divergent Crossword Puzzles

Landforms Study Guide 2023-01-20

Landforms Study Guide crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A movement of plate tectonics when they push together
  2. These can form from earthquakes and release magma from the ground
  3. A rock type that is formed when sediment is crushed together
  4. A movement of plate tectonics when they move apart
  5. usually sediment in a shape of an animal remain mostly in the shape of bones, teeth, and shells
  6. A rock type formed when magma cools off
  7. A combination of two or more substances that do not lose their identifying characteristics when combined
  8. A mixture in which one substance dissolves in another
  9. Here happens most of the things that move Plate Tectonics
  10. When somethings get left somewhere by erosion
Down
  1. These are cracks in the earths crust
  2. When something gets moved by natural causes
  3. The first layer of the earth and contains Plate Tectonics
  4. A movement of plate tectonics when one plate goes under another plate forming and only happens underwater
  5. A plate movement when two plate tectonics slide against each other
  6. These shake the ground
  7. When something gets changed naturally
  8. A rock type formed from extreme heat and pressure

18 Clues: These shake the ground • These are cracks in the earths crust • When something gets changed naturally • A rock type formed when magma cools off • When something gets moved by natural causes • When somethings get left somewhere by erosion • A rock type formed from extreme heat and pressure • A movement of plate tectonics when they move apart • ...

Tafakkur operatsiyalari 2025-10-26

Tafakkur operatsiyalari crossword puzzle
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  1. Narsalarni muhim emas belgilaridan xoli qilib fikran ifodalash jarayoni?
  2. Bu masalaning yechimi faqat bitta bo'lgandagi fikrlashimiz nima?
  3. Narsa va hodisalarning o‘xshashligi va farqlarini aniqlash tafakkur operasiyasi?
  4. Narsalarni tartibli tizimga solish, mantiqiy joylashtirish nima?
  5. Qandaydir muammo yoki masala yuzasidan birdan bir necha yechim paydo qilish asosida fikrlash nima?
  6. Narsa va hodisalarni qismlarga ajratish jarayoni nima deyiladi?
  7. Tafakkurning natijasi bo‘lib, fikr yuritish orqali yangi bilim hosil qilish jarayoni nima deyiladi?
  8. Narsa va hodisalarning ichki aloqalarini bir yoqlama ta’kidlash jarayoni?
  9. Bevosita harakatlar va hayotimiz mobaynida hosil bo'lgan fikrlar nima?
  10. Yakka yoki ayrim dalillardan umumiy xulosaga kelish tafakkur shakli?
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  1. Narsa va hodisalarni guruhlarga ajratish, turkumlash jarayoni nima deyiladi?
  2. Umumiy fikrdan yakka holatlarga qarab xulosa chiqarish usuli nima?
  3. Fikr yuritish jarayonida mantiqiy bog‘lanishlarni aniqlash qobiliyati nima?
  4. O‘xshash narsalarning muhim belgilarini bir tushunchaga birlashtirish nima deyiladi?
  5. Haqiqatni bevosita idrok qilish, muammoli vaziyat yechimini topish usuli?
  6. Narsa va hodisalar mohiyatini, muhim belgilarini aks ettiruvchi tafakkur shakli?
  7. Analizda ajratilgan qismlarni yana bir butunga birlashtirish qanday operasiyadir?
  8. Narsa yoki hodisa haqidagi tasdiq yoki inkorni bildiruvchi fikr nima?
  9. Narsa va hodisalarning muhim belgilarini ajratib olishga qaratilgan operasiya?

19 Clues: Narsa va hodisalarni qismlarga ajratish jarayoni nima deyiladi? • Bu masalaning yechimi faqat bitta bo'lgandagi fikrlashimiz nima? • Narsalarni tartibli tizimga solish, mantiqiy joylashtirish nima? • Umumiy fikrdan yakka holatlarga qarab xulosa chiqarish usuli nima? • Yakka yoki ayrim dalillardan umumiy xulosaga kelish tafakkur shakli? • ...

Boundaries 2023-09-12

Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom
  2. The rising, spread, sinking of gas, liquid, and molten materials caused by the application of heat
  3. A collision between two plates, when one sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
Down
  1. In Earth's crust when molten rock is squeezed out onto the Earth's surface
  2. Two plates that separate/ divide from each other
  3. Two plates that slide by each other
  4. Two plates that collide with one another

7 Clues: Two plates that slide by each other • Two plates that collide with one another • Two plates that separate/ divide from each other • A long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom • In Earth's crust when molten rock is squeezed out onto the Earth's surface • A collision between two plates, when one sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate • ...

Tectonic plates 2023-01-10

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean
  2. the tallest mountain, located in southern Asia
  3. boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
Down
  1. are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean
  2. boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. is when two plates come together earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth

7 Clues: the tallest mountain, located in southern Asia • are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean • are steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean • is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. • boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other • boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-03-27

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. WAVES, Waves of energy through Earth's layers, the result of earthquakes.
  2. DRIFT, A theory that explained how continents moved on Earth's surface.
  3. An extremely hot, semi-molten liquid stored under the Earth's surface.
  4. The end-result of the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. When the Earth's crust is subjected to extreme pressure and begins to fold over itself.
  6. WEGENER, A German who proposed the theory of tectonic plates.
  7. The outer layer covered in overlapping tectonic plates.
  8. Where an earthquake begins from.
Down
  1. BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates move away from each-other
  2. What scientists use to detect and record earthquakes.
  3. MANTLE, The liquid layer beneath the upper mantle.
  4. The second wave of seismic waves, slower then P waves.
  5. CORE, A liquid layer wrapping around the inner core.
  6. BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates slide past each-other.
  7. MANTLE, A very thick layer beginning under the Earth's crust.
  8. BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates moving towards each-other.
  9. Fractures in the Earth's crust from extreme forces caused by moving rocks in the asthenosphere.
  10. Fastest and first seismic waves, also called primary waves.

18 Clues: Where an earthquake begins from. • MANTLE, The liquid layer beneath the upper mantle. • The end-result of the movement of tectonic plates. • CORE, A liquid layer wrapping around the inner core. • What scientists use to detect and record earthquakes. • BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates slide past each-other. • The second wave of seismic waves, slower then P waves. • ...

Jessica S 2023-02-05

Jessica S crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tectonic boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  2. An instrument used to record the motion of the ground.
  3. A rock having solidified from lava or magma.
  4. The science of earth’s physical structure.
  5. A very hot area in the mantle.
  6. A stream of charged particles.
  7. The layering of materials caused by differences in density.
  8. A tectonic boundary where the two plates move toward one another.
  9. An elastic wave of earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
  10. A zone of energetic charged particles that are mainly caused by Solar Wind.
Down
  1. A tectonic boundary where the heavier plate sinks below the lighter plate.
  2. A region around a planet dominated by the planet’s magnetic field.
  3. A movement caused within a fluid because hotter materials rise and colder material sinks.
  4. A tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters.
  6. The bending of light.
  7. An igneous rock formed by cooling magma below the earth’s surface.
  8. An igneous rock caused by the rapid cooling of lava.

18 Clues: The bending of light. • A very hot area in the mantle. • A stream of charged particles. • The science of earth’s physical structure. • A rock having solidified from lava or magma. • A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters. • An igneous rock caused by the rapid cooling of lava. • An instrument used to record the motion of the ground. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Devise that helped map the ocean floor
  2. ___________ tectonics is the theory that the Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces.
  3. When 2 plates collide and 1 plate sinks into the mantle, under the other plate.
  4. When tectonic plates slip past each other.
  5. Geological event that occurs when 2 plates move past each other ad releases energy.
  6. The border between 2 plates
  7. The movement of the tectonic plates, made by heat and pressure.
  8. Name for when all the continents were once joined together millions of years ago.
  9. Valley a low region that forms where plates move apart
Down
  1. Last name of the man who first came up with the idea of plate tectonics.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth (includes the crust and upper mantle)
  3. When 2 continental plates collide they create ____________.
  4. Where convection currents occur
  5. When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. What the plates are made out of
  7. When tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
  8. Melted rock inside the Earth
  9. A fracture or zone of fractures between 2 blocks of rock.

18 Clues: The border between 2 plates • Melted rock inside the Earth • Where convection currents occur • What the plates are made out of • Devise that helped map the ocean floor • When tectonic plates slip past each other. • When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other • Valley a low region that forms where plates move apart • ...

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

for you 2025-09-30

for you crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move away from each other
  2. forms when the mantle makes it out of the crust
Down
  1. the layer under the crust
  2. when to plates collide

4 Clues: when to plates collide • the layer under the crust • plates that move away from each other • forms when the mantle makes it out of the crust

Unit 5: Plate Tectonics 2020-02-12

Unit 5: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A baseball has a ______ density than a rubber ball.
  2. _______ is the name for all the continents as one landmass.
  3. how much "stuff" in a certain amount of "space"
  4. Alfred Wegener found the same kind of ________ on different continents, which supported his idea that the continents were once one.
  5. movement of continents across Earth's surface
  6. the _________ boundary is when the plates move away from each other
  7. Earth's hard, outermost layer
  8. when one plate slides below another
  9. If an object's density is less than water, it will _______.
  10. layer that is almost as hot as the surface of the Sun
Down
  1. underneath the Earth's crust, the largest layer
  2. the _________ boundary is when the plates slide past each other
  3. the ________ boundary is when the plates collide
  4. If an object's density is more than water, it will _______.
  5. pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle; constantly drifting
  6. A foam ball has a ______ density than a marble.
  7. If an object's density is equal to water, it will _______.
  8. liquid core, between the mantle and inner core

18 Clues: Earth's hard, outermost layer • when one plate slides below another • movement of continents across Earth's surface • liquid core, between the mantle and inner core • underneath the Earth's crust, the largest layer • how much "stuff" in a certain amount of "space" • A foam ball has a ______ density than a marble. • the ________ boundary is when the plates collide • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-03-27

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. MANTLE, A very thick layer beginning under the Earth's crust.
  2. WAVES, Waves of energy through Earth's layers, the result of earthquakes.
  3. BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates move away from each-other
  4. Fastest and first seismic waves, also called primary waves.
  5. Fractures in the Earth's crust from extreme forces caused by moving rocks in the asthenosphere.
  6. BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates slide past each-other.
  7. BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates moving towards each-other.
  8. The outer layer covered in overlapping tectonic plates.
  9. MANTLE, The liquid layer beneath the upper mantle.
  10. An extremely hot, semi-molten liquid stored under the Earth's surface.
Down
  1. What scientists use to detect and record earthquakes.
  2. When the Earth's crust is subjected to extreme pressure and begins to fold over itself.
  3. DRIFT, A theory that explained how continents moved on Earth's surface.
  4. The second wave of seismic waves, slower then P waves.
  5. The end-result of the movement of tectonic plates.
  6. WEGENER, A German who proposed the theory of tectonic plates.
  7. Where an earthquake begins from.
  8. CORE, A liquid layer wrapping around the inner core.

18 Clues: Where an earthquake begins from. • The end-result of the movement of tectonic plates. • MANTLE, The liquid layer beneath the upper mantle. • CORE, A liquid layer wrapping around the inner core. • What scientists use to detect and record earthquakes. • BOUNDARY, When tectonic plates slide past each-other. • The second wave of seismic waves, slower then P waves. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-02-07

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Comes from the Latin for building (Bill Nye video)
  2. Largest of Earth's layers, made of goopy magma
  3. These are created when two plates push together (the Himalayas)
  4. Sea crust moves below continental crust because it has higher this...
  5. When the ground shakes
  6. Thinnest of Earth's layers, where life is located; also part of pizza
  7. The term scientists use to describe the super continent when there was one landmass
  8. When two plates come together
  9. Sea floor spreading results in this
Down
  1. The speed plates are moving per year
  2. When two plates slide next to each other (cars on a highway)
  3. When heat and pressure build up and an eruption occurs (Mt. Saint Helens)
  4. When two plates pull apart from one another
  5. Area along the Pacific Ocean that is home to many volcanoes and earthquakes
  6. Layer just outside the inner most layer, contains molten metals
  7. What we call magma that comes out of the ground
  8. When a plate slides beneath another one
  9. Center and hottest part of the Earth made of solid Iron

18 Clues: When the ground shakes • When two plates come together • Sea floor spreading results in this • The speed plates are moving per year • When a plate slides beneath another one • When two plates pull apart from one another • Largest of Earth's layers, made of goopy magma • What we call magma that comes out of the ground • Comes from the Latin for building (Bill Nye video) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this type of plate is thinner and more dense than the continental
  2. the layer of the Earth we believe to be LIQUID iron and nickel
  3. this type of plate is thicker and less dense than the oceanic
  4. the layer of the Earth we believe to be SOLID iron and nickel
  5. one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another
  6. these events are common at plate boundaries and are cause by motion of plates (and sometimes magma)
  7. plate boundary where the plates collide
  8. another word for an earthquake wave
Down
  1. another name for the crust
  2. the layer of the Earth upon which the plates float
  3. this is a long narrow, deep depression on the seafloor
  4. point on earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  5. the dividing line where 2 tectonic plates meet
  6. this occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new crust is formed
  7. the process in which hotter magma rises and cooler magma sinks causing the plates to move
  8. plate boundary where the plates move apart
  9. plate boundary where 2 plates slide past each other
  10. sections of Earth's crust, can be oceanic or continental

18 Clues: another name for the crust • another word for an earthquake wave • plate boundary where the plates collide • plate boundary where the plates move apart • one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another • the dividing line where 2 tectonic plates meet • the layer of the Earth upon which the plates float • plate boundary where 2 plates slide past each other • ...

