plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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? • ...

Tectonics Plate 2026-03-11

Tectonics Plate crossword puzzle
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  1. Containing all of the existing continents
  2. Intermediate sized plates
  3. a boundary which two plates move together
  4. earths outer shell consists of individual
  5. Is broken into about 24 segments
  6. There is evidence of a glacial period
  7. A narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
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  1. First propped in the 1960s by Harry Hess
  2. Elevated areas of the seafloor
  3. two plates move apart
  4. a boundary in which two plates slide past
  5. Processes that deform earths crust
  6. All present continents once existed
  7. Same fossil organism is found only on landmass
  8. German meteorologist and geophysicist

15 Clues: two plates move apart • Intermediate sized plates • Elevated areas of the seafloor • Is broken into about 24 segments • Processes that deform earths crust • All present continents once existed • German meteorologist and geophysicist • There is evidence of a glacial period • First propped in the 1960s by Harry Hess • Containing all of the existing continents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Wegener was this type of scientist
  2. Greek word meaning "all the earth"
  3. The hypothesis that the continents were once joined
  4. this type of heat transfer provides the movement of the plates
  5. when one plate descends below another
  6. Wegener died here while gathering evidence for his theory
  7. boundaries where plates move toward each other
  8. cool, dense subducting plates pull the trailing slab into the subduction zone
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  1. Coal and _____ deposits are evidence of continental drift
  2. boundaries where the plates are moving apart
  3. Reversals in Earth's ________ field are evidence of seafloor spreading
  4. huge pieces of crust and rigid upper mantle
  5. uplifted ridges push oceanic plates toward a trench at a subduction zone
  6. This comes up through the gap between plates at a mid-ocean ridge and forms rock
  7. Earthquakes are common near this type of boundary

15 Clues: Wegener was this type of scientist • Greek word meaning "all the earth" • when one plate descends below another • huge pieces of crust and rigid upper mantle • boundaries where the plates are moving apart • boundaries where plates move toward each other • Earthquakes are common near this type of boundary • The hypothesis that the continents were once joined • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 ___
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  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
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  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?
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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)
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  1. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  2. process where one plate slides under another
  3. two plates coming together
  4. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  5. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  6. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  7. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities

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

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

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

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

Plate tectonics 1 2019-02-19

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

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

tectonic plates crossword 2024-10-14

tectonic plates crossword crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

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 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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
Down
  1. two plates coming together
  2. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  3. formation of new oceanic crust due to the up welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
  4. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  5. a region where two lithosphere plates meet
  6. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  7. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  8. process where one plate slides under another

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

plate tectonics 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
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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 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
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  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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. super continent All continents were one large landmass.
  2. a solid sphere of nickel and iron at the center of the earth.
  3. the portion of the earth's mantle just below the lithosphere, it flows like molten plastic.
  4. a circulation of air in which material is heated and rises then cools and sinks.
  5. large moving pieces of earths crust.
Down
  1. the theory that earth's continents move as pieces.
  2. created in the ocean at a divergent boundary.
  3. when one plate sinks below another into the mantle.
  4. the solid, outer part of the earth. Includes the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust.
  5. when 2 plates push or collide together.
  6. when 2 plates move away from each other.
  7. the layer of rock between the outer core and the crust. It is the thickest layer.
  8. a boundary in which 2 plates scrape past each other.
  9. a layer of molten metal that surrounds earth's inner core.
  10. the thinnest layer of the earth's core above the mantle.

15 Clues: large moving pieces of earths crust. • when 2 plates push or collide together. • when 2 plates move away from each other. • created in the ocean at a divergent boundary. • the theory that earth's continents move as pieces. • when one plate sinks below another into the mantle. • a boundary in which 2 plates scrape past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-18

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

15 Clues: Molten rock • ________ float on the mantle. • The theory that the Earth’s surface is made of plates. • The highest mountains in the world (and still growing) • These 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 2014-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  2. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  3. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  5. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  6. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  7. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
Down
  1. A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
  2. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
  3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  4. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents
  5. A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
  6. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  7. The process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.
  8. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed

15 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  2. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  4. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  5. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  6. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  7. A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
  8. A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
Down
  1. The process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.
  2. The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  3. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed
  4. The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  5. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents
  6. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago

15 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally. • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-28

