plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

17 Clues: to • zone • hess • zones • belts • fault • plate • theory • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

17 Clues: to • zone • hess • fault • plate • belts • zones • theory • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

39 Clues: largest plate • deepest trench • collection of start • clearing of forests • single supercontinent • birthplace of the stars • group: galactic cluster • tallest mountain on earth • destructive plate margins • constructive plate margins • large volumes of ocean water • Way: example of spiral galaxy • fine liquid and solid particles • rainfall: can wash out pathogens • ...

10 Clues: Plate • Trench • Oceanic • Hot Spot • Fracture • Secondary • Transform • Earthquake • Convergent • Tectonics, Primary

15 Clues: to • hess • fault • belts • zones • plate • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

15 Clues: to • hess • fault • belts • zones • plate • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

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

18 Clues: crust and upper mantle • outer most layer of earth • largest layer inside earth • plastic layer below the lithosphere • drift/ theory that the continents move • core/ liquid core composed of iron and nickel • boundry/boundry b/w 2 plates that are separating • super continent that existed 200 million yrs ago • Adreas Fault/example of a transform fault boundry • ...

18 Clues: Supercontinent that broke and drifted apart. • Is a famous example of a Divergent boundary. • boundary creates seafloor spreading centers. • The lithosphere and Asthenosphere belong here. • boundary Creates faults and moves in a sliding motion. • Center Area where lithospheric plates are moving apart. • This person came up with the theory of Continental Drift • ...

18 Clues: Hess Sea Floor spreading was his theory • Wegener Continental drift was his theory • The second layer of the earth, made of lava • valley A valley between highlands caused by a fault • One of two supercontinent that separated from pangaea • A supercontinent  that was made of all the continents • boundaries The boundary of plate, there are three types • ...

18 Clues: is a large landmass. • waves is a mechanical vibration. • A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • is the point or line where one region ends and another begins. • crust is a layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. • ...

18 Clues: breaks in rocks • underwater mountain belts • form along mid-ocean ridges • the outermost physical layer of Earth • when one plate sinks below another plate • the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • the name Wegener called the supercontinent • the layer immediately below the lithosphere • a stress that squeezes or shortens material • ...

18 Clues: soft layer • very hot rock • that carry energy • valley- deep valley • core- ball of solid mental • boundary- Two plates divide • Heat transferred by touching • top of mantle into a single layer • transferred by motion of a liquid • All the contents that were together • break in the crust were they slipped • ancient thing that is preserved in rock • ...

18 Clues: sinks below • to plates colliding • two plates divrge and make one • plates slideing pass eachother • two plates diverge and make one • what can harded and make a island • the tallest mountain in the world • made himalayas and folded moutains • to plates going away from eachother • volcanos from cascades in washington • a fault that is location is in californa • ...

18 Clues: Hot liquid • 2 types of plates • broken pieces of earth • Plates below the ocean • the sea floor spreading • Plates under the continent • Violent shaking of the ground • the earths crust and upper mantle • The crust and part of the upper mantle • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Less dense plate slides under more dense plate • ...

18 Clues: When magma reaches the surface • Plates come together, or converge • these form along the boundaries of Earth's plates • A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • A plate boundary where two plates move apart or away from each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single landmass that broke up to form continents • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • ...

18 Clues: earth's tilt • top layer of the earth • outer part of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • Creator Of The Pangea Theory • the surface right above the focus • a preserved part of a long dead plant • where all countries and where we live are • current in a liquid that results in convection • A Theory That All Continents Were Once Together • ...

18 Clues: force that drives plate movement • place where new sea floor is formed • boundary type in which 2 plates move apart • cartographer who first mapped the sea floor • where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land • device using soundwaves to map the ocean floor • mountains formed when India collided with China • the floor of the crust and ceiling of the mantle • ...

18 Clues: this is the largest tectonic plate • this is the outer most layer of the earth • magma that has erupted onto the earth's surface • heat that rises and falls within the earth's mantle • the point at which two or more tectonic plates meet • these types of hazards are caused by atmospheric changes • this type of plate boundary sees two continental plates collide • ...

20 Clues: A sudden shaking of the Earth's crust. • The outermost solid layer of the Earth. • Spot A region of high volcanic activity • Plate Boundary Where two plates collide. • Waves Energy released during an earthquake. • Fault: A boundary where plates slide past each other. • The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. • ...