Volcanoes 2024-03-20

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fine bits of rock.
  2. A volcano that is not erupting anymore.
Down
  1. A volcano that still erupts.
  2. A type of plate boundary that moves away from each other.

4 Clues: Fine bits of rock. • A volcano that still erupts. • A volcano that is not erupting anymore. • A type of plate boundary that moves away from each other.

Module 1 2022-11-04

Module 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sinking of oceanic lithosphere beneath overriding oceanic or continental lithosphere at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A divergent boundary marked by a rift at the crest of a mid-oceanic ridge, where new oceanic crust is formed by seafloor spreading.
  3. The velocity at which one lithospheric plate moves relative to another.
  4. The large-scale movements of continents across Earth's surface driven by the plate tectonic system.
  5. A contour that connects rock of equal age.
  6. A boundary between lithospheric plates where two plates move apart and new lithosphere is created.
  7. A chain of volcanic islands formed on the overriding plate at a convergent boundary by magma that rises from the mantle as water released from the subducting lithospheric slab causes fluid-induced melting.
  8. A narrow, cylindrical jet of hot solid material rising from deep within the mantle, thought to be responsible for intraplate volcanism.
Down
  1. The mechanism by which new oceanic crust is formed at a spreading center on the crest of a mid-ocean ridge. As two plates move apart, magma wells up in to the rift between them to form new crust, which spreads laterally away from the rift and is replaced continually by newer crust.
  2. An undersea mountain chain at a divergent boundary, characterized by earthquakes, volcanism, and rifting, all caused by the tensional forces of mantle convection that are pulling the two plates apart.
  3. One in a pattern of long, narrow bands of high or low magnetic intensity on the seafloor that are parallel to and almost perfectly symmetrical with respect to the crest of a mid-ocean ridge.
  4. A plate boundary at which the plates slide horizontally past each other and lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed.
  5. The science of measuring the shape of Earth and locating points on its surface.
  6. A supercontinent that coalesced in the late Paleozoic era and comprised all present continents, then began to break up in the Mesozoic era.
  7. The theory that describes and explains the creation and destruction of Earth's lithospheric plates and their movement over Earth's surface.
  8. A supercontinent older than Pangaea that formed about 1.1 billion years ago and began to break up about 750 million years ago.
  9. A boundary between lithospheric plates where the plates move toward each other and one plate is recycled into the mantle.
  10. The detailed history of Earth's magnetic field reversals as determined by measuring the the thermoremanent magnetization of rock samples whose ages are known,

18 Clues: A contour that connects rock of equal age. • The velocity at which one lithospheric plate moves relative to another. • The science of measuring the shape of Earth and locating points on its surface. • A boundary between lithospheric plates where two plates move apart and new lithosphere is created. • ...

Trigg's Earthquake Crossword 2023-02-23

Trigg's Earthquake Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The action of moving apart
  2. The action of tectonic plates sliding past each other
  3. The action of coming together
Down
  1. A long, A narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth
  2. Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.

5 Clues: The action of moving apart • The action of coming together • The action of tectonic plates sliding past each other • Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. • A long, A narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth

Argumentative Crossword 2023-05-10

Argumentative Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giving to expressing divergent or opposing views
  2. state or assert that something is the case, typically without evidence or proof
Down
  1. a claim made to rebut a previous claim
  2. a avalible body of facts or information indication whether the belief or proposion is valid.
  3. a refrusion or contradiction

5 Clues: a refrusion or contradiction • a claim made to rebut a previous claim • giving to expressing divergent or opposing views • state or assert that something is the case, typically without evidence or proof • a avalible body of facts or information indication whether the belief or proposion is valid.

Rift Valley 2021-01-29

Rift Valley crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a _______ line is a fracture in the rocks along which the rocks are displaced
  2. the type of plate boundary when two plates move away from each other
  3. the process of many gaps forming as a result of the two plates moving away from each other
  4. a word to describe the sinking motion of the rift valley
  5. another landform that forms alongside the rift valley
Down
  1. a way to describe what a rift valley looks like
  2. another phrase to describe sides that are almost vertical
  3. the type of plates involved in the formation of a rift valley
  4. the force experienced when two plates are moving away from each other

9 Clues: a way to describe what a rift valley looks like • another landform that forms alongside the rift valley • a word to describe the sinking motion of the rift valley • another phrase to describe sides that are almost vertical • the type of plates involved in the formation of a rift valley • the type of plate boundary when two plates move away from each other • ...

Ocean Topography 2023-02-02

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

10 Clues: an underwater volcano • a seamount that has risen above the water • flat areas of the the ocean that stretch for miles and miles • an underwater mountain chain that forms at a divergent boundary • an old volcanic island that has been weathered down and filled with water • slope a steep drop off where the continental plate meets the oceanic plate • ...

Reading Choice Board Reflection #6-GuoranZhang 2024-02-26

Reading Choice Board Reflection #6-GuoranZhang crossword puzzle
Across
  1. assuming that all groups are equal and there's no bias
  2. from each other
  3. hopes and dreams that students have
  4. treating others differently based on their non-normative behavior or characteristics
  5. making generalizations through examination and analysis of particular examples
Down
  1. a model of instruction that encourages students' development of critical-thinking skills as they explore and learn concepts in the academic content areas and the facts associated with these concepts
  2. skills and abilities to navigate institutions with an emphasis on how they are empowered to maneuver within hostile environments.
  3. statements that assume certain groups are dangerous or criminal
  4. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other

9 Clues: from each other • hopes and dreams that students have • assuming that all groups are equal and there's no bias • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • statements that assume certain groups are dangerous or criminal • making generalizations through examination and analysis of particular examples • ...

plate boundary 2024-04-11

plate boundary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates come together
  2. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  3. There are two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
  4. At this type of boundary rocks are broken as the plates grind past each other
Down
  1. a continuous range of underwater volcanoes
  2. an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape
  3. where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  4. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks.
  5. Is where two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap
  6. Valley accor at divergent boundaries

10 Clues: When two plates come together • Valley accor at divergent boundaries • a continuous range of underwater volcanoes • where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • Is where two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap • At this type of boundary rocks are broken as the plates grind past each other • ...

Tectonic plates 2021-03-18

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates collide into each other
  2. where plates slide sideways past each other
Down
  1. tectonic plates moving away from each other
  2. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock

4 Clues: two plates collide into each other • extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock • tectonic plates moving away from each other • where plates slide sideways past each other

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  2. when to crusts move away

4 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

Argumentative Crossword 2023-05-10

Argumentative Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giving to expressing divergent or opposing views
  2. state or assert that something is the case, typically without evidence or proof
Down
  1. a claim made to rebut a previous claim
  2. a avalible body of facts or information indication whether the belief or proposion is valid.
  3. a refrusion or contradiction

5 Clues: a refrusion or contradiction • a claim made to rebut a previous claim • giving to expressing divergent or opposing views • state or assert that something is the case, typically without evidence or proof • a avalible body of facts or information indication whether the belief or proposion is valid.

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary found between two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  2. scientist who theorized continental drift, plate tectonics, and Pangea
  3. process in which denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  4. theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
  5. a narrow depression of the sea floor the deepest part of the ocean
Down
  1. boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. provided evidence that tectonic plates were moving
  3. a circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid
  4. a place where two tectonic plates slide past each other

9 Clues: provided evidence that tectonic plates were moving • a place where two tectonic plates slide past each other • boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other • theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart • a narrow depression of the sea floor the deepest part of the ocean • ...

Geology and Earth's Dynamics Crossword 2025-01-07

Geology and Earth's Dynamics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of rock that has been changed by heat and pressure.
  2. A type of boundary where two tectonic plates move apart.
  3. Tectonics: Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithosphere.
  4. Type of rock formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava.
Down
  1. The process by which one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.
  2. Spreading: The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma rises at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. Currents: Circular currents in the mantle caused by the heat of Earth's core.
  4. Type of rock formed from the accumulation of mineral and organic particles.
  5. Boundary: A type of boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

9 Clues: Type of rock that has been changed by heat and pressure. • A type of boundary where two tectonic plates move apart. • Type of rock formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava. • The process by which one tectonic plate sinks beneath another. • Tectonics: Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithosphere. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long crack in the surface on the earth, earthquakes usually occur
  2. tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses
  3. sea floor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
  4. when two plates move away from each other Ex: rift valley, mid ocean ridge
  5. when two tectonic plates move towards each other and collide Ex:uplift, mountains
Down
  1. parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  2. when two plates slide past each other Ex: fault lines
  3. when a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate, creates volcanoes
  4. tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean

9 Clues: tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses • tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • when two plates slide past each other Ex: fault lines • sea floor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries • long crack in the surface on the earth, earthquakes usually occur • when two plates move away from each other Ex: rift valley, mid ocean ridge • ...

Miguel Gonzalez 2022-04-29

Miguel Gonzalez crossword puzzle
Across
  1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  4. denoting or relating to rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies
  5. rocks that crystallize below the earth's surface
Down
  1. the structure of the earth's crust.
  2. a rock that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  3. where new crust is generated as the plataway from each other.
  4. places where plates slide sideways past each other.

9 Clues: the structure of the earth's crust. • matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid • rocks that crystallize below the earth's surface • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • where new crust is generated as the plataway from each other. • a rock that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air. • ...

Plate Tectonics and Boundaries 2025-09-26

Plate Tectonics and Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the second and thickest layer, made up molten material and Magma
  2. the first and thinnest layer, made up of rocky material
  3. when plates move away from each other, apart
  4. when plates move toward each other, together
  5. the third layer, which is made mostly of Iron and Nickel, and a liquid state of matter
Down
  1. when plates slide past each other, horizontally
  2. the fourth and innermost layer, made mostly of Iron and Nickel, and is a completely solid state of matter
  3. part that floats in the upper mantle, which is broken into pieces called plates
  4. the continuous rise and fall of magma in the mantle

9 Clues: when plates move away from each other, apart • when plates move toward each other, together • when plates slide past each other, horizontally • the continuous rise and fall of magma in the mantle • the first and thinnest layer, made up of rocky material • the second and thickest layer, made up molten material and Magma • ...

Plate Motion 2022-11-21

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. to examine in detail for a purpose
  5. the place where two plates meet
  6. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
Down
  1. moving toward the same place
  2. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  3. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  6. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  7. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

13 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 • something we observe to be similar over and over again • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates • a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • ...

Unit 7 Terminology 2019-11-11

Unit 7 Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock that erupts on Earth's surface
  2. This type of plain is a large, flat area on the sea floor and is found in the deepest basins
  3. These mountains have parallel ridges and from as crust moves up/down a fault (Include hyphen)
  4. These are small, steep-sided volcanoes that erupt gas-rich, basaltic volcanoes (Two words as one)
  5. Volcanoes not associated with a plate boundary
  6. A liquid's resistance to flowing
  7. These type of mountains are made of rock layers that are folded
Down
  1. molten rock beneath Earth's surface
  2. Tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass
  3. A vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows
  4. This type of volcano has large, steep sides and results from explosive eruptions mainly found along convergent boundaries
  5. These type of mountains form when regions rise up with little deformation
  6. This type of volcano is found along divergent boundaries and has a gentle slope with basaltic lava

13 Clues: A liquid's resistance to flowing • molten rock beneath Earth's surface • molten rock that erupts on Earth's surface • Volcanoes not associated with a plate boundary • Tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass • A vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows • These type of mountains are made of rock layers that are folded • ...

