divergent Crossword Puzzles

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.
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  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. • ...

Constructive and Destructive Forces 2026-03-30

Constructive and Destructive Forces crossword puzzle
Across
  1. time.
  2. The idea that Earth's continents slowly move across the surface over a
  3. The movement of weathered rock and soil from one place to another
  4. Natural processes that break down or wear away Earth's surface
  5. A landform made from sediment dropped by a river as it flows into an ocean or lake.
  6. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice, or plants.
Down
  1. When wind, water, or ice leaves behind the rock and soil it was carrying.
  2. A crack in Earth's crust where rocks have moved during an earthquake.
  3. Natural processes that build up Earth's surface
  4. The idea that Earth's surface is made of big pieces (plates) that move slowly over time.
  5. When two tectonic plates push together
  6. Small pieces of rock, sand, or dirt that are moved by wind or water and can pile up.
  7. When two tectonic plates move away from each other

13 Clues: time. • When two tectonic plates push together • Natural processes that build up Earth's surface • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • Natural processes that break down or wear away Earth's surface • The movement of weathered rock and soil from one place to another • A crack in Earth's crust where rocks have moved during an earthquake. • ...

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

Theories on the Formation of the Earth crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
Down
  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
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  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
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  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
Across
  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. • ...

Unit 8 8th Grade Crossword 2022-11-12

Unit 8 8th Grade Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
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  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
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  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
Down
  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 • ...

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 • ...

Science Terms 2025-10-02

Science Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates that move together is called __________ boundaries
  2. These cause grooves in the Earth’s bedrock as they move outward
  3. Two plates that slide past each other is called _________ boundaries
  4. Scientists who rejected Wegener and didn't believe his theory were thought of as
  5. Who mapped the seafloor with sonar
  6. How many types of sonar are there
  7. Two plates that move apart is called _________ boundaries
  8. Listening for vessel sounds is called _______ sonar
  9. When an oceanic plate goes underneath a continental plate it is called
  10. Provides heat in the Earth and is the innermost layer
Down
  1. Name of the Earth's most recent supercontinent
  2. Who proposed the continental drift theory
  3. Near the ends of continental plates were
  4. At the middle of the Atlantic was a ________ range
  5. Massive shaped slabs of solid rock in the lithosphere
  6. It is the liquidy part of the Earth and it rises at mid ocean ridges
  7. The closer to the ridge the _____ the rock
  8. Sending out pulses and measuring return speed is called ______ sonar
  9. Outermost level of the Earth that gets pushed apart as less dense materials rise
  10. The acronym for this is Sound Navigation And Ranging

20 Clues: How many types of sonar are there • Who mapped the seafloor with sonar • Near the ends of continental plates were • Who proposed the continental drift theory • The closer to the ridge the _____ the rock • Name of the Earth's most recent supercontinent • At the middle of the Atlantic was a ________ range • Listening for vessel sounds is called _______ sonar • ...

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 • ...

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

Science crossword 2021-12-15

Science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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"
Down
  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
Down
  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.
Down
  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
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  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. • ...

DAY 3 MENU Q3 2026-01-13

DAY 3 MENU Q3 crossword puzzle
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  1. a mountain that forms on Earth's crust when magma reaches the surface
  2. a major belt of volcanoes
  3. the way plates move at a transform boundary
  4. Fits Wagner theory
  5. Plates move away
  6. an area where material from deep inside Earth rises through the crust and melts to form magma
  7. the 2 continents that fit back together best according to Wegener's theory proposed: all continents were once joined in a single landmass, & have since drifted apart
  8. type of boundary that mostly occurs along the mid ocean ridges
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  1. The idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface
  2. landform created at a convergent boundary
  3. any trace of ancient rock with something on it
  4. Earth's lithosphere is broken into these pieces, separated by cracks
  5. Sea floor spreading is the process of adding new material to the ocean floor along these, under water
  6. when rock is heated it becomes
  7. the layer where convection currents occur

15 Clues: Plates move away • Fits Wagner theory • a major belt of volcanoes • when rock is heated it becomes • landform created at a convergent boundary • the layer where convection currents occur • the way plates move at a transform boundary • any trace of ancient rock with something on it • The idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface • ...

Tectonic Plates 2016-07-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. Tectonic plates moving into each other
  2. The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite).
  3. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. Relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it.
  5. Tectonic plates moving against each other
  6. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. Tectonic plates moving away from each other
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  1. Exhibiting or relating to magnetism.
  2. Forming or belonging to an continent
  3. Relating to or produced by a volcano or volcanoes.
  4. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. Large tectonic plate covering the continents of Europe and Asia.
  6. An opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulphurous gases emerge.
  7. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.

14 Clues: Exhibiting or relating to magnetism. • Forming or belonging to an continent • Tectonic plates moving into each other • Tectonic plates moving against each other • Tectonic plates moving away from each other • Relating to or produced by a volcano or volcanoes. • Large tectonic plate covering the continents of Europe and Asia. • ...

Plate Motion 2021-08-20

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

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 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 inside of something looks like • ...

