plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-02-07

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  2. process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  3. a sudden violent shaking of the ground.
  4. the outermost layer of Earth.
  5. melted rock on Earth's surface.
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  1. the action or process in plate teconics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  2. cause to break through faulting caused by plate tectonics.
  3. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.
  4. the border between two tectonic plates.
  5. plate a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
  6. melted rock beneath Earth's surface.

11 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth's surface. • melted rock beneath Earth's surface. • the border between two tectonic plates. • a sudden violent shaking of the ground. • cause to break through faulting caused by plate tectonics. • the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics Revision 2022-11-30

Plate Tectonics Revision crossword puzzle
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  1. another word for a divergent plate margin
  2. Era of the oldest rocks in Europe
  3. the theory that preceded plate tectonics
  4. another word for the Hercynian mountain building
  5. mountain building
  6. upland made at a collision zone
  7. moulten rock that is extruded through a volcano
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  1. another word for destructive plate margin
  2. ____ fault or conservative plate boundary
  3. the expansion of the sea floor along a plate boundary
  4. The remains of this form the Mediterranean
  5. large area of oldest rocks in Europe
  6. plate boundary where there are earthquakes but not volcanoes

13 Clues: mountain building • upland made at a collision zone • Era of the oldest rocks in Europe • large area of oldest rocks in Europe • the theory that preceded plate tectonics • another word for destructive plate margin • ____ fault or conservative plate boundary • another word for a divergent plate margin • The remains of this form the Mediterranean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. accurate worldwide mapping based on satellite signals
  2. when one tectonic plate is forced downward into the mantle; this happens at some convergent (colliding) boundaries
  3. how new oceanic lithosphere is made as magma rises toward the surface and becomes solid
  4. block of lithosphere (crust) that moves separately from the blocks of lithosphere around it
  5. 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.
  6. the single large land mass that formed about 350 million years ago, and broke apart about 200 million years ago
  7. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other; volcanoes and earthquakes may occur at this type of boundary.
  8. 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
  9. the idea that some changes in Earth's surface take place over thousands, millions, and even billions of years.
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  1. 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
  2. fixed (still) area of the mantle where magma rises through the lithosphere above it
  3. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other; earthquakes may occur at this type of boundary.
  4. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other; earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation may occur at this type of boundary.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. the land masses we can see above the water on Earth's surface

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 2022-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. rising of rock layers
  2. stress at a convergent boundary
  3. layer of Earth made mostly of iron
  4. thin,solid layer above the mantle
  5. fault hanging wall moves up relative to footwall
  6. was name of the one big continent
  7. result of plates moving at transform boundary
  8. boundary where plates slide past
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  1. boundary where plates move away
  2. sinking of rock layers
  3. interior of the Earth can be mapped using
  4. boundary where plates collide
  5. rigid layer made up of crust and upper mantle
  6. fault hanging wall moves down relative to footwall
  7. layer of rock that comprises 67% of earths mass
  8. stress at a divergent boundary

16 Clues: rising of rock layers • sinking of rock layers • boundary where plates collide • stress at a divergent boundary • boundary where plates move away • stress at a convergent boundary • boundary where plates slide past • thin,solid layer above the mantle • was name of the one big continent • layer of Earth made mostly of iron • interior of the Earth can be mapped using • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  2. an underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed. Caused by Divergent Boundary
  3. a deep section along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  4. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  5. the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
  6. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core, has magma
  7. Energy or vibrations that are released due to plate movement
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
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  1. The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past
  2. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, example is The Rocky Mountains
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, example is Mid-Atlantic Ridge or Great Rift Valley
  5. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  6. Earth's outermost layer.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions example New Madrid Fault
  8. A geological feature that indicates a break in a rock due to stress

16 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past • Energy or vibrations that are released due to plate movement • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core, has magma • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 2023-04-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. all the continents were once part of a supercontinent.
  2. is when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process.
  3. tectonics states that earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  4. plate boundaries form where two plates collide.
  5. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  6. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north.
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  1. is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer.
  2. plate boundary forms when two plates separate.
  3. drift when continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  4. spreading the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  5. is the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and destiny.
  6. reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction.
  7. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
  8. push is when rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force.
  9. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other.
  10. pull is when a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force

16 Clues: is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer. • plate boundary forms when two plates separate. • plate boundaries form where two plates collide. • all the continents were once part of a supercontinent. • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. • reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-04-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. all the continents were once part of a supercontinent.
  2. is when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process.
  3. tectonics states that earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  4. plate boundaries form where two plates collide.
  5. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  6. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north.
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  1. is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer.
  2. plate boundary forms when two plates separate.
  3. drift when continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  4. spreading the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  5. is the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and destiny.
  6. reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction.
  7. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
  8. push is when rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force.
  9. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other.
  10. pull is when a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force

16 Clues: is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer. • plate boundary forms when two plates separate. • plate boundaries form where two plates collide. • all the continents were once part of a supercontinent. • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. • reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The type of plate boundary that move away from each other
  2. convergent boundaries form what type of natural disaster when forced up
  3. plates that are under water
  4. the fluid portion of the Earth's lower mantle below the lithosphere
  5. how many million years it takes for the cycle crust forming and melting down in the core
  6. The tectonic plate we live on
  7. how the intensity of an earthquake is measured
  8. The type of boundary that that earthquakes are made from
  9. top layer of the crust
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  1. when one plates moves underneath the other
  2. the slow movement of the continents over time
  3. How many major plates are there
  4. which type of plate that is thicker?
  5. A boundary were two tectonic plates are pushing against each other
  6. the super continent
  7. the first person to develop the theory of plate tectonic

16 Clues: the super continent • top layer of the crust • plates that are under water • The tectonic plate we live on • How many major plates are there • which type of plate that is thicker? • when one plates moves underneath the other • the slow movement of the continents over time • how the intensity of an earthquake is measured • ...

plate tectonics 2015-01-27

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. 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.
  3. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
  4. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
  5. tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  6. rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
  7. decay is the process by which a nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing radiation.
  8. boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  9. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
  10. quake 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.
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  1. rock types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.
  2. rock type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressed.
  3. wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.
  4. cycle an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion.
  5. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  6. boundary is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.

16 Clues: matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. • rock type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressed. • rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. core-A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of earth.
  2. study of planet Earth.
  3. core-A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the earth.
  4. A great landmass surrounded by oceans.
  5. The layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface.
  6. force- A force that slowly wears away mountains and other features on the surface of earth.
  7. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  8. The layer of hot, solid material between earth's crust and core.
  9. wave- A vibration that travels though Earth carrying the energy released during and earthquake.
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  1. scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Eathe.
  2. The material that forms Earth's hard suface.
  3. A usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust.
  4. force- A force that builds up mountains and landmass on earth's surfaces.
  5. rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the matle and the crust.
  6. amout of force pushing on a surface or area.
  7. drack, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceainc crust.

16 Clues: study of planet Earth. • A great landmass surrounded by oceans. • The material that forms Earth's hard suface. • amout of force pushing on a surface or area. • The layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface. • soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • core-A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the earth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-04-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The layer of the Earth between the crust and core
  2. The outermost layer of the earth
  3. The driving force of all plate motion
  4. An area where one plate is plunged beneath another
  5. An area of lithosphere where two plates slide past each other
  6. The location of a
  7. An area formed by rifting plates underneath the ocean
  8. The boundary between two colliding plates
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  1. This describes the earth's lithosphere as being divided into movable plates
  2. This historic super continent existed
  3. A area where rift or rift valley's form
  4. The cause of the break up of Pangea
  5. This layer of Earth's crust is made of the upper mantle
  6. / The boundary between earth's crust and mantle
  7. The part of earth's core that is liquid
  8. The center of the earth.

16 Clues: The location of a • The center of the earth. • The outermost layer of the earth • The cause of the break up of Pangea • This historic super continent existed • The driving force of all plate motion • A area where rift or rift valley's form • The part of earth's core that is liquid • The boundary between two colliding plates • / The boundary between earth's crust and mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. what can make plate move away from eachother
  2. the study of Earth
  3. plate boundaries moving towards each other
  4. what causes to form volcanoes
  5. plate boundaries moving apart
  6. A supercontinent made up of all continents
  7. what was the earliest eon in history
  8. what can create mass destruction by erupting
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  1. where most earth quakes and volcanoes occur
  2. what is found in zicronium minerals
  3. what is the largest landmasses of the earth
  4. What is the thinnest layer of the earth
  5. What is the thickest layer of the earth
  6. what floods cities
  7. Causes earthquakes and tsunamis
  8. plate boundaries slide past each other

16 Clues: the study of Earth • what floods cities • what causes to form volcanoes • plate boundaries moving apart • Causes earthquakes and tsunamis • what is found in zicronium minerals • what was the earliest eon in history • plate boundaries slide past each other • What is the thinnest layer of the earth • What is the thickest layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the stickiness of lava or its resistance to flow
  2. a conical shaped landform with an opening at the top
  3. smaller earthquakes that occur after a main earthquake event
  4. plates move towards each other
  5. the upper part of the mantle along with the overlying crust
  6. hot molten rock
  7. the point on the earth's surface direction above the focus
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  1. an enlarged crater due to violent eruption of volcano leading to the collapse of the crater
  2. plates move away from each other
  3. located at the centre of the earth with a radius of about 3500km
  4. an opening at the top of a volcano
  5. a point of sudden energy release where seismic waves radiate out
  6. an opening where magma escapes to the earth's surface
  7. an unusually large sea wave formed by the movement of the sea floor during a large sea quake
  8. plate slide past each other
  9. an instrument that records the seismic waves release by an earthquake