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

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 2021-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. material that is below or within the earth's crust
  2. the gradual movement of the continents
  3. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  4. plates that lie under surface landmass
  5. the study of the record of earth's magnetic field in rocks
  6. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism
  7. a crack in the earth's crust
Down
  1. the outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. mountains that form mainly by the effects of folding
  3. a measure of mass per volume
  4. the layer that has so much pressure and heat that the rocks can flow like liquid
  5. the central portion of the earth
  6. a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal
  7. an active submarine ridge system that marks the site of the up welling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. violent shaking of the ground that cause destruction

15 Clues: a measure of mass per volume • a crack in the earth's crust • the central portion of the earth • the gradual movement of the continents • plates that lie under surface landmass • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • material that is below or within the earth's crust • the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub next to each other?
  2. what is in Antarctica and proves continental drift?
  3. what shakes the ground?
  4. what produces rock?
  5. what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises?
  6. plates that move away?
  7. oceanic + continental = what?
Down
  1. what is the supercontinent?
  2. what layer is a hot, softer rock layer that can move and flow?
  3. continental + continental = what?
  4. who discovered continental drift?
  5. that moves under our earth?
  6. what is the movement of large land?
  7. what exsploeds?
  8. what is found in igneous rock and proves continental drift?

15 Clues: what exsploeds? • what produces rock? • plates that move away? • what shakes the ground? • what is the supercontinent? • that moves under our earth? • oceanic + continental = what? • continental + continental = what? • who discovered continental drift? • plates that rub next to each other? • what is the movement of large land? • what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises? • ...

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. melted rock within a chamber
  2. boundary where two plates come together
  3. boundary where two plates split apart
  4. Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics
  5. Place where plates Slide past each other
  6. rock exposed to high heat and pressure
  7. collapsed volcano
Down
  1. eroded and weathered pieces of rock
  2. Sudden shaking in the ground
  3. Shield, Cyder Cone, and Composite _______
  4. rock that is cooled from magma/lava
  5. The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes
  6. rock that is comprised of sediment
  7. Subduction Zone has these
  8. melted rock out of a volcano

15 Clues: collapsed volcano • Subduction Zone has these • Sudden shaking in the ground • melted rock within a chamber • melted rock out of a volcano • rock that is comprised of sediment • eroded and weathered pieces of rock • rock that is cooled from magma/lava • boundary where two plates split apart • Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics • The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat and pressure forms what rock?
  2. when two plates move alongside each other what is that called?
  3. when magma cools and the crystal size is big what rock is it?
  4. compaction and cemention form what rock?
  5. what crust is under the ocean?
  6. what does a transform boundry cause?
  7. when two plates move towards each other and form a mountain what is that called?
  8. cooled magma/lava forms what rock?
Down
  1. when lava cools and the crystal size is small what rock is it?
  2. what crust is under the continents?
  3. when two plates move away from each other what is that called?
  4. what causes a lot of earthquakes before it erupts?
  5. where in the mantle do the tectonic plates move?
  6. when a continental and oceanic plate hit what forms?
  7. a super continent?

15 Clues: a super continent? • what crust is under the ocean? • heat and pressure forms what rock? • cooled magma/lava forms what rock? • what crust is under the continents? • what does a transform boundry cause? • compaction and cemention form what rock? • where in the mantle do the tectonic plates move? • what causes a lot of earthquakes before it erupts? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

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

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 is melted rock in the groud? • what rock is made from sediments? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what is a violent shaking in the ground? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Very very hot liquid.
  2. When the plates move apart from each other.
  3. It is the middle layer of the earth and it is made out of hot rocks.
  4. When the plates move very close together.
  5. Releasing gas that has been dissolved.
  6. This is a solid nickel layer of the earth.
Down
  1. Partly melted rock under the surface
  2. A person that studies the earth.
  3. It is the movement of the earth. Also the name of the of this puzzle.
  4. There are seven land masses on earth.
  5. The person who confirmed Alfred Wigener’s theory.
  6. It is a solid part of the earth. It is also called the geosphere.
  7. It is in between the lithosphere and the upper mantle.
  8. These make up the earth’s
  9. A type of gas.