Volcanoes Vocabulary Word Set (Round 5) 2025-04-29

Volcanoes Vocabulary Word Set (Round 5) crossword puzzle
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  1. a fluid’s resistance to flow
  2. divergent plate boundary where magma rises from the mantle between oceanic crust
  3. an area in the Earth's mantle where unusually hot material rises and melts the overlying crust forming a volcano
  4. The pocket beneath a volcano where molten rock collects.
  5. The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano.
  6. a volcano that is currently not erupting but is considered "active" because it is likely to erupt in the future
  7. a volcano that is no longer considered likely to erupt again
  8. molten rock above earth’s surface
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  1. tall, very steep volcano composed of lava flows, pyroclastic deposits, and mudflow known for their active explosive eruptions
  2. small, steep-sided hill like volcano formed by small pieces of solidified lava
  3. wide, gently sloping volcano with lava that flows quickly
  4. A bowl-shaped area that forms around a volcano’s central opening.
  5. molten rock below earth’s surface

13 Clues: a fluid’s resistance to flow • molten rock below earth’s surface • molten rock above earth’s surface • The pocket beneath a volcano where molten rock collects. • wide, gently sloping volcano with lava that flows quickly • a volcano that is no longer considered likely to erupt again • The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano. • ...

Plate Motion Vocabulary 2021-01-28

Plate Motion Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. when two plates move away from each other
  2. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  5. something we observe to be similar over and over again
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  1. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  2. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  3. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  4. 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
  5. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  6. when two plates move toward each other
  7. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

12 Clues: the place where two plates meet • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • when two plates move toward each other • when two plates move away from each other • 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 • ...

Science vocab 2021-09-01

Science vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. towards the same place.
  2. of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  3. of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  4. extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  5. natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground.
  6. layer of soft, solid rock underneath the earth's plates.
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  1. apart in different directions.
  2. of earth's main continuous areas of land such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  3. liquid below the surface of the earth.
  4. long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  5. liquid rock on the surface of the earth.
  6. ocean ridge- An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart

12 Clues: towards the same place. • apart in different directions. • liquid below the surface of the earth. • liquid rock on the surface of the earth. • extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • layer of soft, solid rock underneath the earth's plates. • ocean ridge- An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. where two tectonic plates meet
  2. the ocean floor
  3. when the plates come togeather
  4. when the plates split apart
  5. pieces of the lithosphere that move aroundon top of the asthenosphere
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  1. where the plates are slidding past one another
  2. the process where molten rock from inside earth rises through the cracks in ridges, cools and forms new oceanic crust
  3. was the supercontinent tht existed during the paleozoic and mesozic eras about 250 million years ago
  4. An opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
  5. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere called plate move ans change shape
  6. 1.A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  7. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

12 Clues: the ocean floor • when the plates split apart • where two tectonic plates meet • when the plates come togeather • where the plates are slidding past one another • Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • pieces of the lithosphere that move aroundon top of the asthenosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface 2025-02-06

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
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  1. The type of crust that is dense and found at the bottom of the ocean.
  2. An idea that has been studied and investigated and is supported by many types of evidence.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other on opposite directions.
  4. The supercontinent that took place 200 million years ago.
  5. Earth's plates meet and interact at boundaries in how many ways
  6. A plate where two plates move away from each other.
  7. The part of the Earth that's the crust and upper part of the mantle is called
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  1. Convection currents occur where
  2. The type of crust that is less dense and is almost always thicker.
  3. Scientists use this technology to measure plate motions
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. San Andres in California is classified as a what

12 Clues: Convection currents occur where • San Andres in California is classified as a what • A plate where two plates move away from each other. • Scientists use this technology to measure plate motions • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • The supercontinent that took place 200 million years ago. • ...

film genres crossword 2025-05-05

film genres crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. you laugh a lot when you see this film
  2. in this genre the cowboys fight
  3. this genre is based on the future
  4. magic, unicorns, fairies and witches appear in this genre
  5. this genre includes lots of fights, explosions, and exciting scenes.
  6. in this genre ghost and zombies and after you see this movie you can sleep.
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  1. you will know more after you see this because it tells you information about the animals, the sea, plants...
  2. two people fall in love in this type of film
  3. the hunger games, the maze runner and divergent are this type of movies
  4. the characters aren't real, they are drawn
  5. in this genre the people sing and dance all the time
  6. A TV program where people show their skills like singing, dancing, or doing magic to impress judges and the audience.

12 Clues: in this genre the cowboys fight • this genre is based on the future • you laugh a lot when you see this film • the characters aren't real, they are drawn • two people fall in love in this type of film • in this genre the people sing and dance all the time • magic, unicorns, fairies and witches appear in this genre • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword Puzzle 2025-11-16

Tectonic Plate Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A series of large ocean waves caused from water displacement from underwater earthquakes
  2. Igneous rock that makes up most of the oceanic crust and some of the continental crust
  3. Molten rock formed from melted minerals and rocks beneath the earth's surface
  4. A sudden shaking of the earth from tectonic plates shifting
  5. A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates move away from each other
  6. The earth's outermost layer broken into tectonic plates
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  1. A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates slide horizontally past each other
  2. A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates collide
  3. A thick layer of the earth between the crust and outer core that is made up of hot rock
  4. Large cracks in the earth's surface
  5. Deep, narrow depressions caused by tectonic plates on convergent boundaries
  6. The process of sinking below a tectonic plate

