plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) 2014-02-20

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates that pull away from each other.
  2. two plates slipping passed one another.
  3. a line of volcanos located on the outer edges of the Pacific plate
  4. the plate that hold most of earths water
  5. the year that the theory became known (in 1900's)
  6. a land form that is formed where a convergent plate comes together usually shoots out lava
  7. the plate that holds North America
  8. two plates pushing against each other that can form mountains.
Down
  1. the plate in witch the Caribbean lies
  2. the plate that holds the third largest continent(Africa)
  3. the plate that upholds fiji
  4. caused by a divergent plate pulling away from one another and creates an underwater ridge Ex: Mid Atlantic Ridge
  5. holds the worlds largest continent/also the worlds largest country(Russia)
  6. the plate in witch South America is located
  7. the plate just west of the South American plate (stats with a N)
  8. these are caused by two convergent plates running into each other (they move upward)
  9. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  10. the plate in witch Antarctica is located
  11. the plate in witch the philippines are located
  12. the plate that lies bettween the eurasian plate and the african plate(Arabian sea)

20 Clues: the plate that upholds fiji • the plate that holds North America • the plate in witch the Caribbean lies • two plates slipping passed one another. • the plate that hold most of earths water • the plate in witch Antarctica is located • two plates that pull away from each other. • the plate in witch South America is located • the plate in witch the philippines are located • ...

volcano 2024-07-07

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-02-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary, occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
  2. wave, a wave of energy that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
  3. is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  4. is a channel for conveying water or other fluid
  5. boundary, occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  7. zone, is a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
Down
  1. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this
  2. 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
  3. is not expected to ever erupt again
  4. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  5. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
  6. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or submarine landslide
  7. is the outermost shell of a planet
  8. plates, are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere
  9. boundary, is a place where plates slide sideways past each other
  10. have not erupted for a very long time but may erupt at a future time

17 Clues: is the outermost shell of a planet • is not expected to ever erupt again • is a channel for conveying water or other fluid • is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • boundary, occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • boundary, is a place where plates slide sideways past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Are the remains of things that lived long ago
  2. Plates that slide past each other
  3. A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  4. Things have been melted, often by great heat
  5. Things move away from each other
  6. The largest volcano on Earth
  7. Soft layer of melted rock under the lithosphere
  8. A German scientist in 1912 that suggested that at one time all of the continents were joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea
Down
  1. As the plates move the continents on them move as well
  2. Things move closer to each other
  3. Where 90% of all of the volcanoes are located
  4. The process in which one tectonic plate is forced beneath the edge of another plate
  5. The transform fault that extends for hundreds of miles through the state of California
  6. Earth's rigid outer layer
  7. The "Supercontinent"
  8. A British geologist that purposed that the heat from Earth's mantel caused continental drift
  9. The portion of the Earth lying between the crust and the core

17 Clues: The "Supercontinent" • Earth's rigid outer layer • The largest volcano on Earth • Things move closer to each other • Things move away from each other • Plates that slide past each other • Things have been melted, often by great heat • Where 90% of all of the volcanoes are located • Are the remains of things that lived long ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the closer to the epicenter of the earthquake, the more intense the shaking
  2. a crack in the Earth's crust
  3. a vibration of the Earth that is produced by a quick release of energy
  4. machine used to measure the seismic waves
  5. causes subduction, earthquakes, formation of trenches and mountains
  6. where inside the Earth that the earthquake occurred
  7. study of the large scale motion of the plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere
Down
  1. where on the Earth's surface (directly above the focus) that the earthquake occurred
  2. the measure of the earthquake remains unchanged despite the distance from the epicenter
  3. wave that makes the ground shake and roll
  4. causes seafloor spreading, mid-ocean ridges, earthquakes and rift valleys
  5. causes major earthquake
  6. wave that compresses and expands
  7. earth consists of ___ major plates
  8. tectonic plates are ____________ moving
  9. the data that is collected from earthquakes
  10. wave that vibrates side to side or up and down

17 Clues: causes major earthquake • a crack in the Earth's crust • wave that compresses and expands • earth consists of ___ major plates • tectonic plates are ____________ moving • wave that makes the ground shake and roll • machine used to measure the seismic waves • the data that is collected from earthquakes • wave that vibrates side to side or up and down • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-10-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary boundary between two colliding plates
  2. the bending of rock layers
  3. layer between the crust and the core
  4. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  5. a squeezing force
  6. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  7. outermost layer of the Earth
  8. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
Down
  1. drift theory that continents drift apart
  2. boundary boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  3. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  4. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  5. soft layer of the mantle
  6. boundary boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  7. a pulling force
  8. a break in the Earth's crust
  9. core liquid layer of the Earth's core

17 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core solid, dense center of the Earth • core liquid layer of the Earth's core • drift theory that continents drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift theory that continents drift apart
  2. a pulling force
  3. outermost layer of the Earth
  4. a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  5. boundary between two colliding plates
  6. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  7. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  8. a break in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. layer between the crust and the core
  2. soft layer of the mantle
  3. new lithosphere is created here
  4. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  5. the bending of rock layers
  6. a squeezing force
  7. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  8. core liquid layer of the Earth's core
  9. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth

17 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • a break in the Earth's crust • new lithosphere is created here • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • core solid, dense center of the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-06-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of plates next to each other, causing long linear valleys
  2. The movement of plates toward each other, causing mountain ranges
  3. A type of plate in the Earth's crust that moves over magma
  4. The 'o' in BOLTSS stands for...
  5. A mountain range above India, that includes Mount Everest
  6. Tectonic plates move at the same rate as your....... grow
  7. A weak spot in the mantle, where magma can escape to form volcanos
  8. A mountain range that runs through Canada and USA
Down
  1. Molten rock that moves in currents in the mantle
  2. When a heavier, denser plate is pushed under another
  3. A type of plate that is below an ocean
  4. The study of the Earth's environment, landscapes and people
  5. A mountain range on the west coast of South America
  6. The gradual movement of continents on the Earth's surface
  7. The type of plate that is under land
  8. The part of the Earth that contains magma and is between the crust and the core
  9. The movement of plates away from each other, creating ridges and rift valleys

17 Clues: The 'o' in BOLTSS stands for... • The type of plate that is under land • A type of plate that is below an ocean • Molten rock that moves in currents in the mantle • A mountain range that runs through Canada and USA • A mountain range on the west coast of South America • When a heavier, denser plate is pushed under another • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What boundary occurs when two plates pull apart.
  2. What occurs when hot rock moves in circular motions, hot rock going up and cold rock down?
  3. How does igneous rock turn into sediments?
  4. Where do convection currents occur?
  5. What boundary occurs when 2 plates move next to eachother?
  6. What do divergent boundries form?
  7. What do divergent boundaries cause other than ridges?
Down
  1. What plate boundary is it when a sudbuction zone occurs?
  2. What plate goes under the other.
  3. What is the crust of the upper mantle?
  4. What forms when two continental plates collide?
  5. How does magma turn into igneous rock?
  6. What shows up in extrusive and instrusive igneous rock to tell them apart?
  7. What do sediments go through to get to sedimentary rock?
  8. What happens when the ground shakes?
  9. What can transform boundaries make other than earthquakes?
  10. What cools that turns into igneous rock?

17 Clues: What plate goes under the other. • What do divergent boundries form? • Where do convection currents occur? • What happens when the ground shakes? • What is the crust of the upper mantle? • How does magma turn into igneous rock? • What cools that turns into igneous rock? • How does igneous rock turn into sediments? • What forms when two continental plates collide? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is one of the largest mountain ranges in the world and lies on a divergent plate boundary. It is formed when the gap left by the operating tectonic plate boundary is filled with molten material, causing a ridge to form.
  2. The name of the supercontinent that was created when bits of the continents merged millions of years ago.
  3. Geologists found similar plant and animal _______ on different continents. This shows that once the continents were together in a supercontinent.
  4. ___________ crust is the crust that forms on land.
  5. The layer of the earth that the crust lays on top of.
  6. _______ crust is the crust that forms in the ocean.
  7. It has been found that ________ ______ on different continents have the same rock types, rock layers, and rock ages and that they seem to connect, supporting the theory of continental drift.
  8. A giant deep ocean trench in the Pacific Ocean that lies at a convergent plate boundary and was formed through subduction
  9. This is the name of the plate boundary that forms when two tectonic plates crash into each other head on.
Down
  1. These things deposited coal and limestone and made scratches in the rock on different continents that when matched up revealed that the continents were once joined together into a supercontinent.
  2. __________ happens when a denser tectonic plate is shoved underneath a less dense tectonic plate and the denser plate melts in the mantle.
  3. _____ is what it is called when waves of sound are bounced off of an object to record the distance and shape of the object.
  4. This plate boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates rub and scrape against each other horizontally.
  6. When molten material fills the gap left behind by ocean trenches it causes the seafloor to get bigger. This is called ___ _____ _________.
  7. The person who invented the theory of continental drift and Pangaea (Last name).
  8. The broken up bits of the earth's crust that slowly move, collide, scrape together, and pull apart.

17 Clues: ___________ crust is the crust that forms on land. • _______ crust is the crust that forms in the ocean. • The layer of the earth that the crust lays on top of. • This plate boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • The person who invented the theory of continental drift and Pangaea (Last name). • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thinnest Layer
  2. Plates colliding
  3. Rigid layer on crust
  4. Product of Convection Currents
  5. Surrounds the inner core
  6. Soft layer of the mantle
  7. Plates separating
  8. The denser crust
  9. Thickest Layer
  10. Used to track plate tectonic movement
  11. Process to make magma and new land
Down
  1. The belief of a super continent
  2. The less dense crust
  3. Where to plates meet
  4. Densest Layer
  5. Happens in order to make magma
  6. Plates Sliding

17 Clues: Densest Layer • Thinnest Layer • Plates Sliding • Thickest Layer • Plates colliding • The denser crust • Plates separating • The less dense crust • Where to plates meet • Rigid layer on crust • Surrounds the inner core • Soft layer of the mantle • Product of Convection Currents • Happens in order to make magma • The belief of a super continent • Process to make magma and new land • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword 2022-01-21

Plate Tectonic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fault that runs through the center of California
  2. process occurring in the mantle that moves tectonic plates
  3. tallest mountain range in the world, formed at a convergent plate
  4. layer of the Earth that drives plate tectonics
  5. when an oceanic plate is pushed below a continental plate
  6. type of plate that is less dense
  7. layer of the Earth that produces the magnetic
  8. outermost layer of the Earth where we live
  9. plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other
  10. innermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  2. each other
  3. Volcano in the cascade mountains that erupted in 1980
  4. landform created from subduction zones
  5. event that occurs when transform boundaries slide past each other
  6. type of plate that is more dense
  7. name of the landmass when all the continents were all together as one supercontinent
  8. oceanic plates are more ____________ than continental plates
  9. island country in the North Atlantic formed from a divergent plate boundary
  10. plate boundary where two plates are moving

20 Clues: each other • innermost layer of the Earth • type of plate that is more dense • type of plate that is less dense • landform created from subduction zones • outermost layer of the Earth where we live • plate boundary where two plates are moving • layer of the Earth that produces the magnetic • layer of the Earth that drives plate tectonics • ...

