divergent Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is rock made from magma or lava called?
  2. What kind of rock is created from intense heat and pressure?
  3. What is plate material that lies under the continents called?
  4. What ancient supercontinent was first conceptualized by Alfred Wegener?
  5. What plate boundary occurs when two plates grind together?
  6. What kind of rock is created from compacted sediments?
  7. What is an area of melted rock moving upwards in a plume called?
  8. What kind of plate boundary occurs when plates move apart?
  9. What is plate material that lies under the ocean basins called?
  10. What is it called when one plate goes under another?
Down
  1. What plate boundary occurs when two plates collide?
  2. What feature forms at a continental-continental convergent boundary?
  3. What type of igneous rock is created from cooled magma underground?
  4. What feature is created when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate?
  5. Where is new plate material created?
  6. What moves the tectonic plates?

16 Clues: What moves the tectonic plates? • Where is new plate material created? • What is rock made from magma or lava called? • What plate boundary occurs when two plates collide? • What is it called when one plate goes under another? • What kind of rock is created from compacted sediments? • What plate boundary occurs when two plates grind together? • ...

evolution 2022-05-16

evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The preference of fruit or flowers would be an example of this speciation
  2. White moth and black moth would be an example of this type of selection
  3. Rapid growth followed by no change for a long period of time
  4. Wings on a robin vs wings on a fly
  5. Ape like trait were found on this
  6. Used tools
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  1. This selection would make babies a certain size to ensure the baby and mother don't die.
  2. Another name for survival of the fittest
  3. Bird beaks changed shape from a common ancestor to reflect their diets
  4. This would be an example of a vestigial structure in humans
  5. This mechanism of speciation would be created by a mountain
  6. This type of radiation would show a organism diversifying into many new very quickly
  7. A humans bones in their hand compared to that of a whale
  8. Preserved evidence
  9. The origin of Species
  10. This type of evolution would say distantly related organisms develop similar bones structure

16 Clues: Used tools • Preserved evidence • The origin of Species • Ape like trait were found on this • Wings on a robin vs wings on a fly • Another name for survival of the fittest • A humans bones in their hand compared to that of a whale • This would be an example of a vestigial structure in humans • This mechanism of speciation would be created by a mountain • ...

Plate Tectonics review 2024-12-09

Plate Tectonics review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the theory that Alfred Wegener had that the continents were once all together and slowly moved over time
  2. rocks that move toward each other
  3. rocks move away from each other
  4. when two plates separate forming rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges
  5. the point within the Earth where the earthquake originates
  6. a scientist who discovered the theory of Pangaea
  7. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus
  8. measures the intensity or severity of an earthquake
  9. rocks slide past each other
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  1. powerful waves that are generated by an earthquake
  2. an instrument that measures and records details of an earthquake
  3. the ________ current is in the mantle layer of Earth
  4. scale measures the strength or magnitude of an earthquake
  5. when two plates collide or push together to form mountains, volcanoes, or island arcs
  6. the idea that continents were once joined then moved apart
  7. when two plates slide past each other forming fault lines and earthquakes

16 Clues: rocks slide past each other • rocks move away from each other • rocks that move toward each other • a scientist who discovered the theory of Pangaea • powerful waves that are generated by an earthquake • measures the intensity or severity of an earthquake • the ________ current is in the mantle layer of Earth • scale measures the strength or magnitude of an earthquake • ...

Plate Motion 2024-09-18

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  2. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  7. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  8. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
Down
  1. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and
  2. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something
  5. the outside or top layer of something
  6. when two plates are moving toward one another
  7. when two plates are moving away from one another
  8. how often or fast something happens

16 Clues: the place where two plates meet • how often or fast something happens • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • when two plates are moving toward one another • when two plates are moving away from one another • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Illia Sulkov 5th 2023-12-06

Illia Sulkov 5th crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of lava has lower viscosity and cooler heat than the other type of lava?
  2. this type of wave moves very fast in a push pull motion
  3. this is the point within the earth where two tectonic plates collide
  4. this type of fault occurs at a convergent boundary
  5. what scale measures seismic wave intensity?
  6. resistance to flow
  7. what scale measures observable damage?
  8. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere
  9. what scale measures the intensity of volcanic eruptions?
Down
  1. this type of fault occurs at divergent plate boundary
  2. this is the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus
  3. what type of lava has low viscosity and high heat?
  4. this type of fault occurs at a transform boundary
  5. a device that measures earthquakes
  6. this type of wave moves slower in an up and down motion
  7. this is a large wave that is a result of an underwater earthquake or volcano?

16 Clues: resistance to flow • a device that measures earthquakes • what scale measures observable damage? • a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere • what scale measures seismic wave intensity? • this type of fault occurs at a transform boundary • what type of lava has low viscosity and high heat? • this type of fault occurs at a convergent boundary • ...

Michael Allen- 5 2023-12-07

Michael Allen- 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that reaches the Earth's surface.
  2. The scale that measures the entensity of a valcano.
  3. A layer apart of the crust in-between the crust and the mantle.
  4. A volcano that has not erupted for a long time but is expected too erupt in the future.
  5. The point on the surface directly above the focus.
  6. A place where plate boundaries meet in the Pacific ocean.
  7. When oceanic crust sinks under continental crust.
  8. The device that measures seismic waves.
  9. When soil/rock gets saturated with liquid.
Down
  1. When two plate boundaries move toward each other.
  2. A cycle in the mantle that consists of hot mantle floating and cold mantle falling.
  3. A ball of solid iron and nickel in the center of the earth.
  4. When two plate boundaries move away from each other.
  5. When two plate boundaries slide past each other.
  6. This scale that measures observable damage.
  7. The thinnest and outermost layer of the earth.

16 Clues: Magma that reaches the Earth's surface. • The device that measures seismic waves. • When soil/rock gets saturated with liquid. • This scale that measures observable damage. • The thinnest and outermost layer of the earth. • When two plate boundaries slide past each other. • When two plate boundaries move toward each other. • ...

tectonic plate 2022-03-23

tectonic plate crossword puzzle
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  1. a fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and geological history.
  2. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  3. arcs/ a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin.
  4. when one tectonic plate moves under another.
  5. sudden movement along faults within the Earth.
  6. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  7. Earth's tectonic plates converge
  8. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  9. The heat from radioactive processes within the planet's interior
Down
  1. fault boundaries/ plates slide past one another without the production or destruction of crust.
  2. one of the large pieces of the surface of the earth that move separately.
  3. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
  4. he rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.
  7. mountain ranges/ mid-ocean ridge.

16 Clues: Earth's tectonic plates converge • mountain ranges/ mid-ocean ridge. • when one tectonic plate moves under another. • sudden movement along faults within the Earth. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • ...

Earth and Space 2022-10-17

Earth and Space crossword puzzle
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  1. : the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
  2. :The total amount of water on the planet
  3. : the biosphere is made up of the parts of Earth where life exists
  4. : where two plates move away from each other
  5. TECTONICS: a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of earths subterranean movements
  6. DRIFT: the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  7. TRENCHES: long, narrow depressions on the see-floor
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  1. :the planet on which we live.
  2. : motion in which all points on a wave oscillate along paths at right angles to the direction of the wave's advance
  3. WAVES: an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion
  4. : first supercontinent named ...
  5. : the rocky outer part of Earth
  6. :shaking of the earth
  7. : an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  8. : big wave. very destructive
  9. : lots of swirly wind, often comes with a large storm

16 Clues: :shaking of the earth • : big wave. very destructive • :the planet on which we live. • : the rocky outer part of Earth • : first supercontinent named ... • :The total amount of water on the planet • : where two plates move away from each other • TRENCHES: long, narrow depressions on the see-floor • : lots of swirly wind, often comes with a large storm • ...

laughter is the best medicine 2022-12-27

laughter is the best medicine crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To kill smb famous or important
  2. A meal which is especially large and good
  3. Used to describe someone from a noble, aristocratic or wealthy family
  4. Of superior quality, the best
  5. A statement in which you admit that smth is true or that you have done smth wrong
  6. The phrase is said when you want to start speaking seriously about smth after making jokes and laughing about it
  7. A small part of smth that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten
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  1. To finally be successful, win an argument etc, after other people have earlier criticised you, defeated you
  2. Used to describe men used as labourers, or factory workers
  3. To feel sad
  4. Extremely funny
  5. A sudden forceful expression of emotion (anger, laughter, etc.)
  6. Different
  7. The fact that smth is strange of unsuitable in a particular situation(formal)
  8. Likely to spread to others or to affect others; infectious
  9. A trick, especially one which is played on someone to make them look silly

16 Clues: Different • To feel sad • Extremely funny • Of superior quality, the best • To kill smb famous or important • A meal which is especially large and good • Used to describe men used as labourers, or factory workers • Likely to spread to others or to affect others; infectious • A sudden forceful expression of emotion (anger, laughter, etc.) • ...

