plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

Tectonic plates 2024-10-31

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
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  1. When two plates meet their edges.
  2. A repetition of activity that can be used to theorize with.
  3. When two plates collide into each other and one plate subducts the other. This usually forms a trench underwater.
  4. Heat cycles in the air mantle and ocean. Controls plate tectonics movement.
  5. A liquid layer of earth also with nickel and iron. Borders inner core and the mantle.
  6. When the earth starts to shake violently due to plate tectonics reacting.
  7. A mid ocean ridge over the edges of the Atlantic Ocean.
  8. When magma or lava sprouts out from the mantle, or an eruption from volcanoes.
  9. The man that theorized continental drift in 1912 because of the similar fossils, rocks, and that Africa and South America fit together like a puzzle piece!.
  10. A hot dense ball in the middle of the earth with iron and nickel.
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  1. A large slab of rock composed of both the continental and the oceanic lithosphere.
  2. Can be formed in convergent plates or divergent plates, but not transform. And it sprouts out lava.
  3. Hard and dense Magyar underneath tectonic plates.
  4. When two plates slide against each other.
  5. When two plates go opposite each other and make a ridge. Forms a mid ocean ridge underwater.
  6. The speed or time how fast something goes.
  7. The hard solid rock underneath the land and water.
  8. The theory made by Alfred Wegener that all the continents were once one, and then drifted millions of years after.
  9. When one plate slips over another.
  10. A hot spring that erupts jets of water and vapor into steam in the air.

20 Clues: When two plates meet their edges. • When one plate slips over another. • When two plates slide against each other. • The speed or time how fast something goes. • Hard and dense Magyar underneath tectonic plates. • The hard solid rock underneath the land and water. • A mid ocean ridge over the edges of the Atlantic Ocean. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2013-05-31

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  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 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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 2023-10-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 2021-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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?
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  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
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  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.
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  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 2025-03-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Process where one plate moves under another.
  2. Mountain formed by eruptions of magma.
  3. Deep valley on the ocean floor at a subduction zone.
  4. Shaking of the ground caused by plate movement.
  5. Rigid outer layer of Earth, made of tectonic plates.
  6. Boundary where two plates move apart.
  7. Ancient supercontinent that broke apart over time.
  8. Boundary where two plates slide past each other.
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  1. Underwater mountain chain formed by plate movement.
  2. Layer of Earth beneath the crust, made of hot rock.
  3. Boundary where two plates collide.
  4. Landform created by a divergent boundary on land.
  5. Crack in Earth's surface where movement occurs.
  6. Semi-fluid layer on which tectonic plates move.
  7. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.

15 Clues: Boundary where two plates collide. • Boundary where two plates move apart. • Mountain formed by eruptions of magma. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Process where one plate moves under another. • Crack in Earth's surface where movement occurs. • Shaking of the ground caused by plate movement. • Semi-fluid layer on which tectonic plates move. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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 2024-11-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. magma when it reaches the surface
  2. rising hot mantle material and sinking colder material
  3. when two plates pull apart from each other
  4. vents where lava erupt onto the Earth's surface
  5. where two or more plates meet
  6. A cloud formed from tiny ash particles and gases blasted from the volcano
  7. the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust
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  1. a super continent
  2. molten rock that is formed in very hot conditions inside the earth
  3. when two plates slide past each other horizontally
  4. a large section of Earth's crust
  5. a large wave that is caused by a earthquake
  6. when one plate moves under another
  7. outpourings of molten rock from a vent onto Earth's surface during an effusive volcanic eruption
  8. the second layer in the earth

15 Clues: a super continent • the second layer in the earth • where two or more plates meet • a large section of Earth's crust • magma when it reaches the surface • when one plate moves under another • when two plates pull apart from each other • a large wave that is caused by a earthquake • vents where lava erupt onto the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another.
  2. Is the process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries.
  3. The solid outer part of the Earth.
  4. A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  5. A horseshoe-shaped zone of intense seismic and volcanic activity that traces the boundaries of the pacific plate.
  6. Formed where two tectonic plats pass laterally by one another.
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  1. Internal structure which includes crust, mantle and core.
  2. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere.
  3. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates.
  4. Occurs when two tectonic plates move apart, creating a crack that fills with magma and forms new crust.
  5. A linear lowland region created by tectonic plates pulling apart.
  6. An area on earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  7. A portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid.
  8. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust.
  9. Processes that destroy landforms.