Plate Motion Cross Word Puzzle 2021-09-01

Plate Motion Cross Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Moving toward the same place
  2. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  3. moving apart in different directions
  4. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  5. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  6. Hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth
  7. A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
Down
  1. ridge An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  3. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  4. Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. On the extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  6. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth's outer layer

13 Clues: Moving toward the same place • moving apart in different directions • Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • Hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth • The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • On the extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • ...

Evolutionary History 2016-03-03

Evolutionary History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Evolution Accumulation of differences between groups which can lead to formation of a new species.
  2. Selection Theory of Evolution developed by Darwin, based on four ideas.
  3. Selection Darwin's term for selective breeding. Organisms selected for certain traits.
  4. Structure Phylogeny Reduced form of a functional structure that indicates shared ancestry.
  5. Evolution Organisms not closely related with same traits.
  6. Changes in at least two species genetic compositions reciprocally affect each others Evolution.
  7. Preserved evidence of an organism, often found in sedimentary rock.
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  1. Hereditary changes in groups of living organisms over time.
  2. Measure of a traits relative contribution to the following generation.
  3. Structure Automatically similar structure inherited from common ancestors.
  4. Inherited characteristics of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor.
  5. Structure Structure with same function but different construction but was not inherited from a common ancestor.
  6. Radiation Diversification of species into a number of different species, often in a short period.

13 Clues: Evolution Organisms not closely related with same traits. • Hereditary changes in groups of living organisms over time. • Preserved evidence of an organism, often found in sedimentary rock. • Measure of a traits relative contribution to the following generation. • Selection Theory of Evolution developed by Darwin, based on four ideas. • ...

Faults 2016-06-09

Faults crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the force exerted when an object presses on, pulls on, or pushes against another object.
  2. shaking of ground caused by the sudden movement of large rocks across faults.
  3. inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted verticall
  4. type of stress that pushes rocks into two opposite directions.
  5. type of stress when an object is squeezed.
  6. a fracture or break in the earths lithosphere, along whick blocks of rock move past each other
Down
  1. rocks are pulled apart,divergent
  2. It is a kind of large strike-slip fault that cuts through the lithosphere and is associated with plate boundaries.
  3. the rocks are pushed together, convergent
  4. rocks are pushed horizontally scraping past each other, transform
  5. In a fault, the rock slab above the fault surface
  6. type of stress when an object is stretched.
  7. In a fault, the rock slab below the fault suface

13 Clues: rocks are pulled apart,divergent • the rocks are pushed together, convergent • type of stress when an object is squeezed. • type of stress when an object is stretched. • In a fault, the rock slab below the fault suface • In a fault, the rock slab above the fault surface • type of stress that pushes rocks into two opposite directions. • ...

Pangea 2025-04-01

Pangea crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of Earth on which tectonic plates move.
  2. The breaking apart of Pangea led to the formation of this continent to the south.
  3. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. The breaking apart of Pangea led to the formation of this continent to the north.
  5. The theory that explains the movement of Earth's continents over time.
Down
  1. The process by which continents slowly move apart.
  2. The supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  3. The modern-day continent that was once part of Pangea and includes the Amazon rainforest.
  4. The force that drives plate tectonics, caused by heat from Earth's interior.
  5. The large ocean that surrounded Pangea.
  6. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates collide.
  7. The type of rock that records past continental movements.
  8. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.

13 Clues: The large ocean that surrounded Pangea. • The layer of Earth on which tectonic plates move. • The process by which continents slowly move apart. • The type of boundary where two tectonic plates collide. • The type of rock that records past continental movements. • The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sudden movement of tectonic plates at their boundaries that causes the ground to shake
  2. The deformable layer that behaves like a thick syrup
  3. A mountain or hill through which molten rock can erupt from
  4. The hard and rigid layer that is broken up into tectonic plates
  5. Type of plate boundary that is pulling apart
  6. The huge eruption that occurred in 2018 and destroyed over 700 homes on Big Island
  7. The outermost layer of the Earth
  8. A plate boundary that has two plates moving laterally
Down
  1. Type of plate boundary where the plates move towards each other
  2. The person that came up with the theory of continental drift
  3. The largest layer of the earth where magma and lava come from
  4. The supercontinent that was composed of Earth's present day continents together
  5. Where the second strongest earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 occurred

13 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth • Type of plate boundary that is pulling apart • The deformable layer that behaves like a thick syrup • A plate boundary that has two plates moving laterally • A mountain or hill through which molten rock can erupt from • The person that came up with the theory of continental drift • ...

Plate Motion Vocab. 2021-09-01

Plate Motion Vocab. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  2. A diagram that shows what the insides of something looks like
  3. An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  4. Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  5. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  6. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
Down
  1. Moving apart in different directions
  2. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, etc.
  4. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates moved together
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. Hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth

13 Clues: moving toward the same place • Moving apart in different directions • Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • Hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth • The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • A diagram that shows what the insides of something looks like • ...

Geological Evoloution 2022-10-31

Geological Evoloution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The hottest layer of the earth
  2. Deep-sea _________ are long narrow depressions in the ocean floor.
  3. At a convergent boundary, _______ can occur.
  4. The earths crust is right on top of which other layer of the earth?
  5. The pieces of the earths crust that are constantly moving
  6. To the left of Asia and the right of North America there is a fault line where 80% of the worlds earth quakes form. We call this place the _________
  7. When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other it is called a ________ boundary.
  8. When wind and water change the land.
Down
  1. When two tectonic plates are sliding against each other, moving in different directions it is called a _________ boundary
  2. When all the continents were all connected, the supercontinent was called..
  3. When sediments are moved or relocated, because of erosion.
  4. The mechanical or chemical breakdown of rocks.
  5. small fragments of rock, dirt, shells, etc.

13 Clues: The hottest layer of the earth • When wind and water change the land. • small fragments of rock, dirt, shells, etc. • At a convergent boundary, _______ can occur. • The mechanical or chemical breakdown of rocks. • The pieces of the earths crust that are constantly moving • When sediments are moved or relocated, because of erosion. • ...

DONT USE CAPITALS OR SPACES 2024-10-30

DONT USE CAPITALS OR SPACES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What makes convention currents work and makes oceanic plates sink under continental plates?
  2. What is the type of boundary where two plates move away from each other or divide?
  3. What is the only liquid layer of the earth?
  4. What made Pangea spread apart, and what did Alfred Wegener have a theory about?
  5. What are the plates that make up the surface of the earth?
  6. What is the layer second highest in the earth?
Down
  1. What is the force that makes plates move?
  2. What is the part of the earth that includes the top part of the mantle and the crust?
  3. What is the top layer of the earth?
  4. What is the type of boundary where two plates slide across each other?
  5. What is the process of a plate going under another plate?
  6. What is the layer in the center of the earth?
  7. What is the type of boundary where two plates collide or subduct?

13 Clues: What is the top layer of the earth? • What is the force that makes plates move? • What is the only liquid layer of the earth? • What is the layer in the center of the earth? • What is the layer second highest in the earth? • What is the process of a plate going under another plate? • What are the plates that make up the surface of the earth? • ...

ESH Q2 Extra Credit 2024-12-10

ESH Q2 Extra Credit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of front in which cold air replaces warm air
  2. ____ boundary is where two plates move away from each other
  3. a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location
  4. ____ boundary where two plates move towards each other
  5. a type of front in which warm air replaces cold air
  6. is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain period of time
  7. theory of _______ ______ in which the earth is broken up into plates that move slowly over time
Down
  1. a method for determining age of rocks without knowing their specific age
  2. a method for determining exact age of rocks
  3. the remains or impression of an organism found within a rock
  4. the process by which organisms change in order to fit their environment better
  5. a substance that has mass and takes up space2. ____ boundary where two plates slide against each other
  6. the process by which organisms change through time

13 Clues: a method for determining exact age of rocks • the process by which organisms change through time • a type of front in which cold air replaces warm air • a type of front in which warm air replaces cold air • ____ boundary where two plates move towards each other • ____ boundary is where two plates move away from each other • ...

WTES Puzzle 2025-04-16

WTES Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This type of fault/boundary is when one side of land pushes underneath the other, towards each other.
  2. A type of plate that moves and forms our planet's land.
  3. Wind and water combine to create this natural disaster.
  4. A hole on the surface where hot stuff from inside the earth comes out.
  5. _______s are formed underground and make up our rocks, sands and soils.
  6. A crack in the earth where the plates meet.
Down
  1. _______ happens when parts of earth/rock are weathered away or removed to make a new form.
  2. This type of fault/boundary is when one side of land moves past another.
  3. Bones of an animal from the past, now buried underground.
  4. When the Earth Shakes!
  5. This type of fault/boundary is when both sides of land push away from each other.
  6. Where the continents used to sit together before continental drift.
  7. _cience, _echnology, _ngineering, _rt, and _athmatics

13 Clues: When the Earth Shakes! • A crack in the earth where the plates meet. • _cience, _echnology, _ngineering, _rt, and _athmatics • A type of plate that moves and forms our planet's land. • Wind and water combine to create this natural disaster. • Bones of an animal from the past, now buried underground. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-10-06

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates
Down
  1. Boundary
  2. drift

3 Clues: drift • Plates • Boundary

Earth's Systems 2020-04-12

Earth's Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. move
Down
  1. away
  2. under

3 Clues: away • move • under

CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVITY 2025-09-09

CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVITY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thinking
Down
  1. Solving
  2. Intelligence

3 Clues: Solving • Thinking • Intelligence

Theories on the Formation of the Earth 2022-09-29

Theories on the Formation of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lighter crust must be floating on the denser underlying mantle.
  2. Less dense than oceanic crust.
  3. Created when the divergent boundaries molten materials cools and hardens.
  4. Proposed the theory of continental drift.
  5. Massive slabs of rock
  6. Earths solid, rocky lithosphere is broken inti pieces called tectonic plates.
Down
  1. Occurs between 2 plates where molten materials within the earths pushes its way up, causing the plate to move away from each other.
  2. Proposed the idea of seafloor spreading in the early 1960's
  3. He proposed the term isostasy
  4. The crust and mantle would settle into in absence of disturbing forces.
  5. There are lateral changes in rock density across the lithosphere.
  6. The movement of tectonic plates which drift apart from the land which sits on the top ,is the cause for this shift.
  7. Across the lithosphere, the rock density is approximately the same.
  8. Allows the athenosphere to flow like dough or putty.
  9. IT happens when tectonic plates move and rub against each other

15 Clues: Massive slabs of rock • He proposed the term isostasy • Less dense than oceanic crust. • Proposed the theory of continental drift. • Allows the athenosphere to flow like dough or putty. • Proposed the idea of seafloor spreading in the early 1960's • IT happens when tectonic plates move and rub against each other • ...

Earth 2020-05-08

Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The border between two tectonic plates.
  2. Outermost layer of earth.
  3. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  4. Is the only liquid layer of the earth consists of mostly iron and nickel.
  5. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust.
  6. is a dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart.
  7. States that continents shift position on Earth's surface.
Down
  1. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth.
  2. where two plates slide past each other.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. States that the earth's outer layer, or lithosphere, is broken into several large slabs called plates, and the plates slowly move around the planet.
  5. Where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  6. Is an underwater mountain range.
  7. Two plates that are moving apart from each other.
  8. Semisolid rock is located directly below the crust.

15 Clues: Outermost layer of earth. • Is an underwater mountain range. • where two plates slide past each other. • The border between two tectonic plates. • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust. • Where two plates are pushing toward each other. • Two plates that are moving apart from each other. • Semisolid rock is located directly below the crust. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-05-01

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What part of the Earth's crust is the thickest?
  2. What is responsible for the Earth´s magnetic field?
  3. What are the pieces of the Earth's crust?
  4. What is it called when two continental plates collide?
  5. What do you call it when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
  6. The most dense part of the Earth is called what?
Down
  1. What part of the Earth's crust is thin?
  2. The part of the Earth that is like chewing gum is called what?
  3. When two continental plates collide it forms what?
  4. What is it called when two plates separate or go in opposite directions?
  5. What forms when a oceanic plate & continental plate collide and go underneath each other?
  6. What is one of the layers that makes up the lithosphere?
  7. What is one of the layers that make up the lithosphere?
  8. When two tectonic plates rub against each other,it causes what ?
  9. What is made out of the crust and the mantle?

