
  4. boundary in which 2 tectonic plates divide/separate
  5. boundary where ocean plate goes under continental plate
  6. the tectonic plate which is found on the ring of fire
  7. boundary in which 2 tectonic plates collide
  8. the property of how a mineral reflects light
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  1. the property of a mineral after dividing its mass and volume
  2. the rock formed from heat and pressure
  3. the property of how a mineral resists scratching
  4. the southern most tectonic plate found on Earth
  5. the (semisolid, plasticity) layer below the lithosphere
  6. the mineral which has a "10" in the Moh's scale
  7. the rock formed from the cooling of magma
  8. the thinnest and coolest layer of Earth
  9. the Earth's layer that is liquid
  10. boundary in which 2 tectonic plates slide against each other
  11. the thickest layer of the Earth
  12. the mineral which is a "1" in the Moh's scale

20 Clues: the thickest layer of the Earth • the Earth's layer that is liquid • the rock formed from heat and pressure • the thinnest and coolest layer of Earth • the rock formed from the cooling of magma • boundary in which 2 tectonic plates collide • the property of how a mineral reflects light • the mineral which is a "1" in the Moh's scale • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What scientists use to explore the ocean floor
  2. Produced when 2 continental plates collide
  3. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slipped past each other
  4. Valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  5. Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift
  6. When plates slip past each other
  7. Causes the plates to move
  8. 3rd layer of Earth that is very hot, yet solid where convection currents are
  9. Where seafloor spreading begins
  10. When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land
Down
  1. Supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  2. How scientist study the inside of Earth since we can’t drill down that far
  3. The theory that Earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion
  4. When plates move away from each other
  5. When oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  6. When molten material is added to make new oceanic crust
  7. Theory of how the continents spread away from each other
  8. The remains of a prehistoric organism
  9. When plates come together
  10. Measure of how much mass there is in an object

20 Clues: Causes the plates to move • When plates come together • Where seafloor spreading begins • When plates slip past each other • When plates move away from each other • The remains of a prehistoric organism • Produced when 2 continental plates collide • When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land • What scientists use to explore the ocean floor • ...

Earth's Layers and Drifting Continents 2018-10-15

Earth's Layers and Drifting Continents crossword puzzle
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  1. The name of the super continent that exited about 300 million years ago.
  2. Valley A deep valley is also called a.
  3. Tectonics Slow motion driven by the convection current makes.
  4. Boundary The plates are sliding.
  5. The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle.
  6. Core This is the 3rd layer from the top to the bottom.
  7. These land feature form at a Convergent Boundary.
  8. There are convection currents in this layer.
  9. Trench Under water canyons, sea-floor spreading ends here.
  10. 2nd layer of Earth from the top, very hot & solid.
Down
  1. Spreading New crust is being added and older crust is being pushed outward
  2. Crust This crust lies beneath the ocean floor.
  3. These create cracks in the crust.
  4. Sits on top of the mantle, 100 km thick.
  5. Boundary The plates collide.
  6. Drift The continents slowly move about 2 centimeters per year.
  7. Boundary The plates are dividing.
  8. Ridge Sea-Floor Spreading begins here.
  9. 5-80 km thick, top layer.
  10. Core Solid metal, mostly iron & nickel, 1,200 km thick.

20 Clues: 5-80 km thick, top layer. • Boundary The plates collide. • Boundary The plates are sliding. • These create cracks in the crust. • Boundary The plates are dividing. • Valley A deep valley is also called a. • Ridge Sea-Floor Spreading begins here. • Sits on top of the mantle, 100 km thick. • The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle. • ...

ALL-YEAR SCIENCE VOCABULARY CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2021-12-15

ALL-YEAR SCIENCE VOCABULARY CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tendency of an object to resist changes in a state of motion
  2. The guy who invented the 3 Laws of Motion.
  3. the measurement of how quickly an object is changing speed.
  4. movement that transfers heat within fluids and air.
  5. something you see
  6. A type of boundary that causes earthquakes.
  7. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  8. When a rock forms below earths surface it is _________
  9. Three kinds of these; Independent, dependent, and controlled
  10. A type of boundary where plates crash
  11. Formed by the cooling of lava
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  1. A test.
  2. Heat transferred from one particle of matter to another in an object without the movement of the object.
  3. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural causes.
  4. Comes from the word sediment.
  5. A guess about something
  6. 3rd step of the rock cycle
  7. Heat moving from a warmer object to a cooler object.
  8. A type of boundary where the sea floor spreads.
  9. When a rock forms above earths surface it is ________
  10. investigate about something or someone.
  11. high temperature

22 Clues: A test. • high temperature • something you see • A guess about something • 3rd step of the rock cycle • Comes from the word sediment. • Formed by the cooling of lava • A type of boundary where plates crash • investigate about something or someone. • The guy who invented the 3 Laws of Motion. • A type of boundary that causes earthquakes. • ...

Alfred Wegener and his Continenetal Drift Theory 2021-12-07

Alfred Wegener and his Continenetal Drift Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is earth's longest underwater mountain range?
  2. boundary Where 2 plates slide past eachother in opposite directions
  3. boundary Where 2 plates collide
  4. who proposed the continental drift theory?
  5. boundary Where 2 plates move away from eachother
  6. how old was Alfred when he died?
  7. what was the one thing that made everyone believe Alfred's theory
  8. what date is 1880?
  9. what was alfred Wegener?
Down
  1. where the ocean floor sinks down into a trench and back into the mantle
  2. the theory where all continents were joined together in a single landmass and have moved apart ever since
  3. what other theory did alfred propose?
  4. where did alfred die?
  5. the supercontinent that Alfred named
  6. what is the year 1930 in alfred's life.
  7. what was alfred's wife's name?
  8. what other type of scientist was alfred?
  9. what was alfred on when he died?
  10. true or false? everyone believed Alfred Wegener and his theory.
  11. how many boundaries are there?
  12. true or false? scientists today used Alfred's research to put together pieces over the continental drift

21 Clues: what date is 1880? • where did alfred die? • what was alfred Wegener? • what was alfred's wife's name? • how many boundaries are there? • boundary Where 2 plates collide • what was alfred on when he died? • how old was Alfred when he died? • the supercontinent that Alfred named • what other theory did alfred propose? • what is the year 1930 in alfred's life. • ...

Bonus point crossword 2021-12-01

Bonus point crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two birds have different beak shapes but came from a common ancestor.
  2. ____ are specific characteristics of an individual that are inherited
  3. ____ are organisms that were only alive during a certain era or time.
  4. ______ is the division of cells.
  5. sharks and whales have the same body shapes, but are not related.
  6. ______ structures are structures that have the same purpose but not the same structure.
  7. Scientific names are written or typed in _____.
  8. the exchange of characteristics from parent to offspring
  9. more males are affected with a trait than females.
  10. Dna replicates ____ in mitosis.
Down
  1. the study of heredity
  2. they are different forms of genes.
  3. A group of Irish settlers move to the USA in 1743.
  4. the process by which cells become more specialized.
  5. ______ structures are structures thatare seen in an organism that do not serve a function.
  6. In order for species to go through speciation they must be _____.
  7. ______ structures are structures that are found in animals that have the same structure but not the same function.
  8. RR
  9. short
  10. ______happens in G1 phase.

20 Clues: RR • short • the study of heredity • ______happens in G1 phase. • Dna replicates ____ in mitosis. • ______ is the division of cells. • they are different forms of genes. • Scientific names are written or typed in _____. • A group of Irish settlers move to the USA in 1743. • more males are affected with a trait than females. • the process by which cells become more specialized. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the type of evidence supporting continental drift which involves the continents sticking together like a puzzle
  2. type of spreading away from each other
  3. a hypothesis which suggests all continents were connected and drifted apart
  4. a hypothesis that suggest new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean trenches
  5. type of crust that is less dense
  6. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by volcanism
  7. a mountain range created by continental-continental convergence
Down
  1. type of spreading towards each other
  2. the largest plate
  3. temperature ‘’ as density decreases
  4. a structure formed by continental-continental convergence
  5. a structure formed by both continental-oceanic convergence and oceanic-oceanic convergence
  6. the layer of earth that is below the crust and where convection occurs
  7. the process which moves plate tectonics
  8. type of crust that is more dense
  9. type of plate that we live on
  10. type of spreading that moves side-to-side
  11. the type of evidence supporting continental drift which involves animal remains
  12. temperature ‘’ as density increases
  13. the name of the supercontinent present 200 million years ago

20 Clues: the largest plate • type of plate that we live on • type of crust that is more dense • type of crust that is less dense • temperature ‘’ as density decreases • temperature ‘’ as density increases • type of spreading towards each other • type of spreading away from each other • the process which moves plate tectonics • type of spreading that moves side-to-side • ...

Volcanoes 2022-04-14

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Travel along bedding planes
  2. lava( rough, jagged blocky texture)
  3. Clouds of volcanic ash damage planes
  4. Porous rock from "frothy" lava
  5. The resistance to flow
  6. Amount of dissolved gases present in magma
  7. Source material for volcanic eruptions
  8. Fluid basaltic lava extruded from crustal fractures called fissures
  9. Built from ejected basaltic lava (mainly cinder-sized) fragments, forming a steep slope
Down
  1. Cuts across bedding surfaces
  2. Lavas (occurring along divergent plate boundaries on the ocean floor)
  3. Triggered from collapse of volcanic landforms in the ocean
  4. (rough, travel short distances)
  5. Largest intrusive bodies
  6. Opening connected to the magma chamber via a pipe
  7. Fiery pyroclastic flow made of hot gases infused with ash and other debris
  8. resistant vents left standing after erosion has removed the volcanic cone
  9. A summit depression typically greater than 1 kilometer in diameter
  10. Mudflow from interaction with debris and water
  11. (fire fragments)
  12. Lava (resembles a twisted or ropey texture)
  13. Magma rises through the crust
  14. Steep-walled depression at the summit generally less than 1 kilometer in diameter

23 Clues: (fire fragments) • The resistance to flow • Largest intrusive bodies • Travel along bedding planes • Cuts across bedding surfaces • Magma rises through the crust • Porous rock from "frothy" lava • (rough, travel short distances) • lava( rough, jagged blocky texture) • Clouds of volcanic ash damage planes • Source material for volcanic eruptions • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-21

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of embryos and their development
  2. evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated organisms is
  3. structures that serve no purpose and are left from ancestors
  4. adjusting to new/different conditions individually and quickly
  5. change over time
  6. two species evolve together influencing one another
  7. a few organisms separate from the rest and grow a new population with different genetic variation than the initial.
  8. made the theory of evolution
  9. evolution of differing traits in species with common descent
  10. the dying out of a species
  11. asexual reproduction in which cell divides
  12. environmental factors that cause different traits to be more favorable
Down
  1. size of a population is severely reduced causing new genetic variation.
  2. structures that are different but have formed to function similarly in similar environments
  3. have a membrane-bound nucleus
  4. the increasing of a favorable trait is due to
  5. a group within a species separates and develops its own characteristics.
  6. lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
  7. structures that are made similarly due to shared ancestors
  8. lowest taxonomic level

20 Clues: change over time • lowest taxonomic level • the dying out of a species • made the theory of evolution • have a membrane-bound nucleus • the study of embryos and their development • asexual reproduction in which cell divides • the increasing of a favorable trait is due to • lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles • two species evolve together influencing one another • ...