Unit 4 - Plate Tectonics Crossword 2020-12-03

Unit 4 - Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of plate boundary where subduction occurs because two plates are moving together.
  2. The remains of plant or animals preserved in Rock
  3. Plate that is mostly covered by water and is currently being subducted under the Eurasian plate
  4. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  5. Southern most plate on the globe.
  6. Ridge that runs from Iceland and greenland through the atlantic ocean almost all the way to antartica. It is a divergent boundary that caused an underwater mountain range.
  7. The shaking of the ground caused most often by movement of tectonic plates.
  8. Name of the plate that includes Europe and Asia
  9. Scientist who first discovered the Pacific Mountain range off the west coast of South America. The discovery eventually lead to the theory of plate tectonics.
  10. Valley A low spot caused by divergent boundaries. Sometimes widening far enough to become an ocean.
  11. Type of fault normaly found at a transform boundary.
Down
  1. Process by which one tectonic plate slides under another, creating deep ocean trenches, volcanic mountains, and earthquakes.
  2. Arch Line of volcanic islands that parallels a deep ocean trench at an Oceanic-Oceanic subduction zone.
  3. The name of the plate to the west of South America
  4. Name for the ancient supercontinent that was formed when the continents were once together.
  5. Type of plate boundary where two plates are moving apart.
  6. Mountain range formed where the Indo-Australian plate is converging with the Eurasian plate.
  7. Tectonics The theory that the Earth's crust is broken into separate sections plates that ride on top of the aesthenosphere and carry the continents with them as they are driven by convection currents.
  8. Largest Rift Valley on the planet.
  9. Process that causes currents in the mantle of the Earth that drives the tectonic plates
  10. Large wave created by earthquakes at subduction zones.
  11. The geologic formation that caused the Hawaiian islands to form and geysers to erupt.
  12. Scientist who first hypothesized that they continents were once together and formed on giant landmass.

23 Clues: Southern most plate on the globe. • Largest Rift Valley on the planet. • Name of the plate that includes Europe and Asia • The remains of plant or animals preserved in Rock • The name of the plate to the west of South America • Type of fault normaly found at a transform boundary. • Large wave created by earthquakes at subduction zones. • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-10-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  2. a squeezing force
  3. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  4. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  5. boundary boundary between two colliding plates
  6. boundary boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  7. a pulling force
  8. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
Down
  1. soft layer of the mantle
  2. a break in the Earth's crust
  3. the bending of rock layers
  4. drift theory that continents drift apart
  5. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  6. core liquid layer of the Earth's core
  7. layer between the crust and the core
  8. boundary boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  9. outermost layer of the Earth

17 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core liquid layer of the Earth's core • core solid, dense center of the Earth • drift theory that continents drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid,dense center of the Earth.
  2. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  3. a fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
  4. the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed.
  5. the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
  6. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.
  7. the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material.
  8. the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  3. the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  4. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  5. the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
  6. a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
  7. the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.
  8. the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust.
  9. the thin,outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of the lithosphere.
  10. literally, the "middle sphere"-the strong,lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.

18 Clues: the solid,dense center of the Earth. • the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. • the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle. • the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed. • the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust. • the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat transfer by the movement of currents in a liquid
  2. the theory that states that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in slow, constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. Liquids rise and fall in a convection current because of this
  4. a single section of the lithosphere
  5. A soft sublayer of the mantle
  6. the place where two plates collide
  7. core The solid sublayer of the core
  8. The ocean floor moving apart like conveyor belts. This occurs as a result of new crust being added
Down
  1. the place where two plates move away from each other
  2. The innermost layer of the Earth
  3. The uppermost layer of the mantle and the crust
  4. The outermost layer of the Earth made up of solid rock
  5. the place where two plates slide across each other in opposite directions
  6. The liquid sublayer of the core
  7. A main layer of the Earth made up of molten rock
  8. The theory that continents were once connected in one landmass and have separated and moved away from each other
  9. the name of the landmass before the continents separated

17 Clues: A soft sublayer of the mantle • The liquid sublayer of the core • The innermost layer of the Earth • the place where two plates collide • a single section of the lithosphere • core The solid sublayer of the core • The uppermost layer of the mantle and the crust • A main layer of the Earth made up of molten rock • the place where two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  2. ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  3. ‐A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction.
  4. ‐ A trembling and shaking of the earth's surface resulting from the sudden release of energy in the crust.
  5. Boundary ‐The boundary that occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  6. plate ‐ a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere.
  7. ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  8. ‐ The name given to the super continent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present‐day continents were joined together in one large landmass.
  9. boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
Down
  1. Boundary ‐The boundary that occurs where two plates are moving apart from each other.
  2. ‐ a straight line of travel where data is being collected.
  3. ‐ a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  4. Core ‐The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel.
  5. ‐ Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer.
  6. spot ‐ is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  7. ‐ Made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
  8. ‐ the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. Core ‐ This layer of the earth lies between the mantle and the solid inner core.
  10. ‐Molten rock that flows beneath the earth's surface and is made up of gases, liquids, and crystals.
  11. ‐ This dense layer of the earth is made of hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust.

20 Clues: ‐ the outermost layer of Earth. • ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface. • ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • ‐ Made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle • ‐ a straight line of travel where data is being collected. • boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • ‐ Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Small earthquake before earthquake
  2. Earths middle layer
  3. Type of fault where the motion is opposite of normal faults
  4. Large sea wave
  5. Earths first layer
  6. Type of fault that occurs when hanging walls drop relative to the foot wall
  7. Earths final layer
  8. Shaking of Earth because of a rapid release of energy
  9. Type of plate boundary where two plates are being pushed apart
Down
  1. Type of plate boundary where two plates are being pushed together
  2. When sandy soil becomes saturated with water and can no long support buildings
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates are sliding past one another
  4. Small earthquake after earthquake
  5. Type of fault where rocks are pushed horizontally in opposite directions
  6. Caused by loosened soil or lots of rain
  7. A force that can deform or move rock
  8. Volcanic mudflow of water and ash

17 Clues: Large sea wave • Earths first layer • Earths final layer • Earths middle layer • Small earthquake after earthquake • Volcanic mudflow of water and ash • Small earthquake before earthquake • A force that can deform or move rock • Caused by loosened soil or lots of rain • Shaking of Earth because of a rapid release of energy • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. Crust is destroyed.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions. No crust formed or destroyed.
  3. The name of the single landmass - a supercontinent - that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  4. Theory created by Alfred Wegener that describe the movement of continents away from the supercontinent Pangaea over time.
  5. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor.
  6. Large movable plates of lithosphere under the Earth's surface that "ride" or move on the asthenosphere.
  7. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.
Down
  1. The region where two tectonic plates are in contact and result in a natural phenomena or landform.
  2. Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge, slabs of rock - continental and oceanic - moving on the asthenosphere.
  3. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
  5. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  6. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
  7. Some are formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. New crust is formed.
  9. A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled.
  10. A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.

17 Clues: A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean. • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor. • A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. Crust is destroyed. • The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the crust of the upper mantle?
  2. How does magma turn into igneous rock?
  3. What plate goes under the other.
  4. What boundary occurs when two plates pull apart.
  5. What shows up in extrusive and instrusive igneous rock to tell them apart?
  6. What can transform boundaries make other than earthquakes?
  7. What cools that turns into igneous rock?
  8. Where do convection currents occur?
  9. What happens when the ground shakes?
  10. How does igneous rock turn into sediments?
Down
  1. What occurs when hot rock moves in circular motions, hot rock going up and cold rock down?
  2. What forms when two continental plates collide?
  3. What plate boundary is it when a sudbuction zone occurs?
  4. What boundary occurs when 2 plates move next to eachother?
  5. What do divergent boundaries cause other than ridges?
  6. What do divergent boundries form?
  7. What do sediments go through to get to sedimentary rock?

17 Clues: What plate goes under the other. • What do divergent boundries form? • Where do convection currents occur? • What happens when the ground shakes? • What is the crust of the upper mantle? • How does magma turn into igneous rock? • What cools that turns into igneous rock? • How does igneous rock turn into sediments? • What forms when two continental plates collide? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the stress that pulls rock
  2. a tool that measures the force of an earthquake
  3. the record produced by an earthquake
  4. a force that changes somethings volume or shape
  5. causes two plates to slip past each other and break
  6. a scale that measures the seismic waves intensity
  7. a violent shaking of the ground
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  1. records the total destruction of an earthquake
  2. the stress that pushes rock together
  3. caused by tension
  4. roll the ground like ocean waves
  5. caused by shearing
  6. often known as the secondary wave
  7. the point directly above the focus
  8. the place in Earths crust where the earthquakes starts
  9. caused by compression
  10. the seismic wave that arrives fist

17 Clues: caused by tension • caused by shearing • caused by compression • the stress that pulls rock • a violent shaking of the ground • roll the ground like ocean waves • often known as the secondary wave • the point directly above the focus • the seismic wave that arrives fist • the stress that pushes rock together • the record produced by an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transferring through empty space
  2. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  3. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  4. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  5. a part of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a mountain with magma in it
  7. A black volcanic rock
  8. when two plates slide past eachother
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  1. a colorful rock found on the crust
  2. when two plate collide
  3. first layer of the earth
  4. third layer of the earth
  5. happens when two plate pull away from eachother
  6. super continents
  7. waves made during an earthquake
  8. An extended break in a body of rock
  9. The second layer of the earth

17 Clues: super continents • A black volcanic rock • when two plate collide • first layer of the earth • third layer of the earth • a mountain with magma in it • The second layer of the earth • waves made during an earthquake • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • a part of the crust and upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates move apart
  2. is called the movement of plates
  3. The site of oldest ocean crust
  4. under the ocean floor.
  5. Pangaea.
  6. created the Theory of Contenintal Drift?
  7. under the continents.
  8. when two plates collide.
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  1. descend into the mantle below trenches in
  2. made when two plates collide
  3. of continents before they separated.
  4. outermost layer of the earth
  5. Wegener proposed the hypothesis that the continents
  6. once assembled together as a supercontinent he
  7. Located under the ocean floor
  8. plates move side slip
  9. a line of mountains connected by high ground.

17 Clues: Pangaea. • plates move apart • plates move side slip • under the continents. • under the ocean floor. • when two plates collide. • made when two plates collide • outermost layer of the earth • Located under the ocean floor • The site of oldest ocean crust • is called the movement of plates • of continents before they separated. • created the Theory of Contenintal Drift? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-11-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. part of core that is metallic
  2. records earthquake wave
  3. used to locate a epicenter
  4. means sliding past each other
  5. means separating
  6. travels the fastest
  7. ocean where the mid-ocean ridge is located
  8. means sinking area
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  1. means coming together
  2. part of core that is liquid
  3. ancient super-continent
  4. type of current where warm fluids rise
  5. outer layer of Earth
  6. seismic sea wave
  7. located on the Earth's surface
  8. located deep inside the Crust
  9. layer that acts like a paste

17 Clues: seismic sea wave • means separating • means sinking area • travels the fastest • outer layer of Earth • means coming together • ancient super-continent • records earthquake wave • used to locate a epicenter • part of core that is liquid • layer that acts like a paste • part of core that is metallic • means sliding past each other • located deep inside the Crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The supercontinent where all land was once together
  2. The theory that all of Earth was once together
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
  4. a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift.
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. The crashing/colliding of two plate boundaries
  7. Two plates that slide past each other
  8. Where two plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes
Down
  1. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  2. rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the solid outermost layer of the upper mantle/where the plates are located
  3. Scientist who came up with the Continental Drift Theory
  4. Created when two continental plates collide
  5. The theory that says HOW the continents move around
  6. Created when a Oceanic plate and Continental Plate crash together
  7. The separation of two plate boundaries
  8. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another.
  9. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics

17 Clues: Two plates that slide past each other • The separation of two plate boundaries • Created when two continental plates collide • The theory that all of Earth was once together • The crashing/colliding of two plate boundaries • The supercontinent where all land was once together • The theory that says HOW the continents move around • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-25

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  2. two plates coming together
  3. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  4. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  5. a region where two lithospheric plates meet
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  7. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
Down
  1. two plates moving apart
  2. scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  4. an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by groups of detached researchers; can be used to explain and predict natural phenomena
  5. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  6. process where one plate slides under another
  7. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  8. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  9. formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges

16 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithospheric plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • ...