15 Clues: What part of the Earth's crust is thin? • What are the pieces of the Earth's crust? • What is made out of the crust and the mantle? • What part of the Earth's crust is the thickest? • The most dense part of the Earth is called what? • When two continental plates collide it forms what? • What is responsible for the Earth´s magnetic field? • ...

Plate Motion 2023-03-01

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large area of land on Earth's outer layer that sticks up above the ocean, such as Africa and North America
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in gas,lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement
  6. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  7. how often or fast something happens
  8. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
Down
  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  3. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. the plate where two plates meet

15 Clues: moving toward the same place • the plate where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock • something we observe to be similar over and over again • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • ...

Plate Motion 2023-03-01

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large area of land on Earth's outer layer that sticks up above the ocean, such as Africa and North America
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in gas,lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement
  6. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  7. how often or fast something happens
  8. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
Down
  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  3. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. the place where two plates meet

15 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock • something we observe to be similar over and over again • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • ...

High School Vocabulary 2023-03-31

High School Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to combine or blend different elements to form a coherent whole
  2. dealing with things in a practical way; based on practical considerations rather than theory or ideology
  3. to examine something carefully in order to understand it
  4. to come together at a common point; to move toward a shared goal or opinion
  5. to place two things side by side to compare or contrast them
  6. clear, logical, and convincing; well-reasoned
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  1. to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something
  2. based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
  3. an educated guess or proposed explanation based on limited evidence
  4. moving in different directions from a common point; differing from each other
  5. to draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
  6. to analyze something by separating it into its parts
  7. having more than one possible interpretation or meaning
  8. relating to beauty or the appreciation of beauty
  9. a statement or situation that contradicts itself or seems to defy logic

15 Clues: clear, logical, and convincing; well-reasoned • relating to beauty or the appreciation of beauty • to draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning • to analyze something by separating it into its parts • having more than one possible interpretation or meaning • to examine something carefully in order to understand it • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______
  2. The theory that the Earth’s surface is made of plates.
  3. The edge of the Pacific Ocean prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
  4. Molten rock
  5. A deep crack where new earth surface is continuously being formed
  6. 225 million years ago all the major continents formed a giant super continent called ______________
  7. These are formed when two plates push against each other.
Down
  1. When two plates move away from each other, it is called a _________ boundary.
  2. When two plates collide and one plate slides under the other, it is called a ________ boundary.
  3. ________ float on the mantle.
  4. The violent jerk when the tension between two plates is released.
  5. When two plates push against each other, it is called a _______ boundary.
  6. The highest mountains in the world (and still growing)
  7. When two plates move against each other and neither create or consume crust, ________ boundaries are created.
  8. The line on which two different plates move against each other.

15 Clues: Molten rock • ________ float on the mantle. • The theory that the Earth’s surface is made of plates. • The highest mountains in the world (and still growing) • These are formed when two plates push against each other. • Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______ • The line on which two different plates move against each other. • ...

Kaitlyn Nimmer-Dynamic Earth 2018-01-15

Kaitlyn Nimmer-Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries/2 plates slide sideways past each other.
  2. wave/earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is recorded by a seismograph.
  3. currents/a current that results from convection.
  4. record produced by a seismograph
  5. ridges/underwater ridges (mountains) in the middle of the ocean basin.
  6. boundaries/A tectonic boundary
  7. wave/when pieces of rock in an earthquake vibrate at right angles.
  8. core/fluid layer about 2,300 km thick and made up of mostly iron and nickel.
Down
  1. rock formation
  2. boundaries/2 plates are moving away from each other
  3. fault/2 blocks of rock are pulled apart by tension.
  4. mantle/fluid and can move.That causes the movement of the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust.
  5. map/type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief.
  6. analysis/analysis using the fact that physical quantities added to or equated with each other must be expressed in terms of the same fundamental quantities.
  7. fault/2 blocks of rock are forced together by compression.

15 Clues: rock formation • boundaries/A tectonic boundary • record produced by a seismograph • currents/a current that results from convection. • boundaries/2 plates are moving away from each other • fault/2 blocks of rock are pulled apart by tension. • boundaries/2 plates slide sideways past each other. • fault/2 blocks of rock are forced together by compression. • ...

Plate Tectonics by Chris :D 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics by Chris :D crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the shaking of the ground called?
  2. What is the hottest layer of the earth?
  3. What is the type of boundary when plates slide past each other?
  4. What is the type of boundary when plates move towards each other?
  5. What type of rock forms from melting and hardening again?
  6. What kind of Igeous rock hardens underground?
  7. What type of rock forms from sediments hardening?
Down
  1. What is it called when new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  2. What is a rupture in the crust that allows lava and ash to escape from a magma chamber below the surface?
  3. What is the densest plate?
  4. What is the type of boundary when plates move apart?
  5. What type of rock forms from heating up and pressure?
  6. What kind of Igeous rock hardens above ground?
  7. What is the super continent that existed around 335 million years ago?
  8. What layer of the earth do plates rest on?

15 Clues: What is the densest plate? • What is the hottest layer of the earth? • What is the shaking of the ground called? • What layer of the earth do plates rest on? • What kind of Igeous rock hardens underground? • What kind of Igeous rock hardens above ground? • What type of rock forms from sediments hardening? • What is the type of boundary when plates move apart? • ...

Geosphere 2024-02-20

Geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it
  2. What happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  3. A blanket of gases that surrounds Earth
  4. The transformation of existing rock to new types of rock
  5. Formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock
  6. Formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms
  7. Places where plates slide sideways past each other
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  1. The solid, outer part of Earth
  2. A hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron
  3. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
  4. Lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
  5. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. Liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle
  7. The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  8. The third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist

15 Clues: The solid, outer part of Earth • A hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron • A blanket of gases that surrounds Earth • The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • Places where plates slide sideways past each other • The transformation of existing rock to new types of rock • Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2024-02-14

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Wegener's idea that all the continents were joined in a super continent
  2. a large landmass
  3. theory that states earth's plates are in slow constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. plates move together
  5. The edges of the Earth's plates meet at __________
  6. Where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land, a deep valley called a __________________ forms
  7. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
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  1. plates move apart
  2. Wegener's idea that all the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface
  3. part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at ________
  4. plates slip past each other
  5. is the outer layer of the Earth
  6. adds more crust to the ocean floor. at the same time older strips of rock move outward from either side of the ridge
  7. form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
  8. a point or line where one region ends and another begins

15 Clues: a large landmass • plates move apart • plates move together • plates slip past each other • is the outer layer of the Earth • The edges of the Earth's plates meet at __________ • a point or line where one region ends and another begins • part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at ________ • form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics Part 2 2024-05-07

Plate Tectonics Part 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
  2. An underwater volcanic mountain chain where a new ocean floor is formed.
  3. A theory stating that Earth's crust is broken into huge plates that move and and causes changes at Earth’s surface.
  4. Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress.
  6. Rocks formed from compacted sediment.
  7. Margin that builds up or CREATES.
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  1. Rocks formed from extreme heat and pressure.
  2. When a dense oceanic plate sinks below a less dense continental plate and melts and creates volcanoes.
  3. Margin that causes damage or DESTROYS.
  4. Molten rock ON Earth's surface.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates come together as a result of compression stress.
  6. Rocks formed from cooled/solidified molten rock.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions as result of shear stress.
  8. Cycle Is a series of processes that create and transform the types of rocks in Earth's crust.

15 Clues: Molten rock ON Earth's surface. • Margin that builds up or CREATES. • Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface. • Rocks formed from compacted sediment. • Margin that causes damage or DESTROYS. • Rocks formed from extreme heat and pressure. • Rocks formed from cooled/solidified molten rock. • An underwater volcanic mountain chain where a new ocean floor is formed. • ...

Chapter Five Crossword 2025-01-13

Chapter Five Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The transfer of energy carried in rays like light or heat
  2. Heat transfer by movement of a fluid
  3. opening on earth crust wear magma and lava rise to the surface
  4. Boundaries occurs when plates slide side by side, past each other
  5. Are pieces of Earth’s crust
  6. Is the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
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  1. Is the process of continually adding new material to the ocean floor
  2. A deep underwater canyon formed when oceanic crust bends downward
  3. Boundaries when plates move away from each other; move apart or diverge
  4. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
  5. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  6. Are breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  7. Boundaries form where plates move towards each other; come together or converge
  8. Molten rock stored under earth's surface
  9. Molten rock that has reached earth's surface through volcano vents

15 Clues: Are pieces of Earth’s crust • Heat transfer by movement of a fluid • Molten rock stored under earth's surface • Is the flow that transfers heat within a fluid • Heat transfer between materials that are touching • The transfer of energy carried in rays like light or heat • opening on earth crust wear magma and lava rise to the surface • ...

Earthquakes! E6D 2025-03-24

Earthquakes! E6D crossword puzzle
Across
  1. P and S waves are ________ waves
  2. Giant, unstoppable waves caused by earthquakes.
  3. Rayleigh and Love waves are _________ waves
  4. the tectonic boundary where the plates are moving away from each other.
  5. a series of low frequency shockwaves.
  6. a 9 or greater is considered a _________ earthquake
Down
  1. the tectonic boundary where subduction is likely to occur
  2. __________ is a source of danger. Can not be reduced.
  3. the scale used to report an earthquakes strength to the public. Each number increase on the scale 31.6 times the energy of the last number.
  4. an area of a fault that has not had an earthquake is some time may be called a ________ gap.
  5. the strength of an earthquake is referred to as..
  6. the number of seismic stations needed to locate an earthquake's epicenter.
  7. a scale that measures the damage caused by an earthquake, it uses Roman numerals.
  8. a _______ is the possibility of injury or death, and damage to property. It can be reduced.
  9. a 7-7.9 earthquake is a __________ earthquake.

15 Clues: P and S waves are ________ waves • a series of low frequency shockwaves. • Rayleigh and Love waves are _________ waves • a 7-7.9 earthquake is a __________ earthquake. • Giant, unstoppable waves caused by earthquakes. • the strength of an earthquake is referred to as.. • a 9 or greater is considered a _________ earthquake • ...

Amina's Crossword 2025-03-28

Amina's Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a group of people who have come together in a religious building for worship and prayer
  2. careful and using a lot of effort
  3. kind and helpful
  4. careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount
  5. someone who is good at public speaking
  6. trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature
  7. to cause trouble to develop
  8. likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions
  9. a situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or in which something is turned upside down
  10. a person who is not experienced in a job or situation
  11. strong criticism or disapproval
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  1. a situation in which two people or groups of people become friendly again after they have argued
  2. different or becoming different from something else
  3. having or showing a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past
  4. dangerous

15 Clues: dangerous • kind and helpful • to cause trouble to develop • strong criticism or disapproval • careful and using a lot of effort • someone who is good at public speaking • different or becoming different from something else • a person who is not experienced in a job or situation • careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount • ...

GEOLOGY VOCAB QUIZ 2025-05-07

GEOLOGY VOCAB QUIZ crossword puzzle
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  1. Breaking down of rocks through chemical changes.
  2. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  4. MOUNTAINS a natural landform that rises significantly above its surrounding area, formed by tectonic plate movement, volcanism, and erosion
  5. ROCK Rock formed from layers of sediment that are compacted and cemented.
  6. TIME SCALE A timeline of Earth’s history based on rock and fossil records.
  7. The movement of weathered rock and soil by water, wind, or ice.
  8. a supercontinent that existed before continents broke apart
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  1. Physical breaking of rocks without changing their composition.
  2. The process of laying down sediment in a new location.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  4. The preserved remains or traces of once-living organisms.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. A mountain that forms when magma reaches Earth's surface.
  7. A major area in the Pacific Ocean basin where many volcanoes are located.

15 Clues: A plate boundary where two plates move apart. • The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces. • Breaking down of rocks through chemical changes. • The process of laying down sediment in a new location. • A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other. • The preserved remains or traces of once-living organisms. • ...

Earth Science Vocabulary 2025-12-12

Earth Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Very small pieces of rocks.
  2. A shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall.
  3. The natural land shape or feature.
  4. The process of rock being broken apart.
  5. The boundary between two tectonic plates moving away from each other.
  6. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. The dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water.
  8. The thick layer of Earth beneath the crust.
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  1. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are colliding with each other.
  2. The process of moving weathered rock from one place to another.
  3. The layer of Earth extending from earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle.
  4. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  5. The strength of an earthquake.
  6. A break in the Earth’s crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side.
  7. The thin outer layer of the Earth.