15 Clues: A type of gas. • Very very hot liquid. • These make up the earth’s • A person that studies the earth. • Partly melted rock under the surface • There are seven land masses on earth. • Releasing gas that has been dissolved. • When the plates move very close together. • This is a solid nickel layer of the earth. • When the plates move apart from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change in the original shape of a material
  2. the circum pacific belt
  3. The crust closest to the core
  4. Thinnest layer on Earth
  5. the layer below the crust
  6. someone who study's rocks
  7. the center of the earth
  8. Plate tectonics causing something
  9. pains in rapid change of pressure
Down
  1. plates that cause all earthquakes
  2. The study of rocks
  3. waves of motion in something
  4. something used to measure earthquakes
  5. A zone of fractured plates
  6. a zone that is dangerous

15 Clues: The study of rocks • the circum pacific belt • Thinnest layer on Earth • the center of the earth • a zone that is dangerous • the layer below the crust • someone who study's rocks • A zone of fractured plates • waves of motion in something • The crust closest to the core • plates that cause all earthquakes • Plate tectonics causing something • pains in rapid change of pressure • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  6. The German meteorologist who developed the theory of Continental drift.
  7. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock first breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  2. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  3. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  4. Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

15 Clues: Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The relatively thick part of the Earth’s crust that forms the large landmasses, typically less dense and older than oceanic crust.
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
  3. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
  5. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  6. A layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
  7. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
Down
  1. A dense sphere to solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth.
  2. A weak spot in the crust where magma had come to the surface.
  3. A thin layer of crust that under lies the ocean basins and is usually younger and denser than the continental crust.
  4. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of a fluid to another.
  5. A giant wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor.
  6. A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
  7. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  8. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. One of four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.

15 Clues: The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • A giant wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor. • A weak spot in the crust where magma had come to the surface. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • A layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the name of the supercontinent? Starts with P.
  2. What technology tracks plate movement? Starts with G.
  3. What are areas where tectonic plates meet called? Starts with B.
  4. What boundary type forms mid-ocean ridges? Starts with D.
  5. What causes the Earth’s surface to move? Starts with T.
  6. What feature does convergent boundaries create? Starts with M.
Down
  1. What heats the asthenosphere? Starts with C.
  2. What layer lies beneath the lithosphere? Starts with A.
  3. What fault is an example of a transform boundary? Starts with S.
  4. What is it called when one plate slides under another? Starts with S.
  5. What material are oceanic plates made of? Give one, starts with S.
  6. What material are continental plates made of? Give one, starts with A.
  7. What layer of the Earth moves? Starts with L.
  8. What is the maximum thickness of tectonic plates? Starts with S.
  9. What is the lithosphere made of? Starts with C.

15 Clues: What heats the asthenosphere? Starts with C. • What layer of the Earth moves? Starts with L. • What is the lithosphere made of? Starts with C. • What technology tracks plate movement? Starts with G. • What layer lies beneath the lithosphere? Starts with A. • What was the name of the supercontinent? Starts with P. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid.
  2. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays.
  3. An area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma.
  4. A single landmass that was around about 300 million years ago.
  5. When the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons.
  6. Heat transfer between materials that are touching.
  7. A mountain that forms on Earth's crust when magma, reaches the surface.
  8. One major of volcanoes.
  9. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
Down
  1. The idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.
  2. Parts of Earth's crust separate on land.
  3. long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
  4. The process of which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle again.
  5. The outer pieces of earth broken into pieces.
  6. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

15 Clues: One major of volcanoes. • Parts of Earth's crust separate on land. • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid. • The outer pieces of earth broken into pieces. • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays. • Heat transfer between materials that are touching. • When the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. Rigid outer layer of Earth including crust and upper mantle
  3. Partially molten layer beneath the lithosphere
  4. Type of boundary where plates collide
  5. The solid, innermost layer of Earth
  6. Process where oceanic plate sinks beneath another plate
  7. The thickest layer of Earth, located between the core and crust
  8. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Down
  1. Evidence of continental drift found matching across continents
  2. Deep ocean valleys formed at convergent boundaries
  3. Underwater mountain ranges where new crust forms
  4. The German scientist who proposed continental drift
  5. Type of boundary where plates move apart
  6. The outermost layer of Earth where we live
  7. Liquid layer surrounding Earth's inner core

15 Clues: The solid, innermost layer of Earth • Type of boundary where plates collide • Type of boundary where plates move apart • The outermost layer of Earth where we live • Liquid layer surrounding Earth's inner core • Partially molten layer beneath the lithosphere • Underwater mountain ranges where new crust forms • Deep ocean valleys formed at convergent boundaries • ...

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 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 • ...

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. • ...

