divergent Crossword Puzzles

K. Ingle 2023-02-01

K. Ingle crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of igneous silicate rock that makes up most of Earth’s continental crust
  2. the regions of high-energy ions in the magnetosphere
  3. rock formed by the deposition and cementing of fine grains of material
  4. When two plates come together, one plate is often forced beneath another
  5. the study of Earth’s crust and the processes that have shaped its surface throughout history
  6. a vibration that travels through the interior of Earth or any other object
  7. rock produced by cooling from a molten state
  8. measures the ground movement during an earthquake
  9. the natural separation of differently dense materials overtime due to gravity
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  1. rock produced by physical and chemical alteration under high temperature and pressure
  2. two tectonic plates pushing together
  3. the motion of the segments of the outer layer of the Earth
  4. igneous rock produced by the cooling of lava; makes up most of Earth’s oceanic crust and is found on other planets that have experienced extensive volcanic activity
  5. the largest part of Earth’s interior; lies between the crust and core
  6. it is 0.6 of a mile
  7. the bending of light waves
  8. upward flow of hot material and downward flow of cool material
  9. two tectonic plates pulling apart

18 Clues: it is 0.6 of a mile • the bending of light waves • two tectonic plates pulling apart • two tectonic plates pushing together • rock produced by cooling from a molten state • measures the ground movement during an earthquake • the regions of high-energy ions in the magnetosphere • the motion of the segments of the outer layer of the Earth • ...

Types of Construct Validity 2025-10-09

Types of Construct Validity crossword puzzle
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  1. This type of validity shows that the measure correlates with similar measures well.
  2. This type of validity shows that the measure does not correlate with different constructs. It is sometimes called divergent validity.
  3. This type of validity covers all aspects of the construct.
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  1. This type of validity correlates with other measures administered at the same time.
  2. This type of validity predicts future outcomes.
  3. Does the test appear to measure what it claims on a surface level?

6 Clues: This type of validity predicts future outcomes. • This type of validity covers all aspects of the construct. • Does the test appear to measure what it claims on a surface level? • This type of validity correlates with other measures administered at the same time. • This type of validity shows that the measure correlates with similar measures well. • ...

Chapter 13 2016-10-19

Chapter 13 crossword puzzle
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  1. Ancient continental cores
  2. Places where two plates meet one another.
  3. A mountain or hill,having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. Plates moving past each other.
  5. Proposed theory by Wegener
  6. Two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  8. A long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.
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  1. Single giant continent.
  2. The theory of plate movement.
  3. The amount of heat,heating the ocean floor.
  4. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  5. one of the three main types of heat transfer in liquid (magma)
  6. Two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  7. About 100km thick. (ch.13 notes)
  8. Formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface.
  9. A bunch of Volcanoes and earthquake spots located along the plate boundary
  10. Are bounded on all sides of major faults

18 Clues: Single giant continent. • Ancient continental cores • Proposed theory by Wegener • The theory of plate movement. • Plates moving past each other. • About 100km thick. (ch.13 notes) • Are bounded on all sides of major faults • Places where two plates meet one another. • The amount of heat,heating the ocean floor. • A long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. • ...

Key Terms for Geography 2018-03-07

Key Terms for Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. A ______ Landscape receives no more than 25mm of rain per year.
  2. A _______ Landscape consists of stalactites and stalagmites.
  3. A type of mountain which is formed when two tectonic plates collide and cause upward pressure.
  4. A ______ Landscape is a network of of rivers.
  5. A ______ Landscape is where the land meets the sea.
  6. A _______ Landscape is made by humans.
  7. A plate which is found under the continents.
  8. A boundary which occurs when two tectonic plates collide.
  9. A type of mountain which occurs when cracks in the Earth's crust push blocks of land upwards.
  10. A plate which is found at the bottom of the oceans.
  11. A _______ Landscape rises high above its surroundings.
  12. A type of mountain which is formed when magma pushes its way from beneath the Earth to the Earth's crust.
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  1. A ________ flow is a fast moving cloud of ash, rocks and gas.
  2. A boundary which occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. A _______ Rainforest Landscape are lush forests.
  4. A boundary where two tectonic plates are rubbing against each other.
  5. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called _______ plates.
  6. The most well known one is the San Andreas Fault.

18 Clues: A _______ Landscape is made by humans. • A plate which is found under the continents. • A ______ Landscape is a network of of rivers. • A _______ Rainforest Landscape are lush forests. • The most well known one is the San Andreas Fault. • A ______ Landscape is where the land meets the sea. • A plate which is found at the bottom of the oceans. • ...

Positive Attributes 2019-02-10

Positive Attributes crossword puzzle
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  1. : What is Tyrion Lannister best known for?
  2. : What inspiring characteristic did that Forrest Gump portray?
  3. : What makes Dr. John Watson the perfect partner to Sherlock Holmes?
  4. : What didn't Billy Joel start?
  5. : Mother Teresa served as a model of what for dedicating her life to helping people in need?
  6. : What do some authors use to express a very high honor to someone in a book?
  7. : What is one of the six personality types in Holland's Theory of Career Choice?
  8. : What does the Giant Panda bear symbolize?
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  1. : What is known as the best medicine?
  2. : What was Alice “burning with ” when she chased the rabbit down a hole to Wonderland?
  3. : The way MacGyver is able to solve complex problems with any everyday items he can find.
  4. : What is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent?
  5. : James Brown was known as the King of what?
  6. : What does the Chinese symbol "Li" mean?
  7. : What are lavender flowers known to represent?
  8. : "Smile, you're on ___________________ camera!"
  9. : In "The Wizard of Oz," what was the lion missing?
  10. : "Barracuda" is a song played by which the American rock band?

18 Clues: : What didn't Billy Joel start? • : What is known as the best medicine? • : What does the Chinese symbol "Li" mean? • : What is Tyrion Lannister best known for? • : What does the Giant Panda bear symbolize? • : James Brown was known as the King of what? • : What are lavender flowers known to represent? • : "Smile, you're on ___________________ camera!" • ...

Positive Attributes 2019-02-10

Positive Attributes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : What didn't Billy Joel start?
  2. : What is one of the six personality types in Holland's Theory of Career Choice?
  3. : James Brown was known as the King of what?
  4. : What is known as the best medicine?
  5. : What was Alice “burning with ” when she chased the rabbit down a hole to Wonderland?
  6. : What are lavender flowers known to represent?
  7. : What do some authors use to express a very high honor to someone in a book?
  8. : What inspiring characteristic did that Forrest Gump portray?
  9. : What does the Chinese symbol "Li" mean?
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  1. : "Barracuda" is a song played by which the American rock band?
  2. : The way MacGyver is able to solve complex problems with any everyday items he can find.
  3. : What makes Dr. John Watson the perfect partner to Sherlock Holmes?
  4. : Mother Teresa served as a model of what for dedicating her life to helping people in need?
  5. : "Smile, you're on ___________________ camera!"
  6. : In "The Wizard of Oz," what was the lion missing?
  7. : What is Tyrion Lannister best known for?
  8. : What is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent?
  9. : What does the Giant Panda bear symbolize?

18 Clues: : What didn't Billy Joel start? • : What is known as the best medicine? • : What does the Chinese symbol "Li" mean? • : What is Tyrion Lannister best known for? • : What does the Giant Panda bear symbolize? • : James Brown was known as the King of what? • : What are lavender flowers known to represent? • : "Smile, you're on ___________________ camera!" • ...

BB 2023-04-22

BB crossword puzzle
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  1. 2 things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another
  2. When 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. The size of something
  4. The reason something has occurred or is occurring
  5. When 2 plates move toward each other and collide
  6. Liquidy rock that flows out of a volcano and onto Earth's surface
  7. When 2 plates move away from each other and separate
  8. A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed (squished) by heavy layers of sediment above
  9. The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake happened
  10. To cause damage or to destroy
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  1. The surface of the Earth
  2. The movement of bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other then roughly moving past each other
  3. Plate material with more dense basalt found under the ocean
  4. To build up
  5. Under the crust where it is hot and rock begins to melt, move, and shift
  6. Liquidy rock found below or within Earth's crust
  7. Plate material with less dense granite usually found underground on continental land
  8. Solid rock found everywhere on Earth, often under sediment

18 Clues: To build up • The size of something • The surface of the Earth • To cause damage or to destroy • When 2 plates slide horizontally past each other • Liquidy rock found below or within Earth's crust • When 2 plates move toward each other and collide • The reason something has occurred or is occurring • When 2 plates move away from each other and separate • ...

Mid-Term Help :) 2021-09-30

Mid-Term Help :) crossword puzzle
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  1. the solid layer of the earth
  2. the gooey layer of the earth
  3. when an earthquake happens it sends out what type of waves
  4. the striped appearance of a rock
  5. formed from decomposed sediment and makes bedding called strata, destroyed by heat and pressure to form a metamorphic rock.
  6. what rock is formed under extreme heat and pressure, and destroyed by melting back into lava or weathering back into sediment
  7. what is a mixture of molten rocks, with water and dissolved gases under the lithosphere
  8. the location on the surface directly above the focus
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  1. boundaries that move away from each other
  2. the liquid layer of the earth
  3. boundaries that move closer to each other
  4. boundaries that scrape against each other
  5. what rock is formed by cooling magma and destroyed by heat and pressure melting rocks into lava
  6. what energy source for plate tectonics
  7. what is it called when the continents were in one big super continent
  8. what is very destructive, that cost people lives, homes, plants , pets.
  9. the inside point of the start of an earthquake
  10. the crust that has been broken down

18 Clues: the solid layer of the earth • the gooey layer of the earth • the liquid layer of the earth • the striped appearance of a rock • the crust that has been broken down • what energy source for plate tectonics • boundaries that move away from each other • boundaries that move closer to each other • boundaries that scrape against each other • ...

Plate Motion : PM Homework #5 2023-10-20

Plate Motion : PM Homework #5 crossword puzzle
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  1. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  2. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones or leaf prints
  3. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plate
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel or sand dune
  8. moving toward the same place
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  1. how often or fast something happens
  2. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  3. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. moving apart in different directions
  6. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  7. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  10. the slow moving apart of land that is caused by plate motion

18 Clues: moving toward the same place • 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 • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Plate Motion Vocabulary 2022-10-12

Plate Motion Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. moving toward the same place
  2. A sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface.
  3. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
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  1. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava,
  2. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. The place where two plates meet.
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. how often or fast something happens
  6. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  7. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  8. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  9. ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  10. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America

18 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 • A sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface. • ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • ...

MChambers Crossword 2023-02-01

MChambers Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. produced by cooling of volcanic lava, made primarily of the element’s silicon, oxygen, iron, aluminum, and magnesium.
  2. made of fragments of igneous rock of shells of living organisms deposited by wind or water.
  3. regions of high-energy ions in the magnetosphere.
  4. plate tectonics sliding horizontally alongside each other.
  5. the natural separate of differently dense materials over time due to gravity.
  6. jamming together of plate tectonics.
  7. largest part of earth’s interior.
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  1. how slow motions within the mantle of earth move large segments of the crust, resulting in drifting of continents, and other geological features.
  2. a metric unit of length to 1,000 meters.
  3. area where of two plates coming together, forcing one underneath.
  4. any rock that has cooled from a molten state.
  5. produced when high temperature or pressure alters igneous or sedimentary rock physically or chemically.
  6. rocks made of silicon oxygen, makes up continental crust.
  7. heat escapes from interior through upward flow of warmer material and slow sinking of earth, to a cooler region.
  8. areas far from plate boundaries where heat is nevertheless rising from earth.
  9. plate tectonics pulling away from each other.
  10. light waves that bend.
  11. study of earth’s crust and its history.