DIVERGENT(ANTONYM) Created by MIA TRIANA 2024-09-05

DIVERGENT(ANTONYM) Created by MIA TRIANA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. brainwashed
  2. good
  3. pretty
  4. powerful
  5. new
Down
  1. except
  2. romance
  3. insurgent
  4. love
  5. enemies

10 Clues: new • good • love • except • pretty • romance • enemies • powerful • insurgent • brainwashed

Plate Tectonics Practice Activity 2022-04-27

Plate Tectonics Practice Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary type where plates push away
Down
  1. The boundary type where plates slide past
  2. the denser plate type
  3. The boundary type where plates push together

4 Clues: the denser plate type • The boundary type where plates push away • The boundary type where plates slide past • The boundary type where plates push together

10/17/2024 2024-10-17

10/17/2024 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is Cleo's favorite NFL team?
  2. How many continents has Adam visited?
  3. How many years has Kasen played the piano?
Down
  1. What is Erika's favorite movie?

4 Clues: What is Erika's favorite movie? • What is Cleo's favorite NFL team? • How many continents has Adam visited? • How many years has Kasen played the piano?

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The continents were joined in a single large landmass
  2. The lithosphere is divided into pieces
  3. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  4. Two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal
  2. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  3. Form when two plates collide
  4. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lithosphere is divided into pieces
  2. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  3. Two plates move away from each other
  4. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal
Down
  1. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  2. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle
  3. Form when two plates collide
  4. The continents were joined in a single large landmass

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  2. Two plates move away from each other
  3. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal
  4. The continents were joined in a single large landmass
Down
  1. Form when two plates collide
  2. The lithosphere is divided into pieces
  3. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  4. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The continents were joined in a single large landmass
  2. The lithosphere is divided into pieces
  3. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  4. Two plates move away from each other
  5. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal
Down
  1. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  2. Form when two plates collide
  3. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lithosphere is divided into pieces
  2. Form when two plates collide
  3. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle
Down
  1. The continents were joined in a single large landmass
  2. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  3. Two plates move away from each other
  4. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  5. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Jasper cross word 2022-11-06

Jasper cross word crossword puzzle
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  1. Partly molten rock between 500 and 2000 degrees Celsius
  2. A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost rocky shell
  3. Earth's outer core is a fluid layer about 2,260 km thick composed of mostly iron and nickel
  4. The asthenosphere is the mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle
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  1. Magma is a hot liquid found beneath the surface of the Earth
  2. Solid iron with extreme pressures and temps from 7000 to 1200 Celsius
  3. This is where two plates move away from each other.
  4. the crust is the outermost solid shell of the earth

8 Clues: A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost rocky shell • This is where two plates move away from each other. • the crust is the outermost solid shell of the earth • Partly molten rock between 500 and 2000 degrees Celsius • Magma is a hot liquid found beneath the surface of the Earth • Solid iron with extreme pressures and temps from 7000 to 1200 Celsius • ...

LEES Bees Week 1 - Wednesday Words 2023-09-25

LEES Bees Week 1 - Wednesday Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. without much doubt, with practical certainty, very likely
  2. drew attention to a different object or compellingly and confusingly attracted to divergent directions at once
  3. greater than the grasp or power of
  4. missile weapons shot from a bow and usually consisting of a straight slender shaft that has a point or sharp head of stone or metal and feathers fastened near the end.
Down
  1. on or for the day after today
  2. stability as a result of equally spreading your weight
  3. spotlessly clean
  4. an article made of fired clay

8 Clues: spotlessly clean • on or for the day after today • an article made of fired clay • greater than the grasp or power of • stability as a result of equally spreading your weight • without much doubt, with practical certainty, very likely • drew attention to a different object or compellingly and confusingly attracted to divergent directions at once • ...

Tectonic plates 2023-04-05

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of the Earth's interior made of mostly solid rock that flows very slowly
  2. The term used to describe the point where an earthquake originates
  3. The term used to describe the point on the Earth's surface directly above the point where an earthquake originates
  4. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
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  1. The name of the super-continent
  2. Another name for tectonic plates
  3. The process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another
  4. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other

8 Clues: The name of the super-continent • Another name for tectonic plates • The process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another • The term used to describe the point where an earthquake originates • The type of boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other • The type of boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Creativity 101N 2025-11-09

Creativity 101N crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the capacity to synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of performing, making, thinking, or acting in an imaginative way that may be characterized by innovation, divergent thinking, and intellectual risk taking.
  2. A different way of viewing something.
  3. Connecting with others through speech, writing, or signals.
  4. A graduate of Bowling Green State University and an advocate for menstrual health.
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  1. The author of Explaining Creativity: Science of Human Innovation
  2. Thinking of many possibilities quickly.
  3. Co-author of Creative Aerobics: Fueling Imagination in the 21st Century.
  4. A trait involving originality and imagination.

8 Clues: A different way of viewing something. • Thinking of many possibilities quickly. • A trait involving originality and imagination. • Connecting with others through speech, writing, or signals. • The author of Explaining Creativity: Science of Human Innovation • Co-author of Creative Aerobics: Fueling Imagination in the 21st Century. • ...

book 2024-01-25

book crossword puzzle
Across
  1. given to expressing divergent
  2. accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.
  3. or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity
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  1. stopping at nothing to achieve ones goal
  2. tending to work with energy and commitment; diligent.

5 Clues: given to expressing divergent • stopping at nothing to achieve ones goal • tending to work with energy and commitment; diligent. • or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity • accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

Plate Boundaries Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-16

Plate Boundaries Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A narrow depression in the ocean floor
  2. This boundary occurs when two plates collide
  3. A process where a denser plate goes beneath the lighter plate
Down
  1. This boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other
  2. The plates slide against each other in opposite direction

5 Clues: A narrow depression in the ocean floor • This boundary occurs when two plates collide • The plates slide against each other in opposite direction • A process where a denser plate goes beneath the lighter plate • This boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  2. when two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap
  3. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. valleys that occur at divergent boundaries

5 Clues: valleys that occur at divergent boundaries • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap • hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust

aniaml farm 2024-01-25

aniaml farm crossword puzzle
Across
  1. given to expressing divergent
  2. accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.
  3. or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity
Down
  1. stopping at nothing to achieve ones goal
  2. tending to work with energy and commitment; diligent.

5 Clues: given to expressing divergent • stopping at nothing to achieve ones goal • tending to work with energy and commitment; diligent. • or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity • accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

Earth Science Vocabulary 2021-10-08

Earth Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The topmost layer of the earth.
  2. A boundary where plates move away from each other.
  3. A deep portion in the ocean floor where the layers of rock are pushed down
  4. Large pieces of the Earth’s crust that are separated by boundaries.
Down
  1. A boundary where plates towards each other.
  2. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a Deep-ocean trench.
  3. It is a boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  4. It is an underwater ridge that pushes molten earth material to the ocean ridge which forms into new crust.

8 Clues: The topmost layer of the earth. • A boundary where plates towards each other. • A boundary where plates move away from each other. • It is a boundary where two plates slide past each other. • Large pieces of the Earth’s crust that are separated by boundaries. • The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a Deep-ocean trench. • ...

blabla 2017-03-15

blabla crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , het jaar erna heb ik wel meegedaan aan dansoptreden als wat waren we toen gekleed
  2. , de afkorting voir ES
  3. , ik draag mijn ring nan mijn ........ hand
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  1. , mijn eerste dans optreden heb ik ni meegedaan sofie wel maar als wat waren ze gekleed
  2. , hoe heet de boeken reeks die ik heb
  3. , ik heb ooit een pop van u gekregen hop heet die (web k nog alty)
  4. , van welke winkel kwam mn eerste bra ( aleh zo van die kinder dinge)
  5. , ik heb met machteld nog 3 jaar kampen gedaan welk kamp ? .....kamp

8 Clues: , de afkorting voir ES • , hoe heet de boeken reeks die ik heb • , ik draag mijn ring nan mijn ........ hand • , ik heb ooit een pop van u gekregen hop heet die (web k nog alty) • , ik heb met machteld nog 3 jaar kampen gedaan welk kamp ? .....kamp • , van welke winkel kwam mn eerste bra ( aleh zo van die kinder dinge) • ...

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The continents were joined in a single large landmass
  2. Form when two plates collide
  3. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle
Down
  1. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal
  2. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  3. Two plates move away from each other
  4. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  5. The lithosphere is divided into pieces

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics 2015-05-26

Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Form when two plates collide
  2. A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  3. To explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks, scientists proposed a proposal
Down
  1. The lithosphere is divided into pieces
  2. The continents were joined in a single large landmass
  3. This kind of movement of material due to difference in density
  4. Two plates move away from each other
  5. Describes large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere, which is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle

8 Clues: Form when two plates collide • Two plates move away from each other • The lithosphere is divided into pieces • The continents were joined in a single large landmass • This kind of movement of material due to difference in density • A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries that SLIDE past each other; sliding motion transform causes earthquakes and cracks in Earth's surface
  2. boundary where two plates are moving AWAY from each other; can cause volcanic eruptions
  3. Does the Earth's ground move fast or slow?
  4. The movement of tectonic plates shapes the Earth.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates that CRASH into each other
  2. what does the movement of tectonic plates cause?
  3. Who said that continents were close together and then drifted apart? This theory is called "continental drift."
  4. plates Interlocking pieces of land that connect together on Earth’s crust.

