divergent Crossword Puzzles

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Severe Weather 2021-03-16

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Severe Weather crossword puzzle
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  1. where plates collide; also known as the destructive boundary
  2. a large volcano with gentle slopes of basaltic lava that is common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hotspots
  3. a break in the Earth's lithosphere where tectonic plates meet
  4. a vibration in the ground that results from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere
  5. where plates spread apart; magma rises to the surface and hardens forming new crust
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  1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake originates
  2. the point within Earth where an earthquake originates
  3. where the plates slide sideways; lithosphere is not created or destroyed at this boundary
  4. large, steep-sided volcanoes that result from explosive eruptions of andesitic and rhyolitic lava and ash along convergent plate boundaries
  5. a fast-moving wave of seawater caused by seismic activity in oceanic plates
  6. energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth; there are three types of seismic waves: primary waves (P waves), secondary waves (S waves), and surface waves
  7. a small, steep-sided volcano that erupts gas rich, basaltic lava

12 Clues: the point within Earth where an earthquake originates • where plates collide; also known as the destructive boundary • a break in the Earth's lithosphere where tectonic plates meet • a small, steep-sided volcano that erupts gas rich, basaltic lava • a fast-moving wave of seawater caused by seismic activity in oceanic plates • ...

Science crossword 2021-03-28

Science crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An area where plates come together.
  2. Alfred Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.
  3. A layer between the crust and the outer core.
  4. Any rock that forms another rock as a result of changes in heat.
  5. A dense ball of solid mental.
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  1. An area where plates move apart from each other.
  2. The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
  3. The shaking and trembling that result from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  4. Types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.
  5. A layer of mental metal surrounding the inner core.
  6. The process that breaks down rock and other substances.
  7. A series of processes that occur on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
  8. A mountain that forms in Earth's curst when motlan material, or magma, reacher the surface.

13 Clues: A dense ball of solid mental. • An area where plates come together. • A layer between the crust and the outer core. • An area where plates move apart from each other. • A layer of mental metal surrounding the inner core. • The process that breaks down rock and other substances. • Any rock that forms another rock as a result of changes in heat. • ...

fox 2023-01-13

fox crossword puzzle
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  1. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  4. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  5. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  6. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
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  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  4. plate boundary where two plates
  5. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth

12 Clues: plate boundary where two plates • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere • The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago • ...

plate techtonics 2023-03-01

plate techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the plates slip and slide
  2. when two plates push apart
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  1. when two plates push together

3 Clues: when two plates push apart • when two plates push together • when the plates slip and slide

Science lesson 4,5,6 2016-10-29

Science lesson 4,5,6 crossword puzzle
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  1. occurs when rock layers bend under stress
  2. lithosphere is divided into pieces.
  3. is a place within earth along a fault at which the first motion of the earthquake occures
  4. are ground movement the occur then blocks of rock in earth move suddenly and release energy
  5. a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally.
  6. tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  7. is stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
  8. kind of movement of material due to differences in density.
  9. is a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses.
  10. the crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other
  11. is stress that stretches or pulls rock apart
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  1. is the process by which rock become deformed and changed shape due to stress
  2. describes large-scale movement of earth's lithosphere.
  3. is stress that pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
  4. two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. directly above the foucs on earth serface
  6. to explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea-floor rocks.
  7. rebound the return of rock to its original shape after elastic deformation

18 Clues: lithosphere is divided into pieces. • occurs when rock layers bend under stress • directly above the foucs on earth serface • is stress that stretches or pulls rock apart • is stress that squeezes or pushes rock together • describes large-scale movement of earth's lithosphere. • two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-08

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. trenches, what are the huge trenches on Earth's seafloor?
  2. push, what pushes the rest of a plate away from the mid-ocean ridge?
  3. boundaries, two plates collide they make...
  4. what is the strong lower past of the Earth's mantle?
  5. convection, what is the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the Earth's to the surface?
  6. what is located between the core and the crust?
  7. what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth?
  8. spreading, what explains the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks?
  9. what extends from below the mantle to the center of Earth?
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  1. boundary, a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally is called a...
  2. plates, the lithosphere is divided into...
  3. tectonics, what describes large scale movements of the Earth's lithosphere?
  4. what is a layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock?
  5. boundaries, when two plates move away from each other this is called...
  6. what elements makes up most of the Earth's core?
  7. core, what is the liquid layer of Earth's core?
  8. pull, what is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction?
  9. what is the outermost layer of Earth?
  10. what is the movement of matter that results from differences in density?

19 Clues: what is the outermost layer of Earth? • plates, the lithosphere is divided into... • boundaries, two plates collide they make... • what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth? • core, what is the liquid layer of Earth's core? • what is located between the core and the crust? • what elements makes up most of the Earth's core? • ...

karas astronomy crossword 2023-02-01

karas astronomy crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the study of earth and the processes that have shaped its surface throughout time
  2. a type of igneous rock formed by cooling magma
  3. rocks formed through the cooling and crystallization of magma in earth’s interior
  4. plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. heat rising from the mantle from subduction zones
  6. slow motions within the earth cause sections of the crust to shift over time
  7. heat travels upwards, is cooled as it reaches the surface, and sinks back down again
  8. radiation belts of highly charged particles surrounding the earth in the magnetosphere
  9. charged particles from earth generate a magnetic field around earth that protects it
  10. charged particles that flow outwards from the sun
  11. plate boundary where two plates move towards each other
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  1. oceanic crust sinks below continental crust at convergent plate boundaries
  2. high temperatures or pressures physically or chemically alter other rocks
  3. very dense inner layer of the earth that is part liquid and part solid
  4. separation of earth into layers of different densities
  5. the thickest layer of the earth that is between the crust and the core
  6. plate boundary where layers of the crust slide opposite each other
  7. fragments of other rock or shells that have been cemented together

18 Clues: a type of igneous rock formed by cooling magma • heat rising from the mantle from subduction zones • charged particles that flow outwards from the sun • separation of earth into layers of different densities • plate boundary where two plates move towards each other • plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics and Boundaries 2025-01-07

Plate Tectonics and Boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. An example of an underwater ridge formed by a divergent boundary.
  2. A deep underwater canyon formed by subduction.
  3. A sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by plate motion.
  4. An underwater mountain ridge formed by two plates moving away from each other.
  5. An example of a mountain range that was formed by two continental plates colliding.
  6. A large, moving section of the Earth’s crust.
  7. An opening in the Earth’s crust where magma escapes.
  8. A semi-solid layer of the Earth. Also called the mantle.
  9. Where two plates move away from each other, creating new crust.
  10. Where two tectonic plates move towards each other, often forming mountains.
  11. An area where one plate moves under another, creating deep ocean trenches.
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  1. A deep valley caused by the movement of two continental plates moving away from each other.
  2. Where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions, causing earthquakes.
  3. The deepest ocean trench. It was formed by subduction.
  4. The rigid outer layer of the Earth. Floats on top of the asthenosphere. Also called the crust.
  5. An example of a mountain range that was formed by an oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding.
  6. A well-known transform boundary that causes frequent earthquakes.
  7. A chain of volcanic activity formed at a convergent boundary.

18 Clues: A large, moving section of the Earth’s crust. • A deep underwater canyon formed by subduction. • An opening in the Earth’s crust where magma escapes. • The deepest ocean trench. It was formed by subduction. • A semi-solid layer of the Earth. Also called the mantle. • A chain of volcanic activity formed at a convergent boundary. • ...

Tectonic activity keywords 2025-10-29

Tectonic activity keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. Earth’s outermost solid layer, made of rock, it includes both the land we live on and the ocean floor
  2. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  3. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  4. the place where two plates meet
  5. the solid, dense centre of Earth made mostly of iron and nickel. It is the hottest layer, found beneath the outer core
  6. how often or fast something happens
  7. to examine in detail for a purpose
  8. plates moving apart in different directions
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  1. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  2. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  3. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  5. the outside or top layer of something
  6. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  7. plates moving towards each other
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  9. evidence of life from the past, such as old bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  10. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth

18 Clues: the place where two plates meet • plates moving towards each other • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • plates moving apart in different directions • ...

Earthquake Vocabularies 2020-07-03

Earthquake Vocabularies crossword puzzle
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  1. an event in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by an earthquake's vibrations
  2. a series of waves in a body of water caused by the displacement of a large volume of water
  3. a value that tells the reader the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake
  4. a boundary where one plate is force over another during an earthquake
  5. an area in the ground where there can be seen a fractured surface due to an esrthquake
  6. a boundary when plates drifted from each other
  7. a point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
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  1. an event that is resulted from slope/s becoming unstable and lose the strength of holding slope materials like trees and rocks when an earthquake occur
  2. the vibration of the earth's surface due to the movement of rocks below it
  3. a point in the earth where earthquake rupture originates
  4. a boundary when plates slip by each other
  5. earthquake's property that indicates the effects and damage caused by it

12 Clues: a boundary when plates slip by each other • a boundary when plates drifted from each other • a point in the earth where earthquake rupture originates • a boundary where one plate is force over another during an earthquake • earthquake's property that indicates the effects and damage caused by it • ...

Chapter 5 crossword puzzle 2023-03-13

Chapter 5 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. motion occurs when 2 plates pull away from each other
  2. an instrument that records vibrations in the ground
  3. gap an area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes occurred recently but where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past
  4. the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point
  5. hypothesis a hypothesis taht is baszed on the idea that a major earthquake is more that likely to occur along the part of an active fault where no earthquakes have occured for a certain period of time
  6. wave a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side to side direction
  7. a tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph
  8. motion occurs when 2 plates push together
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  1. the point along a fault at which the motion of an earthquake occurs
  2. the bending, tilting and breaking of the earth's crust
  3. rebound the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  4. the study of earthquakes
  5. motion occurs when 2 plates slip past each other
  6. waves a wave of energy that travels through earth

14 Clues: the study of earthquakes • motion occurs when 2 plates push together • motion occurs when 2 plates slip past each other • an instrument that records vibrations in the ground • waves a wave of energy that travels through earth • the bending, tilting and breaking of the earth's crust • motion occurs when 2 plates pull away from each other • ...

Unit 4 Vocabulary Introduction 2023-01-30

Unit 4 Vocabulary Introduction crossword puzzle
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  1. to arrange into a system of rules or laws
  2. tending to develop differently, or in different directions
  3. non-religious
  4. controlled by a single government or person
  5. to change; (n) a change
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  1. vacuum a condition that exists when someone has lost control and no one has replaced them
  2. the state of needing another person or group of people
  3. loosely organized system in which many people have power in different areas, but they are not unified by any one government or person
  4. an economic system used in Western Europe in the Middle Ages in which a group of people lived on a lord's; an estate called a manor.
  5. a decentralized system of power in which land owned by a powerful person is divided up and given to others in exchange for work and a promise to fight for the interests of the land owner
  6. mobility the ability to become part of a social class other than the one someone is born into
  7. to bring together as a single unit

12 Clues: non-religious • to change; (n) a change • to bring together as a single unit • to arrange into a system of rules or laws • controlled by a single government or person • the state of needing another person or group of people • tending to develop differently, or in different directions • ...