18 Clues: light waves that bend. • largest part of earth’s interior. • jamming together of plate tectonics. • study of earth’s crust and its history. • a metric unit of length to 1,000 meters. • any rock that has cooled from a molten state. • plate tectonics pulling away from each other. • regions of high-energy ions in the magnetosphere. • ...

Mountain formation 2023-12-08

Mountain formation crossword puzzle
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  1. The squeezing together of crustal layers, forming folded mountains.
  2. The process where magma reaches the surface, creating volcanic mountains.
  3. An example of folded mountains formed by the collision of tectonic plates.
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  1. Type of plate boundary where fault-block mountains often form due to crustal stretching.
  2. Molten rock from the mantle that plays a key role in the formation of volcanic mountains.
  3. The process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, leading to volcanic mountain formation.
  4. A type of fault where blocks of crust are displaced vertically, creating fault-block mountains.

7 Clues: The squeezing together of crustal layers, forming folded mountains. • The process where magma reaches the surface, creating volcanic mountains. • An example of folded mountains formed by the collision of tectonic plates. • Type of plate boundary where fault-block mountains often form due to crustal stretching. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-09-28

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean b
  3. a long, narrow ditch
  4. current a current in a fluid that results from convection
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  1. a boundary where plates move towards each other creating mountains
  2. A boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. formation The superheated magma rises through the mantle (yellow), melts the crust above (brown) and flows on to the surface forming a volcano

7 Clues: a long, narrow ditch • A boundary where plates move away from each other • current a current in a fluid that results from convection • a boundary where plates move towards each other creating mountains • a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean b • ...

L3 2024-02-09

L3 crossword puzzle
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  1. the result of physical stress acting upon an object, causing a change in the shape of that object.
  2. boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. boundary when two plates come together
  3. boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. plates gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle

7 Clues: boundary when two plates come together • boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other • plates gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Earthquake 2024-05-20

Earthquake crossword puzzle
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  1. Occurs when two tectonic plates come together
  2. Occurs when two plates slide past each other.
  3. An intense shaking of the Earth’s surface.
  4. The geological fault of tectonic plates occurs predominantly horizontally, parallel to the fault plane, in opposite directions, typically due to horizontal shearing forces
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  1. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The geological fault where the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall due to compressional forces.
  3. The geological fault where the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall due to the extensional forces.

7 Clues: An intense shaking of the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when two tectonic plates come together • Occurs when two plates slide past each other. • Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • The geological fault where the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall due to compressional forces. • ...

Plate Boundary Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-28

Plate Boundary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When oceanic crust is pushed under the continental crust in a convergent plate boundary
  2. The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates.
  3. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates.
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  1. a rigid layer of solid rock cracked into pieces called plates.
  2. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust is created at ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.

7 Clues: The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates. • a rigid layer of solid rock cracked into pieces called plates. • The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates. • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • When oceanic crust is pushed under the continental crust in a convergent plate boundary • ...

STYLES COGNITIFS 2022-08-04

STYLES COGNITIFS crossword puzzle
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  1. Qui concerne la déduction, qui procède par déduction
  2. ensemble de mécanismes menant à l'acquisition de savoir-faire, de savoirs ou de connaissances. L'acteur de l'apprentissage est appelé apprenant.
  3. processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance.
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  1. Différence, désaccord entre les opinions, les intérêts des personnes, des groupes ; opposition.
  2. acronyme pour Visuel, Auditif, Kinesthésique, Olfactif et Gustatif
  3. ensemble des processus retrouvés dans des systèmes, plus ou moins complexes, vivants ou non, qui permettent de comprendre, d'apprendre ou de s'adapter à des situations nouvelles.
  4. Ensemble des moyens mis en œuvre dans la discussion en vue de démontrer, réfuter

7 Clues: Qui concerne la déduction, qui procède par déduction • processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance. • acronyme pour Visuel, Auditif, Kinesthésique, Olfactif et Gustatif • Ensemble des moyens mis en œuvre dans la discussion en vue de démontrer, réfuter • Différence, désaccord entre les opinions, les intérêts des personnes, des groupes ; opposition. • ...

Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift 2025-01-16

Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plate boundary where tectonic plates slide against each other
  2. the plate boundary where tectonic plates go away from each other
  3. Alfred Wegener's theory in which the continents slowly drifted apart over time
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  1. the process in which two plates collide and the older, more dense plate goes under the less dense and younger plate
  2. the plate boundary where tectonic plates collide with each other
  3. the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago

6 Clues: the plate boundary where tectonic plates collide with each other • the plate boundary where tectonic plates go away from each other • the plate boundary where tectonic plates slide against each other • the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago • Alfred Wegener's theory in which the continents slowly drifted apart over time • ...

U3L2 2024-01-23

U3L2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  2. a theory that the continents have moved over time
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  1. cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle.
  2. process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. change in planets magnetic field.

6 Clues: change in planets magnetic field. • cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle. • a theory that the continents have moved over time • process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor • a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements. • ...

Volcanoes 2023-03-02

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. __can reach temperatures as hot as 1,250℃.
  2. __plate boundary, occurs when a gap opens up between two plates. The gap is filled in by the mantle underneath, causing magma to melt.
  3. __rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object
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  1. __plate boundary,where two plates crash and an oceanic plate slips underneath another plate, bringing water and carbon dioxide into the mantle.
  2. __formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock
  3. __molten material that sits under or inside the Earth’s crust.
  4. __volcanoes that form in the middle of a plate

7 Clues: __can reach temperatures as hot as 1,250℃. • __volcanoes that form in the middle of a plate • __rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object • __formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock • __molten material that sits under or inside the Earth’s crust. • ...

Volcanoes 2023-03-02

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. __can reach temperatures as hot as 1,250℃.
  2. __plate boundary, occurs when a gap opens up between two plates. The gap is filled in by the mantle underneath, causing magma to melt.
  3. __rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object
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  1. __plate boundary,where two plates crash and an oceanic plate slips underneath another plate, bringing water and carbon dioxide into the mantle.
  2. __formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock
  3. __molten material that sits under or inside the Earth’s crust.
  4. __volcanoes that form in the middle of a plate

7 Clues: __can reach temperatures as hot as 1,250℃. • __volcanoes that form in the middle of a plate • __rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object • __formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock • __molten material that sits under or inside the Earth’s crust. • ...

continental drift theory 2025-01-31

continental drift theory crossword puzzle
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  1. When two tectonic plates move apart, often creating new crust, like at mid-ocean ridges.
  2. A crack or split in the Earth's surface where plates move apart.
  3. A huge piece of the Earth's outer shell that moves around.
  4. When two tectonic plates move toward each other, often causing mountains or earthquakes.
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  1. When two tectonic plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes along fault lines.
  2. A giant landmass that existed millions of years ago, made up of all the continents together.
  3. The study of how the Earth's outer layers (plates) move and change.

7 Clues: A huge piece of the Earth's outer shell that moves around. • A crack or split in the Earth's surface where plates move apart. • The study of how the Earth's outer layers (plates) move and change. • When two tectonic plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes along fault lines. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-08-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. __ is the theory that Earth's outer crust has several plates that glide over the upper mantle (no space between the two words).
  2. When two oceanic plates spread apart at a _ boundary, magma creates new crust to form a mid-ocean ridge.
  3. The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur.
  4. _ rocks are found closer to ocean ridges, and old rocks are further away.
  5. When plates collide, the more _ plate subducts under the less dense plate.
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  1. _ can create islands.
  2. A __ is formed when two continental plates diverge (no space between the two words).
  3. _ is when a more dense plate "dives" below a less dense plate.
  4. Which plate boundary are mountains & ocean trenches most likely to form?
  5. __ are landforms that can be created from transform boundaries (no space between the two words).

10 Clues: _ can create islands. • The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur. • _ is when a more dense plate "dives" below a less dense plate. • Which plate boundary are mountains & ocean trenches most likely to form? • _ rocks are found closer to ocean ridges, and old rocks are further away. • ...

Seismic (Mr. Sue) 2023-04-11

Seismic (Mr. Sue) crossword puzzle
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  1. ___________ plate boundaries when tectonic plates slide across from each other.
  2. 10x the moment is how many times the energy?
  3. Semi-liquid layer of the earth. This layer moves slowly in a similar fashion to heating and cooling water, causing convection currents.
  4. ________ Scale is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.
  5. Inner part of the earth. Extremely hot and dense, provides heat to cause convection currents in the mantle.
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  1. ______ plate boundaries are when tectonic plates pull apart from each other.
  2. _______ boundaries are areas where two crust plates come together or spread apart.
  3. ____________ plate boundaries are when tectonic plates push boundaries together.
  4. Measurement of the strength of an earthquake. It is a logarithmic scale.
  5. Top layer of the earth. Moves around due to the convection current in the mantle. Broken into plates.

10 Clues: 10x the moment is how many times the energy? • ________ Scale is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes. • Measurement of the strength of an earthquake. It is a logarithmic scale. • ______ plate boundaries are when tectonic plates pull apart from each other. • ___________ plate boundaries when tectonic plates slide across from each other. • ...

CH 7 Vocab Quiz 2016-10-25

CH 7 Vocab Quiz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Practice of writing and reading signs
  2. Intellectual and aesthetic openness towards divergent experiences, images, and products from different cultures
  3. Landscapes that have experienced abandonment, misuse, disinvestment, or vandalism
  4. conditions and meanings associated with particular places that have become significant to individuals
  5. Attempt to resist fast food by preserving the cultural cuisine and the associated food and farming of an ecoregion
Down
  1. Study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space
  2. Idea that landscapes can be read or written by groups and individuals
  3. Point of view that places the individual-especially individual values, meaning systems, intentions and conscious acts-at the center of analysis
  4. Specific attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory
  5. Scientific study of the formation and evolution of human customs and beliefs

10 Clues: Practice of writing and reading signs • Idea that landscapes can be read or written by groups and individuals • Study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space • Scientific study of the formation and evolution of human customs and beliefs • Specific attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory • ...

AP BIO UNIT 7 - Caio Fernandes 2022-04-07

AP BIO UNIT 7 - Caio Fernandes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two species with different ancestral origins develop similar characteristics
  2. the range of different inherited traits within a species
  3. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  4. theory in postulating that the evolution of certain conspicuous physical traits in animals may grant the possessors of these traits greater success in obtaining mates
  5. a way to find out how old something is
  6. the ability of an organism to pass on its genetic material to its offspring
Down
  1. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies
  2. two species diverge from a common ancestor and develop different characteristics
  3. evolution of an animal or plant group into a wide variety of types adapted to specialized modes of life
  4. an evolutionary tree that diagrams the ancestral relationships among organisms

10 Clues: a way to find out how old something is • the range of different inherited traits within a species • asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies • the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates • the ability of an organism to pass on its genetic material to its offspring • ...