12 Clues: Large cracks in the earth's surface • The process of sinking below a tectonic plate • A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates collide • The earth's outermost layer broken into tectonic plates • A sudden shaking of the earth from tectonic plates shifting • A tectonic plate boundary type where two plates move away from each other • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-10-06

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

3 Clues: drift • Plates • Boundary

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. These are created when magma cools immediately once erupted from the ridge.
  2. Movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the cooler parts move down.
  3. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  4. What landform is made when two continental plates collide?
  5. This part of the Earth contains our crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  6. ________ theorized the continents moved.
  7. What did scientists use to map out the sea floor?
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  1. A break in the Earth's crust.
  2. ______ dense materials rise.
  3. Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor.
  4. This boundary slides.
  5. Changes in what affect the ocean floor?
  6. The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years.
  7. The supercontinent that formed about 200 million years ago.
  8. Subduction and seafloor spreading act like a ______.
  9. Energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.
  10. The _______ has convection currents which cause continental drift.
  11. The crust is ________ dense farther from the mid- ocean ridge.
  12. Where does oceanic crust bend downward in the ocean floor?
  13. This boundary divides.

20 Clues: This boundary slides. • This boundary divides. • ______ dense materials rise. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Changes in what affect the ocean floor? • ________ theorized the continents moved. • Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor. • What did scientists use to map out the sea floor? • The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years. • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. Deepest trench
  2. Lava that is underground
  3. Plates collide
  4. Plates move away from eachother
  5. Slow wave that travels only through solid
  6. A type of volcano that is flat
  7. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  8. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  9. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  10. The layer of the Earth we live on
  11. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________
  12. The measure of an earthquake
  13. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  14. Means "builder" in Greek
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  1. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  2. Most famous fault boundary
  3. The slowest type of wave
  4. Drift
  5. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  6. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  7. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  8. Plate that we live on
  9. Largest tectonic plate
  10. A sudden shaking of the ground
  11. Most dangerous type of volcano
  12. When tectonic plates move together they _______
  13. Where the earthquake starts
  14. A push-pull wave
  15. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  16. The very middle layer of the Earth

30 Clues: Drift • Deepest trench • Plates collide • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • The slowest type of wave • Lava that is underground • Means "builder" in Greek • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • A type of volcano that is flat • A sudden shaking of the ground • Most dangerous type of volcano • ...

Plate Tectonic 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. Vibrations of the earth and its crust
  2. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  3. A large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere
  4. Forming or belonging to a continent
  5. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
  6. a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something usually soft.
  7. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface
  8. The rigid outer part of the earth
  9. To raise or elevate
  10. To change markedly the appearance or form
  11. Drawing apart from a common point or diverging
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  1. A deep furrow or ditch
  2. Relating to the ocean
  3. A curved chain of volcanic island
  4. The large-scale motions of Earth's lithosphere
  5. The upper layer of the earth's mantle
  6. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  7. The act, condition, quality, or fact of converging
  8. A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another
  9. An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it

20 Clues: To raise or elevate • Relating to the ocean • A deep furrow or ditch • A curved chain of volcanic island • The rigid outer part of the earth • Forming or belonging to a continent • Vibrations of the earth and its crust • The upper layer of the earth's mantle • A sudden violent shaking of the ground • To change markedly the appearance or form • ...

100 Most Common SAT Vocabulary Words (Second 25) 2014-02-07

100 Most Common SAT Vocabulary Words (Second 25) crossword puzzle
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  1. -- (v) to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity
  2. -- (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting
  3. -- (adj) harmful, destructive, detrimental
  4. -- (adj) outstanding, an example to others
  5. -- (adj) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate
  6. -- (adj) careful and hard-working
  7. -- (n) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
  8. -- (n) identification with the feelings of others
  9. -- (n) the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
  10. -- (n) assumption, theory requiring proof
  11. -- (adj) separating, moving in different directions from a particular point
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  1. -- (adj) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image
  2. -- (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse
  3. -- (adj) thrifty, cheap
  4. -- (adj) weakening, tiring
  5. -- (n) irritation, frustration
  6. -- (v) to imitate, follow an example
  7. -- (adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
  8. -- (v) to regard with scorn or contempt
  9. -- (adj) rash, impulsive, acting without thinking
  10. -- (n) leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
  11. -- (adj) happening by luck, fortunate
  12. -- (v) to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
  13. -- (n) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
  14. -- (adj) arrogant and condescending