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

10 Clues: tectonic plates. • Denver, Colorado fault • In Asia,glacial erosian • California, Seirra Nevada fault block • In Japan, Over lapping volcano cones. • In Asia, Indo Australlia plate collided. • In China, from the collision of Indian and • weather Washington, By the Yakutat microplate colliding. • Japan, from the collision of Indian and Eurasian plate tectonics • ...

18 Clues: ____ in the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. • A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates move apart. • The idea that the continents move around on Earth's surface. • A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together. • A process that involves a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle. • ...

18 Clues: A device used to map the ocean floor • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • A scientist who mapped parts of the ocean floor in the 1950s • ...

18 Clues: earth's tilt • top layer of the earth • outer part of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • Creator Of The Pangea Theory • the surface right above the focus • a preserved part of a long dead plant • where all countries and where we live are • current in a liquid that results in convection • A Theory That All Continents Were Once Together • ...

18 Clues: what GPS stands for • example of a divergent • example of a transform boundary • example of a convergent boundary • place where tectonic plates touch • what the asthenosphere is made of • special name of a convergent boundary • number of types of tectonic plate boundaries • the thing that forms at a divergent boundary • ...

18 Clues: The bending of rock layers • Outermost layer of the Earth • A break in the Earth's crust • New lithosphere is created here • Liquid layer of the Earth's core • Solid, dense center of the Earth • The rigid outer part of the earth • A record produced by a seismograph • Layer between the crust and the core • Boundary between two colliding plates • ...

18 Clues: large ocean that surrounded Pangaea • Process where a continent breaks apart • supercontinent that formed 300million years ago • boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • process where a terrane becomes apart of a continent • one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate • large area of stable rock, all continents contain these • ...

18 Clues: In physics • seismic waves • a graph output • secondary waves • the deformation • the built up stress • Measuring instrument • the reduction in volume • the block above the fault • the size or extent of something • The forces that cause deformation • an area of relatively level high ground • a measure of the strength of earthquakes • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • ...

18 Clues: innermost layer • the thickest layer • the layer we stand on • boundary which collides • where 2 plates compress • layer touching the core • boundary that spreads apart • rock hard surface we stand on • an area between 2 tectonic plates • boundary which plates slide across • the crust, the mantle and the core • theory that oceanic plates slowly move • ...

18 Clues: Hot liquid • 2 types of plates • Plates below the ocean • broken pieces of earth • the sea floor spreading • Plates under the continent • Violent shaking of the ground • the earths crust and upper mantle • The crust and part of the upper mantle • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Less dense plate slides under more dense plate • ...

18 Clues: Plates that pull apart • Plates that push together • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Cause to change; make different • A large continuous extent of land • Knowledge on which to base belief • Crash together with violent impact • Pushes magma up through a thin hole • Incapable of or resistant to bending • Long narrow depression on the sea floor • ...

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

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single landmass that broke up to form continents • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...

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

18 Clues: Thinnest type of crust. • The crust and uppermost solid mantle. • These occur around the “Ring of Fire”. • Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake. • Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate. • Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this. • Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur. • ...

18 Clues: hot molten rock INSIDE the mantle • A break or crack in the Earth's plate. • the name of Alfred Wegener's hypothesized supercontinent. • when two plates move towards each other. (2 words, no spaces) • the location where energy is released to cause an earthquake. • The layer of the earth that makes up the upper mantle and crust. • ...

19 Clues: (9 letters) • Tectonics (5 letters) • __________ of a volcano (8 letters) • outer layer of the earth (5 letters) • volcano has many ________ (7 letters) • rocks break under pressure (8 letters) • appears, one section drops (6 letters) • hole in the ground, not just mountains (7 letters) • mantle:the ______ part of the mantle (5,6 letters) • ...

18 Clues: Hess Sea Floor spreading was his theory • Wegener Continental drift was his theory • The second layer of the earth, made of lava • valley A valley between highlands caused by a fault • One of two supercontinent that separated from pangaea • A supercontinent  that was made of all the continents • boundaries The boundary of plate, there are three types • ...

19 Clues: A type of crust • A type of crust • the center of the earth • where convection happens • the outer layer of earth • this happens in the mantle • the energy of an earthquake • I happen at all boundary types • The outside of a tectonic plate • a boundary type that moves apart • The third physical layer of earth • The second pysical layer of earth • The first physical layer of earth • ...

