plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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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 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
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  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 2021-12-10

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

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

Plate tectonics 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?
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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. • ...

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

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

Category 3 - Part II 2013-12-09

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

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

Ecosystem and Environment 2022-01-06

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

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

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

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

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

PLATE 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

vocab 2022-09-16

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

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

Plate Tectonics 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
Down
  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.
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
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 2021-12-13

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.
Down
  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?
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  1. - hard, round
  2. - Tall
  3. - hot lava
  4. - mostly solid bulk of the Earth’s interior
  5. - top layer of the earth’s crust
  6. - orbits the sun
  7. - Ice
  8. - movement of the earth
  9. - Move towards
  10. - part of the crust

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-28

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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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 • ...

vocab 2022-02-24

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

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

Science Crossword Puzzle By Dallas Benton 2021-12-06

Science Crossword Puzzle By Dallas Benton crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This consists of mountain chains, with a rift valley running along its spine, formed by plate tectonics
  2. where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another
  3. a scientific theory that explains how major
  4. Is a shallow part of the ocean nearly near the upper
  5. in position and direction
  6. a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
  7. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other
  8. its an displacement in the earth crust
  9. a series of mountains or mountain ridges
  10. where molten lava hot ash and gases from below the Earth's crust escape into the air
Down
  1. The impact of the colliding plates can cause the edges of one or both plates to buckle up into a mountain ranges or one of the plates may bend down into a deep seafloor trench
  2. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  3. Its nearly above the water near the surface
  4. the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth
  5. movements
  6. Goes downward and sideward of the edge edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath the ocean
  7. Consists of an upper mantle and an crust
  8. Is a crust that is under the ocean
  9. are created as a result of Earth's
  10. Is a really shallow part an can only occur an Low

20 Clues: movements • in position and direction • Is a crust that is under the ocean • are created as a result of Earth's • its an displacement in the earth crust • Consists of an upper mantle and an crust • a series of mountains or mountain ridges • Its nearly above the water near the surface • a scientific theory that explains how major • ...

Science Crossword 2023-02-21

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when denser plate sinks below less dense plate
  2. when plates separate
  3. came up with some theories about the earth and how it moves
  4. magnetized object will point North
  5. mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  6. the land of the earth
  7. when convection currents produce force
  8. a layer of sediments that make up ocean floor
  9. slabs of rock that that move
  10. process when seafloor spreads apart and lava comes through and makes new land
  11. when plates collide
Down
  1. suggest that the continents are in constant motion
  2. magnetized objects would reversed direction
  3. when plates slide past each other
  4. when magnetic field changes direction
  5. outer most layer of rock
  6. potential for plates to move away from a ridge
  7. a slab sinks and causes rest of plate to move it
  8. the super continent when all continents were together
  9. once a living thing found all over the world but it should not have been

20 Clues: when plates collide • when plates separate • the land of the earth • outer most layer of rock • slabs of rock that that move • when plates slide past each other • magnetized object will point North • when magnetic field changes direction • when convection currents produce force • magnetized objects would reversed direction • mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • ...

Earths Inner Structure 2015-02-19

Earths Inner Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When an organism dies what can it turn into?
  2. Outer layer of the mantle.
  3. The process by which ocean floor sinks beneath the deep ocean trench.
  4. The "blank" today is very cold and snowy.
  5. The first name of the man who came up with the plate tectonic theory.
  6. Earth's lithosphere is broken into sections called the plate "blank".
  7. Convection "blank".
  8. Innermost layer of the Earth.
  9. When a volcano erupts, this material comes out.
Down
  1. Plate boundary where plates separate from each other.
  2. The third layer of the Earth.
  3. Flow of eat through currents within a fluid.
  4. The crest lies on the tectonic "blank".
  5. Another name for the lower mantle.
  6. The transfer of heat through space.
  7. Plate boundary where crust forms another layer when conjoining.
  8. The asthenosphere bends like "blank".
  9. Plate boundary where the pates slide together.
  10. Outermost layer of the Earth.

19 Clues: Convection "blank". • Outer layer of the mantle. • The third layer of the Earth. • Outermost layer of the Earth. • Innermost layer of the Earth. • Another name for the lower mantle. • The transfer of heat through space. • The asthenosphere bends like "blank". • The crest lies on the tectonic "blank". • The "blank" today is very cold and snowy. • ...