Earth Quakes 2014-01-16

Earth Quakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large waves
  2. where plates slide past each other
  3. man credited with Theory of Plate Tectonics
  4. thickest type of crus
  5. boundary where plates pull apart
  6. Wegener man credited with Theor of Continental Drift
  7. forms at an ocean-ocean divergent boundary
  8. this forms above a subduction zone where plates converge
  9. name of super continent that existed 250 million years ago
  10. forms at a continental-continental divergent boundary
  11. ___ plate
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  1. forms at continental-continental convergent boundary
  2. zone where one plate sinks below another
  3. tectonic______
  4. when the ground shakes because of movement of plate boundaries
  5. forms at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary
  6. it is not lava till it reaches the surface
  7. crust that always sinks at a convergent boundary
  8. shoots out lava
  9. earths layer that is broken into large moving pieces

20 Clues: ___ plate • large waves • tectonic______ • shoots out lava • thickest type of crus • boundary where plates pull apart • where plates slide past each other • zone where one plate sinks below another • forms at an ocean-ocean divergent boundary • it is not lava till it reaches the surface • man credited with Theory of Plate Tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fracture zone between two blocks of rock
  2. the mind behind the sea floor spreading theory
  3. the transfer of thermal energy through a liquid or gas: warmer substance rises and cooler substance falls
  4. the mind behind the continental drift theory
  5. two plates moving towards each other
  6. the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large slaps of rock called plates
  7. the theory that the continents are moving due to plate tectonics
  8. iron was found in the oceanic crust which contributes to evidence of sea floor spreading
Down
  1. the layer of the earth where convection currents occur
  2. plates that move away from each other
  3. plates sliding past one another
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
  6. the theory that the ocean is spreading due to plate tectonics
  7. crust thin part of the Earth's crust which underlines the ocean basin

15 Clues: plates sliding past one another • two plates moving towards each other • plates that move away from each other • fracture zone between two blocks of rock • the mind behind the continental drift theory • the mind behind the sea floor spreading theory • the layer of the earth where convection currents occur • an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced • ...

Chapter 7 Crossword Vocab Puzzle 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 Crossword Vocab Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. consistent motions on Earth
  2. reversal reverses directions
  3. two plates collide
  4. boundary forms when two plates slide past each other
  5. a slab sink pulls on a plate causing it
  6. reverse directions and point themselves south
  7. forms when two plates separate
  8. denser plate sinking below the buoyant
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  1. mountains in the ocean
  2. new oceanic moves from the ridge
  3. changes magnetic objects to point north
  4. biggest continent that was around
  5. cold rigid outermost rock layer
  6. circulation of material causing different temperatures
  7. rising mantle material
  8. made of rigid slabs that move with respect of each other

16 Clues: two plates collide • mountains in the ocean • rising mantle material • consistent motions on Earth • reversal reverses directions • forms when two plates separate • cold rigid outermost rock layer • new oceanic moves from the ridge • biggest continent that was around • denser plate sinking below the buoyant • changes magnetic objects to point north • ...

chapter 7 2021-10-13

chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  2. mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
  3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  4. process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water
  5. continents
  6. when a receptacle is wired backwards
  7. action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  8. magnetic feild reverses polarity magnetized
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  1. new crust forms along a midocean ridge
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. a state in which mangetized objects point north
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone
  6. pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weights
  7. a theory that all the continents were together
  8. a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another

16 Clues: continents • when a receptacle is wired backwards • new crust forms along a midocean ridge • mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean • magnetic feild reverses polarity magnetized • a theory that all the continents were together • a state in which mangetized objects point north • when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates separate or move apart.
  2. Two tectonic plates collide with one another.
  3. Divided into 3 types.
  4. A danger of plate tectonics.
  5. Example of Oceanic-Oceanic Collisions.
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  1. Example of Transform Boundaries.
  2. Example of Continental-Oceanic Collisions.
  3. Something we can get from plate tectonics.
  4. Occur beneath oceanic and continental crust.
  5. Hot rock from deep within the Earth rises.

10 Clues: Divided into 3 types. • A danger of plate tectonics. • Example of Transform Boundaries. • Example of Oceanic-Oceanic Collisions. • When two plates separate or move apart. • Example of Continental-Oceanic Collisions. • Something we can get from plate tectonics. • Hot rock from deep within the Earth rises. • Occur beneath oceanic and continental crust. • ...

Earths Interior 2022-09-15

Earths Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a part of the athensphere
  2. strong and below the athensphere
  3. where tectonic plates move
  4. the changing of a rock
  5. earths layer has moving pieces
  6. magnetic south and north pole switch
  7. a break in the rock
  8. plates collide
  9. plates collide and cause earthquakes
  10. boundary between plates
  11. the solid outerlayer of earth
  12. tetonic plates go opposite ways
  13. lithosphere plate goes under another plate
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  1. an idea made from observations
  2. part of the crust and upper mantle
  3. magma rises to surface
  4. place between plates
  5. movements from density
  6. the center
  7. motion of first earthquakes
  8. above earthquakes starting point
  9. return of a deformed rock
  10. drift the guess of how continents were made
  11. between the crust and core

24 Clues: the center • plates collide • a break in the rock • place between plates • magma rises to surface • movements from density • the changing of a rock • boundary between plates • a part of the athensphere • return of a deformed rock • where tectonic plates move • between the crust and core • motion of first earthquakes • the solid outerlayer of earth • an idea made from observations • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the second layer of Earth
  2. What is the bowl-shaped basin in the top of the volcano called?
  3. plate boundaries where are earthquakes created?
  4. Ridge where could we see an example of a constructive plate boundary?
  5. Why is it important to know about plate tectonics?
Down
  1. What can cause plate tectonics?
  2. convergent plates move
  3. lava What are the characteristics of a shield volcano?
  4. Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust?

9 Clues: convergent plates move • What can cause plate tectonics? • What is the second layer of Earth • plate boundaries where are earthquakes created? • Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust? • Why is it important to know about plate tectonics? • lava What are the characteristics of a shield volcano? • What is the bowl-shaped basin in the top of the volcano called? • ...

Earth Science 2013-02-27

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian era .
  2. boundary In geology, subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic...
  3. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection...
  4. boundary In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming.
  5. The crust and upper mantle of the earth.
  6. boundary In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary).
  7. A fracture in rock where there has been movement and displacement. One of the major boundaries between tectonic plates on earth.
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  1. crust The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic .
  2. scale A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph oscillations.
  3. waves A type of seismic wave, the S-wave, secondary wave, or shear wave (sometimes called an elastic S-wave) is one of the two main types of .
  4. waves are type of elastic wave, also called seismic waves, that can travel through gases (as sound waves), solids and liquids,.
  5. A record produced by a seismograph.
  6. Boundrys these boundaries are formed when two plates collide. When the two plate bump one plate is absorbed in the mantle of the other. Heat and pressure when these plates collide causes volcanoes and earthquakes.
  7. crust The relatively thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins.
  8. Tectonics A theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates.
  9. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust .
  10. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake .

17 Clues: A record produced by a seismograph. • The crust and upper mantle of the earth. • the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake . • crust The relatively thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins. • the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian era . • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-25

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  2. two plates coming together
  3. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  4. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  5. a region where two lithospheric plates meet
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  7. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
Down
  1. two plates moving apart
  2. scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  4. an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by groups of detached researchers; can be used to explain and predict natural phenomena
  5. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  6. process where one plate slides under another
  7. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  8. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  9. formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges

16 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithospheric plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What causes the plates to move?
  2. What was found on different sides of the world (evidence of plate tectonics).
  3. Earth's plates are constantly...
  4. What do subduction zones create (think deep)
  5. What is another type of plate?
  6. Where is the Earth does convection occur?
  7. What forms when an oceanic plate meets another oceanic plate?
  8. What type of boundary causes subduction?
Down
  1. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates go away from each other?
  2. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move towards each other?
  3. What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
  4. What forms when a continental plate meets another continental plate?
  5. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other
  6. What happens at Transform boundaries?
  7. What is one type of plate?
  8. What was the supercontinent formed millions of years ago called

16 Clues: What is one type of plate? • What is another type of plate? • What causes the plates to move? • Earth's plates are constantly... • What happens at Transform boundaries? • What type of boundary causes subduction? • Where is the Earth does convection occur? • What do subduction zones create (think deep) • What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate? • ...

Plate Tectonics puzzle 2024-03-19

Plate Tectonics puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What are tectonic plates made of?
  2. What is the smallest tectonic plate?
  3. How many major tectonic plates are there?
  4. Who created the continental drift theory?
  5. What happens to the earth’s geography because of plate tectonics?
  6. What do tectonic plates make when they come together?
  7. What happens at a convergent plate boundary when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
  8. Boundary when tectonic plates move apart?
  9. Scientists use what to measure the tectonic plates?
Down
  1. What happens to the continental crust when two continents collide?
  2. Boundary when moving sideways in relation to one another?
  3. What type of boundary is it when the tectonic plates move into one another?
  4. What is the super continent called?
  5. What are tectonic plates produced by?
  6. A tectonic belt of earthquakes and volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean is known as what?
  7. what is the biggest plate?
  8. A collision between the African plate and the Arabian plates formed what sea?
  9. Who discredited/opposed continental drifting?
  10. Where do earthquakes happen at plate boundaries?
  11. What is a tectonic plate from?

20 Clues: what is the biggest plate? • What is a tectonic plate from? • What are tectonic plates made of? • What is the super continent called? • What is the smallest tectonic plate? • What are tectonic plates produced by? • How many major tectonic plates are there? • Who created the continental drift theory? • Boundary when tectonic plates move apart? • ...

Science 2021-12-07

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fills imprint
  2. What has plate Tectonics created
  3. How was the hypothesis viewed?
  4. Earth shakes
  5. What does the Continental Drift Hypothesis prove?
  6. Who is credited for continental Drift?
  7. Outside of middle
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  1. One big continent
  2. Shield around the Earth
  3. Middle of earth
  4. Is plate Tectonic movement over?
  5. Can cause earthquake
  6. Layer under Crust
  7. Imprint
  8. Outer skin of earth

15 Clues: Imprint • Earth shakes • Fills imprint • Middle of earth • One big continent • Layer under Crust • Outside of middle • Outer skin of earth • Can cause earthquake • Shield around the Earth • How was the hypothesis viewed? • What has plate Tectonics created • Is plate Tectonic movement over? • Who is credited for continental Drift? • What does the Continental Drift Hypothesis prove?