8 Clues: Does the Earth's ground move fast or slow? • two tectonic plates that CRASH into each other • what does the movement of tectonic plates cause? • The movement of tectonic plates shapes the Earth. • plates Interlocking pieces of land that connect together on Earth’s crust. • boundary where two plates are moving AWAY from each other; can cause volcanic eruptions • ...

Plates and Earthquakes 2025-10-07

Plates and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake begins.
  2. A boundary at which two plates pull apart.
  3. A location in Earth’s crust at which an earthquake begins.
Down
  1. A boundary at which two plates collide.
  2. Fracture or zone of fractures in Earth’s crust.
  3. _____ waves: shear waves that deform the ground perpendicular to the direction that they are moving.
  4. _____ waves: compressional waves that compress and expand (shake) the ground in the same direction and in the opposite direction that they are moving.
  5. A boundary at which two plates slip or grind past each other horizontally.

8 Clues: A boundary at which two plates collide. • A boundary at which two plates pull apart. • Fracture or zone of fractures in Earth’s crust. • A location in Earth’s crust at which an earthquake begins. • A point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake begins. • A boundary at which two plates slip or grind past each other horizontally. • ...

Earthquakes Introduction 2025-04-23

Earthquakes Introduction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary; creates destructive earthquakes at depths from shallow to deep
  2. the point on a fault where an earthquake originates
  3. the point on the earth's surface seismic waves first hit during an earthquake
  4. the underground focus point of an earthquake
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  1. small earthquakes that sometimes precede a major earthquake by days or even years
  2. a plate boundary; creates conservative earthquakes at shallow depths
  3. a plate boundary; creates constructive earthquakes at shallow depths
  4. Scale - a qualitative scale from I-XII that rates the size of an earthquake to the amount of damage it causes

8 Clues: the underground focus point of an earthquake • the point on a fault where an earthquake originates • a plate boundary; creates conservative earthquakes at shallow depths • a plate boundary; creates constructive earthquakes at shallow depths • the point on the earth's surface seismic waves first hit during an earthquake • ...

Plate Boundaries 2019-06-29

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a rock along which movement has occured.
  2. a plate boundary where plates move apart.
  3. a plate boundary where plates slide or grind past each other.
Down
  1. a plate boundary where plates move toward each other.
  2. the process where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink due to gravity into the mantle.
  3. a depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process.

6 Clues: a plate boundary where plates move apart. • a break in a rock along which movement has occured. • a plate boundary where plates move toward each other. • a depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process. • a plate boundary where plates slide or grind past each other. • ...

plate tectonic 2022-11-02

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates slide past each other
  2. part of the lithosphere
  3. mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys occur at divergent boundaries
  4. dark-colored rocks called basalt and gabbro
  5. there are two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
Down
  1. is where two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap
  2. the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thereby appearing to drift together across the
  3. plate movement is caused by convection currents in the molten rock or magma that is housed in the mantle
  4. the rigid outer part of earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. a chain of volcanoes, hundreds to thousands of miles long, that forms above a subduction zone.

10 Clues: part of the lithosphere • when two plates slide past each other • dark-colored rocks called basalt and gabbro • mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys occur at divergent boundaries • is where two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap • the rigid outer part of earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle • ...

spelling points 2023-03-07

spelling points crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to filter into or through; permeate.
  2. capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable:
  3. having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent:
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  1. not declining in strength or vigour; tireless
  2. to announce or declare in an official or formal manner:
  3. diverging; differing; deviating.
  4. impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
  5. to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
  6. Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
  7. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.

10 Clues: diverging; differing; deviating. • to filter into or through; permeate. • not declining in strength or vigour; tireless • capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: • to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: • to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material. • ...

Earthquake ε=ε=ε=(*ﾉ´Д｀)ﾉﾟ 2015-01-08

Earthquake ε=ε=ε=(*ﾉ´Д｀)ﾉﾟ crossword puzzle
Across
  1. relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it.
  2. plates that move towards each other
  3. crust that doesn't sink or be destroyed
  4. crust which can not be created or destroyed
  5. a type of seismic wave which is longitudinal and faster
Down
  1. a place with a lot of volcanic activity, no plate boundary's
  2. The theory that the earth's crust is broken into about 10 fragments (plates,) which move in relation to one another, shifting continents, forming new ocean crust, and stimulating volcanic eruptions.
  3. plates that moves away from each other
  4. a type of seismic wave which is transverse and slower
  5. plates that slide past each other

10 Clues: plates that slide past each other • plates that move towards each other • plates that moves away from each other • crust that doesn't sink or be destroyed • crust which can not be created or destroyed • a type of seismic wave which is transverse and slower • a type of seismic wave which is longitudinal and faster • ...

Sea Floor Features 2016-03-10

Sea Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope is called what?
  2. what is near the center of most ocean basins?
  3. what occurs at divergent plate boundaries where two lithospheric plates are moving apart?
  4. the ocean floor region starts at what margin?
  5. volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called?
  6. what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge?
Down
  1. steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf is called?
  2. what are long and narrow creases in the ocean floor in deep parts of the ocean?
  3. what is gently sloping from the shoreline?
  4. deep,extremely flat features are called?

10 Clues: deep,extremely flat features are called? • what is gently sloping from the shoreline? • what is near the center of most ocean basins? • the ocean floor region starts at what margin? • volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called? • what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge? • ...

Tectonic plates 2023-09-08

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forms where two plates separate
  2. a supercontinent that contained all of Earth´s continents about 225 million years ago
  3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  4. forms where two plates slide past each other
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. The partially melted layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere floats and moves
Down
  1. the theory that Earth´s continents slowly move across Earth´s surface over time
  2. forms where two plates collide
  3. pieces of the earth´s crust and lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere
  4. when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate

10 Clues: forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • forms where two plates slide past each other • when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Earthquakes 2025-01-22

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates move towards each other and collide
  2. when two tectonic plates slide past each other, the place where they meet
  3. an earth vibration caused by an earthquake
  4. the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. the edge of a tectonic plate
  2. the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of moving plates whose movement cause seismic activity/earthquakes
  3. a real or imaginary line that separates two things
  4. the study of the earth
  5. the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth’s crust, resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outward from the source

10 Clues: the study of the earth • the edge of a tectonic plate • an earth vibration caused by an earthquake • when plates move towards each other and collide • a real or imaginary line that separates two things • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two tectonic plates slide past each other, the place where they meet • ...

Plate Motion 2024-09-07

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  2. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  3. moving toward the same place
  4. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  5. to examine in detail for a purpose
  6. moving apart in different directions
Down
  1. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  2. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  3. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  4. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

10 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano • evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints • ...

Tectonic plates, and fossils 2024-10-22

Tectonic plates, and fossils crossword puzzle
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  1. Large pieces of rock which are in the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle
  2. A hot, malleable semi liquid zone in the upper mantle, directly underneath the lithosphere
  3. the result of sudden movement along faults within the Earth
  4. a scientist who studies fossils
  5. A scientist, who Made the original argument that Pangea even
Down
  1. Over 200 million years ago, this Was a large super-continent, roamed by
  2. The exact opposite of a convergent boundary
  3. A place were a Ridge system is the most extensive chain of mountains on Earth
  4. Where tectonic plates converge
  5. the outermost layer of Earth

10 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth • Where tectonic plates converge • a scientist who studies fossils • The exact opposite of a convergent boundary • the result of sudden movement along faults within the Earth • A scientist, who Made the original argument that Pangea even • Over 200 million years ago, this Was a large super-continent, roamed by • ...

6A Vocabulary 2025-10-17

6A Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an upward force on a less dense object in a denser material
  2. (boundaries) spreading zones along some plate margins where plate sections are moving apart
  3. a contact force that acts to squeeze or crush an object or substance
  4. forces acting in opposite directions on different parts of the same object or substance
  5. any kind of shaking of the ground measurable by seismic instruments
  6. any change in shape of a solid under stress
Down
  1. forces that act to pull an object apart
  2. (boundaries) places where plates slide past each other in opposite directions along long cracks in the crust
  3. (boundaries) zones of collision or subduction where plates are moving toward each other
  4. a force exerted inside a material

10 Clues: a force exerted inside a material • forces that act to pull an object apart • any change in shape of a solid under stress • an upward force on a less dense object in a denser material • any kind of shaking of the ground measurable by seismic instruments • a contact force that acts to squeeze or crush an object or substance • ...