Chapter 5 Review 2022-04-26

Chapter 5 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lithosphere is said to be broken up into these
  2. underwater mountain ranges where new rock forms
  3. portion of the mantle where convection occurs
  4. plate boundary where plates are moving apart
  5. scientist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  6. plate boundary where plates are coming together
  7. technique that uses sound waves to measure depth of the sea floor
  8. process in which ocean crust is pushed under the continental crust
  9. type of heat transfer in fluids
Down
  1. one piece of evidence used by wegener
  2. the supercontinent; 1 land mass
  3. geologist that proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading
  4. the innermost layer of the earth
  5. meteorologist that proposed the theory of continental drift
  6. solid portion of crust plus upper mantle
  7. outermost layer of the earth
  8. plate boundary where plate are slipping past each other
  9. the question that wegener could not answer in his theory
  10. deep underwater canyons where subduction takes place

19 Clues: outermost layer of the earth • the supercontinent; 1 land mass • type of heat transfer in fluids • the innermost layer of the earth • one piece of evidence used by wegener • solid portion of crust plus upper mantle • plate boundary where plates are moving apart • portion of the mantle where convection occurs • underwater mountain ranges where new rock forms • ...

Science 2024-04-09

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

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

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-11-21

The Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A piece of giant rock on the crust
  2. Sea Floor _________________
  3. Violent shaking of the Earth's crust
  4. When one plate moves under another
  5. Outer most layer of the Earth
  6. The idea that continents moved apart from Pangaea
Down
  1. Person who came up with the idea of plate tectonics
  2. _________________ Currents
  3. The plate that Brazil sits on
  4. The plate that Ireland sits on
  5. Major oceanic plate in the middle of the Ring of Fire

11 Clues: _________________ Currents • Sea Floor _________________ • The plate that Brazil sits on • Outer most layer of the Earth • The plate that Ireland sits on • A piece of giant rock on the crust • When one plate moves under another • Violent shaking of the Earth's crust • The idea that continents moved apart from Pangaea • Person who came up with the idea of plate tectonics • ...

Landforms Puzzle 2023-09-24

Landforms Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process of rocks breaking down
  2. area of land surrounded by water
  3. land surrounded by water on three sides
  4. plate ______ is a theory of slow moving plates that shape our landforms
  5. flat area of land
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  1. large land area a part of Earth's crust (7 in total)
  2. sudden, violent movement of plate tectonics
  3. movement of sediment from one place to the other
  4. area of low land between mountains
  5. Landforms that rise higher than 2,000 ft

10 Clues: flat area of land • process of rocks breaking down • area of land surrounded by water • area of low land between mountains • land surrounded by water on three sides • Landforms that rise higher than 2,000 ft • sudden, violent movement of plate tectonics • movement of sediment from one place to the other • large land area a part of Earth's crust (7 in total) • ...

Second Great Lesson 2023-10-21

Second Great Lesson crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Geography
  2. Salt
  3. Evaporation
  4. Pangea
  5. Plate Tectonics
Down
  1. of elements Shells
  2. Clouds
  3. Rock
  4. Bang Cycle
  5. Break
  6. of Water Rain

11 Clues: Rock • Salt • Break • Clouds • Pangea • Geography • Evaporation • Bang Cycle • Plate Tectonics • of Water Rain • of elements Shells

Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, divided into plate tectonics
  2. Located between the mantle and outer core
  3. name of the ancient super continent when it was all one landmass
  4. Formed as a result of a high temperature and pressure deep within the earth changing a rock that already existed
  5. The semifluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  6. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  7. Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time
  8. Sudden events that led to mass extinction
  9. deep,elongated depressions in the ocean often associated with subduction zones
Down
  1. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  2. where tectonic plates slide past each other causes earthquakes
  3. Hot material rises, cool materials sink It drives plate tectonics
  4. Rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens
  5. Tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valley's
  6. New oceanic crust is formed a tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  7. Large Rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  9. A group of the same species living in the same area
  10. fractures or zones of weakness in the earth's crust
  11. an opening in the earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock

20 Clues: Located between the mantle and outer core • Sudden events that led to mass extinction • Rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • fractures or zones of weakness in the earth's crust • formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time • ...