Tectonic Plate Vocab 2023-10-02

Tectonic Plate Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. crust that contains mostly land
  2. long, deep formation on the ocean floor that develops where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other and one is moving under the other
  3. the crust that lies beneath the ocean
  4. the later of Earth below the crust
  5. location where two tectonic plates meet and are moving away from each other
  6. location where two tectonic plates meet and are moving toward each other
  7. a mountain like landform that develops when tectonic plates move apart or separate and a new ocean lithosphere forms
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  1. the valley formed by a diverging plate boundary
  2. location where two tectonic plates meet and slides past each other
  3. a theory that the lithosphere is broken into segments or plates, that "float" on the asthenosphere, and that interacting among these plates are associated with earthquakes
  4. Earth's outermost layer
  5. the process by which one plate of the lithosphere sinks and slides under another

12 Clues: Earth's outermost layer • crust that contains mostly land • the later of Earth below the crust • the crust that lies beneath the ocean • the valley formed by a diverging plate boundary • location where two tectonic plates meet and slides past each other • location where two tectonic plates meet and are moving toward each other • ...

Volcano and Earthquake Review 2021-10-04

Volcano and Earthquake Review crossword puzzle
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  1. caused when materials are compressed, bent, or stretched and return to original shape
  2. erupted materials
  3. lava reaches the surface by traveling through this tube-like structure
  4. the point of failure where waves originate
  5. a fracture or system of fractures along which Earth moves
  6. total force acting on crustal rocks per unit of area
  7. composed of layers of lava from non-explosive eruptions and materials that pile around the vent after an eruption
  8. small volcanoes with steep slopes; composed of materials of materials that pile around vent after an eruption
  9. smallest pieces of erupted materials
  10. along this type of boundary rock is squeezed causing reverse faults to form; earthquakes can be very strong and deep
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  1. resistance to flow
  2. the point on the earth's surface directly above a focus
  3. along this type of boundary a normal fault will form; earthquakes tend to be shallow because crust is thin
  4. along this type of boundary shear stress pushes plates in opposite directions; earthquakes are relatively shallow
  5. large volcanoes with gentle slopes; composed of layers of lava from non-explosive eruptions
  6. large depressions that form after the magma chamber empties
  7. lava emerges through this opening
  8. bowl-shaped depression around the vent of a volcano

18 Clues: erupted materials • resistance to flow • lava emerges through this opening • smallest pieces of erupted materials • the point of failure where waves originate • bowl-shaped depression around the vent of a volcano • total force acting on crustal rocks per unit of area • the point on the earth's surface directly above a focus • ...

cross word scienc 2025-12-15

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

18 Clues: very small pieces of rock • the strength of an earthquake • the thin outer layer of Earth • the process of rock breaking apart • the liquid rock below Earth’s crust • thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another • ...

Mountain 2012-10-15

Mountain crossword puzzle
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  1. The molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  2. boundaries A plate bounday where two plates move past eachother in opposite directions
  3. boundaries A plate boundary where two plates move away from eachother
  4. block A mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a block of rock
  5. A bend in rock that forms where part of Earths crust is compressed
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  1. A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earths crust
  2. Liquid magma that reaches the surface; also the rock formed when liquid lava hardens
  3. A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
  4. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
  5. An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earths crust
  6. The destructive process in which water or wind lossen and carry away fragments
  7. A portion of the Earths crust rounded on at least two sided by faults that has risen in relation to adjacent portions

12 Clues: A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level • An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earths crust • A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earths crust • A bend in rock that forms where part of Earths crust is compressed • boundaries A plate boundary where two plates move away from eachother • ...

Science Vocabulary 2016-10-10

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  3. drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. The super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago
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  1. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
  2. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  3. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. ridge An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
  5. spreading The process where molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  8. tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

12 Clues: A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • The super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago • valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ridge An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2024-09-04

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the movement of large quantities of ice across land
  2. a type of boundary interaction where plates move together and collide.
  3. heat driven cycles the occur under the Earth's mantle and contribute to tectonic plate movement.
  4. a type of boundary interaction where plates move apart
  5. the most common type of boundary where plates slip and grind past each other.
  6. the point of the Earth's surface directly above the sticking point of an Earthquake
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  1. when molten material escapes a rift in the earth's surface to cool and harden to form new oceanic crust
  2. the cause of tectonic plates 'sticking' together at faults.
  3. an instrument used to measure the motion of the ground during Earthquakes.
  4. a transform boundary that is located in California.
  5. a German geophysicist who first proposed a theory and evidence for continental drift
  6. a phenomenon at convergent boundaries where one plate is driven under the other and the weight pulls to rest of the plate behind it.

12 Clues: the movement of large quantities of ice across land • a transform boundary that is located in California. • a type of boundary interaction where plates move apart • the cause of tectonic plates 'sticking' together at faults. • a type of boundary interaction where plates move together and collide. • ...

TIcTAkKNOw 2021-12-14

TIcTAkKNOw crossword puzzle
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  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  4. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  5. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
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  1. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  4. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  7. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  8. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust

15 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move • A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust • ...

TIcTAkKNOw 2021-12-14

TIcTAkKNOw crossword puzzle
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  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  4. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  5. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
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  1. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  4. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  7. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  8. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust

15 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move • A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust • ...

Subduction 2015-07-28

Subduction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hot liquid rock underneath the crust, the second layer down into the earth
  2. the volcanoes in this place in new zealand are caused by subduction
  3. how many plates new zealand sits on top of
  4. occur slightly away from subduction boundaries, over where the plate is melting
  5. when one plate moves under another - the cause of taupo and rotorua volcanoes
  6. what the crust of the earth is broken up into
  7. the type of boundary when plates move apart
  8. the name of the hot rock and gas bubbles when they're inside the crust
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  1. the name of the hot rock and gas bubbles when they've burst out on top of the crust
  2. what happens to a plate when it is pushed far enough into the mantle under another plate
  3. the cause of auckland volcanoes
  4. what happens once hot rock and gas bubbles push out through the crust
  5. the type of boundary when plates crash together
  6. the plate that is to the left of new zealand
  7. the shaky evidence of where tectonic plates meet
  8. the ring around the pacific plate where there are LOT of volcanoes
  9. the plate that is to the right of new zealand
  10. the outer layer of the earth

18 Clues: the outer layer of the earth • the cause of auckland volcanoes • how many plates new zealand sits on top of • the type of boundary when plates move apart • the plate that is to the left of new zealand • what the crust of the earth is broken up into • the plate that is to the right of new zealand • the type of boundary when plates crash together • ...

Unit #5 Vocabulary Preview 2020-10-22

Unit #5 Vocabulary Preview crossword puzzle
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  1. A process where newly formed crust at the mid-ocean ridge pushes older crust away
  2. The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
  3. A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  7. The idea that the more dense edge of a plate is pulled under a less dense edge of another plate
  8. An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed
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  1. A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
  2. The point where two tectonic plates meet
  3. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  4. Molten rock that reaches Earth's surface
  5. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  6. The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.
  7. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  8. The movement of substances due to differences in density. Less dense move up while more dense move down
  9. Preserved remains of once-living organisms
  10. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.

18 Clues: Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • The point where two tectonic plates meet • Molten rock that reaches Earth's surface • Preserved remains of once-living organisms • A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Tectonic Plates & Continental Drift 2021-11-17

Tectonic Plates & Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mid ocean _____ forms when two oceanic plates pull away from each other.
  2. Alfred Wegener first observed that South America and Africa seemed to fit together like _______ pieces.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  4. A geology professor who studied the ocean floor.
  5. Where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  6. ______ evidence was later found of similar animals on different continents.
  7. The process by which one plate goes underneath another less dense plate.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates collide.
  9. At a mid ocean ridge ______ rises to the surface and then eventually forms new ocean crust or rock.
  10. A super continent that existed 335 million years ago.
  11. A break or fracture in Earth's crust that are typically found along transform boundaries.
Down
  1. Volcanic _________ form when an oceanic and continental plate converge.
  2. Rocks on the seafloor show that the magnetic ______ have changed overtime.
  3. ______________ in the mantle of the Earth are the driving force for tectonic plate movement.
  4. A plate boundary where plates slide past one another.
  5. A meteorologist who proposed continental drift theory.
  6. Wegener's theory was first _______ by other scientists until after Harry Hess's findings which supported Wegener's theory.
  7. The type of rock that makes up the ocean floor and oceanic plates.

18 Clues: Where two or more tectonic plates meet. • A plate boundary where two plates collide. • A geology professor who studied the ocean floor. • A plate boundary where plates slide past one another. • A super continent that existed 335 million years ago. • A meteorologist who proposed continental drift theory. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Addison 6th grade p3 cross word puzzle 2022-12-14

Addison 6th grade p3 cross word puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evaporates from lakes and oceans.into Earth's atmosphere as water vapor.
  2. glaciers.into Earth's atmosphere as water vapor.
  3. Observe and record. When a scientist has tested her hypothesis, the next step in scientific inquiry is to observe and record.
  4. Divergent boundaries. Plates move apart at.
  5. Pattern in nature. A scientfic law describes
  6. to earths surface. The troposhere is the layer of the atmosphere.
  7. concentration of ozone. The straotosphere is.
  8. Subduction. The procces of rock inside earth.
  9. focus. The point in Earth's interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs is.
Down
  1. Water freezes at.
  2. The point in Earth's interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs is.
  3. Mid ocean ridge.A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a.
  4. of low-pressure usually have cloudy weather
  5. humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
  6. Primary waves. The first to reach a seismograph.
  7. Thermometer. USed to measure temperature.
  8. Evaporation.The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called evaporation.
  9. Continetioal drift. The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called

18 Clues: Water freezes at. • Thermometer. USed to measure temperature. • of low-pressure usually have cloudy weather • Divergent boundaries. Plates move apart at. • Pattern in nature. A scientfic law describes • concentration of ozone. The straotosphere is. • Subduction. The procces of rock inside earth. • glaciers.into Earth's atmosphere as water vapor. • ...

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-15

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  3. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  4. when all the species have died out
  5. Spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
Down
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • Spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-15

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  3. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  4. when all the species have died out
  5. Spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
Down
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • Spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Science Vocab 2024-05-15

Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
Down
  1. forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
  2. species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  4. determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  6. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  7. when all the species have died out

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • ...