15 Clues: Processes that destroy landforms. • The solid outer part of the Earth. • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust. • Internal structure which includes crust, mantle and core. • Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere. • Formed where two tectonic plats pass laterally by one another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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 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 2020-07-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wrfdbgfhy
  2. uikuikukiu
  3. ukuikuik
  4. sdfsdfdsfsdfdf
  5. 789257
  6. hgjhgjgj
  7. dfgdfgdg
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  1. gbujd
  2. werasd
  3. sdfgbbf
  4. ghjhjhgj
  5. fgfgfd
  6. sdfsdf
  7. ';.,/
  8. 3443655765

15 Clues: gbujd • ';.,/ • werasd • fgfgfd • sdfsdf • 789257 • sdfgbbf • ghjhjhgj • ukuikuik • hgjhgjgj • dfgdfgdg • wrfdbgfhy • uikuikukiu • 3443655765 • sdfsdfdsfsdfdf

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  2. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is made of granite, older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  3. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.
  4. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
  5. A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  6. 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.
Down
  1. The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates.
  2. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  3. A tectonic plate boundary along which plates slide horizontally past one another in opposite directions.
  4. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  5. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  6. The portion of Earth's crust that is usually below the oceans and not associated with continental areas, thinner and higher in density than continental crust.
  7. The central part of the earth below the mantle.
  8. Process by which, a fluid or a gas is being heated, the warmer part (becomes less dense) of the mass will rise and the cooler portion (becomes more dense) will sink.
  9. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.

15 Clues: The central part of the earth below the mantle. • The layer of the earth between the crust and the core • The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other. • A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates move (diverge or converge) along their borders and build up energy
  2. A theory that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move
  3. Long crack, fissure, or trough that forms between tectonic plates moving apart at plate boundaries
  4. waves Wave in the Earth produced by an earthquake
  5. A break in Earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other
  6. Measure of the energy released during an earthquake
  7. Type of seismic earthquake waves that are slower and only travel through solids
  8. Seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface
Down
  1. Waves that travel outward from an earthquake's focus and cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving
  2. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  3. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  4. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake focus
  5. A type of plate movement that occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate
  6. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  7. The belief that the Earth's continents were once one big supercontinent

15 Clues: waves Wave in the Earth produced by an earthquake • Measure of the energy released during an earthquake • Seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface • The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake focus • A theory that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move • A break in Earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other • ...

plate tectonics 2021-04-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. the elevation decreases,a hole
  3. 2 plates collide one moves under another
  4. the lines indicating the elevation
  5. the change in elevation between lines
  6. what used to be a supercontinent
  7. a very vertical slope
  8. theory of earth structures movement
Down
  1. lines indicating the elevation increase or decrease
  2. slope at normal sea level
  3. level past or under sea level
  4. past life
  5. a map showing the elevation of the land
  6. 2 plates slide past each other
  7. the top of a mountain(highest point)

15 Clues: past life • a very vertical slope • slope at normal sea level • level past or under sea level • the elevation decreases,a hole • 2 plates slide past each other • what used to be a supercontinent • 2 plates move away from each other • the lines indicating the elevation • theory of earth structures movement • the top of a mountain(highest point) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slip A type of plate boundary where the plates move horizontally past each other.
  2. floor spreading A multi-word term used to describe the movement of oceanic crust at a divergent boundary.
  3. a type of fault where the crust moves sideway past each other.
  4. the process in which the crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line.
  5. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other.
  6. a type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other.
Down
  1. the preserved remains of ancient once-living organisms .
  2. The branch of geology that deals with the movement that shapes the earth’s crust.
  3. the uppermost solid part of earth's crust.
  4. Wegener A German scientist who was the first person to build a scientific case to support the theory of continental drift.
  5. V-shaped valleys that are the deepest parts of the oceans where subduction occurs.
  6. currents circulatory patterns of heat in the magma believed to be the driving force behind plate movement.
  7. A large segment of earth's crust that slowly moves.
  8. OceanRidges ocean bottom mountain ranges split down the middle by a deep crack.
  9. Valley another name for the deep crack splits fault-block mid-ocean ridge mountains.

15 Clues: the uppermost solid part of earth's crust. • A large segment of earth's crust that slowly moves. • the preserved remains of ancient once-living organisms . • a type of fault where the crust moves sideway past each other. • A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other. • ...

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 2021-11-13

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

17 Clues: type of crust in land, made of granite, less dense • type of crust, ocean floor, made of basalt, more dense • The boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates. • type of plate boundary - two plates move slide past each other • sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a boundary • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the largest plate?
  2. When two plates come towards each but one goes upward one goes downward?
  3. What do convergent boundary make?
  4. What do divergent boundaries make?
  5. what rock is formed when magma cools slowly underneath the earths surface?
  6. A rock that gets formed by heat and pressure?
  7. How many major plates are there?
  8. How many minor plates are there?
Down
  1. Forms when two plates pull apart from each other?
  2. When two plates slide past each other?
  3. When two plates pull apart from each other?
  4. Where does convection currents happen
  5. What do Transformed boundary cause?
  6. When two plates go towards each other?
  7. Igneous-rock What rock forms when lava cools quickly above surface?