AP BIO UNIT 7 - Caio Fernandes 2022-04-07

AP BIO UNIT 7 - Caio Fernandes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an evolutionary tree that diagrams the ancestral relationships among organisms
  2. theory in postulating that the evolution of certain conspicuous physical traits in animals may grant the possessors of these traits greater success in obtaining mates
  3. a way to find out how old something is
  4. the range of different inherited traits within a species
  5. two species with different ancestral origins develop similar characteristics
Down
  1. evolution of an animal or plant group into a wide variety of types adapted to specialized modes of life
  2. two species diverge from a common ancestor and develop different characteristics
  3. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  4. the ability of an organism to pass on its genetic material to its offspring
  5. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies

10 Clues: a way to find out how old something is • the range of different inherited traits within a species • asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies • the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates • the ability of an organism to pass on its genetic material to its offspring • ...

Hazel 2022-04-29

Hazel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  2. a change in the constitution of rock specifically : a pronounced change effected by pressure, heat, and water that results in a more compact and more highly crystalline condition
  3. tending to be different or develop in different directions
  4. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other : converging convergent lines a tropical cyclone characterized by convergent airflow
  2. relating to sediment
  3. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  4. relating to or involving volcanic processes
  5. make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of

10 Clues: relating to sediment • relating to or involving volcanic processes • matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • tending to be different or develop in different directions • make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-03

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

10 Clues: Something that happens when plates jerk apart. • The processes that control the structure of the Earth. • The "puzzle pieces" that the Earth's crust consists of. • A type of boundary where the plates come closer together. • A type of boundary in which plates move away from each other. • A land feature that is made by plates moving into each other. • ...

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2023-09-16

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the outermost layer of our planet.
  2. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates are getting pushed apart.
  3. is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  4. is the very hot, very dense center of our planet.
  5. is an opening in the Earth’s surface that allows gas, hot magma and ash to escape from beneath the Earth’s crust.
Down
  1. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground.
  4. is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

10 Clues: is the outermost layer of our planet. • is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground. • is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust. • is the very hot, very dense center of our planet. • is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another. • is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other. • ...

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2023-09-16

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the outermost layer of our planet.
  2. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates are getting pushed apart.
  3. is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  4. is the very hot, very dense center of our planet.
  5. is an opening in the Earth’s surface that allows gas, hot magma and ash to escape from beneath the Earth’s crust.
Down
  1. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground.
  4. is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

10 Clues: is the outermost layer of our planet. • is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground. • is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust. • is the very hot, very dense center of our planet. • is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another. • is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other. • ...

TECTONIC PLATES 2024-02-07

TECTONIC PLATES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Valley a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  2. landform that rises high above the surrounding terrain in a limited area, caused by two tectonic plates colliding into each other
  3. Boundary the area at which two tectonic plates slide past each other
  4. the result of two tectonic plates sliding past one another and slipping
  5. Crust the crust underneath the Earth's oceans
Down
  1. Crust crust that makes up the continents on Earth
  2. Boundary the area at which two tectonic plates collide
  3. Boundary the area at which two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. a supercontinent predicted to have broken apart millions of years ago to create what we know today as our large landmasses or continents
  5. Plates large, broken, slowly moving pieces of the Earth's crust

10 Clues: Crust the crust underneath the Earth's oceans • Crust crust that makes up the continents on Earth • Boundary the area at which two tectonic plates collide • Plates large, broken, slowly moving pieces of the Earth's crust • Boundary the area at which two tectonic plates slide past each other • the result of two tectonic plates sliding past one another and slipping • ...

20-30 words 2025-02-03

20-30 words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tending to be different or develop in different directions.
  2. a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.
  3. deeply upset and agitated
  4. Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely; Unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; Hopeless.
Down
  1. give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress.
  2. (of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance; (of coffee) be prepared in a percolator
  3. separate from another route, especially a main one, and go in a different direction
  4. the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held
  5. an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
  6. The most severe kind of hunger crisis

10 Clues: deeply upset and agitated • The most severe kind of hunger crisis • tending to be different or develop in different directions. • an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect • a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone. • ...

Science unit 2 2024-12-17

Science unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  2. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
  3. A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
  4. Rocky metallic objects that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets.
  5. Large clumps of ice, dust and frozen gases that travel around the Sun in long elliptical orbits.
Down
  1. Having the conditions necessary to support life.
  2. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. The measure of the effect of gravity on an object.
  4. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  5. The measure of the amount of matter in an object.

10 Clues: Having the conditions necessary to support life. • The measure of the amount of matter in an object. • The measure of the effect of gravity on an object. • A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses. • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-03

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is our planet
  2. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  5. the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  6. place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
Down
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. flows to earth and has a magnitude that depends on the method of system earthing
  3. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses

10 Clues: this is our planet • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface • an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Science Wordpuzzle 2022-10-03

Science Wordpuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Less spce between molecules
  2. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction as the direction the wave is moving.
  3. transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid
  4. More space between molecules
Down
  1. Plate boundary that move past the other one
  2. Plate boundary that moves away from the other one
  3. Plate boundary that moves toward the other one
  4. a seismic surface wave causing the ground to shake in an elliptical motion, with no transverse, or perpendicular, motion.
  5. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
  6. a surface wave having a horizontal motion that is transverse (or perpendicular) to the direction the wave is traveling

10 Clues: Less spce between molecules • More space between molecules • Plate boundary that move past the other one • Plate boundary that moves toward the other one • Plate boundary that moves away from the other one • transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid • ...

Unit 7 2021-03-04

Unit 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lithosphere "floats" on this semi-solid layer made of the crust and upper part of the mantle
  2. The thinnest and solid outermost layer of the Earth
  3. Heat from the core and the mantle causes plates to move
  4. The liquid layer of the Earth's core that surrounds the inner core; made of liquid iron and
Down
  1. A solid that flows like a liquid
  2. The plate boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
  3. The crust and upper part of the mantle and also contains the plates
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth; extreme pressure and temperatures like the surface of the sun
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other

10 Clues: A solid that flows like a liquid • The thinnest and solid outermost layer of the Earth • Heat from the core and the mantle causes plates to move • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • The crust and upper part of the mantle and also contains the plates • ...

Tectonic Hazards 2019-11-06

Tectonic Hazards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The supercontinent where all continental plates which haven't been affected by continental drift.
  2. The outermost layer of the Earth that is found under the ocean.
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth that is found on continents.
  4. The layer within the Earth between the crust and the core.
  5. When two plates collide and the oceanic plate is pushed down into the mantle.
Down
  1. The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over time.
  2. The edges where two plates meet and most tectonic hazards happen here.
  3. An opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma from beneath the crust to reach the surface.
  4. The shaking and vibration of the Earth's crust due to movement of the Earth's plates.
  5. When two tectonic plates move apart from each other and magma rises upwards from the gap.

10 Clues: The layer within the Earth between the crust and the core. • The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over time. • The outermost layer of the Earth that is found on continents. • The outermost layer of the Earth that is found under the ocean. • The edges where two plates meet and most tectonic hazards happen here. • ...

Earth Vocab 2026-01-06

Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges and its movement on either side.
  2. when 2 plates seperate causing seafloor spreading creating underwater volcano chains
  3. Where two plates move together to form volcanos, islands and other land forms
  4. Rock that forms when magma cools on the surface or underground
  5. Rock that forms when other rocks change due to heat or pressure.
  6. when 1 tectonic plate pushes underneath another and melts.
Down
  1. Rock that forms when pebbles, sand shells, and other pieces are cemented over time.
  2. movement of magma caused by temp changes that move tectonic plates.
  3. when plates scrape causing Earth quakes
  4. The processes that change the surface of the earth through the movement of lithospheric plates.

10 Clues: when plates scrape causing Earth quakes • when 1 tectonic plate pushes underneath another and melts. • Rock that forms when magma cools on the surface or underground • Rock that forms when other rocks change due to heat or pressure. • movement of magma caused by temp changes that move tectonic plates. • ...

Vocab Example 2023-10-20

Vocab Example crossword puzzle
Across
  1. coming together
Down
  1. moving apart
  2. rocks made by heat and pressure

3 Clues: moving apart • coming together • rocks made by heat and pressure

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault
  2. Earth is made out 10-12 big ones and around 20 smaller ones
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. when two tectonic plates come together
Down
  1. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma
  2. causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another
  3. the planet we live on
  4. The supercontinent that was torn apart because of the movement in plate tectonics

8 Clues: the planet we live on • when two tectonic plates come together • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • Earth is made out 10-12 big ones and around 20 smaller ones • when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault • The supercontinent that was torn apart because of the movement in plate tectonics • ...

Onvoorspelbare aarde 2024-08-25

Onvoorspelbare aarde crossword puzzle
Across
  1. opening in het oppervlak van een planeet waar gesmolten gesteente als lava, gas en brokstukken van vast gesteente door naar buiten komen.
  2. Een plotselinge en krachtige beweging van gesteente en aarde langs een helling, vaak veroorzaakt door verzadigde grond
  3. Een scheur in de aardkorst waarlangs gesteente kan verschuiven, vaak resulterend in aardbevingen
  4. Het type tektonische plaatgrens waar platen uit elkaar bewegen, vaak geassocieerd met mid-oceanische ruggen
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  1. Natuurverschijnsel waarbij grote hoeveelheden water onvoorspelbaar stijgen, vaak door zware regenval
  2. Dikke laag van de aarde waar de continenten op drijven
  3. Natuurramp die vaak gepaard gaat met sterke wind, regen en overstromingen
  4. Langdurige periode van abnormaal hoge temperaturen, vaak gerelateerd aan klimaatverandering

8 Clues: Dikke laag van de aarde waar de continenten op drijven • Natuurramp die vaak gepaard gaat met sterke wind, regen en overstromingen • Langdurige periode van abnormaal hoge temperaturen, vaak gerelateerd aan klimaatverandering • Een scheur in de aardkorst waarlangs gesteente kan verschuiven, vaak resulterend in aardbevingen • ...

Science crossword 2021-12-13

Science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction
  2. A large segment of Earths crust that slowly moves
  3. processes by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water
  4. A type of fault where the crust moves sideways past each other
  5. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other
Down
  1. The process in which crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line
  2. The uppermost solid part of the earth
  3. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other
  4. A mountain or hill having a vent through which lava or magma are being erupted from the earths crust
  5. large scale processes affecting the structure of the earths crust

10 Clues: The uppermost solid part of the earth • A large segment of Earths crust that slowly moves • A type of fault where the crust moves sideways past each other • large scale processes affecting the structure of the earths crust • A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other • ...

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2023-09-16

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the outermost layer of our planet.
  2. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates are getting pushed apart.
  3. is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  4. is the very hot, very dense center of our planet.
  5. is an opening in the Earth’s surface that allows gas, hot magma and ash to escape from beneath the Earth’s crust.
Down
  1. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground.
  4. is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

10 Clues: is the outermost layer of our planet. • is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground. • is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust. • is the very hot, very dense center of our planet. • is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another. • is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other. • ...