Earth’s Changing Systems 2024-05-15

Earth’s Changing Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  3. species: species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  4. when all the species have died out
  5. spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
Down
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth’s Changing Systems 2024-05-15

Earth’s Changing Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
Down
  1. the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  2. species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. number of species in an area
  5. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  6. when all the species have died out

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • ...

unit 3 2023-03-07

unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. factor that affects intelligence and is part of the nature/ nurture issue
  2. upper end of the normal curve; above an IQ of 130
  3. proposed the triarchic theory: how intelligence comprises three different aspects
  4. ability to learn from one’s experiences, acquire knowledge, and use resources effectively in adapting to new situations/solving problems
  5. observations suggest IQ scores are steadily increasing over time, from generation to generation, in modernized countries, a phenomenon called the ___ effect
Down
  1. type of intelligence that means understanding of one’s emotions and how they guide actions
  2. this type of thinking is attributed to creativity; opposite of convergent thinking
  3. this intelligence is best described as 'street smart' or the ability to use information to get along in life
  4. number of types of intelligence proposed by Howard Gardner

9 Clues: upper end of the normal curve; above an IQ of 130 • number of types of intelligence proposed by Howard Gardner • factor that affects intelligence and is part of the nature/ nurture issue • proposed the triarchic theory: how intelligence comprises three different aspects • this type of thinking is attributed to creativity; opposite of convergent thinking • ...

Geosphere Project 2021-09-28

Geosphere Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction
  2. a fault in which the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to the rock below
  3. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  4. a boundary in which two plates move together
Down
  1. a boundary where the rigid plates are moving apart, typified by the oceanic ridges
  2. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000-4000 kilometers
  3. a boundary in which two plates slide past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere
  4. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries
  5. a destructive plate margin where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate

9 Clues: a boundary in which two plates move together • deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries • a boundary where the rigid plates are moving apart, typified by the oceanic ridges • a surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction • ...

Earths changing system 2024-05-16

Earths changing system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  2. spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  3. when all the species have died out
  4. dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
Down
  1. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  2. number of species in an area
  3. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth’s Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-16

Earth’s Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  2. spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  3. when all the species have died out
  4. dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
Down
  1. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  2. number of species in an area
  3. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earths changing system 2024-05-15

Earths changing system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. species: species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  6. when all the species have died out
Down
  1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  2. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
  3. number of species in an area

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth Vocabulary 2026-01-07

Earth Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spreading The formation of new areas of oceanic crust at midocean ridges and its movement on either side
  2. Rock Rock that forms when magma cools on the surface or underground
  3. Boundary When two plates separate causing sea-floor spreading, creating underwater volcanic chains, and rift valleys
  4. Rock Rock that forms when existing rocks change due to heat and/or pressure
  5. Tectonics The process that changes the surface of the Earth through the movement of the lithospheric plates
Down
  1. Rock Rock that forms when pebbles, sand shells, and other pieces are cemented together over time
  2. Boundary When two plates move together to form volcanoes, islands, and other landfarms
  3. When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another in the mantle where it melts
  4. Boundary When plates scrape past each other causing strong earthquakes

9 Clues: Rock Rock that forms when magma cools on the surface or underground • Boundary When plates scrape past each other causing strong earthquakes • Rock Rock that forms when existing rocks change due to heat and/or pressure • When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another in the mantle where it melts • ...

Plate Motion555 2025-11-04

Plate Motion555 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of plate boundary that adds rock to the edges of plates
  2. The age of the rock at the lower layers of the crust
Down
  1. The boundary type that forms mountains
  2. The boundary type that only has earthquakes and does not change the plates

4 Clues: The boundary type that forms mountains • The age of the rock at the lower layers of the crust • The type of plate boundary that adds rock to the edges of plates • The boundary type that only has earthquakes and does not change the plates

Earth Science- Skylar Van Blarcom 2013-02-25

Earth Science- Skylar Van Blarcom crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Push Tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth's mantle that occurs when the weight of an elevated ridge pushes and oceanic plate toward a subduction zone.
  2. Pull Associated with convection currents in Earths mantle that occurs as the weight of the subduction plates pulls the trailing lithosphere into a subduction zone
  3. A _________ map uses contour lines, sybols, and color to show changes in elevation.
  4. Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another plate tectonic.
Down
  1. Spreading Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches
  2. Plate _________ cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides
  3. Wegener's hypothesis
  4. Valley A long narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary
  5. Tectonics plates interact at places called plate _______.

9 Clues: Wegener's hypothesis • Tectonics plates interact at places called plate _______. • Plate _________ cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides • Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another plate tectonic. • A _________ map uses contour lines, sybols, and color to show changes in elevation. • ...

challenge it crossword 2021-11-18

challenge it crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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.
  2. the edges where two plates meet
  3. tending to be different or develop in different directions
Down
  1. coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
  2. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  3. rock formed by solidification of a molten magma
  4. make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character
  5. describes the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  6. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.

9 Clues: the edges where two plates meet • rock formed by solidification of a molten magma • describes the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • tending to be different or develop in different directions • coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas. • make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character • ...

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-15

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. species: species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  6. when all the species have died out
Down
  1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  2. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
  3. number of species in an area

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-15

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  3. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  4. when all the species have died out
  5. Spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
Down
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • Spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Geosphere Project 2021-09-28

Geosphere Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction
  2. a fault in which the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to the rock below
  3. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  4. a boundary in which two plates move together
Down
  1. a boundary where the rigid plates are moving apart, typified by the oceanic ridges
  2. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000-4000 kilometers
  3. a boundary in which two plates slide past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere
  4. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries
  5. a destructive plate margin where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate

9 Clues: a boundary in which two plates move together • deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries • a boundary where the rigid plates are moving apart, typified by the oceanic ridges • a surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-10-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  2. one plate slides beneath the other plate
  3. a large circular planet with a lot of living environments
  4. a broad zone forming as the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate microplates small mostly rigid areas of lithosphere
  5. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
Down
  1. plates that are less than 20 million square kilometers in the area but are larger than one million square kilometers
  2. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

9 Clues: one plate slides beneath the other plate • a large circular planet with a lot of living environments • an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Unit Words 2024-05-15

Unit Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. species: species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  6. when all the species have died out
Down
  1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  2. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
  3. number of species in an area

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth’s Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-17

Earth’s Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  3. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  4. when all the species have died out
  5. spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
Down
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-16

Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. species: species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  6. when all the species have died out
Down
  1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  2. earth forces: forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
  3. number of species in an area

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating: determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading: the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Plates 2021-12-03

Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. convergent boundary, divergent boundary,
  2. ocean ridge, subduction, volcano, magma, convection currents,
Down
  1. boundary, ocean trench, sea floor spreading

3 Clues: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, • boundary, ocean trench, sea floor spreading • ocean ridge, subduction, volcano, magma, convection currents,

plate boundaries 2024-01-17

plate boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary that crashes together
Down
  1. plates that push away from each other
  2. plates that slides alongside each other

3 Clues: boundary that crashes together • plates that push away from each other • plates that slides alongside each other

Vocab 1 Puzzle 2020-09-18

Vocab 1 Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. um, I can't hear you
  2. something the inside of my new shoes is not
Down
  1. faction from Divergent

3 Clues: um, I can't hear you • faction from Divergent • something the inside of my new shoes is not

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-15

Earth's Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of species in an area
  2. dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  3. species species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  4. when all the species have died out
  5. spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
Down
  1. the length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  2. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
  4. earth forces forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering

9 Clues: number of species in an area • when all the species have died out • dating determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • spreading the process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • ...

Earth’s Changing Systems Vocab 2024-05-15

Earth’s Changing Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number of species in an area
  2. Forces that change the surface of the earth from within; i.e. divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
Down
  1. Forces that change the surface of the earth from outside; i.e. humans, erosion, and weathering
  2. Species that are not native to a specific location and have a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage
  3. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
  4. Determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements
  5. The process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out
  6. The length of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive element to change into another element
  7. When all the species have died out

9 Clues: Number of species in an area • When all the species have died out • Determining the age of rocks based on the decay of the elements • The process of new crust forming at a ridge and pushing older crust out • The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem • ...

plate tectonics 2024-05-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper mantle) is divided into a number of large, plate like sections that move as distinct masses.
Down
  1. A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another
  2. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  3. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  4. moving away from what is expected

5 Clues: moving away from what is expected • any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another • ...

Plate Boundary Crossword 2022-10-19

Plate Boundary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of boundary that forms a mid ocean ridge.
  2. The type of boundary that forms a trench.
  3. The place where two plates meet.
  4. How often or fast something happens.
  5. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  6. The sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano.
  7. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago.
  8. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface.
  9. A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground.
  10. To examine in detail for a purpose.
  11. An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
Down
  1. An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  2. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune.
  3. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth.
  4. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  5. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  6. A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.
  7. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  8. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  9. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates.

20 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • To examine in detail for a purpose. • How often or fast something happens. • A sudden shaking of Earth's surface. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth. • The type of boundary that forms a trench. • The type of boundary that forms a mid ocean ridge. • A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole. • ...

Unit 2 - Earth's Changes Over Time 2023-01-09

Unit 2 - Earth's Changes Over Time crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tall geologic structure formed at convergent boundary
  2. scientific study of embryos
  3. where plates meet and interact
  4. fitting in better with environment
  5. change of species over time
  6. supercontinent of the past
  7. bone history
  8. blending in with environment
  9. group of interbreeding organisms
  10. a regional group of a species
  11. body structures
  12. underground pre-lava
  13. scientific study of fossils
  14. collision boundary with mountains
  15. wave from earthquake
  16. solid metal layer
  17. oceanic plates moving apart
  18. collision of continental and oceanic plates
  19. alfred, discovered drift
  20. cycle due to density differences
  21. structure that no longer serves a purpose
  22. movement of tectonic plates over time
  23. deep area formed at subduction zone
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  1. study of earth's features
  2. law about rock layers
  3. survive and reproduce
  4. similar functions, different structures
  5. type of rock created by sediment
  6. circle of volcanoes around Pacific
  7. boundary with ridges, rift valleys, seafloor spreading
  8. outer layer with plates
  9. similar structures
  10. rocked created from intense pressure underground
  11. ancient relative link
  12. liquid metal layer
  13. movement when adaptation impossible
  14. semi-solid layer with convection currents
  15. death when adaptation impossible
  16. survival of the fittest
  17. intense shaking of the ground
  18. charles, discovered natural selection
  19. boundary where plates slide past each other
  20. the type of rock created from hardened lava
  21. crack in crust at transform boundary

44 Clues: bone history • body structures • solid metal layer • similar structures • liquid metal layer • underground pre-lava • wave from earthquake • law about rock layers • survive and reproduce • ancient relative link • outer layer with plates • survival of the fittest • alfred, discovered drift • study of earth's features • supercontinent of the past • scientific study of embryos • ...