Plate Tectonics Terms 2023-03-14

Plate Tectonics Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
  2. Minor tectonic plate in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres
  3. Layer inside a planetary body bounded
  4. Roughly rhomboid, extending between 50°S 70°W and 63°S 20°W
  5. The earth's crust and the large-scale processes
  6. The third biggest plate
  7. The biggest plate
  8. Vent through which lava, rock fragments
  9. Landmass made up of most or all of Earth's land
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  1. The solid, outer part of Earth
  2. Mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America
  3. Violent shaking of the ground
  4. Includes much of the continent of Africa, and adjacent oceanic
  5. lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines
  6. The oldest rocks of the plate are about 50 million years old
  7. Earth's fifth-largest tectonic plate
  8. Where two plates move away from each other
  9. Where two plates move toward from each other
  10. Outermost solid shell of a rocky planet

19 Clues: The biggest plate • The third biggest plate • Violent shaking of the ground • The solid, outer part of Earth • Earth's fifth-largest tectonic plate • Layer inside a planetary body bounded • Vent through which lava, rock fragments • Outermost solid shell of a rocky planet • Where two plates move away from each other • Where two plates move toward from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What causes the plates to move?
  2. What was found on different sides of the world (evidence of plate tectonics).
  3. Earth's plates are constantly...
  4. What do subduction zones create (think deep)
  5. What is another type of plate?
  6. Where is the Earth does convection occur?
  7. What forms when an oceanic plate meets another oceanic plate?
  8. What type of boundary causes subduction?
Down
  1. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates go away from each other?
  2. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move towards each other?
  3. What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
  4. What forms when a continental plate meets another continental plate?
  5. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other
  6. What happens at Transform boundaries?
  7. What is one type of plate?
  8. What was the supercontinent formed millions of years ago called

16 Clues: What is one type of plate? • What is another type of plate? • What causes the plates to move? • Earth's plates are constantly... • What happens at Transform boundaries? • What type of boundary causes subduction? • Where is the Earth does convection occur? • What do subduction zones create (think deep) • What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate? • ...

Science and Nature 2013-01-08

Science and Nature crossword puzzle
Across
  1. study of all living things
  2. supercontinent
  3. electrical storm
  4. type of tectonic plate
  5. study of outer space
  6. study of insects
  7. sea wave created by earthquake
  8. a pioneer in plate tectonics
  9. third planet from the Sun
  10. sky, atmosphere, weather
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  1. known as a twister
  2. tornado over water
  3. person studies weather
  4. a tropical storm
  5. vibration of the earth
  6. most active volcano in Hawaii
  7. eruption on Earth's surface
  8. knowledge from study & practice
  9. study of the earth
  10. arch of colors formed in the sky

20 Clues: supercontinent • a tropical storm • electrical storm • study of insects • known as a twister • tornado over water • study of the earth • study of outer space • person studies weather • vibration of the earth • type of tectonic plate • sky, atmosphere, weather • third planet from the Sun • study of all living things • eruption on Earth's surface • a pioneer in plate tectonics • ...

plate tectonics 2014-03-26

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. motion resulting when sudden movement of plates releases large amounts of energy
  2. molten rock beneath Earth's surface; called lava when it reaches the surface
  3. plate consisting mostly of dry land
  4. plate under the ocean floor
  5. the process of one plate moving under another plate
  6. very deep place on the ocean floor caused by subduction
  7. type of boundary where plates move together
Down
  1. the movement of new oceanic crust away from a divergent boundary toward a convergent boundary, where it is subducted and recycled.
  2. the layer of Earth where convection currents occur
  3. giant plates on Earth's crust
  4. type of boundary where plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. eruption of magma from below Earth's surface
  6. the edge of a tectonic plate
  7. large wave caused by undersea earthquakes
  8. the force that causes tectonic plates to move
  9. type of boundary where plates move apart

16 Clues: plate under the ocean floor • the edge of a tectonic plate • giant plates on Earth's crust • plate consisting mostly of dry land • type of boundary where plates move apart • large wave caused by undersea earthquakes • type of boundary where plates move together • eruption of magma from below Earth's surface • the force that causes tectonic plates to move • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  2. The point of the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  3. The crust that forms in the continent
  4. Tectonic plates causing the earth to have rapid movement of the ground, usually back and fourth and up and down in a wave motion
  5. The theory that the earths crust is cracked into large pieces that move
  6. Molten rock below the earths surface
  7. spreading The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  8. The process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in the sea
Down
  1. The crust that forms the ocean floor
  2. Where the crust is sinking down into the earth
  3. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  4. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake on the seafloor
  5. The separation of continents drifting across the ocean
  6. A deep trench in the ocean floor that is deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  7. The shaking, wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  8. Molten rock that has erupted onto the earths surface

16 Clues: The crust that forms the ocean floor • Molten rock below the earths surface • The crust that forms in the continent • Where the crust is sinking down into the earth • Molten rock that has erupted onto the earths surface • The separation of continents drifting across the ocean • The shaking, wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory that the earths crust is cracked into many large pieces
  2. to the movement of the tectonic plates.
  3. The separating of continents
  4. The instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  5. The process of continents breaking up and allowing in the sea floor.
  6. The shaking wave like movement of the ground during an earthquake.
  7. The crust that forms continents.
  8. Molten rock that has erupted on the Earth's surface
  9. Molten rock below the Earth's surface.
Down
  1. The point of the Earth's centre directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  2. The process of the new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards.
  3. The process of the crust sinking down into the Earth
  4. A giant wave in the ocean,caused by an earthquake occurring on the sea floor
  5. Rapid movement of the ground due to movement of the tectonic plates.
  6. A point where extremely hot materials erupts at the surface.
  7. A deep trench on the ocean floor that is of greater depth than the rest of the ocean

16 Clues: The separating of continents • The crust that forms continents. • Molten rock below the Earth's surface. • to the movement of the tectonic plates. • Molten rock that has erupted on the Earth's surface • The process of the crust sinking down into the Earth • A point where extremely hot materials erupts at the surface. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. disasters that are caused when tectonic plates rub together
  2. The zone of the Earth’s upper mantle, where rock is weak and capable of flowing
  3. Said of rocks or minerals that solidified from molten or partly molten material.
  4. Pertaining to rocks and minerals that have been changed by heat and pressure.
  5. A tectonic plate of the Earth's lithosphere has been struck by an earthquake in Chile The quake is believed to be caused by a fault on the surface of the Plateau de la Tungurahua which is part of the South American continent
  6. The solid outer portion of the Earth; it includes the crust and uppermost mantle.
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. In plate tectonics, two plates sliding horizontally past each other is called a strike-slip displacement.
  3. An instrument that detects Earth motions.
  4. A gravitational seawave is caused by a short-duration, large-scale disturbance of the sea floor usually by strong earthquake.
  5. A measure of the strength (energy released) of an earthquake
  6. The point on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. A boundary between two plates that are moving apart from each other.
  8. A boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other.
  9. cratered mountains that spew lava
  10. A fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth along which there has been displacement of the sides relative to one another.

16 Clues: cratered mountains that spew lava • An instrument that detects Earth motions. • disasters that are caused when tectonic plates rub together • A measure of the strength (energy released) of an earthquake • A boundary between two plates that are moving apart from each other. • A boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two continental plates collide together
  2. The thinnest layer of the earth
  3. Where two oceanic crust start to diverge
  4. Where one plate goes under the other one
  5. The floor of the ocean
  6. One plate subducts under the other one
  7. Two plates sliding past each other
  8. The solid outer section of the earth which includes the crust
Down
  1. The biggest layer of the earth
  2. Two plates spread apart
  3. The second largest layer of the earth
  4. The middle of the earth
  5. Two plates colliding together
  6. The floor of the continents
  7. The solid part of the upper mantle
  8. Two continental plates are diverging apart

16 Clues: The floor of the ocean • Two plates spread apart • The middle of the earth • The floor of the continents • Two plates colliding together • The biggest layer of the earth • The thinnest layer of the earth • The solid part of the upper mantle • Two plates sliding past each other • The second largest layer of the earth • One plate subducts under the other one • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  2. a state in which magnetized objects such as compass needles will orient themselves to point north
  3. process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  4. mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  5. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  6. earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock or plates that move with respect to each other
  7. which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient to look south
  8. forms where two plates collide
  9. forms where two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  2. forms where two plates serperate
  3. all the continents were once a supercontinent
  4. suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth
  5. as a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate
  6. magnetic fields reverse direction
  7. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge

16 Clues: forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates serperate • magnetic fields reverse direction • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • forms where two plates slide past each other • all the continents were once a supercontinent • as a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rigid rock slabs
  2. forms where two plates separate
  3. move away from the ridge with with force
  4. circulation of material caused by difference in temperature and desity
  5. denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  6. magnetized objects orient themselves to point north
  7. all the continents were once together
  8. mountain ranges in the ocean
  9. suggested that continents are constinly moving
Down
  1. form where two plates collide
  2. the process of new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridges
  3. magnetized objects orient themselves to point south
  4. forms where two plates slide past
  5. reversing direction
  6. a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with force
  7. outermost rock

16 Clues: outermost rock • rigid rock slabs • reversing direction • mountain ranges in the ocean • form where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • forms where two plates slide past • all the continents were once together • move away from the ridge with with force • suggested that continents are constinly moving • denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary where the crust moves sideways past each other
  2. plates that are formed by divergent plate boundaries
  3. patterns of heat in the magma believed to be the force between plate movement
  4. v-shaped valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean where subduction occurs
  5. the movement of the oceanic crust at the divergent boundary
  6. the name of the supercontinent that broke apart millions of years ago
  7. on of the large pieces of the surface of the earth that moves separately
  8. large scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
Down
  1. the uppermost solid part of the earths crust
  2. a boundary where the crust moves away from each other
  3. the outermost shell of a plate
  4. a long mountain range on the ocean floor
  5. the process when the crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line.
  6. a boundary where the crust moves towards each other
  7. pieces of the earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  8. a large segment of the earth's crust that slowly moves

16 Clues: the outermost shell of a plate • a long mountain range on the ocean floor • the uppermost solid part of the earths crust • pieces of the earth's crust and uppermost mantle • a boundary where the crust moves towards each other • plates that are formed by divergent plate boundaries • a boundary where the crust moves away from each other • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic moving toward each other
  2. the upper layer of the earth's
  3. is continents is north America
  4. is passed each other.
  5. is continents is Europe
  6. crust upper the mental
  7. is continent is Antarctica
  8. the continents is south American
  9. is continents in Australia
Down
  1. are tectonic plates that move away
  2. is how major landforms are created
  3. is continents in Asia
  4. is continents is Africa
  5. is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's
  6. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  7. is Earth's seven main divisions of land.

16 Clues: is continents in Asia • is passed each other. • crust upper the mental • is continents is Africa • is continents is Europe • is continent is Antarctica • is continents in Australia • the upper layer of the earth's • is continents is north America • the continents is south American • are tectonic plates that move away • is how major landforms are created • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic moving toward each other
  2. the upper layer of the earth's
  3. is continents is north America
  4. is passed each other.
  5. is continents is Europe
  6. crust upper the mental
  7. is continent is Antarctica
  8. the continents is south American
  9. is continents in Australia
Down
  1. are tectonic plates that move away
  2. is how major landforms are created
  3. is continents in Asia
  4. is continents is Africa
  5. is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's
  6. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  7. is Earth's seven main divisions of land.