TECTONIC RIDDLE: UNLOCKING BOUNDARIES WITH A CODE 2023-09-16

TECTONIC RIDDLE: UNLOCKING BOUNDARIES WITH A CODE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the very hot, very dense center of our planet.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. is the outermost layer of our planet.
  4. is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust.
  5. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
  6. is an opening in the Earth’s surface that allows gas, hot magma and ash to escape from beneath the Earth’s crust.
Down
  1. is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  2. is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates are getting pushed apart.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground.

10 Clues: is the outermost layer of our planet. • is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground. • is a fracture or break in the Earth's crust. • is the very hot, very dense center of our planet. • is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another. • is a boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other. • ...

Science Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2020-02-28

Science Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where two plates move apart, or diverge; occur at the mid-ocean ridge; on landforms a rift valley,
  2. supercontinent; means ''all lands'',
  3. ocean floor; made up of basalt; dense rocks' thinner than continental crust,
  4. where two plated move together; or collide; creates a subduction zone when plates are ocean crust collide mountain building takes place,
  5. composed of crust and uppermost mantle---layer of solid hot rock,
Down
  1. where ocean bends downward and subduction occurs--the ocean floor does this due to density and gravity,
  2. slowly wear away mountains and other features on earth's surface,
  3. large sections of the lithosphere and crust; when one moves it effects all other plates,
  4. second layer of the earth's interior,
  5. made of metallic iron and nickel--thick liquid; surrounds the inner core,

10 Clues: supercontinent; means ''all lands'', • second layer of the earth's interior, • slowly wear away mountains and other features on earth's surface, • composed of crust and uppermost mantle---layer of solid hot rock, • made of metallic iron and nickel--thick liquid; surrounds the inner core, • ...

Deep Sea Expedition: Explore Earth’s Hidden World 2025-11-13

Deep Sea Expedition: Explore Earth’s Hidden World crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of volcano forms islands such as Hawaii in the middle of ocean plates? (hint: gently sloping volcanic landforms)
  2. What process occurs when an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate?
  3. What is the deepest part of the ocean called?
  4. Which part of the ocean floor lies between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain?
Down
  1. What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates move apart and form new seafloor?
  2. Which layer of the Earth is the hottest and produces magma?
  3. What natural event occurs when undersea earthquakes displace large volumes of water?
  4. What is the main rock type that makes up the oceanic crust?
  5. Which layer of the Earth forms the ocean floor? (hint: crust)
  6. What instrument is used to measure the depth of the ocean using sound waves?

10 Clues: What is the deepest part of the ocean called? • Which layer of the Earth is the hottest and produces magma? • What is the main rock type that makes up the oceanic crust? • Which layer of the Earth forms the ocean floor? (hint: crust) • What process occurs when an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process in which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges as the older crust moves away
  2. a depression in the ocean floor formed when a plate sinks through a subduction zone and bends
  3. the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other
  4. what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent
  5. movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths
  6. the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other
Down
  1. the process where old oceanic plates sink into the mantle as seafloor spreading occurs
  2. the theroy that pieces of Earth's lithosphere, called plates, move around on top of the asthenosphere
  3. the type of plate boundary where the two plates move AWAY from each other
  4. the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called

10 Clues: what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent • the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other • movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths • the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called • the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other • ...

CH 7 Vocab Quiz 2016-10-25

CH 7 Vocab Quiz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space
  2. Landscapes that have experienced abandonment, misuse, disinvestment, or vandalism
  3. Specific attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory
  4. Attempt to resist fast food by preserving the cultural cuisine and the associated food and farming of an ecoregion
  5. conditions and meanings associated with particular places that have become significant to individuals
Down
  1. Scientific study of the formation and evolution of human customs and beliefs
  2. Intellectual and aesthetic openness towards divergent experiences, images, and products from different cultures
  3. Idea that landscapes can be read or written by groups and individuals
  4. Point of view that places the individual-especially individual values, meaning systems, intentions and conscious acts-at the center of analysis
  5. Practice of writing and reading signs

10 Clues: Practice of writing and reading signs • Idea that landscapes can be read or written by groups and individuals • Scientific study of the formation and evolution of human customs and beliefs • Study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space • Landscapes that have experienced abandonment, misuse, disinvestment, or vandalism • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundaries: Areas where tectonic plates move away from each other, often associated with seafloor spreading.
  2. Boundaries: Zones where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  3. Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases.
  4. Boundary: The edge where two tectonic plates meet, influencing geological activity.
  5. Zones: Areas where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
Down
  1. Sudden shaking or trembling of the Earth's surface, often caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  2. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  3. Boundaries: Locations where tectonic plates move toward each other, leading to collision or subduction.
  4. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core, composed mainly of solid rock. Convection Currents: Circular currents in the Earth's mantle that drive the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.

10 Clues: Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms. • Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases. • Zones: Areas where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another. • Boundaries: Zones where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate tectoincs 2023-02-10

Plate tectoincs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate slide past each other, creating fault lines
  2. Dividing or moving away
  3. map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
Down
  1. shape of the Earth’s surface and the way its physical features are arranged, especially in terms of their positions and elevations
  2. Underwater fault lines & earthquakes.
  3. map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map
  4. underlines the ocean basins
  5. A long chain of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean
  6. difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map
  7. – the outer most layer of the Earth (lithosphere) is divided into contiguous sections (plates) that move relative to each other causing continental drift, seafloor spreading, and the formation of major

10 Clues: Dividing or moving away • underlines the ocean basins • Underwater fault lines & earthquakes. • plate slide past each other, creating fault lines • A long chain of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean • map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map • difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-29

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of
  2. The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. Two plates moving away from each other
  4. To change into something new
  5. Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles
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  1. Coming closer together
  2. Rock formed when magma cools down
  3. A theory that scientists use to explain the movement of continents, the eruption of volcanoes, and other changes or events in the earth's geology
  4. Rocks formed on earths surface and is made of sediments
  5. Rocks formed when heat and pressure is applied

10 Clues: Coming closer together • To change into something new • Rock formed when magma cools down • Two plates moving away from each other • Rocks formed when heat and pressure is applied • Rocks formed on earths surface and is made of sediments • The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-11

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  2. solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere.
  3. Rigid outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonics plates.
  4. Type of boundary where plates move away from each other.
  5. _________. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
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  1. process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge.
  2. Type of boundary where plates move towards from each other.
  3. ___________ a circular motion where warm fluid rises and cool fluid sinks. This is the driving force of plate tectonics.
  4. The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.
  5. this landform forms as a result of convergent boundaries.

10 Clues: Type of boundary where plates slide past each other. • Type of boundary where plates move away from each other. • this landform forms as a result of convergent boundaries. • Type of boundary where plates move towards from each other. • _________. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Breaks in the Earth's crust where blocks of crust are moving in different directions.
  2. A valley or depression in the land bordered by fault zones and separating tectonic plates.
  3. Theory that the continental landmasses drifted across the Earth.
  4. A geological process in which the edge of a lithospheric plate slides underneath the edge of an adjacent plate.
  5. Type of boundary where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  6. When a heavier oceanic plate subducts beneath a lighter continental plate, this is formed.
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  1. A geologic process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other at midocean ridges.
  2. Theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  3. Boundary where 2 plates are moving apart form each other.
  4. Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other.

10 Clues: Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other. • Boundary where 2 plates are moving apart form each other. • Theory that the continental landmasses drifted across the Earth. • Type of boundary where two plates are pushing toward each other. • Breaks in the Earth's crust where blocks of crust are moving in different directions. • ...

Living with Tectonic Hazards Revision by Ellyana 2016-04-18

Living with Tectonic Hazards Revision by Ellyana crossword puzzle
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  1. ______ mountains are found at divergent plate boundaries.
  2. ________ develop from successive eruptions of lava and pyroclasts.
  3. What is a vibration in the earth's crust caused by the sudden release of stored energy in the rocks found along fault lines?
  4. _______ can occur due to the structural collapse of a volcanic cone during a volcanic eruption.
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  1. _______ energy is derived from the heat in the earth's crust.
  2. The upward movement of magma both into the earth's crust and onto the earth's surface. What process is this known as?
  3. ____ particles ejected during a volcanic eruption can disrupt human activities over large distances from the volcano.
  4. ________ forces causes the land masses surrounding a block of land to subside.
  5. ____ from volcanic eruptions break down to form fertile volcanic soils.
  6. _______ volcanoes have gently sloping sides and a broad summit.

10 Clues: ______ mountains are found at divergent plate boundaries. • _______ energy is derived from the heat in the earth's crust. • _______ volcanoes have gently sloping sides and a broad summit. • ________ develop from successive eruptions of lava and pyroclasts. • ____ from volcanic eruptions break down to form fertile volcanic soils. • ...

Living with Tectonic Hazards Revision by Ellyana 2016-04-18

Living with Tectonic Hazards Revision by Ellyana crossword puzzle
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  1. _______ volcanoes have gently sloping sides and a broad summit.
  2. _______ energy is derived from the heat in the earth's crust.
  3. ________ develop from successive eruptions of lava and pyroclasts.
  4. ________ forces causes the land masses surrounding a block of land to subside.
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  1. What is a vibration in the earth's crust caused by the sudden release of stored energy in the rocks found along fault lines?
  2. _______ can occur due to the structural collapse of a volcanic cone during a volcanic eruption.
  3. The upward movement of magma both into the earth's crust and onto the earth's surface. What process is this known as?
  4. ______ mountains are found at divergent plate boundaries.
  5. ____ particles ejected during a volcanic eruption can disrupt human activities over large distances from the volcano.
  6. ____ from volcanic eruptions break down to form fertile volcanic soils.

10 Clues: ______ mountains are found at divergent plate boundaries. • _______ energy is derived from the heat in the earth's crust. • _______ volcanoes have gently sloping sides and a broad summit. • ________ develop from successive eruptions of lava and pyroclasts. • ____ from volcanic eruptions break down to form fertile volcanic soils. • ...

Toolkit Activity #10 2023-11-26

Toolkit Activity #10 crossword puzzle
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  1. Enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves.
  2. Questions that move the learners to application by requiring them to evaluate, hypothesize, imagine, judge, predict, or speculate.
  3. Moving or extending in different directions from a common point of thinking.
  4. Gather knowledge, information, or reaction from someone, often with difficulty.
  5. The process of developing or presenting something with further detail.
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  1. The action of making a statement or situation less confusing and more comprehensible.
  2. Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.
  3. Questions that provoke data gathering as students learn to define, describe, identify, list, name, observe, recite, or scan.
  4. Known as extended-response items and are commonly used as a performance assessment.
  5. Questions that focus on processes used to analyze, compare/contrast, group, infer, sequence, or synthesize.