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.
Down
  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 2013-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transfer of heat
  2. the movement of the Earth's continents
  3. the act of conveying or transmitting
  4. between the crust and the core
  5. a long, narrow depression in the ocean floor
Down
  1. process of collision of the earth's crust plates
  2. tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided
  3. the central part of the earth
  4. to change in form
  5. something that indicates bounds
  6. the crust and upper mantle of the earth
  7. diverging; differing
  8. to come together
  9. to undergo faulting
  10. the solid outer shell of the earth

15 Clues: to come together • to change in form • to undergo faulting • the transfer of heat • diverging; differing • the central part of the earth • between the crust and the core • something that indicates bounds • the solid outer shell of the earth • the act of conveying or transmitting • the movement of the Earth's continents • the crust and upper mantle of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  2. A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
  3. The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  4. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed
  5. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  6. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  7. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents
  8. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
Down
  1. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  2. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  3. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
  4. The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  5. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  6. A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
  7. The process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.

15 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust The outer layer of the earth
  2. A number of crustal plates
  3. The shaking wave like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  4. A place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  5. A long narrow trench in the ocean.
  6. An opening made by a splitting, cleaving etc
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  1. Two plates colliding and making one plate
  2. crust The crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. drift The continents on earth moving around
  4. molten rock that has erupted onto earths surface
  5. An underwater earthquake that makes the wave so powerful it smashes through buildings
  6. molten rock below earths surface
  7. The rapid movement of the ground usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  8. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  9. spreading A process in which a new ocean floor is created
  10. The point on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

16 Clues: A number of crustal plates • molten rock below earths surface • A long narrow trench in the ocean. • crust The outer layer of the earth • Two plates colliding and making one plate • crust The crust that forms the ocean floor • drift The continents on earth moving around • An opening made by a splitting, cleaving etc • molten rock that has erupted onto earths surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in the sea
  2. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts to the surface
  3. Crust- Crust that forms the continents
  4. Wave- the shaking, eave like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  5. where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
  6. molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface
  7. The process of crust spreading apart.
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  1. Crust- Crust that is found on the ocean floor
  2. an instrument that detects seismic waves from an earthquake
  3. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus
  4. Tectonics- the theory that the earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces that move across the asthenosphere
  5. Trench- A deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  6. Spreading- The process of new crust being formed at ocean ridges, and spreading out
  7. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake on the seafloor
  8. molten rock below the earths surface

15 Clues: molten rock below the earths surface • The process of crust spreading apart. • Crust- Crust that forms the continents • Crust- Crust that is found on the ocean floor • molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface • The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus • an instrument that detects seismic waves from an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic boundary where plates crash into each other.
  2. fault that blocks move in opposite directions
  3. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  4. in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs
  5. point of Earth's surface directely above an earthquake's focus
  6. a tectonic plate boundary where plates move past each other.
  7. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  8. a break in the earths crust
  9. A theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates.
  10. theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle
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  1. fault that cuts through rock at an angle so one block of sits over the rock
  2. stress force that pulls the crust and thins rock in the middle.
  3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates.
  4. large area of flat land elevated high above sea level.
  5. fault that slips each other sideways with little up or down motion.

15 Clues: a break in the earths crust • fault that blocks move in opposite directions • measure of the energy released by an earthquake • large area of flat land elevated high above sea level. • a tectonic boundary where plates crash into each other. • a tectonic plate boundary where plates move past each other. • point of Earth's surface directely above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate
  2. Area where earth's lithospheric plates move apart in opposite directions.
  3. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
  4. 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
  5. line along which a large body of water meets the land.
  6. Area where the Earth's lithospheric plates are pushed together
  7. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  8. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
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  1. The partially melted layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere floats and move
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  4. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
  5. A supercontinent containing all of earth's continents that existed about 225 million years ago
  6. forms where two plates slide past each other
  7. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

15 Clues: forms where two plates slide past each other • when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • line along which a large body of water meets the land. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • Area where the Earth's lithospheric plates are pushed together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that explains why geological features of the Earth are where they are, and the processes that shaped the crust.
  2. Produced when two continental plates collide
  3. Type of boundary where old ocean floor is destroyed
  4. Produced when oceanic and continental plates collide
  5. Boundary where crust is neither created or destroyed.
  6. Type of crust that is too light to subduct.
  7. Can result from any type of plate collision
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  1. Boundary where new ocean floor is produced
  2. Nick name for divergent boundaries
  3. Created by subducting crust. Can occur beneath oceanic or continental crust.
  4. Geological feature where new ocean floor is created
  5. Side by side or back and forth stress
  6. Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre
  7. Results when two oceanic plates collide
  8. Geological feature where oceanic crust is destroyed.