16 Clues: is continents in Asia • is passed each other. • crust upper the mental • is continents is Africa • is continents is Europe • is continent is Antarctica • is continents in Australia • the upper layer of the earth's • is continents is north America • the continents is south American • are tectonic plates that move away • is how major landforms are created • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area where oceanic crust is moving in opposite directions
  2. Violent shaking of the ground
  3. Fracture in the crust
  4. The rising of hot, less dense material and sinking of cooler, denser material
  5. Large crust section that moves as one piece
  6. Molten rock that flows beneath Earth's surface.
  7. Formation of mountains
  8. When one plate sinks below another
  9. Where two plates move apart
Down
  1. When material is added to a tectonic plate
  2. Theory that explains how plates move
  3. Where continental crust is moving in opposite directions
  4. A brake in the crust through which magma escapes
  5. Molten rock flowing on earths surface
  6. Where two or more plates move toward each other
  7. The place where two tectonic plates interact

16 Clues: Fracture in the crust • Formation of mountains • Where two plates move apart • Violent shaking of the ground • When one plate sinks below another • Theory that explains how plates move • Molten rock flowing on earths surface • When material is added to a tectonic plate • Large crust section that moves as one piece • The place where two tectonic plates interact • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
  2. is a mountain that forms in the earth's crust when molten material or magma reaches the surface.
  3. plates dip past eachother.
  4. deep underwater canyons.
  5. plates come togther.
  6. breaks in the earths crust which rocks slip past eachother
  7. something that is broken into pieces are seperated by cracks.
Down
  1. is a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
  2. plates move apart.
  3. heat transfer by the movement of fluid.
  4. the flow that transfers heat with a fluid.
  5. when magma reaches the surface.
  6. what Wagner called the supercontinent.
  7. a major belt of volcanos.
  8. heat transfer between materials that are touching.
  9. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light.

16 Clues: plates move apart. • plates come togther. • deep underwater canyons. • a major belt of volcanos. • plates dip past eachother. • when magma reaches the surface. • what Wagner called the supercontinent. • heat transfer by the movement of fluid. • the flow that transfers heat with a fluid. • heat transfer between materials that are touching. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-08-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Man's best friend
  2. All boundaries experience these events
  3. Alfred _____________ proposed that the continents had drifted
  4. Formed when two continental plates meet
  5. Deep ocean pockets that form when an oceanic plate collides with another plate
  6. Plume of mantle, how Hawaii was created
  7. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread
  8. The most outer solid portion of Earth
Down
  1. Type of boundary where new crust is created
  2. layer that has convection currents
  3. Ancient magnetism preserved in rock
  4. Zones where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
  5. Type of boundary where crust is not created or destroyed
  6. This landform is created when two continental plates diverge
  7. Includes the crust and upper mantle
  8. The name of the super continent

16 Clues: Man's best friend • The name of the super continent • layer that has convection currents • Ancient magnetism preserved in rock • Includes the crust and upper mantle • The most outer solid portion of Earth • All boundaries experience these events • Formed when two continental plates meet • Plume of mantle, how Hawaii was created • Type of boundary where new crust is created • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. comprised the northern continents
  2. The circular motion of material caused by variations in temperature and density, responsible for the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth's mantle.
  3. The boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, creating space that can be filled with new crust, often accompanied by mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.
  4. A semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere in the upper mantle where convection currents occur, allowing for the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. A specific type of convergent boundary where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, usually resulting in the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs.
  6. The name given to the vast ocean surrounding Pangaea during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  7. The boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes along fault lines.
  8. Large, rigid sections of the Earth's lithosphere that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere and interact at plate boundaries.
Down
  1. The rigid outermost layer of the Earth, including the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  2. A modern theory that explains the movement of the Earth's lithospheric plates and their interactions at plate boundaries, which includes the concept of continental drift.
  3. Proposed by Alfred Wegener, this theory suggests that continents were once connected in a supercontinent called Pangaea and have since drifted apart.
  4. The boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, often leading to subduction or the collision of crustal material.
  5. The supercontinent that existed approximately 335-175 million years ago, believed to be the result of the aggregation of all the Earth's continents.
  6. A German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift in the early 20th century, suggesting that continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea. His work laid the foundation for modern plate tectonics theory.
  7. included the southern continents.
  8. The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges, pushing older crust away from the ridge, providing evidence for plate tectonics.

16 Clues: comprised the northern continents • included the southern continents. • The rigid outermost layer of the Earth, including the crust and the upper part of the mantle. • The name given to the vast ocean surrounding Pangaea during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • ...

Science 2024-04-09

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When plate tectonics go underneath each other
  2. A formation of a transform boundary
  3. When two plates break apart
  4. Convection currents in the molten rock
Down
  1. When two plates hit each other
  2. When plate tectonics shake.
  3. A formation of convergent boundaries
  4. When two plates pass each other
  5. It is formation of divergent

9 Clues: When plate tectonics shake. • When two plates break apart • It is formation of divergent • When two plates hit each other • When two plates pass each other • A formation of a transform boundary • A formation of convergent boundaries • Convection currents in the molten rock • When plate tectonics go underneath each other

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A landmass formed by divergent boudaries pulling away from each other.
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. A large landmass formed by convergent boundaries folding on each other
  4. The layer of Earth made of molten Iron & Nickel
  5. The Thinner and heavier form on crust found in Earth's Oceans
  6. When two plates slide past each other
  7. The zone of the Earth below the lithosphere
Down
  1. When two plates move towards each other
  2. The layer of the Earth made of solid Iron Nickel
  3. The zone of the earth comprised of the crust and upper mantle
  4. A form of mountain that erupts lava
  5. A large piece of the Earth's crust floating/moving on the asthenosphere
  6. The thick and light type of crust on the Earth found on Earth's landmasses
  7. A sudden shaking from the Earth's plates
  8. the layer of the Earth made of molten rock
  9. The thinest and first layer of the Earth this is made of solid rock

16 Clues: A form of mountain that erupts lava • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move towards each other • A sudden shaking from the Earth's plates • When two plates move away from each other • the layer of the Earth made of molten rock • The zone of the Earth below the lithosphere • The layer of Earth made of molten Iron & Nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A landmass formed by divergent boudaries pulling away from each other.
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. A large landmass formed by convergent boundaries folding on each other
  4. The layer of Earth made of molten Iron & Nickel
  5. The Thinner and heavier form on crust found in Earth's Oceans
  6. When two plates slide past each other
  7. The zone of the Earth below the lithosphere
Down
  1. When two plates move towards each other
  2. The layer of the Earth made of solid Iron Nickel
  3. The zone of the earth comprised of the crust and upper mantle
  4. A form of mountain that erupts lava
  5. A large piece of the Earth's crust floating/moving on the asthenosphere
  6. The thick and light type of crust on the Earth found on Earth's landmasses
  7. A sudden shaking from the Earth's plates
  8. the layer of the Earth made of molten rock
  9. The thinest and first layer of the Earth this is made of solid rock

16 Clues: A form of mountain that erupts lava • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move towards each other • A sudden shaking from the Earth's plates • When two plates move away from each other • the layer of the Earth made of molten rock • The zone of the Earth below the lithosphere • The layer of Earth made of molten Iron & Nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large ocean wave that is caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor
  2. a bowl-shaped depression produced by the impact of a meteorite, volcanic activity, or an explosion
  3. a volcano formed entirely from accumulated flows of fluid lava, growing a few feet at a time
  4. vibration generated by an earthquake, explosion, or similar energetic source and propagated within the Earth or along its surface.
  5. flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
  6. the force per unit area that is placed on a rock
  7. A volcano is defined as an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
Down
  1. A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  2. a volcano that can still erupt.
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction
  4. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
  5. When magma flows onto Earth's surface
  6. any process that affects the shape, size, or volume of an area of the Earth's crust
  7. mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes
  8. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
  9. undulations or bends or curvatures developed in the rocks of the crust as a result of stresses

16 Clues: a volcano that can still erupt. • When magma flows onto Earth's surface • the force per unit area that is placed on a rock • mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes • large ocean wave that is caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor • A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-08-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thinnest layer of the Earth
  2. the northern part of Pangea
  3. type of crust that forms continents
  4. scientist who developed Continental Drift Theory
  5. the supergiant continent
  6. type of crust found beneath of continental crust
  7. found beneath the lithosphere
  8. the melted material found inside the Earth
  9. the inner layer of the core
Down
  1. the second layer of the Earth
  2. lower part of the mantle
  3. cool, rigid layer that includes all of the crust and a small part of the upper mantle.
  4. theory of moving lithospheric plates
  5. the numerous segments in the lithosphere
  6. the outer layer of the core
  7. the southern part of Pangea

16 Clues: lower part of the mantle • the supergiant continent • the northern part of Pangea • the outer layer of the core • the southern part of Pangea • the inner layer of the core • the second layer of the Earth • found beneath the lithosphere • the thinnest layer of the Earth • type of crust that forms continents • theory of moving lithospheric plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary The boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates.
  2. Boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  3. Break in a body of rock when one block moves relative to another
  4. Ridge Underwater mountain ranges where new seafloor is created at a divergent boundary.
  5. type of crust in land, made of granite, less dense
  6. Zone Location where two plates collide and the denser ocean plate descends below the other.
  7. sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a boundary
  8. spreading The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies. The mechanism for Continental Drift.
Down
  1. type of plate boundary - two plates move slide past each other
  2. type of crust, ocean floor, made of basalt, more dense
  3. Name for the super continent which contained all the plates together.
  4. Openings in Earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or erupt
  5. Boundary The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. Drift The idea that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  7. The thin and solid outermost compositional layer of the Earth above the mantle.
  8. Extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate.
  9. Arc Formed by two oceanic plates colliding volcanoes to form new land
  10. Tectonics The theory that the Earth is broken into plates and are in motion due to convection currents in the asthenosphere (upper mantle).

18 Clues: type of crust in land, made of granite, less dense • type of crust, ocean floor, made of basalt, more dense • type of plate boundary - two plates move slide past each other • Break in a body of rock when one block moves relative to another • sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  2. rich in implication
  3. the lower layer of the crust
  4. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  5. outer layer of the earth
  6. plate plate below the north american plate
  7. core hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron.
Down
  1. the act of putting something somewhere
  2. super continent made up of all continents
  3. the amount per unit size
  4. the exertion of force to a surface
  5. transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  6. core fluid layer about 2,260 km
  7. the layer under the earth
  8. plate plate covering most of North America
  9. The center of an object

16 Clues: rich in implication • The center of an object • the amount per unit size • outer layer of the earth • the layer under the earth • the lower layer of the crust • core fluid layer about 2,260 km • the exertion of force to a surface • the act of putting something somewhere • core hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron. • super continent made up of all continents • ...

plate tectonics 2022-04-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In the ground?
  2. explodes?
  3. second layer?
  4. third layer?
  5. first layer?
  6. Has magma?
  7. fourth layer?
  8. a planar fracture or discontinuity?
  9. the sideways and downward movement of the edge?
Down
  1. Shakes the ground?
  2. A big wave?
  3. A lot of heat?
  4. Their are seven of them?
  5. What we live on?
  6. the movement caused within a fluid?
  7. Comes out of volcano?