SAT Crossword 2023-07-20

SAT Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to set on fire; inspire or arouse an emotion or feeling
  2. an outward appearance that is deliberately misleading
  3. to reject, to deny
  4. calm, peaceful
  5. to disturb or unsettle
  6. Noisy, energetic, and rowdy
  7. unwilling or unable to believe something
  8. moving or extending in different directions
  9. an opponent or enemy
  10. worthy of respect due to age, character, or accomplisments
  11. to improve, to make better
  12. to integrate, to absorb
  13. to replace, supplant
  14. long; the length of time something lasts
  15. luminous colors that change when seen from different angles
  16. obvious, conspicuous
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  1. to conceal, to cover
  2. to deceive or charm
  3. lacking energy; sluggish or apathetic
  4. incorrect or mistaken
  5. extravagant and wasteful
  6. to become weak or lose vitality
  7. to spread or distribute widely
  8. person who is excessively modest or proper
  9. to burden or weigh down
  10. relating to money currency
  11. to assist or support, especially in wrongdoing
  12. regretful, one who repents
  13. Great happiness or joy
  14. sharpness, keenness
  15. difficult to understand or interpret
  16. originating from the outside

32 Clues: calm, peaceful • to reject, to deny • to deceive or charm • sharpness, keenness • to conceal, to cover • an opponent or enemy • to replace, supplant • obvious, conspicuous • incorrect or mistaken • to disturb or unsettle • Great happiness or joy • to burden or weigh down • to integrate, to absorb • extravagant and wasteful • relating to money currency • regretful, one who repents • ...

Plate Motion Unit Assessment Review 2023-10-20

Plate Motion Unit Assessment Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the mountain ranges that form in the middle of oceans when two plates move apart (or diverge)
  2. to examine in detail for a purpose
  3. a feature that forms on a planet's surface
  4. Evidence of life from the past
  5. a proposed answer to a question about the natural world
  6. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  7. a repeating sequence of events
  8. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  9. Layer made of soft, solid rock
  10. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  11. a scientific claim that is supported by evidence and reasoning
Down
  1. a landform caused by plate motion
  2. the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim - the "why"
  3. moving apart
  4. information used to support or refute a claim
  5. the place where two plates meet
  6. moving toward the same place
  7. Large sections of the outer layer that move
  8. an event caused by plate motion
  9. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together (or converge)

20 Clues: moving apart • moving toward the same place • Evidence of life from the past • a repeating sequence of events • Layer made of soft, solid rock • the place where two plates meet • an event caused by plate motion • a landform caused by plate motion • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • a feature that forms on a planet's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plates can move less than a ___________a day
  2. Name of the biggest tectonic plate
  3. The layer in which earthquakes are most likely to occur
  4. The country where the largest earthquake occurred
  5. This is caused when two tectonic plates collide with each other
  6. The movement of tectonic plates causes ____________ and volcanoes
  7. The plate tectonic theory was developed _________ years ago
  8. Name of the supercontinent, 300 million years ago
  9. The planet where the largest volcano is in the Solar System
  10. Scotland is located on this tectonic plate
  11. This action is when tectonic plates move into each other
  12. Layer of the Earth that is closest to the Earth's core
Down
  1. This action is when tectonic plates move apart
  2. Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise
  3. The number of major tectonic plates
  4. This action is when tectonic plates move against each other
  5. The state where the largest volcano is located
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth
  7. Name of the smallest tectonic plate
  8. Last name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift

20 Clues: The thickest layer of the Earth • Name of the biggest tectonic plate • The number of major tectonic plates • Name of the smallest tectonic plate • Scotland is located on this tectonic plate • This action is when tectonic plates move apart • Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise • The state where the largest volcano is located • ...

Science Vocab 2023-11-16

Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , supercontinent
  2. , the process in which the ocean floor adds new material continuously
  3. , Heat transferred through objects that are touching
  4. , a mountain that forms in the Earth's crust when molten material reaches the surface
  5. , Heat transferred through fluids
  6. , an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  7. , measure of how much mass there is in a substance
  8. , a major belt of volcanos
  9. , plates coming together
  10. , deep underwater canyons
Down
  1. , plates sliping past each other
  2. , Wegner's idea that the continents move slowly over the surface of the Earth
  3. , magma when it comes up to the crust
  4. , Energy transferred through light rays
  5. , an area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts to make magma
  6. , mountain ranges that run across the ocean floor
  7. , the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  8. , break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  9. , plates moving apart
  10. , the process where the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and into the mantle
  11. , a molten mixture of rock-forming substances in the mantle

21 Clues: , supercontinent • , plates moving apart • , plates coming together • , deep underwater canyons • , a major belt of volcanos • , plates sliping past each other • , Heat transferred through fluids • , magma when it comes up to the crust • , Energy transferred through light rays • , the flow that transfers heat within a fluid • , mountain ranges that run across the ocean floor • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-11-15

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. So plates moving in opposite directions side by side
  2. Heat transferred through the direct contact of two objects
  3. Breaks in the earths crust
  4. The shaking caused from the movement of tectonic plates
  5. When continents drift as a result of the movement of tectonic plates
  6. A trench in the ground reaching the mantel and destroying old magma
  7. A mountain with magma escaping the suface
  8. The molten mixture of substances and gases from the center of earth
  9. Heat transferred through liquids
Down
  1. A large land form above sea level
  2. A small area with hot tempurature in its surroundings
  3. When two plates move toward each other
  4. When two plates move away from each other
  5. The point in earth where stress builds
  6. An instrument used to measure the results of an earthquake
  7. Mountain ranges formed under water with magma from the mantel escaping the top
  8. Heat transferred through electromagnetic waves
  9. The point on the crust that matches the focus
  10. When a a plates sinks beneath another plate
  11. A super continent that existed more then 200 million years ago

20 Clues: Breaks in the earths crust • Heat transferred through liquids • A large land form above sea level • When two plates move toward each other • The point in earth where stress builds • When two plates move away from each other • A mountain with magma escaping the suface • When a a plates sinks beneath another plate • The point on the crust that matches the focus • ...

Geography Crossword Project 2024-01-12

Geography Crossword Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. something someone does for you
  2. the type of economy that mainly depends on hunter-gatherer or sustenance agriculture
  3. what helps you tell distance on a map
  4. What type of boundary is a naturally occurring border
  5. large natural flowing stream of water
  6. free market economic system
  7. going from east to west
  8. man who stood up against the Chineese government
  9. opening in the earths crust which lava can flow through
  10. Going from north to south
Down
  1. amount of rainfall in a particular area
  2. Type of plate boundary where plates collide
  3. Natural elevation in the land that tends to be steep, rising abruptly from the land around it
  4. exchanging of goods
  5. Flat elevated landform that rises high, sharply above the rest of the land
  6. Type of plate boundaries where the plates move apart
  7. a still body of water surrounded by land
  8. What helps you determine direction on a map
  9. something you use or consume
  10. Place where water from a river deposits sediment and other things into another body of water

20 Clues: exchanging of goods • going from east to west • Going from north to south • free market economic system • something you use or consume • something someone does for you • what helps you tell distance on a map • large natural flowing stream of water • amount of rainfall in a particular area • a still body of water surrounded by land • Type of plate boundary where plates collide • ...

Chapter 38-39 Activity 2024-04-04

Chapter 38-39 Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tris is respected for being the first initiate to ____.
  2. Tris's first friend who is also a Candor transfer
  3. The second member of Tris's family to die
  4. The transfer initiates get ______ in order to fit in.
  5. The second phase of Dauntless initiation
  6. The center of Dauntless life (2 words)
  7. Cruel Dauntless Leader
  8. Tori's old fear
  9. The faction that values truth.
  10. What are you if you belong to all factions?
  11. Test that decided your faction
  12. Tris's first sparring opponent
  13. Nickname for people in Erudite
  14. "Faction before ______."
  15. Name Beatrice gives herself when joining Dauntless
Down
  1. The first fear in Four's fear landscape
  2. Traditional Dauntless team game (3 words)
  3. The birds in Tris's first fear
  4. Tris finally wins a fight against this opponent
  5. Gave Tris her first tattoo
  6. Who kills Will?
  7. The faction that Beatrice chooses
  8. Leader of Erudite
  9. The city's peacemakers
  10. Abnegation values _______.
  11. Four's feal name
  12. Beatrice's family belongs to this faction.
  13. Four's tattoo represents these
  14. What controls the Dauntless?
  15. Erudite is using Dauntless as their ______.
  16. Tris' bother
  17. Nickname for people in Abnegation

32 Clues: Tris' bother • Who kills Will? • Tori's old fear • Four's feal name • Leader of Erudite • The city's peacemakers • Cruel Dauntless Leader • "Faction before ______." • Gave Tris her first tattoo • Abnegation values _______. • What controls the Dauntless? • The birds in Tris's first fear • Four's tattoo represents these • The faction that values truth. • Test that decided your faction • ...

Bellas great crossword 2024-03-20

Bellas great crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. matter that has a definite shape and volumes, such as a rock
  2. hot liquid
  3. force of attraction between any two objects
  4. Spinning of a planet, moon, sun, or other object, around its axis
  5. condition in which there are no more living species
  6. organ system that removes wastes from the body
  7. organ in the urinary system that filters waste from the blood
  8. core- innermost part of earth, made of solid iron and nickel
  9. molten rock that makes up earths mantle and becomes igneous rock when it cools
  10. any material, liquid or gas, that can flow
Down
  1. a push or pull
  2. an animal that feeds only on plates, such as a deer
  3. a huge, slowly spinning tropical storm that forms over water and has winds of 119 km
  4. to plates that move closer to each other
  5. ridge that separates two drainage basins
  6. mixture of rock, mineral particles, and organic matter that forms at earths surface
  7. slide past each other
  8. two plates move away from each
  9. a hot flame
  10. organs that take in oxygen that is dissolved in water

20 Clues: hot liquid • a hot flame • a push or pull • slide past each other • two plates move away from each • to plates that move closer to each other • ridge that separates two drainage basins • any material, liquid or gas, that can flow • force of attraction between any two objects • organ system that removes wastes from the body • an animal that feeds only on plates, such as a deer • ...

puzzling earth science 2024-12-04

puzzling earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Decay emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation
  2. rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.
  3. neutrino or antineutrino emitted during the decay
  4. Dating calculates an age in years
  5. mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
  6. Isotope the more stable form
  7. Isotope The original unstable isotope
  8. Boundary When two plates come together
  9. Boundary formed where two tectonic plates pass laterally by one another
  10. Core a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron
Down
  1. region of the upper atmosphere
  2. rigid outer part of the earth
  3. Current heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle
  4. Core liquid, is about 1300 miles (2092 km) thick
  5. Plates composed of the oceanic lithosphere
  6. Crust outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere
  7. Crust denser crustal layer of Earth
  8. upper layer of the earth's mantle,
  9. Boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. Waves vibrations in the earth that transmit energy and occur during seismic activity such as earthquakes

20 Clues: rigid outer part of the earth • Isotope the more stable form • region of the upper atmosphere • Dating calculates an age in years • upper layer of the earth's mantle, • Crust denser crustal layer of Earth • mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • Isotope The original unstable isotope • Boundary When two plates come together • Core a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron • ...