AP Psych Review: Memory and Cognition 2020-04-30

AP Psych Review: Memory and Cognition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Links new to well-remembered info for easy recall
  2. Set of steps that produces a correct conclusion every time
  3. Amnesia; inability to make new memories
  4. Chomsky's theory of language development
  5. Type of serial position effect
  6. Neurons that fire together wire together
  7. Memory for what needs to be done in the future
  8. Holding an opinion despite evidence against it
  9. Organized cluster of related knowledge
  10. Study many times with breaks in between
  11. Level of processing associated with best remembering
  12. Word order
  13. Brain structure for motor memory
  14. Links info to be remembered into groups for easy recall
  15. Type of LTM for physical skills and conditioned responses
  16. Photographic memory
  17. Environment at encoding should match that at retrieval
Down
  1. Heuristic that relies on a recent specific example
  2. Average capacity of STM
  3. Thinking can be both conscious and unconscious
  4. An ideal mental model with critical attributes
  5. When old information interferes with retrieval of new
  6. Can't see new uses for familiar objects
  7. Brain structure for memory formation
  8. Smallest unit of sound in language
  9. Smallest unit of language that alters meaning
  10. Type of LTM that contains facts and events
  11. Thinking that generates creative ideas
  12. Heuristic that relies on a prototype
  13. Thinking about thinking
  14. Dementia from amyloid and tau
  15. Amnesia; inability to retrieve old memories

32 Clues: Word order • Photographic memory • Average capacity of STM • Thinking about thinking • Dementia from amyloid and tau • Type of serial position effect • Brain structure for motor memory • Smallest unit of sound in language • Brain structure for memory formation • Heuristic that relies on a prototype • Thinking that generates creative ideas • Organized cluster of related knowledge • ...

Genetics Crossword Puzzle 2021-01-11

Genetics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. structures feature of behavior that no longer seems to have a purpose
  2. flow also known as gene migration or allele flow
  3. organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues that must include sugars, salts, and cellulars
  4. an organism's ability to survive and reproduce
  5. the ingestion of bacteria
  6. equilibrium hypothesis that evolutionary development marked by isolated episodes of rapid speciation between long periods of little or no change
  7. preserved impression/remains of a prehistoric organism
  8. organic compounds that are fatty acids
  9. nitrogenous organic compounds composed of amino acids
  10. selection the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to better survive
  11. nomenclature two terms used to denote a species of living organisms
  12. organism that grows without air
  13. structures skeletal elements of organisms that suggest a connection to a common ancestor
Down
  1. changing of a structure of a gene resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to future generations
  2. theory- believes organelles in eukaryotic cells were once prokaryotic micros
  3. evolution may occur as a response to changes in abiotic factors
  4. selection the identification by humans of desirable traits in the plants and animals
  5. influence of closely related species on each other
  6. evolution process where organisms not closely related independently evolve similar traits
  7. live on earth originated from microorganisms
  8. structures that are similar in unrelated organisms
  9. the classification of organisms

22 Clues: the ingestion of bacteria • organism that grows without air • the classification of organisms • organic compounds that are fatty acids • live on earth originated from microorganisms • an organism's ability to survive and reproduce • flow also known as gene migration or allele flow • influence of closely related species on each other • ...

Fitz's Comp Sci 2 Adv Cumulative Review 2021-03-05

Fitz's Comp Sci 2 Adv Cumulative Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of heat transfer that requires direct contact
  2. The movement of sediment
  3. Energy of motion
  4. Data in science that is represented by numbers
  5. Organisms that make their own food using the Sun’s energy
  6. Organisms that must eat other organisms for energy
  7. Plate boundary that forms mountains and volcanoes
  8. Physical or chemical processes that break rocks down into sediment
  9. Symbiotic relationship where both individuals benefit
  10. Plate boundary where new lithosphere is created
  11. The alleles of the genotype are different
  12. Symbiotic relationship where one organisms benefits and the other is unaffected
Down
  1. Type of heat transfer that causes warm fluids to rise
  2. Stored energy
  3. Plate boundary most commonly associated with earthquakes
  4. Data in science that is represented by words
  5. Variable that the scientist is testing during the experiment
  6. Sediment is dropped into a new location as the agent of erosion slows
  7. Variable that changes in response to the independent variable
  8. Reproduction that involves two parents and results in offspring that are genetically different from the parents
  9. Rock that forms when sediment is compacted and cemented
  10. Lake that forms next to a meandering river after deposition cuts off one of the bends
  11. Both alleles of the genotype are the same
  12. Cell division that results in two identical daughter cells
  13. Rock that forms when magma cools and hardens

25 Clues: Stored energy • Energy of motion • The movement of sediment • Both alleles of the genotype are the same • The alleles of the genotype are different • Data in science that is represented by words • Rock that forms when magma cools and hardens • Data in science that is represented by numbers • Plate boundary where new lithosphere is created • ...

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-24

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  2. a type of crust that forms the continents
  3. a type of boundary where crust is formed
  4. the point below the ground where the earthquake starts
  5. a zone where earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  6. the rapid movement of the ground due to the movement of tectonic plates
  7. the centre of the earth
  8. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occuring in the seafloor
  9. a section of the earth's crust that moves about on the earth's surface
  10. molten rock that has erupted onto earth's surface
  11. a boundary where a section of earth's crust is sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
Down
  1. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  2. a type of crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. name for the crust and upper mantle together
  4. an isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of magma is collected
  5. a boundary where plate collide with each other
  6. a type of boundary where lithosphere is destroyed
  7. the very outer layer of the earth
  8. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  9. molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  10. layer beneath earth's crust
  11. the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

22 Clues: the centre of the earth • layer beneath earth's crust • the very outer layer of the earth • molten rock beneath the earth's surface • a type of boundary where crust is formed • a type of crust that forms the continents • a type of crust that forms the ocean floor • name for the crust and upper mantle together • a boundary where plate collide with each other • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  2. created by two pieces of continental crust converging
  3. a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust
  4. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  5. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  6. where two or more plates meet
  7. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  8. a vent on the earths surface where magma and gases are expelled
  9. an underwater chain of mountains.
  10. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  11. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics
  12. creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity
Down
  1. boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench
  2. when one tectonic plates dives under another
  3. layer that the tectonic plates slide on, also before the crust
  4. Alfred Wegner's hypothesis that the continents were once a supercontinent
  5. a deep valley that forms on land at a divergent boundary where two plates move apart
  6. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that explains how large pieces of land called plates move and change shape of the earth.
  7. the deepest layer of the earth with an inner and outer version
  8. currents in the mantle from the magma being heated by the core of the earth

20 Clues: where two or more plates meet • an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • ...

Vocab Unit 8 2023-03-15

Vocab Unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (n) a very close friend, chum, buddy
  2. (n) to join at one end o be next to; to support, prop up
  3. (n) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  4. (v) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n) use, benefit, or value
  5. to make of 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 (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time).
  8. self controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
  9. (n) an agent, substitute, a written permission allowing one person t 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)ti 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) vert earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  7. (v) to declare publicly or officially
  8. (adj) thing 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 • (adj) thing bony, starved looking, bare, barren • to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out • (adj) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • ...

Exam 2 Tectonics 2023-04-11

Exam 2 Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks upwell, enter lower pressure zone and expand rapidly, creates major force of plate tectonics
  2. hinge of fold is oriented downward with limbs that rise up away from the hinge
  3. weakest of 3 forces of plate tectonics, between crust and mantle
  4. faults that have vertical motion – can be reverse or normal
  5. Bending, squishing, or stretching deformation occurs slowly over time.
  6. coarsening upward pattern of sediments as sea level drops
  7. lateral or transform faults form when fault movement is horizontal as plates slide past each other
  8. unseen force applied to rocks that can build up and eventually produce strain
  9. zone of earthquakes that form along a subducting tectonic plate
Down
  1. Strain in which an object suddenly breaks, fractures, or otherwise fails
  2. result of an applied force, either ductile, brittle, or elastic deformation
  3. Tectonic boundary where two plates move toward each other, O-O, O-C, or C-C.
  4. Driving force of tectonics exerted by old, dense, cold crust sinking into the mantle.
  5. downfolded circular structure formed by intersecting synclines
  6. hinge of a fold pushes upward with limbs that dip away and down from it
  7. continental drift hypothesis using many lines of evidence but lacked mechanism.
  8. uplifted circular structure forms by intersecting anticlines
  9. parent rock material, before metamorphism
  10. where two plates move apart from each other
  11. fining upward pattern of sediments as sea level rises

20 Clues: parent rock material, before metamorphism • where two plates move apart from each other • fining upward pattern of sediments as sea level rises • coarsening upward pattern of sediments as sea level drops • faults that have vertical motion – can be reverse or normal • uplifted circular structure forms by intersecting anticlines • ...

2013 수능특강 B형 Test 2-2 2013-04-15

2013 수능특강 B형 Test 2-2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 휴지, 중지
  2. 땅볼
  3. 동시에 움직이다
  4. 소홀히 하다
  5. 지내다, 살아가다
  6. 인쇄물, 문헌
  7. 지속되는
  8. 없어서는 안 될
  9. 단지, 그저
  10. (중요성을) 강조하다
  11. 강제하다, 억지로 시키다
  12. 분발, 돌발
  13. 용이하게 하다
  14. 정점[최고조]
  15. 언론
  16. 통합하다
  17. 하급자, 부하
  18. 직관에 반하는
  19. 처음의, 시작의
  20. 외야
  21. 발성의
  22. 대안이 되는
  23. 적응하다, 익숙해지다
  24. 완전히, 철저히
  25. 발성
  26. 자유사상가
  27. 출판물, 출판
  28. 갈리다, 다르다
  29. 베란다, 현관
  30. 함축, 암시
  31. 들숨(흡기)
  32. 혁신적인
  33. 독특한, 뚜렷한
  34. 기관, 장치
  35. 체포자, 잡는 사람
  36. 타자가 공중으로 쳐서 올린 볼
  37. 민감한
  38. (자동판매기에) 동전을 넣다, 입금
  39. 말다툼
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  1. 기숙하는 사람[것], 하숙인
  2. 전문직
  3. 투덜대다
  4. 충분한
  5. 그렇더라도, 그렇기는 하지만
  6. 검열관
  7. 습득하다
  8. 발산적인, 갈라지는, (의견 등이) 다른
  9. 일련
  10. 색다른, 별난
  11. 살금살금 움직이다
  12. 차원
  13. 대인관계의
  14. 자기인식
  15. 고집스러운
  16. 최대의
  17. 거주자, 서식 동물
  18. 포부가 있는
  19. 손재주, 솜씨
  20. 그 결과
  21. 포로, 노예
  22. 떨쳐 버리다
  23. 날숨의
  24. 급습하다, 쳐들어가다
  25. 조화, 조정
  26. 발전의, 진화의
  27. 쓸데없이
  28. 딱, 접근하여
  29. 원고
  30. 탁 소리가 나게 치다, 때리다
  31. 인지의, 인지적인
  32. 발성
  33. 직무 연수
  34. 추적하다
  35. 시행자, 개업한 사람
  36. 폭식, 폭음처럼 단기간에 특정 활동을 지나치게 하는 것
  37. 날숨(호기)
  38. 귀뚜라미
  39. (대학교수 등의) 종신 재직권
  40. 흡입
  41. 침체된
  42. 용량, 수용력
  43. 얕은
  44. 끈기 있게 일하다