15 Clues: Very small pieces of rocks. • The strength of an earthquake. • The natural land shape or feature. • The thin outer layer of the Earth. • The process of rock being broken apart. • The 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. • ...

Science crossword 2021-12-15

Science crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Hot fluid material below or within the earths crust
  2. Processes by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid
  3. The uppermost solid part of the earth
  4. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction
  6. A long narrow depressions on the seafloor
  7. The relatively thick part of the earths crust that forms large landmasses
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  1. A rock that forms when hot, molten rock crystallizes and hardens
  2. A mountain or hill having a vent through which lava or magma is being erupted
  3. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other
  4. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other
  5. Large scale processes affecting the structure of the earths crust
  6. The process in which crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line
  7. A large segment of the Earths crust that slowly moves
  8. A type of fault where the crust moves sideways past each other

15 Clues: The uppermost solid part of the earth • A long narrow depressions on the seafloor • Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid • Hot fluid material below or within the earths crust • A large segment of the Earths crust that slowly moves • A type of fault where the crust moves sideways past each other • ...

Sciencesto 2016-03-04

Sciencesto crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost layer of the Earth
  2. place where two plates move together
  3. The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  4. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  5. a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle.
  6. rigid layer of Earth's surface made up of the crust and part of the upper mantle
  7. sections of the lithosphere
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  1. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. boundary between two plates that are moving apart
  3. cycle of heating,cooling,and sinking
  4. area where an oceanic plate goes down into the mantle
  5. the name of the single landmass that broke apaart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  6. plate boundary that forms when two plates slide past each other
  7. plastic like layer of the Earth's surface below the lithosphere
  8. hypothesis that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations

15 Clues: sections of the lithosphere • outermost layer of the Earth • cycle of heating,cooling,and sinking • place where two plates move together • boundary between two plates that are moving apart • a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • area where an oceanic plate goes down into the mantle • plate boundary that forms when two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics - Ruhi 3-23 2017-06-13

Plate Tectonics - Ruhi 3-23 crossword puzzle
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  1. an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate or when an oceanic plate slides under an oceanic plate
  2. layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel
  3. shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy
  4. location on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. plate boundaries that move away from each other as magma rises
  6. crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle
  7. layer of the earth, mostly solid iron at tremendous temperature and pressure.
  8. the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate
  9. thickest layer of the earth, mostly solid like "thick toothpaste"
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  1. outermost layer of the earth, granite on land and basalt in oceans
  2. molten layer of the upper mantle
  3. plate boundaries that come together
  4. the study of seismic waves
  5. supercontinent believed to have been before they broke apart
  6. area where molten rock rises to the surface

15 Clues: the study of seismic waves • molten layer of the upper mantle • plate boundaries that come together • area where molten rock rises to the surface • crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle • layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel • the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate • ...

Tectonic Plates - Ruhi 3-23 2017-06-13

Tectonic Plates - Ruhi 3-23 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thickest layer of the earth, mostly solid like "thick toothpaste"
  2. the study of seismic waves
  3. the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy
  4. the plate boundaries that move away from each other as magma rises
  5. when an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate or when an oceanic plate slides under an oceanic plate
  6. the crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle
  7. the layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel
Down
  1. the supercontinent believed to have been before they broke apart
  2. an area where molten rock rises to the surface
  3. the plate boundaries that come together
  4. the molten layer of the upper mantle
  5. the location on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  6. the outermost layer of the earth, granite on land and basalt in oceans
  7. the layer of the earth, mostly solid iron at tremendous temperature and pressure.
  8. the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate

15 Clues: the study of seismic waves • the molten layer of the upper mantle • the plate boundaries that come together • an area where molten rock rises to the surface • the crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle • the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate • the layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-05-01

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What part of the earth's crust is the thickest?
  2. What is responsible for the Earth´s magnetic field?
  3. What are the pieces of the earth's crust?
  4. What is it called when two continental plates collide?
  5. What do you call it when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
  6. The most dense part of the earth is called what?
Down
  1. What part of the earth's crust is thin?
  2. The part of the Earth that is like chewing gum is called what?
  3. When two continental plates collide it forms what?
  4. What is it called when two plates separate or go in opposite directions?
  5. What forms when a oceanic plate & continental plate collide and go underneath each other?
  6. What is one of the layers that makes up the lithosphere?
  7. What is one of the layers that make up the lithosphere?
  8. When two tectonic plates rub against each other,it causes what ?
  9. What is made out of the crust and the mantle?

15 Clues: What part of the earth's crust is thin? • What are the pieces of the earth's crust? • What is made out of the crust and the mantle? • What part of the earth's crust is the thickest? • The most dense part of the earth is called what? • When two continental plates collide it forms what? • What is responsible for the Earth´s magnetic field? • ...

Evolution Crossword 2022-05-24

Evolution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The last name of the man who is commonly known as the father of evolution
  2. what type of bird did Darwin study in the Galapegos
  3. change over time
  4. A type of evolution that occurs when organisms from a common point evolve differently from one another
  5. the ship on which Darwin sailed
  6. the name of the archipelago (Island Chain) that Charles Darwin began to develop his theory of evolution
  7. All the alleles that individuals in population carry
  8. The formation of new species
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  1. a trait that aids an organism to survive in its current environment
  2. A group of related organism that can breed and produce fertile offspring
  3. genetic differences between individuals in a species
  4. the word used to describe body parts that serve no useful purpose in an organism
  5. word used to describe parts of the body similar in position and structure but, used differently
  6. changes in genes that cause variation in individuals
  7. A type of evolution that occurs when groups of organisms independently evolve in similar ways

15 Clues: change over time • The formation of new species • the ship on which Darwin sailed • what type of bird did Darwin study in the Galapegos • genetic differences between individuals in a species • changes in genes that cause variation in individuals • All the alleles that individuals in population carry • a trait that aids an organism to survive in its current environment • ...

Cambridge IGCSE O Level and Additional Mathematics 2022-10-18

Cambridge IGCSE O Level and Additional Mathematics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. All possible output values
  2. The distance from a starting point.
  3. Vectors that start at the origin and are the vector equivalent of coordinates.
  4. Two lines that have the same gradient.
  5. is the shape enclosed by an arc of a circle and two radii.
  6. A function that is the inverse of the logarithm function, in the form y = ax.
  7. When the powers of x are increasing from one term to the next.
  8. the terms in a geometric series become progressively smaller in size.
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  1. A theorem that states that for any polynomial f(x), f(a) is the remainder when f(x) is divided by (x – a).
  2. The height from the centre line to the peak (or trough) of a periodic function.
  3. The distance around a circle.
  4. A value that is any real number in its positive size.
  5. A rule that associates each element of one set (the input) with only one element of a second set (the output).
  6. An ordered arrangement of people, objects or operations.
  7. Index or power

15 Clues: Index or power • All possible output values • The distance around a circle. • The distance from a starting point. • Two lines that have the same gradient. • A value that is any real number in its positive size. • An ordered arrangement of people, objects or operations. • is the shape enclosed by an arc of a circle and two radii. • ...

volcano 2024-07-07

volcano crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Partially molten layer of Earth's mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  2. Earth's outermost layer, divided into oceanic and continental types.
  3. Process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  4. Relating to earthquakes or vibrations caused by Earth's movements.
  5. Outermost rigid layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Fixed mantle plume creating volcanic activity, often forming island chains.
  7. Core: Solid, dense center of Earth, composed mainly of iron and nickel.
  8. Tectonics: Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates.
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  1. Crust: Thinner, denser part of Earth's crust found under oceans.
  2. Transfer of heat through fluid motion, driving plate tectonics in the mantle.
  3. Layer of Earth beneath the crust, composed of silicate rocks.
  4. Large ocean wave typically caused by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  5. Crack or opening in Earth's crust, often found at divergent plate boundaries.
  6. Core: Liquid layer of Earth between the mantle and inner core, composed mainly of iron and nickel.
  7. Crust: Thicker, less dense part of Earth's crust that makes up continents.

15 Clues: Layer of Earth beneath the crust, composed of silicate rocks. • Crust: Thinner, denser part of Earth's crust found under oceans. • Partially molten layer of Earth's mantle beneath the lithosphere. • Relating to earthquakes or vibrations caused by Earth's movements. • Earth's outermost layer, divided into oceanic and continental types. • ...

Processes occur along the plate boundaries 2024-09-30

Processes occur along the plate boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. belt a large scale chain of mountain typically formed by the collision of plates
  2. eruptions is when the lava, gas release in the volcano
  3. plate known as divergent, tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. is the solid, outer part of Earth, including the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the
  5. a material with more matter
  6. is a extremely hot liquid
  7. crust is the less dense, and thicker layer of earth crust
  8. trench are long, narrow depressions on the seafloo
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  1. plate margins occur when tectonic plates move towards each other and collide.
  2. a series of mountain connected
  3. crust is found under the ocean on BOD. it is four miles in thickness and has the youngest types of rock
  4. is a collision between two of earth tectonic plate
  5. occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another
  6. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by crust
  7. it is a transform plate boundaries also known sd conservative plate

15 Clues: is a extremely hot liquid • a material with more matter • a series of mountain connected • trench are long, narrow depressions on the seafloo • occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another • eruptions is when the lava, gas release in the volcano • crust is the less dense, and thicker layer of earth crust • ...

Endogenic Processes Crossword 2025-09-24

Endogenic Processes Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The property of magma that describes its resistance to flow.
  2. A type of volcanic eruption that produces ash and pyroclastic material.
  3. A volcanic cone with gentle slopes, formed mostly from fluid lava.
  4. Lava that flows quickly because of low
  5. The zone where one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
  6. The molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
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  1. A volcano type formed by alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic deposits.
  2. The most common mineral found in igneous rocks, also used in glass-making.
  3. Volcanic activity that occurs away from plate boundaries, where magma rises from deep mantle plumes.
  4. The process by which minerals form as magma cools.
  5. A type of volcanic eruption that produces lava fountains and gentle lava flows.
  6. Small, steep-sided volcano built from pyroclastic fragments.
  7. A place where plates move apart and magma rises, creating new crust.
  8. A type of magma solidification that produces igneous rocks.
  9. The process of melting mantle rocks due to a drop in pressure.

15 Clues: Lava that flows quickly because of low • The molten rock beneath Earth’s surface. • The process by which minerals form as magma cools. • A type of magma solidification that produces igneous rocks. • The property of magma that describes its resistance to flow. • Small, steep-sided volcano built from pyroclastic fragments. • ...

Unit 8 8th Grade Crossword 2022-11-12

Unit 8 8th Grade Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a person who collects things discarded by others; any animal that feeds on decaying organic matter, esp on refuse.
  2. enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining.
  3. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated
  4. (of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists.
  5. announce officially or publicly.
  6. tending to be different or develop in different directions
  7. enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information.
  8. make of no use or value; cancel out.
  9. (of an area of land or a building) be next to or have a common boundary with
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  1. having or displaying a passionate intensity.
  2. a close friend or companion
  3. use or benefit; take advantage of.
  4. capable of being perceived especially by the senses
  5. tireless; persistent.
  6. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
  7. the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.
  8. supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something).
  9. to be dressed in clothes of a specified kind
  10. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
  11. fall or drop straight down at high speed.

20 Clues: tireless; persistent. • a close friend or companion • announce officially or publicly. • use or benefit; take advantage of. • make of no use or value; cancel out. • fall or drop straight down at high speed. • having or displaying a passionate intensity. • to be dressed in clothes of a specified kind • having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure. • ...