Land Review 2021-12-09

Land Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate Boundary where two plates collide, come together or crash into each other
  2. Magnitude measurement of ground shaking during an earthquake
  3. formed from an existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure
  4. Plate Boundary where two plates slide past each other often forming earthquakes
  5. formed from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of Earth
  6. description of surface features of the land
Down
  1. arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands
  2. Plate Boundary where two plates move away from each other and new crust is created between them
  3. formed from broken pieces from other rocks or fossils are pressed and cemented together
  4. directly above an earthquake's focus on the surface of the earth

10 Clues: description of surface features of the land • arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands • Magnitude measurement of ground shaking during an earthquake • directly above an earthquake's focus on the surface of the earth • formed from an existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure • ...

Earth Science 2022-01-07

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
  2. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  3. the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice
  4. the outermost shell of a terrestrial plane
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  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth
  4. a fluid layer about 2,400 km thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel
  5. the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere
  6. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents

10 Clues: the outermost shell of a terrestrial plane • the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide • the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere • ...

Sea Floor Features 2016-03-10

Sea Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is gently sloping from the shoreline?
  2. the ocean floor region starts at what margin?
  3. volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called?
  4. what is near the center of most ocean basins?
Down
  1. the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope is called what?
  2. steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf is called?
  3. deep,extremely flat features are called?
  4. what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge?
  5. what are long and narrow creases in the ocean floor in deep parts of the ocean?
  6. what occurs at divergent plate boundaries where two lithospheric plates are moving apart?

10 Clues: deep,extremely flat features are called? • what is gently sloping from the shoreline? • the ocean floor region starts at what margin? • what is near the center of most ocean basins? • volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called? • what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge? • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-03

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A land feature made when plates move under each other, usually a dense and thin oceanic plate.
  2. A type of boundary where the plates come closer together.
  3. The "puzzle pieces" that the Earth's crust consists of.
  4. The outer part of the Earth consisting of the crust and mantle.
  5. Something that happens when plates jerk apart.
Down
  1. A zone in the Earth's mantle where crust from a plate is melted into molten rock.
  2. The processes that control the structure of the Earth.
  3. The movement of continents and land across the Earth over time.
  4. The land feature that is made by plates moving into each other.
  5. A type of boundary in which plates move away from each other.

10 Clues: Something that happens when plates jerk apart. • The processes that control the structure of the Earth. • The "puzzle pieces" that the Earth's crust consists of. • A type of boundary where the plates come closer together. • A type of boundary in which plates move away from each other. • The movement of continents and land across the Earth over time. • ...

Miguel Arroyo 🍪 2022-04-28

Miguel Arroyo 🍪 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a slow movement of the continents on a deep-seated viscous zone within the earth
  2. to change in composition or structure
  3. formed by or from deposits of sediment
  4. the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement
  5. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
Down
  1. moving or extending in different directions from a common
  2. of a rock of relating to or produced by metamorphism
  3. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  4. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  5. relating to, resulting from, or suggestive of the intrusion or extrusion of magma or volcanic activity

10 Clues: to change in composition or structure • formed by or from deposits of sediment • the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid • the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement • of a rock of relating to or produced by metamorphism • moving or extending in different directions from a common • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • ...

7/11 puzzle 2022-07-11

7/11 puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. not a great way to describe you, but one of your close friends says it about you a lot...
  2. a combination of punctuation, similar to morse code
  3. what I like about you:
Down
  1. a type of bear that is very welcoming, or good at having guests (i.e. you this weekend)
  2. you gave me this; its very different, _________ even.
  3. my favorite type of flower
  4. first step in our goodbye ritual
  5. we're not gonna be friends, ________... can we getting matching ones?
  6. me because of my company and relation to you, also how you would order me off a McDonald's menu
  7. my past mascot and also found in new york. nope, not MY high school mascot...

10 Clues: what I like about you: • my favorite type of flower • first step in our goodbye ritual • a combination of punctuation, similar to morse code • you gave me this; its very different, _________ even. • we're not gonna be friends, ________... can we getting matching ones? • my past mascot and also found in new york. nope, not MY high school mascot... • ...

Chapter 10 Vocabulary 2018-06-05

Chapter 10 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sum The sum of the first N terms of a series
  2. When an infinite sequence approaches a unique number
  3. Difference The number added or subtracted at each stage of an arithmetic sequence, allows you to find the next number in the sequence
  4. A sum of an ordered list of numbers
  5. This kind of formula defines the Nth term of a sequence as a function of N
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  1. A sequence or series in which the difference between successive terms is constant
  2. A sequence or series in which the ratio between successive terms is constant
  3. When an infinite sequence does not approach a unique number
  4. Each number in a list
  5. An ordered list of numbers

10 Clues: Each number in a list • An ordered list of numbers • A sum of an ordered list of numbers • Sum The sum of the first N terms of a series • When an infinite sequence approaches a unique number • When an infinite sequence does not approach a unique number • This kind of formula defines the Nth term of a sequence as a function of N • ...

CIE 2 2024-09-02

CIE 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the force due to rotation of earth that causes winds to move clockwise in the Southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
  2. also known as ITCZ, zone from 5 degree N and S
  3. strong,fast moving winds that flow in narrow bands
  4. boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  5. the layer having the ozone
  6. New oceanic lithosphere is formed at____plate
  7. found at the subducting plates
Down
  1. winds that blow from west to east in the middle latitudes, between 30 and 60 degrees latitude
  2. winds moving between latitude 5 to 30 degree
  3. In which atmospheric layer do molecules reach temperatures exceeding 500°C due to solar radiation absorption

10 Clues: the layer having the ozone • found at the subducting plates • winds moving between latitude 5 to 30 degree • New oceanic lithosphere is formed at____plate • also known as ITCZ, zone from 5 degree N and S • strong,fast moving winds that flow in narrow bands • boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...

Intro to World Geography 2023-10-06

Intro to World Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lines east/west of the Prime Meridian
  2. item on map that shows your direction
Down
  1. meaning of tsunami
  2. tectonic plates that move in opposite directions

4 Clues: meaning of tsunami • item on map that shows your direction • the lines east/west of the Prime Meridian • tectonic plates that move in opposite directions

Vocab Review 2022-10-14

Vocab Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth sciences, especially geology
  2. a plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. a plate boundary where one plate slides past the other
Down
  1. a plate boundary where plates move towards each other
  2. a layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground

5 Clues: earth sciences, especially geology • a layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground • a plate boundary where plates move towards each other • a plate boundary where one plate slides past the other • a plate boundary where plates move away from each other

Continental Drift Crossword 2025-02-06

Continental Drift Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together
  2. Contributed heavily in the theory of plate tectonics
  3. the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
Down
  1. Theory proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. Supercontinent that was formed with continental drift millions of years ago
  3. heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle

6 Clues: Theory proposed by Alfred Wegener • Contributed heavily in the theory of plate tectonics • heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle • proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together • Supercontinent that was formed with continental drift millions of years ago • ...

Careers and Aspirations 2023-05-09

Careers and Aspirations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Setting SMART targets can help you achieve your?
  2. What is a key quality required to reach your goals?
  3. The ability to adjust to different situations.
  4. This type of thinking is a good way to stay solution focused.
Down
  1. This can be verbal or non-verbal.
  2. This is about recognising your own strength so that you can support, encourage and motivate others to achieve a shared goal.

6 Clues: This can be verbal or non-verbal. • The ability to adjust to different situations. • Setting SMART targets can help you achieve your? • What is a key quality required to reach your goals? • This type of thinking is a good way to stay solution focused. • ...

Vocabulary Week of 9/10 2018-09-12

Vocabulary Week of 9/10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a situation with 2 difficult or unpleasant choices
  2. describes involvement by 2 different parties of group
  3. a negotiator between 2 counties or parties
  4. describes something that splits from/leaves one opinion or course of action for another
  5. a connecting point between 2 things; a significant point in time especially in decision-making
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  1. describes the state of having 2 conflicting emotions of ideas at once
  2. the act of "double-dealing"; lying to 2 different individuals or parties
  3. describes something disconnected from a secondary part lacking cohesion; confusing
  4. a reply or a response, especially a one that is sharp in nature (as in anger or cleverness)
  5. describes something uncertain or vague having 2+ interpretations or meanings

10 Clues: a negotiator between 2 counties or parties • a situation with 2 difficult or unpleasant choices • describes involvement by 2 different parties of group • describes the state of having 2 conflicting emotions of ideas at once • the act of "double-dealing"; lying to 2 different individuals or parties • ...