83 Clues: 땅볼 • 일련 • 차원 • 언론 • 원고 • 외야 • 발성 • 발성 • 흡입 • 얕은 • 전문직 • 충분한 • 검열관 • 최대의 • 날숨의 • 발성의 • 침체된 • 민감한 • 말다툼 • 투덜대다 • 습득하다 • 자기인식 • 지속되는 • 그 결과 • 통합하다 • 쓸데없이 • 추적하다 • 귀뚜라미 • 혁신적인 • 대인관계의 • 고집스러운 • 직무 연수 • 자유사상가 • 휴지, 중지 • 소홀히 하다 • 단지, 그저 • 분발, 돌발 • 포부가 있는 • 포로, 노예 • 떨쳐 버리다 • 조화, 조정 • 대안이 되는 • 날숨(호기) • 함축, 암시 • 들숨(흡기) • 기관, 장치 • 색다른, 별난 • 인쇄물, 문헌 • 용이하게 하다 • 손재주, 솜씨 • 정점[최고조] • 하급자, 부하 • 직관에 반하는 • 딱, 접근하여 • 출판물, 출판 • 베란다, 현관 • 용량, 수용력 • 동시에 움직이다 • 없어서는 안 될 • 발전의, 진화의 • 처음의, 시작의 • 완전히, 철저히 • 갈리다, 다르다 • 독특한, 뚜렷한 • 살금살금 움직이다 • 지내다, 살아가다 • 인지의, 인지적인 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface
  2. The process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate
  3. The type of rock that forms when lava crystallizes and cools
  4. The thick middle layer of the Earth
  5. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older crust moves away
  6. The type of boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  7. The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density
  8. The dense metallic center of the Earth
  9. The rigid outermost layer of the Earth that includes the upper mantle and crust
  10. The type of boundary between two plates that slide past one another
Down
  1. Name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago
  2. Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface
  3. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  4. The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
  5. the rigid slabs of rock that make up the Earth's surface
  6. The movement of Earth's continents over time
  7. Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor
  8. The process that results when magma rises and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions
  9. The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth
  10. The type of boundary between two plates that move away from each other

20 Clues: The thick middle layer of the Earth • Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface • The dense metallic center of the Earth • The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth • Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface • The movement of Earth's continents over time • Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor • the rigid slabs of rock that make up the Earth's surface • ...

2nd Quarter 2015-01-05

2nd Quarter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Changes in the ______of seismic waves were used to determine the location of Earth's layers.
  2. The place where an earthquake originates is called the __________.
  3. The property that peels off in flat sheets.
  4. What famous strike-slip fault is located in California.
  5. Earthquakes occur when rocks __________.
  6. an underwater earthquake can cause a wave called a ______.
  7. The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is called________current.
  8. What type of forces create mountains?
  9. Which term refers to the ridged layer of Earth that is about 100 km thick and generally less dense than the material below it?
  10. Plates move together at ______ boundaries.
  11. how many parts are in Earth's core?
  12. the largest layer of Earth is the _____?
Down
  1. Earth's inner core is________.
  2. What is the name of the giant supercontinent.
  3. _________can be located based on different speeds of seismic waves.
  4. Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in ______zone.
  5. Which scientist is credited with the continental drift hypothesis? Alferd_______________.
  6. continental drift occurs because of _______spreading.
  7. Each mineral has a set of properties and specific__________ makeup.
  8. The layer over which the tectonic plates move is the _____________.
  9. The process occurring in the mantle that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics is an example of a(n)___________current.
  10. The youngest rock in the ocean floor is located at the mid-ocean______.
  11. Plates move apart at________boundaries.
  12. The fastest traveling seismic waves are____-_______?
  13. The study of Earth and Earth process is called?
  14. _____________boundary has plates sliding past each other.

26 Clues: Earth's inner core is________. • how many parts are in Earth's core? • What type of forces create mountains? • Plates move apart at________boundaries. • Earthquakes occur when rocks __________. • the largest layer of Earth is the _____? • Plates move together at ______ boundaries. • The property that peels off in flat sheets. • ...

Evolution 2015-12-04

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process by which new species are created
  2. the main mechanism of evolution
  3. this type of evolution is when unrelated species evolve in similar ways from different ancestors, like birds and bats.
  4. this type of evolution is when a population splits off and becomes a new species, the two are related but develop new traits for their environment
  5. change in the gene pool of a population over time
  6. the variety of living things in our environment
  7. a product of the reproductive process
  8. natural selection for courtship purposes
  9. in example of mouse speciation what separated the mouse population
  10. if genes mutate and individuals are selected then these evole
  11. a group of individuals that can interbreed
Down
  1. along with ammonia it was the most abundant gas in the early atmosphere
  2. when speciation occurs due to a geographic separation
  3. all organisms share a tremendous similarities in this
  4. credited with developing the theory of evolution
  5. different species have different gene pools, this is called
  6. the birds Darwin studied
  7. selection when natural selection favors individuals that are like everyone else
  8. when natural selection favors a single trait like color
  9. along with selection and time shape how natural selection works
  10. when a gene is copied incorrectly this occurs and may be good or bad
  11. there are different varieties of these under the taxon species, they may interbreed.

22 Clues: the birds Darwin studied • the main mechanism of evolution • a product of the reproductive process • process by which new species are created • natural selection for courtship purposes • a group of individuals that can interbreed • the variety of living things in our environment • credited with developing the theory of evolution • ...

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 2016-03-06

Volcanoes and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an instrument that records and measures an earthquakes seismic waves
  2. the hanging wall slips downward, occur on divergent plate boundary
  3. rocks slip past one another sideways
  4. hanging wall moves up and the footwall moves down
  5. stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions
  6. seismic waves that vibrate from side to side or up and down through solids
  7. uses data from seismographs to assign a magnitude to an earthquake
  8. magnitude scales that rate small earthquakes based on its waves
Down
  1. rates the amount of shaking form an earthquake by observations
  2. waves that move more slowly and produce more ground movement
  3. a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
  4. a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume
  5. the shaking and trembling that results from the movement if earth beneath earths surface
  6. the point on the surface right above the focus
  7. a stress that produces reverse faults
  8. rocks slip past each other sideways
  9. the point beneath earths surface where rock begins to break under stress and triggers an earthquake
  10. the first seismic wave to arrive and it compresses and expands the ground like an accordion
  11. the record of an earthquakes seismic waves
  12. stress force that pulls on the crust where two plates are moving apart

20 Clues: rocks slip past each other sideways • rocks slip past one another sideways • a stress that produces reverse faults • the record of an earthquakes seismic waves • the point on the surface right above the focus • hanging wall moves up and the footwall moves down • a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level • ...

Tectonic Plates 2018-02-15

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a pulling force
  2. spreading magma creates new rock in ocean
  3. a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  4. a break in the Earth's crust
  5. A usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust
  6. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  7. core A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth
  8. drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface
  9. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  10. the bending of rock layers
  11. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mangle and the crust
  12. boundary between two colliding plates
Down
  1. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a find texture, found in oceanic crust
  2. boundary boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  3. a squeezing force
  4. Great landmasses surrounded by oceans
  5. where two plates meet
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere forms
  7. hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses
  8. plates the two sub-layers of the earth's crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
  9. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  10. core A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth

22 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • where two plates meet • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • Great landmasses surrounded by oceans • boundary between two colliding plates • spreading magma creates new rock in ocean • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • boundary between two plates moving away from each other • ...

창현고1_121~148 2018-10-06

창현고1_121~148 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to attain awareness or understanding of
  2. to recognize the rights, authority, or status of
  3. delicate; elusive
  4. inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably; of, relating to, or being a turning point or specially important juncture
  5. an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object
  6. excluding others from participation
  7. something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent)
  8. performance of executive duties
  9. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  10. lasting for a limited time
  11. something that produces good or helpful results or effects
  12. a plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures
  13. an original or official paper relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something
  14. a period of dryness especially when prolonged
  15. deficient in moisture
Down
  1. to reduce in size, importance, or effectiveness
  2. something invented by the imagination or feigned
  3. to carry out; to do
  4. a confidence and satisfaction in oneself
  5. the act of relying : the state of being reliant
  6. evident; easily discovered, seen, or understood
  7. having reason or understanding
  8. causing fear
  9. exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected
  10. the people with common interests living in a particular area
  11. moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  12. not given deserved recognition or thanks
  13. to convey from one person, place, or situation to another

28 Clues: causing fear • delicate; elusive • to carry out; to do • deficient in moisture • lasting for a limited time • having reason or understanding • performance of executive duties • excluding others from participation • to attain awareness or understanding of • a confidence and satisfaction in oneself • not given deserved recognition or thanks • ...

landforms and Climate 2022-03-09

landforms and Climate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These areas have very low population.
  2. A climate Region with temperatures Higher than 25 degrees and precipitation less than 1000mm.
  3. This is the process where dirt, soil and debris is carried away.
  4. A landform in Canada known for its flat lands, farming and oil.
  5. These bring warm and cold air around the world.
  6. The break down of sediment and minerals around the earths crust.
  7. this process happens when you go father up into the atmosphere and the temperatures cool down.
  8. Shows the amount of rain on a monthly basis.
  9. A climate region with temperatures less than 25 degrees and precipitation more than 1000mm
  10. The everyday characteristics of the atmosphere.
  11. The long term pattern of weather.
Down
  1. Soil is classified for its...
  2. These are large, tall and wide areas of ice that move across land shaping it.
  3. The process of when two plates separate
  4. This is when moisture is carried by the wind over the land.
  5. There are how many geologic times
  6. When two plates merge together making one plate slide under the other.
  7. This influences how the temperature will decrease when you move away from the equator
  8. This is composed of minerals, air, water, oxygen(and other gases) and plants and animal matter.
  9. This covers half of Canada and is known for its rocks, forest, rivers and lakes.

20 Clues: Soil is classified for its... • There are how many geologic times • The long term pattern of weather. • These areas have very low population. • The process of when two plates separate • Shows the amount of rain on a monthly basis. • These bring warm and cold air around the world. • The everyday characteristics of the atmosphere. • ...

Geosphere Review 2022-04-12

Geosphere Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _________ trends can significantly affect the value of a gemstone
  2. number of major plates of the Earth’s crust
  3. name for a solid with a specific structure
  4. a rock or mineral formed from molten material
  5. what scientists cannot do for the date, time, and size of an earthquake
  6. the way a mineral reflects light
  7. type of boundary seen in continental rifts and mid-ocean ridges
  8. nickname for a mantle plume volcano in the middle of a plate
  9. molten rock below the earth’s surface
  10. a rock or mineral formed when heat and pressure are applied to existing rock
  11. occur as the first sign of volcanic activity
  12. plate boundary in California
Down
  1. molten rock on the earth surface (including in the ocean)
  2. definition of mineral – state of matter
  3. definition of a mineral – how it’s made
  4. the actual location of an earthquake
  5. type of boundary producing the most severe earthquakes and volcanoes
  6. the surface location above an earthquake focus
  7. property of a mineral breaking along flat surfaces
  8. minimum number of sites needed for triangulation
  9. a rock or mineral that forms from water or from pieces of other rocks
  10. a large section of the Earth’s crust
  11. measured on Moh’s Scale
  12. the rock _________ describes the continual recycling of rock types
  13. definition of a mineral – type of compounds

25 Clues: measured on Moh’s Scale • plate boundary in California • the way a mineral reflects light • the actual location of an earthquake • a large section of the Earth’s crust • molten rock below the earth’s surface • definition of mineral – state of matter • definition of a mineral – how it’s made • name for a solid with a specific structure • ...