15 Clues: Nick name for divergent boundaries • Side by side or back and forth stress • Results when two oceanic plates collide • Boundary where new ocean floor is produced • Type of crust that is too light to subduct. • Can result from any type of plate collision • Produced when two continental plates collide • Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock within a chamber
  2. boundary where two plates come together
  3. boundary where two plates split apart
  4. Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics
  5. Place where plates Slide past each other
  6. rock exposed to high heat and pressure
  7. collapsed volcano
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  1. eroded and weathered pieces of rock
  2. Sudden shaking in the ground
  3. Shield, Cyder Cone, and Composite _______
  4. rock that is cooled from magma/lava
  5. The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes
  6. rock that is comprised of sediment
  7. Subduction Zone has these
  8. melted rock out of a volcano

15 Clues: collapsed volcano • Subduction Zone has these • Sudden shaking in the ground • melted rock within a chamber • melted rock out of a volcano • rock that is comprised of sediment • eroded and weathered pieces of rock • rock that is cooled from magma/lava • boundary where two plates split apart • Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics • The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two oceanic plates collide
  2. more thick crust
  3. the whole earth
  4. plates sliding past eachother
  5. made by divergent boundaries
Down
  1. what the plates move on
  2. earths outtermost layer
  3. plates pushing apart
  4. something that erupts
  5. comes from convergent boundaries
  6. more thin crust
  7. plates pushing together
  8. semi liquid layer of the earth
  9. edges of plates get caught on eachother
  10. shakes ground

15 Clues: shakes ground • more thin crust • the whole earth • more thick crust • plates pushing apart • something that erupts • what the plates move on • earths outtermost layer • plates pushing together • made by divergent boundaries • plates sliding past eachother • semi liquid layer of the earth • when two oceanic plates collide • comes from convergent boundaries • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-25

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

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. • oceanbottom mountain ranges split down the middle by a deep crack. • A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the molten rock that flows above the Earth's surface?
  2. What is the rock type formed when sediments are eroded and then compacted and cemented together?
  3. What is molten rock that flows below the Earth called?
  4. Who was the scientist who came up with the theory of contiental drift?
  5. What is the circular motion in which hot gases and liquids drop and cold gasses and liquids rise called?
  6. What is the process which rocks go through as they change in different ways?
  7. What is the type of rock made by the cooling of magma or lava?
  8. What is the name of supercontinent made 200 million years ago?
Down
  1. What is the plate boundary where two plates are colliding?
  2. Who was the scientist who discovered seafloor spreading?
  3. What is the type of rocks that are formed when they exposed to large amounts of heat and pressure?
  4. What is thelandform which is formed when two continental plates come together and push upwards?
  5. What is the plate boundary where two plates move away from each other?
  6. What is the process where two plates collide and the denser plate goes below it?
  7. What caused massive destruction as it shakes the ground violently?

15 Clues: What is molten rock that flows below the Earth called? • Who was the scientist who discovered seafloor spreading? • What is the plate boundary where two plates are colliding? • What is the molten rock that flows above the Earth's surface? • What is the type of rock made by the cooling of magma or lava? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub next to each other?
  2. what is in Antarctica and proves continental drift?
  3. what shakes the ground?
  4. what produces rock?
  5. what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises?
  6. plates that move away?
  7. oceanic + continental = what?
Down
  1. what is the supercontinent?
  2. what layer is a hot, softer rock layer that can move and flow?
  3. continental + continental = what?
  4. who discovered continental drift?
  5. that moves under our earth?
  6. what is the movement of large land?
  7. what exsploeds?
  8. what is found in igneous rock and proves continental drift?

15 Clues: what exsploeds? • what produces rock? • plates that move away? • what shakes the ground? • what is the supercontinent? • that moves under our earth? • oceanic + continental = what? • continental + continental = what? • who discovered continental drift? • plates that rub next to each other? • what is the movement of large land? • what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what happens if a rock is outside?
  2. what is a rock formed outside the volcano?
  3. what forms when to plates converge?
  4. what is at the center of the earth
  5. what rock is formed heat/pressure?
  6. what is a rock formed inside the volcano?
  7. what grows on rocks (large in intrusive)?
  8. when a oceanic goes under a continental?
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  1. what kind of mountain spews lava/magma?
  2. what is a rock after it breaks?
  3. what forms after lava cools?
  4. what covers the earth?
  5. what plates are under the ocean
  6. what is a compact sediments called?
  7. currents what is in the lithosphere?

