plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Science 2014-02-13

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. a example when lava forms continents
  2. quake when the plates move
  3. the super continent
  4. drift when continents move across the ocean
  5. waves when rocks move up and down
  6. plate boundaries when volcano's are formed
  7. plate boundaries when plates move to make things like the San Andrea fault in California
  8. of fire a ring of volcano's along the pacific ocean
  9. contention when all the contents drifted together into one big one
  10. trench at the mid ocean ridge
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  1. plate boundaries mostly when mountains are formed
  2. Tectonics 1 reason for Continental drift
  3. when the rock smashes together
  4. the location on earths surface
  5. when the rock pulls away
  6. ocean ridge where lava comes out
  7. when the rock pulls different direction
  8. wegner helped the studies on seafloor spreading and Continental drift
  9. molten lava deep in the crust

19 Clues: the super continent • when the rock pulls away • quake when the plates move • molten lava deep in the crust • trench at the mid ocean ridge • when the rock smashes together • the location on earths surface • ocean ridge where lava comes out • waves when rocks move up and down • a example when lava forms continents • when the rock pulls different direction • ...

science STUFF 2024-10-18

science STUFF crossword puzzle
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  1. this is created when one plate slides under antother plate
  2. the plate boundy that forms fault lines
  3. formed by divergent plate boundries
  4. heat rising and falling to create a current
  5. two plate tectonics running into each other
  6. creating when two covergent plates of the same density colide
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  1. fault line along the coast fo California
  2. one plate going under another plate
  3. the thickest layer of Earth
  4. dip in the bottom of the ocean floor
  5. two plate seperating and moving in the opposite direction of one another

11 Clues: the thickest layer of Earth • one plate going under another plate • formed by divergent plate boundries • dip in the bottom of the ocean floor • the plate boundy that forms fault lines • fault line along the coast fo California • heat rising and falling to create a current • two plate tectonics running into each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. Theory that parts of Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core
  3. Region where 2(or more)tectonic plates move apart
  4. Region where 2(or more) tectonic plates move toward one another and collide
  5. the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas
  6. High energy wave
  7. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
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  1. deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary
  2. Zone in Earth's crust along which rocks slide past each other
  3. Location where tectonic plates meet
  4. Theory that Earth's crust is divided into 12 large plates
  5. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
  6. A large chunk of Earth's crust
  7. a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's 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 • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

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

14 Clues: an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity • boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  2. a very deep hole
  3. layer in earth that is mostly composed of melted rock
  4. crust that forms the ocean floor
  5. moving away from each other
  6. the place where two plates meet
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  1. pieces of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  2. moving side by side
  3. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  4. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. moving towards each other
  6. an underwater mountain range
  7. crust that forms the land
  8. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

14 Clues: a very deep hole • moving side by side • moving towards each other • crust that forms the land • moving away from each other • an underwater mountain range • the place where two plates meet • crust that forms the ocean floor • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • pieces of the crust and the upper part of the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. What was the name of the super continent that was once made up of all the continents that are present today?
  2. Plate tectonics is a theory based on the Earth's plates ___ in different directions
  3. when molten rock is heated up by the core and begins to rise (becoming less dense), then cooling down (becoming denser) and sinking, starting to create a circular cycle
  4. What is the process called when a rock is recycled through the Earth in multiple possible ways?
  5. Sediments turn into sedimentary rock through _________
  6. Magma turns into metamorphic and/or igneous rock through ___ above/below the Earth's surface
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  1. Rocks turn into sediments through _________
  2. Plates moving/spreading can cause a variety of ___ and boundaries
  3. A ___ boundary causes a variety of land formations when two plates move in the same direction (into each other
  4. A ___ boundary causes faults and earthquakes when two plates move against each other
  5. A ___ boundary causes sea floor spreading when two plates move opposite directions (away from each other)
  6. What happens to sedimentary rock when it is put under heat and pressure
  7. ___ Igneous rock is cooled below the Earth's surface
  8. Igneous rock turn into magma through ___ in the Earth's mantle
  9. ___ Igneous rock is cooled below the Earth's surface

15 Clues: Rocks turn into sediments through _________ • ___ Igneous rock is cooled below the Earth's surface • ___ Igneous rock is cooled below the Earth's surface • Sediments turn into sedimentary rock through _________ • Igneous rock turn into magma through ___ in the Earth's mantle • Plates moving/spreading can cause a variety of ___ and boundaries • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The outer layer of the Earth (also called the lithosphere)
  2. A deep ditch under the ocean along a tectonic plate boundary
  3. A series of large waves caused by an underwater earthquake
  4. The centre of the Earth
  5. A fracture in rock where the tectonic plates have moved
  6. The word for when two tectonic plates are sliding past each other
  7. Semiliquid rock found beneath the Earth's surface
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  1. The theory that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart
  2. The movement of the continents over time
  3. A large layer of solid rock that covers part of the surface of Earth
  4. The word for when two tectonic plates are moving together
  5. The movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate
  6. The layer of molten rock located beneath the Earth's crust
  7. The word for when two tectonic plates are moving apart

14 Clues: The centre of the Earth • The movement of the continents over time • Semiliquid rock found beneath the Earth's surface • The word for when two tectonic plates are moving apart • A fracture in rock where the tectonic plates have moved • The word for when two tectonic plates are moving together • The outer layer of the Earth (also called the lithosphere) • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. this phenomenon can occur at all types of plate boundaries
  2. ______________ plate is part of the lithosphere and move in relation to one another
  3. _______________ currents are movement of heat within the mantle
  4. plates slide past each other at this boundary
  5. found at the centre of the earth and composed mainly of iron and nickel
  6. this crust is made up of heavy, dense rock between 5 to 8 kilometres and found beneath deep oceans
  7. hot molten rocks below the earth's surface
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  1. zone where denser plate subducts under a less dense plate
  2. oceanic _________ is formed when an oceanic plate converges with another plate
  3. This plate collides with Indian plate to form form mountain
  4. this force cause rocks on continental plate to buckle and fold at convergent plate boundary
  5. landforms can be found at divergent plate boundaries
  6. ________ mountains and rift valley are formed at continental-continental divergent plate boundary
  7. famous oceanic trench formed between Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate

14 Clues: hot molten rocks below the earth's surface • plates slide past each other at this boundary • landforms can be found at divergent plate boundaries • zone where denser plate subducts under a less dense plate • this phenomenon can occur at all types of plate boundaries • This plate collides with Indian plate to form form mountain • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. What turns sedimentary rock into metamorphic?
  2. Which type of plate boundary slides plates against each other?
  3. How can metamorphic rock turn into magma?
  4. Do earthquakes or volcanoes occur more?
  5. Which type of plate boundary pulls plates apart?
  6. Which type of plate boundary pulls plates together?
  7. What happens at convergent plate boundaries?
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  1. What happens at transform boundaries?
  2. What was the name of the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago?
  3. How many major plates make up the Earth?
  4. Which part of the Earth is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
  5. How many layers does the Earth have?
  6. Which plate goes down when a oceanic and continental plate collide?
  7. What causes plates to move?
  8. What type of rock does magma turn into when it cools?

