plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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

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. • ...

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 • ...

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) • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 _________. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

14 Clues: A thinner, younger, and denser tectonic plate found under the sea. Example: The Pacific Plate. • A deep, dark V-shaped valley on the sea floor created at a subduction zone. Example: The Mariana Trench. (2 words) • The exact area at a destructive boundary where a heavy oceanic plate sinks down into the hot mantle to melt. (2 words) • ...

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 • ...

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... • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

14 Clues: Planar Fracture • A super continent • Where two plates meet • Area of common earthquakes • There are 7 of these around the world • the frequency, kind, and magnitude of earthquakes experienced during a given period. • a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance. • ...

14 Clues: more dense things • less dense things • where 2 plates slide • where 2 plates collide • where 2 plates separate • hottest layer of the earth • the thinnest layer of the earth • made up of crust and upper mantle • layer of the earth below the mantle • what happens at a transform boundary • what is created at a convergent boundary • ______ and nickel make up the core of the earth • ...

15 Clues: motion of plates over time • crust that is the most dense • form from a ocean-ocean collision • large supercontinent that once existed • type of boundary where mountains occur • layer of Earth that makes up the plates • likely to occur at a transform boundary • zone that occurs at a convergent boundary • current inside Earth that moves the plates • ...

14 Clues: a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • how much matter or mass there is in a given amount of space or volume • ...

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

15 Clues: and volcanoes. • the North American plate. • Two *BLANK* cells are moving upward and • *blank* material makes up earth's plates • boundaries with subduction make volcanoes • *BLANK* plate material is denser and thinner • *blank* boundaries move alongside each other • each other, resulting in the formation of the • *Blank* plate material is less dense and thicker • ...

14 Clues: towards each other • away from each other • slide past each other • cracks on earth's crust • we have seven major ones • occurs at mid ocean ridges • a break in the earth's crust • denser than continental crust • violent shaking of the ground • a super continent in the past • ridgid outer part of the earth • long chains of active volcanoes • narrow depressions on the seafloor. • ...

14 Clues: hot rises, cold sinks • discovered continental drift • one plate sinking under another • two plates sliding by each other • two plates moving toward each other • two plates moving away from each other • divergent boundary on continental plates • formed when two continental plates collide • deep part of the ocean at a subduction zone • ...

14 Clues: red hot lava • earth shaking • inner and outer • faster than s waves • slower than p waves • below the lithosphere • being stretched tight • between crust and core • above the asthenosphere • machine measuring shaking • record produced by seismograph • bits of Earth's crust and mantle • hypothesis Earth's continents moved • 2 lithospheric plates combine;overlap

14 Clues: A fracture in the rock where movement has occurred. • Plates that are made of thin, young, and dense crust. • Plates that are made of thick, old, and buoyant crust. • The hot substance the resides under the earth's crust. • The scientist who proposed the idea of Continental Drift. • The parts of the lithosphere that are continuously moving. • ...

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

14 Clues: High energy wave • A large chunk of Earth's crust • Location where tectonic plates meet • deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary • Region where 2(or more)tectonic plates move apart • Theory that Earth's crust is divided into 12 large plates • Zone in Earth's crust along which rocks slide past each other • ...

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 _________. • ...

14 Clues: developed in the 1960's • also a divergent boundary • known as lateral slipping plate movement • sudden and violent shaking of the ground • example of divergent but just where it's located • deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary • the movement of two oceanic plates away from each other • parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core • ...

14 Clues: hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the seafloor. • a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of earth's lithosphere. • pieces of the earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred as the lithosphere. • the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth's crust that creates seismic waves. • ...

15 Clues: big wave • when the earth rumbles • another word for oceans • ocean but three letters • largest layer of the earth • the outermost shell of a planet • when one plate goes under another • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • very hot, very dense center of our planet • type plates that are located beneath the ocean • ...

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

14 Clues: the bending of rocks • boundaries plate boundaries where two plates • boundaries where two plates side past each other • all Earth's mass that was said to be a supercontinent • caused by two tectonic plates sliding past each other • together, causing one of the plates to sink into the mantle • ...

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

15 Clues: a huge wave. • tall and ponity . • crust lithasphere. • a subject in school. • something that erupts. • something that moves apart. • a plate that causes friction. • something that is really hot. • to compare distence on a globe. • plates make up the earths surface . • when tectonic plates hit each other. • something you track earthquakes with. • ...

14 Clues: seafloor spreading • two oceanic plates collide • plates below the continent • two tectonic plates moving apart • the earths crust and upper mantle • the plastic layer below the lithosphere • oceanic and continental plates colliding • the point underground where magma is heated • a break in the earths crust due to movement • boundaries between two plates that are colliding • ...

14 Clues: A thinner, younger, and denser tectonic plate found under the sea. Example: The Pacific Plate. • An opening in the Earth's crust that allows molten rock, ash, and gases to escape to the surface. • A sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by a release of built-up pressure along a fault line. • ...

24 Clues: The edge where two tectonic plates meet. • The type of fault that slides horizontally. • A break in the Earth's crust where plates move. • These form when magma escapes from Earth's mantle. • A rigid outer part of the Earth divided into plates. • process where plates move apart and create new crust. • The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. • ...