15 Clues: what covers the earth? • what forms after lava cools? • what is a rock after it breaks? • what plates are under the ocean • what happens if a rock is outside? • what is at the center of the earth • what rock is formed heat/pressure? • what forms when to plates converge? • what is a compact sediments called? • currents what is in the lithosphere? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the name of the supercontinent?
  2. What was used as evidence to support continental drift?
  3. What happens when one plate goes under the other?
  4. What type of mountain erupts lava?
  5. What is one of the hotspots for volcanoes?
  6. What plate boundary is it when two plates come together?
  7. What rock can change shape by heat and pressure?
  8. What is located in the upper mantle?
Down
  1. What has to happen to make sediments turn into sedimentary rock?
  2. What plate boundary is it when two plates pull away from each other?
  3. What plate boundary is it when two plates rub alongside each other?
  4. What causes the earth to violently shake?
  5. What is something that is hot and located in the mantle?
  6. What is created from magma cooling
  7. What is rock that is broken up into small pieces called?

15 Clues: What is created from magma cooling • What type of mountain erupts lava? • What is located in the upper mantle? • What is the name of the supercontinent? • What causes the earth to violently shake? • What is one of the hotspots for volcanoes? • What rock can change shape by heat and pressure? • What happens when one plate goes under the other? • ...

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 2021-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent formed 300 million years ago
  2. step-like fold that are horizontal
  3. movement of fluid (magma), caused by temperature variations
  4. arch-shaped fold that bends downward
  5. solid, plastic layer, of mantle, beneath the lithosphere
  6. boundary between tectonic plates that collide
  7. arch-shaped fold that bends upward
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  1. boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each other (horizontally)
  2. boundary between tectonic plates that move away from each other
  3. new ocean floor that rises to the surface & solidifies as a mid ocean ridge
  4. long mountain range that has a narrow steep at the center
  5. solid, outer layer, consists of the crust & rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. a region with plate boundaries around the pacific ocean
  7. region along a convergent plate boundary where a platonic plate goes under another
  8. volcanically active area on earths surface

15 Clues: step-like fold that are horizontal • arch-shaped fold that bends upward • arch-shaped fold that bends downward • volcanically active area on earths surface • boundary between tectonic plates that collide • a super continent formed 300 million years ago • a region with plate boundaries around the pacific ocean • solid, plastic layer, of mantle, beneath the lithosphere • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the part of the earth that holds the athenosphere
  2. made from igneous rock being weathered and eroded
  3. rock made from heat and pressure.
  4. where the plates are held
  5. a mountain that erupts magma/lava
  6. when 2 plates slide past each
  7. when 2 plates collide
  8. melted rock outside of the volcano
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  1. made from melted rock.
  2. magma that cools outside of the volcano
  3. magma that cools inside of the volcano.
  4. a large slap of rock in the athenosphere.
  5. made from compaction of sediments
  6. when 2 plates pull apart
  7. form from plates coliding

15 Clues: when 2 plates collide • made from melted rock. • when 2 plates pull apart • where the plates are held • form from plates coliding • when 2 plates slide past each • rock made from heat and pressure. • made from compaction of sediments • a mountain that erupts magma/lava • melted rock outside of the volcano • magma that cools outside of the volcano • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the name of the boundary where two plates slide past each other?
  2. What is the name of the plate that is thick, older, and more dense?
  3. What is the name of the super continent Alfred Wegener discovered?
  4. What is the name of the rock that is created when sediments get compacted and cemented?
  5. What is the name of the rock that is created when heat and pressure increase?
  6. What is the name for the item that is created when a rock goes through weathering and erosion?
  7. What forms when one oceanic plate and one continental plate collide?
  8. What is happens when two plates slide past each other?
Down
  1. What is the name of the boundary where two plates collide?
  2. What is formed when two continental plates collide?
  3. What is formed when two oceanic plates pull apart?
  4. What is the name of the plate that is thin, younger, and less dense?
  5. What is the name of the rock that is created when magma cools?
  6. What is the name of the land form that erupts out lava?
  7. What is the name of the boundary where two plates pull apart?