16 Clues: hot molten rock • plate slide past each other • plates move towards each other • plates move away from each other • an opening at the top of a volcano • the stickiness of lava or its resistance to flow • a conical shaped landform with an opening at the top • an opening where magma escapes to the earth's surface • the point on the earth's surface direction above the focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. An opening in the earth where magma and hot steam can rise up.
  2. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates pull away from each other.
  3. The type of crust underneath continents.
  4. A type of boundary where two plates brush back and forth against each other.
  5. The thickest layer of the earth.
  6. It contains convection currents.
  7. The type of crust underneath the ocean.
  8. The liquid layer of the earth.
  9. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates push toward each other.
  10. The most dense layer of the earth, composed of iron and nickel.
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  1. When one plate moves underneath another plate.
  2. The theory created by Alfred Wegener that say the earth has plates that move across the mantle.
  3. Made up of the upper mantle and the crust.
  4. A supercontinent that existed before the world looked the way it does today.
  5. One of the effects from a transform boundary.
  6. The outermost and thinnest layer of the earth.

16 Clues: The liquid layer of the earth. • The thickest layer of the earth. • It contains convection currents. • The type of crust underneath the ocean. • The type of crust underneath continents. • Made up of the upper mantle and the crust. • One of the effects from a transform boundary. • When one plate moves underneath another plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-05-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust.
  2. Vent on the surface of the earth that releases magma.
  3. The type of wave that forms from earthquakes.
  4. Middle of a tectonic plate.
  5. When one plate goes under another.
  6. Type of boundary where plates come together.
  7. Study of seismic waves.
  8. Unexpected ground movement, caused by the release of energy in rocks
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  1. The slower wave, can only travel through solids.
  2. The faster wave, can travel through all matter.
  3. A disturbance in a medium that carries energy.
  4. Massive slabs of rock in the lithosphere that move with tectonics.
  5. A narrow crack in the earth.
  6. Long, narrow ditches formed in the ocean floor.
  7. Type of boundary where plates move apart.
  8. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.

16 Clues: Study of seismic waves. • Middle of a tectonic plate. • A narrow crack in the earth. • When one plate goes under another. • Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust. • Type of boundary where plates move apart. • Type of boundary where plates come together. • The type of wave that forms from earthquakes. • A disturbance in a medium that carries energy. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  2. The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  3. The process of continents breaking up, getting smaller and allowing in the sea
  4. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth
  6. The crust that forms the continents
  7. Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth
  8. The shaking, wave-like movement of the ground during an earthquake
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  1. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  2. A deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the rest of the floor
  3. The very slow process of continents separating as they drift across the oceans
  4. Molten rock that has erupted onto the surface of the earth
  5. The theory that the Earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces that move on the aesthenosphere
  6. 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
  7. The crust that forms the ocean floor
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface

16 Clues: The crust that forms the continents • The crust that forms the ocean floor • Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth • Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth • Molten rock that has erupted onto the surface of the earth • An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake • The shaking, wave-like movement of the ground during an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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. boundary is this ?
  3. continental collision/ Two continental plates collide, mountains usually form because both relatively low in density. What convergent boundary is this?
  4. floor spreading/What process does the divergent sea floor spreading use?
  5. valley/What does a divergent boundary continental-continental create?
  6. process does the convergent oceanic continental use?
  7. process is used for the convergent ocean ocean collision?
  8. boundary is this -><-?
  9. ridge/ What does a divergent sea floor spreading create?
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  1. What process does the convergent continent continent use?
  2. does a transform boundary create?
  3. floor spreading/ Two ocean plates pull apart from each other. What divergent boundary is this?
  4. arc/What does a ocean ocean collision create?
  5. does a convergent oceanic-continental create?
  6. What process does the transform boundary use?
  7. What does a continent-continent collision create?
  8. boundary is this <-->?
  9. continental/Oceanic crust more dense, so it subducts under the continental crust. What convergent boundary is this?

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

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. What process does the transform boundary use?
  2. What does a continent-continent collision create?
  3. ridge/ What does a divergent sea floor spreading create?
  4. does a transform boundary create?
  5. boundary is this <-->?
  6. What process does the convergent continent continent use?
  7. process is used for the convergent ocean ocean collision?
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  1. continental/Oceanic crust more dense, so it subducts under the continental crust. What convergent boundary is this?
  2. boundary is this ?
  3. does a convergent oceanic-continental create?
  4. boundary is this -><-?
  5. valley/What does a divergent boundary continental-continental create?
  6. process does the convergent oceanic continental use?
  7. 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?
  8. continental collision/ Two continental plates collide, mountains usually form because both relatively low in density. What convergent boundary is this?
  9. floor spreading/ Two ocean plates pull apart from each other. What divergent boundary is this?
  10. continental/ Two plates pull apart, normal faults develop on both sides of the rift and the central blocks slide downwards; rift valley are created most of the time. What divergent boundary is this?
  11. arc/What does a ocean ocean collision create?

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

Plate tectonics 2021-02-05

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

16 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 is a place where plates slide sideways past each other • boundary occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the denser plate sinks under the buoyant one
  2. as a slab sinks, it pulls the plate with a force called :
  3. the circulation of material due to density
  4. two plates collide
  5. Rising mantle at mid-ocean creating potential for plates to move away
  6. Reverses to point south
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  1. two plates sliding past each other
  2. Mountains ranges in the ocean
  3. Earth's surface is thought to be made of these
  4. New crust forms Old crust moves
  5. two plates separating
  6. magnetic field reverses direction
  7. continents in constant motion
  8. needle pointing north
  9. The rigid, cold, outermost layer of rock
  10. the supercontinent

16 Clues: two plates collide • the supercontinent • two plates separating • needle pointing north • Reverses to point south • Mountains ranges in the ocean • continents in constant motion • New crust forms Old crust moves • magnetic field reverses direction • two plates sliding past each other • The rigid, cold, outermost layer of rock • the circulation of material due to density • ...

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
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  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 2021-11-05

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

16 Clues: an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-20

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

16 Clues: is passed each other. • is continents in Asia • crust upper the mental • is continents is Europe • is continents is Africa • 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 • is how major landforms are created • are tectonic plates that move away • ...

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.
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  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 2022-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries.
  2. when magnetized objects, such as compass needles, orient themselves to point north
  3. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  4. the process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  5. the movement of Earth’s continents over time
  6. boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  7. boundary the boundary between two plates that move away from each other
  8. boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  9. an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
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  1. an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
  2. when magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  3. the circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density
  4. the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  5. the rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust
  6. the process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone, pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it
  7. theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
  8. name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 200 million years ago.

17 Clues: the movement of Earth’s continents over time • an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other • boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other • ...

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 2022-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of the Earth where we live on
  2. heat transfer through touch
  3. a series of hydrothermal vents found along plate boundaries
  4. layer of the Earth that is completely liquid and made of nickel and iron
  5. layer of the Earth that includes the lithosphere, asthenosphere, and the lower mantle
  6. layer in the Earth where rock is so hot it allows for convection currents to occur
  7. the process where the sea floor hits a continent and causing it to sink underneath the land and be reabsorbed into the mantle
  8. movement of heat through liquids and gases which allows for currents to be made
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  1. layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the top part of the mantle
  2. when a fluid is heated the hotter particles rise and the cooler particles sink which causes this to occur (also happens inside the Earth)
  3. the process of convection currents pushing up magma and creating new rock on the ocean floor
  4. layer of the Earth that is completely solid and is the hottest layer
  5. when all the continents where connected as one it was called this
  6. heat transfer through "space" between substances
  7. mini ocean volcanoes
  8. Alfred Wegener's idea of how the continents move slowly over Earth's surface

16 Clues: mini ocean volcanoes • heat transfer through touch • layer of the Earth where we live on • heat transfer through "space" between substances • a series of hydrothermal vents found along plate boundaries • when all the continents where connected as one it was called this • layer of the Earth that is completely solid and is the hottest layer • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an opening in Earth’s crust from which lava, gas, and ash erupt.
  2. the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface.
  3. boundary between plates that are moving toward each other.
  4. a time when Earth was very cold and large areas were covered by glaciers.
  5. boundary between plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly.
  7. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
  8. Continental ________ is the theory that the continents are moving very slowly proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1915.
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  1. a convergent boundary where one plate is sliding beneath another
  2. the rigid upper layer of the Earth.
  3. an ancient supercontinent that scientists believe existed from about 200 to 300 million years ago.
  4. layer of the upper mantle in which rocks can deform like plastic.
  5. a large, slowly moving body of snow and ice.
  6. the remains, traces, or imprint of an ancient living thing preserved in rock.
  7. shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface.
  8. a boundary between plates that are sliding past one another.