15 Clues: What causes plates to move? • How many layers does the Earth have? • What happens at transform boundaries? • Do earthquakes or volcanoes occur more? • How many major plates make up the Earth? • How can metamorphic rock turn into magma? • What happens at convergent plate boundaries? • What turns sedimentary rock into metamorphic? • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A mountain that can erupt with magma and smoke
  2. A big crack in the Lithosphere
  3. a continent that was split up a long time ago
  4. a boundary where plates are pushed past each other
  5. gigantic chunks of the Lithosphere
  6. mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
  7. a boundary where plates are pushed apart
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  1. the theory that continents move
  2. big wave created by earthquake
  3. small earthquakes that occur after big ones
  4. a boundary were the plates are pushed together
  5. the innermost layer of the earth's interior
  6. Molten rock that is inside the earth
  7. the uppermost layer of the earth's interior

14 Clues: big wave created by earthquake • A big crack in the Lithosphere • the theory that continents move • gigantic chunks of the Lithosphere • Molten rock that is inside the earth • mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • a boundary where plates are pushed apart • small earthquakes that occur after big ones • the innermost layer of the earth's interior • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-04-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. unlikely to erupt again
  2. Liquid magma that reaches the surface
  3. spot An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
  4. Working; in action
  5. A plate boundary where the two plates move towards each other
  6. by a vast and diverse array of evidence
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
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  1. Describes something that is made of a mixture of different parts or elements
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  4. Term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active
  5. Term used to describe a volcano that is not currently active but able to become active in the future
  6. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  7. An idea that has been studied and investigated and is

14 Clues: Working; in action • unlikely to erupt again • Liquid magma that reaches the surface • by a vast and diverse array of evidence • An idea that has been studied and investigated and is • Term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

Natural Hazards and Disasters 2025-11-25

Natural Hazards and Disasters crossword puzzle
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  1. Process where one plate sinks beneath another
  2. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface
  3. Crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs
  4. Boundary Place where tectonic plates move toward each other
  5. Movement of heat in the mantle driving plate motion
  6. Large rigid section of the Earth’s lithosphere
  7. Ancient supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  8. Boundary Place where tectonic plates slide past each other
  9. Deep valley formed at subduction zones
  10. The study of plate movement and Earth’s structure
  11. Elevated area formed at divergent boundaries
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  1. Rigid outer layer broken into tectonic plates
  2. Partially molten layer where plates move
  3. Sudden shaking caused by movement of plates
  4. Plume of hot mantle forming volcanoes away from boundaries
  5. Building Formation of mountains by plate collision
  6. Opening where magma, ash, and gases erupt
  7. Boundary Place where tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. Spreading Creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges
  9. Valley Long depression formed when plates pull apart

20 Clues: Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface • Deep valley formed at subduction zones • Partially molten layer where plates move • Opening where magma, ash, and gases erupt • Sudden shaking caused by movement of plates • Crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs • Elevated area formed at divergent boundaries • Rigid outer layer broken into tectonic plates • ...

Tectonic Plates 2014-11-16

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. the solid top layer of earth
  2. scientific theory about the constantly changing surface of the Earth is called plate___
  3. what tectonic plate do we live on in the United States?
  4. the solid top layer of Earth floats on this melted layer underneath
  5. another word for crust
  6. when all the continents were together
  7. the largest tectonic plate
  8. what most tectonic plates are made of
  9. the last name of the person who discovered continental drift
  10. plate in Europe
  11. number of minor tectonic plates
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  1. plate in Africa
  2. when two plates mash together it is called a convergent____
  3. the lithosphere is _____into pieces
  4. plate in Australia
  5. when the continents slowly moved over time it is called continental___
  6. two plates that slide past each other form this type of boundary
  7. convergent collision forms this sometimes
  8. boundary forms when two plates move away from each other
  9. melted rock in the asthenosphere
  10. number of major tectonic plates

21 Clues: plate in Africa • plate in Europe • plate in Australia • another word for crust • the largest tectonic plate • the solid top layer of earth • number of major tectonic plates • number of minor tectonic plates • melted rock in the asthenosphere • the lithosphere is _____into pieces • when all the continents were together • what most tectonic plates are made of • ...

Plate Tectonics // By: Korn Kanihk Norn 2018-02-14

Plate Tectonics // By: Korn Kanihk Norn crossword puzzle
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  1. Where Satellites orbit Earth
  2. Rock/land, outer of earth's crust
  3. Upper part of the earth
  4. The zone below the lithosphere
  5. Moving to different direction
  6. Middle and thickest layer
  7. Rigid
  8. A process in which new ocean floor is created
  9. Where we humans live
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  1. Waves produced by earthquakes
  2. Where meteors burn
  3. Contains the ozone layer
  4. How continents move on Earth's surface
  5. A former "supercontinent" on Earth
  6. Liquid phase
  7. A trace or print of plants/animals preserved in rocks
  8. The lithosphere being broken into
  9. Coming closer together
  10. One of the plate tectonics moving below another

19 Clues: Rigid • Liquid phase • Where meteors burn • Where we humans live • Coming closer together • Upper part of the earth • Contains the ozone layer • Middle and thickest layer • Where Satellites orbit Earth • Waves produced by earthquakes • Moving to different direction • The zone below the lithosphere • Rock/land, outer of earth's crust • The lithosphere being broken into • ...

Plate tectonics crossword 2023-02-21

Plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Forms when 2 oceanic plates collide
  2. Upper layer of earths mantle in which there is relatively low plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  3. A hotzone where hot magma rises to the top, cools and falls back down
  4. Plates colliding
  5. What mountains were formed with the North American and African continental plates
  6. Forms when a plate slides down and away from another plate
  7. Transform boundaries cause what
  8. Plates under the continent
  9. Molten rock in Earth
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  1. Plates under the ocean
  2. A massive, irregularity shaped slab of rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  3. Rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  4. Where a plate sinks under another plate
  5. Plates separating
  6. Massive wave caused by oceanic plates colliding underwater
  7. The way plate tectonics move to create things like faults, trench’s, earthquakes and other things
  8. Forms on the edge of a tectonic plate
  9. Plates sliding past each other causing friction
  10. Where are convection currents located
  11. Molten rock outside of Earth

20 Clues: Plates colliding • Plates separating • Molten rock in Earth • Plates under the ocean • Plates under the continent • Molten rock outside of Earth • Transform boundaries cause what • Forms when 2 oceanic plates collide • Forms on the edge of a tectonic plate • Where are convection currents located • Where a plate sinks under another plate • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Lab 2025-10-30

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Lab crossword puzzle
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  1. Drift The idea that continents have moved across Earth's surface over time.
  2. The soft, flowing layer of the upper mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.
  3. Tectonics The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large plates that move over the mantle.
  4. The rigid outer layer of Earth, made of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  5. of Plate Tectonics The scientific theory explaining how and why Earth's plates move, and how that movement shapes Earth's surface.
  6. Plate Boundaries Places where two plates move toward each other, causing collisions that can form mountains, volcanoes, or trenches.
  7. A giant landmass made of all or most of Earth's continents joined together.
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  1. A supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago and later broke apart into today's continents.
  2. Plate Boundaries Places where two plates move apart, often forming new crust.
  3. Ridge System An underwater mountain range formed at divergent boundaries in the ocean, where new crust is created.
  4. Trenches Very deep valleys in the ocean floor formed at convergent boundaries where one plate sinks beneath another.
  5. Plate A large piece of Earth's lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere.
  6. Plate Boundary A place where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.