15 Clues: What is formed when two oceanic plates pull apart? • What is formed when two continental plates collide? • What is happens when two plates slide past each other? • What is the name of the land form that erupts out lava? • What is the name of the boundary where two plates collide? • What is the name of the boundary where two plates pull apart? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  6. The German meteorologist who developed the theory of Continental drift.
  7. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock first breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  2. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  3. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  4. Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

15 Clues: Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. divergent boundary under the ocean, where new crust forms
  2. below the lithosphere
  3. part of the crust where below, magma is present
  4. hot air rises cools down, sinks heats up etc.
  5. the scienttist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  6. where oneplate goes under the other
  7. result of a hotspot with magma flowing to the surface
  8. caused by an earthquake, large wave
Down
  1. when plates move, they cause siesmic activity
  2. Middle layer of the earth;containes convection currents
  3. where both plates ram each other and go upwards (subduction, collision.)
  4. outermost part of the earth
  5. Crust on the bottom of the ocean
  6. crust on land
  7. where plates move away from each other

15 Clues: crust on land • below the lithosphere • outermost part of the earth • Crust on the bottom of the ocean • where oneplate goes under the other • caused by an earthquake, large wave • where plates move away from each other • when plates move, they cause siesmic activity • hot air rises cools down, sinks heats up etc. • part of the crust where below, magma is present • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - hot liquid in the mantle layer
  2. - Friction
  3. tectonics
  4. Drift
  5. - Thing you eat on
  6. - Study of the earth
  7. - Move away
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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 2023-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. location of the convection currents
  2. when two plates slide past each other
  3. when two plates come together
  4. the man that develop the Continental Drift theory
  5. heats the magma
  6. cracks in the earths crust
Down
  1. when two plates spread apart
  2. where seafloor spreading occurs
  3. when one plate goes under another
  4. the crust and part of the mantle
  5. super continent
  6. where subduction occurs
  7. the mantle and core are very very _____
  8. melted rock inside the mantle
  9. top layer of the earth

15 Clues: super continent • heats the magma • top layer of the earth • where subduction occurs • cracks in the earths crust • when two plates spread apart • melted rock inside the mantle • when two plates come together • where seafloor spreading occurs • the crust and part of the mantle • when one plate goes under another • location of the convection currents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The large hole at the top of a volcano formed when the roof of a magma chamber collapses.
  2. The layer between the Earth's crust and core.
  3. A supercontinent that broke apart about 225 million years ago.
  4. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
  5. A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
  6. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of a mantle and the crust.
  7. Layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds Earth's inner core.
  8. Dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth.
Down
  1. Valley form where plates move apart.
  2. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  3. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
  4. Shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  5. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move.
  6. A section of the lithosphere.
  7. Layer of rock that forms the Earth's surface.

15 Clues: A section of the lithosphere. • Valley form where plates move apart. • The layer between the Earth's crust and core. • Layer of rock that forms the Earth's surface. • The hypothesis that the continents slowly move. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface. • ...

plate tectonics 2024-01-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. touching materials that transfer heat.
  2. molten material above earth's crust.
  3. where old crust goes.
  4. conveyor belt
  5. heating and cooling of a liquid.
  6. of fire a chain of volcanoes
  7. constantly transfers heat through the air.
Down
  1. long chains of mountains.
  2. the movement of the continents.
  3. the addition of new crust.
  4. an area where magma cuts through the crust.
  5. how much mass an object takes up.
  6. heat movement by liquid.
  7. a opening in the crust where magma shoots out.
  8. molten material under earth's crust.

15 Clues: conveyor belt • where old crust goes. • heat movement by liquid. • long chains of mountains. • the addition of new crust. • of fire a chain of volcanoes • the movement of the continents. • heating and cooling of a liquid. • how much mass an object takes up. • molten material above earth's crust. • molten material under earth's crust. • touching materials that transfer heat. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-23

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

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 • Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-04-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forms where two plates slide past each other
  2. form where two plates collide
  3. a state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  4. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process
  5. is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  6. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  7. suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth
  8. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  9. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force called
  10. Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other
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  1. a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  2. forms where two plates separate
  3. the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  4. occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
  5. A theory that all the continents were connected at some point

15 Clues: form where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • forms where two plates slide past each other • the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction • A theory that all the continents were connected at some point • ...

plate tectonics 2023-04-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forms where two plates collide
  2. cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  3. moves lithosphere in opposite away from the mid ocean ridge
  4. rock or plates that move with respect to each other
  5. magnetized objects would reverse directions and orient themselves south
Down
  1. forms where two plates slide past each other
  2. continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth
  3. the magnetic field reverses directions
  4. The denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate.
  5. forms where two plates seperate
  6. magnetized objects will orient themselves
  7. mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
  8. new oceanic crust form along a mid ocean ridge
  9. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  10. supercontinent