Isabel Yearout 2024-12-03

Isabel Yearout crossword puzzle
Across
  1. unknown/nameless or undefined
  2. lacking imagination
  3. making an appearance of importance
  4. trying to match by copying
  5. trying to be secret
  6. No fear; bold or brave
  7. someone who opposes or is hostile
  8. a leader who speaks to appeal emotion
  9. handled with care and patience
  10. very dry
  11. not important
  12. a guess that needs proof
  13. not able to agree with something or someone
  14. to confirm with evidence
Down
  1. more than needed
  2. hard working;having care for work
  3. doing quickly without thinking
  4. lacking in depth, near the surface
  5. feeling of dislike leading to disrespect
  6. disloyal or untrustworthy
  7. developing early
  8. fake,phony or false
  9. able to identify others feelings with care
  10. being away from the main point
  11. some probable or likely
  12. moving in different directions
  13. a person who seeks pleasure
  14. cant be avoided
  15. Shelter for people that are in need of help
  16. determine what makes someone different
  17. a retelling of a story, usually funny or interesting
  18. showing emotion when dealing with people

32 Clues: very dry • not important • cant be avoided • more than needed • developing early • lacking imagination • trying to be secret • fake,phony or false • No fear; bold or brave • some probable or likely • a guess that needs proof • to confirm with evidence • disloyal or untrustworthy • trying to match by copying • a person who seeks pleasure • unknown/nameless or undefined • ...

Vocab :) 2025-04-29

Vocab :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Funny
  2. Antonym: intensify
  3. cowardly
  4. Like a baby giraffe’s first wobbly steps
  5. Synonym: frank
  6. two slices of pizza side-by-side fighting over the last olive
  7. Antonym: betrayal
  8. Worse than burnt-toast Monday morning vibes
  9. Like coffee on a Monday morning
  10. Scold
  11. Offering pizza to patch up a sibling feud
  12. Synonym: compelling
  13. Disaster
  14. friendly
  15. Synonym: harmless
  16. More mysterious than a cat staring at a cucumber
  17. Synonym: unfavorable
  18. Antonym: insulating
  19. Synonym: harmful
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  1. Berate
  2. Secretive
  3. Skillful
  4. Determined
  5. Synonym: enchant
  6. intimidation
  7. Antonym: resist
  8. many-sided
  9. Four and Tris in Divergent
  10. broad
  11. range or series
  12. Ms.Jones
  13. abandoned
  14. More lecturing than a professor before coffee
  15. Like a TED Talk on roller-skates
  16. Like believing a cat loves you more than its food
  17. Unoriginal or common
  18. Support
  19. Moodier than your weather app on a weekend trip
  20. Like socks with sandals: nobody asked for it
  21. Exact
  22. Blanch from Golden Girls
  23. Rant

42 Clues: Rant • Funny • broad • Scold • Exact • Berate • Support • Skillful • cowardly • Ms.Jones • Disaster • friendly • Secretive • abandoned • Determined • many-sided • intimidation • Synonym: frank • Antonym: resist • range or series • Synonym: enchant • Synonym: harmful • Antonym: betrayal • Synonym: harmless • Antonym: intensify • Synonym: compelling • Antonym: insulating • Unoriginal or common • Synonym: unfavorable • ...

The Earth's Crust 2025-03-25

The Earth's Crust crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This rock is created with heat and pressure
  2. When water freezes in the cracks of a rock
  3. A substance made up of two or more minerals
  4. The boundary between two plates that drift further apart
  5. Tool used to measure earthquakes
  6. The boundary between two tectonic plates colliding head on
  7. Where convection currents are created
  8. These are solid inorganic substances
  9. Scale of hardness
  10. Rock that is created below the surface
  11. Another word for characteristics
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  1. When a mineral breaks into long flat strips
  2. The hardest mineral
  3. When a mineral breaks into a random jagged shape
  4. The type of weathering when a rabbit burrows a hole in a rock
  5. The supercontinent
  6. The thinnest layer of the earth
  7. The only liquid layer of the earth
  8. Rock breaking down due to oxygen exposure
  9. The test to determine the powder colour of a mineral
  10. Hardened lava
  11. When a rock is broken down into sediment
  12. Scale to measure the magnitude of an earthquake
  13. The boundary when two plates slide past each other
  14. The hottest layer of the earth

25 Clues: Hardened lava • Scale of hardness • The supercontinent • The hardest mineral • The hottest layer of the earth • The thinnest layer of the earth • Tool used to measure earthquakes • Another word for characteristics • The only liquid layer of the earth • These are solid inorganic substances • Where convection currents are created • Rock that is created below the surface • ...

Pick-a-project Plate tectonics 2024-10-02

Pick-a-project Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mudflow caused by volcanic eruptions
  2. ____ Lava is sharp and blocky
  3. ______ Lava is smoother and more ropey
  4. _____ magma is thick and traps gas bubbles
  5. Molten rock beneath the surface
  6. Example of a super volcano (national park)
  7. A bowl-shaped depression at the vent
  8. Magma is called this when it reaches the surface
  9. A volcano that forms in the middle of a plate
  10. Pebble sized material (tephra)
  11. Scientist first credited with the theory of continental drift
  12. A long narrow split where basaltic magma flows out
Down
  1. San Andreas Fault is an example of this type of plate boundary
  2. The supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago
  3. Mid-ocean ridge is an example of this type of plate boundary
  4. Solid material ejected from a volcano
  5. _____ magma causes gentle volcanic eruptions
  6. most dangerous part of an explosive eruption
  7. Large rock blown from the crater of a volcano
  8. An opening where ejecta come out
  9. Finest material(tephra)
  10. Himalayas are an example of this type of plate boundary

22 Clues: Finest material(tephra) • ____ Lava is sharp and blocky • Pebble sized material (tephra) • Molten rock beneath the surface • An opening where ejecta come out • A bowl-shaped depression at the vent • Solid material ejected from a volcano • A mudflow caused by volcanic eruptions • ______ Lava is smoother and more ropey • _____ magma is thick and traps gas bubbles • ...

Volcanoes 2025-02-19

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Linear vent through which lava erupts
  2. Dense, destructive mass of hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively from a volcano
  3. Fluid layer above the Earth’s inner core
  4. The outermost layer of the planet made of solid rock
  5. large, classic shaped volcano
  6. Moulten rock inside the Earth’s crust
  7. Vents from which volcanic gas escapes into the atmosphere
  8. Steam-driven explosions
  9. Rich in dark silicates
  10. Moulten rock outside the Earth’s crust
  11. Mudflow from intersection with debris and water
  12. lava occurring along divergent plate boundaries on the ocean floor
  13. Under water chains of volcanic mountains
Down
  1. tall, steep mountains
  2. Rich in light silicates
  3. volcano built from ejected basaltic lava
  4. Flat, dome shaped volcano
  5. Triggered from collapse of volcanic landforms in the ocean
  6. Lava that resembles a rough, jagged, blocky texture
  7. rock melts here and rises to the crust
  8. A circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
  9. Large depressions in the ground
  10. Place where magma is stored prior to an eruption
  11. Lava that resembles a twisted, ropey texture
  12. The resistance to flow

25 Clues: tall, steep mountains • Rich in dark silicates • The resistance to flow • Rich in light silicates • Steam-driven explosions • Flat, dome shaped volcano • large, classic shaped volcano • Large depressions in the ground • Linear vent through which lava erupts • Moulten rock inside the Earth’s crust • rock melts here and rises to the crust • Moulten rock outside the Earth’s crust • ...

Unit 2 Science 2024-12-16

Unit 2 Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that is suitable or good enough live on.
  2. Which planet are scientists researching to see if people can live there or not?
  3. What do asteroids turn in to when they reach Earth’s atmosphere?
  4. What doesn’t change when you are in different planets?
  5. Which geographic feature happens when two plates slide past each other?
  6. when two plates move away from each other
  7. Outer planets are ————- than inner planets.
  8. The second closest planet to the sun.
  9. Inner planets are ————- than outer planets.
  10. the measure of the effect of gravity on an object.
Down
  1. Planets Do outer planets or inner planets rotate faster?
  2. Who was the first person to discover gravity?
  3. Who expanded on Isaac Newton’s ideas of gravity?
  4. when two plates slide past each other
  5. The supercontinent before all the continents separated.
  6. when two plates collide with each other
  7. small metallic objects, that are to small to be planets, but orbit the sun.
  8. The biggest planet in the solar system.
  9. What is the only planet that can support life?
  10. a force of attraction due to their masses

20 Clues: when two plates slide past each other • The second closest planet to the sun. • when two plates collide with each other • The biggest planet in the solar system. • when two plates move away from each other • a force of attraction due to their masses • Outer planets are ————- than inner planets. • Inner planets are ————- than outer planets. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magnetic striping when the seafloor is spreading and the oceanic crust is aging
  2. plates that slide horizontally past each other
  3. rocks that make up the oceanic crust
  4. helped find enemy submarines
  5. Primary waves
  6. is a liquid because the seismic waves that make up earthquakes
  7. a single super continent
  8. Secondary waves are samples of rocks or volcanic rocks
  9. moving plates over the mantle that are driven by deep heat and convection currents
  10. plates that move toward each other
Down
  1. Any flat areas although many are dotted with volcanic mountains
  2. The hot core warms up the base of the mantle which is called
  3. what is the brittle crust and uppermost mantle called
  4. rise up above the deep seafloor as a long chain of mountains
  5. makes up the continental crust
  6. who came up with the continental theory
  7. when the plates move the continents and slowly drift apart
  8. plates that move away from each other
  9. a device that measures the magnetic field intensity
  10. found at the edges of the continents or in the sea near chains of active volcanoes

20 Clues: Primary waves • a single super continent • helped find enemy submarines • makes up the continental crust • plates that move toward each other • rocks that make up the oceanic crust • plates that move away from each other • who came up with the continental theory • plates that slide horizontally past each other • a device that measures the magnetic field intensity • ...

Tectonic Plates Crossword 2025-10-11

Tectonic Plates Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large movement of water in on e general direction
  2. all sediment slowly moving
  3. any of the regions of the surface of earth loosely divided by longitude and latitude
  4. a large landmass or continent
  5. floor the bottom of the ocean
  6. a fracture in earth's crust where rocks have moved
  7. a line that separates two distinct things
  8. the line along which a large body of water meets the land
  9. the innermost part of the earth
  10. two plates slide past each other horizontally
Down
  1. the sideways or down word movement of the edge of a plate of earths crust
  2. moving in different directions
  3. moving towards something
  4. natural disasters that cause sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  5. earths thin rocky outer layer
  6. mostly solid bulk of earths interior
  7. the process where rock layers bend and buckle under stress rather than breaking
  8. one giant landmass
  9. an opening on the mountain or hill that allows material warmer than its surroundings to escape from the inside
  10. relating to the structures of earth's crust

20 Clues: one giant landmass • moving towards something • all sediment slowly moving • a large landmass or continent • earths thin rocky outer layer • moving in different directions • the innermost part of the earth • floor the bottom of the ocean • mostly solid bulk of earths interior • a line that separates two distinct things • relating to the structures of earth's crust • ...

Geology 1 2025-11-22

Geology 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the principal that states the laws governing Earth processes are constant over time
  2. An element with a different number of neutrons compared to protons
  3. The process where dense minerals sink and light minerals move upwards
  4. Volcano type that is expected to have basaltic magma
  5. Mineral formed at low temperatures on Bowen's Reaction Series
  6. High silica and aluminum content
  7. A portion of a resource that is legally and economically feasible to extract
  8. Volcano type that is expected to have rhyolitic magma
  9. Mineral property that describes how a mineral's surface reflects light
  10. High magnesium and iron content
  11. Most abundant mineral group
Down
  1. Density of oceanic crust
  2. Mineral property that describes how resistance a mineral's surface is to being scratched
  3. Plate boundary where two plates are pulled apart
  4. Mineral formed at high temperatures on Bowen's Reaction Series
  5. Density of continental crust
  6. The process by which atoms arrange themselves into an orderly, repeating structure
  7. Plate boundary where orogenies occur
  8. Plate boundary where two plates come together
  9. Plate boundary where plates move horizontally past each other

20 Clues: Density of oceanic crust • Most abundant mineral group • Density of continental crust • High magnesium and iron content • High silica and aluminum content • Plate boundary where orogenies occur • Plate boundary where two plates come together • Plate boundary where two plates are pulled apart • Volcano type that is expected to have basaltic magma • ...