MOUNT FUJI 2021-12-02

MOUNT FUJI crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mount fuji symbolize
  2. What type of volcano is Mount Fuji?
  3. is mount fuji convergent or divergent?
  4. Located in Kyoto, Sagano is a forest made up of what plant?
  5. What makes up more than 70 percent of Japan's terrain?
  6. The best time to visit Muroji Temple is during the festival for these flowers.
  7. one of the names of the 3 seperate mountains on mount fuji?
  8. There are places so beautiful in the country, they're known as the "Three Views of Japan". What is NOT one of these traditional views?
  9. what type of lava does mount fuji have?
  10. Where is mount Fuji located
  11. what type of sunrise you can see from mount fuji?
Down
  1. who discovered mount Fuji
  2. Central region of the Japanese island Honshu..., site of Mount Fuji
  3. What caused Mount Fuji?
  4. What lives near Mount Fuji?
  5. Who was the first ascent of Mount Fuji ?
  6. What is the oldest Mount Fuji route?
  7. Rows of ______ grows in the background of Mount Fuji
  8. Which science-fiction movie had been filmed on Mount Fuji?
  9. Soaring at 12,388 feet, what is the highest point in Japan?
  10. Which forest is located at the north-west base of the mountain?
  11. At about 259 square miles, what is the biggest lake entirely in Japan?
  12. Pioneer company in arcade and video games whose logo is based on Mount Fuji

23 Clues: mount fuji symbolize • What caused Mount Fuji? • who discovered mount Fuji • What lives near Mount Fuji? • Where is mount Fuji located • What type of volcano is Mount Fuji? • What is the oldest Mount Fuji route? • is mount fuji convergent or divergent? • what type of lava does mount fuji have? • Who was the first ascent of Mount Fuji ? • ...

Space and Earth Review 2021-12-09

Space and Earth Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the release of energy
  2. spinning motion of a planet on its axis
  3. Plate Boundary two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between them
  4. transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  5. formed from an existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure
  6. Plate Boundary two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other
  7. nuclei of two smaller atoms join to form a larger atom releasing energy
  8. slow motion of Earth's axis that traces out a cone over a period of 26,000 years
  9. Plate Boundary two plates that are sliding past each other often forming earthquakes
  10. circular movement of an object around another object; orbit
  11. center of mass of two or more bodies orbiting around each other
Down
  1. description of surface features of land
  2. periodic oscillation or wobbling of the Earth's axis
  3. formed from broken pieces from other rocks or fossils are pressed and cemented together
  4. directly above an earthquake's focus on the surface of the earth
  5. formed from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of Earth
  6. arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands
  7. transfer of energy by collisions or direct contact
  8. transfer of energy by the movement of a fluid
  9. Magnitude measurement of ground shaking during an earthquake

20 Clues: description of surface features of land • spinning motion of a planet on its axis • transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • transfer of energy by the movement of a fluid • transfer of energy by collisions or direct contact • periodic oscillation or wobbling of the Earth's axis • arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands • ...

Earth's Structure 2022-02-17

Earth's Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock that is changed by heat and pressure
  2. Magma that reaches the Earth's surface
  3. The core is made mostly of this metal
  4. Outer layer of the Earth is the_____
  5. Plate boundaries that are moving away from each other
  6. Plate boundaries that are moving toward each other
  7. The color of a mineral in powder form.
  8. Movement on the ocean floor
  9. Scientist that developed the theory of continental drift
  10. The bending or folding of rock
  11. The transfer of warm and cool liquids in a circular current
  12. Igneous rock cooled quickly outside the Earth
  13. The core that is liquid
  14. When one plate moves down underneath another plate
  15. The core that is solid
Down
  1. The hardness scale to test minerals
  2. The supercontinent that was one landmass
  3. The resistance to being scratched
  4. Tracks are an example of a _______ fossil
  5. Igneous rock cooled inside the Earth
  6. The way a mineral reflcts light
  7. Melted rock under the Earth
  8. Naturally formed inorganic solid with crystal structure
  9. made of mixtures of minerals
  10. Layer under the crust is the______
  11. Crust is divided into sections called_______
  12. remains, or physical evidence of a once living thing
  13. Rock that is formed from layers of sediment
  14. Seismographs detect this movement
  15. Sedimentary rock contains fossils
  16. Plate boundaries that are sliding past each other

31 Clues: The core that is solid • The core that is liquid • Melted rock under the Earth • Movement on the ocean floor • made of mixtures of minerals • The bending or folding of rock • The way a mineral reflcts light • The resistance to being scratched • Seismographs detect this movement • Sedimentary rock contains fossils • Layer under the crust is the______ • ...

Earth's Structure 2022-02-17

Earth's Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock that is changed by heat and pressure
  2. Magma that reaches the Earth's surface
  3. The core is made mostly of this metal
  4. Outer layer of the Earth is the_____
  5. Plate boundaries that are moving away from each other
  6. Plate boundaries that are moving toward each other
  7. The color of a mineral in powder form.
  8. Movement on the ocean floor
  9. Scientist that developed the theory of continental drift
  10. The bending or folding of rock
  11. The transfer of warm and cool liquids in a circular current
  12. Igneous rock cooled quickly outside the Earth
  13. The core that is liquid
  14. When one plate moves down underneath another plate
  15. The core that is solid
Down
  1. The hardness scale to test minerals
  2. The supercontinent that was one landmass
  3. The resistance to being scratched
  4. Tracks are an example of a _______ fossil
  5. Igneous rock cooled inside the Earth
  6. The way a mineral reflcts light
  7. Melted rock under the Earth
  8. Naturally formed inorganic solid with crystal structure
  9. made of mixtures of minerals
  10. Layer under the crust is the______
  11. Crust is divided into sections called_______
  12. remains, or physical evidence of a once living thing
  13. Rock that is formed from layers of sediment
  14. Seismographs detect this movement
  15. Sedimentary rock contains fossils
  16. Plate boundaries that are sliding past each other

31 Clues: The core that is solid • The core that is liquid • Melted rock under the Earth • Movement on the ocean floor • made of mixtures of minerals • The bending or folding of rock • The way a mineral reflcts light • The resistance to being scratched • Seismographs detect this movement • Sedimentary rock contains fossils • Layer under the crust is the______ • ...

Stems list 19 2022-05-16

Stems list 19 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The book series __________ is a great book series. 10/10 would recommend
  2. the ____________ is the second layer of Earth's atmosphere
  3. Some people seem _________ but if you get to know them it might turn out to not be true
  4. A _______ is when an atom splits into 2 or more atoms
  5. I ___________ 9642210 dollars in debt
  6. ___________ sounds like an era of the dinosaurs
  7. ________ is a bad bruise
  8. I researched the ___________ for my science project
  9. A _______ is about 1000 bytes
  10. _____ panels are great energy sources
  11. A __________ is a device used to measure the speed of a rotating object
Down
  1. We need to ______ an AI invasion
  2. _______ is the center of the cell
  3. I ________ the fight between the two.
  4. Pi is a ______
  5. It's hard to _______ certain people, they're always so needy and demanding change that isn't always possible
  6. _____ is a airline company and a cloud type
  7. If the chicken from Chicken Little saw a _________ he'd probably say "the sky is falling, the sky is falling"
  8. I think _______ is the most mountainous state
  9. I go to the ______________ to check on my cataract
  10. you need to lose some ________
  11. Bears ________ during winter
  12. ______ is when authors try too hard to be passionate and instead fall into stupid
  13. Newton discovered ______ when an apple hit him on the head
  14. The mineral was as red as a ____

25 Clues: Pi is a ______ • ________ is a bad bruise • Bears ________ during winter • A _______ is about 1000 bytes • you need to lose some ________ • We need to ______ an AI invasion • The mineral was as red as a ____ • _______ is the center of the cell • I ________ the fight between the two. • I ___________ 9642210 dollars in debt • _____ panels are great energy sources • ...

Unit 3 Earth Science Vocabulary 2023-11-30

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

22 Clues: very small pieces of rock • natural land shape or feature • the strength of an earthquake • the thin outer layer of Earth • scientist that studies volcanoes • scientist that studies earthquakes • the process of rock breaking apart • the liquid rock below Earth’s crust • thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • ...

Earth's Interior Review 2023-11-30

Earth's Interior Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lava flow with a smooth, ropy surface
  2. plate boundaries collide
  3. undersea mountain chains
  4. series of waves caused by earthquakes or volanoes
  5. or stratovolcanoes, large volcanoes with material in layers
  6. theory proposed by Alfred Wegener, continents are moving
  7. lava slow with a rough, rubbly surface
  8. solid part of mantle, below asthenosphere
  9. rising and falling of heat through the mantle
  10. plate boundaries slide past each other; where most earthquakes occur
  11. dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava, ash, and gas
  12. force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume
  13. a hot spring that erupts a column of water
Down
  1. point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
  2. center of Earth
  3. plate boundaries divide
  4. weak spot in Earth's surface where magma comes to the surface
  5. place where an earthquake begins under Earth's surface
  6. volcano that forms when flows of lava form gently sloping, wide sides
  7. theory proposed by Harry Hess, the sea floor is spreading
  8. topmost layer of Earth, "skin"
  9. edge of the Pacific plate where many earthquakes and volcanoes occur
  10. low, steep volcano made of cinders
  11. rigid, means "stone", uppermost layer of the mantle
  12. weak or soft, below lithosphere
  13. when the ocean floor sinks below a continental plate
  14. break in the Earth's crust
  15. when a volcano collapses on itself

28 Clues: center of Earth • plate boundaries divide • plate boundaries collide • undersea mountain chains • break in the Earth's crust • topmost layer of Earth, "skin" • weak or soft, below lithosphere • low, steep volcano made of cinders • when a volcano collapses on itself • lava flow with a smooth, ropy surface • lava slow with a rough, rubbly surface • ...

Weathering and Erosion Vocabulary 2023-11-29

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

22 Clues: very small pieces of rock • natural land shape or feature • the strength of an earthquake • the thin outer layer of Earth • scientist that studies volcanoes • the process of rock breaking apart • scientist that studies earthquakes • the liquid rock below Earth’s crust • thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • ...

Science Chapters 4-5 2023-11-13

Science Chapters 4-5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long chain of mountains that form new ocean floor.
  2. The force that moves the tectonic plates and happens in the mantle
  3. Process where the ocean floor is destroyed.
  4. A wave released by an earthquake, the first wave to appear.
  5. Term for when the ground shakes and can cause little to massive damage.
  6. The part of crust that is the ocean floor.
  7. "ring" where volcanoes are most likely to be.
  8. Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other.
  9. A wave released by an earthquake, its the third to appear and the most destructive wave.
  10. Part of Earth that is below the crust but above the outer core, has the asthenosphere in it.
Down
  1. Wave that earthquakes release.
  2. Part of the ocean floor where plates are destroyed.
  3. A wave released by an earthquake, the second wave to appear.
  4. Plate boundary where two plates go away from each other.
  5. Spot where magma comes up from inside the Earth.
  6. The part of crust that is on land.
  7. The point right above the focus of an earthquake.
  8. Scientist that helped prove the theory of continental drift.
  9. Instrument that measures an earthquake.
  10. Plate boundary where two plates collide with each other.
  11. Scientist who discovered and came up with the idea of Pangaea and continental drift.