25 Clues: -- (adj) thrifty, cheap • -- (adj) weakening, tiring • -- (n) irritation, frustration • -- (adj) careful and hard-working • -- (adj) arrogant and condescending • -- (v) to imitate, follow an example • -- (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse • -- (adj) happening by luck, fortunate • -- (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting • -- (v) to regard with scorn or contempt • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oceanic and continential plates collide
  2. ridged layer of earth about 100 km thick
  3. cone-shaped hill or mountain formed when hot magma, solids and gas erupt onto surface
  4. spreading Hess’s theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward
  5. movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside Earth pass their elastic limits
  6. plate portion of one block of Tectonic plates, which is not submerged in water
  7. boundary-when two plates slide past one another
  8. Wegner meteorologist who came up with theory of Pangaea
  9. number of Continents
  10. current current in earth’s mantle that is driving force for plate tectonics
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  1. ridges mountains that form when two oceanic plates collide
  2. plasticlike layer of earth which lithospheric plate floats and moves on
  3. tectonics theory that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move
  4. crust A thick mass of igneous rock which lies under the ocean floor
  5. name given to large land mass before drifting apart
  6. plates move and separate
  7. plates move and come together
  8. when continental plates collide forms this
  9. fracture that occurs when rock changes shape by breaking
  10. valley long crack that forms between tectonics plates

20 Clues: number of Continents • plates move and separate • plates move and come together • oceanic and continential plates collide • ridged layer of earth about 100 km thick • when continental plates collide forms this • boundary-when two plates slide past one another • name given to large land mass before drifting apart • valley long crack that forms between tectonics plates • ...

Crossword puzzle 2013-04-25

Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Molten rock that has reached earth's surface
  2. rock material formed by a volcanic explosion
  3. Formed from alternating layers of lava flows and ash or cinders
  4. A smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake
  5. A location where mantle plume rises to the surface to form a volcano
  6. The layer of rock that lies between the outer crust and the core of the earth
  7. When two tectonic plates past each other horizontally
  8. When two tectonic plates release stress
  9. Measure of the fluidity of a substance
  10. Two plates moving against each other
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  1. Molten rock that is underneath earth's surface
  2. A place where gas, Ash or melted rock come out of the ground
  3. The outer solid part of the Earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle
  4. a large underground pool of molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth
  5. Two plates separating from each other
  6. A scientific instrument that detects and records vibrations produced by earthquakes
  7. Lies beneath the lithosphere
  8. Broad based with gentle slopes
  9. Small with steep sides Formed from eruptions of only pyroclastic
  10. the outermost layer of earth
  11. The opening of a volcano where lava erupts from

21 Clues: Lies beneath the lithosphere • the outermost layer of earth • Broad based with gentle slopes • Two plates moving against each other • Two plates separating from each other • Measure of the fluidity of a substance • When two tectonic plates release stress • Molten rock that has reached earth's surface • rock material formed by a volcanic explosion • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-06-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Astronomer who discovered continental drift theory
  2. Outermost layer of the Earth
  3. Layer beneath the mantle
  4. The region where two tectonic plates come into contact
  5. Type of plate boundary that the plates push against eachother
  6. Area where molten rock rises to the Earths surface
  7. Earth's thickest layer
  8. Partly molten layer in the upper mantle
  9. A sudden ground breaking release of built up energy under the Earths surface
  10. Type of evidence that supported Wegener's theory involving types of animals that lived there
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  1. Earths centre, that has a radius of about 1200km
  2. Opening in Earths surface that when active spews out gases chunks of rock and melted rock
  3. Deep underwater valley formed when an oceanic plates subduct under a continental
  4. Type of plate boundary that the plates push away from eachother
  5. Plates that move and then re-join on the lithosphere
  6. The big wave that is caused by the displacement of water after an earthquake
  7. Type of plate boundary that the plates slide by eachother
  8. formed by plate tectonics in the crust and upper mantle
  9. Wegener's name for the "super continent"
  10. Transform fault in California

20 Clues: Earth's thickest layer • Layer beneath the mantle • Outermost layer of the Earth • Transform fault in California • Partly molten layer in the upper mantle • Wegener's name for the "super continent" • Earths centre, that has a radius of about 1200km • Astronomer who discovered continental drift theory • Area where molten rock rises to the Earths surface • ...

Earths Systems Vocab 2023-04-05

Earths Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Compress through solids and liquids. Travels faster than S
  2. The outer part of the earth
  3. Still in existence
  4. Boundary where tectonic plates divide
  5. Forms when molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
  6. The lower part of earths mantle
  7. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter things to float and colder things to sink
  8. Boundary where tectonic plates collide
  9. The study of earth
  10. Move side to side only through solids. Moves slower than P
  11. A solid inorganic material found in nature
  12. The layer that lies between earths crust and core
  13. Below the lithosphere
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  1. Group of animals that occupy a certain area
  2. The intermost layer of the earth
  3. Forms under extreme heat and pressure
  4. When Heat, pressure, cooling,etc cause rocks to change from one type to another over time
  5. No longer in existence
  6. Forms from pre-existing rock and fossils
  7. A tool that records details of earthquakes
  8. The study of earhquakes and related phenomena
  9. Boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other
  10. Made from remains of plants and animals
  11. Water held underground in the soil in deep reservoirs
  12. The outermost layer of the earth

25 Clues: Still in existence • The study of earth • Below the lithosphere • No longer in existence • The outer part of the earth • The lower part of earths mantle • The intermost layer of the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Forms under extreme heat and pressure • Boundary where tectonic plates divide • Boundary where tectonic plates collide • ...