28 Clues: stored energy • layers of rocks • A science teacher. • the energy of motion • the study of the natural world • transfer of heat by direct touch • scientist who studies earth and rocks • the factor that changes in the experiment • the average speed of an object’s molecules • any prehistoric organism preserved in rock • transfer of heat through light (no contact) • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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

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

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

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 • ...

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

20 Clues: something that erupts • when the denser plates sink • when all continents were once joined • plate boundary when two plates collide • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • reversal magnetic field reverses direction • drift when continents are in constant motion • the last name of the man who discovered pangea • plate boundary forms when two plates separate • ...

15 Clues: a huge wave. • tall and ponity . • crust lithasphere. • a subject in school. • something that erupts. • something that moves apart. • a plate that causes friction. • something that is really hot. • to compare distence on a globe. • plates make up the earths surface . • when tectonic plates hit each other. • something you track earthquakes with. • ...

15 Clues: big wave • when the earth rumbles • another word for oceans • ocean but three letters • largest layer of the earth • the outermost shell of a planet • when one plate goes under another • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • very hot, very dense center of our planet • type plates that are located beneath the ocean • ...

15 Clues: big wave • when the earth rumbles • another word for oceans • ocean but three letters • largest layer of the earth • the outermost shell of a planet • when one plate goes under another • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • very hot, very dense center of our planet • type plates that are located beneath the ocean • ...

14 Clues: plates colliding with each other • the crust that forms the continents • plates moving apart from each other • The movement of lava in the aesthenosphere • A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle • Crust and uppermost solid mantle, sits on aesthenosphere • Scientists that developed the theory of continental drift • ...

14 Clues: crust, this crust is less dense • crust, this crust is more dense • boundary, where plates move together • boundary, where plates slip past each other • an idea that can be tested by experimentation • ridge, long zipper like chains of undersea mountains • the sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle • ...

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 • ...

14 Clues: layer within the mantle • A plastic but solid material • The innermost part of the Earth • How many layers of Earth are there? • The solid portion on which we stand on • These travel at about 6-7 km per second • These waves are picked up by seismographs • the crust and the upper portion of the mantle • Ocean The largest belt is located where? • ...

14 Clues: the crust is divide • forcing one under the other • plates move past each other • seven or eight major plates • violent shaking of the ground • transfer of heat by circulation • deepest parts of the ocean floor • divergent, convergent, transform • running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • two plates are moving away from each other • ...

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

15 Clues: Zone- The center of a mid-ocean ridge (6 letters) • - The boundary where two plates collide (9 letters) • - A deep ocean trench caused by subduction (9 letters) • - Large, rigid pieces of Earth's lithosphere (5 letters) • - The movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates (11 letters) • - A large mountain range formed by plate collision (7 letters) • ...

14 Clues: Earth's outermost layer • Boundary where two tectonic plates collide • Where one plate is forced underneath another • Layer of Earth between the crust and the core • Boundary where two tectonic plates move apart • Boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other • Formed when two continental plates collide and fold upwards • ...

15 Clues: a long narrow pit • how tectonic plates move • theorized the continetial drift • when two tectonic plates move apart • when two tectonic plates move apart • when two tectonic plates move together • when one tectonic plate moves under another • earth forces that build geological landscapes • earth forces that remove geological landscapes • ...

14 Clues: plates move apart • earths lithosphere • plates slide past each other • plates move toward each other • break/crack where movement occurs • allows magma to escape to the surface • how the continents got to be where they are • molten rock located above the earths surface • when plates slip past each other this occurs • semi-molton rock located below earths surface • ...

14 Clues: A thinner, younger, and denser tectonic plate found under the sea. Example: The Pacific Plate. • A deep, dark V-shaped valley on the sea floor created at a subduction zone. Example: The Mariana Trench. (2 words) • The exact area at a destructive boundary where a heavy oceanic plate sinks down into the hot mantle to melt. (2 words) • ...

20 Clues: earthsoterlayer • earths iner core • whentoplatescalied • Causes earthquakes • sliding past each other • moving toward the same place • divergent,convergent, and transform • two different plates separate slowly • a long deep intentashun in the ocean • moving apart in different directions • a point where three plate boundaries meet • something we can observe over and over again • ...

20 Clues: the inside of Earths Geosphere • the plates move _______ over time • what is earths outer layer called • another name for a tectonic plate • Plate tectonics results in ______ • which plate is moving the fastest • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • this boundary causes Mid-ocean ridges • Earths _____ is made of hard, solid rock • ...

13 Clues: core • core • zone • ridge • Drift • valley • Wegener • boundary • currents • boundary • boundary • spreading • of Plate Tectonics

23 Clues: From sun • on the earth • matter has it • from a animail • Super Continent • inside the earth • A type of currant • Another type of currant • from a hole in the earth • Land gets make over time • where earthquakes happen • the continents ride on it • What the continent ride on • Where volcanos make a island • where a lot of volcanos happen • The continents are away's moving • ...