13 Clues: A giant landmass made of all or most of Earth's continents joined together. • Plate Boundaries Places where two plates move apart, often forming new crust. • The rigid outer layer of Earth, made of the crust and the upper part of the mantle. • Drift The idea that continents have moved across Earth's surface over time. • ...

Plate Tectonics (Lessons 2.4 & 2.5) 2022-09-22

Plate Tectonics (Lessons 2.4 & 2.5) crossword puzzle
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  1. The pulling of a tectonic plate as its edge subducts deeper into the mantle.
  2. Tectonics Unifying theory for which all other geologic knowledge is derived
  3. Wegener German Scientist who formulated the theory of continental drift
  4. Heat transfer process within the mantle that drives Plate Tectonics.
  5. Stress that pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
  6. The process by which oceanic crust sinks under another plate andeventually back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  7. Boundary at which two plates come together
  8. The process in which new material at a ridge or rift pushes older material aside, moving the tectonic plates away from the ridge
  9. Compositional layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  10. Boundary Region where two plates interact
  11. Process by which new crust is created at mid-ocean ridges
  12. Divergent boundary at which seafloor spreading occurs
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  1. Feature created by the convergence of two continental plates
  2. Boundary at which two plates slide past each other
  3. Boundary at which two plates move apart
  4. The bending of rock layers due to stress
  5. A pulling force applied to rock layers.
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  7. Greek word for "all lands"
  8. Drift The theory that the Earth's crust is composed of plates that are in constant motion
  9. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one or both sides; often related to tectonic motion.
  10. The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
  11. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  12. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust; Earth's outermost physical layer

24 Clues: Greek word for "all lands" • Boundary at which two plates move apart • A pulling force applied to rock layers. • The bending of rock layers due to stress • Boundary Region where two plates interact • Boundary at which two plates come together • Boundary at which two plates slide past each other • Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • ...

SGT_Crossword_Tectonics 2024-01-13

SGT_Crossword_Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Region of earthquakes found increasing in depth al a convergent oceanic-continental plate margin
  2. Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other
  3. A low angle fault associated with convergent plate margins
  4. Type of plate margin where two plates are moving away from each other
  5. flat part of the ocean basins with an average depth of 4 km
  6. Large landmass comprising the continents of the southern hemisphere
  7. Discovered on the sea floor by Frederick Vine and Drummond Matthews
  8. Lake dwelling reptile useful as supporting evidence for continental drift.
  9. Considered for many years to be the main driving force of plate tectonics, but recently called into question
  10. Boundary between the North American and Pacific Plate in California
  11. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with convergent oceanic-continental plate margins
  12. Layer of the Earth indicated by the geotherm of 1300 degrees centigrade. This layer is hot, weak and plastic.
  13. German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak!
  14. Feature formed at a convergent continental-continental plate margin
  15. Process that occurs at continental-continental plate margins and forms rocks such as slate and schist
  16. Deepest part of the oceans
  17. Process by which oceans grow progressively larger
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  1. Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks
  2. submarine mountain chain
  3. Rock type formed at depth by the melting of continental lithosphere at convergent continental-continental plate margins
  4. Theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener
  5. Type of plate margin where two plates are moving towards each other
  6. Canadian scientist who linked all the elements of plate tectonics into a cycle
  7. Formed by submarine eruptions of basalt
  8. Formed by the collision of India and Eurasia
  9. Process now thought to be responsible for oceanic lithosphere being subducted back into the asthenosphere
  10. Process by which andesite can be generated from Ihe mantle at a convergent oceanic-oceanic plate margin
  11. Type of force acting at a convergent plate margin
  12. Where the oceanic lithosphere is pulled back down into the asthenosphere due to slab pull
  13. Type of force acting at a divergent plate margin
  14. Layer beneath the Earth's crust
  15. Outer layer of the Earth comprising the crust and upper mantle which is solid and rigid
  16. Scientist who first proposed the theory of sea floor spreading
  17. Type of force acting at a conservative plate margin
  18. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with divergent plate margins
  19. Type of fault associated with conservative and divergent plate margins
  20. Feature formed at a convergent oceanic-oceanicplate margin such as Caribbean Islands
  21. Large landmasses comprising the continents of the northern hemisphere
  22. These values are high over mid-ocean ridges and low over ocean trenches
  23. Feature found along the center of mid ocean ridges
  24. Name of the most recent supercontinent

41 Clues: submarine mountain chain • Deepest part of the oceans • Layer beneath the Earth's crust • Name of the most recent supercontinent • Theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener • Formed by submarine eruptions of basalt • Formed by the collision of India and Eurasia • Type of force acting at a divergent plate margin • Type of force acting at a convergent plate margin • ...

SGT_Crossword_Tectonics 2024-01-13

SGT_Crossword_Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with divergent plate margins
  2. Type of fault associated with conservative and divergent plate margins
  3. Large landmass comprising the continents of the southern hemisphere
  4. Formed by the collision of India and Eurasia
  5. These values are high over mid ocean ridges and low over ocean trenches
  6. Layer beneath the Earth's crust
  7. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with convergent oceanic-continental plate margins
  8. Type of force acting at a divergent plate margin
  9. Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other
  10. Canadian scientist who linked all the elements of plate tectonics into a cycle
  11. Type of force acting at a conservative plate margin
  12. flat part of the ocean basins with an average depth of 4 km
  13. Type of plate margin where two plates are moving towards each other
  14. Type of force acting at a convergent plate margin
  15. Layer of the Earth indicated by the geotherm of 1300 degrees centigrade. This layer is hot, weak and plastic.
  16. Boundary between the North American and Pacific Plate in California
  17. Scientist who first proposed the theory of sea floor spreading
  18. Type of plate margin where two plates are moving away from each other
  19. Region of earthquakes found increasing in depth al a convergent oceanic-continental plate margin
  20. Process that occurs at continental-continental plate margins and forms rocks such as slate and schist
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  1. Feature formed at a convergent continental-continental plate margin
  2. German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak!
  3. Where the oceanic lithosphere is pulled back down into the asthenosphere due to slab pull
  4. Process now thought to be responsible for oceanic lithosphere being subducted back into the asthenosphere
  5. Feature formed at a convergent oceanic-oceanicplate margin such as Caribbean Islands
  6. Deepest part of the oceans
  7. Discovered on the sea floor by Frederick Vine and Drummond Matthews
  8. Large landmasses comprising the continents of the northern hemisphere
  9. Formed by submarine eruptions of basalt
  10. Lake dwelling reptile useful as supporting evidence for continental drift.
  11. Feature found along the center of mid ocean ridges
  12. A low angle fault associated with convergent plate margins
  13. Theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener
  14. Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks
  15. submarine mountain chain
  16. Outer layer of the Earth comprising the crust and upper mantle which is solid and rigid
  17. Name of the most recent supercontinent
  18. Process by which oceans grow progressively larger
  19. Considered for many years to be the main driving force of plate tectonics, but recently called into question
  20. Rock type formed at depth by the melting of continental lithosphere at convergent continental-continental plate margins
  21. Process by which andesite can be generated from Ihe mantle at a convergent oceanic-oceanic plate margin

41 Clues: submarine mountain chain • Deepest part of the oceans • Layer beneath the Earth's crust • Name of the most recent supercontinent • Formed by submarine eruptions of basalt • Theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener • Formed by the collision of India and Eurasia • Type of force acting at a divergent plate margin • Type of force acting at a convergent plate margin • ...