Unit 6 Vocabulary 2023-02-26

Unit 6 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. developing or growing differently or in different directions
  2. controlled by a single government or person
  3. the ability to become part of a social class other than the one you are born into
  4. a series of rulers from the same family or group
  5. artificial rivers that are built by humans
  6. to bring together as a single unit
  7. when someone has lost power and no one has replaced them
  8. a food that makes up a dominant portion of someone's diet
  9. respect for one's elders as described by Confucius
  10. non-religious
  11. a person sent to promote a religion in a foreign place
Down
  1. when government power is held by many different groups
  2. peace and balance
  3. to arrange into a system of rules or laws
  4. a system of ranking groups or people
  5. a specialist in an area of study
  6. the word for "ruler" in many Asian societies including the Ottoman Empire
  7. a military ruler that has total control over a land's economics, culture, and military
  8. to change (verb), a change (noun)
  9. a decentralized system of power when a ruler gives away land in exchange for loyalty and work

20 Clues: non-religious • peace and balance • a specialist in an area of study • to change (verb), a change (noun) • to bring together as a single unit • a system of ranking groups or people • to arrange into a system of rules or laws • artificial rivers that are built by humans • controlled by a single government or person • a series of rulers from the same family or group • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-01

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

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 • ...

Unit 8 2023-02-09

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

20 Clues: hatred, ill-will • to limit, be sparing of frugal • tireless, continuing with vigor • a very close friend, chum, buddy • to declare publicly or officially • puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness • thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This effects how uch something weighs with the same voume and surface area
  2. What average americans have a lot of
  3. pizza or maggie
  4. The sinking of continents below sea level
  5. one of the plate boundaries that creates crust
  6. has riz
  7. 0
  8. Everybody SHOULD have this (not everyone has it)
  9. Liquid flow that cirrculates and is affected by heat
  10. The guy that is famous for a theory that then was used to make another thory by a different group of guys because the original theory didn't work
  11. The theory that was based on the thory by Wegner.
  12. korean
  13. what americans don't have a lot of
Down
  1. what asians have
  2. Something that americans like to eat by itself and usually comes in jars
  3. Large rodent that swims
  4. Plate boundary that neither desroys crust or generates crust
  5. what americans don't have
  6. The plate boundary that desroys crust
  7. dissapointment\
  8. Asian
  9. The theory proposed by Allfred Wegner (V-e-gn-r)
  10. healthier version than burger (the thing amercans eat a lot of)
  11. Large rodent that issimilar to mouse

24 Clues: 0 • Asian • korean • has riz • pizza or maggie • dissapointment\ • what asians have • Large rodent that swims • what americans don't have • what americans don't have a lot of • What average americans have a lot of • Large rodent that issimilar to mouse • The plate boundary that desroys crust • The sinking of continents below sea level • one of the plate boundaries that creates crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Chap. 5 2023-02-09

Plate Tectonics Chap. 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused when a plate goes under one another in the ocean.
  2. Hot rock above the ground.
  3. A boundary that slides past other boundaries.
  4. Occurs when a pan touches a stove, also known as the transfer of heat when one object touches another.
  5. Boundaries that are pushing towards other boundaries.
  6. Mountain formed by hot spots in the Earth.
  7. Occurs along divergent boundaries, and makes new oceanic crust.
  8. A theory that states the sea-floor is always moving.
Down
  1. Hot rock underground.
  2. When an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate.
  3. A boundary that is moving away from the other boundaries.
  4. Super continent made millions of years ago.
  5. A place filled with magma that rises to the Earth surface.
  6. The theory that states that there are plates in the crust that move everything around.
  7. The transfer of energy through space.
  8. Dead organisms preserved in rock.
  9. Chain of islands formed by a volcano.
  10. This can cause boiling water.
  11. Pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface.
  12. Found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean, where they are created by the process of seafloor spreading.

20 Clues: Hot rock underground. • Hot rock above the ground. • This can cause boiling water. • Dead organisms preserved in rock. • The transfer of energy through space. • Chain of islands formed by a volcano. • Mountain formed by hot spots in the Earth. • Super continent made millions of years ago. • A boundary that slides past other boundaries. • ...

8th Science Vocab Crossword 2023-04-25

8th Science Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. potential energy that can be stretched/compressed
  2. boundary where two plates slide by each other
  3. zero net force/ direction stays the same
  4. both traits appear on a mammal like a speckled chicken
  5. nonzero net force/ direction will change
  6. energy that is stored
  7. one cell division/ 2 daughter cells
  8. sum of all the forces acting on an object
  9. survival of the fittest
  10. reproduction that results in unique offspring
  11. a push or a pull
  12. boundary where two plates move away from each other
  13. dominance that allows the traits to mix
Down
  1. a force created by two objects rubbing against each other
  2. boundary where two plates move torwards each other
  3. the most dense plate slides underneath the least dense plate during convergent boundary
  4. two cell divisions/ 4 daughter cells
  5. circulation of magma that moves tectonic plates
  6. place or object used to detect motion
  7. energy in motion
  8. reproduction that results in identical offspring
  9. stationary magma plume that a tectonic plate moves over and islands form
  10. what the layers of the earth are organized by
  11. supercontinent that began to break apart hundreds of millions of years ago

24 Clues: energy in motion • a push or a pull • energy that is stored • survival of the fittest • one cell division/ 2 daughter cells • two cell divisions/ 4 daughter cells • place or object used to detect motion • dominance that allows the traits to mix • zero net force/ direction stays the same • nonzero net force/ direction will change • sum of all the forces acting on an object • ...