16 Clues: explodes? • Has magma? • A big wave? • third layer? • first layer? • second layer? • fourth layer? • In the ground? • A lot of heat? • What we live on? • Shakes the ground? • Comes out of volcano? • Their are seven of them? • the movement caused within a fluid? • a planar fracture or discontinuity? • the sideways and downward movement of the edge?

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates sliding agunst eachother.
  2. Something moving
  3. A mountin with lava inside.
  4. Plates moving
  5. Two plates pushing into eachother.
  6. The thinnest layer of the earth.
  7. Two plates seperating
  8. Plate tectonics clashing together.
  9. a place were volcano's gather.
Down
  1. A hard rock under the crust.
  2. The shell of the inner core.
  3. The middle of the earth.
  4. Being tightly squeezed
  5. Below the lithosphere.
  6. Made of crust and upper part of mantle.
  7. A big wave of water.

16 Clues: Plates moving • Something moving • A big wave of water. • Two plates seperating • Being tightly squeezed • Below the lithosphere. • The middle of the earth. • A mountin with lava inside. • A hard rock under the crust. • The shell of the inner core. • a place were volcano's gather. • The thinnest layer of the earth. • Two plates pushing into eachother. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust that forms continents
  2. Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move
  3. Extremely hot material from the inside of the earth which has erupted
  4. New crust forms at ocean ridges
  5. Continents breaking up allowing the sea in
  6. Trench in the ocean
  7. Molten rock that has erupted
Down
  1. Directly above the point of the focus of the Earthquake
  2. Separation of continents
  3. Detects waves from the earthquake
  4. Rapid movement in the ground caused by tectonic plates moving
  5. Huge wave in the ocean floor caused by an earthquake under the sea
  6. Crust sinks down into the earth
  7. The shaking movement when there is an earthquake
  8. Crust that forms on the ocean floor
  9. Molten rock below the earths surface

16 Clues: Trench in the ocean • Separation of continents • Crust that forms continents • Molten rock that has erupted • Crust sinks down into the earth • New crust forms at ocean ridges • Detects waves from the earthquake • Crust that forms on the ocean floor • Molten rock below the earths surface • Continents breaking up allowing the sea in • Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-12-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcano
  2. kilometers
  3. puzzle
  4. drives
  5. shell
  6. magma
  7. thinner
  8. mountain ranges
Down
  1. fingernails
  2. covered
  3. folds
  4. plates
  5. ridge
  6. million
  7. melts
  8. mantle

16 Clues: folds • ridge • shell • magma • melts • puzzle • plates • drives • mantle • covered • volcano • million • thinner • kilometers • fingernails • mountain ranges

Plate tectonics 2023-01-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. the name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  3. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  4. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. 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.
  7. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  8. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  9. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  10. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  5. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor

16 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 • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  2. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  3. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  4. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  5. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  6. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
Down
  1. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  2. thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  4. A deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
  5. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  8. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, movie it different directions
  9. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth

16 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary that scrapes past each other
  2. Deep points in the ocean where plates push down
  3. Piece of land poking above the ocean
  4. Plate boundary that pulls apart
  5. Shaking of the ground that occurs when plates move
  6. Light crust that makes up land masses
  7. Uppermost layer of Earth
Down
  1. System of broken crust pieces moving
  2. Magma from melted plates produces volcanoes
  3. Layer that includes the crust and very upper mantle
  4. Layer upon which plates move
  5. Process of a plate being pushed under another and melting
  6. Plate boundary that pushes together
  7. Molten rock from melting plates
  8. The layer below the crust
  9. Dense crust under the ocean

16 Clues: Uppermost layer of Earth • The layer below the crust • Dense crust under the ocean • Layer upon which plates move • Molten rock from melting plates • Plate boundary that pulls apart • Plate boundary that pushes together • System of broken crust pieces moving • Piece of land poking above the ocean • Light crust that makes up land masses • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Islands in Alaska
  2. each other
  3. oceanic plates
  4. and less doses than oceanianic crust
  5. fault in California
  6. bonduray
  7. creates crust
  8. slipslide
  9. spearing
Down
  1. zone
  2. form by rock
  3. on top of the mantle
  4. neither destroys nor creates crust
  5. destroys crust
  6. in africa
  7. is created

16 Clues: zone • bonduray • spearing • in africa • slipslide • each other • is created • form by rock • creates crust • oceanic plates • destroys crust • Islands in Alaska • fault in California • on top of the mantle • neither destroys nor creates crust • and less doses than oceanianic crust

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Islands in Alaska
  2. each other
  3. oceanic plates
  4. and less doses than oceanianic crust
  5. fault in California
  6. bonduray
  7. creates crust
  8. slipslide
  9. spearing
Down
  1. zone
  2. form by rock
  3. on top of the mantle
  4. neither destroys nor creates crust
  5. destroys crust
  6. in africa
  7. is created

16 Clues: zone • bonduray • spearing • in africa • slipslide • each other • is created • form by rock • creates crust • oceanic plates • destroys crust • Islands in Alaska • fault in California • on top of the mantle • neither destroys nor creates crust • and less doses than oceanianic crust

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Islands in Alaska
  2. each other
  3. oceanic plates
  4. and less doses than oceanianic crust
  5. fault in California
  6. bonduray
  7. creates crust
  8. slipslide
  9. spearing
Down
  1. zone
  2. form by rock
  3. on top of the mantle
  4. neither destroys nor creates crust
  5. destroys crust
  6. in africa
  7. is created

16 Clues: zone • bonduray • spearing • in africa • slipslide • each other • is created • form by rock • creates crust • oceanic plates • destroys crust • Islands in Alaska • fault in California • on top of the mantle • neither destroys nor creates crust • and less doses than oceanianic crust

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pieces of Earth's crust
  2. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  3. a depression in the ground
  4. two plates moving together
  5. below the lithosphere
  6. rigid upper part of Earth,upper mantle and the crust
  7. two plates sliding against each other
  8. destroy's landforms etc
Down
  1. raises up the surface of Earth creating new landforms
  2. is the transfer of heat due to the bulk movement of molecules within fluids, including molten rock.
  3. drift theory that the Earth continents have moved over time
  4. two plate moving apart
  5. super continent that existed some time ago
  6. ring of volcanoe's in the pacific ovean
  7. the liquid outer core and the solid inner core
  8. movement when oceanic crust goes underneath another plate

16 Clues: below the lithosphere • two plate moving apart • pieces of Earth's crust • destroy's landforms etc • a depression in the ground • two plates moving together • two plates sliding against each other • ring of volcanoe's in the pacific ovean • super continent that existed some time ago • the liquid outer core and the solid inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scientist who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading
  2. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift
  3. Plate ____________
  4. The theory of continental _________
  5. Places where new seafloor is being created
  6. Seafloor ____________
  7. The deepest parts of the oceans
  8. The zone below the lithosphere. It is more "plastic" than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move
Down
  1. ____________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates
  2. The Earth's ___________ field reverses from time to time
  3. The most outer, solid portion of the planet Earth
  4. Section of the Earth below the crust
  5. Alfred Wegener noticed that the coast of South America seemed to fit into the coast of this continent, just like a jigsaw puzzle
  6. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted
  7. A device that scientists use to map the ocean floor
  8. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans

16 Clues: Plate ____________ • Seafloor ____________ • The deepest parts of the oceans • The theory of continental _________ • Section of the Earth below the crust • Places where new seafloor is being created • The most outer, solid portion of the planet Earth • A device that scientists use to map the ocean floor • Scientist who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core, liquid core, made of nickel and iron
  2. A Supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago
  3. the earth’s outer layer; the coolest and least dense layer of the earth
  4. a series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes
  5. Core, The center of the earth composed of nickel and iron
  6. when two plates COME TOWARD each other
  7. the layer of the mantle that lies directly below the the Lithosphere and flows like taffy
Down
  1. The cool solid outer shell of the earth. It consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  2. When two plates move AWAY from each other
  3. the layer of the earth beneath the crust
  4. Plate, A large mobile segment of Earth’s lithosphere
  5. the movement of a tectonic plate beneath another plate
  6. When two plates SLIDE along side each other
  7. Tectonics, a theory that the lithosphere is broken into segments, or plates that “FLOAT” on the asthenosphere
  8. Ridge, a mountain-like landform that develops when plates separate
  9. Trench, a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth’s oceanic crust
  10. Boundary, a place where pieces of the broken Lithosphere meet

17 Clues: when two plates COME TOWARD each other • the layer of the earth beneath the crust • When two plates move AWAY from each other • Core, liquid core, made of nickel and iron • When two plates SLIDE along side each other • Plate, A large mobile segment of Earth’s lithosphere • the movement of a tectonic plate beneath another plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist who proposed the idea of Pangaea
  2. movement of rocks by wind or water
  3. rocks being deposited to a new location
  4. largest layer of earth
  5. boundaries that collide
  6. on earth's surface
  7. breaking down of rocks over time
  8. boundaries that divide or separate
  9. core liquid part of the core
Down
  1. damage caused by an earthquake
  2. core solid part of the core
  3. below earth's surface
  4. strength of an earthquake
  5. large supercontinent
  6. spreading occurs on the ocean floor
  7. boundaries that slide past one another

16 Clues: on earth's surface • large supercontinent • below earth's surface • largest layer of earth • boundaries that collide • strength of an earthquake • core solid part of the core • core liquid part of the core • damage caused by an earthquake • breaking down of rocks over time • movement of rocks by wind or water • boundaries that divide or separate • spreading occurs on the ocean floor • ...

Tectonic Plates Terms 2021-03-09

Tectonic Plates Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
  2. A general statement derived from a hypothesis that has withstood sufficient testing.
  3. Magnetism, An area of historical geology devoted to studying the direction and intensity of magnetic fields in the past, as discerned from the residual magnetization of rocks.
  4. The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
  5. A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
  6. One of two principal forms of tectonism, the other being epeirogenesis. Derived from the Greek words for mountain and origin, this involves the formation of mountain ranges by means of folding, faulting, and volcanic activity. These processes play a major role in plate tectonics
  7. In early geologic time, a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  8. The thick, dense layer of rock, approximately 1,429 mi. (2,300 km) thick, between Earth's crust and its core.
  9. American, The tectonic plate that contains south America
  10. The outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 100 km thick, although its thickness is age-dependent (the older lithosphere is thicker).
  11. The planet on which we live
  12. The deformation of the lithosphere.
  13. The tectonic plate containing mostly ocean
  14. Sensing, The gathering of data without actual contact with the materials or objects being studied.
  15. The study of tectonism, including its causes and effects, most notably mountain building.
  16. Ridge, An underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges (chains), typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate tectonics.
  17. A tectonic process that results when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting.
  18. The tectonic plate that Africa is on
  19. A branch of the earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics. It addresses the planet's physical processes as well as its gravitational, magnetic, and electric properties, and the means by which energy is transmitted through its interior.
  20. A term describing a phenomenon whereby certain materials are subject to a form of decay brought about by the emission of high-energy particles or radiation.
  21. Trench, A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate.
  22. A linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart.
Down
  1. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material.
  2. Upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding apart from broad undulations
  3. An abbreviation used by earth scientists, meaning "million years."
  4. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  5. The tectonic plate that India and Australia are on
  6. American, The tectonic plate that North America is on
  7. The tectonic plate that Antarctica is on
  8. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped. They are caused by earthquakes, and earthquakes are likely to reoccur on pre-existing faults.
  9. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  10. motion, A tectonic process whereby plates slide past each other. It is one of the three ways, along with convergence and divergence, that plates interact.
  11. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  12. Geology, The study of Earth's physical history. Historical geology is one of two principal branches of geology, the other being physical geology.
  13. The tectonic plate that contains Europe and Asia
  14. Spreading, A process of plate tectonics where new oceanic crust is created as large slabs of the Earth's crust split apart from each other and magma wells up to fill the gap.
  15. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
  16. drift, The theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today; that some of the individual landmasses of today once were joined in other continental forms; and that these landmasses later separated and moved to their present locations.
  17. Plate Boundary, The border between two plates
  18. tectonics, The theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle (the lithosphere) is broken into a number of more or less rigid, but constantly moving, segments or plates