21 Clues: Wave that earthquakes release. • The part of crust that is on land. • Instrument that measures an earthquake. • The part of crust that is the ocean floor. • Process where the ocean floor is destroyed. • "ring" where volcanoes are most likely to be. • Spot where magma comes up from inside the Earth. • The point right above the focus of an earthquake. • ...

Unit 3 Vocab 2023-12-01

Unit 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the strength of an earthquake
  2. a shaking of Earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  3. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth's surface
  4. the theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  5. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
  6. the layer of Earth extending from Earth's center to the bottom of the mantle
  7. the boundary between 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other
  8. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  9. the boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  10. scientist that studies earthquakes
Down
  1. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
  2. the boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are colliding with each other
  3. a break in the Earth's crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
  4. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  5. the liquid rock below Earth's crust
  6. scientist that studies volcanoes
  7. natural land shape or feature
  8. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  9. very small pieces of rock
  10. the thin outer layer of Earth
  11. the process of rock breaking apart
  12. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another

22 Clues: very small pieces of rock • the strength of an earthquake • natural land shape or feature • the thin outer layer of Earth • scientist that studies volcanoes • the process of rock breaking apart • scientist that studies earthquakes • the liquid rock below Earth's crust • thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • ...

Senior 100, First 50 2023-12-12

Senior 100, First 50 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. She was a natural-born teacher
  2. The counselor helped him realize what he wanted after high school
  3. The college website featured an in-depth look into the class
  4. The young dog was trained to listen to commands
  5. The private school upheld strict standards
  6. His comedy routine was getting repetitive and ingenuine
  7. They didn't want a small humble wedding
  8. A curriculum in math clastypicallyly is successive
  9. The songs had a slightly similar feel
  10. Tsa examined the contents of his backpack
  11. The student remained discouraged until he came to a realization
  12. Technology is getting newer every year
Down
  1. The plane had to make a quick change from the originalional path
  2. Every major sports league and some organizations adopted a similar concept
  3. He loved learning Spanish and it's intricate elements.
  4. A good politician always speaks well
  5. The northeast came with a heavy accent
  6. She loved talking to the old veterans in her town
  7. The boy had a passion for school
  8. The old worn down car couldn't keep up on the highway
  9. The two former coworkers had a bitter hate after they opened ccompetingstores
  10. The mechanical issue proved to be rather confusing and unique
  11. She spoke vaguely but she understood
  12. Some teachers love group projects
  13. I always have been known to be cautious behind the wheel

25 Clues: She was a natural-born teacher • The boy had a passion for school • Some teachers love group projects • A good politician always speaks well • She spoke vaguely but she understood • The songs had a slightly similar feel • The northeast came with a heavy accent • Technology is getting newer every year • They didn't want a small humble wedding • ...

TECTONIC PLATES 2024-01-22

TECTONIC PLATES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges.
  2. Refers to the idea that continents are constantly moving over time.
  3. Coming together or meeting at a point.
  4. The downward movement of rock, soil, and debris on a slope.
  5. The breakdown of rocks into smaller particles due to exposure to natural elements.
  6. Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface.
  7. The gradual movement of continents across the Earth’s surface.
  8. A mountain that erupts molten rock, ash, and gasses.
  9. A crack in the Earth’s crust where movement has occurred.
  10. A large section of the Earth’s lithosphere.
  11. The process of wearing away soil and rocks by natural forces like wind and water.
  12. Underwater mountain range where new oceanic crust is formed.
  13. Large masses of ice that move slowly over land.
Down
  1. Moving apart or spreading out.
  2. A large landmass on Earth.
  3. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  4. The theory explaining the movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates.
  5. The shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by a sudden release of energy.
  6. The sinking of one tectonic plate beneath another.
  7. Sliding past each other horizontally, typically at a fault line.
  8. The process where sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.
  9. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.

22 Clues: A large landmass on Earth. • Moving apart or spreading out. • Coming together or meeting at a point. • Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface. • A large section of the Earth’s lithosphere. • Large masses of ice that move slowly over land. • The sinking of one tectonic plate beneath another. • A mountain that erupts molten rock, ash, and gasses. • ...

Geology ( Brooklyn Lent & Aliyah LaRosa) 2024-01-30

Geology ( Brooklyn Lent & Aliyah LaRosa) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
  2. a sudden shake of earths surface
  3. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  4. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  5. the layer of soft, soli rock underneath earths plates
  6. to examine in detail for a purpose
  7. One of very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  8. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  9. moving toward the same place
Down
  1. an extinct reptile that lived 300 millions years ago
  2. hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
  3. an object diagram, or computer program that’s helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  4. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  5. moving apart in different directions
  6. the outside or top layer of something
  7. layer- earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water
  8. How often or fast something happens
  9. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  10. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  11. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • a sudden shake of earths surface • 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 • an extinct reptile that lived 300 millions years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Vocab 2024-04-12

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. community- mature form of an ecosystem
  2. cleaning forest land and repurposing it for non forest use.
  3. zone- aquatic regions that do not have sunlight unable to support photosynthesis.
  4. collection of ecosystems characterized by different temperature.
  5. zone- aquatic regions with sunlight penetration, available to support photosynthesis
  6. land ecosystems characterized by average temperature precipitation
  7. created from a mutualistic symbolic relationshop between plant and fungus
  8. when human population becomes so large they are not supported by an ecosystem.
  9. warming-long term changes to the average temp weather patterns
  10. biomes where fresh and saltwater meet.
  11. web- visual representation of the feeding interaction of ecosystems
  12. species- non native species in an area often able to compete.
  13. species- Key organisms in an ecosystem that helps stabilize and maintain organisms.
Down
  1. biome- water ecosystems characterized by light availability, water depth
  2. measurement of the variety and richness of an ecosystem
  3. species- species that evolve and are only found in one location
  4. pockets ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean near divergent plate boundaries.
  5. succession- predictable changes in an ecosystem as it progresses from pioneer species to bare rock.
  6. succession- predictable changes in a echo system after a disturbance as it progresses towards climax community
  7. the introduction of harmful materials into the environment from human sources.
  8. includes substances that damage the quality of land.
  9. species - first species to invade or overpopulate an area.

22 Clues: community- mature form of an ecosystem • biomes where fresh and saltwater meet. • includes substances that damage the quality of land. • measurement of the variety and richness of an ecosystem • species - first species to invade or overpopulate an area. • cleaning forest land and repurposing it for non forest use. • ...

Unit 8 Vocabulary Activity 2024-04-17

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

20 Clues: Hatred, ill-will • Tireless, continuing with vigor • A very close friend, chum, buddy • To declare publicly or officially • Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic • Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren • Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind • Very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot • Clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck • ...

Picnic Point High School Library 2024-12-02

Picnic Point High School Library crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mrs _____________ is the coolest Librarian.
  2. send an email if you require this.
  3. could you last 5 nights here?
  4. maybe it will happen this summer! CoA F HAN
  5. you can read these books as fast as a _________.
  6. 567.903 WOO
  7. he rode in a glass elevator and inherited a chocolate factory.
  8. Mrs ____ teaches Secondary Studies.
  9. this author is a weirdo.
  10. Non-Fiction 932
  11. the hard edge of the book where the pages connect.
  12. ____________ and Max Adv F HAR
  13. Adv F BLY Edith _________.
  14. Ms ______ can help you at the circulation desk.
  15. these are funny books.
  16. reading these books is like looking into a crystal ball.
  17. anyone want to play? 794.1 LEV
  18. Dys F ROT
  19. Study Guides 570.76
Down
  1. this room is used by students studying languages online.
  2. 3 initials 973.9 MCE
  3. Hor F DEL
  4. this room is painted black with an aboriginal mural.
  5. Batman reads these novels.
  6. Dia F ZOM Diary of a Minecraft ________________.
  7. Attack on Titan.
  8. the Learning Center conducts ____________ sessions.
  9. it's Aboriginal for embrace.
  10. author of George's Secret Key.
  11. this genre will blow your mind.
  12. Alicia ___________ is a heartstopper.
  13. go see Mr Allan if you want a job.
  14. graveyard genre.
  15. was a prisoner of Azkaban.
  16. books that are make believe or not true stories.
  17. on a train 941.5952

36 Clues: Hor F DEL • Dys F ROT • 567.903 WOO • Non-Fiction 932 • Attack on Titan. • graveyard genre. • on a train 941.5952 • Study Guides 570.76 • 3 initials 973.9 MCE • these are funny books. • this author is a weirdo. • Batman reads these novels. • Adv F BLY Edith _________. • was a prisoner of Azkaban. • it's Aboriginal for embrace. • could you last 5 nights here? • author of George's Secret Key. • ...

AP Bio Evolution Puzzle 2025-04-08

AP Bio Evolution Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Types of structures that indicate recent common ancestry
  2. Hybrid breakdown is an example of this disruption to breeding
  3. Sharing of alleles is interrupted before the zygote is formed
  4. Change in allele frequencies due to random chance
  5. Type of evolution where organisms evolve similar traits because of selective pressures (birds and butterflies with flight)
  6. Type of lizard we watched a short film on for speciation
  7. When a species splits into two or more species
  8. Another name for speciation. Large scale changes above species level
  9. Types of structures that evolved due to similar selective pressures but not necessarily a common ancestor
  10. When reproduction between a species is interrupted by a geographic change
  11. An organisms role in its environment
  12. A way of testing to see if a population is evolving using math
Down
  1. Rapid evolution of a species from a common ancestor sometimes after mass extinction
  2. When organisms fight over the same resource
  3. Change of allele frequency
  4. Change over time
  5. Differences in traits within a population
  6. Structures that are remnants of an ancestral species (femur in whales)
  7. Change in allele frequencies due to migration
  8. The mechanism for evolution put forth by Charles Darwin
  9. A way speciation can happen through changes in interbreeding in a species
  10. Type of evolution where species share homologous structures and a recent common ancestor

22 Clues: Change over time • Change of allele frequency • An organisms role in its environment • Differences in traits within a population • When organisms fight over the same resource • Change in allele frequencies due to migration • When a species splits into two or more species • Change in allele frequencies due to random chance • ...