&th 2022-10-04

&th crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents
  2. volcanoes
  3. divergentboundary
  4. faults
Down
  1. plateboundaries
  2. tectonics
  3. trenches
  4. mountainranges
  5. earthquakes

9 Clues: faults • trenches • tectonics • volcanoes • continents • earthquakes • mountainranges • plateboundaries • divergentboundary

Enrichment 2024-02-08

Enrichment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide
  2. two plates moving past each other in opposite directions
  3. the oceanic plate growing due to a mid ocean ridge
  4. two oceanic plates collide creating a _______________
  5. magma that has reached the surface
  6. the transfer of heat through touching matter
  7. a casing of an ancient organism
  8. two plates moving towards each other
  9. the ancient supercontinent that Wegener’s hypothesis theorised
  10. a chain of islands that were created by magma seeping out of a hot spot
  11. _____ tectonics
Down
  1. the movement of liquid that conducts heat
  2. the theory that the earth’s plates move at a steady rate
  3. a large plate boundary that has high volcanic activity
  4. two plates moving away from each other
  5. a long mountain range that causes seafloor spreading
  6. underground melted rock
  7. mass/volume
  8. the transfer of heat through empty space
  9. mountain that erupts out magma
  10. the transfer of heat through movement of liquid
  11. when two plates move away from each other a __________ forms
  12. a pocket of magma in a plate
  13. strike slip _____

24 Clues: mass/volume • _____ tectonics • strike slip _____ • underground melted rock • a pocket of magma in a plate • mountain that erupts out magma • a casing of an ancient organism • magma that has reached the surface • two plates moving towards each other • two plates moving away from each other • the transfer of heat through empty space • the movement of liquid that conducts heat • ...

isaiah's crossword puzzle 2024-02-15

isaiah's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an ocean plate going under a land plate
  2. what do all boundries create
  3. 2 plates sliding past each other
  4. 2 plates crashing together
  5. what is pangea
Down
  1. what people research plate tectonics
  2. what is magma made of
  3. 2 plates moving apart
  4. how many types of convergent boundary are there
  5. who created the plate tectonic theory

10 Clues: what is pangea • what is magma made of • 2 plates moving apart • 2 plates crashing together • what do all boundries create • 2 plates sliding past each other • what people research plate tectonics • who created the plate tectonic theory • an ocean plate going under a land plate • how many types of convergent boundary are there

Science Project CrossWord 2021-12-03

Science Project CrossWord crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates rub against each other in different directions.
  2. A crack in earth's lithosphere.
  3. The center layer of earth made of a solid dense material that stops energy waves from reaching the other side of earth when tectonic plates shift and cause friction.
  4. Before earth's crust was divided by shifts in the tectonic plates
  5. A layer of the matel where plates move on top of.
  6. The boundary where Two plates collide and one plate slides under the other
  7. The boundary between two plates moving away from each other.
  8. Where plate tectonics form
Down
  1. Pieces of the earth in constant motion that results in energy waves on the earth's crust.
  2. In this layer of earth plate tectonics form in the lithosphere.
  3. A scientist who came up with the theory of the continental Drift.
  4. A valley under water where tectonic plates shift away from each other.
  5. The result of tectonic plates shifting and causing waves of energy that shakes earth's crust.
  6. The result on earth's crust when one tectonic plate moves under another at a convergent boundary.
  7. The layer of earth that is affected by volcanoes and earthquakes.

15 Clues: Where plate tectonics form • A crack in earth's lithosphere. • A layer of the matel where plates move on top of. • The boundary between two plates moving away from each other. • In this layer of earth plate tectonics form in the lithosphere. • When two plates rub against each other in different directions. • ...

Tectonic Crossword 2015-01-28

Tectonic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep valley that forms when plates move apart
  2. occurs when two plates collide
  3. pieces of the earth's lithosphere are in slow motion
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. mountain range underwater
  6. areas where large numbers of active volcanoes
  7. Ridge a divergent boundary on the Atlantic floor
  8. mountains rising from oceanic floor
  9. the idea that all of the continents were joined together
  10. cracks in the earth's crust
  11. A deep canyon in the oceanic floor
  12. plates move away from each other
Down
  1. plates grind past each other
  2. plates move toward each other
  3. oceanic crust is created underwater
  4. to break off
  5. movement of a fluid
  6. a plate diving under another plate
  7. quality of being easily shaped or formed
  8. stated theory's of plate tectonics and continental drift

20 Clues: to break off • movement of a fluid • mountain range underwater • When two plates move apart • cracks in the earth's crust • plates grind past each other • plates move toward each other • occurs when two plates collide • plates move away from each other • a plate diving under another plate • A deep canyon in the oceanic floor • oceanic crust is created underwater • ...

Inside Earth 2026-03-31

Inside Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magnetic metal.
  2. Plates collide.
  3. Plates stretch out.
  4. Cool layer.
  5. Liquid Rock.
  6. Layer with life.
  7. Plate Tectonics scientist.
  8. Lower mantle.
  9. Center of the Earth.
  10. Thickets layer.
  11. Sea Floor Spreading scientist.
Down
  1. Heating up soup.
  2. Frying an egg.
  3. Break in a rock.
  4. Sunburn.
  5. Plates slide past each other.
  6. Continental Drift scientist.
  7. Force on a rock.

18 Clues: Sunburn. • Cool layer. • Liquid Rock. • Lower mantle. • Frying an egg. • magnetic metal. • Plates collide. • Thickets layer. • Heating up soup. • Break in a rock. • Layer with life. • Force on a rock. • Plates stretch out. • Center of the Earth. • Plate Tectonics scientist. • Continental Drift scientist. • Plates slide past each other. • Sea Floor Spreading scientist.

Crossword Choice Board Row One 2024-04-12

Crossword Choice Board Row One crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A more middle region in the earth
  2. Number of species in one area
  3. Weakness in the crust
  4. Drives plate tectonics
  5. Forms from erosion
  6. Ancient supercontinent
  7. The center region of earth
  8. Upper region of earth
  9. When Plates move towards each other
  10. Depressions in the ocean
  11. Pieces of moving earth
Down
  1. When plates slide past each other
  2. A slow, catastrophic event
  3. Where molten rock is ejected
  4. Rock formed by pressure
  5. Rock formed by cooling
  6. When Plates move away from each other
  7. Records funny little waves
  8. How new oceanic crust is formed
  9. A quick, catastrophic event
  10. Formed at plate boundaries

21 Clues: Forms from erosion • Weakness in the crust • Upper region of earth • Drives plate tectonics • Rock formed by cooling • Ancient supercontinent • Pieces of moving earth • Rock formed by pressure • Depressions in the ocean • A slow, catastrophic event • The center region of earth • Records funny little waves • Formed at plate boundaries • A quick, catastrophic event • ...

Science 2022-11-07

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. remains of an dead animal
  2. deep and narrow depression in seafloor
  3. separates from one another
  4. Continent that has 7 pieces
  5. come together
  6. rock formation being broken
  7. continents were once together
  8. when a denser plate is pushed down
  9. where all igneous rocks are formed
  10. mantle the transition zone and the outer core
  11. earth's mantle creates new crust
Down
  1. outermost level of earth
  2. sea floor formed by plate tectonics
  3. theory that crust is divided
  4. Shears past one another
  5. outermost shell of a terrestrial
  6. solid layer in upper mantle

17 Clues: come together • Shears past one another • outermost level of earth • remains of an dead animal • separates from one another • Continent that has 7 pieces • rock formation being broken • solid layer in upper mantle • theory that crust is divided • continents were once together • outermost shell of a terrestrial • earth's mantle creates new crust • when a denser plate is pushed down • ...