16 Clues: the rigid upper layer of the Earth. • shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface. • a large, slowly moving body of snow and ice. • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core. • the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface. • a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly. • boundary between plates that are moving toward each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sea-floor _______________ is the process by which new oceanic crust is created
  2. a long, deep depression in the ocean floor where old oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  3. and ancient supercontinent formed about 300 million years ago
  4. the type of rock that has been changed by temperature, pressure, or reactions with hot water
  5. the type of rock that forms from magma or lava
  6. the process where old oceanic plates sink into the mantle
  7. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living organisms
  8. the boundary at which plates slide past each other
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  1. plate __________ is the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere move about slowly on top of the Asthenosphere
  2. the boundary at which plates move away from each other
  3. the boundary at which tectonic plates collide
  4. magma that flows over earth's surface
  5. the _____ cycle is the series of processes in which rock continuously change from one type to another
  6. the type of rock the forms over time as sediment is squeezed and cemented together
  7. The mid ocean ______ is a chain of underwater mountains
  8. a mixture of molten rock and gases

16 Clues: a mixture of molten rock and gases • magma that flows over earth's surface • the boundary at which tectonic plates collide • the type of rock that forms from magma or lava • the boundary at which plates slide past each other • the boundary at which plates move away from each other • The mid ocean ______ is a chain of underwater mountains • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer that the tectonic plates float on.
  2. A type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  3. Natural occurrence caused by transform boundaries.
  4. A type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. The type of crust that makes up the ocean floor of the plate. It is more dense but thinner.
  6. Natural occurrence caused by divergent boundaries.
  7. Number of different plate boundaries.
  8. Measure of how compact the layer is.
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  1. The first scientist that brought up the theory of plate tectonics.
  2. The type of heat movement that happens in the mantle that is the main part of plate movement.
  3. The type of crust that makes up the land of a plate. It is thicker but less dense.
  4. Natural occurrence caused by convergent boundaries.
  5. A type of plate boundary where two or more plates collide or subduct.
  6. Theory that the Earth's crust is divided into different plates that move over time.
  7. When a plate slides under another plate.
  8. The name of the supercontinent as named by Alfred Wegener.

16 Clues: Measure of how compact the layer is. • Number of different plate boundaries. • When a plate slides under another plate. • The layer that the tectonic plates float on. • Natural occurrence caused by transform boundaries. • Natural occurrence caused by divergent boundaries. • Natural occurrence caused by convergent boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-04-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary type where plates are sliding past one another
  2. Theory that states the continents once formed a single land mass that separated (2 words)
  3. Pacific, North American, African, Eurasian, South American...
  4. Scientist who first proposed that the continents were moving (2 words)
  5. Plate boundary type where plates are moving toward each other
  6. Outermost rigid layer of the Earth
  7. Where two continental plates collide; like the Himalayas
  8. Highly active zone of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific plate
  9. Plate boundary type where plates are moving away from each other
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  1. Zone where one plate goes under another when colliding
  2. Process in the mantle that allows plates to move
  3. Process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises to Earth's surface and forms the mid-ocean ridge (3 words)
  4. Supercontinent that began to separate 250 mya
  5. Where two continental plates separate; like in Africa
  6. Process where supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years (2 words)
  7. Where two plates separate, and form this under the ocean on the sea floor (3 words)

16 Clues: Outermost rigid layer of the Earth • Supercontinent that began to separate 250 mya • Process in the mantle that allows plates to move • Where two continental plates separate; like in Africa • Zone where one plate goes under another when colliding • Where two continental plates collide; like the Himalayas • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  4. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  5. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  6. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  8. thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  9. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
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  1. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  2. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  3. theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  6. the layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface.
  7. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move.

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 he Earth • the layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface. • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. our home planet
  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. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
  4. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  5. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  6. a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent
  7. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface
  8. giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea
  9. of fire a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes
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  1. rigid layers of solid rock
  2. pull apart
  3. they slide past each other
  4. any substance or device that can be made to produce a volume of rapidly expanding gas in an extremely brief period
  5. molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface
  6. two plates collide
  7. the very hot, very dense center of our planet

16 Clues: pull apart • our home planet • two plates collide • rigid layers of solid rock • they slide past each other • the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • the very hot, very dense center of our planet • a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth • giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-12-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each other horizontally
  2. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  3. a large ocean that covered earth during the time of pangaea
  4. long undersea mountain chains that have a narrow valley in the center
  5. wegener German scientist that proposed the hypothesis of continental drift
  6. the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. the hypothesis that the continents formed a single landmass
  8. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  9. a piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history
  10. molten rock in earths core
Down
  1. the process by which a super continent forms and breaks apart over millions of years
  2. proved continental drift
  3. the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock
  4. the lower layer of the crust
  5. the process by which earth breaks apart
  6. supercontinent formed 300 million years ago

16 Clues: proved continental drift • molten rock in earths core • the lower layer of the crust • the process by which earth breaks apart • supercontinent formed 300 million years ago • a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor • the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock • the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melted rock above the Earth's surface
  2. When one plate goes under another one
  3. The hottest of Earth's layers; also the innermost layer of Earth
  4. The process of plates moving around the Earth
  5. The thickest layer of the earth; where convection currents cause plates to move
  6. Two plates moving past each other
  7. A phenomenon that occurs anytime two plates get stuck and then suddenly unstuck
Down
  1. Two plates that are coming together
  2. The layer of Earth that makes up most of the tectonic plates
  3. Two plates that are moving apart
  4. An elevated part of Earth's crust with no magma inside; formed by two plates of equal density coming together
  5. An extra-hot part of the mantle where volcanoes like Hawaii and Yellowstone have formed
  6. A deep part of the ocean formed when one plate goes under another one
  7. An area where magma comes up to the Earth's surface
  8. An area of the ocean with several bumps formed by the spreading of two plates away from each other
  9. Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface

16 Clues: Two plates that are moving apart • Two plates moving past each other • Two plates that are coming together • Melted rock above the Earth's surface • When one plate goes under another one • Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface • The process of plates moving around the Earth • An area where magma comes up to the Earth's surface • ...

plate tectonics 2024-02-23

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is it called when form initially by the stretching and moving of continental crust and by the rise of mantle material and magma into the crack to form new oceanic lithosphere
  2. Mountains are fornd by ------ caused by convergent plates
  3. What is caused by the movement between tectonic plates along a line in the earth's crust
  4. What theory was created by Alfred Wegener
  5. what happens when one plate goes under the other
  6. What does a convergent plate boundary make when they push together
  7. what was the most damaging earthquake called
Down
  1. What is it called occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. What is it called when 2 tectonic plates go under each other
  3. what is it called when two plates slide past each other
  4. what is the most destructive volcano in the world
  5. what was it called when all the continents were connected
  6. What happens when an earthquake happens close or under the sea
  7. What is the massive mid-ocean ridge system which is a continuous range of underwater volcanoes that wraps around the globe called
  8. which country is getting split in half by tectonic plates
  9. What is the reoccurring wave caused by effects of the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth on the ocean called

16 Clues: What theory was created by Alfred Wegener • what was the most damaging earthquake called • what happens when one plate goes under the other • what is the most destructive volcano in the world • what is it called when two plates slide past each other • Mountains are fornd by ------ caused by convergent plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  2. - molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the surface of a planet (such as earth) or moon.
  3. - one in which one side of the plate, the hanging wall, moves up and over the other side, the foot wall.
  4. - one on which the displacement of the far block is to the left when viewed from either side.
  5. - is the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  6. - having fault plane dips <45o, usually <30o.
  7. - a set of stress directed toward the center of a rock mass.
Down
  1. - the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below.
  2. - planet we live on and studied by geologists.
  3. - massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle).
  4. - the force applied to a rock and may cause deformation.
  5. - the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust.
  6. - cracks in the crust where there is no movement.
  7. - a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  8. - a geologic structure that is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent.
  9. - stress which stretches rocks in two opposite directions.

16 Clues: - having fault plane dips <45o, usually <30o. • - the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • - cracks in the crust where there is no movement. • - planet we live on and studied by geologists. • - is the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • - the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. study of magnetic record
  2. theory that says the Earth is made of moving plates
  3. fossil of seed fern
  4. aquatic reptile found in freshwater rocks
  5. boundary that moves apart
  6. long narrow depression where crust is separating
  7. line on a map that connects points that have same age
  8. says Earth's continents had once been joined
Down
  1. one plate descends under another plate
  2. device that detects small changes in magnetic fields
  3. scientist who proposed the continents were joined
  4. boundary where plates push towards each other
  5. describes a change in Earth's magnetic field
  6. theory that explains continental movement
  7. supercontinent
  8. boundary that slides past each other

16 Clues: supercontinent • fossil of seed fern • study of magnetic record • boundary that moves apart • boundary that slides past each other • one plate descends under another plate • aquatic reptile found in freshwater rocks • theory that explains continental movement • describes a change in Earth's magnetic field • says Earth's continents had once been joined • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the man who came up with plate tectonics
  2. rock made from heat and presure
  3. compacted sediments
  4. the largest plate
  5. cooled metamorphic rock outside of the volcano
  6. when 2 plates pull apart
  7. is in the mantle
  8. when 2 plates slide past each other
  9. cooled magma in the volcano
Down
  1. igneous rock that has been eroded
  2. cooled metamorphic rock in the volcano.
  3. the athenosphere hold it
  4. cooled magma outside of the volcano.
  5. when 2 plates collide
  6. has the athenoshere in it

15 Clues: is in the mantle • the largest plate • compacted sediments • when 2 plates collide • the athenosphere hold it • when 2 plates pull apart • has the athenoshere in it • cooled magma in the volcano • rock made from heat and presure • igneous rock that has been eroded • when 2 plates slide past each other • cooled magma outside of the volcano. • cooled metamorphic rock in the volcano. • ...