U-Pick Project 2025-05-06

U-Pick Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundaries slide past each other in two opposite horizontal directions
  2. Innermost layer of the Earth
  3. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface by wind, rain, and other forces
  4. Heat is transferred in waves through the air
  5. A volcanically active area
  6. Molten rock at or above Earth's surface
  7. Type of rock that forms from sediments
  8. Area of volcanic and seismic activity that surrounds the Pacific plate
  9. Shaking or trembling of the Earth's crust
  10. Blocks near the fault move horizontally past one another
  11. Type of rock that forms from magma or lava
  12. Not from a living thing
Down
  1. Force that pulls on the ends of rock causing it to get thinner in the middle
  2. Type of rock that forms from great heat and pressure
  3. Process by which weathered rock and soil are moved from one place to another
  4. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
  5. When plate boundaries move towards each other
  6. All water on Earth
  7. The Earth itself
  8. Lava moving across Earth's surface
  9. Molten rock below Earth's surface
  10. Plate boundaries move away from each other
  11. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
  12. Occurs where one plate moves under another plate
  13. Outermost layer of the Earth

25 Clues: The Earth itself • All water on Earth • Not from a living thing • A volcanically active area • Innermost layer of the Earth • Outermost layer of the Earth • Molten rock below Earth's surface • Lava moving across Earth's surface • Type of rock that forms from sediments • Molten rock at or above Earth's surface • Shaking or trembling of the Earth's crust • ...

Plate Motion 2024-09-18

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand
  2. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  4. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  5. to examine in detail for a purpose
  6. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  7. moving apart in different directions
  8. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  9. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  10. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  11. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
Down
  1. the place where two plates meet
  2. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the
  3. moving toward the same place
  4. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  5. is a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  6. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  7. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  8. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  9. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  10. how often or fast something happens

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

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  2. these often happen at convergent boundaries when two plates colide
  3. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  4. When two plates move together and one goes under the other
  5. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  6. the layer under the land and ocean
  7. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  8. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  9. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  10. something we observe to be similar over and over again
Down
  1. Underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  3. the outside or top layer of something
  4. these happen often at a divergent boundary when the mantle is coming up between two plates
  5. The planet we live on
  6. our teacher
  7. when two plates slide next to each other
  8. There are 12 on earth
  9. The name of the puzzle
  10. when two plates are moving apart from each other
  11. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

21 Clues: our teacher • The planet we live on • There are 12 on earth • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. There are 12 on earth
  2. The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  3. the layer under the land and ocean
  4. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  5. The name of the puzzle
  6. Underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  7. the outside or top layer of something
  8. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  9. when two plates are moving apart from each other
  10. when two plates slide next to each other
  11. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  12. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
Down
  1. our teacher
  2. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  3. these often happen at convergent boundaries when two plates colide
  4. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  5. When two plates move together and one goes under the other
  6. The planet we live on
  7. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  8. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  9. these happen often at a divergent boundary when the mantle is coming up between two plates

21 Clues: our teacher • There are 12 on earth • The planet we live on • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  3. when two plates are moving apart from each other
  4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. when two plates slide next to each other
  6. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  7. The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  8. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
Down
  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  2. There are 12 on earth
  3. The name of the puzzle
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  5. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  7. the layer under the land and ocean
  8. these often happen at convergent boundaries when two plates colide
  9. these happen often at a divergent boundary when the mantle is coming up between two plates
  10. our teacher
  11. When two plates move together and one goes under the other
  12. the outside or top layer of something
  13. The planet we live on

21 Clues: our teacher • There are 12 on earth • The planet we live on • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  2. The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  5. our teacher
  6. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  7. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  8. Underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  9. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  10. when two plates slide next to each other
Down
  1. When two plates move together and one goes under the other
  2. the layer under the land and ocean
  3. these often happen at convergent boundaries when two plates colide
  4. There are 12 on earth
  5. The name of the puzzle
  6. these happen often at a divergent boundary when the mantle is coming up between two plates
  7. the outside or top layer of something
  8. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  9. when two plates are moving apart from each other
  10. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  11. The planet we live on

21 Clues: our teacher • There are 12 on earth • The planet we live on • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Tafakkur 2025-10-31

Tafakkur crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boshqalarning tasirisiz oʻz fikrini shakllantirishga tafakkurning....deyiladi
  2. soʻzda ifodalangan gʻoya va tushunchalarga tayangan holda bevosita idrok natijasida chiqargan hukm va mulohazalarga .....tafakkur deyiladi
  3. hukm va tushunchalar oʻrtasidagi bogʻlanishdan yangi fikrni keltirib chiqarishga nima deyiladi?
  4. tafakkurning.....-insonning fikrini tez shakllantira olish va muammoga tez javob topa olish qobiliyati
  5. tildan foydalanish jarayoni, shaxsiy faoliyat mahsuli nima?
  6. narsa va hodisaga xos boʻlgan umumiy va xarakterli xususiyatlarini aks ettirishga nima deyiladi?
  7. bevosita hayotda va harakatlarimiz mobaynida hosil boʻlgan fikrlarga- .....tafakkur deyiladi
  8. .....-koʻrgan, bilgan narsamizni qanday boʻlsa shundayligicha oʻzgarishsiz qaytarish va tafakkur qilish
  9. tafakkurning qaysi operatsiyasi narsa yoki hodisalarni bir tizimga solishdan iborat
  10. masalaning yechimi faqat bitta boʻlgandagi fikrlash nima?
  11. hodisalarni ichki bogʻlanish va munosabatlardan qat'iy nazar bir tomonlama takidlash nima?
Down
  1. bir turkum narsalarning oʻxshash muhim belgilarini bir tushuncha qilib fikrda birlashtirishga nima deyiladi?
  2. tafakkurning....-inson oʻz fikrini dalil va hayotiy asoslar bilan isbotlay olishi kerak
  3. narsa va hodisani fikran yoki amaliy jihatdan xususiyatlarini tahlil qilish nima?
  4. fikrlash elementlariga yangilik, noyoblik va qaytarilmaslik qoʻshilgandagi tafakkurga nima deyiladi?
  5. ....-insonning fikrini tez va oʻzgaruvchan sharoitga qarab yoʻnaltira bilish
  6. muammo yoki masala yuzasidan bir nechta yechimlar paydo boʻlishiga nima deyiladi?
  7. tafakkurning qaysi operatsiyasi obyektiv dunyodagi narsa va hodisalarning bir-biriga oʻxshashligi va farqi bilan bogʻliq
  8. narsa va hodisalar oʻrtasidagi muhim bogʻlanish va munosabatlarning ongimizda aks etishiga nima deyiladi
  9. narsa va hodisalarning belgi va xususiyatlari haqida tasdiqlab yoki inkor qilib aytilgan fikr nima?

20 Clues: masalaning yechimi faqat bitta boʻlgandagi fikrlash nima? • tildan foydalanish jarayoni, shaxsiy faoliyat mahsuli nima? • ....-insonning fikrini tez va oʻzgaruvchan sharoitga qarab yoʻnaltira bilish • boshqalarning tasirisiz oʻz fikrini shakllantirishga tafakkurning....deyiladi • narsa va hodisani fikran yoki amaliy jihatdan xususiyatlarini tahlil qilish nima? • ...

plate tectonics 2024-05-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper mantle) is divided into a number of large, plate like sections that move as distinct masses.
Down
  1. A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another
  2. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  3. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  4. moving away from what is expected

5 Clues: moving away from what is expected • any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another • ...

Plate Boundary Seatwork 2023-08-01

Plate Boundary Seatwork crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
  2. type of boundary where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other
  3. type of boundary where the crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.
Down
  1. type of boundary where the crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  2. The location where two plates meet

5 Clues: The location where two plates meet • a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth. • type of boundary where the crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. • type of boundary where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other • ...

Earth Space Honors Semester 1 Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-08

Earth Space Honors Semester 1 Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the three mechanisms of plate motion; occurs at convergent boundaries
  2. Zone of rapid change in temperature with depth in the ocean
  3. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the ice
  4. Tool used to measure air pressure
  5. The study of the atmosphere and weather
  6. The variable that the scientist changes on purpose AKA independent or manipulated
  7. The largest reservoir (or sink) for both water and carbon dioxide
  8. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the living things
  9. Variable that is located on the y-axis of a bar or line graph
  10. Plate boundary that forms mountain ranges
Down
  1. Process in the water cycle that occurs when plants release excess water vapor into the air
  2. Part of the Earth system that is made up of liquid water
  3. Currents that are driven by wind
  4. Plate boundary where new seafloor forms
  5. Factor that can change in an experiment
  6. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the gases that surround Earth
  7. Plate boundary where MOST earthquakes occur
  8. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the rocks and Earth's interior
  9. Deep ocean currents are driven by changes in temperature and ___________
  10. The vertical movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
  11. Process in which cells convert sugars into usable energy

21 Clues: Currents that are driven by wind • Tool used to measure air pressure • Plate boundary where new seafloor forms • Factor that can change in an experiment • The study of the atmosphere and weather • Plate boundary that forms mountain ranges • Plate boundary where MOST earthquakes occur • Part of the Earth system that contains all of the ice • ...

Eartquake/Volcano Crossword puzzle 2021-12-17

Eartquake/Volcano Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep valley where two plates move in opposite directions
  2. The thickest layer of earth that consist of the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Alfred Wegener's theory that the Continents was once a huge landmass
  4. A plate boundary that hit each other, moving it in different directions
  5. What causes the tectonic plates to move through the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  6. A plate boundary that moves apart from each other
  7. A landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
  8. A molten layer of iron and nickel surrounding the earth's inner core
  9. A soft layer of the mantle and where the lithosphere floats
  10. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench and back into a convergent plate boundary
  11. A deep and wide crack on the ocean floor
  12. A ball of solid material at the center of the earth
Down
  1. Where molten material makes new ocean floor
  2. A crack in the lithosphere which rocks move along
  3. A theory explaining the structure of the earth
  4. A layer that forms on the surface of the earth
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move together
  6. An underwater mountain chain where a divergent plate boundary creates new ocean floor
  7. A scientist who first learned about and told the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912
  8. A layer made up of part of the mantle and the crust

20 Clues: A deep and wide crack on the ocean floor • Where molten material makes new ocean floor • A theory explaining the structure of the earth • A layer that forms on the surface of the earth • A plate boundary where two plates move together • A crack in the lithosphere which rocks move along • A plate boundary that moves apart from each other • ...

Earthquake/volcano crossword puzzle 2021-12-17

Earthquake/volcano crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep valley where two plates move in oppisite directions
  2. The thickest layer of earth that consist of the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Alfred Wegener's theory that the Continents was once a huge landmass
  4. A plate boundary that hit each other, moving it in different directions
  5. What causes the tectonic plates to move through the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  6. A plate boundary that moves apart from each other
  7. A landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
  8. A molten layer of iron and nickle surrounding the earth's inner core
  9. A soft layer of the mantle and where the lithosphere floats
  10. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench and back into a convergent plate boundary
  11. A deep and wide crack on the ocean floor
  12. A ball of solid material at the center of the earth
Down
  1. Where molten material makes new ocean floor
  2. A crack in the lithosphere which rocks move along
  3. A theory explaining the structure of the earth
  4. A layer that forms on the surface of the earth
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move together
  6. An underwater mountain chain where a divergent plate boundary creates new ocean floor
  7. A scientist who first learned about and told the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912
  8. A layer made up of part of the mantle and the crust

20 Clues: A deep and wide crack on the ocean floor • Where molten material makes new ocean floor • A theory explaining the structure of the earth • A layer that forms on the surface of the earth • A plate boundary where two plates move together • A crack in the lithosphere which rocks move along • A plate boundary that moves apart from each other • ...