1st science project 2021-10-18

1st science project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When molten rock erupts on earths surface is called what?
  2. The mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
  3. the circulation of material caused be differences in temperature and density
  4. The cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called the
  5. as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called
  6. a suggestion that continents move
  7. a metal mined for a profit
  8. a rare and attractive mineral
  9. states that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rocks
  10. The resistance of what being scratched
  11. a huge super continent
Down
  1. The denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate is a process called
  2. a state of which magnetized objects will orient themselves
  3. This process forms new oceanic crust
  4. forms where two plates separate
  5. forms where tow plates collide
  6. forms where two plates slide past each other
  7. a state that magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves
  8. the magnetic field reverses direction
  9. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges create the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force called

20 Clues: a huge super continent • a metal mined for a profit • a rare and attractive mineral • forms where tow plates collide • forms where two plates separate • a suggestion that continents move • This process forms new oceanic crust • the magnetic field reverses direction • The resistance of what being scratched • forms where two plates slide past each other • ...

The Best Emma made the Plate tectonics 2022-04-01

The Best Emma made the Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fault boundaries strike-slip boundary
  2. boundaries zones three dimensional surface
  3. plates covering most of North America
  4. downward movement of the edge of a plate
  5. drift gradual movement of the continents
  6. rigid outer part of the earth
  7. American plates lies beneath the pacific ocean
  8. includes west of the continent of Eurasia
  9. plates a major tectonic division of the earth's crust
  10. to pull apart
Down
  1. boundaries where lithosphere collides
  2. affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  3. American plates a major tectonic plate
  4. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  5. plates dramatic change in the form
  6. plates forming a continent

16 Clues: to pull apart • plates forming a continent • rigid outer part of the earth • upper layer of the earth's mantle • plates dramatic change in the form • boundaries where lithosphere collides • fault boundaries strike-slip boundary • plates covering most of North America • American plates a major tectonic plate • downward movement of the edge of a plate • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-05-01

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's innermost layer
  2. The study of Earth's physical structure
  3. It is able to carry an electric current
  4. The process where plate tectonics slide or sink back from Earth's outer layer into it's middle layer
  5. An area where plate tectonics process causing a lot of Earthquakes
  6. The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer
  7. The process where material from Earth's middle layer rises into it's outer layer
Down
  1. The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust
  2. Earth's middle layer
  3. The rising and falling of a temperature
  4. The area where tectonic plates move past each other

11 Clues: Earth's middle layer • Earth's innermost layer • The study of Earth's physical structure • It is able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of a temperature • The area where tectonic plates move past each other • The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer • The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust • ...

MSES Final Exam Review Take 1 2021-05-21

MSES Final Exam Review Take 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. moving apart
  2. current responsible for plate tectonics and atmospheric pressures
  3. equatorial pressure
  4. absorbed or released during phase change of water
  5. bring cold air down
  6. dust pollen etc.
  7. bottom of cloud
  8. an occluded overtaker
  9. hemisphere coriolis to the left to the left
Down
  1. occur along plate boundaries
  2. polar pressure
  3. center of air mass/Mr. Penberthy's marriage
  4. this field of study "rocks"
  5. causes the seasons
  6. when air reaches its dew point
  7. moving together
  8. # of organisms a given area can support indefinitely w/o negative consequences

17 Clues: moving apart • polar pressure • moving together • bottom of cloud • dust pollen etc. • causes the seasons • equatorial pressure • bring cold air down • an occluded overtaker • this field of study "rocks" • occur along plate boundaries • when air reaches its dew point • center of air mass/Mr. Penberthy's marriage • hemisphere coriolis to the left to the left • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-05-01

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's innermost layer
  2. The study of Earth's physical structure
  3. It is able to carry an electric current
  4. The process where plate tectonics slide or sink back from Earth's outer layer into it's middle layer
  5. An area where plate tectonics process causing a lot of Earthquakes
  6. The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer
  7. The process where material from Earth's middle layer rises into it's outer layer
Down
  1. The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust
  2. Earth's middle layer
  3. The rising and falling of a temperature
  4. The area where tectonic plates move past each other

11 Clues: Earth's middle layer • Earth's innermost layer • The study of Earth's physical structure • It is able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of a temperature • The area where tectonic plates move past each other • The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer • The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust • ...

Geological Processes 2023-12-19

Geological Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  3. Rock that has changed due to intense heat and/or pressure.
  4. Rocks made up of sediments that have been cemented together
  5. Where two plates meet is called a plate _______.
  6. Two plates sliding past each other is called a _____ boundary.
  7. The theory that the earth has plates and that they move is plate _______
  8. The theory of continental drift was put together by a scientist named Alfred ________.
Down
  1. Shaking on the earth's surface.
  2. Hot liquid rock under the earth's surface.
  3. The process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces.
  4. When one plate is pulled underneath another plate.
  5. The part of the earth that the plates are moving around on.
  6. The top layer of the earth.
  7. The solid middle of the earth.
  8. Rocks made from cooling magma.

16 Clues: The top layer of the earth. • The solid middle of the earth. • Rocks made from cooling magma. • Shaking on the earth's surface. • Hot liquid rock under the earth's surface. • Where two plates meet is called a plate _______. • When one plate is pulled underneath another plate. • The process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces. • ...

tectonic plates 2022-04-08

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a continent that exsisted a long time ago
  2. plates the move
  3. a eruption that shoots out magma
  4. the upper layer of earths mantle
  5. the number of tectonic plates
  6. a powerful natural disaster that shakes the ground
  7. the rigid outer part of the earth
  8. the layer under the crust
Down
  1. a plate that has very dry land
  2. a plate that is really cold
  3. one of the tectonic plates
  4. drift the movement of continents
  5. the first layer of the earth
  6. the layer under the mantle and crust
  7. the downward movement of the edge of a plate
  8. the layer under the outtercore

16 Clues: plates the move • the layer under the crust • one of the tectonic plates • a plate that is really cold • the first layer of the earth • the number of tectonic plates • a plate that has very dry land • the layer under the outtercore • a eruption that shoots out magma • the upper layer of earths mantle • drift the movement of continents • the rigid outer part of the earth • ...

plate motion crossword puzzle 2022-10-25

plate motion crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outside or top layer of something
  2. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  3. the place where 2 plates meet
  4. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  5. when 1 plate goes underneath another plate and is destroyed in the mantle
  6. the slow pulling apart of land the is caused by plate motion
  7. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  8. hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface
  9. one of the large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earths outer layer
  10. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s surface
  11. this person invented the idea of plate tectonics Alfred ____________
  12. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when 2 plates move together
Down
  1. an underwater mountain chain formed at divergent plate boundaries
  2. Earths outermost layer of solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  3. a sudden shaking of Earth's crust
  4. A scientific instrument used to record data from earthquakes
  5. evidence of life from the past
  6. the sudden pushing out of something
  7. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  8. how often of fast something happens

20 Clues: the place where 2 plates meet • evidence of life from the past • a sudden shaking of Earth's crust • hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface • the sudden pushing out of something • how often of fast something happens • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • when 2 plates are moving towards each other • ...