Geogrophy 2023-03-08

Geogrophy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The biggest plate
  2. Violent shaking of the ground
  3. Earth's fifth-largest tectonic plate
  4. Roughly rhomboid, extending between 50°S 70°W and 63°S 20°W
  5. Where two plates move away from each other
  6. Includes much of the continent of Africa, and adjacent oceanic
Down
  1. Mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America
  2. The third biggest plate
  3. lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines
  4. The earth's crust and the large-scale processes
  5. The oldest rocks of the plate are about 50 million years old
  6. Minor tectonic plate in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres
  7. Where two plates move toward from each other
  8. Vent through which lava, rock fragments

14 Clues: The biggest plate • The third biggest plate • Violent shaking of the ground • Earth's fifth-largest tectonic plate • Vent through which lava, rock fragments • Where two plates move away from each other • Where two plates move toward from each other • The earth's crust and the large-scale processes • Mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America • ...

Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle and is divided into plate tectonics
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which motlen rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  3. instruments used to measure and record seismic wave
  4. Name of ancient supercontinent when it was all on land mass
  5. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  6. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  7. extinction events that occur over a longer period
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compactsConvectionnt
  9. Large, Rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  10. Deep, elongated dreppions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
Down
  1. where tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. cause earthquakes
  2. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  3. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  4. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  6. Cycles Hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  7. Fractures of zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  8. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  9. A group of the same species living in the same area
  10. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within the Earth
  11. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen

21 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • extinction events that occur over a longer period • instruments used to measure and record seismic wave • Fractures of zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • A group of the same species living in the same area • ...

Plate Techtonics 2024-10-15

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate One of the minor tectonic plates.
  2. America The country that fit with Europe during Pangaea.
  3. Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory.
  4. of Fire The Ring where 90% of the worlds earthquakes occur with over 450 volcanoes.
  5. The molten layer of rock the plates lay on.
  6. Caused by the moving of transform plates.
  7. Wegener Came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
  8. Tectonics A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  9. Plate One of the seven major tectonic plates.
  10. Plate Boundaries Places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  11. Plate Boundaries Where two or more lithospheric plates collide with each other.
Down
  1. The theory became solidified.
  2. The cause of the movement of convergent plates.
  3. Drift Theory At one time all of the continents formed one super-continent.
  4. Plate Boundaries When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. Points Places where three plates meet.
  6. Plate The largest major tectonic plate.
  7. A super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  8. The country that fit with South America during Pangaea.
  9. to Six inches How often the plates move per year.

20 Clues: The theory became solidified. • Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory. • Caused by the moving of transform plates. • The molten layer of rock the plates lay on. • The cause of the movement of convergent plates. • The country that fit with South America during Pangaea. • Plate The largest major tectonic plate. • ...

Forces that Change the Earth! 2022-02-11

Forces that Change the Earth! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Current
  2. of Plate Tectonics
  3. Boundaries
  4. Core
  5. Boundaries
  6. Spot
Down
  1. Drift
  2. Plates
  3. Ridge
  4. Reversal
  5. Core
  6. Boundaries
  7. Valley

13 Clues: Core • Core • Spot • Drift • Ridge • Plates • Valley • Current • Reversal • Boundaries • Boundaries • Boundaries • of Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Form at divergent plate boundaries
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. always moving
  4. molten rock
  5. Formed by divergent plate boundaries
  6. when two plates come together
Down
  1. Has three types of it
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. Also forms during divergent plate boundaries
  4. Formed during convergent plate boundaries

10 Clues: molten rock • always moving • Has three types of it • when two plates come together • Form at divergent plate boundaries • Formed by divergent plate boundaries • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move away from each other • Formed during convergent plate boundaries • Also forms during divergent plate boundaries

Earth's systems crosswords 2024-04-12

Earth's systems crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where tectonic plates slid past each other causes earthquakes
  2. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  3. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  4. large rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  6. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  9. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
Down
  1. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  2. sudden events that lead to a mass extinction
  3. A group over the same species living in the same area
  4. tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. formed at the plate boundary
  6. tectonic plates move toward each other usually forms mountans and volcanous
  7. located between the mantle and the outer core
  8. includes the crust and upper part of the mantel and is divided into tectonics plates
  9. Hot material rises cooler materials sink it drives plate tectonics

18 Clues: formed at the plate boundary • sudden events that lead to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • A group over the same species living in the same area • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

plate tectnics trinity tran 2018-12-05

plate tectnics trinity tran crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock
  2. trenches / the name of the canyons that the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater
  3. / the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. boundary / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. spreading / the process of mid-ocean ridges continually adding new material to the ocean floor
  6. / the continents were joined all together creating a supercontinent about 300 million years ago
  7. valley / a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
Down
  1. ridge / an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  2. / breaks in earth's crust along which rocks move
  3. drift / the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  4. boundary / a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. boundary a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  6. tectonics / the theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by currents in the mantle