Plate Tectonics - Sean V 2021-01-27

Plate Tectonics - Sean V crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where one plate dives under another plate
  2. breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  3. type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
  4. type of boundary between two colliding plates.
  5. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
Down
  1. These drive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle.
  2. continents slowly moving across the Earth
  3. type of boundary where two plates move apart
  4. a supercontinent existing hundreds of millions of years ago
  5. Energy that travels through Earth's layers, and are a result of earthquakes.

10 Clues: where one plate dives under another plate • continents slowly moving across the Earth • type of boundary where two plates move apart • type of boundary between two colliding plates. • type of boundary where two plates slide past each other • a supercontinent existing hundreds of millions of years ago • breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other • ...

Tectonic Plate Vocabulary 2021-09-07

Tectonic Plate Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer most layer of the Earth.
  2. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  3. Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  4. The name given to the super continent from the well-supported theory that all the continents used to be connected as one.
  5. When two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and mountains are formed.
  6. The center of the Earth.
Down
  1. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  2. When one tectonic plate converges under another due to density differences.
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  4. The middle layer of the Earth.

10 Clues: The center of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • The outer most layer of the Earth. • Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other. • A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other. • ...

Deadline Vocabulary 4 2022-03-22

Deadline Vocabulary 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tendency to cause disagreement or hostility between people
  2. native people or animals that occur naturally in a region
  3. a creature that is lower (less important) than a human
  4. lack of knowledge or information
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  1. moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  2. a fluid slowly trickling or seeping out of something
  3. a person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger group on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender
  4. of or relating to the brain
  5. a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
  6. an idea or thought that always enters your mind, so much that it's disturbing

10 Clues: of or relating to the brain • lack of knowledge or information • a fluid slowly trickling or seeping out of something • a creature that is lower (less important) than a human • native people or animals that occur naturally in a region • a tendency to cause disagreement or hostility between people • moving or extending in different directions from a common point • ...

Oceans 2022-09-19

Oceans crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A gently sloping, shallow area that extends outward from the edge of a continent
  2. The steep edge of a continental shelf
  3. The temperature and salt content of water
  4. A long deep valley on the ocean floor which old ocean floor sinks back toward the mantel
Down
  1. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
  2. A broad area covered with thick areas of mud and salt
  3. Island formed by volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor
  4. The movement of fluid
  5. The regular rise and fall of ocean levels and are affected by gravity
  6. A volcanic mountain that rises from the ocean floor but doesn't reach the surface

10 Clues: The movement of fluid • The steep edge of a continental shelf • The temperature and salt content of water • A broad area covered with thick areas of mud and salt • Island formed by volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor • The regular rise and fall of ocean levels and are affected by gravity • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. make a dramatic change in the form or appearance
  2. the very hot, very dense center of our planet
  3. the outermost shell of our planet
  4. moving in different directions from a common point
  5. hot fluid below or within the earth's crust
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. a mountain or hill, with a crater or vent through which lava can be erupted from the earth's crust
  2. to move toward one point or to approach each other
  3. the final transfer of energy to the surface
  4. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction

10 Clues: the outermost shell of our planet • the final transfer of energy to the surface • hot fluid below or within the earth's crust • the very hot, very dense center of our planet • make a dramatic change in the form or appearance • to move toward one point or to approach each other • moving in different directions from a common point • ...

English III Lit Terms 1-10 2022-10-03

English III Lit Terms 1-10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event
  2. A general truth or observation about life, usually stated concisely
  3. Patterns in literature found around the world
  4. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or accented syllables
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  1. A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea
  2. A character or force in conflict with a main character
  3. A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning
  4. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
  5. An extended comparison of relationships
  6. The effect created when words suggest and support two or more divergent interpretations

10 Clues: An extended comparison of relationships • Patterns in literature found around the world • A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning • A character or force in conflict with a main character • A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event • A general truth or observation about life, usually stated concisely • ...

Earth's Dynamic Surface 2023-09-15

Earth's Dynamic Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface
  2. Vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in the Earth's crust
  3. Process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another plate
  4. A boundary where two plates move towards each other
  5. A boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. A vent in the Earth's crust through which molten rock flows
Down
  1. The size of an earthquake based on how much energy is released during the earthquake
  2. A boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. The circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy
  4. A crack or a fracture in Earth's crust along which movement occurs

10 Clues: Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface • A boundary where two plates slide past each other • A boundary where two plates move towards each other • A boundary where two plates move away from each other • A vent in the Earth's crust through which molten rock flows • A crack or a fracture in Earth's crust along which movement occurs • ...

Week 20: Shaping the Earth 2024-04-30

Week 20: Shaping the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large masses of earth's crust floating on magma
  2. Type of weathering where the rock changing into a new, usually softer rock substance
  3. A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  4. A boundary where two tectonic plates pull away from each other
  5. A form of chemical weathering where oxygen reacts with substances in rock to form new types of rock
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  1. Type of weathering where the rock breaking into smaller pieces
  2. A form of physical weathering where water freezes in the cracks of racks and expands
  3. A form of physical weathering that wears a rock's surface
  4. A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other
  5. The movement of small rock pieces to a different location

10 Clues: Large masses of earth's crust floating on magma • A form of physical weathering that wears a rock's surface • The movement of small rock pieces to a different location • A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other • A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other • Type of weathering where the rock breaking into smaller pieces • ...

Geology 2024-08-06

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer layer of the Earth, about 2-25 miles thick; crust is thicker under the continents and thinner under the oceans
  2. Thick, gel like, sticky, not fluid
  3. Theory of the Earth’s crust being broken into a series of plates in motion
  4. Layer of molten rock between the crust and the Earth’s core, about 1,800 miles thick
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  1. Boundary where plates are colliding into each other
  2. Liquefied by heat, usually referring to lava or magma
  3. The study of the earth
  4. The center of the Earth, about 2,200 miles thick; made up of an inner and outer core
  5. Boundary where plates are moving apart from each other
  6. Molten rock containing dissolved gases beneath the Earth’s surface

10 Clues: The study of the earth • Thick, gel like, sticky, not fluid • Boundary where plates are colliding into each other • Liquefied by heat, usually referring to lava or magma • Boundary where plates are moving apart from each other • Molten rock containing dissolved gases beneath the Earth’s surface • ...

Ocean Topography 2023-02-02

Ocean Topography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an old volcanic island that has been weathered down and filled with water
  2. an area where the oceanic and continental plates meet that is eroded where rivers empty into the ocean
  3. a seemingly bottomless crack in the ocean floor formed at subduction zones
  4. flat areas of the ocean floor that stretch for miles and miles
  5. a seamount that has risen above water
Down
  1. the gently sloping area that extends from the shore and into the ocean
  2. a steep drop off where the continental plate meets the oceanic plate
  3. an underwater mountain chain that forms at a divergent plate boundary
  4. the deep area between the mid-ocean-ridge that forms as two oceanic plates divide
  5. an underwater volcano

10 Clues: an underwater volcano • a seamount that has risen above water • flat areas of the ocean floor that stretch for miles and miles • a steep drop off where the continental plate meets the oceanic plate • an underwater mountain chain that forms at a divergent plate boundary • the gently sloping area that extends from the shore and into the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is formed when crustal plates collide.
  2. When plates neither move away or toward other but simply slide past each other, this is known as _________ boundaries.
  3. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
Down
  1. Plate_______ is the study of crustal plates.
  2. When plates move away from each other, this is known as _________ boundaries.
  3. When plates move toward each other, this is known as ________ boundaries.

6 Clues: This is formed when crustal plates collide. • Plate_______ is the study of crustal plates. • A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. • When plates move toward each other, this is known as ________ boundaries. • When plates move away from each other, this is known as _________ boundaries. • ...

Rift Valley Crossword 2023-02-01

Rift Valley Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of plate boundary a rift valley is Located
  2. A series of steep-walled valleys lined with High Cliffs rising from faults parallel to the valley
  3. Low areas where rocks cracked and dropped downward
Down
  1. One of the two major rift valley systems of the East African Rift
  2. Where most rift valleys are located
  3. The tectonic force involved in a rift valley

6 Clues: Where most rift valleys are located • The tectonic force involved in a rift valley • Low areas where rocks cracked and dropped downward • The type of plate boundary a rift valley is Located • One of the two major rift valley systems of the East African Rift • A series of steep-walled valleys lined with High Cliffs rising from faults parallel to the valley

Alcătuirea internă. Scoarța. Relieful major al Terrei 2020-12-08

Alcătuirea internă. Scoarța. Relieful major al Terrei crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Înveliș important al structurii interne a Pământului, aflat sub litosferă.
  2. O divizie administrativă a Chinei, la nord de lanțul muntos Himalaya.
  3. Cuprinsă între Placa Eurasiatică și Placa Pacifică.
  4. Rocă magmatică ce reprezintă un amestec de silicați de fier și magneziu.
  5. Zonă din Asia Centrală care primește foarte puține precipitații.
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  1. Lanțul muntos cel mai lung și mai complex de pe Terra, format în urma contactului divergent dintre două plăci.
  2. Cele mai netede suprafețe de pe Terra care sunt acoperite de sedimente fine și ultrafine.
  3. Reprezintă direcția de deplasare a magmei în astenosferă.
  4. Mişcări care determină cutarea, falierea şi înălţarea lanţurilor muntoase.
  5. Au înălțimi de peste 1000 de metri și reprezintă aproximativ 8,5% din suprafața Globului.