15 Clues: What is the largest plate? • How many major plates are there? • How many minor plates are there? • What do convergent boundary make? • What do divergent boundaries make? • What do Transformed boundary cause? • Where does convection currents happen • When two plates slide past each other? • When two plates go towards each other? • When two plates pull apart from each other? • ...

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 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What forms from subduction zones at convergent boundaries?
  2. What is a sea floor mountain called?
  3. The super continent that was on earth 280 million years ago, what is it called?
  4. What rock type is the cooling of magma?
  5. What is the destruction of the earth with shaking of the ground?
  6. What rock type has all the rock layers cemented together?
Down
  1. What is a mountain like formation that has lava and gases spewing out?
  2. What is the place where two plates meet?
  3. What plate boundary moves towards each other?
  4. What is it called the more dense plate goes under the less dense plate?
  5. What plate boundary moves away from each other?
  6. What is formed from convergent boundary's where two continental plates collide?
  7. What causes widespread of volcanic activity?
  8. What plate boundary has two plates sliding past each other.
  9. What is the whole process called when one type of rock turns into another?

15 Clues: What is a sea floor mountain called? • What rock type is the cooling of magma? • What is the place where two plates meet? • What causes widespread of volcanic activity? • What plate boundary moves towards each other? • What plate boundary moves away from each other? • What rock type has all the rock layers cemented together? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

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

15 Clues: solid iron and nickel • Shaking of the ground • liquid iron and nickel • Two plates coming apart • Two plates coming together • formation of oceanic crust • 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. Which boundary is where plates are moving away from each other?
  2. Which land form is created when 2 continental plates diverge?
  3. Which layer of the earth contains the rigid part of the mantle and crust?
  4. What is created from rocks eroding and weathering?
  5. Which boundary is where plates are moving alongside each other?
  6. Which boundary is where plates are moving towards each other?
  7. Which layer do the plates ride on?
Down
  1. Where two plates meet
  2. Which type of volcano is created when the lava is thin and runny?
  3. What is created at transform boundaries
  4. What material makes volcanic eruptions explosive?
  5. Which type of rock can have fossils?
  6. Which type of rock is created with high pressure and temperature?
  7. Which land form is created underwater due to subduction?
  8. Which type of rock is created when magma or lava cools down?

15 Clues: Where two plates meet • Which layer do the plates ride on? • Which type of rock can have fossils? • What is created at transform boundaries • What material makes volcanic eruptions explosive? • What is created from rocks eroding and weathering? • Which land form is created underwater due to subduction? • Which type of rock is created when magma or lava cools down? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  2. where plates slide sideways past each other.
  3. -the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. -one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time.
  5. -the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. -an area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth
  7. -the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole.
Down
  1. -when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. -All the earth
  3. -the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere
  4. -its lightest, most buoyant rock layer.
  5. -the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  6. -about 2,200 kilometers (1,367 miles) thick, is mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel.
  7. -of a substance is its mass per unit volume.
  8. -the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

15 Clues: -All the earth • -its lightest, most buoyant rock layer. • -the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • where plates slide sideways past each other. • -of a substance is its mass per unit volume. • -when two tectonic plates move away from each other • -a current in a fluid that results from convection. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a celestial body
  2. a forest of living
  3. assign
  4. chemical related
  5. the floor of ?
  6. a large land
Down
  1. use
  2. crash together
  3. joined
  4. transformed
  5. slide
  6. collide
  7. go apart
  8. hold back
  9. a fiery substance

15 Clues: use • slide • joined • assign • collide • go apart • hold back • transformed • a large land • crash together • the floor of ? • a celestial body • chemical related • a fiery substance • a forest of living

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer layer of the Earth on top of the mantle.
  2. The region where two or more tectonic plates meet. It is a zone of intense seismic activity.
  3. Belonging to a continent, eg Africa, Asia, Europe.
  4. A term used to describe a liquid substance (eg rock, glass or metal) formed by heating a solid.
  5. When two plates slide past each other in different directions or the same direction at different speeds.
  6. Where two plates move apart (diverge), causing a release in pressure that results in a volcanic eruption.
  7. A zone of hot rock in the interior of the earth located between the outer crust and the molten core. It has the properties of a solid, although it can also flow, very slowly.
  8. Occurs when older, denser tectonic plates sink into the mantle, pulling newer and less dense sections of plate along behind.
Down
  1. When one crustal plate is forced beneath the other.
  2. Something that is partly melted.
  3. Force exerted over an area. The greater the pressure, the greater the force exerted over the same area.
  4. A sudden shaking of the ground which releases energy and results from underground movement along a fault plane.
  5. When two tectonic plates move towards one another. The oceanic crust is forced to sink back into the mantle, whilst the continental crust rises above. Volcanoes and earthquakes are found here.
  6. Relating to the ocean.
  7. Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure.