18 Clues: when two or more plates collide • The liquid layer deep within the earth • Thin shell on the outside of the Earth • when two plates slide across each other • The deepest layer, solid and is very hot • when two plates move away from each other • hot molten rock on the surface of the crust • hot molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • ...

18 Clues: the largest of all plates • the smallest of all plates • the number of major plates • earths magnetic field reversals • ancient magnetism preserved in rocks • an instrument used to study earthquakes • where roughly 80% of earths volcanoes lie • allows for the movement of the lithosphere • consists of the crust and the upper mantle • ...

20 Clues: ______ spreading • Long, narrow ditch • Type of plate boundary • Type of plate boundary • Type of plate boundary • A submarine ridge system • Hot fluid similar to lava • Closely compacted in substance • Hard inner/outer layer of earth • Created Continental Drift Theory • Used to join or strengthen things • A crack, split, or break in something • Capable of being attracted by a magnet • ...

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...

20 Clues: Plate _____________ • Seafloor ______________ • what causes plate tectonics • what causes sea floor spreading • the deepest parts of the oceans. • Section of the Earth below the crust • the Theory of Continental _____________. • places where the sea floor is forced under • what is the liquid layer of the earth’s core • what is one of the three types of boundaries? • ...

18 Clues: the ocean floor • the largest plate • the center of the Earth • the study of earthquakes • when two plates crash together • plates glide over Earth’s ____ • a type of convergent plate boundary. • When two plates slide past each other • when one plate goes under another plate • when two plates go in the opposite direction • convergent plate boundaries can produce this • ...

20 Clues: What subducts crust? • Name of super-continent • Wegener's theory was ___. • What does crust come out of? • Evidence of continental drift • ___ crust was close to ridge. • Evidence of continental drift • Evidence of sea floor spreading • ___ crust is created by ridges. • Evidence of sea floor spreading • Why was continental drift denied? • Process of crust being pulled down • ...

14 Clues: the breaking down of rock • broken pieces of rock, sand, soil, etc. • name of the supercontinent by alfred wegener • when oceanic crust sinks below continental crust • the movement of rock through wind, water, or ice • thinnest layer of the earth closest to the surface • plate boundary where two plates move towards each other • ...

17 Clues: The more __________ crust sinks • Divergent boundaries move __________ • Plates moving apart can create _________ • Convergent boundaries come _____________ • A famous fault is located in this State. • This is when one crust sinks below another. • This type of boundaries slide past each other • A natural disaster that causes the earth to shake • ...

25 Clues: Horizontal layer of mostly rock sediments • The most common mineral in Earth's crust. • the outermost solid shell of our rocky planet. • The scientific study of Earth (not just rocks!) • Molten rock material found below Earth's surface • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure. • Mountains are formed at this type of tectonic plate boundary. • ...

15 Clues: volcano in hawaii • ridge:location of mid ocean ridge • Boundary: Where two plates meet and collide, • Boundaries: A place where two plates move apart, • Breaks in the Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other, • Theory: A well-tested concept that explains a wide reange of observations, • ...

18 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • a mountain made of cooled magma • the uper layer of earths mantle • the center of earth (really hot) • when rocks are squashed together • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • when two plates move away from each-other • ...

18 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • a mountain made of cooled magma • the uper layer of earths mantle • when rocks are squashed together • the center of earth (really hot) • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • when two plates move away from each-other • ...

18 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • the uper layer of earths mantle • a mountain made of cooled magma • the center of earth (really hot) • when rocks are squashed together • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • when two plates move away from each-other • ...

18 Clues: thickest layer • first continent • crust made of sima • denser crust sinking • boundary at ocean ridges • these happen along faults • deepest part of the ocean floor • can be found at plate boundaries • the crust is broken up into many • this crust is thicker but lighter • magma erupting through the seafloor • there are seven of these on our planet • ...

18 Clues: Under the Lithosphere • dense ball of solid metal • Found in the oceanic crust • Found in the continental crust • This is mass divided by volume • The crust and uppermost mantle • This layer's thickness is 2,867 km • When two plates slide past each other • All life exists on this layer on Earth • When two plates move away from each other • ...

18 Clues: soft layer • very hot rock • that carry energy • valley- deep valley • core- ball of solid mental • boundary- Two plates divide • Heat transferred by touching • top of mantle into a single layer • transferred by motion of a liquid • All the contents that were together • break in the crust were they slipped • ancient thing that is preserved in rock • ...