Somatosensory System 2025-10-17

Somatosensory System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of pathway that transmit info to many areas of brainstem & cerebrum
  2. are of skin innervated by axons from cell bodies in a single dorsal root
  3. _______ corpuscle: detects high-frequency vibration & deep pressure
  4. sense of direct interactions with the external world and its impact on the body
  5. information about state of body
  6. this type of receptor adapts quickly to stimulus and stops responding
  7. sense of the functions and state of internal body organs
  8. ________ defensiveness: aversive response to seemingly non-noxious tactile stimuli
  9. type pathway that carries pain and temperature information
Down
  1. type of tract where info from proprioceptors transmit to the cerebellum
  2. _______ touch: detects percept objects/materials that contact skin
  3. _______disk : detects pressure
  4. _______ corpuscle: detects light touch & vibration
  5. type of pathway that brings unconscious proprioceptive
  6. sense of one's own body in space
  7. Pathway that carries fine touch discrimination info & proprioception
  8. this receptor continues to fire duirng entire presentation of stimulus
  9. _______ corpuscle:detects sustained pressure, stretch, and movement
  10. _______ touch: emotion and arousal regulation
  11. this type of receptors are stimulated by physical deformation of the receptor itself/surrounding area

20 Clues: _______disk : detects pressure • information about state of body • sense of one's own body in space • _______ touch: emotion and arousal regulation • _______ corpuscle: detects light touch & vibration • type of pathway that brings unconscious proprioceptive • sense of the functions and state of internal body organs • ...

Unit 7-9 2019-02-21

Unit 7-9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to join at one end or to be next to
  2. clothes or apparel
  3. a belief or a principal
  4. a joining together; the point at which two things are joined
  5. a way of holding the body
  6. showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
  7. to remove by cutting
  8. quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something
  9. smart or trim in appearance
  10. to transport; to transmit; to communicate make known; to transfer ownership or title to
  11. to move to and fro
  12. a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
Down
  1. thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
  2. to make something appear smaller than it is
  3. lacking importance or dignity
  4. thin and bony
  5. foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
  6. a person who switches to an opposing side or part
  7. preying off
  8. not putting on airs or modest
  9. going in different directions
  10. to roll about in a lazy or clumsy way
  11. to destroy
  12. a very close friend
  13. the highest point

25 Clues: to destroy • preying off • thin and bony • the highest point • clothes or apparel • to move to and fro • a very close friend • to remove by cutting • a belief or a principal • a way of holding the body • smart or trim in appearance • lacking importance or dignity • not putting on airs or modest • going in different directions • to join at one end or to be next to • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  2. the outermost layer of Earth.
  3. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  4. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. separate
  7. one plate going under another
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  10. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
Down
  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  2. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  3. The border between two tectonic plates
  4. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  6. collide
  7. molten hot rock
  8. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  9. two plates slide against each other
  10. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust

20 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • the outermost layer of Earth. • one plate going under another • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  2. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  3. one plate going under another
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  6. molten hot rock
  7. collide
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  10. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  11. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
Down
  1. The border between two tectonic plates
  2. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  3. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  4. separate
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  8. two plates slide against each other
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most central part of the Earth
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. The most upper part of the mantle, but it is below the lithosphere
  4. A high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  5. Relating to earthquakes and other vibrations
  6. When two plates collide
  7. An instrument that measures the details of an earthquake
  8. The very top of Earth's crust
  9. A mountain created by convergent plates that erupts with magma
  10. wegener A german climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
Down
  1. The ground turns to quicksand due to the shaking of the Earth
  2. scale A numerical scale that expresses the magnitude of an earthquake
  3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  4. The supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
  5. When two plates move past each other
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
  7. Seismic waves that move up and down through solids, liquids, and gases
  8. Seismic waves that move side to side only through solids
  9. The place in Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
  10. The layer between the core and the crust

20 Clues: When two plates collide • The very top of Earth's crust • The most central part of the Earth • When two plates move past each other • The layer between the core and the crust • When two plates move away from each other • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Relating to earthquakes and other vibrations • A high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake • ...

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods, and Mudslides 2021-11-08

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods, and Mudslides crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another word for rain.
  2. Suffix which means wave.
  3. When one tectonic plate goes under another.
  4. Movement of water and sediments.
  5. A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling down.
  6. A crack in the Earth.
  7. Flowing substance when it rains a lot.
  8. Earth layer where convection currents occur and in between the core and the crust.
  9. Cold substance that mixes with dirt and rocks during an avalanche.
  10. Prefix that means harbor.
  11. Type of plate movement where plates move away from each other.
  12. Provide roughly 25% of all land-based ecosystems and represent 2% of Earth's land surfaces
Down
  1. The scale used to measure earthquakes.
  2. Can cause a tsunami other than an earthquake or landslide.
  3. The instrument used to record seismic waves.
  4. Mixture of water and soil.
  5. Percentage of Earth that is water.
  6. The type of current found in the Earth's mantle.
  7. This is what is produced during a tsunami.
  8. Slope of an incline
  9. Type of wave made from earthquakes.
  10. Made from flooding and water erosion.

22 Clues: Slope of an incline • A crack in the Earth. • Another word for rain. • Suffix which means wave. • Prefix that means harbor. • Mixture of water and soil. • Movement of water and sediments. • Percentage of Earth that is water. • Type of wave made from earthquakes. • Made from flooding and water erosion. • The scale used to measure earthquakes. • ...

LOUISIANA Government Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-30

LOUISIANA Government Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. $20 is not the same as it was in 1689
  2. for when the president gets fed up with Congress' inability to function
  3. darty: local party members only! BYOPP! (bring your own party platform)
  4. compromise that figuratively cut a person into pieces
  5. so who considers if it's necessary...?
  6. reason perfectionists don't last more than 10 years in office
  7. doing nothing but getting everything
  8. oxymoron projected to occur over time
  9. finally someone realized DIY abortions need to be stopped
  10. poses the question "how far is too far?"
  11. ideology that it's every man for themselves
Down
  1. the president's always got something in their back-pocket
  2. Nixon did a no-no
  3. precedent evoking the ghost of court's past
  4. United States version of Divergent factions
  5. you realize political parties aren't binding right...
  6. represented by a layer cake (dual spheres of government)
  7. legislative's excuse for taking their sweet time
  8. correct name for the process occurring in the answer to #12
  9. money buys power
  10. court's BFF who sometime comes to save the day

21 Clues: money buys power • Nixon did a no-no • doing nothing but getting everything • $20 is not the same as it was in 1689 • oxymoron projected to occur over time • so who considers if it's necessary...? • poses the question "how far is too far?" • precedent evoking the ghost of court's past • United States version of Divergent factions • ideology that it's every man for themselves • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land.
  2. The name for the Continents before they were seperated.
  3. 2 plates move away from each other.
  4. A landmass consisting of the continents, Europe & Asia.
  5. 2 plates slide/move past each other.
  6. A tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa.
  7. 2 plates collide and one goes under the other plate.
  8. Occurs when two plates collide.
  9. Occurs when two plates collide & lava erupts.
  10. A line of mountains connected by high ground.
  11. A mountain range or long narrow hilltop.
  12. Movements in the earth's crust mostly by transform boundary.
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  1. An individual part of the Earth's Crust.
  2. One of three plates colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
  3. The movement of tectonic plates.
  4. Created the Theory of Continental Drift.
  5. Located under the continents.
  6. Located under the ocean floor.
  7. The outermost rough shell of Earth.
  8. A line that marks the limits of an area.

20 Clues: Located under the continents. • Located under the ocean floor. • Occurs when two plates collide. • The movement of tectonic plates. • 2 plates move away from each other. • The outermost rough shell of Earth. • 2 plates slide/move past each other. • An individual part of the Earth's Crust. • Created the Theory of Continental Drift. • A mountain range or long narrow hilltop. • ...

chapter 10 plate tectonics 2013-10-31

chapter 10 plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. contain large areas of stable rock
  2. boundary boundary in which two plates slide past each other horizontally
  3. single large ocean that covered earths surface during the time the supercontinent
  4. cycle form an break apart over time
  5. the study of magnetic properties of rock
  6. boundary 2 plates move away from each other
  7. drift a germen scientist names Alfred Wegener proposed a hypothesis
  8. terranes may be small volcanic or underwater valcaones
  9. rigid upper part of the mantle form a layer of earth
  10. process in which continents break apart
  11. ridge undersea mountain range through the center of which run steep, narrow valleys
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  1. exposed at earths surface
  2. boundaries plate boundaries that form where 2 plate collide
  3. piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history that differs from the history of the surrounding lithosphere
  4. continents arranged into large landmasses
  5. layer of plastic rock just below the lithosphere
  6. terrane becomes part of a continent
  7. form on top of seamounts
  8. formed over 30 million years ago
  9. spreading new ocean floor forms when magma rises to earths surface and solidifies at a mid ocean ridge

20 Clues: form on top of seamounts • exposed at earths surface • formed over 30 million years ago • contain large areas of stable rock • cycle form an break apart over time • terrane becomes part of a continent • process in which continents break apart • the study of magnetic properties of rock • continents arranged into large landmasses • boundary 2 plates move away from each other • ...

Vocab C Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle 2014-05-05

Vocab C Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Squidward feels this way toward Spongebob and Patrick
  2. A pillar must do this to a ceiling to keep it up
  3. The U.S. Congress will do this to new laws
  4. This is how you might describe a boiling pot of soup
  5. An ancient Chinese proverb might be described as this
  6. Some people say the sky is this
  7. Its how you describe the noticeable things
  8. A hurtful comment can do this to you
  9. A starving cat can appear to you in this way
  10. When your teacher is absent, you will need this
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  1. A person in shock will seem this way
  2. A rocket will do this if it fails mid-air
  3. The navy squad did this to the criminals safe house
  4. How you might describe an athlete at an easy practice
  5. You can do this to a magazine subscription if you dislike it
  6. Also can be known as a garbage digger
  7. Patrick is this to Spongebob
  8. When you tend to part ways a lot
  9. Before you go to school, you do this
  10. Practice can do this to you for your goal

20 Clues: Patrick is this to Spongebob • Some people say the sky is this • When you tend to part ways a lot • A person in shock will seem this way • A hurtful comment can do this to you • Before you go to school, you do this • Also can be known as a garbage digger • A rocket will do this if it fails mid-air • Practice can do this to you for your goal • ...

Tectonic Activity 2015-01-08

Tectonic Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates that slide past each other.
  2. The instrument that measures the motions of the ground.
  3. A scale for measuring the effects of earthquakes.
  4. Islands created by volcanoes.
  5. When a more dense plate moves under a less dense plate.
  6. Used to measure the power of an earthquake
  7. Leaving home and moving to a safer location.
  8. Can check any movement withing the rocks.
Down
  1. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
  2. Plates that move away from each other.
  3. A measurement of the strength of an earthquake.
  4. The location where the earthquake begins.
  5. Movement withing the Earth, which moves tectonic plates.
  6. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. A volcanic center
  8. These cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
  9. Molten rock under the surface of the Earth.
  10. Plates that move towards each other.
  11. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus.
  12. An Indonesian word for a rapidly flowing mixture of rock debris and water. Sometimes referred to as m mud flows.