13 Clues: / breaks in earth's crust along which rocks move • valley / a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • ridge / an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics • / any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock • boundary / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2020-09-30

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent
  2. Diverge
  3. Converge
  4. Oceanic
Down
  1. drift theory
  2. Continent
  3. Tectonic Plate
  4. Divergent
  5. Ocean
  6. Changing
  7. Oceanic material

11 Clues: Ocean • Diverge • Oceanic • Converge • Changing • Continent • Divergent • Convergent • drift theory • Tectonic Plate • Oceanic material

science 2022-02-11

science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reversal
  2. Boundaries
  3. Spot
  4. Drift
  5. of Plate Tectonics
  6. Boundaries
Down
  1. Valley
  2. Boundaries
  3. Ridge
  4. Plates
  5. Current
  6. Core
  7. Core

13 Clues: Spot • Core • Core • Ridge • Drift • Valley • Plates • Current • Reversal • Boundaries • Boundaries • Boundaries • of Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Form at divergent plate boundaries
  2. always moving
  3. Formed during convergent plate boundaries
  4. Has three types of it
  5. molten rock
Down
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. Formed by divergent plate boundaries
  3. when two plates come together
  4. Also forms during divergent plate boundaries
  5. When two plates slide past each other

10 Clues: molten rock • always moving • Has three types of it • when two plates come together • Form at divergent plate boundaries • Formed by divergent plate boundaries • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move away from each other • Formed during convergent plate boundaries • Also forms during divergent plate boundaries

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long steep sided depression in the ocean floor.
  2. The theory of _________ is that the outer layer of the earth is divided into a couple dozen plates that move across the earths surface.
  3. Is the edge of a tectonic plate.
  4. The theory that the continents are slowly spreading apart.
  5. When two plates move sideways with each other.
  6. The spreading of the seafloor.
  7. When two plates collide.
Down
  1. _______ is a geological process in which the edge of the lithospheric plate slides underneath another.
  2. Is the transfer of heat
  3. ________ is a series of vibrations of earth.
  4. Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen discovered the _________.
  5. ________ is the process which occurs at the mid-ocan ridge.
  6. The rigid outermost shell of earth is broken into __________.
  7. Also known as seismic wave.

14 Clues: Is the transfer of heat • When two plates collide. • Also known as seismic wave. • The spreading of the seafloor. • Is the edge of a tectonic plate. • ________ is a series of vibrations of earth. • When two plates move sideways with each other. • A long steep sided depression in the ocean floor. • Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen discovered the _________. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of Superposition a law that states younger rocks sit above older rocks
  2. Boundary where two tectonic plates come together
  3. landform that is created when 2 continental plates are pushed together
  4. crust that is thin and dense
  5. valley landform that is created when 2 continental plates move away from each other
  6. ocean ridge landform that is created when 2 oceanic plates move away from each other
  7. occur at transform plate boundaries
  8. landform that is created when 1 continental and 1 oceanic plate are pushed together
Down
  1. the scientist who said the continents were once all together
  2. boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. crust that is thick and brittle
  4. boundary where two tectonic plates slide against each other
  5. Boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other
  6. ocean trench landform that is created when 2 oceanic plates are pushing together

14 Clues: crust that is thin and dense • crust that is thick and brittle • occur at transform plate boundaries • boundary where two plates move toward each other • Boundary where two tectonic plates come together • boundary where two tectonic plates slide against each other • the scientist who said the continents were once all together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this boundary occurs where plates slide past each other horizontally
  2. produced during an earthquake, and they can be measured using seismographs
  3. Andes, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains.
  4. is a liquid part of the core
  5. this boundary occurs where plates collide
  6. when all the continents were connected creating a supercontinent
  7. this boundary occurs where plates move apart, creating new crust
  8. semi-solid layer beneath the crust
Down
  1. is the outermost layer
  2. form through the eruption of magma from the Earth's interior
  3. caused by the release of built-up stress along faults in the Earth's crust
  4. is the inner solid part of the core
  5. Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that describes the movement and interactions of Earth's lithospheric plates.
  6. Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, while Harry Hess contributed the concept of seafloor spreading