Evolution 2020-10-08

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the amount of time it takes for half of a specimen's Carbon to decay
  2. formation of a new species
  3. unrelated organisms develop similar characteristics
  4. A population of interbreeding organisms capable of producing fertile offspring
  5. structures which are not used but still there (tiny)
  6. previously related organisms become less alike
  7. remains/tracing of a once-living organism
  8. Age determined through analysis of chemical and physical properties of rocks/fossils
Down
  1. the study of the history of life on earth
  2. selection darwin came up with evolution because of
  3. form of an element with the same no. of protons but different no. of neutrons
  4. Structures similar in function, but not in the design
  5. Determine the approx. age of a specimen
  6. What is the evolution
  7. the process by whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
  8. structures similar in design but not in function
  9. many related species evolve from a single ancestral species
  10. one mate selects the other
  11. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed
  12. of species darwins first book
  13. the study of the development of different organisms

21 Clues: What is the evolution • formation of a new species • one mate selects the other • of species darwins first book • Determine the approx. age of a specimen • the study of the history of life on earth • remains/tracing of a once-living organism • previously related organisms become less alike • structures similar in design but not in function • ...

Volcanoes 2021-03-05

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spot a small volcanic regions a few hundred kilometers across
  2. particles that range in size from small beads to walnuts
  3. particles larger than 64 millimeters in diameter
  4. volcanic activity that occurs within a plate
  5. type of boundary where plates go in different directions and form volcanoes
  6. when pressure drops enough
  7. a landform made of magma that hardened in the volcano's pipe and later was exposed by erosion
  8. affect characteristics of lava flow
  9. repeated eruptions of lava or pyroclastic material eventually build a mountain
  10. a steep-walled depression at the summit of volcanoes
  11. another name for composite cones
  12. when blocks are ejected as glowing lava
Down
  1. particles produced in volcanic eruptions
  2. molten rock beneath earths surface
  3. produced by the accumulation of fluid basaltic lavas
  4. a subtance's resistance to flow
  5. magma outside of the volcano
  6. type of basaltic lava that forms rough, jagged blocks with sharp, spiny projections
  7. ejected lava fragments that harden in the air and build this volcano
  8. a long belt of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific Ocean
  9. type of basaltic lava that forms relatively smooth skin that wrinkles as lava continues to flow

21 Clues: when pressure drops enough • magma outside of the volcano • a subtance's resistance to flow • another name for composite cones • molten rock beneath earths surface • affect characteristics of lava flow • when blocks are ejected as glowing lava • particles produced in volcanic eruptions • volcanic activity that occurs within a plate • ...

Plate-tectonics Puzzle 2022-04-22

Plate-tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Center made of iron and nickel
  2. A split between two bodies that were once whole
  3. Sub-marine mountain ridges where the new seafloor is created
  4. The upper layer of the Earth's interior, including the crust and upper part of the mantle
  5. The idea that all landmass was one piece and shifted away over time.
  6. Layer outside the center
  7. Large moving segments of the lithosphere
  8. Uppermost section of Earth
  9. The boundaries between plates.
  10. Type of boundary that moves away
  11. A form of stress produced by the action of equal and opposite forces, the effect of which is to reduce the length of a material.
  12. Type of boundary that comes together
Down
  1. When a plate dive under another
  2. an area of rock that has been bent over stress
  3. A depression in the Earth's crust
  4. Where two plates fracture from stress
  5. The layer between Earth's thinnest layer and its center
  6. A deep depression inside the ocean floor
  7. The deformation of the lithosphere
  8. A long trough bounded by two or more faults
  9. A form of stress that acts to stretch a material

21 Clues: Layer outside the center • Uppermost section of Earth • Center made of iron and nickel • The boundaries between plates. • When a plate dive under another • Type of boundary that moves away • A depression in the Earth's crust • The deformation of the lithosphere • Type of boundary that comes together • Where two plates fracture from stress • ...

8th Grade Chapter 7 2018-11-26

8th Grade Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a pile of broken rocks that collect at the base of a cliff
  2. Mt. Everest is still ___
  3. uplift landform
  4. subsidence landform
  5. Buttes, pinnacles and fins are all through to be erosional remnants of ___.
  6. convergent landform
  7. mountain is to ___as mesa is to butte
  8. water, and ice in and on the earth's crust against the upward push of the mantle.
  9. a series of mountain peaks in the same geographical area is called a mountain ___
  10. The highest mountain in the world
Down
  1. flat-topped hill with steep sides
  2. The geologic history of the origin of mountain
  3. a trough- like fold of rock strata
  4. divergent landform
  5. Which of these is not a primary cause of most depositional hills and mountains?
  6. ridges deposited by glaciers
  7. On which continent will you find the world's highest mountain and 96 of the 109 tallest peaks in the world
  8. Which of the following terms applies to the formation of volcanoes?
  9. arch of rock layers
  10. Karnes and eskers are both made up of glacial
  11. The mountain with the highest elevation in North America
  12. used to describe the balance of the weights of the rocky
  13. extinct underground volcano

23 Clues: uplift landform • divergent landform • subsidence landform • arch of rock layers • convergent landform • Mt. Everest is still ___ • extinct underground volcano • ridges deposited by glaciers • flat-topped hill with steep sides • The highest mountain in the world • a trough- like fold of rock strata • mountain is to ___as mesa is to butte • ...