Vocab 2021-10-14

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pulls rest on slab as it pulls
  2. moves lithosphere
  3. temperature difference causes material circ
  4. forms where two separate
  5. forms where two plates slide
Down
  1. forms where two plates collide
  2. rigid slabs that move
  3. cold outermost rock layer
  4. denser plates sinks

9 Clues: moves lithosphere • denser plates sinks • rigid slabs that move • forms where two separate • cold outermost rock layer • forms where two plates slide • forms where two plates collide • pulls rest on slab as it pulls • temperature difference causes material circ

Crossword Review 2024-10-10

Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the layer under the lithosphere that flows and causes the movement of plate tectonics.
  2. Has a trunk
  3. - a place in the middle of a tectonic plate where hot magma rises from deep inside the Earth, often forming volcanoes.
  4. Crust - the thick part of the Earth’s crust that forms the land.
  5. - a type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, allowing magma to rise and create new crust.
  6. - the process where eroded materials are dropped off in a new location.
  7. - the supercontinent, Greek for “all the earth”.
  8. - when magma cools, it crystallizes to form igneous rocks.
  9. - rocks that form when heat and pressure change existing rocks.
  10. - when rocks inside the Earth are exposed to intense heat.
  11. - a type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other, which can cause earthquakes.
  12. Ridge - an underwater mountain range formed by divergent plates.
  13. Crust - the thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies beneath the ocean.
  14. Drift - a hypothesis developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 that proposed that the Earth’s continents had once been joined as a single landmass that broke apart and sent the continents adrift.
  15. Trench - a deep, narrow valley in the ocean floor where one plate is pushed under another.
  16. - the type of weathering that breaks down rocks through a chemical reaction.
  17. - the process of rocks breaking down from physical, biological, or chemical processes.
  18. Flying mammal
Down
  1. - rocks that are formed from cooling magma or lava.
  2. - as sediments settle and build layers, the process that forms sedimentary rocks.
  3. - the process that moves sediments to different places.
  4. Tectonic - the crust is made up into large pieces that move slowly over time.
  5. - The process where one tectonic plate is ford beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  6. - a mountain or opening in the Earth’s surface where magma, ash, and gasses escape from below.
  7. Man's best friend
  8. Boundary - the place where two tectonic plates meet.
  9. - melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  10. - when rocks change shape due to pressure or tension in the Earth’s crust
  11. Likes to chase mice
  12. - a type of plate boundary where two plates move towards each other, creating mountains or volcanoes.
  13. - the shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  14. - the type of weathering that breaks down rocks without changing their chemical composition.
  15. - the crust and part of the upper mantle that makes up the plate tectonics.
  16. - the type of weathering caused by plants, animals, or other life.
  17. - rocks that form from the compaction of sediments.
  18. Large marsupial

36 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • - melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • - the supercontinent, Greek for “all the earth”. • - rocks that are formed from cooling magma or lava. • - rocks that form from the compaction of sediments. • Boundary - the place where two tectonic plates meet. • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-05-01

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's innermost layer
  2. The study of Earth's physical structure
  3. It is able to carry an electric current
  4. The process where plate tectonics slide or sink back from Earth's outer layer into it's middle layer
  5. An area where plate tectonics process causing a lot of Earthquakes
  6. The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer
  7. The process where material from Earth's middle layer rises into it's outer layer
Down
  1. The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust
  2. Earth's middle layer
  3. The rising and falling of a temperature
  4. The area where tectonic plates move past each other

11 Clues: Earth's middle layer • Earth's innermost layer • The study of Earth's physical structure • It is able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of a temperature • The area where tectonic plates move past each other • The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer • The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-05-01

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's innermost layer
  2. The study of Earth's physical structure
  3. It is able to carry an electric current
  4. The process where plate tectonics slide or sink back from Earth's outer layer into it's middle layer
  5. An area where plate tectonics process causing a lot of Earthquakes
  6. The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer
  7. The process where material from Earth's middle layer rises into it's outer layer
Down
  1. The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust
  2. Earth's middle layer
  3. The rising and falling of a temperature
  4. The area where tectonic plates move past each other

11 Clues: Earth's middle layer • Earth's innermost layer • The study of Earth's physical structure • It is able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of a temperature • The area where tectonic plates move past each other • The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer • The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust • ...

Plate motion crossword puzzle 2022-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past
  2. the slow pulling apart of land the is caused by plate motion
  3. hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's crust
  5. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when 2 plates move together
  6. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  7. the place where 2 plates meet
  8. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  9. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s surface
Down
  1. A scientific instrument used to record data from earthquakes
  2. one of the large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earths outer layer
  3. when 1 plate goes underneath another plate and is destroyed in the mantle
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. the sudden pushing out of something
  6. this person invented the idea of plate tectonics Alfred ____________
  7. an underwater mountain chain formed at divergent plate boundaries
  8. Earths outermost layer of solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  9. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  10. how often of fast something happens
  11. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

20 Clues: the place where 2 plates meet • evidence of life from the past • a sudden shaking of Earth's crust • hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface • the sudden pushing out of something • how often of fast something happens • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • when 2 plates are moving towards each other • ...

Plate motion crossword puzzle 2022-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past
  2. the slow pulling apart of land the is caused by plate motion
  3. hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's crust
  5. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when 2 plates move together
  6. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  7. the place where 2 plates meet
  8. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  9. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s surface
Down
  1. A scientific instrument used to record data from earthquakes
  2. one of the large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earths outer layer
  3. when 1 plate goes underneath another plate and is destroyed in the mantle
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. the sudden pushing out of something
  6. this person invented the idea of plate tectonics Alfred ____________
  7. an underwater mountain chain formed at divergent plate boundaries
  8. Earths outermost layer of solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  9. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  10. how often of fast something happens
  11. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

20 Clues: the place where 2 plates meet • evidence of life from the past • a sudden shaking of Earth's crust • hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface • the sudden pushing out of something • how often of fast something happens • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • when 2 plates are moving towards each other • ...

P2: Energy, Forces and Earth's Crust 2025-03-16

P2: Energy, Forces and Earth's Crust crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Energy in waves, like infrared radiation.
  2. One crust block moves down, common at divergent boundaries.
  3. Earth's outermost layer where energy transfer occurs.
  4. Continents move over time due to plate tectonics.
  5. Energy transfer by electromagnetic waves without a medium.
  6. Sudden energy release in Earth's crust from plate movement.
  7. Heat flows from hotter to colder objects.
  8. Semi-fluid layer beneath lithosphere allowing plate movement.
  9. Magma rising through crust, creating volcanic islands.
  10. Heat from within Earth's crust.
  11. Edges where tectonic plates meet and interact.
  12. Stored energy due to position or structure.
  13. Movement of energy between places or systems.
  14. Gravity pushes plates apart at ridges.
  15. Energy flow affecting itself, like in climate systems.
  16. Plates move apart, creating new crust (e.g., mid-ocean ridges).
  17. Plates move horizontally past each other.
  18. Earth's innermost layer, generating heat.
Down
  1. Energy waves traveling through Earth during an earthquake.
  2. Deep ocean depression where a plate is subducted.
  3. Underwater mountain range at a divergent boundary.
  4. Plates collide, forming mountains or subduction zones.
  5. Movement of thermal energy from warmer to cooler objects.
  6. Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.
  7. Slow mantle circulation driving plate tectonics.
  8. Total kinetic energy of particles, related to temperature.
  9. Volcano chain above a subduction zone.
  10. One plate sinks beneath another, forming trenches and volcanoes.
  11. New oceanic crust forms at ridges and moves outward.
  12. Energy of motion.
  13. Heat transfer through direct contact.
  14. Sum of kinetic and potential energy.
  15. Landform at a divergent boundary where crust stretches and cracks.
  16. Energy is transferred or transformed, not created or destroyed.
  17. Layer beneath the crust driving plate movement.
  18. Crack in Earth's crust with movement.
  19. Large lithosphere sections moving over the asthenosphere.
  20. Heat transfer by fluid movement.
  21. Rigid outer layer, including crust and upper mantle.
  22. Energy in chemical bonds, like fossil fuels.
  23. Sinking plate pulls the rest with it.
  24. Measure of system disorder as energy spreads.
  25. Ancient supercontinent that broke apart.
  26. Large ocean wave from underwater earthquakes or eruptions.
  27. One crust block moves up, common at convergent boundaries.