10 Clues: Cuprinsă între Placa Eurasiatică și Placa Pacifică. • Reprezintă direcția de deplasare a magmei în astenosferă. • Zonă din Asia Centrală care primește foarte puține precipitații. • O divizie administrativă a Chinei, la nord de lanțul muntos Himalaya. • Rocă magmatică ce reprezintă un amestec de silicați de fier și magneziu. • ...

Science 2021-09-21

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ is the thing that gets made by tectonic plates slipping and it goooooes boooooom!
  2. _____ happen when two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap making mountains
  3. A ______ is where two plates brush by each other
  4. _____ is where the _____ and moves the tectonic plates
  5. A______Consists of two plates that move away from each other
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  1. _____ are what goes under the sea UNDER THE SEA!!!! :)
  2. ______ are what land sit on
  3. ______ are what we live on
  4. DO NOT TOUCH _____ IT COMES FROM THE ________ AND WILL BURN YOUR HAND OFF!
  5. One of these are made of basalt and are at the bottom of the ocean and are similar to mid ocean ridges

10 Clues: ______ are what we live on • ______ are what land sit on • A ______ is where two plates brush by each other • _____ are what goes under the sea UNDER THE SEA!!!! :) • _____ is where the _____ and moves the tectonic plates • A______Consists of two plates that move away from each other • DO NOT TOUCH _____ IT COMES FROM THE ________ AND WILL BURN YOUR HAND OFF! • ...

Sea Floor Features 2016-03-10

Sea Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf is called?
  2. the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope is called what?
  3. the ocean floor region starts at what margin?
  4. what occurs at divergent plate boundaries where two lithospheric plates are moving apart?
  5. volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called?
Down
  1. what is gently sloping from the shoreline?
  2. what is near the center of most ocean basins?
  3. what are long and narrow creases in the ocean floor in deep parts of the ocean?
  4. what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge?
  5. deep,extremely flat features are called?

10 Clues: deep,extremely flat features are called? • what is gently sloping from the shoreline? • what is near the center of most ocean basins? • the ocean floor region starts at what margin? • volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called? • what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge? • ...

Sea Floor Features 2016-03-10

Sea Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called?
  2. the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope is called what?
  3. what occurs at divergent plate boundaries where two lithospheric plates are moving apart?
  4. steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf is called?
  5. the ocean floor region starts at what margin?
  6. what is near the center of most ocean basins?
  7. what is gently sloping from the shoreline?
  8. deep,extremely flat features are called?
Down
  1. what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge?
  2. what are long and narrow creases in the ocean floor in deep parts of the ocean?

10 Clues: deep,extremely flat features are called? • what is gently sloping from the shoreline? • the ocean floor region starts at what margin? • what is near the center of most ocean basins? • volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor are called? • what lies between the continental margin and mid-ocean ridge? • ...

Antonio Orozco 2022-04-29

Antonio Orozco crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. Landmasses divided into 7 major plates
  3. The shifting of continents
  4. When to tectonic plates slide past each other
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  1. Where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, often causing one plate to slide below the other
  2. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs
  3. Denoting or relating to rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies, e.g. in the folding of strata or the nearby intrusion of igneous rocks
  4. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. (of rock) having solidified from lava or magma
  6. Relating to sediment

10 Clues: Relating to sediment • The shifting of continents • Landmasses divided into 7 major plates • When to tectonic plates slide past each other • (of rock) having solidified from lava or magma • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs • ...

ELA vocab crossword 2025-12-11

ELA vocab crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory
  2. state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof
  3. the most intense, excitin, or important point of something
  4. form an idea of the amount
  5. a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained
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  1. the event that starts the main conflict, launching the plot in every story
  2. given to expressing divergent or opposite views
  3. an open-ended, thought-provoking inquiry that guides learning by prompting deep thinking, discussion, and sustained inquiry rather than a simple, factual answer
  4. a firm decision to do or not to do something
  5. able to be believed

10 Clues: able to be believed • form an idea of the amount • a firm decision to do or not to do something • given to expressing divergent or opposite views • the most intense, excitin, or important point of something • a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory • a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained • ...

TECTONIC PLATES 2025-04-02

TECTONIC PLATES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rocks
  2. When the crust buckles and pushes upward forming mountains
  3. A process where one Tectonic plate slides under another convergent boundary
  4. When two plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. a large, change of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) that moves and interacts with other plates, causing earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Down
  1. When two tectonic plates slowly separate forcing magma upward that sometimes causes volcanoes
  2. When two continental plates spread apart

7 Clues: When two continental plates spread apart • When two plates slide horizontally past each other • When the crust buckles and pushes upward forming mountains • A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rocks • A process where one Tectonic plate slides under another convergent boundary • ...

Science Lab reflection 2020-08-17

Science Lab reflection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two tectonic plates come together
  2. thickest layer of earth
  3. Two tectonic plates sliding past each other
  4. series of massive ocean waves, triggered by an earthquake that has occurred in the sea
  5. a sudden,voilent shaking of earth's surface
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  1. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. opening on the earth's surface (crust) through which molten magma escape on to the earth's surface.
  3. layer of earth which is like a shell of a hard-boiled egg
  4. solid metal ball, hot as sun, mostly made of iron and nickle
  5. violent storms that strike as a powerful rotating mixture of wind and thunderstorm clouds, extending from the clouds to the ground in a funnel shape.

10 Clues: thickest layer of earth • When two tectonic plates come together • Two tectonic plates sliding past each other • a sudden,voilent shaking of earth's surface • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • layer of earth which is like a shell of a hard-boiled egg • solid metal ball, hot as sun, mostly made of iron and nickle • ...

Tectonic plates 2023-09-08

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forms where two plates separate
  2. a supercontinent that contained all of Earth´s continents about 225 million years ago
  3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  4. forms where two plates slide past each other
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. The partially melted layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere floats and moves
Down
  1. the theory that Earth´s continents slowly move across Earth´s surface over time
  2. forms where two plates collide
  3. pieces of the earth´s crust and lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere
  4. when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate

10 Clues: forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • forms where two plates slide past each other • when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

spelling points 2023-03-07

spelling points crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to filter into or through; permeate.
  2. capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable:
  3. having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent:
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  1. not declining in strength or vigour; tireless
  2. to announce or declare in an official or formal manner:
  3. diverging; differing; deviating.
  4. impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
  5. to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
  6. Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
  7. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.

10 Clues: diverging; differing; deviating. • to filter into or through; permeate. • not declining in strength or vigour; tireless • capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: • to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: • to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material. • ...

Geosphere crossword puzzle 2021-10-05

Geosphere crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a depression produced in a region where soluble rock has been removed by groundwater
  2. a surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction
  3. the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy
  4. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  5. a mountain formed of lava and/or pyroclastic material
  6. Valley deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries
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  1. a destructive plate margin where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate
  2. the incorporation and transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as water, wind, or ice
  3. the Japanese word for a seismic sea wave
  4. the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface

10 Clues: magma that reaches Earth's surface • the Japanese word for a seismic sea wave • a mountain formed of lava and/or pyroclastic material • the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy • the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface • Valley deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries • ...

Natural Disasters 2023-10-18

Natural Disasters crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Moving toward the same place
  2. A natural disaster on Earth, such as an earthquake, tornado, or flood
  3. A person who uses math and science to design things
  4. Beginners at a workplace who do work that is closely supervised because they are learning on the job
  5. Alarm A warning that is generated for a specific area, even though no emergency or disaster occurs in that area
  6. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface
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  1. The size or strength of something, such as an earthquake or tsunami
  2. To move somewhere else
  3. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  4. Moving apart in different directions

10 Clues: To move somewhere else • Moving toward the same place • A sudden shaking of Earth's surface • Moving apart in different directions • A person who uses math and science to design things • The size or strength of something, such as an earthquake or tsunami • A natural disaster on Earth, such as an earthquake, tornado, or flood • ...

Crossword 2025-04-30

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
  2. The process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, often causing volcanic activity.
  3. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that, when erupted, becomes lava.
  4. The outermost layer of the Earth's surface.
Down
  1. A major fault line in California, famous for causing earthquakes.
  2. The largest tectonic plate on Earth
  3. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, before the continents separated.
  4. Referring to the type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. The thick layer of the Earth beneath the crust, made of semi-solid rock.
  6. The “Ring of _____” is an area with many volcanoes.