10 Clues: Enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves. • The process of developing or presenting something with further detail. • Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally. • Moving or extending in different directions from a common point of thinking. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the theroy that pieces of Earth's lithosphere, called plates, move around on top of the asthenosphere
  2. the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other
  3. the process in which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges as the older crust moves away
  4. a depression in the ocean floor formed when a plate sinks through a subduction zone and bends
  5. what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent
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  1. the process where old oceanic plates sink into the mantle as seafloor spreading occurs
  2. the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called
  3. the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other
  4. the type of plate boundary where the two plates move AWAY from each other
  5. movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths

10 Clues: what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent • the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other • movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths • the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called • the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other • ...

INZUUU 2022-04-03

INZUUU crossword puzzle
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  1. the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  2. this is our planet
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  5. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  6. where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses
  3. flows to earth and has a magnitude that depends on the method of system earthing fault
  4. theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust

10 Clues: this is our planet • theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface • the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

AP BIO UNIT 7 - Caio Fernandes 2022-04-07

AP BIO UNIT 7 - Caio Fernandes crossword puzzle
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  1. two species with different ancestral origins develop similar characteristics
  2. the range of different inherited traits within a species
  3. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  4. theory in postulating that the evolution of certain conspicuous physical traits in animals may grant the possessors of these traits greater success in obtaining mates
  5. a way to find out how old something is
  6. the ability of an organism to pass on its genetic material to its offspring
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  1. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies
  2. two species diverge from a common ancestor and develop different characteristics
  3. evolution of an animal or plant group into a wide variety of types adapted to specialized modes of life
  4. an evolutionary tree that diagrams the ancestral relationships among organisms

10 Clues: a way to find out how old something is • the range of different inherited traits within a species • asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies • the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates • the ability of an organism to pass on its genetic material to its offspring • ...

Earth Vocabulary 2026-01-06

Earth Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Rock that forms when existing rocks change due to heat and/or pressure
  2. where two plates move together to form volcanoes and other landforms
  3. The processes that change the surface of the earth through the movement of plates
  4. Rock that forms when magma cools on the surface or underground
  5. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust and its movement on either side
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  1. Rock that forms when pebbles and other pieces are cemented together over time
  2. where two plates separate creating seafloor spreafing creating underwater volcanic chains and rift valleys
  3. movement of magma in the mantle caused by temperature changes that move plates above
  4. when plates scrape past each other to create earthquakes
  5. when one tectonic plate pushes under another into the mantle where it melts

10 Clues: when plates scrape past each other to create earthquakes • Rock that forms when magma cools on the surface or underground • where two plates move together to form volcanoes and other landforms • Rock that forms when existing rocks change due to heat and/or pressure • when one tectonic plate pushes under another into the mantle where it melts • ...

Șiruri de numere reale 2020-08-01

Șiruri de numere reale crossword puzzle
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  1. Șirul care nu are limită sau este infinită.
  2. Cel mai mic majorant (dacă există) al mulțimii mărginite superior
  3. Șirurile crescătoare sau descrescătoare se numesc șiruri...
  4. Șirul care are limită finită.
  5. Mod de definire a unui șir numeric.
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  1. Șirul de numere reale al cărui prim termen este nenul, iar fiecare termen al său, începând cu al doilea, se obţine din termenul precedent prin înmulţirea cu acelaşi număr nenul se numește progresie...
  2. Cel mai mare minorant (dacă există) al mulțimii mărginite inferior
  3. Șirul de numere reale în care fiecare termen, începând cu al doilea, se obţine din termenul precedent prin adăugarea aceluiaşi număr se numește progresie...

8 Clues: Șirul care are limită finită. • Mod de definire a unui șir numeric. • Șirul care nu are limită sau este infinită. • Șirurile crescătoare sau descrescătoare se numesc șiruri... • Cel mai mic majorant (dacă există) al mulțimii mărginite superior • Cel mai mare minorant (dacă există) al mulțimii mărginite inferior • ...

Evidence for Evolution 2025-02-05

Evidence for Evolution crossword puzzle
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  1. is the early stage of development of an organism.
  2. provides evidence for evolution since the embryonic forms of divergent groups are extremely similar
  3. genetically determined structures or attributes that have apparently lost most or all of their ancestral function in a given species
  4. is the remains or imprint of an organism that lived long ago.
  5. a specific, identifiable feature or trait of an organism that can be used to study evolutionary relationships between different species
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  1. are similarities between different species of organisms that may involve biomolecules, body structures, or the species' early development
  2. is the process through which species change over time.
  3. is the study of where organisms live.

8 Clues: is the study of where organisms live. • is the early stage of development of an organism. • is the process through which species change over time. • is the remains or imprint of an organism that lived long ago. • provides evidence for evolution since the embryonic forms of divergent groups are extremely similar • ...

alissa's unit 2 2022-10-11

alissa's unit 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. processes undergone by rocks in earth's crust
  2. A crop that leaves bare ground between rows alternating crop that completely covers the ground.
  3. Artic islands Interior planes is located
  4. can kill plants
  5. The Tundra,Taiga,Prairie
  6. subsoil is permanently frozen
  7. when two plates come together
  8. being covered by glaciers or ice sheets.
  9. Farming along the contour of the land (working) with the shape of the land
  10. Decayed vegetation
  11. Amount of people that live in Toronto
  12. where the plates move apart
  13. a large open area covered with grass
  14. day to day characteristic of the atmosphere
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  1. The long-term pattern of weather
  2. climate natural resources found in the area
  3. Is bigger than Canada
  4. when the precipitation is less then 100mm
  5. Long narrow inlets with mountains along the side
  6. all soi needs it to hold moisture
  7. the long term patterns weather
  8. helps keep soil from being to compact
  9. Plowing, planting and fertilizing all at the reduce the chance of wind removing the top soil
  10. it can kill and destroy plants
  11. when soil is moved by water wind gravity
  12. when precipitation is greater the 1000mm
  13. Is where the Canadian Rockies are located
  14. There are eight distinct landforms in Canada
  15. when two plates slide past each other
  16. Belts the trees along the edges of fields

30 Clues: can kill plants • Decayed vegetation • Is bigger than Canada • The Tundra,Taiga,Prairie • where the plates move apart • subsoil is permanently frozen • when two plates come together • the long term patterns weather • it can kill and destroy plants • The long-term pattern of weather • all soi needs it to hold moisture • a large open area covered with grass • ...

Science Wordcross 2022-11-17

Science Wordcross crossword puzzle
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  1. The tough outer part of the earth
  2. Changed into a stony substance
  3. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  4. The tough central part of the Earth
  5. The point of origin of an earthquake
  6. The measurable amount of a property such as force
  7. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  8. Tending to be different or develop in different directions
  9. The great size or extent of something
  10. Each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface
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  1. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
  2. A long high sea wave
  3. A mountain or hill typically conical having a crater or vent through which lava
  4. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction
  5. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  6. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  7. The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  8. A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  9. Coming closer together especially in characteristics or ideas
  10. The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core

20 Clues: A long high sea wave • Changed into a stony substance • The tough outer part of the earth • The tough central part of the Earth • The point of origin of an earthquake • The great size or extent of something • The measurable amount of a property such as force • Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-07-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. continents moved slowly to their current location
  2. the layer of earth on which the crust floats
  3. seven great land masses on the globe
  4. supercontinent that incorporated almost all of Earth's landmasses in early geologic time
  5. is a region where plates meet
  6. the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  7. the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
  8. the thin, outer surface of the earth
  9. is the process in which the ocean floor is extended when two plates move apart
  10. when denser rock is pushed down into the mantle so that it melts back into magma
  11. very dense type of crust
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  1. it is the largest of all tectonic plates
  2. boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally along transform faults
  3. plates that move apart
  4. current in Earth's mantle that transfers heat in earths interior and is the driving force for plate tectonics
  5. plate boundaries where two plates come together
  6. it is made up of two parts – the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  7. the innermost layer of the earth
  8. Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
  9. portion of the Earth's crust that lies beneath the ocean floor

20 Clues: plates that move apart • very dense type of crust • is a region where plates meet • the innermost layer of the earth • seven great land masses on the globe • the thin, outer surface of the earth • it is the largest of all tectonic plates • the layer of earth on which the crust floats • the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • ...

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS 2021-01-07

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
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  1. zone region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  2. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  4. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
  5. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  6. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  7. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  8. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
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  1. two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and form mountains
  2. drift hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  3. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  4. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  5. the name given to the super continent
  6. caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  7. soft layer of the mantle
  8. This is the layer we walk on.
  9. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  10. layer between the crust and the core
  11. the result of a force distributed over an area
  12. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.

20 Clues: soft layer of the mantle • This is the layer we walk on. • scientist who studies earthquakes. • layer between the crust and the core • the name given to the super continent • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • credited with the theory of Continental Drift • the result of a force distributed over an area • caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • ...

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS 2021-01-07

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
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  1. layer between the crust and the core
  2. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  4. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
  5. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  6. caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  7. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  8. This is the layer we walk on.
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  1. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  2. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  3. hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  5. zone region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  6. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  7. two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and form mountains
  8. the result of a force distributed over an area
  9. soft layer of the mantle
  10. the name given to the super continent
  11. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  12. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane

20 Clues: soft layer of the mantle • This is the layer we walk on. • scientist who studies earthquakes. • layer between the crust and the core • the name given to the super continent • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • credited with the theory of Continental Drift • the result of a force distributed over an area • caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-08-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. when two plates under the ocean diverge and move apart they create a mid-ocean what
  2. last name of scientist who discovered sea-floor spreading
  3. the solid outer layer of the Earth
  4. plate boundary where plates are colliding
  5. the coal fields of North America and this continent match up
  6. scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
  7. oceanic crust is mainly this type of rock
  8. pangaea broke apart 175 what years ago
  9. supercontinent
  10. South America and this continent look like they actually fit together
  11. Ring of Fire is a long chain of what in the pacific ocean
  12. scratches in rocks that are created by glaciers moving
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  1. crust is neither created or what (only cycled on the planet)
  2. overall long-term weather of a certain area
  3. when two continental plates diverge and move away from each other they create a rift what
  4. fossils of the same what are found on separate continents
  5. caused when plates move and the earth shakes
  6. Type of current in the mantle where magma moves up and down dragging the plates across the Earth
  7. mountain chain that consists of the same rocks as the British Isles
  8. plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other

20 Clues: supercontinent • the solid outer layer of the Earth • pangaea broke apart 175 what years ago • plate boundary where plates are colliding • oceanic crust is mainly this type of rock • overall long-term weather of a certain area • caused when plates move and the earth shakes • scientist who proposed the continental drift theory • ...