20 Clues: A volcanic center • Islands created by volcanoes. • Plates that slide past each other. • Plates that move towards each other. • A sudden violent shaking of the ground • Plates that move away from each other. • These cause earthquakes and volcanoes. • The location where the earthquake begins. • Can check any movement withing the rocks. • ...

OHPL Teen Crossword 2015-09-10

OHPL Teen Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Four girls pass around a pair of _____.
  2. A series of books made popular during the vampire craze.
  3. What Wesley tells Buttercup.
  4. Protector of Saphira's Egg.
  5. Abbreviation for Teen Book Genre
  6. The _____ of Being a Wallflower.
  7. YARG! meets on....
  8. Award-Winning novel set in Alabama.
  9. _____ of Green Gables.
  10. The first Color Jonas sees in The Giver.
  11. Vampires don't wear ________.
  12. What grants everlasting life in Tuck Everlasting?
  13. Setting of Paper Towns.
  14. Third Book in the Mercy Falls Series.
  15. Used by Aberson to call the dead
  16. The Fault in our ________.
  17. Author of Divergent Series.
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  1. Victorian Sci-Fi Genre
  2. Popular Series that began a YA boom.
  3. Main Character's Name in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
  4. Big Bad of the Hobbit.
  5. One of the most challenged books for content.
  6. What was Algernon?
  7. The Author of The Infernal Devices Series.
  8. Award Given to outstanding Juvenile Fiction.
  9. What Katniss threatens to eat.
  10. What does Lyra call her daemon.
  11. What Ponyboy uses to treat his hair.
  12. What is Mr. Tumnus?
  13. Narrator of The Book Theif.

30 Clues: YARG! meets on.... • What was Algernon? • What is Mr. Tumnus? • Victorian Sci-Fi Genre • Big Bad of the Hobbit. • _____ of Green Gables. • Setting of Paper Towns. • The Fault in our ________. • Protector of Saphira's Egg. • Narrator of The Book Theif. • Author of Divergent Series. • What Wesley tells Buttercup. • Vampires don't wear ________. • What Katniss threatens to eat. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hard, outermost layer of the earth
  2. an act of changing physical location
  3. a line that marks the limits of an area
  4. region of the interior of the earth between the core and the crust
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a thin, flat sheet or strip of a material
  7. a section of the crust of the earth that moves relative to each other
  8. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  9. a system of ideas intended to explain something
  10. a mountain or hill having a vent which lava is being erupted from the earth's crust
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  1. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
  2. to go in a different direction
  3. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined
  4. oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
  5. to slide past
  6. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  7. coming closer together
  8. long, narrow hilltop, or mountain range
  9. the remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form
  10. the central portion of the earth

20 Clues: to slide past • coming closer together • to go in a different direction • the central portion of the earth • upper layer of the earth's mantle • hard, outermost layer of the earth • an act of changing physical location • a line that marks the limits of an area • long, narrow hilltop, or mountain range • a thin, flat sheet or strip of a material • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  2. what moves the crust
  3. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  4. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  5. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  6. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  7. what is the oceanic crust made of
  8. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
Down
  1. what does a convergent plates make
  2. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. has a greater density than continental crust
  4. plates are moving towards one another.
  5. plates are moving up and down each other
  6. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  7. two oceanic plates converge
  8. the primary source of the movement of plates
  9. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  10. has a less density than oceanic crust
  11. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  12. they are made by earthquakes

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • has a greater density than continental crust • the primary source of the movement of plates • ...

Plate Motion Vocabulary 2022-12-01

Plate Motion Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot liquid rock below the Earth's surface.
  2. An extinct reptile.
  3. An object or diagram that helps us understand something.
  4. A digram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  5. Moving apart in different drections.
  6. Any activity in which gas, steam, and lava are pushed from the Earth.
  7. A sudden shaking of the Earth's surface.
  8. An underwater mountain range.
  9. A natural spring that sends hot water into the atmosphere.
  10. The slow pulling apart of land.
  11. A large section of land.
  12. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor.
Down
  1. Where two plates meet.
  2. How fast something happens.
  3. To examine in dtail for a purpose.
  4. Evidence of life from the past.
  5. The Earths, outer most layer.
  6. A set of interacting parts.
  7. The outside or top layer.
  8. A feature that forms on land.
  9. Any of Earth's continuos areas of land.
  10. Something that is similar over and over.
  11. Hot liquid rock on the Earth's surface.
  12. The sudden pushing out of lava from a volcano.

24 Clues: An extinct reptile. • Where two plates meet. • A large section of land. • The outside or top layer. • How fast something happens. • A set of interacting parts. • The Earths, outer most layer. • A feature that forms on land. • An underwater mountain range. • Evidence of life from the past. • The slow pulling apart of land. • To examine in dtail for a purpose. • ...

Pedro crossword vocab 2023-05-01

Pedro crossword vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. contain or include
  2. convey or express a meaning
  3. without fault or error
  4. leave/abandon someone
  5. behavior
  6. act of deceiving/acting in bad faith
  7. give in, as to influence or pressure
  8. secret and sly
  9. move apart in different directions
  10. organization involved in a pact
  11. sequence of likely events
  12. cause extensive destruction/ruin
  13. inherent ability/talent
  14. unreasonable; illogical
  15. strong & sharp, as a taste or smell
  16. rough contact with while moving
  17. hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
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  1. take the place or move into
  2. favorite saying; slogan
  3. servile submissive dependent
  4. lack of respect & feeling of contempt
  5. imitating situation/process
  6. without mercy or pity
  7. flow over or cover completely
  8. a very steep cliff
  9. the act of misleading
  10. arousing animosity/hostility
  11. discouraging through fear
  12. weak, unsteady, or uncertain
  13. totally exterminate/destroy
  14. formal entry into an organization, position, or office
  15. having a common center
  16. escaping hostile environment
  17. compulsory force or threat
  18. group’s ideas and beliefs

35 Clues: behavior • secret and sly • contain or include • a very steep cliff • without mercy or pity • leave/abandon someone • the act of misleading • without fault or error • having a common center • favorite saying; slogan • inherent ability/talent • unreasonable; illogical • discouraging through fear • sequence of likely events • group’s ideas and beliefs • compulsory force or threat • ...

GEOGRAPHY 2017-09-26

GEOGRAPHY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer layer of the Earth
  2. A movement which 2 plates collide forming a mountain
  3. The highest volcano in Africa
  4. When an earthquake happened on the sea.
  5. What is the element that contains in the ash?
  6. Movement of tectonic plates.
  7. What should the people do if there is a volcanic eruption?
  8. The point where earthquake happens the first time
Down
  1. The mouth of a Volcano
  2. A location where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur
  3. A device to measure the force of an earthquake.
  4. When a volcano spits out lava.
  5. Two plates sliding together to opposite direction each other.
  6. A place inside a volcano that stores a lot of magma and gas
  7. When two tectonic plate move further away from each other
  8. A hot liquid substance that came out when a mountain errupted
  9. A mountain that can erupava.
  10. A crack that was made when two plates slide
  11. The mountain that created the largest volcanic eruption in Indonesia
  12. The common name of projectiles launched by the volcano

20 Clues: The mouth of a Volcano • The outer layer of the Earth • Movement of tectonic plates. • A mountain that can erupava. • The highest volcano in Africa • When a volcano spits out lava. • When an earthquake happened on the sea. • A crack that was made when two plates slide • What is the element that contains in the ash? • A device to measure the force of an earthquake. • ...

Volcanoes 2021-03-04

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lava type that is silica rich and often moves too slow to see
  2. occurs when water-soaked volcanic ash and rock slide rapidly downhill
  3. broad and small slopes
  4. substance's resistance to flow
  5. what provides the force to propel lava out of the vent
  6. lava type that is very fluid and less viscous
  7. small volcanoes built from pyroclastic material
  8. a depression in a volcanic mountain
  9. landform produced by repeated eruptions of very fluid, basaltic lava
  10. volcanic activity that occurs within a plate
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  1. the long belt of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific Ocean
  2. steep walled depression on top of volcano
  3. small volcanic region a few hundred kilometers across
  4. particles produced in volcanic eruptions
  5. landform made of magma that hardened in a volcano's pipe
  6. type of basaltic lava that is cooler and slower moving
  7. type of basaltic lava that is hotter, and faster moving
  8. what forms in the crust and upper mantle when solid rock partially melts
  9. boundaries where volcanic activity occurs when plates pull apart
  10. an opening to the surface

20 Clues: broad and small slopes • an opening to the surface • substance's resistance to flow • a depression in a volcanic mountain • particles produced in volcanic eruptions • steep walled depression on top of volcano • volcanic activity that occurs within a plate • lava type that is very fluid and less viscous • small volcanoes built from pyroclastic material • ...

APES Crossword Puzzle Review :) 2022-05-07

APES Crossword Puzzle Review :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hides from others
  2. living
  3. exceeds carrying capacity
  4. nitrates into nitrogen gas
  5. variety of species in an ecosystem
  6. deposit at the mouth of a river (triangle)
  7. humans lions and whales
  8. is a mineral used in insolation that causes respiratory issues
  9. makes its own food
  10. comes from natural and replenishable resources
  11. finest soil
  12. a group of organisms that interact in an environment
  13. outermost shell of the atmosphere
  14. a species that does not belong
  15. status of an organism within its community
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  1. degrading of land due to human actions
  2. benefits one not the other
  3. types of plates that move away from each other
  4. day to day variation in temp, precipitation, air pressure etc
  5. produces glucose from CO2 and water
  6. is a widespread source of pollution
  7. preys on others
  8. a type of species that serves as a warning for a damaged ecosystem
  9. is the build-up of pollutants or a substance up a food chain
  10. gaseous mass surrounding the Earth
  11. a layer of soil

26 Clues: living • finest soil • preys on others • a layer of soil • hides from others • makes its own food • humans lions and whales • exceeds carrying capacity • benefits one not the other • nitrates into nitrogen gas • a species that does not belong • outermost shell of the atmosphere • variety of species in an ecosystem • gaseous mass surrounding the Earth • produces glucose from CO2 and water • ...

APES Crossword Puzzle Review :) 2022-05-07

APES Crossword Puzzle Review :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hides from others
  2. living
  3. exceeds carrying capacity
  4. nitrates into nitrogen gas
  5. variety of species in an ecosystem
  6. deposit at the mouth of a river (triangle)
  7. humans lions and whales
  8. is a mineral used in insolation that causes respiratory issues
  9. makes its own food
  10. comes from natural and replenishable resources
  11. finest soil
  12. a group of organisms that interact in an environment
  13. outermost shell of the atmosphere
  14. a species that does not belong
  15. status of an organism within its community
Down
  1. degrading of land due to human actions
  2. benefits one not the other
  3. types of plates that move away from each other
  4. day to day variation in temp, precipitation, air pressure etc
  5. produces glucose from CO2 and water
  6. is a widespread source of pollution
  7. preys on others
  8. a type of species that serves as a warning for a damaged ecosystem
  9. is the build-up of pollutants or a substance up a food chain
  10. gaseous mass surrounding the Earth
  11. a layer of soil

26 Clues: living • finest soil • preys on others • a layer of soil • hides from others • makes its own food • humans lions and whales • exceeds carrying capacity • benefits one not the other • nitrates into nitrogen gas • a species that does not belong • outermost shell of the atmosphere • variety of species in an ecosystem • gaseous mass surrounding the Earth • produces glucose from CO2 and water • ...