40 Clues: The planet on which we live • The deformation of the lithosphere. • The tectonic plate that Africa is on • The tectonic plate that Antarctica is on • The tectonic plate containing mostly ocean • Large movable segments of the lithosphere. • An area of rock that has been bent by stress. • Plate Boundary, The border between two plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ocean collision/ Older denser oceanic plate us subducted downward into the mantle and a chain of volcanic islands can be formed. What convergent boundary is this?
  2. ridge/ What does a divergent sea floor spreading create?
  3. floor spreading/ What process does the divergent sea floor spreading use?
  4. What process does the convergent oceanic continental use?
  5. What does a transform boundary create?
  6. continental collision/ Two continental plates collide, mountains usually form because both relatively low in density. What convergent boundary is this?
  7. What does a convergent oceanic-continental create?
  8. What process does the convergent continent continent use?
Down
  1. What does a continent-continent collision create?
  2. What boundary is this <-->?
  3. What boundary is this -><-?
  4. floor spreading/ Two ocean plates pull apart from each other. What divergent boundary is this?
  5. valley/ What does a divergent boundary continental-continental create?
  6. What process does the transform boundary use?
  7. What boundary is this ?
  8. continental/ Oceanic crust more dense, so it subducts under the continental crust. What convergent boundary is this?
  9. arc/ What does a ocean ocean collision create?

17 Clues: What boundary is this <-->? • What boundary is this -><-? • What boundary is this ? • What does a transform boundary create? • What process does the transform boundary use? • arc/ What does a ocean ocean collision create? • What does a continent-continent collision create? • What does a convergent oceanic-continental create? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area in the ocean floor that is a lot deeper then the rest of the ocean
  2. A theory that the earths crust is broken into large pieces that move on semi-solid rock in the lower mantle
  3. When new crust is formed that spreads outwards
  4. A huge wave that begins on the seafloor caused by an earthquake
  5. The shaking of the ground during an earthquake
  6. An item which can calculate the movement of the ground due to an earthquake
  7. When continents break apart allowing the sea through
  8. rock which is found below the earths surface
  9. An area where boiling hot materials from the inside of the earth erupt
  10. The area which is exactly above the earthquake
Down
  1. When tectonic plates start to move causing the ground to begin to shake
  2. Is what creates the ocean floor
  3. Is what creates the continents
  4. When the earth has crust sinking down into it
  5. When continents drift apart across the ocean
  6. rock that has moved onto the Earths surface

16 Clues: Is what creates the continents • Is what creates the ocean floor • rock that has moved onto the Earths surface • When continents drift apart across the ocean • rock which is found below the earths surface • When the earth has crust sinking down into it • When new crust is formed that spreads outwards • The shaking of the ground during an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking, wave like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  2. A deep trench in the ocean floor, much deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  3. The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreding outwards
  4. the point on the earths surface directly above the surface of an earthquake
  5. the crust that forms the continents
  6. process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing into the sea
  7. an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  8. where the crust is sinking down into the earth
Down
  1. The theory that the earth's crust is cracked into several pieces and move across the asthenosphere.
  2. molten rock below the earths surface
  3. the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  4. The movement of the earths contineents relative to each other
  5. the crust that forms the ocean floor
  6. molten rock that has erupted on the earths surface
  7. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  8. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface

16 Clues: the crust that forms the continents • molten rock below the earths surface • the crust that forms the ocean floor • where the crust is sinking down into the earth • molten rock that has erupted on the earths surface • The movement of the earths contineents relative to each other • the shaking, wave like movement of the ground in an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a vent in a planet's crust from which molten or hot rock and steam come out
  2. the solid outer surface of the Earth
  3. the crustal plate located beneath the ocean
  4. the process of crustal plate movement
  5. plates in the Earth's crust that hold the continents
  6. melted rock that rises from the mantle and lies beneath the surface
  7. points at which the Earth's crust cracks
Down
  1. the slow process of the Earth's continents moving as the Earth's plates shift
  2. the ring of volcanoes along the edges of the continents that border the Pacific Ocean
  3. the large slabs of rock that make up the Earth's crust
  4. the semi-solid layer of the Earth between the outer and the outer core
  5. liquid rocck that reaches the surface
  6. an underwater mountain range that zigzags between all the continents
  7. the innermost layer of the Earth, made up of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core
  8. extremely deep areas where two plates meet and one slides under the other
  9. a single continent made up of all of the Earth's land mass long ago

16 Clues: the solid outer surface of the Earth • liquid rocck that reaches the surface • the process of crustal plate movement • points at which the Earth's crust cracks • the crustal plate located beneath the ocean • plates in the Earth's crust that hold the continents • the large slabs of rock that make up the Earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a crack in the earth's crust
  2. a boundary formed where plates slip past each other
  3. the process in which dense crust sinks below less dense crust
  4. the shaking that results form the movement of rock beneath earth's surface
  5. the process that adds new crust to the seafloor
  6. a boundary formed where plates move away from each other
  7. the rigid layer of the Earth that includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  8. a type of heat transfer that occurs in the mantle
  9. a feature that forms where two continental crustal plates move away from each other
Down
  1. a theory that explains the movement of plates due to convection currents
  2. a feature formed at a divergent boundary where new crust is added to the ocean floor
  3. a boundary formed where plates collide
  4. the fluid layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats atop
  5. an explanation for how things work that is well supported with evidence and can change with new evidence
  6. a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  7. a deep underwater canyon formed where oceanic crust subducts

16 Clues: a crack in the earth's crust • a boundary formed where plates collide • the process that adds new crust to the seafloor • a type of heat transfer that occurs in the mantle • a boundary formed where plates slip past each other • a boundary formed where plates move away from each other • a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-11-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. The relatively think part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins.
  3. A long, narrow ditch.
  4. Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
  5. A type of fault whose relative motion in predominately horizontal, in either a sinistral (left lateral) or dextral (right lateral) direction.
  6. Boundary An actively forming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  7. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  8. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
Down
  1. A small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
  2. 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.
  3. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crate or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  6. Ocean Ridge An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  7. The biggest crash scene on earth where boundaries mark the collision between two of the planet's tectonic plates.
  8. Hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.

16 Clues: A long, narrow ditch. • Ocean Ridge An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. • The relatively think part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. a feature that forms when earthquakes occur
  3. states the oldest rock layer will be on the bottom and youngest on top.
  4. the rising and sinking of cool and hot liquids and gasses
  5. feature that forms during uplift when two plates collide
  6. determining the age of rock by where they are located in relation to other layers
  7. the wearing away of rock when the rock changes shape or size
  8. thickest layer of Earth made up of molten rock
  9. boundary where two plates meet
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  1. zone which occurs when a denser oceanic plate sinks below a continental plate
  2. boundary where two plates separate
  3. determining the exact age of a rock by using radiometric dating using the decay of elements in rock
  4. rock type that forms from sediments depositing, compacting and cementing
  5. type of rock formed under heat and pressure
  6. type of rock formed from cooling and hardening of magma
  7. the wearing away of rock when the rock changes composition

16 Clues: boundary where two plates meet • boundary where two plates separate • boundary where plates slide past each other • a feature that forms when earthquakes occur • type of rock formed under heat and pressure • thickest layer of Earth made up of molten rock • type of rock formed from cooling and hardening of magma • feature that forms during uplift when two plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where two plates slide past eachother
  2. The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
  3. occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
  4. is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceaniccrust move away from the ridge
  5. where two plates form separate
  6. all the continents were once a supercontinent
  7. is where the circulation of material is caused by differences in temperature.
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  1. states that the earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  2. a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient to point south.
  3. slab pull is thought to be a more significant force than ridge push in moving tectonic plates.
  4. ridge push moves lithosphere in opposite directions away from the mid-ocean ridge.
  5. two plates collide.
  6. as compass needles, will orient themselves to point worth.
  7. suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of the earth.
  8. a state in which magnetized objects
  9. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process called subduction.

16 Clues: two plates collide. • where two plates form separate • a state in which magnetized objects • where two plates slide past eachother • all the continents were once a supercontinent • The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. • occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction • as compass needles, will orient themselves to point worth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates sliding agunst eachother.
  2. Something moving
  3. A mountin with lava inside.
  4. Plates moving
  5. Two plates pushing into eachother.
  6. The thinnest layer of the earth.
  7. Two plates seperating
  8. Plate tectonics clashing together.
  9. a place were volcano's gather.
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  1. A hard rock under the crust.
  2. The shell of the inner core.
  3. The middle of the earth.
  4. Being tightly squeezed
  5. Below the lithosphere.
  6. Made of crust and upper part of mantle.
  7. A big wave of water.

16 Clues: Plates moving • Something moving • A big wave of water. • Two plates seperating • Being tightly squeezed • Below the lithosphere. • The middle of the earth. • A mountin with lava inside. • A hard rock under the crust. • The shell of the inner core. • a place were volcano's gather. • The thinnest layer of the earth. • Two plates pushing into eachother. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten Earth that is pushed out onto the surface
  2. the semi liquid layer underneath the crust
  3. Where 2 plates move toward each other
  4. crashed into Earth leading to the latest mass extinction
  5. one plate is forced underneath another
  6. a current created when heat rises/cool sinks
  7. 2 plates slide past each other
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  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. used sonar in WWII to find ocean floor not flat
  3. the branch of science Alfred Wegener was in first
  4. Mountain formed when lava is pushed out and solidifies
  5. mountains formed when India crashed into Asia
  6. the last supercontinent. Became todays continents
  7. continent on which Alfred Wegener died
  8. famous for theory of continental drift
  9. the outer, solid layer of the Earth

16 Clues: 2 plates slide past each other • 2 plates move away from each other • the outer, solid layer of the Earth • Where 2 plates move toward each other • continent on which Alfred Wegener died • one plate is forced underneath another • famous for theory of continental drift • the semi liquid layer underneath the crust • a current created when heat rises/cool sinks • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic moving toward each other
  2. the upper layer of the earth's
  3. is continents is north America
  4. is passed each other.
  5. is continents is Europe
  6. crust upper the mental
  7. is continent is Antarctica
  8. the continents is south American
  9. is continents in Australia
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  1. are tectonic plates that move away
  2. is how major landforms are created
  3. is continents in Asia
  4. is continents is Africa
  5. is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's
  6. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  7. is Earth's seven main divisions of land.