Oceanography Final Review 1 2021-05-02

Oceanography Final Review 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. largest of the brown alga
  2. mangrove that has pneumatophores
  3. Ocean zone where organisms swim
  4. class of oysters (bivalves)
  5. Organisms that can swim against the current
  6. Zone where mangroves are found
  7. type of algae that is the most diverse and has chlorophyll a and b
  8. type of boundary where plates move apart
  9. Plants in this zone have large root systems
  10. organisms that feed by water flowing past flagellated collar cells
  11. These organisms are responsible for red tide
  12. drilling organ found in gastropods and cephalopods
  13. only planktonic for part of their life
  14. type of algae that agar and carageenan comes from
  15. remain plankton their entire life
  16. Zone where seagrasses are found
  17. organisms capable of regeneration
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  1. Zone form the low tide mark to the end of teh continental shelf
  2. Provide wind and wave break to protect shoreline
  3. Making food from chemicals (done by organisms near hydrothermal vents)
  4. type of boundary where plates come together
  5. Making food from sunlight
  6. Organisms that can't swim against the current
  7. Underground stems of seagrasses
  8. mangrove with the largest seeds
  9. type of boundary where plates slide past one another
  10. area in ocean where salinity changes rapidly
  11. contains brackish water
  12. organisms with stinging cells
  13. area in ocean where temperature changes rapidly

30 Clues: contains brackish water • largest of the brown alga • Making food from sunlight • class of oysters (bivalves) • organisms with stinging cells • Zone where mangroves are found • Ocean zone where organisms swim • Underground stems of seagrasses • mangrove with the largest seeds • Zone where seagrasses are found • mangrove that has pneumatophores • remain plankton their entire life • ...

The Tectonics 2023-02-03

The Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. huge pieces of Earth's crust.
  2. the study of many different kinds of Earth science.
  3. mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces.
  4. line on a map that connects points with the same elevation.
  5. process which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and tansport sediments.
  6. photos or images taken of Earth from space.
  7. distance above sea level
  8. when two plates move towards each other.
  9. when a denser plate is puched beneath a less dense plate.
  10. natural physical features of the Earth's surface.
  11. map shoing the shape and elevation of the land using contour lines.
  12. solid fragments of weathered and eroed rock moved nd dropped into new places.
  13. when two plates move away from each other.
  14. when two plates slide agaisnt each other.
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  1. theory saying the continents were once connected and have sinse drifted apart.
  2. study of shape of Earth's surface and it's physical features.
  3. the amount of matter in the crust. Oceaniccrust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
  4. seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries.
  5. thicker lines marking every 5th contour line on a map.
  6. A supercontinent with mos of the Earth's continents.
  7. difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines of a topographic map.

21 Clues: distance above sea level • huge pieces of Earth's crust. • when two plates move towards each other. • when two plates slide agaisnt each other. • when two plates move away from each other. • photos or images taken of Earth from space. • natural physical features of the Earth's surface. • the study of many different kinds of Earth science. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-02-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  2. the amount of matter in a given space or volume
  3. when a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate
  4. solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded and then dropped into a new place
  5. when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  6. mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces
  7. process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments
  8. tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses
  9. seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
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  1. 1st theory describing the history of Earth's Surface
  2. Supercontinentat that incorporated most all of the landmasses on Earth
  3. long crack in the surface of the Earth
  4. 2nd theory describing the history of the Earth's surface
  5. when two plates move away from each other
  6. photos or images taken of Earth from space
  7. circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid
  8. huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere
  9. Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean
  10. distance above sea level
  11. when twon plates slide past each other

20 Clues: distance above sea level • long crack in the surface of the Earth • when twon plates slide past each other • when two plates move away from each other • photos or images taken of Earth from space • the amount of matter in a given space or volume • tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses • Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  2. Discovered that the continent's movement was caused by the seafloor spreading.
  3. a continuous body of salt water that is contained in enormous basins on Earth's surface.
  4. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
  5. the solid, outer part of Earth.
  6. Two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. the process of deformation that produces the earth's continents, ocean basins, mountains, folds, and faults.
  8. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock.
  9. a continuous slow movement from one place to another.
  10. Creator of the continental drift theory.
Down
  1. an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
  2. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
  3. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks.
  4. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  5. a landform that rises prominently above its surroundings.
  6. Two plates sliding past each other.
  7. one of Earth's seven main divisions of land.
  8. massive bodies of slowly moving ice.
  9. the movement of the plates that make up Earth's crust.
  10. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.

20 Clues: the solid, outer part of Earth. • Two plates sliding past each other. • massive bodies of slowly moving ice. • Creator of the continental drift theory. • one of Earth's seven main divisions of land. • a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock. • a continuous slow movement from one place to another. • long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. • ...

spelling #29 2023-05-10

spelling #29 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal
  2. aggressively brisk or tense
  3. in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect
  4. endless
  5. characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness
  6. courteous and gallant, especially toward women (typically used of a man or his behavior)
  7. given to expressing divergent or opposite views
  8. a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects
  9. careful thought, typically over a period of time
  10. break or cause to break into fragments
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  1. perceive or point out a difference
  2. writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall
  3. characterized by the belief that the parts of something are interconnected and can be explained only by reference to the whole.
  4. able to be heard
  5. small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations
  6. relating to a person's awareness of the position and movement of the parts of the body by means of sensory organs (proprioceptors) in the muscles and joints
  7. excessively grand or ambitious
  8. an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry
  9. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
  10. of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same center, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller.

20 Clues: endless • able to be heard • aggressively brisk or tense • excessively grand or ambitious • perceive or point out a difference • break or cause to break into fragments • an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry • given to expressing divergent or opposite views • careful thought, typically over a period of time • the official power to make legal decisions and judgments • ...

Biology Final 2023-05-24

Biology Final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. infectious particle made of DNA or RNA
  2. gets energy from eating other organisms
  3. type of dispersion individuals live close together in groups
  4. science of naming and classifying organisms
  5. major regional or global community of organisms
  6. type of dispersion where individuals are randomly spread in an area
  7. type of succession where there's reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem
  8. major regional or global community of organisms
  9. all members of a species living in same area
  10. one organism benefits and other is harmed
  11. all interactions of species
  12. one-celled living microorganism
  13. type of evolution where closely related species evolve in different directions
Down
  1. use of living things to break down pollutants
  2. all organisms, climate, soil, rocks, and water
  3. feature allowing organism to better survive
  4. type of succession in areas that were previously uninhabitated
  5. type of isolate due to physical barrier
  6. makes their own food
  7. group of different populations that live in area
  8. one organism benefits and other doesn't
  9. interaction where both species benefit
  10. difference in physical traits of individuals
  11. type of evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species
  12. type of isolation due to timing preventing reproduction
  13. microorganism that causes diseases
  14. many predators = low growth, few = high growth
  15. type of dispersion where individuals are equally spread out

28 Clues: makes their own food • all interactions of species • one-celled living microorganism • microorganism that causes diseases • infectious particle made of DNA or RNA • interaction where both species benefit • type of isolate due to physical barrier • gets energy from eating other organisms • one organism benefits and other doesn't • one organism benefits and other is harmed • ...

Changing Earth 2012-12-03

Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. a motion that transfers heat energy in a material
  3. lithosphere is broken into many large and small slabs of rock
  4. occurs where plates move apart
  5. occurs where plates scrape past each other
  6. a ball of hot solid metals
  7. the shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rock along a fault
  8. huge under water mountain ranges
  9. where ridges continue to widen, a gap forms called this
Down
  1. occurs where plates push together
  2. a thin layer of cool rock
  3. a layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core
  4. a place where heated rock rises in plumes, or in thin columns, from the mantle
  5. earth's crust and the very top of the mantle together
  6. energy transfer by the movement of a material
  7. earth's thickest layer
  8. the force exerted when an object presses on, pulls on, or pushes against another object
  9. a layer of hotter, softer rock in the upper mantle
  10. a fracture, or break in earth's lithosphere,along which blocks of rock move past each other
  11. the switch in direction where the north pole becomes the south pole and south pole becomes the north pole

20 Clues: earth's thickest layer • a thin layer of cool rock • a ball of hot solid metals • occurs where plates move apart • huge under water mountain ranges • occurs where plates push together • a hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener • occurs where plates scrape past each other • energy transfer by the movement of a material • a motion that transfers heat energy in a material • ...

CST Review 2013-04-29

CST Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. geothermal energy is possible where there is
  2. made possible by the presence of photosynthesis
  3. a rift valley is an evidence of which kind of plate boundary
  4. the least explosive volcano
  5. which industry's water requirement is the greatest burden on California's fresh water supply
  6. before the formation of the stars, most of the matter in the universe consisted of what atoms
  7. Earth's atmosphere is divided into layers are based upon their
  8. carbon in the atmosphere is most often found as
  9. stars begin their life cycle as a
  10. provides evidence for plate tectonics
  11. the Richter scale measure which of the earthquake's characteristics
  12. energy sources most likely to found in California due to its plate boundary's position
  13. composed of silicate minerals
  14. detect, measure, and record earthquake vibrations
  15. the driving force for surface ocean currents
Down
  1. the surface of Mercury and our moon contain some very large craters that are most likely from
  2. a layer of cool air is found under a layer o warm air above it
  3. formed from the light gases of the outer solar nebula
  4. the most massive stars will end their lives as a
  5. shifts in Earth's continents most likely caused a change in Earth's
  6. the Milky Way galaxy is described as a

21 Clues: the least explosive volcano • composed of silicate minerals • stars begin their life cycle as a • provides evidence for plate tectonics • the Milky Way galaxy is described as a • geothermal energy is possible where there is • the driving force for surface ocean currents • made possible by the presence of photosynthesis • carbon in the atmosphere is most often found as • ...

Vocabulary Celebration List 6 2013-06-28

Vocabulary Celebration List 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stubbornly unyielding dogmatic of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  2. express a negative opinion of
  3. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  4. wander from a direct or straight course
  5. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  6. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
  7. constituting a separate entity or part
  8. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  9. unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  10. quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail
  11. your usual mood
  12. marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  13. tending to move apart in different directions
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  1. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  2. easily handled or managed
  3. stop associating with
  4. lack of self confidence
  5. inequality or difference in some respect
  6. detect with the senses
  7. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  8. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  9. showing a brooding ill humor
  10. a word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness
  11. a difference of opinion
  12. behave unnaturally or affectedly
  13. cause to become widely known
  14. lack of agreement or harmony
  15. the state of being held in low esteem
  16. wasting time

29 Clues: wasting time • your usual mood • stop associating with • detect with the senses • lack of self confidence • a difference of opinion • easily handled or managed • showing a brooding ill humor • cause to become widely known • lack of agreement or harmony • express a negative opinion of • behave unnaturally or affectedly • in a state of sulky dissatisfaction • ...

Plate Tectonics 1 2013-08-20

Plate Tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mostly solid rock flowing under high temperature and pressure
  2. chain of volcanic landforms that result as magma formed through the melting of subducting plate rises and emerge as volcanoes
  3. movements of heat within the mantle
  4. formed when a plate converges with an oceanic plate
  5. earth's crusts broken into pieces moving relative to each other
  6. consist mainly of nickel and iron
  7. where plates move away from each other
  8. what happens to the denser plate at convergent plate boundaries
  9. brings rocks close to their melting point for them to be deformed and melted
  10. a linear depression that is formed when land in between two continental crusts sink
  11. lighter rock that has cooled down slowly
  12. heavy dense rock formed from magma which has cooled quickly
Down
  1. consists mainly of basalt
  2. molten rock that reaches the earth's surface
  3. molten rock beneath the earth's crust
  4. where older crust is destroyed and recycled
  5. outermost layer of the earth
  6. formed when 2 oceanic plates move away from each other
  7. where new crust is formed
  8. consists mainly of granite
  9. where plates move towards each other
  10. consists of the crust and uppermost mantle
  11. where plates slide past each other
  12. when denser plate subducts under, dragging the rest of the plate into the mantle

24 Clues: consists mainly of basalt • where new crust is formed • consists mainly of granite • outermost layer of the earth • consist mainly of nickel and iron • where plates slide past each other • movements of heat within the mantle • where plates move towards each other • molten rock beneath the earth's crust • where plates move away from each other • ...