15 Clues: Relating to the ocean. • Something that is partly melted. • The outer layer of the Earth on top of the mantle. • Belonging to a continent, eg Africa, Asia, Europe. • When one crustal plate is forced beneath the other. • Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries where plates slide past each other
  2. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  3. type of volcano rock that makes up the mid-ocean ridges, plates, and the oceans basins
  4. zone Where seafloor is forced underneath continental plates
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. When two plates move toward each other
  7. plate Two plates that pull away from one another
Down
  1. Where new seafloor is created
  2. The outer part of the earth's crust
  3. Hot molten rock deep below the earth's surface
  4. plates The structure of the earth's surface
  5. Crack in the earths surface between two divergent plates
  6. The outer solid portion of the planet earth
  7. The scientist who first proposed the theory of the continental drift
  8. The section below Earth's crust

15 Clues: Deepest part of the ocean • Where new seafloor is created • The section below Earth's crust • upper layer of the earth's mantle • The outer part of the earth's crust • When two plates move toward each other • The outer solid portion of the planet earth • plates The structure of the earth's surface • boundaries where plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the two plates is descending beneath the other
  2. a Greek word that means "all the Earth."
  3. the study of Earth's magnetic field
  4. boundary places where two tectonic plates are moving apart.
  5. of plot tectonics which states that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates.
  6. boundary places where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
Down
  1. pull the weight of a subduction plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into the subduction zone.
  2. drift proposed that Earth's continents had once been joined as a single landmass.
  3. boundary a place where two plates slide horizontally past each other.
  4. push the weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push and oceanic plate toward the trench formed in the subduction zone.
  5. spreading states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches.
  6. a device that can detect small changes in the magnetic field
  7. a line on a map that connects point that have the same age
  8. reversals change in Earth's magnetic field
  9. valley when continental crust begins to separate, the stretched crust forms a long, narrow depression.

15 Clues: the study of Earth's magnetic field • a Greek word that means "all the Earth." • reversals change in Earth's magnetic field • one of the two plates is descending beneath the other • a line on a map that connects point that have the same age • boundary places where two tectonic plates are moving apart. • a device that can detect small changes in the magnetic field • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 225 millions years ago all the major continents formed a giant super continent called ______________
  2. When two plates collide and one plate slides under the other, it is called a ________ boundary.
  3. When two plates push against each other, it is called a _______ boundary.
  4. The violent jerk when the tension between two plates is released.
  5. When two plates move away from each other, itis called a _________ boundary.
  6. Thes are formed when two plates push against each other.
  7. The edge of the Pacific ocean prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
  8. The highest mountains in the world )and still growing)
Down
  1. Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______
  2. Molten rock
  3. The line on which two different plates move against each other.
  4. The theory that the Earths surface is made of plates.
  5. ________ float on the mantle.
  6. A deep crack where new earth surface is continuously being formed
  7. WHen two plates move against each other and neither create or consume crust, ________ boundaries are created.

15 Clues: Molten rock • ________ float on the mantle. • The theory that the Earths surface is made of plates. • The highest mountains in the world )and still growing) • Thes are formed when two plates push against each other. • Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______ • The line on which two different plates move against each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2014-10-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where plates collide
  2. Name of the supercontinent which began to "break up" 180 million years ago
  3. Large segments of the Earth’s crust that move in relation to other plates
  4. Place where plates meet
  5. Place where plates move apart
  6. A mountain range that is still rising
  7. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core
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  1. another word for the place where the plates interact
  2. A large wave caused by an undersea earthquake
  3. Liquid rock below the earth’s surface
  4. The outer layer of the earth, divided into tectonic plates
  5. This happens when one plate is destroyed underneath another at destructive margins
  6. Place where plates slide past each other
  7. The German scientist who developed the continental drift theory
  8. The core is made mainly of iron and _____

15 Clues: Where plates collide • Place where plates meet • Place where plates move apart • Liquid rock below the earth’s surface • A mountain range that is still rising • Place where plates slide past each other • The core is made mainly of iron and _____ • A large wave caused by an undersea earthquake • another word for the place where the plates interact • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-02-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface
  2. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground
  5. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary
  6. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust
  7. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in sideways movement
  8. stress that stretches rock until it becomes thinner in the middle
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  1. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust
  2. a type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side
  3. a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion
  4. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  5. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  6. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