Lithosphere 2022-04-20

Lithosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary type where most volcanoes formed
  2. sea waves triggered from an earthquake
  3. rock forms from extreme heat and pressure
  4. point in earth where an earthquake starts
  5. small quake before a major earthquake
  6. amount of pore space available, empty space
  7. rock types are classified by their
  8. igneous rock type that forms on the surface
  9. the study of earthquake waves is called
  10. one of the 4 types of erosion we discussed
  11. largest of the 3 particles that make up soil
  12. igneous rocks formed inside of the earth
Down
  1. process of one plate forced underneath
  2. type of weathering from chemical reactions
  3. the driving force that causes plates to move
  4. dangerous volcano type and very explosive
  5. fastest waves, travel through solids/liquids
  6. slowest seismic waves and most destructive
  7. rock forms from layers, pressure, and time
  8. fault where the hanging wall moves down
  9. the plates move away from each other
  10. rock forms from magma/lava cooling over time
  11. sudden release of energy along a fault line
  12. molten material found inside the earth
  13. volcano type with small slope and slow lava

25 Clues: rock types are classified by their • the plates move away from each other • small quake before a major earthquake • process of one plate forced underneath • sea waves triggered from an earthquake • molten material found inside the earth • fault where the hanging wall moves down • the study of earthquake waves is called • igneous rocks formed inside of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heated lower rock that rises toward the top because it is less dense than the surrounding mantle rock.
  2. Greek for "All Land"
  3. cause the plates to move from the heat going up and cooling down
  4. lava flows underwater
  5. two plates slide past one another
  6. valley on the ocean floor
  7. - plates come together
  8. rock moving against rock along a fault causing the rock surface to become polished
  9. Idea that continents move around on Earth's Surface
Down
  1. theory explaining how the pieces of Earth's Surface move
  2. striped patterns that are formed in patterns as magnetic materials in the new rocks cool
  3. long chain of undersea mountains
  4. large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move other the asthenosphere
  5. plates move apart
  6. thin lithospheric plates that dense
  7. thick lithospheric plates that are less dense
  8. German Scientist and Arctic Explorer who suggested the concept of continental drift
  9. geophysicist and naval officer mapped the ocean floor
  10. hypothesis that new floor is created and continents are pushed apart from each other
  11. process that involves plates sinking into the mantle

20 Clues: plates move apart • Greek for "All Land" • lava flows underwater • - plates come together • valley on the ocean floor • long chain of undersea mountains • two plates slide past one another • thin lithospheric plates that dense • thick lithospheric plates that are less dense • Idea that continents move around on Earth's Surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The remains of a prehistoric organism
  2. When plates come together
  3. When plates move away from each other
  4. Valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  5. When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land
  6. When molten material is added to make new oceanic crust
  7. The theory that Earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion
  8. How scientists study the inside of Earth since we can’t drill down that far
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  1. Produced when 2 continental plates collide
  2. Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift
  3. When oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. Causes the plates to move
  5. Theory of how the continents spread away from each other
  6. When plates slip past each other
  7. 3rd layer of Earth that is very hot, yet solid where convection currents are
  8. Where seafloor spreading begins
  9. Measure of how much mass there is in an object
  10. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slipped past each other
  11. Supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  12. What scientists use to explore the ocean floor

20 Clues: Causes the plates to move • When plates come together • Where seafloor spreading begins • When plates slip past each other • The remains of a prehistoric organism • When plates move away from each other • Produced when 2 continental plates collide • When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land • Measure of how much mass there is in an object • ...

Earthy Things 2018-03-07

Earthy Things crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When plates move into each other
  2. Plates that move away from each other
  3. A large volcano that is in the shape of a shield
  4. A volcano that exploded in the state of Washington
  5. A scientist who studies earthquakes
  6. The largest volcano in the solar system
  7. The largest volcano that can leave areas in destruction for lifetimes
  8. A fault line that is in California
  9. When two or more plates shift causing the Earth to shake
Down
  1. The largest volcano on Hawaii
  2. A small volcano that has the shape of a cone
  3. An area in the Pacific Ocean that has many volcano and earthquakes
  4. A scientist that studies volcanoes
  5. A site in america with one of the strongest super volcanoes in the world
  6. A large destructive volcano
  7. A large mountain with magma inside
  8. The scale that measures the strength of a volcano
  9. When to plates shift around each other
  10. The scale that measures the strength of an earthquake
  11. Islands that were made by volcanoes and still have live volcanoes in the U.S.

20 Clues: A large destructive volcano • The largest volcano on Hawaii • When plates move into each other • A scientist that studies volcanoes • A large mountain with magma inside • A fault line that is in California • A scientist who studies earthquakes • Plates that move away from each other • When to plates shift around each other • The largest volcano in the solar system • ...

-ent 2019-10-04

-ent crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An act or instance of placing
  2. The act or process of advertising something
  3. One that replaces another especially in a job or function
  4. An agreement or pledge to do something in the future
  5. A penalty inflicted on an offender through judicial procedure
  6. A reason given for or against a matter under discussion
  7. A major administrative division of a government
  8. The outlay of money usually for income or profit
  9. Submissive to the restraint or command of authority
Down
  1. The part of a building that is wholly or partly below ground level
  2. The state of being arranged
  3. Recognition or favorable notice of an act or achievement
  4. The act or process of improving
  5. Moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  6. The act or fact of agreeing
  7. Amusement or diversion provided especially by performers
  8. A particular instance or manner of moving
  9. A series of games or contests that make up a single unit of competition
  10. An expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration
  11. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end

20 Clues: The state of being arranged • The act or fact of agreeing • An act or instance of placing • The act or process of improving • A particular instance or manner of moving • The act or process of advertising something • Judicious use of means to accomplish an end • A major administrative division of a government • The outlay of money usually for income or profit • ...

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 2023-05-25

Volcanoes and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of waves deal the most damage?
  2. What type of waves only go through solids?
  3. What does is mean if a volcano has recent activity?
  4. What is magma called when it reaches the surface?
  5. What is the center of the earthquake?
  6. What type of waves go through both solids and liquids?
  7. 9.5 is the highest recorded magnitude __________.
  8. Speed, damage, and _________ are all things that classify earthquakes.
  9. What city was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius?
Down
  1. What scale is used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake?
  2. What type of faults move horizontally?
  3. What type of faults are convergent?
  4. What is lava called that hasn't reached the surface?
  5. What type of faults are divergent?
  6. What is the term for a volcano that hasn't been active?
  7. What type of volcano is Mauna Loa?
  8. What is it called if a volcano will not be active for eternity?
  9. What is located directly above the focus?
  10. What do seismic waves do as they get further from the focus?
  11. What is the abbreviation of the scale we use to measure volcanoes?

20 Clues: What type of faults are divergent? • What type of volcano is Mauna Loa? • What type of faults are convergent? • What is the center of the earthquake? • What type of faults move horizontally? • What type of waves deal the most damage? • What city was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius? • What is located directly above the focus? • What type of waves only go through solids? • ...

Final Review Crossword 2023-05-16

Final Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dude who came up with continental drift
  2. air mass that is over water and warm
  3. can occur at a transform boundary
  4. where warm ocean currents generally come from
  5. cloud term that means lowest altitude
  6. cloud prefix that means middle
  7. evidence includes age of the Hawaiian Islands and chains of seamounts
  8. air mass that is over land and warm
  9. cloud prefix that means high
  10. place where tectonic plates are spreading apart
  11. zone where one plate moves underneath another
Down
  1. air mass that is oceanic and cold
  2. why glaciers (or anything else) moves downhill
  3. boundary type where two plates are spreading apart
  4. cloud droplets form around this
  5. cloud prefix that means rain bearing
  6. boundary type that includes a strike slip fault
  7. type of energy that includes coal, uranium, and natural gas
  8. what rates of decay are, thus we can use radiometric dating
  9. effect that is caused by the earth's rotation
  10. current that is the reason tectonic plates are moving
  11. fossil used to determine relative age

22 Clues: cloud prefix that means high • cloud prefix that means middle • cloud droplets form around this • air mass that is oceanic and cold • can occur at a transform boundary • air mass that is over land and warm • cloud prefix that means rain bearing • air mass that is over water and warm • cloud term that means lowest altitude • fossil used to determine relative age • ...

Volcanism 2023-05-08

Volcanism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. World's most active volcano that is located over a hot spot
  2. stress that pulls a material apart
  3. stress that decreases the volume of a material
  4. Corresponds to the outline of the Pacific plate
  5. Huge flood basalt located in India; could have contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs
  6. opening of a volcano
  7. oldest Hawaiian island that no longer sits above a hot spot
  8. smaller belt which includes Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius
  9. National Park that sits atop of a large volcanic basin
Down
  1. basalts form when lava flows out of long cracks in Earth's crust
  2. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  3. total force acting on crustal rocks per unit of area
  4. stress that causes material to twist
  5. a bowl-shaped depression at the top of the volcano
  6. lava reaches the surface by traveling through a tube-like structure
  7. basalts located in the northwestern United States
  8. slushy mixture of molten rock, mineral crystals, and gases
  9. larger depression than a crater
  10. deformation of materials in response to stress
  11. plate boundaries that move apart

20 Clues: opening of a volcano • larger depression than a crater • plate boundaries that move apart • magma that reaches Earth's surface • stress that pulls a material apart • stress that causes material to twist • stress that decreases the volume of a material • deformation of materials in response to stress • Corresponds to the outline of the Pacific plate • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-11-09

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Related to the study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  2. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, causing seismic waves.
  3. The study of the Earth's structure and the movement of its lithospheric plates.
  4. A fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred.
  5. Type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other.
  7. The semi-fluid layer beneath the Earth's lithosphere.
  8. The result of two tectonic plates moving toward each other and meeting.
  9. The layer of the Earth below the crust.
  10. Relating to the Earth's landmasses.
Down
  1. A mountain that erupts molten rock, ash, and gases.
  2. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  3. A specific mid-ocean ridge that separates tectonic plates.
  4. A crack or fissure in the Earth's crust.
  5. Earth's outermost layer.
  6. A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere.
  7. Where two tectonic plates meet.
  8. The rigid outer layer of the Earth.
  9. Process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
  10. Relating to the Earth's ocean basins.

20 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • Where two tectonic plates meet. • The rigid outer layer of the Earth. • Relating to the Earth's landmasses. • Relating to the Earth's ocean basins. • The layer of the Earth below the crust. • A crack or fissure in the Earth's crust. • A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere. • A mountain that erupts molten rock, ash, and gases. • ...

Plate motion by Sid 2023-11-02

Plate motion by Sid crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  2. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. evidence of life from the past
  4. a natural spring that sends and steam suddenly into the air from the ground
  5. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  6. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  7. the sudden pushing out of something
  8. moving apart in different directions
  9. moving toward the same place
  10. a diagram that’s shows the inside of something
Down
  1. a sudden shaking of Earths surface
  2. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  3. one of the very large sections of hard,solid rock that make up Earths outer layer
  4. any of Earths main continuous areas of land
  5. the place where two plates meet
  6. an underwater mountain range formed Whalen two plates move apart
  7. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier
  8. hard solid rock that is underneath the soil,vegetation, and Water
  9. how often or fast something happens
  10. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earths plates

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • evidence of life from the past • the place where two plates meet • a sudden shaking of Earths surface • the sudden pushing out of something • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...