Plate Tectonics of Fun 2024-03-05

Plate Tectonics of Fun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet
  2. When two plates move towards each other
  3. What Wegener trained in
  4. Piece of the Earth's crust that are lands and oceans rest on
  5. One of the effects of two plates colliding
  6. Who made continental drift
  7. A specialist who the history of the earth through the study of rock
  8. Molten and semi- molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
  9. The ancient supercontinent
  10. The movement of the edge if one tectonic plate under another
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  1. Another effect of two plates colliding
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. The largest layer of the earth lies between the crust and the outer core
  4. The brittle crust and uppermost mantle layer of earth
  5. The theory the Earth's continents moving over time
  6. The innermost layer of a plant
  7. A fracture between two blocks of rocks
  8. The outermost layer of a plant
  9. The layer of the earth that provides lubrication for plate tectonics
  10. When two plates slide against each other

20 Clues: This planet • What Wegener trained in • Who made continental drift • The ancient supercontinent • The innermost layer of a plant • The outermost layer of a plant • Another effect of two plates colliding • A fracture between two blocks of rocks • When two plates move towards each other • When two plates slide against each other • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonic 2013-05-31

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Arc /a chain of volcanic mountains formed at an ocean-continental convergent boundary
  2. Zone /the more dense plate us pulled into the mantle under the less dense plate
  3. Valley /formed when two plates pull apart and land falls downard
  4. Tectonics /Theory that plates that move due to convection currents
  5. /another name for them mantle
  6. Currents /circular movement of a substance due to changes in temperature and density
  7. Range /formed at a continental-continental convergent boundary
  8. Boundary /when two plates pull apart
  9. Floor Spreading /when two oceanic plates pull apart, magma rises and new crust is formed
  10. /another name for the crust
  11. /thickest layer of the Earth, part liquid part solid where convection currents are found
  12. Wegener /credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  13. /outer layer of the Earth, the thinnest layer
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  1. Boundary /when two plates come together
  2. /large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents
  3. Crust /earths crust made of land
  4. /depression formed at a subduction zone
  5. /large supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago
  6. Boundary /when two plates grind past each other
  7. Atlantic Ridge /divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  8. Arc /a chain of volcanic islands formed at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary
  9. Crust /earths crust located under the ocean
  10. Hess /credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics
  11. /a break in the earths crust that moves

24 Clues: /another name for the crust • /another name for them mantle • Crust /earths crust made of land • Boundary /when two plates pull apart • /depression formed at a subduction zone • /a break in the earths crust that moves • Boundary /when two plates come together • /outer layer of the Earth, the thinnest layer • Boundary /when two plates grind past each other • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  2. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  3. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  4. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  5. two plates moving apart
  6. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  7. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  8. 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
Down
  1. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  2. process where one plate slides under another
  3. two plates coming together
  4. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  5. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  6. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  7. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  2. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  3. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  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. process where one plate slides under another
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  2. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  3. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  4. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  5. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  6. two plates coming together
  7. two plates moving apart
  8. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  9. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  2. process where one plate slides under another
  3. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  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. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  6. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  7. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  8. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
Down
  1. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  2. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  3. two plates moving apart
  4. two plates coming together
  5. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  6. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  7. a region where two lithosphere plates meet

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Crossword puzzle 2021-10-28

Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fissure in the ocean floor that releases heated water
  2. Creates new oceanicmcrust
  3. Boundaries that crash against each other
  4. Plate created by divergent boundaries
  5. Continents moving away from each other over time
  6. Narrow depressions located in the ocean floor.
  7. Boundaries that spread apart each other
Down
  1. Theory that states lithosphere is split into parts that move
  2. Underwater mountain range created by plate tectonics
  3. Plate sinks into the mantle
  4. Supercontinent
  5. Consists of the crust and upper mantle
  6. Creator of Continental Drift Theory
  7. Plate created by convergent boundaries
  8. Boundaries that slide against each other

15 Clues: Supercontinent • Creates new oceanicmcrust • Plate sinks into the mantle • Creator of Continental Drift Theory • Plate created by divergent boundaries • Consists of the crust and upper mantle • Plate created by convergent boundaries • Boundaries that spread apart each other • Boundaries that crash against each other • Boundaries that slide against each other • ...

Mini Unit 4/5 Study Guide 2023-12-06

Mini Unit 4/5 Study Guide crossword puzzle
Across
  1. must always be present for a scientific explanation to be true
  2. formed by pieces of sediment
  3. formed when magma cools
  4. theory before the theory of plate tectonics
  5. formed by extreme heat and pressure
  6. a layer of the earth with the greatest density
  7. sliding plate boundaries
Down
  1. the type of wave that produces earthquakes
  2. dividing plate boundaries
  3. this theory states that
  4. rapid change in the earth's surface
  5. largest transform fault
  6. colliding plate boundary
  7. has caused the creation of more erosion and sediment
  8. supercontinent/ all landmasses together at one point in time

15 Clues: this theory states that • largest transform fault • formed when magma cools • colliding plate boundary • sliding plate boundaries • dividing plate boundaries • formed by pieces of sediment • rapid change in the earth's surface • formed by extreme heat and pressure • the type of wave that produces earthquakes • theory before the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics Terms 2023-03-14

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

20 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 • Outermost solid shell of a rocky planet • Vent through which lava, rock fragments • Where two plates move away from each other • Where two plates move toward from each other • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates moving apart
  2. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  3. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  4. two plates coming together
  5. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  6. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  7. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  8. process where one plate slides under another
Down
  1. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  2. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  3. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  4. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  5. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  6. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  7. 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

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  2. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  3. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  4. two plates moving apart
  5. two plates coming together
  6. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  7. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  8. process where one plate slides under another
Down
  1. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  2. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  3. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  4. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  5. 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
  6. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  7. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  2. two plates coming together
  3. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  4. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  5. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  2. two plates moving apart
  3. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  4. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  5. 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
  6. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  7. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  8. process where one plate slides under another
  9. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  2. two plates moving apart
  3. 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
  4. process where one plate slides under another
  5. two plates coming together
  6. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
Down
  1. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  2. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  3. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  4. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  5. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  7. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  8. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  9. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

Plate tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  2. 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
  3. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  4. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
  5. two plates moving apart
  6. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  7. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
Down
  1. two plates coming together
  2. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  3. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  4. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  5. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  6. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  7. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  8. process where one plate slides under another

15 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithosphere plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2015-03-19

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the direction magnetic objects point in reversed polarity
  2. what forms above the subducting plate
  3. where seafloor spreading occurs
  4. what occurs when two plates slide past each other
  5. what forms where two plates collide
  6. the process where a dense plate sinks under another
  7. the scientist that suggested plate tectonics
  8. rising mantle creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge
  9. the direction magnetic objects point in normal polarity
Down
  1. the type of convergent plate boundary that causes volcanoes
  2. when a sinking slab pulls the rest of the plate
  3. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  4. what forms where two plates seperate
  5. what states that earth's surface is made of plates that move
  6. what occurs when the magnetic field reverses
  7. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  8. the theory that suggests the continents are constantly moving
  9. the layer under the lithosphere
  10. the name of the smallest plate
  11. the theory of all continents joined as one

20 Clues: the name of the smallest plate • where seafloor spreading occurs • the layer under the lithosphere • what forms where two plates collide • what forms where two plates seperate • what forms above the subducting plate • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • the theory of all continents joined as one • what occurs when the magnetic field reverses • ...

Ecosystem and Environment 2022-01-06

Ecosystem and Environment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Top layer of the Earth
  2. is the highest component of air
  3. water released from clouds
  4. Caused by Moon's gravitational force
  5. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. A movement of plate tectonics comes together
  2. has the role of decomposer in the food chain and food web
  3. occur due to sudden slip or fault plate tectonics
  4. The centre of the Earth

10 Clues: Top layer of the Earth • The centre of the Earth • water released from clouds • is the highest component of air • The thickest layer of the Earth • Caused by Moon's gravitational force • A movement of plate tectonics comes together • occur due to sudden slip or fault plate tectonics • has the role of decomposer in the food chain and food web • ...

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS 2016-11-19

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise.
  2. Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. A type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal, in either a sinistral or dextral direction.
  5. A change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  6. An actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  7. A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  8. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Down
  1. Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole.
  2. Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. A hypothetical super-continent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period.
  4. Sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  5. The movement, formation, or re-formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics.
  6. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  7. When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.”
  8. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates.