16 Clues: is continents in Asia • is passed each other. • crust upper the mental • is continents is Africa • is continents is Europe • is continent is Antarctica • is continents in Australia • the upper layer of the earth's • is continents is north America • the continents is south American • are tectonic plates that move away • is how major landforms are created • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven regions are.
  2. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  3. are formed by divergent plate boundaries. These zones, located along mid-ocean ridges, represent areas where up welling magma creates new oceanic crust.
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. hot fluid or relative fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  6. Photographs and information for a large collection of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary
  7. rock, rock formed at or near Earth's surface by the accumulation and made of sediment
  8. boundaries are the edges where two plates meet. Most geologic activities, including volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building, take place at plate boundaries.
  9. boundaries where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
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  1. movements.
  2. is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's
  3. it erupts lava and magma out of it.
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  5. that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava underwater, or sub aqueous.
  6. something moving the plates and making the crust move.
  7. rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock, in a process called metamorphism.

16 Clues: movements. • it erupts lava and magma out of it. • something moving the plates and making the crust move. • Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven regions are. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • boundaries where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A landmass formed by divergent boudaries pulling away from each other.
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. A large landmass formed by convergent boundaries folding on each other
  4. The layer of Earth made of molten Iron & Nickel
  5. The Thinner and heavier form on crust found in Earth's Oceans
  6. When two plates slide past each other
  7. The zone of the Earth below the lithosphere
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  1. When two plates move towards each other
  2. The layer of the Earth made of solid Iron Nickel
  3. The zone of the earth comprised of the crust and upper mantle
  4. A form of mountain that erupts lava
  5. A large piece of the Earth's crust floating/moving on the asthenosphere
  6. The thick and light type of crust on the Earth found on Earth's landmasses
  7. A sudden shaking from the Earth's plates
  8. the layer of the Earth made of molten rock
  9. The thinest and first layer of the Earth this is made of solid rock

16 Clues: A form of mountain that erupts lava • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move towards each other • A sudden shaking from the Earth's plates • When two plates move away from each other • the layer of the Earth made of molten rock • The zone of the Earth below the lithosphere • The layer of Earth made of molten Iron & Nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of boundary forms subduction?
  2. What type of boundary forms rifts and ridges?
  3. What pattern do volcanoes normally form on a map?
  4. What layer of the Earth has a convection cycle, ultimately causing plate tectonics?
  5. What is created at a transform boundary (besides an earthquake)?
  6. Hess originally discovered this phenomena
  7. What theory comprises the phenomenon that the plates "drift" across the lithosphere?
  8. What type of valley forms at a divergent plate boundary?
  9. What force in the mantle moves the plates?
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  1. What is one sign of a active volcano?
  2. What type of wave does a seismograph read?
  3. What is the innermost layer of the Earth?
  4. What scientific rule says that matter cannot be created nor destroyed?
  5. What ridge is formed at a divergent plate boundary?
  6. How is old plate material "recycled" back into the Earth?
  7. What phenomena did Alfred Wegener discover?

16 Clues: What is one sign of a active volcano? • What type of boundary forms subduction? • What is the innermost layer of the Earth? • Hess originally discovered this phenomena • What type of wave does a seismograph read? • What force in the mantle moves the plates? • What phenomena did Alfred Wegener discover? • What type of boundary forms rifts and ridges? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-14

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock that cools outside of the earth's crust
  2. what theory supports the continents driting
  3. that are exposed to high temperatures and heats than turn solid and cold are?
  4. what is a super continent that was made millions of years ago
  5. what type of natural diaster plates make when they rub together
  6. when a plate slides against another plate
  7. rock that cools under the earth's surface
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  1. what is the process of water, wind and heat break down rock
  2. when plates move towards each other
  3. when plate move away from eachother
  4. when magma cools quickly what texture does it have
  5. what has been on earth for a while and is still developing to this day
  6. what causes the earth's plates to move
  7. in the rock cycle what rock cools
  8. oceanic crust is formed by this boundry
  9. what characteristic would you use to see if a rock is extrusive or intrusive

16 Clues: in the rock cycle what rock cools • when plates move towards each other • when plate move away from eachother • what causes the earth's plates to move • oceanic crust is formed by this boundry • when a plate slides against another plate • rock that cools under the earth's surface • what theory supports the continents driting • rock that cools outside of the earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
  2. is a mountain that forms in the earth's crust when molten material or magma reaches the surface.
  3. plates dip past eachother.
  4. deep underwater canyons.
  5. plates come togther.
  6. breaks in the earths crust which rocks slip past eachother
  7. something that is broken into pieces are seperated by cracks.
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  1. is a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
  2. plates move apart.
  3. heat transfer by the movement of fluid.
  4. the flow that transfers heat with a fluid.
  5. when magma reaches the surface.
  6. what Wagner called the supercontinent.
  7. a major belt of volcanos.
  8. heat transfer between materials that are touching.
  9. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light.

16 Clues: plates move apart. • plates come togther. • deep underwater canyons. • a major belt of volcanos. • plates dip past eachother. • when magma reaches the surface. • what Wagner called the supercontinent. • heat transfer by the movement of fluid. • the flow that transfers heat with a fluid. • heat transfer between materials that are touching. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first person to come up with the idea of continental drift; made fun of by other scientists who came to believe him after he died
  2. the idea that states that the continents were once all attached together, and have moved apart over time; continental drift theory assumes that only the land (continents) we can see above the ocean move
  3. block of lithosphere (crust) that moves separately from the blocks of lithosphere around it
  4. accurate worldwide mapping based on satellite signals
  5. how new oceanic lithosphere is made as magma rises toward the surface and becomes solid
  6. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other; earthquakes may occur at this type of boundary.
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  1. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other; volcanoes and earthquakes may occur at this type of boundary.
  2. the scientific theory that the earth's lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates that move around; tectonic plates include both the land we can see above the ocean (continents) and the oceanic crust that lies below the ocean
  3. the single large land mass that formed about 350 million years ago, and broke apart about 200 million years ago
  4. the idea that some changes in Earth's surface take place over thousands, millions, and even billions of years.
  5. a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur at and near plate boundaries
  6. the land masses we can see above the water on Earth's surface
  7. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other; earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation may occur at this type of boundary.
  8. fixed (still) area of the mantle where magma rises through the lithosphere above it
  9. the rigid (stiff) outer portion of the Earth that is broken into plates. It is made up of the crust (both continental and oceanic) and the solid outer part of the mantle.
  10. when one tectonic plate is forced downward into the mantle; this happens at some convergent (colliding) boundaries

16 Clues: accurate worldwide mapping based on satellite signals • the land masses we can see above the water on Earth's surface • fixed (still) area of the mantle where magma rises through the lithosphere above it • how new oceanic lithosphere is made as magma rises toward the surface and becomes solid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rigid layer that consists of crust and upper mantle
  2. the type of plate movement where the plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. the type of plate movement where the plates move away from one another
  4. large, ancient landmass where all continents were connected
  5. the act of one plate pushing beneath another
  6. the innermost layer of Earth
  7. can occur at plate boundaries, the earth shakes
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  1. is formed at divergent boundaries, a low area of land
  2. pieces of crust that are broken up and move
  3. below the lithosphere, where convection occurs
  4. large, ancient superocean when all continents were connected
  5. the type of plate movement where the plates move toward each other
  6. the thick layer that the crust moves on
  7. the outermost layer of Earth that we live on
  8. is formed at convergent boundaries, contains magma
  9. is formed at convergent boundaries, a tall portion of Earth's crust

16 Clues: the innermost layer of Earth • the thick layer that the crust moves on • pieces of crust that are broken up and move • the outermost layer of Earth that we live on • the act of one plate pushing beneath another • below the lithosphere, where convection occurs • can occur at plate boundaries, the earth shakes • is formed at convergent boundaries, contains magma • ...

Tectonic Plates 2019-10-14

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

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

Science Board Block Three 2016-10-20

Science Board Block Three crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of the earth
  2. when two plates slide against each other
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
  4. on top of the asthenosphere
  5. formed by convergent boundaries
  6. Part of the upper mantle
  7. Caused by divergent plate boundaries
  8. where molten material rises at the mid-ocean ridge and pushes out the old rock
  9. Causes the movement of tectonic plates
  10. when two plates pull apart
  11. between the mantle and the inner core
  12. The thinnest layer of the earth
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  1. the first supercontinent
  2. scientist who theorized plate tectonics
  3. the theory of earth’s plates moving
  4. an underwater valley
  5. where one plate (more dense) dives under another plate
  6. When two plates push together
  7. Caused by transform boundaries
  8. the only solid layer of the earth

20 Clues: an underwater valley • the study of the earth • the first supercontinent • Part of the upper mantle • when two plates pull apart • on top of the asthenosphere • When two plates push together • Caused by transform boundaries • the thickest layer of the earth • formed by convergent boundaries • The thinnest layer of the earth • the only solid layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift 2014-02-11

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten center of the Earth
  2. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  3. Outermost layer of the Earth
  4. Forms from a continental-continental convergent plate boundary
  5. One piece of evidence for plate tectonics
  6. Forms at a divergent plate boundary
  7. The study of the Earth and Earth's processes
  8. Refers to the direction of rock formations found on the ocean floor
  9. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  10. Middle layer of the Earth
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  1. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  2. Type of plate boundary that exists where 2 plates colide
  3. Type of plate boundary that exists where 2 plates move apart
  4. Current theory for the movement of continents
  5. Occurs at a transform plate boundary
  6. The name given to the single "super continent" that all of today's continents came from
  7. Type of plate boundary that exists where 2 plates slide past each other
  8. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  9. May form at an oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary
  10. May result from a severe earthquake at an oceanic-continental plate boundary

20 Clues: Middle layer of the Earth • Molten center of the Earth • Outermost layer of the Earth • Forms at a divergent plate boundary • Occurs at a transform plate boundary • One piece of evidence for plate tectonics • One piece of evidence for continental drift • One piece of evidence for continental drift • One piece of evidence for continental drift • ...

vocabulary Definitions Science 8 2022-09-13

vocabulary Definitions Science 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body or rock along which one block moves
  2. a system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence
  3. The location within earth along a fault
  4. tectonics Tectonics The theory that Earths outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called tectonics plates
  5. rebound the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its unformed shape
  6. thin and solid outermost layer of Earth
  7. A movement of trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy
  8. The layer of rock between the Earths
  9. boundary the boundary between two technotic plates that are colliding
  10. boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding horizontally
  11. current any movement of matter that results from differences in density
  12. The process in which one lithosphere plate moves beneath each other
  13. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
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  1. the bending, tilting, and breaking of Earths crust
  2. The solid outer layer of Earth that consist of the crust
  3. floor spreading the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms when magma rises to earths surface
  4. reversal Earths magnetic north pole and magnetic south pole switch positions
  5. plate boundary the edge between two or more plates classified as divergent
  6. and core The central part of Earth below the mantle
  7. plate a block of lithosphere that consist of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  8. boundary the boundary between two technotic plates that are moving away from each other
  9. the point on earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point
  10. the soft layer of the mantle

23 Clues: the soft layer of the mantle • The layer of rock between the Earths • The location within earth along a fault • thin and solid outermost layer of Earth • the bending, tilting, and breaking of Earths crust • a break in a body or rock along which one block moves • The solid outer layer of Earth that consist of the crust • ...