10 Clues: The largest tectonic plate on Earth • The outermost layer of the Earth's surface. • The “Ring of _____” is an area with many volcanoes. • A major fault line in California, famous for causing earthquakes. • The thick layer of the Earth beneath the crust, made of semi-solid rock. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that, when erupted, becomes lava. • ...

Geosphere Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-20

Geosphere Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _________ boundaries are when plates move away from each other
  2. __________ boundaries are when plates move towards each other
  3. occurs when the sinking of a subducting plate pulls the rest of the plate across the athenosphere
  4. __________ currents are caused by the rising of warmer material from closer to the core
  5. when two of these collide, the lithosphere buckles and mountain ranges are created.
Down
  1. when a continental and oceanic plate collide, the oceanic plate subducts due to its density
  2. occurs when newly-formed lithosphere next to a ridge slides down and away from the ridge
  3. when two plates collide, one of the plates subducts
  4. the separation of the pangea
  5. ________ boundaries are when plates slide past each other

10 Clues: the separation of the pangea • when two plates collide, one of the plates subducts • ________ boundaries are when plates slide past each other • __________ boundaries are when plates move towards each other • _________ boundaries are when plates move away from each other • when two of these collide, the lithosphere buckles and mountain ranges are created. • ...

Isabella Vaca 2022-04-29

Isabella Vaca crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of rock made from mud, sand, and pebbles layered on top of each other
  2. the slow movement of continental plates on the surface of the Earth by tectonic activity throughout geological time
  3. when plates move toward each other
  4. a fault zone where two tectonic plates slide past one another
Down
  1. the material that falls to the bottom of oceans and lakes
  2. landforms broken into small and large pieces
  3. when two tectonic plates meet
  4. a type of rock made from the hardening or cooling of magma
  5. When two plates moves in different directions from each other
  6. a type of rock made from rocks that have changed by a large amount of heat and pressure

10 Clues: when two tectonic plates meet • when plates move toward each other • landforms broken into small and large pieces • the material that falls to the bottom of oceans and lakes • a type of rock made from the hardening or cooling of magma • When two plates moves in different directions from each other • a fault zone where two tectonic plates slide past one another • ...

Dennis 2022-04-29

Dennis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hat has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  2. The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
  4. to change in form, appearance, or structure
Down
  1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
  2. structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. having solidified from lava or magma.
  5. This is where two plates move away from each other.
  6. denoting or relating to rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure.

10 Clues: having solidified from lava or magma. • to change in form, appearance, or structure • This is where two plates move away from each other. • matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. • hat has formed from sediment deposited by water or air. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • ...

Vocab Week 4 2025-08-26

Vocab Week 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Language expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another, with which it may be regarded as an analogy: a metaphor or simile
  2. something suggested by a word or thing: implication
  3. direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea
  4. Language free from exaggeration or embellishment
  5. competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons)
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  1. a sequence of events in a story
  2. the artistic representation (as in fiction or drama) of human character or motives
  3. the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops
  4. qualified to participate or be chosen
  5. lesson or message the author is trying to convey to the reader

10 Clues: a sequence of events in a story • qualified to participate or be chosen • Language free from exaggeration or embellishment • something suggested by a word or thing: implication • lesson or message the author is trying to convey to the reader • direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea • ...

tectonic crossword 2021-03-16

tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a deep hole in the sea floor usually caused by plate subduction
  2. the soft, flexible upper layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  3. a mountain range in the ocean
  4. the process of a tectonic plate going under another
  5. hot flowing liquid below the earth's surface
  6. upper layer of the mantle, below the lithosphere
  7. the layer of earth on the outside
  8. a rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of crust and mantle
Down
  1. the jigsaw puzzle pieces that make up the crust
  2. the science and study of rocks
  3. land feature that is created when magma exits the crust and turns into lava
  4. the layer of earth between the crust and the outer core
  5. when tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. spreading the process of new crust being formed from a gap in tectonic plates
  7. when tectonic plates scrape past each other
  8. the natural disaster that occurs when two tectonic plates interact
  9. when tectonic plates move towards each other
  10. the most famous super continent
  11. plate boundary the place where tectonic plates meet
  12. bottom of the ocean

20 Clues: bottom of the ocean • a mountain range in the ocean • the science and study of rocks • the most famous super continent • the layer of earth on the outside • when tectonic plates scrape past each other • when tectonic plates move towards each other • hot flowing liquid below the earth's surface • when tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

JMcCord 2023-02-01

JMcCord crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Each of two regions of intense radiation partly surrounding Earth.
  2. Rocks changed through extreme heat and pressure.
  3. When planets begin melting, the materials in them begin separating.
  4. Large plume of hot mantle material rising from within Earth.
  5. Where two plates converge, and one’s thrust beneath the other.
  6. Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  7. Science that studies earth’s physical structure, substance, its history, processes.
  8. Occurs when plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. Igneous silicate rock that is most of Earth’s continental crust.
Down
  1. Region around a planet dominated by the planet's magnetic field.
  2. Stream of energized, charged particles, through the solar system.
  3. Formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.
  4. Occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
  5. Rock produced by cooling from a molten state.
  6. Largest part of Earth’s interior; lies between crust and core.
  7. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  8. Heat transferred by movement of a heated fluid.
  9. Central part of the planet; consists of higher density material.

18 Clues: Rock produced by cooling from a molten state. • Heat transferred by movement of a heated fluid. • Rocks changed through extreme heat and pressure. • Occurs when plates slide sideways past each other. • Occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Earth's History Crossword 2014-03-10

Earth's History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fossil, fossils used to determine relative age of a rock
  2. when molten rocks cool and harden a ________ rock formed
  3. a guess or conclusion based on observations and prior knowledge
  4. the coming together of two pieces of land
  5. a rock that has small sand pieces and a gritty texture
  6. it's another word for crust
  7. the moving away of two plates
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  1. current, the fluid movement that causes plates to move is called ________
  2. Remains, trace, or imprints of an organism that has been preserved in the Earth's crust
  3. this igneous rock cools above the Earth's surface
  4. the mass land of all the continents is called _________
  5. the San Andreas fault is an example of a ________ fault
  6. the biggest layer of the Earth
  7. information gathered by using one or more of the five senses
  8. age, the number of years since a rock formed
  9. the wear down of Earth's surface in to a sediment
  10. this igneous rock forms underground
  11. Age, the age of a rock compared to the age of other rocks

18 Clues: it's another word for crust • the moving away of two plates • the biggest layer of the Earth • this igneous rock forms underground • the coming together of two pieces of land • age, the number of years since a rock formed • this igneous rock cools above the Earth's surface • the wear down of Earth's surface in to a sediment • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2017-10-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface.
  2. These occur around the “Ring of Fire”.
  3. Type of current in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.
  4. Forms under the ocean at the site of a diverging boundary – a mid-ocean ……
  5. Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  7. This forms on the ocean floor above a subduction zone – an ocean …….
  8. Large, but separate pieces of lithosphere are called …. plates.
  9. Thinnest type of crust.
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  1. Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this.
  2. The crust and uppermost solid mantle.
  3. Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur.
  4. Much of New Zealand’s south island rests on this plate.
  5. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other.
  6. Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate.
  7. Very hot molten rock that rises by convection within the mantle.
  8. Wegener proposed the theory of continental …… to explain why the same fossils exist on separate continents.
  9. Very fine, light rock particles that issue from a volcano & form a rapidly rising cloud - volcanic …

18 Clues: Thinnest type of crust. • The crust and uppermost solid mantle. • These occur around the “Ring of Fire”. • Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake. • Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate. • Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this. • Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur. • ...

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like 2023-10-02

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like crossword puzzle
Across
  1. moving apart in different directions
  2. the place where two plates meet
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  7. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  8. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  9. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
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  1. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  2. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  3. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  4. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  6. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  7. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  8. the outside or top layer of something

18 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Horizon Earthquakes 2025-05-12

Horizon Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A small island country that is being split in two by a mid-ocean ridge.
  2. Molten rock that is above Earth's surface.
  3. The type of boundary where the plates push together to form mountains.
  4. A wave that can be caused by an underwater earthquake.
  5. Molten rock that is below Earth's surface.
  6. A scientist who studies earthquakes.
  7. The part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  8. The older part of the Earth's crust that is above water.
Down
  1. A supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago
  2. The tiny plate found off the coast of Washington
  3. The system used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.
  4. The fault that runs the entire length of California.
  5. The type of boundary where the plates slide past each other.
  6. How the strength of an earthquake is described.
  7. The type of boundary where the plates pull away from each other.
  8. What we call the pieces of the Earth's crust that float on the mantle.
  9. The newer part of the Earth's crust that is below water.
  10. A split in the Earth's crust.