14 Clues: is the outermost layer • is a liquid part of the core • semi-solid layer beneath the crust • is the inner solid part of the core • Andes, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains. • this boundary occurs where plates collide • form through the eruption of magma from the Earth's interior • when all the continents were connected creating a supercontinent • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart; forms at a divergent boundary on Earth's surface
  2. the name of the single, ancient, large landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  3. the process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces
  4. an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
  5. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  6. a break in the earth's crust; forms at transform boundary
  7. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; forms at an underwater divergent plate boundary
Down
  1. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  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. a narrow, deep trough parallel to the edge of a continent or island arc where subduction is taking place
  5. a string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate; forms at a convergent with subduction plate boundary
  6. a mountain that forms when rock layers are squeezed together and uplifted; forms at a convergent boundary
  7. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere (seafloor) forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing seafloor moves away from the ridge

14 Clues: the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • a break in the earth's crust; forms at transform boundary • the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-09-14

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost layer of earth
  2. mountain range of
  3. found along divergent plate boundaries
  4. highest mount everest
  5. the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
  6. two plates colliding with each other
Down
  1. south america
  2. point of origin of earthquake
  3. above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
  4. shaking of ground
  5. two plates moving apart
  6. where plates slide past each other
  7. the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
  8. a line of volcanoes above the melting oceanic plate

14 Clues: south america • mountain range of • shaking of ground • highest mount everest • two plates moving apart • outermost layer of earth • point of origin of earthquake • where plates slide past each other • two plates colliding with each other • found along divergent plate boundaries • the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the youngest plates
  2. It shares boundaries with multiple plates
  3. Smallest major tectonic plate
  4. Its mostly boarded by convergent boundaries
  5. Second largest plate
  6. Smallest Tectonic Plate
Down
  1. Fastest moving plate/Largest plate
  2. Its two different plates,but is counted as one
  3. Its movement is controlled by two larger major plates
  4. Has five triple junctions
  5. This plate is currently being stretched, leading it to eventually split
  6. India smashed into this plate to make Mt.Everest
  7. The border around this plate is the most active in earthquake and volcanic eruptions
  8. The plate is gradually moving away from Africa

14 Clues: Second largest plate • Smallest Tectonic Plate • Has five triple junctions • One of the youngest plates • Smallest major tectonic plate • Fastest moving plate/Largest plate • It shares boundaries with multiple plates • Its mostly boarded by convergent boundaries • Its two different plates,but is counted as one • The plate is gradually moving away from Africa • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transfer of heat due to the movement of fluid from high temperature to low temperature. The heat is transferred from one place to another when the heated particles of fluid begin to flow.
  2. concentrated areas of winds that move because of the heat that comes from the sun.
  3. is the process of mountain formation
  4. the most stable and the oldest part of the continental crust. These are found deep in the interior of most continents and are composed of ancient crystalline basement rock.
  5. regions where two tectonic plates meet, and one plate is pushed beneath the other.
  6. the transfer of heat through matter: solid, liquid, and gas, where the heated particles of an object transfer heat to other particles through direct contact
  7. This happens when energy moves form a warmer object to a cooler object.
Down
  1. An irregularly shaped huge slab of solid rock that is moving in different directions.
  2. An area on Earth where tectonic plates collide with each other
  3. The gradual movement of the continents where they began to break into pieces and move away from each other about 200 million years ago.
  4. A supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago.
  5. transfer heat from one place to another by the movement of a fluid like water or even molten rocks
  6. A soft and fluid layer found below the lithosphere where tectonic plates lie.
  7. the transfer of energy through empty space, where there is no direct contact between a heat source and an object. An example is the heating of the Earth from the sun.

14 Clues: is the process of mountain formation • A supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago. • An area on Earth where tectonic plates collide with each other • This happens when energy moves form a warmer object to a cooler object. • A soft and fluid layer found below the lithosphere where tectonic plates lie. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2024-10-29

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. THIS IS A TOOL THAT MEASURES EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE.
  2. SOME OF THE PLATES CARRY ____ LIKE AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA.
  3. WHAT THE PLATES ARE FLOATING ON.
  4. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE TWO PLATES COME TOGETHER.
  5. THE EARTH IS COVERED WITH PUZZLE PIECES CALLED...
  6. ALFRED___ EXPLAINED HOW CONTINENTS ARE DRIFTING.
Down
  1. THE PLATES ARE MOVING VERY...
  2. THIS IS THE PLACE RIGHT ABOVE THE EARTHQUAKE FOCUS.
  3. SOUTH AMERICA AND ____ FIT TOGETHER LIKE A PUZZLE.
  4. OCCUR WHERE PLATE BOUNDARIES CONVERGE.
  5. A GRAPH THAT MEASURES EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY.
  6. VIBRATIONS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE CREATE ____ WAVES
  7. THIS IS WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE STARTS
  8. OCCURS WHEN PLATE BOUNDARIES RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER.