15 Clues: stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground • stress that stretches rock until it becomes thinner in the middle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking
  2. what the Earth's crust is broken in to
  3. the theory that all the continents where once one supercontinent
  4. the tool used to study earthquakes
  5. who proposed continental drift
  6. the material moving in the mantle
  7. what is created when two plates collide
  8. most of these can be found in the "Ring of Fire"
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  1. the boundary that divides
  2. the boundary that collides
  3. the boundary that slides
  4. the name of the supercontinent
  5. the outermost layer of the Earth
  6. evidence to support continental drift
  7. where convection occurs

15 Clues: where convection occurs • the boundary that slides • the boundary that divides • the boundary that collides • the name of the supercontinent • who proposed continental drift • the outermost layer of the Earth • the material moving in the mantle • the tool used to study earthquakes • evidence to support continental drift • what the Earth's crust is broken in to • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess
  2. when the supercontinent began breaking into smaller continents to their present location
  3. average amount of seafloor spreading that happens
  4. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  5. a boundary which when two plates move together resulting in oceanic lithosphere being thrust beneath an overriding plates
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  1. deep canyon like structure
  2. Volcanos grow up from the ______ instead upon a continental platfrom.
  3. fixed geographic positions and were ancient
  4. A boundary in which two plates move apart resulting in a upwelling of material from the mantle to create a new sea floor
  5. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents
  6. _____ were formed when India "rammed" into Asia
  7. Heat is continuously flowing outward from Earth's interior, causing convection in the _____.
  8. another name for the upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor
  9. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
  10. also equals low angle of descent

15 Clues: deep canyon like structure • also equals low angle of descent • fixed geographic positions and were ancient • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • _____ were formed when India "rammed" into Asia • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • average amount of seafloor spreading that happens • a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths crust located under the ocean
  2. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
  3. The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges.
  4. hypothesis that says continents look like they fit together like a puzzle; Ancient Fossils of the same land animals have been found on different continents across oceans; glacier evidence shows that the continents have drifted; Age of the rock on the ocean floor shows that the sea floor is spreading.
  5. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  6. Earth's outermost layer.
  7. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
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  1. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  2. divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where sea floor spreading occurs.
  3. the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  4. a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other; Can cause mountain building or abduction depending on converging plate types; folded mountains.
  5. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.
  6. Plate Boundary formed between two tectonic plates as they separate and move apart at this border; forms a rift valley or mid-ocean ridge.
  7. A super continent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions and increases risk of earthquakes.

15 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • earths crust located under the ocean • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface. • The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. • Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of Earth that is VERY hot, made of metal, solid
  2. Geologic feature that made when plates collide; cool at the top; many people climb them
  3. Part of the crust that is older, less dense, and thicker
  4. Plates sliding past each other
  5. Geologic feature where magma rises to the surface of Earth
  6. Plates coming together
  7. Plates pulling apart
  8. Geologic feature that forms from a subduction zone; term for type of warfare in WWI
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  1. Portion of the crust that slowly moves and shifts
  2. Layer of Earth with convection currents, semi solid
  3. Molten rock
  4. What Earth formed from in the solar system, specifically gas and dust; term for extra food
  5. Part of the crust that is younger, more dense, and thinner
  6. Layer of Earth that is made of rocks and is cool
  7. Process by which Earth separated into layer based on density long ago

15 Clues: Molten rock • Plates pulling apart • Plates coming together • Plates sliding past each other • Layer of Earth that is made of rocks and is cool • Portion of the crust that slowly moves and shifts • Layer of Earth with convection currents, semi solid • Layer of Earth that is VERY hot, made of metal, solid • Part of the crust that is older, less dense, and thicker • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2024-02-20

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  2. the solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  3. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding away from one another
  4. the sinking of regions of the Earth’s crust to lower elevations
  5. the rising of regions of the Earth’s crust to higher elevations
  6. the hypothesis that states that continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  7. the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core
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  1. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  2. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  3. the theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth’s outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape
  4. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  5. the layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core
  6. the thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  7. the central part of the Earth below the mantle
  8. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

15 Clues: the central part of the Earth below the mantle • the layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core • the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move • the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates • the sinking of regions of the Earth’s crust to lower elevations • the rising of regions of the Earth’s crust to higher elevations • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates moving past each other in horizontal motion- called a __ boundary.
  2. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  3. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  4. Massive slabs of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
  5. The theory proposed in 1912 (Wegner's Continental __)
  6. Produced from the melted rock deep in the subduction zone.
  7. Two plates colliding together called a __ boundary.
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  1. An act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed.
  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 process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets.
  4. The Super-continent on Earth 200 million years ago
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  6. Two plates moving apart is called a __ boundary.
  7. The motion involved in a transform boundary.
  8. The title someone who holds while professionally studying plate tectonics