Evolution 2019-09-11

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 'father of taxonomy'.
  2. a type of speciation involving a new species evolving inside an existing population.
  3. the name of one of the scientists who proposed natural selection.
  4. the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.
  5. a type of speciation caused by an unplanned geographic barrier.
  6. a variant form of a gene.
  7. a change in a DNA sequence.
  8. the rivalry between organisms based around resources.
  9. the variety of life.
  10. a physical or physiological difference between individuals of the same species.
  11. a type of speciation involving two parallel subpopulations.
Down
  1. the independent development of similar structures in unrelated organisms.
  2. one of the five kingdoms. Humans are apart of it.
  3. the process of a single species diverging into two or more descendant species.
  4. the evolution of different species from a common ancestral species.
  5. the study of the evolutionary history of a group of organisms based on their similarities and differences.
  6. a mutation that increases the chances of survival.
  7. a diagram used to show the evolutionary history of organisms.
  8. a type of speciation caused by a geographic barrier.
  9. the development of similar structures in closely related species.

20 Clues: the variety of life. • the 'father of taxonomy'. • a variant form of a gene. • a change in a DNA sequence. • one of the five kingdoms. Humans are apart of it. • a mutation that increases the chances of survival. • the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. • a type of speciation caused by a geographic barrier. • ...

Geoscience Processes 2023-05-24

Geoscience Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of weathering where the land surface is not uniformly changed
  2. process by which wind, water, gravity and ice deposit weathered and relocated sediment
  3. example of deposition found where rivers empty into the ocean
  4. idea that the Earth's surface is made up of large sections that move
  5. when forces on Earth break apart and or wear away rocks
  6. boundary where tectonic plates move together
  7. type of weathering where rocks are broken down by physical means
  8. sudden release of energy under Earth's surface that makes ground shake or crack
  9. relating to the whole world
  10. average weather conditions
Down
  1. boundary where tectonic plates move apart
  2. imperfections in the ice including pollen, dust,air bubbles
  3. Earth’s material that is broken down by processes of weathering
  4. huge pieces of Earth's surface that slowly move over the asthenosphere
  5. agent of weathering that continually pulls rocks downhill
  6. description of land surface area with reference to variations in elevation
  7. large masses of ice that erode the Earth's surface
  8. river that carved out the Grand Canyon
  9. limestone caves are formed from this type of weathering
  10. movement of sediments from one place to another by wind or water

20 Clues: average weather conditions • relating to the whole world • river that carved out the Grand Canyon • boundary where tectonic plates move apart • boundary where tectonic plates move together • large masses of ice that erode the Earth's surface • when forces on Earth break apart and or wear away rocks • limestone caves are formed from this type of weathering • ...

FOS Final 2023-05-31

FOS Final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. selasmic body waves shaking ground same directions
  2. Natural life’s continuous growth
  3. most widely accepted theory regarding
  4. Waves moving perpendicular
  5. Newton’s first law
  6. inner structures of earth
  7. the hypotheses that a ___ started life
  8. energy spanning long rays to very short ones
  9. ___bubble hypothesis proved that early life may have formed on surface
  10. Hypothesis stating that life was once a double ___
  11. Body, Molecular,Trace and Carbon
  12. any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus.
  13. a description of the way that stars change with time
Down
  1. 1952 earth simulation
  2. important numbers in a physics equation
  3. divergent, convergent, and transform
  4. Geology dealing with strata/earth’s atmosphere
  5. form volcanoes via mantle
  6. toxic aquatic bacteria
  7. Most of our knowledge of extinct hominids comes from__
  8. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  9. Used to date rocks and carbon
  10. organic molecules originated from nonliving matter
  11. cells without nucleus and complex structures.
  12. Form oceans continents and mountains
  13. increase in speed or rate
  14. Laws on how planets move
  15. earth’s history divided by time scales
  16. Nucleic acid in all life
  17. Speed in given direction

30 Clues: Newton’s first law • 1952 earth simulation • toxic aquatic bacteria • Laws on how planets move • Nucleic acid in all life • Speed in given direction • form volcanoes via mantle • increase in speed or rate • inner structures of earth • Waves moving perpendicular • Used to date rocks and carbon • Natural life’s continuous growth • Body, Molecular,Trace and Carbon • ...