14 Clues: THE PLATES ARE MOVING VERY... • WHAT THE PLATES ARE FLOATING ON. • THIS IS WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE STARTS • OCCUR WHERE PLATE BOUNDARIES CONVERGE. • A GRAPH THAT MEASURES EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY. • THIS IS AN AREA WHERE TWO PLATES COME TOGETHER. • VIBRATIONS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE CREATE ____ WAVES • ALFRED___ EXPLAINED HOW CONTINENTS ARE DRIFTING. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. includes the crust and upper mantle
  2. movement in the mantle that occurs because hot magma rises and cool magma sinks
  3. theory that states the Earth's crust is divided into plates that move due to the convection in the mantle
  4. a boundary in which two plates separate
  5. process that makes a mid-ocean ridge
  6. theory that says the continents are moving
Down
  1. a boundary where two plates slide past each other
  2. the layer of the Earth that houses magma
  3. a boundary in which plates are colliding
  4. the scientist who came up with continental drift
  5. a deep valley in the ocean floor found at subduction zones
  6. where one plate slides under another due to a difference in density
  7. the supercontinent where all landmasses where connected
  8. crack in the crust where two plates are moving past each other

14 Clues: includes the crust and upper mantle • process that makes a mid-ocean ridge • a boundary in which two plates separate • the layer of the Earth that houses magma • a boundary in which plates are colliding • theory that says the continents are moving • the scientist who came up with continental drift • a boundary where two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two or more tectonic plates are pulling apart and new crust is formed
  2. Tectonic plate that is composed of granite rocks where are lightweight materials such as quartz.
  3. tectonics
  4. The point on the surface directly above the earthquake origin.
  5. Formation of new oceanic crust, which occurs through upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and subsequent outward movement on either side.
  6. Two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  7. Movement of heat; hot materials rise and cool then fall back towards the heat sources in a circular motion.
  8. Branch of science that studies earthquakes and relate phenomena
Down
  1. Sudden and violent shaking of the ground that can cause massive destruction, as a result of plate movement of erupting volcano
  2. Two plates come together, and one subducts under the other creating a long narrow depression on the seafloor.
  3. Tectonic plate that is composed of heavy and dense material such as basalt.
  4. Two or more tectonic plates are coming together and will form mountains and/or ocean trench with volcanic mountains.
  5. Two or more plates come together and one plate sinks beneath the other
  6. A mountain of hill that has a crater or vent that lava, rock fragments, hot vapor and gas are released from beneath Earth’s crust.

14 Clues: tectonics • Two plates slide past each other in opposite directions • The point on the surface directly above the earthquake origin. • Branch of science that studies earthquakes and relate phenomena • Two or more tectonic plates are pulling apart and new crust is formed • Two or more plates come together and one plate sinks beneath the other • ...

Earth's systems crosswords 2024-04-12

Earth's systems crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where tectonic plates slid past each other causes earthquakes
  2. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  3. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  4. large rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  6. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  9. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
Down
  1. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  2. sudden events that lead to a mass extinction
  3. A group over the same species living in the same area
  4. tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. formed at the plate boundary
  6. tectonic plates move toward each other usually forms mountans and volcanous
  7. located between the mantle and the outer core
  8. includes the crust and upper part of the mantel and is divided into tectonics plates
  9. Hot material rises cooler materials sink it drives plate tectonics

18 Clues: formed at the plate boundary • sudden events that lead to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • A group over the same species living in the same area • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Earth's systems crosswords 2024-04-12

Earth's systems crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where tectonic plates slid past each other causes earthquakes
  2. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  3. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  4. large rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  6. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  9. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
Down
  1. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  2. sudden events that lead to a mass extinction
  3. A group over the same species living in the same area
  4. tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. formed at the plate boundary
  6. tectonic plates move toward each other usually forms mountans and volcanous
  7. located between the mantle and the outer core
  8. includes the crust and upper part of the mantel and is divided into tectonics plates
  9. Hot material rises cooler materials sink it drives plate tectonics

18 Clues: formed at the plate boundary • sudden events that lead to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • A group over the same species living in the same area • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Earth's systems crosswords 2024-04-12