Module 2 Vocabulary 2022-12-08

Module 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a method of aging which gauges the number of years that something has existed
  2. using oxygen
  3. without oxygen
  4. the study of magnets and magnetic fields that are located within the earth
  5. two tectonic plates moving towards each other
  6. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  7. the study of earthquakes
  8. the concept of the Earths systems evolving alongside life on Earth
  9. Forces that weather or remove the Earth
  10. without life
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  1. The time it takes for a radioactive isotope to decay by half of the original mass
  2. two tectonic plates sliding past each other
  3. the representation of natural or artificial landforms on a map
  4. a method of aging that can be used to create a timeline of which things are older than others
  5. The movement of liquid caused by hot liquids rising and cold liquids sinking
  6. to remove; usually in reference to tectonic plates
  7. a variant of an element with a number of neutrons that is different from normal
  8. Forces that build up the Earth
  9. with life
  10. the process in which a radioactive atom gives off radiation in order to gain stability

20 Clues: with life • using oxygen • without life • without oxygen • the study of earthquakes • Forces that build up the Earth • Forces that weather or remove the Earth • two tectonic plates sliding past each other • two tectonic plates moving towards each other • two tectonic plates moving away from each other • to remove; usually in reference to tectonic plates • ...

Exams Review 2022-12-13

Exams Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. atmospheric layers composition,altitude,___________.
  2. freezes at _ -_.
  3. humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific __________.
  4. ridge A vast, underwater mountain _____.
  5. contains the highest concentration of _____.
  6. scientist has tested her hypothesis, the next step in scientific inquiry is to observe and _____.
  7. sunlight, water,_______ _______.
  8. point in Earth's interior where the energy release of __ __________.
  9. scientific law describes a pattern __ ______.
  10. wave are the first to reach seismograph after an __________.
Down
  1. evaporates from oceans and lakes and rises into Earth's atmosphere as _____ _____.
  2. are freshwater on _____ is found in glaciers.
  3. is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's _______.
  4. boundary between cold and warm air ______.
  5. causes by earthquake occurs strike slips, normal,_______.
  6. of low-pressure usually have cloudy _______.
  7. boundaries a plate that moves _____.
  8. is used to measure ___________.
  9. method in order to recognize a problem, form a hypothesis, design an experiment, test the hypothesis, observe and record,_______ ____, draw conclusions.
  10. process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the _________.
  11. Drift hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current ________.
  12. process takes the rock to the inside __ _____.

22 Clues: freezes at _ -_. • is used to measure ___________. • sunlight, water,_______ _______. • boundaries a plate that moves _____. • ridge A vast, underwater mountain _____. • boundary between cold and warm air ______. • of low-pressure usually have cloudy _______. • contains the highest concentration of _____. • are freshwater on _____ is found in glaciers. • ...

Exams Review 2022-12-13

Exams Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. atmospheric layers composition,altitude,___________.
  2. freezes at _ -_.
  3. humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific __________.
  4. ridge A vast, underwater mountain _____.
  5. contains the highest concentration of _____.
  6. scientist has tested her hypothesis, the next step in scientific inquiry is to observe and _____.
  7. sunlight, water,_______ _______.
  8. point in Earth's interior where the energy release of __ __________.
  9. scientific law describes a pattern __ ______.
  10. wave are the first to reach seismograph after an __________.
Down
  1. evaporates from oceans and lakes and rises into Earth's atmosphere as _____ _____.
  2. are freshwater on _____ is found in glaciers.
  3. is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's _______.
  4. boundary between cold and warm air ______.
  5. causes by earthquake occurs strike slips, normal,_______.
  6. of low-pressure usually have cloudy _______.
  7. boundaries a plate that moves _____.
  8. is used to measure ___________.
  9. method in order to recognize a problem, form a hypothesis, design an experiment, test the hypothesis, observe and record,_______ ____, draw conclusions.
  10. process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the _________.
  11. Drift hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current ________.
  12. process takes the rock to the inside __ _____.

22 Clues: freezes at _ -_. • is used to measure ___________. • sunlight, water,_______ _______. • boundaries a plate that moves _____. • ridge A vast, underwater mountain _____. • boundary between cold and warm air ______. • of low-pressure usually have cloudy _______. • contains the highest concentration of _____. • are freshwater on _____ is found in glaciers. • ...

ACT Vocab Weeks 1-5 2022-09-29

ACT Vocab Weeks 1-5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. irritation, frustration
  2. diplomatic, polite
  3. one who delivers a speech
  4. place of refuge and protection
  5. hard-working
  6. withdrawn, hermit-like
  7. meek
  8. to verify, confirm
  9. providing justification for something
  10. harmful in an unexpected way
  11. controlled, restricted
  12. to clear from blame
  13. thrifty
  14. adherence to a code or values
  15. shorten, abridge
  16. ordinary, common
  17. state of being renewed
  18. to end an activity
  19. provisional, contingent
  20. deserving imitation because of excellence
  21. impulsive action
  22. disloyal
  23. rash, impulsive
  24. a short account of an event
  25. displaying wealth
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  1. able to see the future
  2. indirect, roundabout
  3. pleasure seeker
  4. watchful, alert
  5. elaborately decorated, flowery style
  6. to attribute to someone
  7. nameless
  8. to settle differences
  9. exaggerated self-importance
  10. overused, cliched
  11. displaying a superior attitude to others
  12. having insight or natural understanding
  13. lasting a very short time
  14. persuader of legislators
  15. hard-working
  16. long life
  17. friendly, disposed to peace
  18. lucky
  19. extreme admiration
  20. profound respect
  21. having chronological error
  22. crowd of people
  23. variant, moving part
  24. wise, careful, cautious
  25. to regard someone/thing as unworthy or inferior

50 Clues: meek • lucky • thrifty • nameless • disloyal • long life • hard-working • hard-working • pleasure seeker • watchful, alert • crowd of people • rash, impulsive • shorten, abridge • ordinary, common • profound respect • impulsive action • overused, cliched • displaying wealth • diplomatic, polite • to verify, confirm • extreme admiration • to end an activity • to clear from blame • indirect, roundabout • ...

Place Tectonics Crossword 2019-01-24

Place Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  2. Large landform that stretches above surrounding land
  3. Where 2 plates crash into each other
  4. Large section of earths crust that move slowly due to convection currents
  5. Mantles middle range
  6. Valley A deep valley that forms when 2 plates move apart
  7. Layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
  8. Earths longest underwater mountain range where new ocean is formed
  9. Sudden violent shaking of the ground
  10. A scientist who came up with the continental drift theory
Down
  1. Laying down of rocks and sediments
  2. Where 2 plates slide past each other
  3. Line on a topographic map that connects point of equal evaluation
  4. Rigid outer part of earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Theory that states there was a super continent that split into our continents we know today
  6. Transportation of rock and sediment to another place
  7. Where 2 plates go away from each other
  8. Process where oceanic plate sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench volcano
  9. Transfer of heat by movement of fluid
  10. A large super continent

20 Clues: Mantles middle range • A large super continent • Laying down of rocks and sediments • Where 2 plates slide past each other • Where 2 plates crash into each other • Sudden violent shaking of the ground • Transfer of heat by movement of fluid • Where 2 plates go away from each other • Large landform that stretches above surrounding land • ...

Tectonic Plates 2019-10-14

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust that is under the ocean.
  2. Valleys that are formed by Divergent boundarys.
  3. Crust above water.
  4. A rupture in Earths crust that alows magma to flow through it.
  5. Tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. When new oceanic crust is formed becuse magma from the mantle hardens and becomes new rock.
  7. A trasform fault in California.
  8. Where one Tectonic plate slides under another one and goes to the mantle.
  9. Tectonic plates that are sliding past each other.
  10. A therory in which the earth is divided among several plates that float on the mantle.
Down
  1. Earths crust and upper mantle.
  2. The "plates" that earths crust is made of.
  3. Tectonic plates that move towards each other.
  4. A underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
  5. The gradual movement of the continents across the Earth's surface.
  6. Sudden shaking of the earth's crustdue to transform boundarys.
  7. A mid-ocean ridge in the middle of the Alantic Ocean.
  8. Currents in the Earth's mantle that move the Tectonic Plates.
  9. A supercontinent that exsisted when all plates where one.
  10. The man who came up with the theroy of Plate Tectonics.

20 Clues: Crust above water. • Earths crust and upper mantle. • Crust that is under the ocean. • A trasform fault in California. • The "plates" that earths crust is made of. • Tectonic plates that move towards each other. • Valleys that are formed by Divergent boundarys. • Tectonic plates that are sliding past each other. • A mid-ocean ridge in the middle of the Alantic Ocean. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE:🔎 For Me Now! 2021-02-04

EARTH SCIENCE:🔎 For Me Now! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by forces that are exerted on the edges or interior of a material
  2. Regions that are below sea level
  3. Form when the hanging wall moves up
  4. Support the theory of Sea-Floorspreading
  5. Youngest strata in center
  6. Occures when hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall
  7. A central valley formed at the summit of the oceanic ridges
  8. Proposed that the sea-floor is spreading
  9. Break in the Earth's crust
  10. A geological features formed by convergent boundaries
Down
  1. Internal process drives the molten rocks in the mantle
  2. Measurements of ocean depths and the charting of the shape or topography of the ocean floor
  3. A geological process in which tectonic plates-large slabs of Earth's lithosphere split apart from each other
  4. Kind of plate boundary occurs in sea-floor spreading
  5. Continental crust transition into oceanic crust
  6. A fracture or zone of fracture between two blocks of rock
  7. Oldest strata in center
  8. The process by which heat from the earth's interior causes magma to rise and sink
  9. Older and colder plates sink at subduction zones
  10. A transform boundary connects two diverging boundaries

20 Clues: Oldest strata in center • Youngest strata in center • Break in the Earth's crust • Regions that are below sea level • Form when the hanging wall moves up • Support the theory of Sea-Floorspreading • Proposed that the sea-floor is spreading • Continental crust transition into oceanic crust • Older and colder plates sink at subduction zones • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Trench, Long, narrow depressions on the sea floor
  2. An area where an oceanic plate sinks down into the Asthenosphere
  3. Volcano, Volcanoes along the shoreline, usually formed by convergent boundaries
  4. A boundary between two colliding Tectonic Plates
  5. Wegener, The scientist that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  6. A boundary that causes plates to slide past each other
  7. A boundary where two Tectonic Plates move away from each other
  8. A supercontinent
  9. The rigid and outermost layer of the Earth
  10. The center of the Earth
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  1. Crust, The outer layer of the Earth's lithosphere
  2. Mountains, Mountains that are formed by the effects of folding on layers
  3. The Southern half of the Pangea that existed over 300 million years ago
  4. Striation, Scratches that are lodged onto a piece of land due to Glaciers moving
  5. The thinnest layer of the Earth
  6. The layer of the Earth between the Crust and the Core
  7. Caused by Convergent Boundaries, also occurs around fault lines
  8. Ridge, A seafloor mountain system that can be formed by plate tectonics
  9. Crust, The upper layer of the oceanic portion of a Tectonic Plate
  10. Valley, A lowland region formed by plate tectonics

20 Clues: A supercontinent • The center of the Earth • The thinnest layer of the Earth • The rigid and outermost layer of the Earth • A boundary between two colliding Tectonic Plates • Crust, The outer layer of the Earth's lithosphere • Trench, Long, narrow depressions on the sea floor • Valley, A lowland region formed by plate tectonics • ...

Study Aid 2023-03-01

Study Aid crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large pieces of crust
  2. name of the "super continent"
  3. scale used to measure earthquakes
  4. plates that move into each other
  5. measure the amount of energy released from an earthquake
  6. In what language does pangaea mean all the earth
  7. plates that move away from each other
  8. of or relating to vibrations of the earth's crust
  9. plates that move past each other
  10. what were one of the things scientists found on two continents that were the same
  11. outermost layer of earths layers
Down
  1. size of an earthquake
  2. Breaking and cracking of rocks inside the crust/plates
  3. how many major plates are there
  4. deep,narrow ditch
  5. last name of the scientist who came up with plate tectonics
  6. areas around the plates where volcanic and earthquakes activity is likely
  7. most inner layer of earths layers
  8. the second layer in the earth's layers
  9. The point on the surface directly above the focus
  10. Breaks happen after what builds up
  11. when magma pushes up through a weak area what happens first
  12. The exact point where the earthquake started
  13. amount of centimeters plates move every year
  14. one plate goes under the other

25 Clues: deep,narrow ditch • size of an earthquake • large pieces of crust • name of the "super continent" • one plate goes under the other • how many major plates are there • plates that move into each other • plates that move past each other • outermost layer of earths layers • scale used to measure earthquakes • most inner layer of earths layers • Breaks happen after what builds up • ...