45 Clues: Energy of motion. • Heat from within Earth's crust. • Heat transfer by fluid movement. • Sum of kinetic and potential energy. • Heat transfer through direct contact. • Crack in Earth's crust with movement. • Sinking plate pulls the rest with it. • Volcano chain above a subduction zone. • Gravity pushes plates apart at ridges. • Ancient supercontinent that broke apart. • ...

science OA 2022-03-28

science OA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction (2)
  2. mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans (2)
  3. Fill in the blank: Plate _________
  4. Fill in the blank: Continental _____
  5. the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge (2)
  6. The name of the theoretical supercontinent
  7. as a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force (2)
  8. Teacher of 8 grade science
  9. Female geologist in the 1960's (2)
  10. forms where two plate collide
  11. a state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north (2)
Down
  1. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  2. when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  3. forms where two plates slide past each other (3)
  4. forms when two plates seperate (3)
  5. father of pangaea (2)
  6. a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south (2)
  7. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  8. rising mantle material in mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force (2)
  9. What lesson is this?

20 Clues: What lesson is this? • father of pangaea (2) • Teacher of 8 grade science • forms where two plate collide • forms when two plates seperate (3) • Fill in the blank: Plate _________ • Female geologist in the 1960's (2) • Fill in the blank: Continental _____ • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • The name of the theoretical supercontinent • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Review 2014-11-16

Plate Tectonics Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide into each other
  2. A land feature that usually happens in a convergent collision boundary
  3. The boundary where one plate slides under another
  4. A land feature that can shake tectonic plates
  5. German Scientist who had the theory of continental drift
  6. A tectonic plate that is under the Eurasion plate
  7. A material that makes plate tectonics move
  8. The boundary where two plates slide past each other
  9. A heavy rock that some tectonic plates are made of
  10. A tectonic plate that is small
Down
  1. The process of heating and cooling in the Earth that makes plates move
  2. The places where two plates come together or go away from each other
  3. A land feature that usually happens in a convergent subduction boundary
  4. The boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. The first supercontinent before the continents were together
  6. The biggest plate of all the plates
  7. A land feature that is small but usually at a beach that is made by a transform boundary
  8. A plate that looks like the biggest plate but it is not
  9. A land feature that is a giant mound of rock that happens in a convergent collision boundary
  10. A land feature that usually happens in a transform boundary

20 Clues: A tectonic plate that is small • The biggest plate of all the plates • A material that makes plate tectonics move • A land feature that can shake tectonic plates • The boundary where one plate slides under another • A tectonic plate that is under the Eurasion plate • A heavy rock that some tectonic plates are made of • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-11-11

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The New Zealand continent
  2. Molten rock
  3. Core A liquid layer of the Earth
  4. Wher sea floor spreading occurs
  5. Layer below the Oceanic and continental crust
  6. A Northern hemisphere tectonc plate
  7. Auckland volcanic field
Down
  1. Layer below the lithosphere
  2. Subducts beneath South America
  3. Descending slab of oceanic crust
  4. Pacific and Australian Plate boundary
  5. Lighter than ocean crust
  6. Large areas of crust that move

13 Clues: Molten rock • Auckland volcanic field • Lighter than ocean crust • The New Zealand continent • Layer below the lithosphere • Subducts beneath South America • Large areas of crust that move • Wher sea floor spreading occurs • Descending slab of oceanic crust • Core A liquid layer of the Earth • A Northern hemisphere tectonc plate • Pacific and Australian Plate boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which boundary creates mountains?
  2. The name of the super continent about 2 million years ago.
  3. What is the movement of the tectonic plates called?
  4. Which boundary creates new land
  5. Which body of water travels faster a tsunami or surf wave?
Down
  1. How many centimetres a year is the Earth’s surface moving?
  2. Which boundary has two plates slide past each other and the friction causes earthquakes.
  3. The thick layer of flowing molten rock under the Earth’s lithosphere.
  4. Which country sits in the middle of the Indo-Australian plate?
  5. Where are 75% of the world’s active volcanoes located?
  6. The large pieces the Earth’s crust is broken into.
  7. Where did a 9.0 magnitude tsunami hit on March 11, 2011?
  8. Which boundary has an oceanic plate move towards a continental plate, then slides underneath it and melts into the Earth’s mantle.

13 Clues: Which boundary creates new land • Which boundary creates mountains? • The large pieces the Earth’s crust is broken into. • What is the movement of the tectonic plates called? • Where are 75% of the world’s active volcanoes located? • Where did a 9.0 magnitude tsunami hit on March 11, 2011? • How many centimetres a year is the Earth’s surface moving? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. denser plate sinks below the lighter plate
  2. depression where the crust has seperated
  3. explains the structure of the earth and how tectonic plates move
  4. current in a fluid from convection
  5. plates come togther and collide
  6. mostly solid area of Earth's interior
Down
  1. layer of
  2. plates rub past each other
  3. seafloor mountain that forms a divergent plate boundaries
  4. place where two plates are moving away from each other
  5. supercontinent that existed long ago
  6. place where plates are sliding past each other
  7. long narrow depression that forms from convergent plate boundaries

13 Clues: layer of • plates rub past each other • plates come togther and collide • current in a fluid from convection • supercontinent that existed long ago • mostly solid area of Earth's interior • depression where the crust has seperated • denser plate sinks below the lighter plate • place where plates are sliding past each other • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-24

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates that go together
  2. two plates slid against each other
  3. this plate boundary rips away from another
  4. a plate under North America
  5. a plate under the pacific ocean and america
  6. a plate associated with Australian
Down
  1. a mix between Europe and Asian plate
  2. a plate under South America
  3. gigantic plates
  4. a tectonic plate associated with Africa
  5. a very cold tectonic plate
  6. when the ground shakes
  7. something that explodes with lava

13 Clues: gigantic plates • when the ground shakes • a very cold tectonic plate • two plates that go together • a plate under South America • a plate under North America • something that explodes with lava • two plates slid against each other • a plate associated with Australian • a mix between Europe and Asian plate • a tectonic plate associated with Africa • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of igneous rock is made underground?
  2. What boundary makes plates move away from each other?
  3. What happens when the plates shake
  4. What boundary makes plates move alongside each other?
  5. What forms from Continental & Continental divergence?
  6. What is the large supercontinent?
  7. What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence?
Down
  1. What forms from Continental & Continental convergence?
  2. what type of rock is made from sediments?
  3. What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence?
  4. What boundary makes plates move towards each other?
  5. what type of igneous rock is made above ground?
  6. what type of rock is made from heat and pressure?