Earth's systems crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where tectonic plates slid past each other causes earthquakes
  2. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  3. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  4. large rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  6. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  9. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
Down
  1. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  2. sudden events that lead to a mass extinction
  3. A group over the same species living in the same area
  4. tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. formed at the plate boundary
  6. tectonic plates move toward each other usually forms mountans and volcanous
  7. located between the mantle and the outer core
  8. includes the crust and upper part of the mantel and is divided into tectonics plates
  9. Hot material rises cooler materials sink it drives plate tectonics

18 Clues: formed at the plate boundary • sudden events that lead to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • A group over the same species living in the same area • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, divided into plate tectonics
  2. Located between the mantle and outer core
  3. name of the ancient super continent when it was all one landmass
  4. Formed as a result of a high temperature and pressure deep within the earth changing a rock that already existed
  5. The semifluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  6. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  7. Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time
  8. Sudden events that led to mass extinction
  9. deep,elongated depressions in the ocean often associated with subduction zones
Down
  1. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  2. where tectonic plates slide past each other causes earthquakes
  3. Hot material rises, cool materials sink It drives plate tectonics
  4. Rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens
  5. Tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valley's
  6. New oceanic crust is formed a tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  7. Large Rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  9. A group of the same species living in the same area
  10. fractures or zones of weakness in the earth's crust
  11. an opening in the earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock

20 Clues: Located between the mantle and outer core • Sudden events that led to mass extinction • Rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • fractures or zones of weakness in the earth's crust • formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time • ...

Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, divided into plate tectonics
  2. Located between the mantle and outer core
  3. name of the ancient super continent when it was all one landmass
  4. Formed as a result of a high temperature and pressure deep within the earth changing a rock that already existed
  5. The semifluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  6. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  7. Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time
  8. Sudden events that led to mass extinction
  9. deep,elongated depressions in the ocean often associated with subduction zones
Down
  1. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  2. where tectonic plates slide past each other causes earthquakes
  3. Hot material rises, cool materials sink It drives plate tectonics
  4. Rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens
  5. Tectonic plates move away from each other usually forms new crust and rift valley's
  6. New oceanic crust is formed a tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  7. Large Rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  9. A group of the same species living in the same area
  10. fractures or zones of weakness in the earth's crust
  11. an opening in the earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock

20 Clues: Located between the mantle and outer core • Sudden events that led to mass extinction • Rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • fractures or zones of weakness in the earth's crust • formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Form at divergent plate boundaries
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. always moving
  4. molten rock
  5. Formed by divergent plate boundaries
  6. when two plates come together
Down
  1. Has three types of it
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. Also forms during divergent plate boundaries
  4. Formed during convergent plate boundaries

10 Clues: molten rock • always moving • Has three types of it • when two plates come together • Form at divergent plate boundaries • Formed by divergent plate boundaries • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates move away from each other • Formed during convergent plate boundaries • Also forms during divergent plate boundaries

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Found under Africa
  2. Tectonic plates are found on the earths...
  3. Found under the oceans
  4. Caused when plates collide
  5. Found under the crust
  6. happens when plates move
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  1. This happens to the earth during an earthquake
  2. Used to measure earthquakes
  3. Plates never join on ....
  4. Plate move very....
  5. a scale to measure earthquakes
  6. Where plates meet
  7. Caused when plates move apart
  8. A big wave caused by an earthquake

14 Clues: Where plates meet • Found under Africa • Plate move very.... • Found under the crust • Found under the oceans • happens when plates move • Plates never join on .... • Caused when plates collide • Used to measure earthquakes • Caused when plates move apart • a scale to measure earthquakes • A big wave caused by an earthquake • Tectonic plates are found on the earths... • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate _____________ occurs because of convection in the asthenosphere.
  2. Result of a continental plate and oceanic plate converging or colliding.
  3. Places where the new seafloor is being created.
  4. results when a divergent boundary occurs under the sea.
  5. The deepest parts of the oceans.
  6. Alfred Wegener noticed that the coast of South America seemed to fit into the coast of this continent, just like a jigsaw puzzle.
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  1. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift.
  2. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
  3. ______________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
  4. The zone below the lithosphere. It is more 'plastic' than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move.
  5. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
  6. The Theory of Continental _____________.
  7. The most outer solid portion of the planet Earth.
  8. Section of the Earth below the crust.