Plate Tectonics Project 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock
  2. The flow that transfers heat within fluid
  3. when magma reaches the surface
  4. mid-ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor
  5. Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over earth's surface
  6. The resulting volcanoes sometimes create a string of islands
  7. form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
  8. boundary plates move apart
  9. boundary plates come together
  10. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  11. wegener called supercontinent
Down
  1. the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  2. an area where material from deep within earths mantle
  3. one major belt of volcanoes
  4. broken into pieces separated by cracks
  5. boundary plates slide past eachothere
  6. measure of how much mass there is in a given volume
  7. a mountain that forms in earth's crust
  8. the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light
  9. is a molted mixture of rock-forming substances gases and water from the mantle
  10. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  11. the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons

22 Clues: boundary plates move apart • one major belt of volcanoes • boundary plates come together • wegener called supercontinent • when magma reaches the surface • boundary plates slide past eachothere • broken into pieces separated by cracks • a mountain that forms in earth's crust • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • The flow that transfers heat within fluid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other
  2. Famous string of volcanoes
  3. A molten mixture of gases, water, and rock-forming substances from the mantle
  4. Crust that is on the land under mountains
  5. Valley where the sea floor subducts back into the mantle
  6. The process of continually adding new material to the ocean floor
  7. Liquid magma at the surface
  8. A process in which one plate goes under another at a convergent boundary
  9. The stress force that pulls on the crust, and thins rock in the middle
  10. Underwater mountain chain where sea floors are renewed
Down
  1. Plate boundary where two plates collide
  2. Crust under the ocean
  3. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  4. A curved chain of volcanoes located at the edge of a plate
  5. Forms where pieces of Earths crust separate
  6. The stress force that squeezes the crust, forming mountains
  7. A vent on the surface where magma escapes from the mantle
  8. The outer layer of Earth
  9. An area where magma melts through the crust above it
  10. Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

20 Clues: Crust under the ocean • The outer layer of Earth • Famous string of volcanoes • Liquid magma at the surface • Plate boundary where two plates collide • Crust that is on the land under mountains • Forms where pieces of Earths crust separate • Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other • An area where magma melts through the crust above it • ...

Plate Tectonics & Geology Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-18

Plate Tectonics & Geology Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent that all the continents once formed
  2. The preserved remains of a plant or animal that has been hardened into a rock
  3. Plate Boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. When plates move and cause shaking on the Earth
  5. A break in the Earth's crust
  6. The slope of an area
  7. The science that deals with the Earth's physical structure
  8. A line that connects points of equal temperature on a topographic map
  9. Plate Boundary where plates come together
  10. Plate Boundary where plates move apart
Down
  1. The Process of one plate going under another
  2. The Ocean in which the Ring of Fire is located
  3. Big slabs of crust that the Earth is broken into
  4. A large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  5. A big wave that is capable of taking over an entire town
  6. A large mountain that erupts with lava and magma
  7. The rigid outer part of the Earth
  8. A line that connects points of equal pressure on a topographic map
  9. A line that connects points of equal value on a topographic map
  10. An indentation or break in the ocean floor

20 Clues: The slope of an area • A break in the Earth's crust • The rigid outer part of the Earth • Plate Boundary where plates move apart • Plate Boundary where plates come together • An indentation or break in the ocean floor • The Process of one plate going under another • The Ocean in which the Ring of Fire is located • When plates move and cause shaking on the Earth • ...

Geology Grace Grubb 2024-01-30

Geology Grace Grubb crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outmost, rocky layer of Earth
  2. to examine in detail for a purpose
  3. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  4. molten rock that makes up Earths mantle and becomes igneous rock when it cools
  5. the outside or top layer of something
  6. the slow pulling apart of land that is cause by plate movement
  7. layer inside Earth, between the mantle and inner core
  8. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  9. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  10. how often or fast something happens
Down
  1. a sudden shaking of the earths surface
  2. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  3. innermost part of Earth, made of solid iron and nickel
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth
  5. the sudden pushing out of something, like lava from a volcano
  6. evidence of life from the past
  7. an object or diagram that makes it easier to understand something
  8. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. moving apart in different directions
  10. a layer of Earths crust

20 Clues: a layer of Earths crust • outmost, rocky layer of Earth • evidence of life from the past • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • a sudden shaking of the earths surface • hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth • ...

Final review 2024-06-03

Final review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when pressure from earth's plates is released
  2. the color of a mineral's powder
  3. type of rock made from volcanic activity
  4. type of weathering where water freezes and expands breaking rocks
  5. the ability to scratch another material
  6. the breaking down of rocks
  7. mass divided by volume
  8. molten rock
  9. giant super continent
  10. the theory that states earth's crust is broken into pieces that are constantly moving
  11. a cycle of heating and rising then cooling and sinking
  12. boundary where plates move apart
  13. a break in earth's crust where magma can escape
  14. type of rock formed in layers, may contain fossils
Down
  1. a giant river of ice
  2. outer most layer of earth
  3. type of rock made from heat and pressure
  4. boundary where plates come together
  5. type of weathering that turns iron brownish red
  6. the wearing away of earth's surface
  7. pure substances found in nature
  8. thickest layer of earth, where convection currents happen
  9. boundary where plates slide past each other
  10. sections of the earth's crust
  11. theory that says the continents were once joined and drifted apart over time
  12. composed of 2 or more minerals

26 Clues: molten rock • a giant river of ice • giant super continent • mass divided by volume • outer most layer of earth • the breaking down of rocks • sections of the earth's crust • composed of 2 or more minerals • the color of a mineral's powder • pure substances found in nature • boundary where plates move apart • boundary where plates come together • the wearing away of earth's surface • ...