18 Clues: A split in the Earth's crust. • A scientist who studies earthquakes. • Molten rock that is above Earth's surface. • Molten rock that is below Earth's surface. • How the strength of an earthquake is described. • The tiny plate found off the coast of Washington • The fault that runs the entire length of California. • A wave that can be caused by an underwater earthquake. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. When two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. When two plates go together
  2. When one plate goes under another

4 Clues: When two plates go together • When one plate goes under another • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move away from each other

Plate tectonics 2023-03-14

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates that move apart from each other
  2. 2 plates moving upwards and downwards
Down
  1. 2 plates moving towards each other
  2. When one plate goes underneath another

4 Clues: 2 plates moving towards each other • 2 plates moving upwards and downwards • When one plate goes underneath another • 2 plates that move apart from each other

PLATE TECTONICS 2017-10-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener proposed the theory of continental …… to explain why the same fossils exist on separate continents.
  2. Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface.
  3. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  4. Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this.
  5. Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other.
  7. These occur around the “Ring of Fire”.
  8. Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur.
  9. Much of New Zealand’s south island rests on this plate.
Down
  1. Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
  2. Forms under the ocean at the site of a diverging boundary – a mid-ocean ……
  3. The crust and uppermost solid mantle.
  4. Thinnest type of crust.
  5. Type of current in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.
  6. Large, but separate pieces of lithosphere are called …. plates.
  7. This forms on the ocean floor above a subduction zone – an ocean …….
  8. Very hot molten rock that rises by convection within the mantle.
  9. Very fine, light rock particles that issue from a volcano & form a rapidly rising cloud - volcanic …

18 Clues: Thinnest type of crust. • The crust and uppermost solid mantle. • These occur around the “Ring of Fire”. • Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake. • Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate. • Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this. • Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur. • ...

Hsyeye 2025-08-26

Hsyeye crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pull – Force caused by a sinking plate pulling the rest of it down.
  2. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
  3. – The vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea.
  4. Push – Force caused by rising magma at mid-ocean ridges pushing plates apart.
  5. – Rigid outer layer of Earth made of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Core – The liquid layer of Earth’s core that causes the magnetic field.
  7. Waves – Seismic waves that travel through Earth’s interior.
  8. Force – General term for what causes plate motion.
  9. Waves (S-waves) – Slower seismic waves that only travel through solids.
  10. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates move apart.
  11. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates collide.
Down
  1. – The soft, plastic-like layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  2. – Ancient supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
  3. – Thick layer of rock between the crust and the core.
  4. – The Earth's outermost solid layer.
  5. Waves (P-waves) – Fastest seismic waves that move through solids and liquids.
  6. (Moho) – Boundary between the crust and mantle.
  7. Suction – Force created as a subducting plate drags mantle material.
  8. Convection – Heat-driven circulation in the mantle that moves plates.
  9. Core – The solid innermost part of the Earth’s core.

20 Clues: – The Earth's outermost solid layer. • – The vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea. • (Moho) – Boundary between the crust and mantle. • Boundary – Plate boundary where plates collide. • Force – General term for what causes plate motion. • Boundary – Plate boundary where plates move apart. • Core – The solid innermost part of the Earth’s core. • ...

Plate tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-12

Plate tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary, where the tectonic plates pull away from each other
  2. separation when tectonic plates separate from each other
  3. drift when the tectonic plates split up Pangea
  4. boundary When the two tectonic plates move in opposite directions
  5. Valley when two tectonic plates collide and create a tiny mountain together in a valley underwater
Down
  1. zone when the earth recycles the lithosphere
  2. boundary is the area where a certain kind of tectonic plate can be noticed
  3. collision when two tectonic plates collide with each other
  4. trench when the plates diverge and create a giant valley under the ocean

9 Clues: zone when the earth recycles the lithosphere • drift when the tectonic plates split up Pangea • separation when tectonic plates separate from each other • collision when two tectonic plates collide with each other • Boundary, where the tectonic plates pull away from each other • boundary When the two tectonic plates move in opposite directions • ...

Layers of the Earth Crossword 2015-10-06

Layers of the Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ________ crust that is below the ocean.
  2. _________ crust that forms land.
  3. the measure of how hot or cold something is.
  4. __________boundary occurs when plates slide past each other.
  5. __________boundary occurs when tectonic plates collide or come together.
  6. __________boundary occurs when plates separate or move apart.
  7. _________ rock that is liquid or melted.
  8. having a consistency like that of water or oil
Down
  1. is the mixture of what something is made up of.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. ________ currents are a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  4. the second layer of the Earth which is a thick, solid rock layer.
  5. ______ core is the solid layer made of iron and nickel
  6. the line layer, where we live, made of rock.
  7. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener and connects the evidence for the formation, movement, and destruction of the tectonic plates.
  8. __________ core that is at the center of the earth but is liquid iron and nickel.
  9. firm; not a liquid
  10. the measure of compactness of a substance, measured by mass per unit volume.

18 Clues: firm; not a liquid • _________ crust that forms land. • ________ crust that is below the ocean. • _________ rock that is liquid or melted. • the line layer, where we live, made of rock. • the measure of how hot or cold something is. • having a consistency like that of water or oil • is the mixture of what something is made up of. • ...

Evolution 2013-04-21

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______s theory is the idea that an organism can pass on characteristics that it acquired during its lifetime to its offspring
  2. a group of species living close enough to interbreed
  3. link transitional fossil connecting with human evolution
  4. structures structure that has lost its original purpose
  5. survival of the fittest
  6. a person who deals mainly with the theory of a subject
  7. transformation of one species to another
  8. the process of something coming to an end or dying out
  9. change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
  10. descent group that share a common ancestor
  11. breeding humans breed animals and plants to display certain traits
  12. individuals that have common characteristics or qualities
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  1. remains or traces of a living thing
  2. evolution acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages.
  3. to convert plants'animals for domestic use
  4. evolution the evolution of different forms or structures in related species
  5. structure similar functions but share no common ansectors
  6. the ability to increase numbers of population in succeeding generations

18 Clues: survival of the fittest • remains or traces of a living thing • transformation of one species to another • to convert plants'animals for domestic use • descent group that share a common ancestor • a group of species living close enough to interbreed • a person who deals mainly with the theory of a subject • the process of something coming to an end or dying out • ...

Tectonic plates 2015-01-08

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thing that is created when two oceanic plates move into each other.
  2. a scale used to measure an earthquake but does not give its results in numbers.
  3. the area in between plates where volcanoes and earthquakes happen.
  4. when two plates slid past each other.
  5. a devise used to measure earthquake and displays it in measurements.
  6. the point on land above the focus.
  7. a process in which the ground moves because of tectonic activity.
  8. a volcanic center not near the fault line and is constantly giving of lava.
  9. The process of when two plates move together.
  10. When one plate goes under the other.
  11. the point underground where the waves of the earthquake comes from.
  12. the place deep in the earth where lava comes from.
Down
  1. the unites used to measure earthquakes.
  2. the thing that is created when two continental plates move into each other.
  3. the process in how tectonic plates move.
  4. when two plates move apart.
  5. a type of wall which is used to divert lava.
  6. a mountain like object which gives out lava

18 Clues: when two plates move apart. • the point on land above the focus. • When one plate goes under the other. • when two plates slid past each other. • the unites used to measure earthquakes. • the process in how tectonic plates move. • a mountain like object which gives out lava • a type of wall which is used to divert lava. • The process of when two plates move together. • ...

ACarter Crossword 2023-02-01

ACarter Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of sorting the major components of planet by density
  2. a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
  3. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior, most of the earth
  4. rocks made form pressure or heat that changes form chemically of physically
  5. change direction when it enters at an angle
  6. any rock that is cooled from a molten state
  7. a zone of charged energetic charged particles surrounding Earth
  8. an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake
  9. when two plates move away from each other
  10. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
Down
  1. to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake
  2. the flow of hot fluid upwards and cool downwards
  3. the region around a planet dominated by the planet's magnetic field.
  4. a hard, granular, intrusive igneous rock
  5. black igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of lava
  6. rocks that are made from shells and other rocks cemented together
  7. The solid inner core is situated about 3,200 miles below the Earth's crust
  8. charged particles from the sun

18 Clues: charged particles from the sun • a hard, granular, intrusive igneous rock • when two plates move away from each other • change direction when it enters at an angle • any rock that is cooled from a molten state • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters • the flow of hot fluid upwards and cool downwards • ...

WED Unit 3 2024-12-18

WED Unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
  2. scientist that studies earthquakes
  3. tectonics the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  4. form natural land shape or feature
  5. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  6. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are COLLIDING with each other
  7. the thin outer layer of Earth
  8. very small pieces of rock
  9. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
  10. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
Down
  1. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  2. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)
  3. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
  4. the liquid rock below Earth’s crust
  5. the process of rock breaking apart
  6. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  7. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  8. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  9. scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
  10. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

20 Clues: very small pieces of rock • the thin outer layer of Earth • the process of rock breaking apart • scientist that studies earthquakes • the liquid rock below Earth’s crust • form natural land shape or feature • thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another • ...