16 Clues: Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges. • Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. • When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.” • Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the largest plate
  2. cooled metamorphic rock in the volcano.
  3. the athenosphere hold it
  4. when 2 plates pull apart
  5. the man who came up with plate tectonics
  6. cooled magma in the volcano
  7. compacted sediments
Down
  1. when 2 plates collide
  2. when 2 plates slide past each other
  3. cooled magma outside of the volcano.
  4. cooled metamorphic rock outside of the volcano
  5. is in the mantle
  6. has the athenoshere in it
  7. igneous rock that has been eroded

14 Clues: is in the mantle • the largest plate • compacted sediments • when 2 plates collide • the athenosphere hold it • when 2 plates pull apart • has the athenoshere in it • cooled magma in the volcano • igneous rock that has been eroded • when 2 plates slide past each other • cooled magma outside of the volcano. • cooled metamorphic rock in the volcano. • ...

vocab 2022-02-24

vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process
  2. feature
  3. map
  4. region
  5. density
  6. area
  7. resource
  8. tectonics
Down
  1. organization
  2. currents
  3. resource
  4. nuclei model

12 Clues: map • area • region • process • feature • density • currents • resource • resource • tectonics • organization • nuclei model

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS 2016-11-19

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. A type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal, in either a sinistral or dextral direction.
  4. An actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  5. The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise.
  6. A change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  7. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates.
  8. Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface.
Down
  1. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges.
  4. When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.”
  5. The movement, formation, or re-formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics.
  6. A hypothetical super-continent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period.
  7. Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole.
  8. Sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.

16 Clues: Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges. • Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. • When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.” • The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

Category 3 - Part II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Main Sequence star located near the edge of a disc shaped galaxy
  2. A map made out of lines to show elevations
  3. Made out of gas and dust; birthplace of protostar
  4. Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains
  5. Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes
  6. The Doppler Red Shift Indicates that our universe is _____
  7. Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge
Down
  1. Stars with high luminosity and low temperature
  2. A type of Convergent Boundary
  3. Name given to the lines found in a topographic map
  4. Component of the Universe made out of stars
  5. The height of a geographic feature
  6. It has the longest wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum

13 Clues: A type of Convergent Boundary • Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes • The height of a geographic feature • Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains • A map made out of lines to show elevations • Component of the Universe made out of stars • Stars with high luminosity and low temperature • Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge • ...

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

Category 3 - Part II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Main Sequence star located near the edge of a disc shaped galaxy
  2. A map made out of lines to show elevations
  3. Made out of gas and dust; birthplace of protostar
  4. Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains
  5. Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes
  6. The Doppler Red Shift Indicates that our universe is _____
  7. Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge
Down
  1. Stars with high luminosity and low temperature
  2. A type of Convergent Boundary
  3. Name given to the lines found in a topographic map
  4. Component of the Universe made out of stars
  5. The height of a geographic feature
  6. It has the longest wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum

13 Clues: A type of Convergent Boundary • Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes • The height of a geographic feature • Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains • A map made out of lines to show elevations • Component of the Universe made out of stars • Stars with high luminosity and low temperature • Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge • ...

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

Category 3 - Part II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of Convergent Boundary
  2. The height of a geographic feature
  3. A map made out of lines to show elevations
  4. Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes
  5. Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge
  6. The Doppler Red Shift Indicates that our universe is _____
  7. A Main Sequence star located near the edge of a disc shaped galaxy
  8. Component of the Universe made out of stars
Down
  1. It has the longest wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum
  2. Stars with high luminosity and low temperature
  3. Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains
  4. Name given to the lines found in a topographic map
  5. Made out of gas and dust; birthplace of protostar

13 Clues: A type of Convergent Boundary • Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes • The height of a geographic feature • Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains • A map made out of lines to show elevations • Component of the Universe made out of stars • Stars with high luminosity and low temperature • Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge • ...

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

Category 3 - Part II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name given to the lines found in a topographic map
  2. The height of a geographic feature
  3. A Main Sequence star located near the edge of a disc shaped galaxy
  4. A type of Convergent Boundary
  5. Component of the Universe made out of stars
  6. The Doppler Red Shift Indicates that our universe is _____
  7. Stars with high luminosity and low temperature
Down
  1. It has the longest wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum
  2. Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge
  3. Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes
  4. Made out of gas and dust; birthplace of protostar
  5. A map made out of lines to show elevations
  6. Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains

13 Clues: A type of Convergent Boundary • Makes Fault lines and Earthquakes • The height of a geographic feature • Plate tectonics collide. Makes mountains • A map made out of lines to show elevations • Component of the Universe made out of stars • Stars with high luminosity and low temperature • Plate tectonics divide. Makes a Mid-Ocean Ridge • ...

Earth's system's crossword puzzle 2024-04-12

Earth's system's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. intermost layer
  2. hawaiian
  3. uper mantle
  4. tectonic plates divide
  5. drives plate tectonics
  6. sinks
  7. divergent plates separate
Down
  1. boundary
  2. weathering
  3. faster than s waves
  4. plates large peices of lithosphere
  5. magnetic field
  6. crystallizes
  7. phenomena
  8. pre existing fossils

15 Clues: sinks • boundary • hawaiian • phenomena • weathering • uper mantle • crystallizes • magnetic field • intermost layer • faster than s waves • pre existing fossils • tectonic plates divide • drives plate tectonics • divergent plates separate • plates large peices of lithosphere

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lower-middle layer of the Earth.
  2. Missing sequence of parallel rocks
  3. Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface
  4. Boundary between 2 plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. Outermost layer of the Earth.
  6. Boundary between 2 plates that push into each other.
  7. Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  8. Molten rock squeezing into existing ones
Down
  1. Sequence of rock layers
  2. Bending rock layers
  3. The transfer of heat due to the movement of particles
  4. The inner-most layer of the Earth.
  5. Break in the Earth's crust
  6. The middle layer of the Earth.
  7. Slated rock layers

15 Clues: Slated rock layers • Bending rock layers • Sequence of rock layers • Break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • Missing sequence of parallel rocks • The inner-most layer of the Earth. • The lower-middle layer of the Earth. • Molten rock squeezing into existing ones • Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  2. Slated rock layers
  3. Sequence of rock layers
  4. Boundary between 2 plates that push into each other.
  5. Missing sequence of parallel rocks
Down
  1. The transfer of heat due to the movement of particles
  2. The inner-most layer of the Earth.
  3. The middle layer of the Earth.
  4. Break in the Earth's crust
  5. Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface
  6. Outermost layer of the Earth.
  7. Bending rock layers
  8. Boundary between 2 plates that are moving away from each other.
  9. Molten rock squeezing into existing ones
  10. The lower-middle layer of the Earth.

15 Clues: Slated rock layers • Bending rock layers • Sequence of rock layers • Break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • The inner-most layer of the Earth. • Missing sequence of parallel rocks • The lower-middle layer of the Earth. • Molten rock squeezing into existing ones • Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The middle layer of the earth
  2. Outermost shell of a rocky planet
  3. One of the major plates
  4. Where two plates are colliding.
  5. Outermost shell of the planet
  6. A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock.
  7. The movement of a physical quantity because of the movement of the matter.
  8. Where two plates are moving apart.
  9. A large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area
Down
  1. Concerned with the processes which control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust, and its evolution through time.
  2. A type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide
  3. The result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
  4. A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  5. A rupture on the crust
  6. Where plates slide passed each other.

15 Clues: A rupture on the crust • One of the major plates • The middle layer of the earth • Outermost shell of the planet • Where two plates are colliding. • Outermost shell of a rocky planet • Where two plates are moving apart. • Where plates slide passed each other. • A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock. • A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-01-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  2. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation.
  3. (TWO words, no spaces) Scientists believe these are occuring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plates.
  4. (THREE words, no spaces) These form in the ocean at subduction zones when two plates converge under water.
  5. (THREE Words, no spaces) These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new ocean crust is formed.
  6. (TWO WORDS, no spaces) Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. The process when one tectonic plate moves underneath the other.
  2. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide.
  3. (TWO words, no spaces) This forms ON LAND at divergent plate boundaries. There is a FAMOUS one in Eastern Africa.
  4. (THREE Words) Process that happens at divergent oceanic boundaries when new oceanic crust is created.
  5. (TWO WORDS, no spaces) The name of Alfred Wegner's theory that continents were once joined as one large, single land mass.
  6. The name of the breaks that are along a transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a FAMOUS ONE in California.
  7. (Last Name Only) Scientist that proposed Earth's continets were once joined together in a single land mass.
  8. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart.
  9. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.