18 Clues: Thinnest type of crust. • The crust and uppermost solid mantle. • These occur around the “Ring of Fire”. • Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake. • Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate. • Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this. • Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur. • ...

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

18 Clues: a repetition • where two plates meet • a single supercontinent • when two plates come together • when two plates go away from each other • hard solid rock also known as the crust • a layer of the earth made of a soft solid • how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • ...

18 Clues: In physics • seismic waves • a graph output • secondary waves • the deformation • the built up stress • Measuring instrument • the reduction in volume • the block above the fault • the size or extent of something • The forces that cause deformation • an area of relatively level high ground • a measure of the strength of earthquakes • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • ...

18 Clues: These waves are slower • The origin of the earthquake • The boundary where two plates collide • When one plate is forced under another • The plates are gliding over the mantle • The crust and upper mantle comprises this • Fossil and age evidence helped proved this theory • When two plates slide past each other you get these • ...

18 Clues: innermost layer • the thickest layer • the layer we stand on • boundary which collides • where 2 plates compress • layer touching the core • boundary that spreads apart • rock hard surface we stand on • an area between 2 tectonic plates • boundary which plates slide across • the crust, the mantle and the core • theory that oceanic plates slowly move • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single landmass that broke up to form continents • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...

18 Clues: A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by subduction. • A break or crack in Earth's crust where movement has occurred. • An underwater mountain range formed by divergent tectonic plates. • A deep valley formed where two plates move apart on continental crust. • A region where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle. • ...

25 Clues: The most common mineral in Earth's crust. • Horizontal layer of mostly rock sediments • the outermost solid shell of our rocky planet. • The scientific study of Earth (not just rocks!) • Molten rock material found below Earth's surface • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure. • Mountains are formed at this type of tectonic plate boundary. • ...

20 Clues: What subducts crust? • Name of super-continent • Wegener's theory was ___. • What does crust come out of? • Evidence of continental drift • ___ crust was close to ridge. • Evidence of continental drift • Evidence of sea floor spreading • ___ crust is created by ridges. • Evidence of sea floor spreading • Why was continental drift denied? • Process of crust being pulled down • ...

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

18 Clues: To bend or change direction • The innermost layers of the Earth • A scientist who studies earthquakes • Of or having to do with earthquakes • The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface • The circular depression containing a volcanic vent • The maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough • A written record of an earthquake, recorded by a seismograph • ...

20 Clues: s wave • all land • above the focus • below the lithosphere • above the asthenosphere • thickest layer of Earth • how many faults are there • wave fastest seismic wave • oundary that comes together • boundary where earthquakes form • what is at the center of the earth • waves most destructive seismic wave • where no seismic waves are received • the elastic limit is first released • ...

20 Clues: /One super continent • / happens in trenches • Plates are located here • / 2 plates come together • happens in the asthenosphere • crust / One of the two crusts • / A trench is a ? in the ocean • tectonics / causes earthquakes • Wegener's theory was first ____ • / 2 plates slide past each other • Drift/ Theory of the continents moving • there are two types of ? one is oceanic • ...

20 Clues: c • 1 • d • 5 • 6 • 2 • f • 3 • 9 • 8 • h • 4 • j • i • 7 • g • k • a • b • e

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

18 Clues: supercontinent • more dense crust type • occurs at mid-ocean ridges • innermost layer of the earth • outermost layer of the earth • boundary where plates collide • layer of earth below the mantle • less dense and thicker crust type • number of main layers of the earth • layer of the earth below the crust • layer made of crust and upper mantle • ...

18 Clues: breaks in rocks • underwater mountain belts • form along mid-ocean ridges • the outermost physical layer of Earth • when one plate sinks below another plate • the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • the name Wegener called the supercontinent • a stress that squeezes or shortens material • the layer immediately below the lithosphere • ...

18 Clues: Mass in a given space • Name of the supercontinent • Hottest layer of the earth • Layer of the earth that is a liquid • Layer between the crust and the core • Type of crust that is made of basalt • Process:the ocean floor sinks below a trench • Dark fine grained rock found in the oceanic crust • Earth layer made of crust and upper mantle, rigid • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • undersea mountain chain with steep narrow valley • supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago • ...

18 Clues: molten rock in earth's surface • solid plastic part of the mantle • breaking apart of earth's surface • sudden movement of earth's surface • can form when magma erupts onto earth's surface • single landmass that broke up to form continents • single, large ocean that covered earth's surface • study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks • ...