Vocab 2023-12-12

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lots of time in the library to become this
  2. the valedictorian does this
  3. the mechanical talk at the auto shop
  4. The bank robber is aware of the consequences
  5. what you created in the basement
  6. When you breakup with someone
  7. the amount of money Bezos has
  8. the president talking to me
  9. The southern accent you have
  10. follow this and you'll get an A
  11. for Ms. Hartman this is technology
  12. realizing something crazy
  13. The two did not get a long for their project
  14. Ted Talk speakers poses this
  15. written in stone
Down
  1. don't preach to me
  2. you'll get thrown out of a sports game for these penalties
  3. Ms. Hartmans fan
  4. the formal paper that was ten pages
  5. Ms. Hartman learning Italian
  6. you and your fourth cousin
  7. Whatever goes on in the creepy house no one comes out of
  8. the score keeper at the basketball game does this
  9. Have this for your grandpa
  10. you cant agree
  11. Ms. Hartman and a great teacher

26 Clues: you cant agree • Ms. Hartmans fan • written in stone • don't preach to me • realizing something crazy • you and your fourth cousin • Have this for your grandpa • the valedictorian does this • the president talking to me • Ms. Hartman learning Italian • The southern accent you have • Ted Talk speakers poses this • When you breakup with someone • the amount of money Bezos has • ...

English crossword puzzle 2023-12-12

English crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The antonym of going down.
  2. College professors
  3. Sometimes people don't understand that I am trying to be nice.
  4. You learn this at a young age so your a good friend
  5. What you learn in school
  6. Death
  7. When you lay in bed and get a realization about two events
  8. The writer writes a big .....
  9. Holding the door at retirement home
  10. Hanging out with them is extremely annoying.
  11. I won't date you unless you check the boxes on my check list
Down
  1. I don't understand what your saying
  2. You want to speak with ...
  3. Being stuck at the airport at 2 am
  4. Teachers teach children, however, teachers also learn from their students
  5. A fork in the road.
  6. In almost every move they always face a ....
  7. People don't understand why they try and make English more difficult by adding more words.
  8. grave
  9. I took speech and debate to learn this skill
  10. einstein
  11. Your total GPA
  12. When I make this crossword I am ...
  13. Best friends keep secrets
  14. I have no clue what is going to happen in the future

25 Clues: Death • grave • einstein • Your total GPA • College professors • A fork in the road. • What you learn in school • Best friends keep secrets • You want to speak with ... • The antonym of going down. • The writer writes a big ..... • Being stuck at the airport at 2 am • I don't understand what your saying • When I make this crossword I am ... • Holding the door at retirement home • ...

Amplify - Plate Motion 2023-09-19

Amplify - Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the place where two plates meet
  2. hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth
  3. a diagram that shows that shows what the inside of something looks like
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. how often or fast something happens
  6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth'sp plates
  7. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  8. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  9. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor
Down
  1. evidence of life from the past
  2. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  3. the outside or top layer of something
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  7. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land
  8. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  9. is a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  10. a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface
  11. is hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • evidence of life from the past • the place where two plates meet • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface • hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth • Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock • ...

SAT COLLEGE BOARD VOCAB 2024-07-31

SAT COLLEGE BOARD VOCAB crossword puzzle
Across
  1. short account of event
  2. patronizing
  3. agreeable
  4. sharing of feelings
  5. pertaining to beauty
  6. follower of customs
  7. crowd of people
  8. theory requiring proof
  9. irritation, frustration
  10. outstanding
  11. misfortune
  12. long life
  13. dishonor, disgrace
  14. opponent
  15. to attribute to someone
  16. rash, impulsive
  17. flushed, ornate
  18. thrifty
  19. joy, exultation
  20. overused, cliched
  21. unavoidable, certain
  22. short-lived, as an image
  23. trivial
  24. act of refraining from
  25. extremely dry
  26. follow an example
  27. indirect, roundabout
  28. harmful
  29. rabble-rousing leader
Down
  1. tiring, weakening
  2. provisional, contingent
  3. momentary, fleeting
  4. honesty, decency
  5. sanctuary
  6. arrogant, condescending
  7. friendly, helpful
  8. shorten, abridge
  9. nameless
  10. high praise
  11. sympathy, mercy
  12. instinctive, untaught
  13. guilt diminishing
  14. fearless, adventurous
  15. unable to work together
  16. joining of parts
  17. to settle differences
  18. pleasure seeker
  19. trust among friends
  20. to regard with scorn
  21. hard-working
  22. improve, augment
  23. straying from main point
  24. variant, moving apart
  25. able to see the future
  26. lucky
  27. to work together
  28. hard-working
  29. out-of-date
  30. persuader of legislators
  31. to criticize harshly

60 Clues: lucky • thrifty • trivial • harmful • nameless • opponent • agreeable • sanctuary • long life • misfortune • patronizing • outstanding • high praise • out-of-date • hard-working • hard-working • extremely dry • crowd of people • sympathy, mercy • pleasure seeker • rash, impulsive • flushed, ornate • joy, exultation • honesty, decency • shorten, abridge • joining of parts • improve, augment • to work together • tiring, weakening • ...

hyTectonic plates 2022-06-07

hyTectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot fluid below or within earths crust
  2. when where tectonic plates actually discovered
  3. how many years have tectonic plates been known
  4. the most common underwater tectonic plate
  5. the most common tectonic plate movement
  6. the man who discovered tectonic plates
  7. the location where two plates meet
  8. the plates that make up earths atmosphere
  9. the movement of earths crust drifting
Down
  1. the one type of tectonic plate movement that starts with a c
  2. the one type of tectonic plate movement that starts with a D
  3. most likely result from plate movement
  4. how much tectonic plates can move up to
  5. the layer of hot solid rock underneath earth's plates
  6. kilometers how deep tectonic plates can go
  7. the heat from radio active processes within the planets interiot that causes the plates to move
  8. when one tectonic plate moves under another
  9. how many types of tectonic plates there are
  10. how many tectonic plates there are
  11. how tectonic plates where discovered
  12. when tectonic plates in the ocean floor collide together
  13. the one type of tectonic plate movement that starts with t

22 Clues: how many tectonic plates there are • the location where two plates meet • how tectonic plates where discovered • the movement of earths crust drifting • hot fluid below or within earths crust • most likely result from plate movement • the man who discovered tectonic plates • how much tectonic plates can move up to • the most common tectonic plate movement • ...

CHAPTER 5: Lessons 1 - 3 2024-02-22

CHAPTER 5: Lessons 1 - 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. USING INFO FROM AT LEAST 3 STATIONS TO FIND AN EPICENTER.
  2. CONTINENTAL DRIFT IS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE FROM ROCKS AND ___________.
  3. TYPE OF CRUST MADE OF BASALT.
  4. MOUNTAINS IN AN OCEAN, MID-OCEAN _________.
  5. CRACK IN THE LITHOSPHERE.
  6. SCIENTIST WHO PROPOSED CONTINENTAL DRIFT HYPOTHESIS.
  7. SCALE USED TO MEASURE AN EARTHQUAKE'S MAGNITUDE.
  8. AMOUNT OF LARGE PLATES ON EARTH'S CRUST.
  9. SCALE USED TO MEASURE AN EARTHQUAKE'S INTENSITY.
  10. POINT WHERE EARTHQUAKE OCCURS.
  11. POINT ON THE SURFACE ABOVE WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE STARTS.
  12. TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE THAT MOVES SLOWER THAN BODY WAVES.
  13. WHEN PLATES MAKE SUDDEN CONTACT.
Down
  1. TRANSFER OF ENERGY THROUGH A LIQUID OR GAS.
  2. WHEN ONE PLATE EDGE SINKS UNDER ANOTHER.
  3. PIECES OF EARTH'S CRUST.
  4. INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD EARTH'S VIBRATIONS.
  5. THE SUPERCONTINENT.
  6. BOUNDARY WHEN PLATES MOVE APART.
  7. AMOUNT OF ENERGY RELEASED DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.
  8. VALLEY IN AN OCEAN.
  9. BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER.
  10. TYPE OF WAVE THAT TRAVELS THROUGH EARTH.
  11. BIGGEST LAYER OF EARTH.
  12. CRUST AND THE UPPER PART OF THE MANTLE.
  13. MELTED ROCK UNDER EARTH'S SURFACE.

26 Clues: THE SUPERCONTINENT. • VALLEY IN AN OCEAN. • BIGGEST LAYER OF EARTH. • PIECES OF EARTH'S CRUST. • CRACK IN THE LITHOSPHERE. • TYPE OF CRUST MADE OF BASALT. • POINT WHERE EARTHQUAKE OCCURS. • BOUNDARY WHEN PLATES MOVE APART. • WHEN PLATES MAKE SUDDEN CONTACT. • MELTED ROCK UNDER EARTH'S SURFACE. • CRUST AND THE UPPER PART OF THE MANTLE. • WHEN ONE PLATE EDGE SINKS UNDER ANOTHER. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  2. - type of boundary between two colliding plates
  3. -currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. - when two plates move away from each other
  5. - South America matches up with this continent.
  6. - the other result of plate tectonics
  7. - the scientist who is most known for the continental drift theory
  8. - the outer most layer of earth
  9. - the lithosphere is divided into...
  10. - what element makes up most of the Earth's core
Down
  1. - the Earth is made up of these and they are constantly moving along above the mantle.
  2. - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core.
  3. - evidence of dead plants and animals
  4. - this idea developed in the 20th century
  5. - result of plate tectonics
  6. - the Earth's crust is divided into plates that shift over time.
  7. - this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions
  8. - continents fit together like_______ pieces
  9. - the super continent was called
  10. - the layer of Earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement

20 Clues: - result of plate tectonics • - the outer most layer of earth • - the super continent was called • - the lithosphere is divided into... • - evidence of dead plants and animals • - the other result of plate tectonics • - this idea developed in the 20th century • - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core. • - when two plates move away from each other • ...

Geol 110: Exam 1 Review 2024-09-23

Geol 110: Exam 1 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where new sea floor is created
  2. Causes tectonic plates to move (2-words)
  3. Boundary type associated with hydrothermal metamorphism
  4. Increase in sea level
  5. Low viscosity lavas are _________.
  6. Cycle describing the opening and closing of an ocean basin
  7. Breaking apart rocks
  8. The stage of the Wilson Cycle during which a narrow sea continues to get smaller
  9. Boundary type associated with regional metamorphism
  10. Igneous texture with small crystals
  11. Phaneritic rocks are ___________.
  12. The Red Sea is in this stage of the Wilson Cycle.
  13. The most dangerous type of volcano
  14. Sediment size typically found in the deep ocean
  15. High grade metamorphic rock
  16. The largest type of volcano
Down
  1. Melting caused by a decrease in pressure
  2. Volcanic hazard associated with mafic magma (2-words)
  3. Boundary characterized by a deep ocean trench and mountain range
  4. Process that alters the composition of a magma
  5. Poorly sorted material is ____________.
  6. Published Continental Drift in 1915
  7. Dominate rock in the valley and ridge
  8. Volcanic activity far from a tectonic boundary (2-words)
  9. Planes of weakness in a mineral
  10. Magma associated with dangerous volcanic eruptions
  11. Ultramafic mineral

27 Clues: Ultramafic mineral • Breaking apart rocks • Increase in sea level • High grade metamorphic rock • The largest type of volcano • Planes of weakness in a mineral • Phaneritic rocks are ___________. • Low viscosity lavas are _________. • The most dangerous type of volcano • Published Continental Drift in 1915 • Igneous texture with small crystals • ...