15 Clues: Type of plate boundary where two plates collide. • The process when one tectonic plate moves underneath the other. • Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart. • The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago. • These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the line created by the intersection between any planar surface
  2. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  3. Are faults that havent had a record but may still generate an earthquake
  4. A slow type of fault movement
  5. Are faults that may continue to cause earthquakes
  6. A series of associated faults spread over an area
  7. The force applied to rocks
Down
  1. When shearing and compression or tension combine
  2. Is formed when rocks are compressed
  3. May be a normal or reverse fault
  4. They are forced to move in parallel but opposite direction
  5. It slips in the direction of the strike
  6. Long, narrow, and steep sided on ocean floors
  7. A fracture or break in Earth's crust
  8. Forms an angle of dip that is less than 45°

15 Clues: The force applied to rocks • A slow type of fault movement • May be a normal or reverse fault • Is formed when rocks are compressed • A fracture or break in Earth's crust • It slips in the direction of the strike • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Forms an angle of dip that is less than 45° • Long, narrow, and steep sided on ocean floors • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A thin spot in the crust where magma forms a plume which allows volcanoes to form
  2. A circular cycle in the mantle with hotter material rising and cooler material sinking
  3. Type of boundary where two plates move alongside each other
  4. Type of boundary where two plates move apart
  5. Type of metamorphic rock that is formed from immense pressure
  6. An area where two plates meet in a convergent boundary and one plate goes underneath the other plate.
Down
  1. Type of rock formed by heat and pressure
  2. Type of metamorphic rock that is formed by heat yet it doesn't melt
  3. Layers in metamorphic rock
  4. Type of rock formed by magma cooling
  5. An area where magma from the mantle escapes through the ground
  6. Layers in sedimentary rock
  7. The process where rocks are formed and recycled
  8. Type of rock formed by cementation of sediments
  9. Type of boundary where two plates collide

15 Clues: Layers in metamorphic rock • Layers in sedimentary rock • Type of rock formed by magma cooling • Type of rock formed by heat and pressure • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Type of boundary where two plates move apart • The process where rocks are formed and recycled • Type of rock formed by cementation of sediments • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what boundary make mid-ocean ridges?
  2. what is a violent shaking in the ground?
  3. what rock is made from cooling magma outside of the volcano?
  4. what boundary makes earthquakes?
  5. what did Harry Hess find?
  6. what is a underwater mountain range?
  7. What rock is made under intense heat and pressure?
  8. what is a crack in the crust where magma flows?
Down
  1. what igneous rock is made in the volcano?
  2. what rock is made from sediments?
  3. what is melted rock in the groud?
  4. what boundary makes mountains?
  5. what did Alfred Wegener find?
  6. when the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate?
  7. melted rock above the group

15 Clues: what did Harry Hess find? • melted rock above the group • what did Alfred Wegener find? • what boundary makes mountains? • what boundary makes earthquakes? • what rock is made from sediments? • what is melted rock in the groud? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what is a violent shaking in the ground? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A zone where one plate moves under another plate.
  2. Places of permanent convection. Volcanoes move in chains.
  3. A type of fault when the break in the crust is due to compression built up at a convergent boundary.
  4. A piece of lithosphere that slides slowly over the asthenosphere.
  5. The tectonic plate that is more dense and thinner.
  6. A deep valley in the ocean caused by convergent boundary plate movement.
Down
  1. A type of fault when the break in the crust is due to shearing built up at a transform boundary.
  2. A boundary where two plates come (move) together.
  3. What happens when plates move by sliding past each other and the rock slabs rub against each other.
  4. A super continent made of all the current continents together 225 million years ago.
  5. A boundary where two plates move along side each other.
  6. A type of fault when the break in the crust is due to tension built up at a divergent boundary.
  7. A boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  8. A landform with magma inside that erupts and is pushed out of an opening and magma becomes lava.
  9. The tectonic plate that is less dense and thicker.

15 Clues: A zone where one plate moves under another plate. • A boundary where two plates come (move) together. • The tectonic plate that is less dense and thicker. • The tectonic plate that is more dense and thinner. • A boundary where two plates move away from each other. • A boundary where two plates move along side each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost layer of the core
  2. When two plated slide past each other
  3. When two plates move away from each other
  4. Created the theory of Continental drift
  5. They can move past into and away from this
  6. Alfred Wegener created a theory for these
  7. The continents were called this when they were still together
Down
  1. When two plates Come together
  2. he movement caused when the heat from magma causes a current to form
  3. Two plates can do this when the come together
  4. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  5. The inside of the earth has this inside
  6. Thickest layer of the earth
  7. The innermost layer of the core
  8. These form when two plates move apart

15 Clues: Thinnest layer of the Earth • Thickest layer of the earth • When two plates Come together • The outermost layer of the core • The innermost layer of the core • When two plated slide past each other • These form when two plates move apart • The inside of the earth has this inside • Created the theory of Continental drift • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic plate is usually more _____________ than continental plate.
  2. These form at divergent boundaries between two continental plates.
  3. The layer of the earth that is broken into many large plates.
  4. These form at a convergent boundary between two continental plates.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates are sliding past one another.
  6. Continental plates are usually more ____________ than oceanic plates.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  8. Zone where one plate slides underneath another plate.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  10. These are most frequent at transform boundaries.
Down
  1. The theory that the crust is broken into plates that are constantly moving.
  2. Where two plates meet.
  3. These form at divergent boundaries on the seafloor due to seafloor spreading.
  4. The plates move because of convection in the _____________.
  5. These form at convergent boundaries between oceanic and continental plates OR two oceanic plates.

15 Clues: Where two plates meet. • These are most frequent at transform boundaries. • Zone where one plate slides underneath another plate. • The plates move because of convection in the _____________. • The layer of the earth that is broken into many large plates. • A plate boundary where two plates are sliding past one another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of plate boundary whereplates move towards one another
  2. Process that occurs when one tectonic plate descends under another tectonic plate
  3. Type of crust that is thin, dense, and made up of basalt rock
  4. name of supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago
  5. Type of plate where plates move away from one another
  6. last name of scientist who first proposed continental drift theory
  7. Type of plate boundary where plates horizontally slide and grind past one another
  8. A continental volcanic _____ is a range of volcanic mountains produced by the subduction of an oceanic plate under a continental plate
Down
  1. The cycle of rising and falling of molten rock in the mantle
  2. a long deep valley along the edges of some ocean basins
  3. when to plates converge they,they can create a _____ island arc
  4. geologic formation made by two continental plates at a convergent boundary
  5. A type of crust that is thick, less dense, and made up of granite rock
  6. Geologic formation caused by two diverging continental plates
  7. Geologic feature located at a divergent plate boundry between two oceanic plates

15 Clues: Type of plate where plates move away from one another • a long deep valley along the edges of some ocean basins • Type of plate boundary whereplates move towards one another • The cycle of rising and falling of molten rock in the mantle • Type of crust that is thin, dense, and made up of basalt rock • Geologic formation caused by two diverging continental plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-20

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

15 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 2023-01-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide past each other
  2. Most recent supercontinent
  3. liquid iron/nickel; Earth's magnetic field
  4. 2 plates meet;one crushed under the other
  5. outermost shell of Earth's layers. Thinnest layer.
  6. two plates move away from each other
  7. magma upwells from underground
  8. underwater ridge between major plates
Down
  1. Theory:Earth divided into moving plates
  2. where two plates meet
  3. hottest layer; dense ball of iron and nickel.
  4. thickest layer of lava under Earth's crust
  5. movement of plates on Earth's surface
  6. Hot "semi fluid" below Earth's crust.
  7. Large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust.

15 Clues: where two plates meet • Most recent supercontinent • magma upwells from underground • two plates slide past each other • two plates move away from each other • movement of plates on Earth's surface • Hot "semi fluid" below Earth's crust. • underwater ridge between major plates • Theory:Earth divided into moving plates • 2 plates meet;one crushed under the other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  2. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Thickest layer of the Earth
  4. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere
  5. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  6. The name of the single landmass that broke apart long ago
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  8. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  4. a deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  6. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth

15 Clues: Thickest layer of the Earth • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • a deep valley where two plates move apart • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • The name of the single landmass that broke apart long ago • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the semi solid part of earth that the plates float on
  2. the rigid upper layer of the earth
  3. where two plates meet
  4. two plates slide past each other
  5. these land forms are made by convergent boundaries
  6. mountains that shoot out magma and smoke
  7. spreading apart
  8. where volcanoes and earthquakes are most likely to occur
Down
  1. a VALLEY (hint hint) that is caused by a divergent boundary
  2. a natural disaster caused by two plates rubbing against each other
  3. the place Where one plate (the more dense plate) goes under the other plate
  4. a type of disaster caused by oceanic crust shaking
  5. a group of mountains that are in the ocean
  6. breaks in the earth
  7. coming together

15 Clues: coming together • spreading apart • breaks in the earth • where two plates meet • two plates slide past each other • the rigid upper layer of the earth • mountains that shoot out magma and smoke • a group of mountains that are in the ocean • a type of disaster caused by oceanic crust shaking • these land forms are made by convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - hot liquid in the mantle layer
  2. - Friction
  3. tectonics
  4. Drift
  5. - Thing you eat on
  6. - Study of the earth
  7. - Move away
Down
  1. - hard, round
  2. - Tall
  3. - hot lava
  4. - mostly solid bulk of the Earth’s interior
  5. - top layer of the earth’s crust
  6. - orbits the sun
  7. - Ice
  8. - movement of the earth
  9. - Move towards
  10. - part of the crust

17 Clues: - Ice • Drift • - Tall • tectonics • - hot lava • - Friction • - Move away • - hard, round • - Move towards • - orbits the sun • - Thing you eat on • - part of the crust • - Study of the earth • - movement of the earth • - hot liquid in the mantle layer • - top layer of the earth’s crust • - mostly solid bulk of the Earth’s interior

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  2. A tectonic plate that lies beneath a continent.
  3. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the Earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  5. A tectonic plate that lies beneath an ocean.
  6. Spreading: The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises to the surface and solidifies.
  7. An underwater mountain range, part of the global oceanic ridge system.
  8. The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over time.
Down
  1. A boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. Tectonics: The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  5. An opening in the seafloor from which geothermally heated water discharges.
  6. This scientist proposed the theory of continental drift.
  7. A long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.