15 Clues: The motion involved in a transform boundary. • Two plates moving apart is called a __ boundary. • The Super-continent on Earth 200 million years ago • Two plates colliding together called a __ boundary. • The theory proposed in 1912 (Wegner's Continental __) • Produced from the melted rock deep in the subduction zone. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. something that moves toward each other.
  2. really hot.
  3. something that shakes and can cause damage.
  4. the outermost shell.
  5. a rock that erupts.
  6. split apart from each other.
  7. a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere
  8. where magma is hotter than surrounding magma.
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  1. mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  2. tall and pointy.
  3. a tool that is used for earthquakes.
  4. the rapid back-and-forth motion of a physical object
  5. a plate that causes friction.
  6. something that moves apart.
  7. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust.

15 Clues: really hot. • tall and pointy. • a rock that erupts. • the outermost shell. • something that moves apart. • split apart from each other. • a plate that causes friction. • a tool that is used for earthquakes. • mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • something that moves toward each other. • something that shakes and can cause damage. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a deep canyon on the ocean floor
  2. name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  3. valley, a deep valley where two plates move apart
  4. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  5. drift, Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  6. currents, cause the plates to move between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
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  1. Wegener, German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912
  2. boundary, a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. thickest layer of the Earth, consists of two layers-the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  4. the layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  5. boundary, a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  6. a soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. core, dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth
  8. a break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  9. core, layer of molten iron and nickel that surround the inner core of the Earth

15 Clues: a deep canyon on the ocean floor • valley, a deep valley where two plates move apart • the layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • a soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • core, dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • boundary, a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-24

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

15 Clues: Thickest layer of the Earth • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • The name of the single landmass that broke apart long ago • ...

plate tectonics 2022-11-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. intense shaking of Earth’s surface
  2. arupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
  3. the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
  4. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  5. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  6. The solid, outermost layer of the Earth, lying above the mantle.♦
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  1. the layer of earth's crust under the lithosphere
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  3. of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side the formation of new areas
  4. a terrestrial or inner planet consisting of a thin outer crust, an intermediate mantle, and a dense inner core
  5. heated molten rock beneath the surface
  6. the solid, outer part of the Earth
  7. also called pallium, plural pallia, or palliums, in biology, soft covering, formed from the body wall, of brachiopods and mollusks; also, the fleshy outer covering, sometimes strengthened by calcified plates, of barnacles
  8. the physics of the earth.
  9. an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock

15 Clues: the physics of the earth. • intense shaking of Earth’s surface • the solid, outer part of the Earth • heated molten rock beneath the surface • the layer of earth's crust under the lithosphere • The solid, outermost layer of the Earth, lying above the mantle.♦ • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soft layer of the mantle
  2. These events are common at plate boundaries and are caused by the motions of the plates or of magma.
  3. Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other
  4. Sections of the Earth’s surface that move-- these sections can include both continental and oceanic crust
  5. One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate
  6. Plate boundary where the plates move apart
  7. Layer between the crust and the core
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  1. The dividing line where tectonic plates meet
  2. Plate boundary where the plates collide
  3. Outermost layer of the Earth
  4. This happens at a mid-oceanic ridge where 2 plates are moving apart and a new crust is forming
  5. This type is thinner and denser than continental
  6. Outermost rigid layer of the Earth
  7. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake
  8. This type is thicker than oceanic and doesn't subduct

15 Clues: Soft layer of the mantle • Outermost layer of the Earth • Outermost rigid layer of the Earth • Layer between the crust and the core • Plate boundary where the plates collide • Plate boundary where the plates move apart • The dividing line where tectonic plates meet • This type is thinner and denser than continental • One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary type of plates simply passing by eachother
  2. The Earth's crust is made up of these
  3. Below the first layer of earth under the plates
  4. A thin boundary type, usually created when crust subducts thinner crust underneath it
  5. a horseshoe shaped region around the pacific ocean which experiences some of the most seismic and volcanic activity in the world
  6. a boundary type where plates move in the opposite directions at different speeds
  7. last name of the german scientist well known for the theory of plate tectonics
  8. molten rock beneath the earth's crust
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  1. A boundary type that occurs when two plates move away from eachother
  2. The result of two plates grinding against eachother creating seismic activity
  3. A lithosphere type with water above it
  4. The result of two plates grinding against eachother or moving away, causes earthquakes and erupts lava
  5. a process of creating mountains
  6. Rigid outermost rocky layer
  7. A solid lithosphere type