15 Clues: supercontinent • forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates seperate • cold and rigid outermost rock layer • the magnetic field reverses directions • magnetized objects will orient themselves • mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean • forms where two plates slide past each other • new oceanic crust form along a mid ocean ridge • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of plate boundary when two plates are sliding past each other
  2. the name of our former supercontinent
  3. a type of plate boundary when two plates are moving toward each other
  4. the only liquid layer of the earth
  5. waves of energy that travel through the earth
  6. heat and pressure makes this inner layer solid
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  1. where an earthquake starts in the earth's surface
  2. a layer of hot, flowing rock below the lithosphere
  3. the strength or size of an earthquake
  4. a type of plate boundary when two plates are moving away from each other
  5. the layer of the earth that tectonic plates float on
  6. mass/volume, how concentrated something is
  7. the point on the surface right above the focus of an earthquake
  8. the upper layer of the earth that we are on
  9. the thickest layer of the earth

15 Clues: the thickest layer of the earth • the only liquid layer of the earth • the strength or size of an earthquake • the name of our former supercontinent • mass/volume, how concentrated something is • the upper layer of the earth that we are on • waves of energy that travel through the earth • heat and pressure makes this inner layer solid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The speed that tectonic plates move
  2. Most earthquakes and volcanoes happen along the ________ of tectonic plates
  3. When 2 tectonic plates SLIDE past each other
  4. One piece of evidence that supports the theory of continental drift, plants and animals
  5. An American chain of islands formed by a hot spot
  6. When 2 tectonic plates move TOWARDS each other
  7. When 2 tectonic plates move AWAY from each other
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  1. Islands that are close to the hot spot are _________
  2. Caused by the movement of plates at a TRANSFORM boundary
  3. The supercontinent that existed 220 million years ago
  4. Forms chains of islands like the Galapagos
  5. Islands that are far away from a hot spot are _________
  6. The scientist who discovered the Theory of Continental Drift
  7. Liquid middle layer of the Earth
  8. When 1 tectonic plate is pushed UNDER another

15 Clues: Liquid middle layer of the Earth • The speed that tectonic plates move • Forms chains of islands like the Galapagos • When 2 tectonic plates SLIDE past each other • When 1 tectonic plate is pushed UNDER another • When 2 tectonic plates move TOWARDS each other • When 2 tectonic plates move AWAY from each other • An American chain of islands formed by a hot spot • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-01-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth (crust + upper mantle).
  3. The famous transform fault located in California.
  4. The name of the ancient supercontinent.
  5. A landform created by the collision of two continental plates.
  6. A boundary where plates slide horizontally past each other.
  7. The mountain range formed by India colliding with Asia.
  8. The thinner, denser type of crust made mostly of basalt.
Down
  1. Wegener's theory that continents move
  2. The "plastic" layer of the mantle that plates slide on.
  3. The scientist who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift
  4. The heat-driven cycle in the mantle that moves plates.
  5. Molten rock located beneath the Earth's surface.
  6. A giant wave often triggered by subduction zone earthquakes.
  7. A vent in the crust where lava, ash, and gas erupt.

15 Clues: Wegener's theory that continents move • The name of the ancient supercontinent. • Molten rock located beneath the Earth's surface. • The famous transform fault located in California. • A vent in the crust where lava, ash, and gas erupt. • When one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle. • The heat-driven cycle in the mantle that moves plates. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

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

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

Ecosystem and Environment 2022-01-06

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

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

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS 2016-11-19

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 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 BOUNDARIES 2025-02-26

PLATE BOUNDARIES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forced below the edge of a plate
  2. forced upwards to form fold mountains
  3. colliding coming together
  4. dividing or moving together
  5. TECTONICS pieces of Earth's crust
Down
  1. two plates come together and buckle
  2. moving apart
  3. plates rip apart at a divergent plate bounda
  4. movement along plate boundaries
  5. super continent

10 Clues: moving apart • super continent • colliding coming together • dividing or moving together • movement along plate boundaries • forced below the edge of a plate • TECTONICS pieces of Earth's crust • two plates come together and buckle • forced upwards to form fold mountains • plates rip apart at a divergent plate bounda

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

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

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

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

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

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