Earths systems 2023-04-05

Earths systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forms under extreme heat and pressure
  2. forms from pre-existing rock and fossils
  3. Below lithosphere
  4. form at convergent boundaries where one plate subducts under the other
  5. tectonic plates collide
  6. No longer in existence
  7. A solid inorganic material found in nature
  8. lower part of earths mantle
  9. Petroleum,Natural gas,coal
  10. study of earthquakes
  11. magma flows through a crack in the m9iddle of tectonic plates
  12. Group of animals
  13. super continent that existed before continents seperated
  14. lithosphere creates seismic waves
  15. Still in existance
  16. compress or squezze through solids and liquids
  17. tectonic plates divide
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  1. rocks to change from one type to another over time
  2. tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. the outer part of Earth
  4. large pieces of the lithosphere that the ocean and continents rest on
  5. outermost layer of Earth
  6. between earths crust and core
  7. The study of Earth
  8. the movement caused within a fluid when the hotter, less dense material rises, and colder, denser material to sink
  9. tool that measures/records details of earthquakes
  10. forms when molten rock crystallizes
  11. water held underground
  12. innermost layer of earth
  13. move side to side only through solids
  14. divergent plates seperate

31 Clues: Group of animals • Below lithosphere • The study of Earth • Still in existance • study of earthquakes • No longer in existence • water held underground • tectonic plates divide • the outer part of Earth • tectonic plates collide • outermost layer of Earth • innermost layer of earth • divergent plates seperate • Petroleum,Natural gas,coal • lower part of earths mantle • ...

Earthquake & Volcano Crossword 2023-05-23

Earthquake & Volcano Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of fault where rock moves toward one another.
  2. seismic waves that can travel through all material.
  3. common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots.
  4. the vibrations in the ground that result in breaks along the earth's lithosphere.
  5. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  6. a break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves past/away/toward another.
  7. instrument that measures and records ground motion and the distance of seismic waves.
  8. a graphical illustration of seismic waves.
  9. volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries
Down
  1. a liquid's resistance to flow.
  2. type of fault where rock moves away from each other.
  3. a vent in the earth's crust where molten rock flows.
  4. tiny particles of volcanic rock that fries out when a volcano erupts.
  5. type of fault where rock moves horizontally past one another.
  6. the point above the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. molten rock below the earth's surface.
  8. molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface.
  9. seismic waves that cannot travel through liquid.
  10. large, steep-sided volcanoes that result from explosive eruptions of andesitic/rhyolitic lava & ash along convergent plate boundaries.
  11. the point underground where an earthquake starts.

20 Clues: a liquid's resistance to flow. • scientist who studies earthquakes. • molten rock below the earth's surface. • a graphical illustration of seismic waves. • seismic waves that cannot travel through liquid. • the point underground where an earthquake starts. • type of fault where rock moves toward one another. • seismic waves that can travel through all material. • ...

Inside Earth 2018-12-12

Inside Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measure of energy released during an earthquake
  2. large opening formed when top of volcano collapses
  3. fossil that forms when crystals fill a mold and harden
  4. surface where rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break
  5. plastic-like layer of earth where lithospheric plates float around
  6. instrument used to register earthquakes
  7. in an earthquake, point below earth's surface where energy is released as seismic waves
  8. point of earths surface above an earthquakes focus
  9. igneous rock that is formed when magma is squeezed into a vertical crack
Down
  1. type of fossil that forms in rock when an organism with hard parts decays
  2. plates moving away from each other
  3. vibrations that are produced when rock breaks along a fault
  4. opening in earth's surface that erupts ash and lava at hot spots
  5. In geology, its the outer solid shell of a rocky planet
  6. rigid layer of earth made of the crust and part of upper mantle
  7. remains of once living organisms
  8. large, ancient landmass that is composed of all continents joined together
  9. solid bulk of earth's interior
  10. large section of earth's continental crust and upper mantle that moves around the atmosphere
  11. depression around a volcano's vent

20 Clues: solid bulk of earth's interior • remains of once living organisms • plates moving away from each other • depression around a volcano's vent • instrument used to register earthquakes • measure of energy released during an earthquake • large opening formed when top of volcano collapses • point of earths surface above an earthquakes focus • ...

Unit 2: The Lithosphere 2018-09-27

Unit 2: The Lithosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of plate boundary where the plates move towards each other.
  2. This is the name given to the strength of an earthquake.
  3. The passage through which magma flows in a volcano.
  4. Scale This measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
  5. A super volcano found in North America.
  6. The process of compaction and cementation in rocks.
  7. These rocks are made through lithification over many years.
  8. A fast-moving, incandescent mass of gas-enveloped particles.
  9. Lava found underneath the Earth's surface.
  10. A fast moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter.
Down
  1. Also known as intra-plate volcanism.
  2. The point on the Earth's surface where an earthquake does most damage.
  3. The type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other.
  4. These rocks are made from immense heat and pressure.
  5. The point where an earthquake begins.
  6. The type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other.
  7. A famous fault line in North America responsible for earthquakes.
  8. These rocks are made from cooling and hardening of magma.
  9. The name given to the waves produced by earthquakes.
  10. The name given to a type of surface wave produced by an earthquake.

20 Clues: Also known as intra-plate volcanism. • The point where an earthquake begins. • A super volcano found in North America. • Lava found underneath the Earth's surface. • The passage through which magma flows in a volcano. • Scale This measures the magnitude of an earthquake. • The process of compaction and cementation in rocks. • ...

Science Crossword 2022-03-23

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by loosened soil or lots of rain
  2. Earths first layer
  3. Earths final layer
  4. An enormous cloud of gas and dust that takes up space between stars
  5. Shaking of Earth because of a rapid release of energy
  6. Small earthquake before earthquake
  7. When sandy soil becomes saturated with water and can no long support buildings
  8. A force that can deform or move rock
  9. Volcanic mudflow of water and ash
  10. The planet moves slow but steady, also wobbles with a slight change in earths axis
  11. Shift of light to a longer wavelength
Down
  1. Small earthquake after earthquake
  2. Type of plate boundary where two plates are being pushed together
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates are sliding past one another
  4. The change in direction of the northern axis
  5. Type of plate boundary where two plates are being pushed apart
  6. The point between two objects where they balance each other
  7. When a planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time
  8. Shift of light to a shorter wavelength
  9. When a planet or moon travels around the body it is orbiting one time
  10. Large sea wave

21 Clues: Large sea wave • Earths first layer • Earths final layer • Small earthquake after earthquake • Volcanic mudflow of water and ash • Small earthquake before earthquake • A force that can deform or move rock • Shift of light to a longer wavelength • Shift of light to a shorter wavelength • Caused by loosened soil or lots of rain • The change in direction of the northern axis • ...

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy
  2. Earth's deepest layer
  3. A mountain or hill, which is usually conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas that have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. Hot semisolid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  5. When two plates push together
  6. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth
  7. The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  9. Earth's second deepest layer
  10. When two plates pull apart
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  1. Below the Crust, the third deepest layer.
  2. Earth's most outer layer
  3. Under the lithosphere, the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  4. When one plate gets pulled under another
  5. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
  6. When two plates slide next to each other
  7. Made up of the crust, this zone is divided into several constantly moving plates of solid rock that hold the continents and oceans.
  8. Cracks in the Earth's crust where there is movement
  9. Little particles blown from the eruption of a volcano
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.

20 Clues: Earth's deepest layer • Earth's most outer layer • When two plates pull apart • Earth's second deepest layer • When two plates push together • The border between two tectonic plates. • When one plate gets pulled under another • When two plates slide next to each other • Below the Crust, the third deepest layer. • a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock • ...

Types of Movies 2023-07-06

Types of Movies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. About a chick saving the world from aliens
  2. About a guy who has died but is a ghost lol
  3. About a girl and her pet that comes from somewhere else
  4. About a girl who trys to fit into a different faction
  5. About a boy visiting a factory
  6. About a girl who found her father and hes a football star
  7. About movie about a neighborhood superhero
  8. About a mouse
  9. About a girl who wants to go to camp to sing
  10. About cars
  11. About a girl with hair
  12. About a girl who is getting married and wants to meet her dad..s
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  1. About cinderella story
  2. About a boy who can change the outcomes
  3. About a sister who is trying to save her town
  4. About a a deaf girl who lives alone
  5. About a game that turns out to be killer
  6. About 2 friends who like to scare.
  7. About a group of friends who all start dating another friend group.
  8. About 2 families coming together and becoming one
  9. About a killer who is trying to kill people
  10. About a girl who travels through a door in the wall

22 Clues: About cars • About a mouse • About cinderella story • About a girl with hair • About a boy visiting a factory • About 2 friends who like to scare. • About a a deaf girl who lives alone • About a boy who can change the outcomes • About a game that turns out to be killer • About a chick saving the world from aliens • About movie about a neighborhood superhero • ...

Unit 2 Test Review Geo 2023-10-05

Unit 2 Test Review Geo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. condition of the atmosphere at a given time
  2. this graph shows the percipitation and temperature for a place over 12 months
  3. when plates slide past each other
  4. natural disaster that can occur near plate boundaries
  5. low latitudes are near this
  6. plate boundaries that move towards each other
  7. it is _____ year round at low latitudes
  8. when water forms clouds in the water cycle it-
  9. greatest influencer of climate
  10. breakdown of rock
  11. This causes the seasons
Down
  1. tilt of the earth in degrees
  2. the carrying of sediment to new places
  3. a rock is found in this sphere
  4. It takes the earth one _____ to rotate.
  5. found around the ring of fire, where lots of plate boundaries are
  6. the ocean is found in this sphere
  7. time it takes for the earth to complete one revolution
  8. when water turns to gas in the water cycle it-
  9. high latitudes are near these
  10. average weather over time
  11. sphere related to air
  12. a hawk is apart of this sphere
  13. it is ______ year round at high latitudes
  14. when plates spread apart
  15. Number of planets in the solar system

26 Clues: breakdown of rock • sphere related to air • This causes the seasons • when plates spread apart • average weather over time • low latitudes are near this • tilt of the earth in degrees • high latitudes are near these • a rock is found in this sphere • a hawk is apart of this sphere • greatest influencer of climate • the ocean is found in this sphere • when plates slide past each other • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-11-15

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma gets pushed out and diverges and gets denser as it goes and pushes the ocean floor with it
  2. Oceanic plates diverge and make a valley
  3. the heating of an object through rays
  4. The heating of an object through touch
  5. An belt in the Atlantic Ocean that volcanoes form around
  6. Underwater mountain ranges
  7. Pieces of the crust that get moved by convection currents
  8. The theory that plates are moved and create continents
  9. Boundary A boundary that moves past each other
  10. The heating of an object through liquid
Down
  1. Materials on the ocean floor like pillow lava, and drill samples
  2. boundary A boundary that moves towards each other
  3. The oceanic plates get sucked down by gravity because it is too dense
  4. An underwater canyon
  5. Pieces of the ocean floor that are magnetic and get sucked towards the deep ocean trench
  6. boundary A boundary that moves away from one another
  7. How much mass or volume is in an object
  8. The super continent that existed millions of years ago
  9. The idea that plates slowly move over time
  10. Traces of organic materials preserved inside rocks
  11. cracks in the Earth's crust

21 Clues: An underwater canyon • Underwater mountain ranges • cracks in the Earth's crust • the heating of an object through rays • The heating of an object through touch • How much mass or volume is in an object • The heating of an object through liquid • Oceanic plates diverge and make a valley • The idea that plates slowly move over time • ...