15 Clues: A tectonic plate that lies beneath an ocean. • A tectonic plate that lies beneath a continent. • This scientist proposed the theory of continental drift. • A long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. • A boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other. • The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over time. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Moving together
  2. Mountain range made by continental continental convergence
  3. Movement of heat in solids or liquids
  4. More Dense crust
  5. Occur at all types of plate boundaries
  6. Mountain range made by oceanic continental convergence
  7. Place continent is splitting apart
Down
  1. One plate being pushed under another
  2. Less dense crust
  3. Moving side to side
  4. Form at divergent boundaries and subduction zones
  5. Forms in ocean at subduction zone
  6. Made up of oceanic, and continental,crust and upper mantle
  7. Moving apart
  8. A push or a pull

15 Clues: Moving apart • Moving together • Less dense crust • A push or a pull • More Dense crust • Moving side to side • Forms in ocean at subduction zone • Place continent is splitting apart • One plate being pushed under another • Movement of heat in solids or liquids • Occur at all types of plate boundaries • Form at divergent boundaries and subduction zones • ...

vocab 2022-09-16

vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock
  2. strong lower part of the mantle
  3. plates classified as divergent
  4. within earth along a fault
  5. system of ideas
  6. soft layer of the mantle
  7. north pole and south pole switch Convection-current movement of matter
  8. boundary between tectonic plates Transform-boundary boundary between tectonic plates Tectonic-plate consists of the crust
Down
  1. movement or trembling
  2. central part of earth below the mantle
  3. moving pieces called tectonic plates-subduction process by lithospheric plate moves
  4. elastically deformed rock
  5. solid outer layer of earth
  6. point on earth's surface
  7. bending, tilting, and breaking Divergent-boundary tectonic plates that are moving
  8. break in a body of rock
  9. hypothesis
  10. process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms
  11. thin and solid outermost layer

19 Clues: hypothesis • layer of rock • system of ideas • movement or trembling • break in a body of rock • point on earth's surface • soft layer of the mantle • elastically deformed rock • solid outer layer of earth • within earth along a fault • plates classified as divergent • thin and solid outermost layer • strong lower part of the mantle • central part of earth below the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When igneous rock cools above ground
  2. Is created from a subduction zone
  3. Where two oceanic plates collide and fold
  4. Igneous rock that cools underground
  5. Melted rock inside the earth
  6. The outermost layer of the earth
  7. When two continental plates collide and fold
  8. The heat source that's in the center of earth
  9. The boundary that a mid-ocean ridge occurs
Down
  1. What occurs at a convergent boundary
  2. can be made by a transform boundary
  3. the layer in which the mantle is in
  4. What occurs at a transform boundary
  5. Melted rock that has erupted from a volcano
  6. The asphalt like rock that plates float on

15 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Is created from a subduction zone • can be made by a transform boundary • the layer in which the mantle is in • What occurs at a transform boundary • Igneous rock that cools underground • What occurs at a convergent boundary • When igneous rock cools above ground • Where two oceanic plates collide and fold • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is melted Rock which stays under the earths surface called?
  2. What are the slabs of rock which ride on convection currents called?
  3. what is the theory that the continents are moving with 6 pieces of evidence supporting it?
  4. what is the theory that new crust is formed at ridges in the ocean floor?
  5. What plate boundary is the main cause of sea floor spreading?
  6. what happens when an ocean plate and Continental plate converge?
  7. what is the middle part of the mantle which also holds the convection currents called?
  8. what is formed from magma getting stuck in the crust? this also erupts.
Down
  1. Which plate boundary causes mountains to form?
  2. what are the currents of which the plates themselves ride on?
  3. What is formed when 2 continental plates collide into each other?
  4. Which layer are the plates composed of?
  5. what is a major sign subduction is happening and is found in the ocean?
  6. what theory combines both theories of Sea floor spreading and continental drift, showing how the plates move and the different ways they do it?
  7. what is melted rock which is on top of the earths surface called?

15 Clues: Which layer are the plates composed of? • Which plate boundary causes mountains to form? • what are the currents of which the plates themselves ride on? • What plate boundary is the main cause of sea floor spreading? • what is melted Rock which stays under the earths surface called? • what happens when an ocean plate and Continental plate converge? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that the continents were once one giant super continent
  2. Shaking of the ground
  3. Two plates coming together
  4. Two plates sliding past each other
  5. A rock type formed from sediment
  6. an opening in the earth's crust that erupts lava
  7. the outermost layer of Earth
  8. Two plates coming apart
  9. solid iron and nickel
Down
  1. the hardest part in the earth's interior
  2. formation of oceanic crust
  3. heat transferring by the movement of liquid or gasses
  4. a rock type changed by heat and pressure
  5. a rock type made by cooled magma
  6. liquid iron and nickel

15 Clues: Shaking of the ground • solid iron and nickel • liquid iron and nickel • Two plates coming apart • formation of oceanic crust • Two plates coming together • the outermost layer of Earth • A rock type formed from sediment • a rock type made by cooled magma • Two plates sliding past each other • the hardest part in the earth's interior • a rock type changed by heat and pressure • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates move very
  2. what rises up from a volcanic eruption
  3. when magma cools it is called
  4. a convergent boundary is where two plates
  5. what is the name of the super continent earth had 225 million years ago
  6. when two plates move alongside each other what occurs
  7. hot material rises because it is less
Down
  1. at what plate boundary to oceanic trenches form
  2. what land form happens where plates subduct
  3. plates can vary in shapes and
  4. What is the process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock
  5. where do plates rest
  6. the earths surface is made up of
  7. when plates move earths surface
  8. divergent plate boundaries pull

15 Clues: plates move very • where do plates rest • plates can vary in shapes and • when magma cools it is called • when plates move earths surface • divergent plate boundaries pull • the earths surface is made up of • hot material rises because it is less • what rises up from a volcanic eruption • a convergent boundary is where two plates • what land form happens where plates subduct • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A convergent boundary is where two plates___
  2. At what plate boundary do oceanic trenches form?
  3. What rises up from a volcanic eruption?
  4. Divergent plate boundaries pull ___
  5. Hot material rises because it is less ___
  6. When plates move, earths surface ___
  7. When magma cools it turns into ___
  8. Plates can vary in shapes and ___
  9. Plates move very ___
Down
  1. What land form happens where plates subduct?
  2. When two plates move alongside each other what occurs?
  3. What is the process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock?
  4. The earths surface is made up of ___
  5. What is the name of the super continent earth had 225 million years ago?
  6. Where do plates rest?

15 Clues: Plates move very ___ • Where do plates rest? • Plates can vary in shapes and ___ • When magma cools it turns into ___ • Divergent plate boundaries pull ___ • The earths surface is made up of ___ • When plates move, earths surface ___ • What rises up from a volcanic eruption? • Hot material rises because it is less ___ • What land form happens where plates subduct? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what igneous rock is made in a volcano?
  2. What rock is made under intense heat and pressure?
  3. what rock is made from cooling magma outside of the volcano?
  4. what boundary makes earthquakes?
  5. what is a violent shaking in the ground?
  6. what is a underwater mountain range?
  7. what did Harry Hess find?
  8. what did Alfred Wegener find?
Down
  1. when the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate?
  2. what rock is made from sediments?
  3. what boundary makes mountains?
  4. what is a crack in the crust where magma flows?
  5. what is melted rock in the ground?
  6. melted rock above the ground
  7. what boundary make mid-ocean ridges?

15 Clues: what did Harry Hess find? • melted rock above the ground • what did Alfred Wegener find? • what boundary makes mountains? • what boundary makes earthquakes? • what rock is made from sediments? • what is melted rock in the ground? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what igneous rock is made in a volcano? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. split between 2 plates that used to be 1
  2. weaker part of mantle, flows beneath the lithosphere
  3. straight above the center/focus of an earthquake
  4. type of plates that move towards each other
  5. creates new seafloor and develops along well developed plate boundaries
  6. amount of force to an area
  7. type of plates that grind/slide past each other
Down
  1. area of the fracturing of rocks because of stress put on them
  2. strong layer formed from the earths crust and uppermost mantle
  3. the study of past direction and intensity of magnetic fields
  4. Pangaea is breaking apart and the pieces are drifting to where they are now
  5. when plates converge and one is pushed under the other
  6. type of plates that move away from each other
  7. boundary between plates
  8. the result of a hypothesis, and idea

15 Clues: boundary between plates • amount of force to an area • the result of a hypothesis, and idea • split between 2 plates that used to be 1 • type of plates that move towards each other • type of plates that move away from each other • type of plates that grind/slide past each other • straight above the center/focus of an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of tectonic plates which then causes the ground to rapidly move in a wave motion.
  2. The molten rock under the earths surface.
  3. A deep trench in the ocean that goes much further than the bottom of the sea floor.
  4. When continents drift around the ocean after separating.
  5. The crust that is formed on the sea floor.
  6. A theory that the Earth has cracked and split into many different pieces the move around.
Down
  1. Molten rock that has erupted into the earths surface.
  2. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  3. When new crusts form, spreading outwards around the ocean ridges.
  4. When the continents break of and float around the sea.
  5. The shaking, wave motion movement on the ground when an earthquake happens.
  6. The point of the earths surface straight above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. A places where hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface.
  8. The crust is sinking down into the earth.
  9. A huge wave that occurs from an earthquake on the sea floor.