15 Clues: A solid lithosphere type • Rigid outermost rocky layer • a process of creating mountains • The Earth's crust is made up of these • molten rock beneath the earth's crust • A lithosphere type with water above it • Below the first layer of earth under the plates • Boundary type of plates simply passing by eachother • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-07-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that explains why continents are slowly drifting apart.
  2. Large, rigid pieces of Earth’s lithosphere that move over the mantle.
  3. The theory that Earth’s crust is split into slow-moving sections.
  4. The boundary where two plates slide past one another horizontally.
  5. The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.
  6. The ancient supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener.
  7. A deep valley along the ocean floor formed by subduction.
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  1. A chain of underwater mountains formed at divergent boundaries.
  2. A rapid shaking of Earth’s crust, often along plate boundaries.
  3. Name for when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. Mountains formed primarily where two continental plates collide.
  5. What convection currents in the mantle help to move.
  6. The solid outermost layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  7. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface; found in the mantle.
  8. Deep cracks in Earth’s surface where plates meet and earthquakes can occur.

15 Clues: What convection currents in the mantle help to move. • The ancient supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener. • Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface; found in the mantle. • A deep valley along the ocean floor formed by subduction. • Name for when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • Theory that explains why continents are slowly drifting apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  3. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's origin
  4. A type of boundary where two plates slide past each othe
  5. The type of boundary where two plates collide
  6. Large sections of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact
  7. What type of rock is created under high pressure and temperature
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  1. The process by which new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridge
  2. Seafloor spreading and continental drift are believed to be caused by...
  3. the movement of sediment from one location to another
  4. the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
  5. The shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  6. What type of rock is formed from cooled magma?
  7. What is it called when one plate goes under another
  8. What supercontinent existed about 300 million years ago?

15 Clues: The type of boundary where two plates collide • What type of rock is formed from cooled magma? • What is it called when one plate goes under another • the movement of sediment from one location to another • A type of boundary where two plates slide past each othe • What supercontinent existed about 300 million years ago? • ...

Tectonic plates 2024-10-31

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A repetition of activity that can be used to theorize with.
  2. A hot dense ball in the middle of the earth with iron and nickel.
  3. The man that theorized continental drift in 1912 because of the similar fossils, rocks, and that Africa and South America fit together like a puzzle piece!.
  4. When two plates collide into each other and one plate subducts the other. This usually forms a trench underwater.
  5. A mid ocean ridge over the edges of the Atlantic Ocean.
  6. A hot spring that erupts jets of water and vapor into steam in the air.
  7. Heat cycles in the air mantle and ocean. Controls plate tectonics movement.
  8. When two plates slide against each other.
  9. The hard solid rock underneath the land and water.
  10. When one plate slips over another.
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  1. When magma or lava sprouts out from the mantle, or an eruption from volcanoes.
  2. A liquid layer of earth also with nickel and iron. Borders inner core and the mantle.
  3. Hard and dense magma underneath tectonic plates.
  4. When the earth starts to shake violently due to plate tectonics reacting.
  5. The theory made by Alfred Wegener that all the continents were once one, and then drifted millions of years after.
  6. When two plates meet at their edges.
  7. A large slab of rock composed of both the continental and the oceanic lithosphere.
  8. When two plates go opposite each other and make a ridge. Forms a mid ocean ridge underwater.
  9. Can be formed in convergent plates or divergent plates, but not transform. And it erupts out lava.
  10. The speed or time how fast something goes.

20 Clues: When one plate slips over another. • When two plates meet at their edges. • When two plates slide against each other. • The speed or time how fast something goes. • Hard and dense magma underneath tectonic plates. • The hard solid rock underneath the land and water. • A mid ocean ridge over the edges of the Atlantic Ocean. • ...

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
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  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 • ...

tectonic plates crossword 2024-10-14

tectonic plates crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cycles of heated magma in the mantle
  2. plates large plates of crust that span the lengths of continents and oceans
  3. cause of rock deformities
  4. tectonics landforms created from the moving and shifting of plates
  5. a person who studies the earth and rocks
  6. plate above fault zone
  7. large pieces of crust on top of the mantle
  8. the area between to plates
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  1. area around fault
  2. when the denser plate slides under the less dense plate
  3. convergent, divergent, and transform faults
  4. plate below fault zone
  5. the moving of plates on the mantle
  6. supercontinent that formed millions of years ago
  7. instrument used to measure the size of earthquakes

15 Clues: area around fault • plate below fault zone • plate above fault zone • cause of rock deformities • the area between to plates • the moving of plates on the mantle • cycles of heated magma in the mantle • a person who studies the earth and rocks • large pieces of crust on top of the mantle • convergent, divergent, and transform faults • ...

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
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  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. • ...