FLO + CAB 2023-12-12

FLO + CAB crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (n.) - a conspiracy, a secret agreement
  2. (v.) - to improve, to make better
  3. (n.) - a hole
  4. (n.) - a plague
  5. (n.) - accusation of wrongdoing
  6. (n.) - moral attitudes
  7. (n.) - agreement, often of sound
  8. (v.) - to put next to each other
  9. (adj.) - hurtful, critical
  10. (v.) - to combine into one
  11. (adj.) - unable to be penetrated, unaffected
  12. (n.) - lack of harmony or agreement
  13. (n.) - a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
  14. (v.) - to diversify
  15. (adj.) - causing conflict, opposition
  16. (v.) – withdraw
  17. (adj.) - separate, distinct, individual
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  1. (n.) - a great amount or frequency
  2. (n.) - a convergence, a coming together
  3. (n.) - a dignified and formal speech
  4. (v.) - to frustrate
  5. (n.) – agreement
  6. (adj.) - overly sweet
  7. (adj.) – sentimental
  8. (n.) - a union, a merger
  9. (v.) - to criticize, degrade, belittle
  10. (v.) - to emphasize, to highlight
  11. (n.) - noise, discordant sound
  12. (v.) - to distinguish, to make different
  13. - abundant, plentiful
  14. (adj.) - lacking energy, weakened, exhausted
  15. (adj.) - cheery, optimistic, hopeful
  16. (n.) - total devastation, the end of the world
  17. (adj.) - different, deviating, contrary
  18. (adj.) – varied
  19. (adj.) - critical, urgent
  20. (adj.) - abrupt, short, brief

37 Clues: (n.) - a hole • (n.) - a plague • (adj.) – varied • (v.) – withdraw • (n.) – agreement • (v.) - to frustrate • (v.) - to diversify • (adj.) – sentimental • (adj.) - overly sweet • - abundant, plentiful • (n.) - moral attitudes • (n.) - a union, a merger • (adj.) - critical, urgent • (adj.) - hurtful, critical • (v.) - to combine into one • (adj.) - abrupt, short, brief • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one plate slides under another plate
  2. the outermost layer of Earth
  3. two plates move apart from each other
  4. dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  5. any instrument used for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  6. seismic waves that move in a back and forth/push-pull motion
  7. supercontinent from 225 years ago, made up of all continents
  8. the thick shell of dense, rocky matter that surrounds Earth's core
  9. seismic waves that move in a side-to-side motion
  10. the point on Earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  11. the border between two tectonic plates
  12. a slow flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  13. a huge ocean wave caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor
Down
  1. the point of origin of an earthquake
  2. two plates slide past each other
  3. A 1-10 scale that indicates the intensity of an earthquake
  4. melted rock under the surface of Earth
  5. theory that explains the causes of global seismic and volcanic activity
  6. melted rock on the surface of Earth
  7. shaking of Earth's surface due to a release of energy in the crust

20 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth • two plates slide past each other • melted rock on the surface of Earth • the point of origin of an earthquake • one plate slides under another plate • two plates move apart from each other • melted rock under the surface of Earth • the border between two tectonic plates • seismic waves that move in a side-to-side motion • ...

Plate motion crossword 2023-10-27

Plate motion crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths outer layer
  2. a feature that forms on land
  3. the pushing of something such as magma, or lava
  4. when one plate goes under the other into the mantle
  5. underneath the earths crust
  6. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  7. landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes
  8. when magma erupts underwater then cools causing hot black smoke to come out
  9. when two plates push together and cause earthquakes and volcanos
  10. a model that shows the inside of something
  11. a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the Earth's crust
Down
  1. the lines in connecting the plates
  2. when two plates come together
  3. an opening in earths crust which molten rock, hot gases, and other materials erupt
  4. when convergent plates push together underwater they cause this
  5. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth
  6. when two plates slide away from each other
  7. a deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
  8. a large continuous mass of land
  9. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

20 Clues: earths outer layer • underneath the earths crust • a feature that forms on land • when two plates come together • a large continuous mass of land • the lines in connecting the plates • when two plates slide away from each other • a model that shows the inside of something • the pushing of something such as magma, or lava • when one plate goes under the other into the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The age of the oldest continent
  2. A plate boundary where to plates slide past each other
  3. A big puff of hot mantle coming up from deep in the earth
  4. Molten rock under the surface of the earth
  5. She helped prove the theory of plate tectonics
  6. Anything having to do with vibration in the earth’s crust
  7. A period in history when glaciers covered most of the earth
  8. A plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  9. When the earth’s plates split apart from each other
  10. Where the crust is being pulled apart to form a trench
Down
  1. Part of the upper mantle that is solid but can flow
  2. Another word for the crust of the earth
  3. Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis
  4. It uses sound to detect things on or under water
  5. Movement in the mantle because of changes in temperature
  6. The study of the bottom of bodies of water
  7. An area that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean where a lot of volcanoes erupt and earthquakes happen
  8. A supercontinent
  9. This volcano is located in Pompeii and erupted in 79 CE
  10. The part of the earth’s surface right above the starting point of an earthquake

20 Clues: A supercontinent • Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis • The age of the oldest continent • Another word for the crust of the earth • The study of the bottom of bodies of water • Molten rock under the surface of the earth • She helped prove the theory of plate tectonics • It uses sound to detect things on or under water • Part of the upper mantle that is solid but can flow • ...

Puzzling Earth 2024-12-10

Puzzling Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a neutrino or antineutrino emitted during the decay
  2. vibrations in the earth that transmit energy and occur during seismic activity
  3. When two plates come together
  4. upper atmosphere
  5. The original unstable isotope
  6. a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core.
  7. the emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation.
Down
  1. formed where two tectonic plates pass laterally by one another.
  2. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. located between the inner core and the mantle
  4. that makes up portions of tectonic plates in deep oceans.
  5. consisting of earth crust and upper mantle
  6. a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron
  7. Crust the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
  8. a method of dating geological
  9. the more stable form
  10. which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sink
  11. Plate motions cause mountains to rise where plates push together, or converge, and continents to fracture and oceans to form where plates pull apart, or diverge
  12. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  13. rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.

20 Clues: upper atmosphere • the more stable form • a method of dating geological • When two plates come together • The original unstable isotope • a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • consisting of earth crust and upper mantle • located between the inner core and the mantle • a neutrino or antineutrino emitted during the decay • ...

Earth Science 2024-11-26

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock type formed by heat and pressure.
  2. Semi-fluid layer of the mantle.
  3. Molten rock found on the Earth's surface.
  4. Boundary at the mid-Atlantic ridge.
  5. Molten rock found under the Earth.
  6. Largest sea.
  7. ___ scale measures Earthquake intensity.
  8. Rocks are weathered down into ___.
  9. Plate collide at ___ boundaries.
  10. Sharp igneous rock.
  11. Past climate.
  12. Glacial ___ show the direction ice moved.
  13. The transport of weathered material.
  14. Oceanic plates ___ under continental plates.
  15. Exact point earthquake occurs.
  16. Boundary at the San Andreas Fault.
  17. Record of seismic waves.
  18. Ancient supercontinent where all landmasses were joined.
Down
  1. Continuous freeze-thawing of water in rock cracks. (2 words)
  2. Alfred ___ first proposed continental drift.
  3. Bituminous ___.
  4. Wind, water and ice are all ___ of erosion.
  5. Scientist that study rocks.
  6. Point on Earth's surface directly above focus.
  7. Creates volcanoes away from plate boundaries.
  8. Largest ocean.
  9. ___ penetration is an example of biological weathering.
  10. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by tectonic plate movement.
  11. Freshwater reptile fossil found only in South America and Africa.
  12. Rock type formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten rock.

30 Clues: Largest sea. • Past climate. • Largest ocean. • Bituminous ___. • Sharp igneous rock. • Record of seismic waves. • Scientist that study rocks. • Exact point earthquake occurs. • Semi-fluid layer of the mantle. • Plate collide at ___ boundaries. • Molten rock found under the Earth. • Rocks are weathered down into ___. • Boundary at the San Andreas Fault. • ...

21st 2024-05-04

21st crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fiction that explores what-if scenarios
  2. Literary movement portraying life scientifically
  3. Different types of literary works
  4. Subcategories within large literary movements
  5. Imitation or borrowing from offer texts o genres
  6. Fictional work that draws attention to its construction
  7. Novels aimed at readers from 12 to 18 years old
  8. Literary movement focusing on emotion and nature
  9. Author of Divergent trilogy
  10. Literary device using humor or contradiction
  11. General overview or summary
  12. American
  13. Platform for publishing user-generated stories
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  1. Literary style blending reality and fantasy
  2. its works that convey stories and ideas
  3. Novel presented in a comic strip format
  4. Literary movement questioning traditional narrative forms
  5. Literary style delving into character's motivations
  6. Creators of wren works
  7. Literary period from the 5th to 15th century
  8. Literary movement emphasizing subjective experience
  9. Literary works of the imagination
  10. Literary movement focusing on the lives of the working class
  11. Fiction written by fans based on existing works
  12. Genre focusing on young women's emotional lives
  13. Conflict between different social classes
  14. literary movements are characterized by experimentation
  15. philosophy emphasizing individual existence
  16. Central ideas explored in literature
  17. Literary movement emphasizing realistic portrayal

30 Clues: American • Creators of wren works • Author of Divergent trilogy • General overview or summary • Different types of literary works • Literary works of the imagination • Central ideas explored in literature • its works that convey stories and ideas • Novel presented in a comic strip format • Fiction that explores what-if scenarios • Conflict between different social classes • ...

Unit 2 science review 2024-12-16

Unit 2 science review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large clump of ice and rock orbiting the sun in a long elliptical orbit.
  2. When a object revolves around another object
  3. What Alfred Wegener called the super continent many years ago.
  4. The largest layer of the Earth’s crust.
  5. Whether a planet can support life or not.
  6. Biggest planet in the solar system.
  7. The most commonly known space company.
  8. when 2 plate boundaries move past each other in opposite directions.
  9. When 2 tectonic plates collide/crash into each other.
  10. Earth’s closest neighbor planet.
Down
  1. When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. When an object in space moves around in a circle around another object.
  3. This is a land form created by convergent subduction boundaries.
  4. A force of attraction between 2 objects.
  5. Earth’s only major natural satellite.
  6. The movement inside of Earth’s mantle that causes Earth’s crust to slightly shift.
  7. The only planet known to man to support life.
  8. Lava when it is under Earth’s crust
  9. The solar system’s hottest planet.
  10. The name of our galaxy.
  11. A measurement of force.
  12. A large piece of rock orbiting close to the sun, but too small to be a planet.

22 Clues: The name of our galaxy. • A measurement of force. • Earth’s closest neighbor planet. • The solar system’s hottest planet. • Lava when it is under Earth’s crust • Biggest planet in the solar system. • Earth’s only major natural satellite. • The most commonly known space company. • The largest layer of the Earth’s crust. • A force of attraction between 2 objects. • ...

Midterm Review 2025-03-24

Midterm Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of rock that forms near and on volcanoes
  2. first type of waves that an earthquake releases
  3. where the San Andreas Fault takes place
  4. type of radiation that is blocked by the ozone layer
  5. what happens to greenhouse gases when heat gets into the atmosphere
  6. gas released from volcanoes
  7. what happens to the pH of water after a volcanic eruptions
  8. what the Jovian planets are mostly made of
  9. what volcanic ash provides to soil
  10. what happens to temperatures after a volcanic eruption
  11. where rift valleys and ridges happen
Down
  1. lowest energy radiation
  2. wedging that creates potholes
  3. nuclear process that produces energy in the sun
  4. what brought the planets and sun together
  5. best example of a continental continental convergent boundary
  6. type of tide that happens during full and new moon
  7. what happens at all plate boundaries
  8. action that draws water into plants and absorbing materials
  9. what forms at convergent boundaries
  10. where you find terrestrial planets compared to the sun
  11. type of conditions that favors weathering
  12. the value of an eccentric ellipse
  13. what forms at an oceanic oceanic convergent boundaries

24 Clues: lowest energy radiation • gas released from volcanoes • wedging that creates potholes • the value of an eccentric ellipse • what volcanic ash provides to soil • what forms at convergent boundaries • what happens at all plate boundaries • where rift valleys and ridges happen • where the San Andreas Fault takes place • what brought the planets and sun together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. faults the fault that occurs when a hanging wall moves up
  2. the line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane and inclined surface
  3. the border between 2 plates
  4. tectonics the Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces
  5. the rigid outer part of the Earth
  6. currents the movement of tectonics plates, made by heat and pressure
  7. a stress that pushes rocks together
  8. what plate tectonics are made of
  9. valley a low region that forms where plates move apart
  10. a stress which stretches rock in 2 opposite directions
Down
  1. when 2 tectonics plates move away from each other
  2. where convection currents occurs
  3. a stress that occurs when forces are parallel but opposite
  4. fault a fault along a plate boundary that moves horizontally
  5. what is formed when cracks in the Earth is made and magma can rise through
  6. when 2 plates collide and 1 plate sinks into the mantle, under the other plate
  7. a fracture or zone of fractures between 2 blocks of rock
  8. when tectonics plates move toward each other and collide
  9. the result of plate tectonics
  10. what it is called when blocks move horizontally

20 Clues: the border between 2 plates • the result of plate tectonics • where convection currents occurs • what plate tectonics are made of • the rigid outer part of the Earth • a stress that pushes rocks together • what it is called when blocks move horizontally • when 2 tectonics plates move away from each other • a stress which stretches rock in 2 opposite directions • ...