General Psychology SI Session: Chapter 7 (Thinking and Language) 2017-02-27

General Psychology SI Session: Chapter 7 (Thinking and Language) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. meaningless speech sounds made by children from around 3 months to 1 year
  2. the smallest units of speech
  3. children overly apply the rules of the language
  4. the communication of information through symbols arranged according to systematic rules
  5. sudden awareness of the relationship among various stimuli
  6. conducted a study on himself using nonsense words
  7. typical, highly representative examples
  8. the tendency to approach a problem in a certain way because it worked before
  9. the ways in which words and phrases can be combined to form sentences
  10. a mental grouping of similar objects, events or people
Down
  1. the ability to generate new ideas and solve problems in novel ways
  2. _________ thinking generates unusual but appropriate responses to problems or questions
  3. the tendency to view objects only in terms of their typical use
  4. sentences in which only the essential words are used
  5. a thinking strategy that may lead to a solution
  6. image a representation in the mind of an object or an event
  7. ____________ thinking views problems as having a single answer based on logic
  8. a rule that guarantees a solution to a problem
  9. the system of rules that determine how our ideas can be expressed
  10. the meanings of words and sentences

20 Clues: the smallest units of speech • the meanings of words and sentences • typical, highly representative examples • a rule that guarantees a solution to a problem • a thinking strategy that may lead to a solution • children overly apply the rules of the language • conducted a study on himself using nonsense words • sentences in which only the essential words are used • ...

Landscapes and Landforms 2017-03-01

Landscapes and Landforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A famous mountain in NSW
  2. A word that realates to the North and South Pole
  3. When one thing turns into something else
  4. A place in which an animal, human, or plant operates
  5. Another name for 'Aboriginal'
  6. When the continents drift away from each other
  7. A relatively flat area of land
  8. All of Earth's water sources, sea, lakes, etc
  9. A river or stream that leads into a bigger lake, river
  10. A planet's (with life) atmosphere
Down
  1. Very large blocks of rock
  2. A water basin located in South-Eastern Australia
  3. When something erodes due to the weather
  4. Mountains that form mainly of folds
  5. A hot, sandy area of land
  6. On, off, or near the beach, bay, etc
  7. A biological society of living things
  8. The varied areas of land that makes up our planet
  9. Moving plates that often cause earthquakes, volcanic activity, etc
  10. A desert in the middle of the Northern Territory and Western Australia
  11. Coming closer together
  12. Nepali name for mainland serow
  13. A landscape that the limestone has been eroded by the weather over the years
  14. A layer between the Upper Mantle and the Crust
  15. Tending to be different, or develops in different directions

25 Clues: Coming closer together • A famous mountain in NSW • Very large blocks of rock • A hot, sandy area of land • Another name for 'Aboriginal' • Nepali name for mainland serow • A relatively flat area of land • A planet's (with life) atmosphere • Mountains that form mainly of folds • On, off, or near the beach, bay, etc • A biological society of living things • ...

Geology 2017-02-21

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading, area where plates diverge and new lithosphere is created
  2. a large fracture in rock along which movement occurs
  3. transfer of heat through movement of magma in the mantle
  4. Waves, the fastest moving waves of earthquakes
  5. the movement of the ground that occurs when rock inside the Earth pass their elastic limit
  6. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  7. core, liquid layer of the Earth's core
  8. boundary, boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  9. waves, waves that move at right angles in the direction of movement
Down
  1. soft upper layer of the mantle
  2. layer between the crust and the core
  3. the bending of rock layers
  4. waves, earthquake waves, including primary waves, secondary waves and surface waves
  5. outermost layer of the Earth
  6. zone, a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  7. Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  8. boundary, boundary between two colliding plates
  9. a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times
  10. Drift, the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time as proposed by Alfred Wegener
  11. core, solid, dense center of the Earth

20 Clues: the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • soft upper layer of the mantle • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core, liquid layer of the Earth's core • core, solid, dense center of the Earth • Waves, the fastest moving waves of earthquakes • boundary, boundary between two colliding plates • ...

Bonus 2017-09-10

Bonus crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2
  2. A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock
  3. The molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption
  4. A tube of metal, plastic, or other material used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances
  5. Boundary A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  6. The reduction in volume causing an increase in pressure
  7. No longer in existence
  8. A rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object
  9. A response to pressure
  10. Valley A linear-shaped lowland between several highlands
Down
  1. Temporarily inactive
  2. Where two plates meet
  3. Break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain
  4. Arc A curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  6. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  7. Earth's crust and upper mantle are made out of these
  8. A roughly circular depression in the ground
  9. Any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age
  10. An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space

20 Clues: Temporarily inactive • Where two plates meet • No longer in existence • A response to pressure • A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock • A roughly circular depression in the ground • A rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object • An oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2 • Earth's crust and upper mantle are made out of these • ...

Hana 2017-06-11

Hana crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cuddly and cute
  2. THE angel
  3. A place we both want to visit
  4. You love my mom's phone and she makes __ food
  5. Your room? This is all over your room
  6. The series of movies that our trio watched together on one weekend
  7. __ years ago marks a very imporant year to me and hopefully for you as well
  8. A movie we watched together, we had to wait longer because the most recent showing was full
  9. Another way of saying pretty; aka you are this inside and out
  10. Able to handle hard stuff; you are this but in the more mental sense
  11. Summer vacation
  12. Something you are that makes you amazing and I am proud
  13. Your oh so amazing wife
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  1. A person who possess talent; you are this type of person
  2. The name of the most wonderful and lovely girl in the world
  3. Someone who is intelligent; aka you are also this
  4. Stronger feeling than like; I __ you
  5. The most talented singers all in one group
  6. You're talented at it and you enjoy doing it
  7. The month we visited NC together
  8. The place we visited a lot together
  9. Proud to be this
  10. Someone who works hard; aka you are this
  11. Your "ult"
  12. Better in the show than the books

25 Clues: THE angel • Your "ult" • Cuddly and cute • Summer vacation • Proud to be this • Your oh so amazing wife • A place we both want to visit • The month we visited NC together • Better in the show than the books • The place we visited a lot together • Stronger feeling than like; I __ you • Your room? This is all over your room • Someone who works hard; aka you are this • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2018-12-12

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves / waves produced by earthquakes
  2. crust / the type of crust that makes up the seafloor
  3. / a sudden discharge of water from beneath the Earth's surface
  4. / a process in which a tectonic plate is pushed down into the mantle
  5. crust / the type of crust that makes up the continents
  6. / this is made up of the upper and middle mantle
  7. / molten rock in the Earth's crust
  8. plates / the large pieces of the crust that float atop the mantle
  9. / the element that makes up most of the core
  10. / the thickest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. boundary / a location at which two tectonic plates separate
  2. boundary / a location at which two tectonic plates come together
  3. currents / a type of movement in the mantle that cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. / this is made up of the crust and upper mantle
  5. / the element that the mantle has, but the crust doesn't
  6. / the supercontinent on which the dinosaurs lived
  7. boundary / a location at which two tectonic plates slide against each other
  8. / a rupture in the crust that allows magma and gases to escape the upper mantle
  9. core / the layer of the Earth made up mostly of iron in liquid state
  10. core / the hottest layer of the Earth

20 Clues: / the thickest layer of the Earth • / molten rock in the Earth's crust • waves / waves produced by earthquakes • core / the hottest layer of the Earth • / the element that makes up most of the core • / this is made up of the crust and upper mantle • / this is made up of the upper and middle mantle • / the supercontinent on which the dinosaurs lived • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  2. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  3. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  4. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  6. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  7. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  11. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  12. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
Down
  1. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  2. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  3. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  4. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  5. what makes the plate move
  6. when a rock snaps from stress
  7. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  8. the edge where two plates meet

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Review Vocabulary Unit 2 2021-12-20

Review Vocabulary Unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary that occurs when two or more lithospheric plates collide
  2. described as any uncontrolled burning of plants in a natural setting
  3. mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel
  4. boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. outermost layer of the Earth
  6. make (something, especially something bad) to happen.
  7. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  8. eruption when molten rock called magma rises to the surface and creates an explosion.
  9. sudden and violent shaking of the ground
Down
  1. a result or effect of an action or condition.
  2. boundary that occurs when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  3. the innermost geologic layer of Earth
  4. an extended dry period in the natural climate cycle that can occur anywhere in the world.
  5. countries that have a high standard of living and a large GDP.
  6. one of the factors dedicated to money that is impacted when disasters occur.
  7. relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
  8. plates theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large slabs of rock
  9. a scale of numbers used to tell the power (or magnitude) of earthquakes
  10. countries with a low standard of living and a much lower GDP.
  11. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos

20 Clues: outermost layer of the Earth • the innermost geologic layer of Earth • sudden and violent shaking of the ground • mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel • the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • a result or effect of an action or condition. • rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos • make (something, especially something bad) to happen. • ...

Chapter 6 Earthquakes (pages 128-147) 2023-11-17

Chapter 6 Earthquakes (pages 128-147) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first and fastest waves
  2. tool used to detect earthquakes
  3. type of fault that occurs when upper block falls
  4. the 2004 Sumatra earthquake occured in the __ ocean
  5. mathmetical measurement of energy released by earthquake
  6. scale that measures earthquake magnitude (1964)
  7. plate boundaries that come together
  8. waves that travel along earth's surface
  9. amount of strain a material can endure without breaking
  10. earthquakes cause these in the water
  11. type of fault where upper block rises
  12. secondary, slower, stronger, waves
  13. plate boundary that moves apart
  14. horizontal line on face of fault that defines a fault
Down
  1. measure of damage and felt power of earthquake
  2. crack in large section of rock
  3. pulling stress
  4. stree that crushes
  5. change in shape of material under stress
  6. center of earthquake above the ground
  7. any kind of shaking of the ground detected by seismometers
  8. sliding of soil and rock; an effect of some earthquakes
  9. the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake caused many of these
  10. upward force on less dense object (usually in liquid)
  11. center of earthquake underground
  12. Scale that measures earthquake intensity; modified __
  13. boundaries that slide past each other (usually in the ocean)
  14. plates move across each other at transform boundaries
  15. seismograph recording

29 Clues: pulling stress • stree that crushes • seismograph recording • first and fastest waves • crack in large section of rock • tool used to detect earthquakes • plate boundary that moves apart • center of earthquake underground • secondary, slower, stronger, waves • plate boundaries that come together • earthquakes cause these in the water • center of earthquake above the ground • ...