18 Clues: process by which new crust forms • runs the vertical length of the atlantic ocean • in convection, denser cooler material does this • two types of _________ - Oceanic and continental • large pieces of the lithosphere that slowly drift • process in the mantle that drives continental drift • energy release often caused by transform boundaries • ...

18 Clues: sections of the earth’s crust. • A type of crust that carries land. • A type of crust that carries water. • Tectonic plates that slide past each other. • When tectonic plates move apart from each other. • The upper part of the mantle that is semi-molten. • The areas where two or more plates meet each other. • When tectonic plates move together and push upwards. • ...

25 Clues: The most common mineral in Earth's crust. • Horizontal layer of mostly rock sediments • the outermost solid shell of our rocky planet. • The scientific study of Earth (not just rocks!) • Molten rock material found below Earth's surface • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure. • Mountains are formed at this type of tectonic plate boundary. • ...

15 Clues: Trench • Infauna • Zonation • Isostasy • Subduction • Desiccation • Lithosphere • Asthenosphere • Plate Tectonics • Hydrothermal Vent • Continental Shelf • Continental Drift • Divergent Boundary • Transform Boundary • Convergent Boundary

20 Clues: Plate _________ • The Juan de ____ plate • The largest tectonic plate • The smallest plate (3 words) • The largest of the earth's layers • The outermost rigid layer of earth • The plate that covers most of Asia • The number of major tectonic plates • The number of minor tectonic plates • The total number of tectonic plates • The plate covering most of the south • ...

17 Clues: violent shaking of the earth • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle • referring to DC and causing electrons to flow from the base metal to the electrode • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time • ...

19 Clues: land plate • caused by divergent • The top layer of Earth • The center of the Earth • The thickest part of Earth • 2 continental plates colliding • The layer above the inner core • caused by convergent subduction • in the upper part of the mantle • 2 continental plates forming a tipi • 2 plates sliding against each other • a feature that plate tectonics form • ...

15 Clues: when to plates come together • Outermost layer of the earth • discovered Seafloor spreading • Magma after it leaves the ground • had the theory of Plate tectonics • spreading the theory by Harry Hess • two plates that slide past each other • Lava before it comes out of a volcano. • core The innermost layer of the earth • A mountain that holds and releases lava • ...

12 Clues: Boundary where two tectonic plates meet. • refers to the movement of Earth's plates. • the process of one plate going under another. • currents in the mantle that drive plate movement. • part of the southern supercontinent that split from Pangaea. • the layer of Earth where convection currents help move plates. • ...

15 Clues: reverse and orient • two plates separate • Two palates collide • outermost rock layer • Earths surface plates • oceanic crust that forms • two pates passed one another • Another word for supercontinent • Continents are in constant motion • circulation of different materials • plates sank below the buoyant plate • magnetized objects orient themselves • ...

17 Clues: The lithosphere is broken into sections • Mid-ocean ridges form the ____mountain ranges on Earth • Old oceanic crust is _____ dense than new oceanic crust • When continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary • Occurs where the oceanic crust bends down toward the mantle. • Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock • ...

17 Clues: nicknamed meridians • measures north and south • denser, thinner crust type • floats higher on the mantle • extremely explosive volcanoes • small but very steep volcanoes • head on collision between plates • release of energy from the earth • plates moving away from each other • the plate boundary we live on top of • place at which the energy is released • ...

17 Clues: The type of plate that experiences Shearing • Shaking or trembling caused by tectonic stress • The exact place where the tectonic plate moved • The type of seismic wave that is slower, larger • The type of seismic wave that is faster, smaller • A number that describes the size of an Earthquake • The type of plate boundary that experiences tension • ...

17 Clues: rock • edge • Earth • ocean • water • pangea • Europe • Planet • dinner • together • molten rock • ocean depths • natural disaster • relating to ocean • geological process • sideways and downwards • causes natural disasters

17 Clues: the outermost solid shell of earth • When two plates slide past each other • the first waves produced by an earthquake • The partially melted portion of the mantle • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • How much energy is released by an earthquake • secondary seismic waves produced by an earthquake • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...

17 Clues: this force causes denser material to fall • are caused when plates slide past one another; • forms as continental plates push against one another • this layer contains parts that are moving at a slow rate • this is an example of what happens at divergent boundaries • the crust is divided into the continental and _______ crust • ...