14 Clues: The deepest parts of the oceans. • Section of the Earth below the crust. • The Theory of Continental _____________. • Places where the new seafloor is being created. • The most outer solid portion of the planet Earth. • results when a divergent boundary occurs under the sea. • Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-05-31

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was formed as a result of two plates moving apart
  2. these are often found along a subduction zone
  3. the hottest part of the Earth's interior
  4. we get these when two plate boundaries rub alongside each other
  5. the name for a boundary where plates are moving towards each other
  6. the ring of fire encircles this plate
  7. the name of the zone underneath the lithosphere where hit, molten rock occurs
Down
  1. this occurs when an oceanic plate moves beneath a continental plate
  2. the name of a famous fault line in North America
  3. this mountain range was formed as a result of two plates pushing against each other
  4. the name for a boundary where plates are moving apart
  5. these currents drive the plates on the lithosphere
  6. the name for a boundary where plates are moving alongside each other
  7. the name of the zone after the outer core

14 Clues: the ring of fire encircles this plate • the hottest part of the Earth's interior • the name of the zone after the outer core • these are often found along a subduction zone • the name of a famous fault line in North America • was formed as a result of two plates moving apart • these currents drive the plates on the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A gap between two plates on the seafloor at a divergent boundary
  2. The outermost layer of Earth
  3. Plate that makes up the seafloor
  4. A feature formed at a subduction zone
  5. A type of boundary commonly associated with faults
  6. The name of the supercontinent theorized by Alfred Wegner
  7. The scientist who created the theory of continental drift
Down
  1. The theory that the continents were one supercontinent that drifted apart
  2. A seafloor feature, divided into "black smokers" and "white smokers"
  3. The revised version of Wegner's theory
  4. Plate that makes up the continents
  5. The type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading
  6. The process that creates new seafloor
  7. A type of boundary where two plates move towards each other

14 Clues: The outermost layer of Earth • Plate that makes up the seafloor • Plate that makes up the continents • The process that creates new seafloor • A feature formed at a subduction zone • The revised version of Wegner's theory • A type of boundary commonly associated with faults • The type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what boundary occurs when 2 plates collide and one slides underneath
  2. Rock made by heat and pressure
  3. What boundary forms faults
  4. Where is the most innermost place in the Earth
  5. A movement from a plate underneath another plate is called what.
  6. what boundary occurs when plates move at each other
  7. How can you determine if an igneous rock is intrusive or extrusive
  8. what boundary occurs when plates move away from each other.
Down
  1. What is it called when new rock is being made from old rock.
  2. What is happening when there is a sudden shake in the ground.
  3. What is a large plate by the inner core and
  4. what occurs when a fluid is heated and is cooled after being heated.
  5. where is the place that stores a large amount of magma
  6. What is the name of the supercontinent from 28 million years ago.
  7. When two plates push apart, what is that process called.

15 Clues: What boundary forms faults • Rock made by heat and pressure • What is a large plate by the inner core and • Where is the most innermost place in the Earth • what boundary occurs when plates move at each other • where is the place that stores a large amount of magma • When two plates push apart, what is that process called. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large wave on the ocean, usually caused by an undersea earthquake, a volcanic eruption, or coastal landslide
  2. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  3. running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge, was discovered by Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen in 1953
  4. when one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
  5. the movement of two oceanic plates away from each other
  6. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  7. theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates
  8. the deepest parts of the ocean floor
Down
  1. theory which states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core
  2. location where two tectonic plates meet
  3. when two tectonic plates slide past one another
  4. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithospere
  5. the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas
  6. when two tectonic plates collide

14 Clues: when two tectonic plates collide • the deepest parts of the ocean floor • location where two tectonic plates meet • a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • when two tectonic plates slide past one another • theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates • the movement of two oceanic plates away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this boundary occurs where plates slide past each other horizontally
  2. produced during an earthquake, and they can be measured using seismographs
  3. Andes, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains.
  4. is a liquid part of the core
  5. this boundary occurs where plates collide
  6. when all the continents were connected creating a supercontinent
  7. this boundary occurs where plates move apart, creating new crust
  8. semi-solid layer beneath the crust
Down
  1. is the outermost layer
  2. form through the eruption of magma from the Earth's interior
  3. caused by the release of built-up stress along faults in the Earth's crust
  4. is the inner solid part of the core
  5. Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that describes the movement and interactions of Earth's lithospheric plates.
  6. Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, while Harry Hess contributed the concept of seafloor spreading

14 Clues: is the outermost layer • is a liquid part of the core • semi-solid layer beneath the crust • is the inner solid part of the core • Andes, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains. • this boundary occurs where plates collide • form through the eruption of magma from the Earth's interior • when all the continents were connected creating a supercontinent • ...