Science 2023-10-25

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An object, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  2. to examine for an purpose
  3. Plates that move towards each other
  4. a place where two plates meet
  5. The layer of soft solid rock underneath earths plates
  6. Hot liquid rock below earths surface
  7. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  8. A set of interacting parts forming a whole
  9. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused
  10. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
Down
  1. any of earths main continuous areas of land, such as North America, and Asia
  2. Earths outermost layer of hard solid rock underneath all the soil, vegetation, and water
  3. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that made the earth’s outer layer
  4. A sudden shaking of earths surface
  5. The outside or outer layer of something
  6. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  7. A opening where lava and steam erupt onto earths surface
  8. Something we observe to be similar over and over again
  9. Evidence from the past as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  10. Plates that move away from each other

20 Clues: to examine for an purpose • a place where two plates meet • A sudden shaking of earths surface • Plates that move towards each other • Hot liquid rock below earths surface • Plates that move away from each other • The outside or outer layer of something • A set of interacting parts forming a whole • The slow pulling apart of land that is caused • ...

Science Plate Tectonics 2023-12-21

Science Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where one edge of a plate is shoved below the edge of another
  2. processes affecting the structure of earth's crust
  3. rock slabs covering all of earth that divides earth's crust
  4. plates that slide past each other
  5. a small area with hotter temperature compared to the areas surrounding it
  6. contains the crust and upper-most solid mantle. the outer layer of the earth
  7. a type of igneous rock where magma from inside the earth flows out
  8. plates that come together
  9. caused by the earth's plates getting stuck at their edges
  10. the outermost layer of the earth. made of rock
  11. rock that is formed by molten rock cooling
  12. theory that plates drift across the earth
Down
  1. the eruption of magma onto the earth's surface
  2. plates that move away from each other
  3. the layer below the lithosphere. denser and weaker than the lithosphere
  4. the solid area of earth's interior between the core and the crust
  5. a mountain with vents where lava, small rocks, and gas erupt through the earth's crust
  6. a type of igneous rock where magma goes through older rock and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface
  7. scientists who study the materials, processes, and history of earth
  8. caused by seafloor movement. made by landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc.

20 Clues: plates that come together • plates that slide past each other • plates that move away from each other • theory that plates drift across the earth • rock that is formed by molten rock cooling • the eruption of magma onto the earth's surface • the outermost layer of the earth. made of rock • processes affecting the structure of earth's crust • ...

Eighth grade Unit 8 2024-01-11

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

20 Clues: hatred, ill will • 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 • clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck • ...

Plate Tectonics and Parts of the Earth 2024-03-27

Plate Tectonics and Parts of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. found out the movement of the continents
  2. Similar glacial deposits and striations exist in South America and Africa.
  3. Two plates grind past each other in opposite directions.
  4. Discovered the missing link for Wegners Theory.
  5. The innermost part of the Earth.
  6. a line that marks the limits of an area/a dividing line.
  7. The mountain ranges on the east coast of North America and northern Europe are made of the same type of rock which formed at the same time.
  8. A region where two tectonic plates converge into each other.
  9. Magma from the Earth's mantle rises to the crust and causes 2 plates to diverge from each other.
  10. The coastline of the continents seem to fit together
Down
  1. Is subdivided into tectonic plates.
  2. derived from the Latin expression “entire earth.”
  3. THe molten rock found in the mantle.
  4. Greek word for rock or stone.
  5. There are boundaries between them, as they shift, they interact with each other in these boundary areas.
  6. Sits in the center of the Earth (the core) and spins in a liquid
  7. Middle Region of the Earth.
  8. Scientists use the size and development of bone to determine the period and lifespan of animals.
  9. The motion or movement of the continents over the years.
  10. Outermost Region of the Earth.

20 Clues: Middle Region of the Earth. • Greek word for rock or stone. • Outermost Region of the Earth. • The innermost part of the Earth. • Is subdivided into tectonic plates. • THe molten rock found in the mantle. • found out the movement of the continents • Discovered the missing link for Wegners Theory. • derived from the Latin expression “entire earth.” • ...

Module 2 Lesson 3 2024-03-25

Module 2 Lesson 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water
  2. zone along the edged of tectonic plates
  3. to come together with direct impact
  4. a curved line of volcanoes that forms a parallel boundary
  5. the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust
  6. an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  7. the denser plate sinks under the edge of the less dense plate
  8. forms when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  9. sudden and great damage
  10. coming from different directions and meeting at the same point
  11. the act of things coming together and having an effect on each other
Down
  1. to move physically out of position
  2. to cause to start or happen
  3. giant, circular, depressions in the ground
  4. a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows
  5. a break in Earth's crust along which movement occurs
  6. the force acting on a surface
  7. forms where two tectonic plates separate
  8. height above sea level
  9. forming a 90-degree angle
  10. occurring unexpectedly or by chance
  11. the rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders
  12. stress that pulls something apart
  13. forms where two plates collide
  14. a long, narrow fissure or opening in rock

25 Clues: height above sea level • sudden and great damage • forming a 90-degree angle • to cause to start or happen • the force acting on a surface • forms where two plates collide • stress that pulls something apart • to move physically out of position • occurring unexpectedly or by chance • to come together with direct impact • zone along the edged of tectonic plates • ...

7th Grade Unit 8 Vocabulary test 2024-04-02

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

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

Earthquakes 2024-05-08

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Instrument used to record the amplitude and frequency of seismic waves.
  2. Process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  3. Fracture or crack in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred.
  4. Measurement scale for the magnitude of earthquakes.
  5. Measure of the energy released at the earthquake's source.
  6. Type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.
  7. Force that opposes the relative motion of objects in contact along a fault.
  8. Large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  9. Map showing the distribution of ground shaking intensity following an earthquake.
  10. Region where two tectonic plates meet and interact.
Down
  1. Study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  2. Seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface and cause the most damage.
  3. Instrument used to detect and record seismic waves.
  4. Type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move towards each other.
  5. Pertaining to the Earth's crust and the movement of its plates.
  6. Zone of high seismic activity and volcanic eruptions encircling the Pacific Ocean.
  7. Phenomenon where saturated soil temporarily loses strength during an earthquake.
  8. Vibrations that travel through the Earth's crust during an earthquake.
  9. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  10. Point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

20 Clues: Study of earthquakes and seismic waves. • Instrument used to detect and record seismic waves. • Measurement scale for the magnitude of earthquakes. • Region where two tectonic plates meet and interact. • Measure of the energy released at the earthquake's source. • Pertaining to the Earth's crust and the movement of its plates. • ...

Unit 5 2025-04-14

Unit 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The way living things slowly change over many years.
  2. A group of animals or plants that can have babies together.
  3. When one kind of animal slowly becomes two new kinds.
  4. A change that helps an animal or plant live better in its home.
  5. The scientist who explained how animals change over time.
  6. A feature or part of how something looks or works.
  7. A chart that shows how living things are related.
  8. When living things make more of themselves.
  9. When a kind of animal or plant is gone forever.
  10. When animals become more different over time.
  11. A group of the same kind of animal or plant living in one place.
Down
  1. When animals fight for food, space, or mates.
  2. When different animals get similar traits because they live the same way.
  3. The remains of old plants or animals found in rocks.
  4. Different forms of a gene that decide traits.
  5. A tree that shows how species are related by their history.
  6. Helping others, even if it doesn’t help you.
  7. The way scientists sort and name living things.
  8. Having many different kinds of plants or animals.
  9. The family history of an organism.
  10. How well an animal survives and has babies.
  11. A change in DNA that can make something new.

22 Clues: The family history of an organism. • How well an animal survives and has babies. • When living things make more of themselves. • Helping others, even if it doesn’t help you. • A change in DNA that can make something new. • When animals fight for food, space, or mates. • Different forms of a gene that decide traits. • When animals become more different over time. • ...

APES U4 Vocab 2024-10-09

APES U4 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. El Nino generally comes with _______ waters
  2. An expression of the ability of surfaces to reflect sunlight
  3. The CEC measures how well the soil holds ________.
  4. This effect causes wind patterns to curve as the Earth spins
  5. pH category that is good for plants
  6. Large-scale water circulation caused by the Coriolis Effect
  7. Boundary that creates rift valleys
  8. Boundary that creates mountains
  9. Organisms that recycle nutrients and break down organic matter
  10. Parent materials, what soil is made from.
  11. Wind causes currents and ________.
  12. A land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, streams, and rivers, and eventually to outflow points
  13. Lose minerals
  14. The organic component of soil.
  15. Makes up the majority of our atmosphere
Down
  1. Zone where plants next to river help buffer water
  2. Another name for the water vapor capacity
  3. A fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.
  4. The atmospheric layer that contains all life on Earth
  5. Why does warm air rise and cold air sink?
  6. The largest layer of Earth's atmosphere
  7. Hadley cells border what line on our Earth?
  8. Two plates moving side by side, like in California
  9. What causes the seasons?
  10. The shape of the Earth
  11. The largest type of soil
  12. One year around the sun
  13. Soil type with the lowest permeability

28 Clues: Lose minerals • The shape of the Earth • One year around the sun • What causes the seasons? • The largest type of soil • The organic component of soil. • Boundary that creates mountains • Boundary that creates rift valleys • Wind causes currents and ________. • pH category that is good for plants • Soil type with the lowest permeability • The largest layer of Earth's atmosphere • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  2. made of hard solid rock
  3. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. moving toward the same plate
  6. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  7. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  8. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  9. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  10. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  11. to examine in detail for a purpose
Down
  1. a shaking of earths surface
  2. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  3. any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
  4. The place where two plates meet
  5. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  6. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  7. observed to be over and over again
  8. moving apart in different directions
  9. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano

20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • observed to be over and over again • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  2. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  5. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. a shaking of earths surface
  8. made of hard solid rock
  9. any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
  10. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
Down
  1. observed to be over and over again
  2. the outside or top layer of something
  3. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  4. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. The place where two plates meet
  6. moving toward the same plate
  7. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  8. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  9. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  10. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • observed to be over and over again • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...

2.2 Geologic Processes 2024-11-13

2.2 Geologic Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where 2 plates pull apart
  2. rock that is formed when a rock is exposed to intense pressure and heat without melting
  3. forms when an oceanic plate collides with another plate
  4. this happens to rock and turns into magma or lava
  5. forms when two continental plates collide
  6. moves rocks and sediment
  7. pieces of rock created that have been broken down
  8. rock formed when magma and lava cools and hardens
  9. Earth layer made of solid iron and nickel
  10. boundary where 2 plates move past each other
  11. occurs when plants are lost due to climate change and cutting down trees leading to increased temperatures and little to no rainfall
  12. Earth layer made of liquid iron and nickel
Down
  1. middle layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  2. creates sediment
  3. occurs when large numbers of trees are removed from one area at the same time
  4. type of rock formed when sediment is compacted and cemented
  5. occurs when the population of an area increases drastically
  6. surface layer of Earth that is made of the crust and upper mantle and is divided into pieces
  7. event that can happen at any boundary but are most common at transform boundaries
  8. drops sediment in a new location
  9. boundary where 2 plates collide

21 Clues: creates sediment • moves rocks and sediment • boundary where 2 plates collide • drops sediment in a new location • boundary where 2 plates pull apart • forms when two continental plates collide • Earth layer made of solid iron and nickel • Earth layer made of liquid iron and nickel • boundary where 2 plates move past each other • ...