CLASS 8 CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACTIVITY 2024-10-24

CLASS 8 CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACTIVITY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the fact of being given honour and respect by people
  2. to go against or refuse to obey a law, agreement, etc.
  3. uncomfortable and ashamed, especially in a social situation
  4. an act of laughing out loudly with pleasure
  5. likely to happen very soon
  6. a small area of trees growing together
  7. hard, boring work
  8. behaving in a proud unpleasant way
  9. sad because you are away from home and you miss your family
  10. an animal especially one that is large or dangerous
  11. to offer to do something without being forced to do it
  12. reserved, uncommunicative
Down
  1. having a lot of different parts and small details that fit together
  2. having enough skill or knowledge to do something well
  3. able to do things and make decisions without help from anyone else
  4. a failure to do something that must be done by law
  5. to eat all of something quickly because you are hungry
  6. developing or moving in different directions becoming less similar
  7. a dark red colour
  8. to read something, especially in a careful way

20 Clues: a dark red colour • hard, boring work • reserved, uncommunicative • likely to happen very soon • behaving in a proud unpleasant way • a small area of trees growing together • an act of laughing out loudly with pleasure • to read something, especially in a careful way • a failure to do something that must be done by law • an animal especially one that is large or dangerous • ...

Evolution 2025-01-08

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. charlie d's ship
  2. structures leftover from ancestors but have little or no use
  3. structures in different species are similar
  4. type of selection that is survival of the fittest
  5. someone else does the selecting
  6. change over time
  7. random chance event causes loss of allele freq. (2words)
  8. chose your desired mate type of selection
  9. effect where individuals become first in a new area
  10. evolution not from common ancestor
  11. evolution from common ancestor
  12. isolation type where a population becomes physically separated
  13. collection of alleles in a pop. (2words)
Down
  1. isolation type where organisms do or don't mate based on their actions
  2. pacific islands where evidence for evolution was first conceived
  3. ability to survive and reproduce
  4. leads to new species because organisms can't mate (2words)
  5. evolution can occur if DNA doesn't change
  6. isolation type that depends on mating time/season
  7. effect that reduces pop. and recovered pop has diff. allele freq.
  8. similar structures that evolved independent of each other
  9. preserved remains
  10. organisms initially develop very similarly
  11. father of evolution
  12. all living things have this
  13. increases fitness

26 Clues: charlie d's ship • change over time • preserved remains • increases fitness • father of evolution • all living things have this • evolution from common ancestor • someone else does the selecting • ability to survive and reproduce • evolution not from common ancestor • collection of alleles in a pop. (2words) • evolution can occur if DNA doesn't change • ...

Biology Bingo Natural Selection 2025-03-21

Biology Bingo Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organisms whose cells have a nucleus.
  2. Process where unrelated species develop similar traits.
  3. The study of how embryos develop.
  4. Process where humans choose which animals reproduce to create the animal we want.
  5. Features between species that evolved independently.
  6. Type of adaptation when organisms develop different physical traits.
  7. Random change in allele frequency.
  8. when a population evolves into a different species.
  9. Structures that have similar physical features.
  10. Genes that are found on chromosomes.
  11. evolutionary change due to multiple species' interactions.
Down
  1. When two or more similar species become different over time.
  2. Structures that have features that were once useful to their ancestors but are now useless.
  3. Type of adaptation when organisms act differently.
  4. Type of reproduction where a parent produces offspring that are identical to itself.
  5. organisms whose cells have no nucleus.
  6. The end of an entire species on earth.
  7. When an organism becomes better suited to its environment.
  8. Type of reproduction where two parents contribute genetic information to produce offspring.
  9. Movement of genetic material between populations.

20 Clues: The study of how embryos develop. • Random change in allele frequency. • Genes that are found on chromosomes. • Organisms whose cells have a nucleus. • organisms whose cells have no nucleus. • The end of an entire species on earth. • Structures that have similar physical features. • Movement of genetic material between populations. • ...

Cognitive Concepts 2025-01-27

Cognitive Concepts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Applying knowledge to real-world situations effectively
  2. A type of thinking involving careful consideration for deeper understanding
  3. Considering facts without personal bias
  4. A type of thinking that uses structured reasoning for valid conclusions
  5. Being receptive to new ideas and different perspectives
  6. Following organized procedures to solve problems
  7. A type of thinking that processes direct observations and tangible experiences
  8. A type of thinking that breaks down complex information systematically
  9. Making judgments based on careful thought and evidence
  10. A type of thinking dealing with theoretical concepts and ideas
  11. A type of thinking that generates multiple unique solutions or ideas
  12. Understanding abstract ideas and relationships
Down
  1. Adapting approaches based on new information
  2. A type of thinking that draws conclusions based on evidence
  3. A type of thinking focused on finding the single best solution to a problem
  4. A type of thinking that evaluates information to make reasoned judgments
  5. Developing new and original solutions to problems
  6. Eagerly seeking new knowledge and understanding
  7. A type of thinking that produces original and valuable ideas
  8. Making decisions based on reason rather than emotions

20 Clues: Considering facts without personal bias • Adapting approaches based on new information • Understanding abstract ideas and relationships • Eagerly seeking new knowledge and understanding • Following organized procedures to solve problems • Developing new and original solutions to problems • Making decisions based on reason rather than emotions • ...

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2025-01-28

CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - "The correspondence of a statement to reality."
  2. - "A logical statement of the form 'if P, then Q.'"
  3. - "A thinking style that breaks down problems into smaller parts."
  4. - "Thinking that narrows down to a single, correct answer."
  5. - "A compound statement formed using 'and'."
  6. - "A declarative statement that is either true or false."
  7. - "Organized thinking that follows a structured approach."
  8. - "The process of deriving logical conclusions from premises."
  9. - "Thinking that deals with concepts and ideas, not physical objects."
  10. - "Thinking that explores multiple possible solutions."
  11. - "Thinking focused on generating new ideas or solutions."
Down
  1. - "A property of an argument where the conclusion logically follows the premises."
  2. - "Awareness and control of one's own thinking processes."
  3. - "Type of thinking that evaluates evidence logically."
  4. - "A statement used as the basis for an argument."
  5. - "A logical operation that reverses the truth value of a proposition."
  6. - "A form of reasoning with two premises and a conclusion."
  7. - "A compound statement formed using 'or'."
  8. - "Thinking about past experiences to improve future decisions."
  9. - "Practical thinking focused on real-world details."

20 Clues: - "A compound statement formed using 'or'." • - "A compound statement formed using 'and'." • - "The correspondence of a statement to reality." • - "A statement used as the basis for an argument." • - "A logical statement of the form 'if P, then Q.'" • - "Practical thinking focused on real-world details." • - "Type of thinking that evaluates evidence logically." • ...

First Six Weeks 2025-09-15

First Six Weeks crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Economy controlled by the government
  2. all the water
  3. when plates push together to form mountains
  4. government ruled by one person or party
  5. government with voting and rights protected
  6. Private businesses competing for profits
  7. lines that measure how far east or west a place is
  8. measures standard of living
  9. large changes in temperature; seasons
  10. when plates pull apart and form rift valleys
  11. dry; very little rain
  12. flowing body of fresh water
Down
  1. all the life on earth
  2. when land is carried away, such as how canyons are formed
  3. lines that measure how far north or south a place is
  4. land sticking out into the water
  5. way of life for a group of people
  6. when leaders use their power for their own gain
  7. measures size of economy
  8. when land is moved, such as how river deltas are formed
  9. Places far from the Equator; usually very cold
  10. flat highlands
  11. Places near the Equator; usually warm and wet
  12. low land
  13. a part of the ocean almost surrounded by land

25 Clues: low land • all the water • flat highlands • all the life on earth • dry; very little rain • measures size of economy • measures standard of living • flowing body of fresh water • land sticking out into the water • way of life for a group of people • Economy controlled by the government • large changes in temperature; seasons • government ruled by one person or party • ...

Our Restless Planet 2025-06-03

Our Restless Planet crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanoes, new ocean floor and earthquakes form due to this movement
  2. molten rock below the Earth's surface
  3. the top part of a volcano
  4. the crust that is thick but light in weight
  5. the sudden shaking of the earth
  6. an earthquake causes more damage on this place
  7. the passage that lets magma out in a volcano
  8. molten rock outside the Earth's surface
  9. result in earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains
  10. an opening in the crust that lets lava come out
  11. plates slide past each other
Down
  1. where there is a lot of magma in a volcano
  2. used to measure an earthquake
  3. when an earthquake happens on an ocean floor
  4. contain molten rock and is constantly moving
  5. where an earthquake starts
  6. the layer at the center of the earth
  7. the passages that let magma out on the sides of a volcano
  8. the continuous circular movement of magma
  9. the crack that happen in the crust due to an earthquake
  10. the crust that is thin but heavy
  11. the thinnest layer of the earth

22 Clues: the top part of a volcano • where an earthquake starts • plates slide past each other • used to measure an earthquake • the sudden shaking of the earth • the thinnest layer of the earth • the crust that is thin but heavy • the layer at the center of the earth • molten rock below the Earth's surface • molten rock outside the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the uppermost layer of the earth
  2. melted rock on the earth's surface
  3. the process in which crust breaks apart
  4. a landform where two continental plates converge and crunch up
  5. a process caused by a divergent plate boundary
  6. a plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  8. the crust and uppermost mantle
  9. a vent on earth's surface in which magma come out
  10. the most recent super continent
Down
  1. when plates move because of plate tectonics
  2. the scientist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  3. a plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  4. when one plate dives under another plate
  5. shaking as a result of plate movement
  6. currents in the mantle that circulate magma and move tectonic plates
  7. a valley that forms at a subduction zone
  8. a theory of how our continents were made and move
  9. molten rock inside of the earth's crust
  10. a chain of underwater mountains
  11. where convection currents occur
  12. the division of earth's surface into sections

22 Clues: the crust and uppermost mantle • a chain of underwater mountains • where convection currents occur • the most recent super continent • the uppermost layer of the earth • melted rock on the earth's surface • shaking as a result of plate movement • the process in which crust breaks apart • molten rock inside of the earth's crust • when one plate dives under another plate • ...

RMS changing earth 2025-11-27

RMS changing earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcano A volcano formed over a plume of hot mantle
  2. A break or crack in Earth’s crust
  3. Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust
  4. A natural, nonliving solid with a crystal structure
  5. Large landforms created by uplift or collisions
  6. Where one plate sinks beneath another
  7. The dropping or settling of sediments
  8. Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor
  9. Earth’s thin, outermost layer
  10. Rock changed by heat and pressure
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  12. Rock formed from cooled magma or lava
Down
  1. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
  2. Openings in Earth where lava, ash, and gases erupt
  3. Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil
  4. Rock formed from compacted layers of sediments
  5. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. A large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes
  7. A supercontinent that existed long ago before breaking apart
  8. A naturally occurring solid made of minerals
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  10. The movement of rock pieces by wind, water, or ice

22 Clues: Earth’s thin, outermost layer • Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust • A break or crack in Earth’s crust • Rock changed by heat and pressure • Where one plate sinks beneath another • The dropping or settling of sediments • Rock formed from cooled magma or lava • Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor • Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. The upper solid layer of earth consisting of crust and upper mantle
  2. a valley created at divergent plate boundary

3 Clues: a valley created at divergent plate boundary • The upper solid layer of earth consisting of crust and upper mantle • a plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other

Tectonic Plates 2022-07-24

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : The process where the denser plate slides under the less dense plate
  2. : The solid outer part of the Earth
  3. : The process that controls the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time
  4. : A mountain that is formed due to plates moving, that shoots out magma
  5. : A ____ valley is formed when plates move apart from each other
  6. : The mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth
  7. : A new _____ is formed when two plates collide
Down
  1. : The process where two plates move apart from each other
  2. : The process where two plates slide past each other
  3. : The process where two plates collide

10 Clues: : The solid outer part of the Earth • : The process where two plates collide • : A new _____ is formed when two plates collide • : The process where two plates slide past each other • : The process where two plates move apart from each other • : A ____ valley is formed when plates move apart from each other • ...