15 Clues: The molten rock under the earths surface. • The crust is sinking down into the earth. • The crust that is formed on the sea floor. • Molten rock that has erupted into the earths surface. • When the continents break of and float around the sea. • When continents drift around the ocean after separating. • A huge wave that occurs from an earthquake on the sea floor. • ...

plate tectonics 2014-11-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trench: a long narrow depression in the sea bed marking subduction zones and marks the plate boundary's.
  2. crust: the outer layer of the earths surface.
  3. when two tectonic plates rub together shaking the ground above or around.
  4. the side ways and downwards movement of the earths crust.
  5. wave: an elastic wave caused by earth quakes.
  6. spreading: when new oceanic crust id formed from volcanic activity the crust then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  7. forms fissures or breaks
  8. molten rock that is stored below the earth that is realised during eruptions.
Down
  1. tectonics:
  2. drift: is the movement of the continents across the sea bed
  3. mountain that realises lava from the earths core.
  4. an instrument that records earthquakes and there power
  5. the centre of an earthquake
  6. a wave caused by subduction and earth quakes.
  7. crust: the relatively thin part of the ocean floor overlaying the basins
  8. molten rock below the earths surface.

16 Clues: tectonics: • forms fissures or breaks • the centre of an earthquake • molten rock below the earths surface. • crust: the outer layer of the earths surface. • wave: an elastic wave caused by earth quakes. • a wave caused by subduction and earth quakes. • mountain that realises lava from the earths core. • an instrument that records earthquakes and there power • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2016-08-06

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth.
  2. This is where two continental plates move apart.
  3. The second layer of the Earth. It is the biggest and takes up 84 percent of the Earth.
  4. If two continental plates separate, it will form a _______ after millions of years.
  5. The layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere.
  6. The second to last layer of the Earth. It is a magma like liquid layer that surrounds the Inner Core and creates Earth's magnetic field.
  7. A geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced down into the mantle.
Down
  1. A continental transform fault that extends roughly 800 miles (1,300 km) through California and it is the deadliest translation.
  2. It is a collision of continental and oceanic plate.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity.
  5. A method used for locating the epicenter of an earthquake.
  6. Two plates slide by one another in opposite directions.
  7. The molten rock material under the Earth's crust.
  8. The outer layer of the Earth, between the surface and the mantle, which is up to 40 miles deep.

15 Clues: This is where two continental plates move apart. • The molten rock material under the Earth's crust. • It is a collision of continental and oceanic plate. • Two plates slide by one another in opposite directions. • The layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere. • A method used for locating the epicenter of an earthquake. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sits between the asthenosphere and outer core
  2. shell of hot liquid metal
  3. pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
  4. global system of underwater mountains
  5. grand unifying theory of Earth science
  6. name of scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  7. solid sphere of hot metal
Down
  1. warm liquid rock
  2. hypothesis that states that the continents move slowly over Earth's surface
  3. name of scientist who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading
  4. name of fossil found in both Africa and South Africa
  5. the sinking of the lithosphere into the mantle
  6. long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor
  7. shell of cool and rigid rock
  8. lies under the lithosphere

15 Clues: warm liquid rock • shell of hot liquid metal • solid sphere of hot metal • lies under the lithosphere • shell of cool and rigid rock • global system of underwater mountains • grand unifying theory of Earth science • long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor • pieces that the lithosphere is divided into • sits between the asthenosphere and outer core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A result of plates moving in the earth's crust
  2. The edge in which separates plates
  3. Plates that separate from each other
  4. The thinnest layers of the earth
  5. Plates that move toward each other
  6. How molten lava escapes the earth's mantle (as a result of tectonic shift)
Down
  1. The super continent
  2. The second innermost layer of the earth
  3. The layer of the earth that is directly under the plates
  4. What the core is made of
  5. The innermost layer of the earth
  6. What are formed by convergent plates
  7. What are formed by divergent plates
  8. When two convergent plates meet, one _____ into the soft, solid rock below.
  9. The number of continents there are on earth

15 Clues: The super continent • What the core is made of • The innermost layer of the earth • The thinnest layers of the earth • The edge in which separates plates • Plates that move toward each other • What are formed by divergent plates • What are formed by convergent plates • Plates that separate from each other • The second innermost layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which the the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  2. created the theory of continental drift.
  3. when pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land, a deep valley called a ______ ______ forms.
  4. two plates come together at a _______ boundary
  5. Scientists used this in the mid 1900's to map the mid-ocean ridges.
  6. The lithosphere is broken into________,which float on top of the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. Alfred Wegener created the theory of ______ drift.
  2. plates move away from each other at this boundary.
  3. The crust is ______dense the farther you get from the mid-ocean ridge.
  4. geologists think the movement of the Earths plates is caused by convection currents in the ______.
  5. if subduction happens faster than oceanic crust is formed, the ocean will_______
  6. the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years age.
  7. used evidence from _______, or ancient organisms preserved in rock to support his hypothesis.
  8. Molten material lines up in the direction of the poles to form_________ stripes.
  9. a boundry where plates slip past each other.

15 Clues: created the theory of continental drift. • a boundry where plates slip past each other. • two plates come together at a _______ boundary • Alfred Wegener created the theory of ______ drift. • plates move away from each other at this boundary. • the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years age. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. divergent when two plates separate
  2. convergent when two plates come together
  3. floats on top of the mantle
  4. where there are rift valleys
  5. when two plates come together
  6. Divergent causes earthquakes
  7. the sideways and downward
  8. between two divergent plates
Down
  1. oceanic upwelling magma
  2. a thin layer of crust
  3. convergent
  4. when two plates slide past
  5. caused when two convergent plates come together
  6. when two plates separate
  7. transform

15 Clues: transform • convergent • a thin layer of crust • oceanic upwelling magma • when two plates separate • the sideways and downward • when two plates slide past • floats on top of the mantle • where there are rift valleys • Divergent causes earthquakes • between two divergent plates • when two plates come together • divergent when two plates separate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. Found at transform boundaries
  3. The movement in the Earth's mantle that's responsible for plate boundaries
  4. How new ocean crust is formed
  5. A boundary where plates move apart from each other
  6. Formed when an oceanic plate subducts
  7. The boundary where plates slide against each other
  8. Formed when two continental crusts moves away from each other
  9. A theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener
Down
  1. Formed when two oceanic plates diverge
  2. Formed when two oceanic plates collide
  3. The boundary where plates collide
  4. Formed when a continental and oceanic plates collide
  5. The first scientist who proposed the idea of tectonic plates
  6. Formed when two continental crusts collide into each other

15 Clues: Found at transform boundaries • How new ocean crust is formed • The boundary where plates collide • Formed when an oceanic plate subducts • Formed when two oceanic plates diverge • Formed when two oceanic plates collide • A theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener • The supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener • A boundary where plates move apart from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Liquid magma that reaches Earths surface
  2. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickle
  3. A volcano that is no longer active
  4. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus
  5. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earths surface
  6. A device that records movements caused by seismic waves
  7. An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake
  8. An opening that magma leaves a volcano
Down
  1. A break or crack in Earths lithosphere along which the rock moves
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickle that surrounds the Earth
  3. The layer of hot, solid material between Earths crust and core
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earths outer surface
  5. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  6. A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side
  7. A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake

15 Clues: A volcano that is no longer active • An opening that magma leaves a volcano • A dense sphere of solid iron and nickle • Liquid magma that reaches Earths surface • A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake • The layer of rock that forms Earths outer surface • An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake • A device that records movements caused by seismic waves • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The edges where tectonic plates meet and interact.
  2. Plate A plate that carries continents and landmasses.
  3. The layer of the Earth beneath the crust.
  4. Boundary A boundary where plates move toward each other.
  5. Tectonics The theory that the Earth's crust is divided into large, moving plates.
  6. Zone An area where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
  7. Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move slowly.
  8. Range A series of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, and alignment.
Down
  1. Boundary A boundary where plates move away from each other.
  2. A crack or fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred.
  3. Plate A plate that carries ocean floor and seafloor.
  4. Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock from within the Earth.
  5. Sudden shaking of the Earth's surface caused by plate movement.
  6. Boundary A boundary where plates slide past each other.
  7. Crust The outermost layer of the Earth's surface.

15 Clues: The layer of the Earth beneath the crust. • Crust The outermost layer of the Earth's surface. • The edges where tectonic plates meet and interact. • Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move slowly. • Plate A plate that carries ocean floor and seafloor. • Plate A plate that carries continents and landmasses. • ...