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 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 • ...

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 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
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  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 • ...

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 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 • ...

Earthquake vocab 2025-09-12

Earthquake vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layers of Earth - tell Earth’s story
  2. ridge a long, continuous mountain range on the seafloor formed by plate tectonics,
  3. when soil is moved from one location to another by wind and water.
  4. time scale the record of geologic time, divided into eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages
  5. spreading a giant conveyor belt under the ocean
  6. resources resources that the earth has
  7. natural process that slowly breaks apart or changes rocks.
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  1. drift the movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other
  2. tectonics the theory that the Earth’s outer layer is made of large, moving pieces called tectonics
  3. trench long, narrow, and deep depressions on the seafloor
  4. water water found beneath the Earth's surface, stored within the soil and the pores and crevices of rock
  5. water any water found on the surface of the Earth like oceans, rivers, lakes, etc.
  6. cycle continuous movement of water below and above the surface of the Earth

13 Clues: layers of Earth - tell Earth’s story • resources resources that the earth has • spreading a giant conveyor belt under the ocean • trench long, narrow, and deep depressions on the seafloor • natural process that slowly breaks apart or changes rocks. • drift the movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other • ...

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
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  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. • ...

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. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the layer of gases known as air
  2. the core of the earth
  3. occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  4. first layer of the earth
  5. comes from a Japanese word
  6. Another word for gravity waves
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  1. movement of the tectonic plates in the crust
  2. the most rigid layer of the earth
  3. earthquake scale
  4. forms in the water when subduction occurs
  5. occurs when something is squeezed
  6. the first wave
  7. happen when tectonic plates collide
  8. is the bones found in the earth
  9. a break in the earth's crust

15 Clues: the first wave • earthquake scale • the core of the earth • first layer of the earth • comes from a Japanese word • a break in the earth's crust • Another word for gravity waves • is the bones found in the earth • the most rigid layer of the earth • occurs when something is squeezed • is the layer of gases known as air • happen when tectonic plates collide • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the layer of gases known as air
  2. the core of the earth
  3. occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  4. first layer of the earth
  5. comes from a Japanese word
  6. Another word for gravity waves
Down
  1. movement of the tectonic plates in the crust
  2. the most rigid layer of the earth
  3. earthquake scale
  4. forms in the water when subduction occurs
  5. occurs when something is squeezed
  6. the first wave
  7. happen when tectonic plates collide
  8. is the bones found in the earth
  9. a break in the earth's crust

15 Clues: the first wave • earthquake scale • the core of the earth • first layer of the earth • comes from a Japanese word • a break in the earth's crust • Another word for gravity waves • is the bones found in the earth • the most rigid layer of the earth • occurs when something is squeezed • is the layer of gases known as air • happen when tectonic plates collide • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-13

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

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 he 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 2021-01-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of subduction zone; a smaller plate slides under a bigger one
  2. Where less dense plates slide over more dense plates
  3. Type of boundary between plates that are sliding past each other
  4. Occur at subduction zones
  5. More dense type of plate
  6. These are the reasons why the plates move
  7. Layer that plates float on
  8. To our east, caused by rifting
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  1. Caused by rifting
  2. Type of boundary between plates that are colliding
  3. Type of plate boundary where plates are pulling apart
  4. The crust and part of the upper mantle
  5. Form when two plates collide, pushing each other up
  6. Less dense type of plate
  7. Plates pulling apart from each other

15 Clues: Caused by rifting • More dense type of plate • Less dense type of plate • Occur at subduction zones • Layer that plates float on • To our east, caused by rifting • Plates pulling apart from each other • The crust and part of the upper mantle • These are the reasons why the plates move • Type of boundary between plates that are colliding • ...

plate tectonics 2021-04-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. the elevation decreases,a hole
  3. 2 plates collide one moves under another
  4. the lines indicating the elevation
  5. the change in elevation between lines
  6. what used to be a supercontinent
  7. a very vertical slope
  8. theory of earth structures movement
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  1. lines indicating the elevation increase or decrease
  2. slope at normal sea level
  3. level past or under sea level
  4. past life
  5. a map showing the elevation of the land
  6. 2 plates slide past each other
  7. the top of a mountain(highest point)

15 Clues: past life • a very vertical slope • slope at normal sea level • level past or under sea level • the elevation decreases,a hole • 2 plates slide past each other • what used to be a supercontinent • 2 plates move away from each other • the lines indicating the elevation • theory of earth structures movement • the top of a mountain(highest point) • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-13

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

17 Clues: type of crust in land, made of granite, less dense • type of crust, ocean floor, made of basalt, more dense • The boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates. • type of plate boundary - two plates move slide past each other • sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a boundary • ...