13 Clues: What is the large supercontinent? • What happens when the plates shake • what type of rock is made from sediments? • What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence? • what type of igneous rock is made underground? • what type of igneous rock is made above ground? • what type of rock is made from heat and pressure? • What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of igneous rock is made underground?
  2. What boundary makes plates move away from each other?
  3. What happens when the plates shake
  4. What boundary makes plates move alongside each other?
  5. What forms from Continental & Continental divergence?
  6. What is the large supercontinent?
  7. What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence?
Down
  1. What forms from Continental & Continental convergence?
  2. what type of rock is made from sediments?
  3. What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence?
  4. What boundary makes plates move towards each other?
  5. what type of igneous rock is made above ground?
  6. what type of rock is made from heat and pressure?

13 Clues: What is the large supercontinent? • What happens when the plates shake • what type of rock is made from sediments? • What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence? • what type of igneous rock is made underground? • what type of igneous rock is made above ground? • what type of rock is made from heat and pressure? • What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sudden shaking of Earth's surface along faults
  2. thin layer of crust that resides below the ocean
  3. a vent in Earth's surface which releases lava
  4. a boundary where two plate move apart
  5. a boundary where two plates collide
  6. the outermost layer of the Earth made up of rock
  7. a fracture in the crust of the Earth
Down
  1. formed when two continental plates collide
  2. the process when one plate goes under the other
  3. the layer where convection currents cycle in beneath Earth's surface
  4. thick layer of crust that resides above the ocean
  5. a boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. the area between two interacting tectonic plates

13 Clues: a boundary where two plates collide • a fracture in the crust of the Earth • a boundary where two plate move apart • formed when two continental plates collide • a vent in Earth's surface which releases lava • the process when one plate goes under the other • thin layer of crust that resides below the ocean • the area between two interacting tectonic plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot liquid that comes out of a volcano
  2. Hard rocky outer layer of earth
  3. the plate Boundary we’re slide against eachother
  4. hot rock that is underground
  5. A big ocean wave created by underwater earthquakes
  6. we’re two plates meet underwater
  7. people who studies plate tectonics
Down
  1. When two plates slip against each other
  2. a supercontinent that existed a long time ago
  3. An opening on the earth surface
  4. large slabs of rock that divides the earths crust
  5. we’re two plates smash into each other
  6. We’re two plates separate from each other

13 Clues: hot rock that is underground • Hard rocky outer layer of earth • An opening on the earth surface • we’re two plates meet underwater • people who studies plate tectonics • hot liquid that comes out of a volcano • we’re two plates smash into each other • When two plates slip against each other • We’re two plates separate from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where plates are moving together
  2. Plates moving side to side
  3. Movement of heat in solids or liquids
  4. More Dense crust
  5. Occur at all types of plate boundaries
  6. Upper layer of the mantle
Down
  1. One plate being pushed under another
  2. Boundary where plates are moving apart
  3. Forms in ocean at subduction zone
  4. Form at divergent boundaries and subduction zones
  5. Less dense crust
  6. Mountain range made by oceanic continental convergence
  7. Mountain range made by continental continental convergence

13 Clues: Less dense crust • More Dense crust • Upper layer of the mantle • Plates moving side to side • Forms in ocean at subduction zone • One plate being pushed under another • Movement of heat in solids or liquids • Boundary where plates are moving apart • Occur at all types of plate boundaries • Boundary where plates are moving together • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sudden slip or collide of tectonic plates
  2. Boundary where two plates slide from them
  3. liquid hot rock in the Earth
  4. of Fire A circle of just volcanoes on the coast
  5. In earth and move to make earthquakes etc.
Down
  1. Crust and the upper mantle
  2. a layer of earth with hot solid rock
  3. the outer layer of Earth
  4. Boundary plates slide towards each other
  5. all the continents in one piece long ago
  6. In the center of Earth and has hot liquid rock
  7. an opening in Earth's crust which release magma
  8. Liquid hot rock that has been released on Earth

13 Clues: the outer layer of Earth • Crust and the upper mantle • liquid hot rock in the Earth • a layer of earth with hot solid rock • Boundary plates slide towards each other • all the continents in one piece long ago • In earth and move to make earthquakes etc. • a sudden slip or collide of tectonic plates • In the center of Earth and has hot liquid rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-22

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

13 Clues: These make up the earth’s • A person that studies the earth. • There are seven land masses on earth. • Partly melted rock under the surface • 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. • The person who confirmed Alfred Wigener’s theory. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. i
  2. d
  3. e
  4. g
  5. b
Down
  1. l
  2. a
  3. M
  4. c
  5. F
  6. h
  7. J
  8. K

13 Clues: l • a • i • M • c • F • d • e • g • h • J • K • b

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener's first name
  2. Many coastlines on our continents fit together like a...
  3. You find many _______ along plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth that is broken into plates
  5. The name of this scientist's book was "The Origin of Continents and ______"
  6. The dinosaur fossil found in South America and Africa
  7. Plates move around due to ___________ currents
Down
  1. Coal and Limestone must have formed closer to the...
  2. The rock type that forms Durdle Door
  3. The type of reef that fossilises to create limestone
  4. Coal forms in peat _____
  5. Coal is fossilised _______
  6. The length of the dinosaur fossil measured in metres

13 Clues: Wegener's first name • Coal forms in peat _____ • Coal is fossilised _______ • The rock type that forms Durdle Door • You find many _______ along plate boundaries • Plates move around due to ___________ currents • The layer of the Earth that is broken into plates • Coal and Limestone must have formed closer to the... • The type of reef that fossilises to create limestone • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-04-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock with large crystals
  2. dark dense rock
  3. study of planet Earth
  4. mantle and crust together
  5. dense ball of metal
  6. large land masses
  7. shape the earth by wearing away mountains
Down
  1. layer of hot rock
  2. force pushing on an area
  3. material that forms the Earth
  4. scientists who study the forces that make and shape planet earth
  5. Earth's outer skin
  6. forces shape the earth by mountains and landmasses

13 Clues: dark dense rock • layer of hot rock • large land masses • Earth's outer skin • dense ball of metal • study of planet Earth • force pushing on an area • rock with large crystals • mantle and crust together • material that forms the Earth • shape the earth by wearing away mountains • forces shape the earth by mountains and landmasses • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-05-01

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's innermost layer
  2. The study of Earth's physical structure
  3. It is able to carry an electric current
  4. The process where plate tectonics slide or sink back from Earth's outer layer into it's middle layer
  5. An area where plate tectonics process causing a lot of Earthquakes
  6. The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer
  7. The process where material from Earth's middle layer rises into it's outer layer
Down
  1. The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust
  2. Earth's middle layer
  3. The rising and falling of a temperature
  4. The area where tectonic plates move past each other

11 Clues: Earth's middle layer • Earth's innermost layer • The study of Earth's physical structure • It is able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of a temperature • The area where tectonic plates move past each other • The gigantic slabs that make up Earth's outer layer • The study of massive moving pieces in the Earth's crust • ...

Hazards 1 2019-01-24

Hazards 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thickest layer of the Earth
  2. outer layer of the Earth
  3. circles the Pacific Plate
  4. Pacific island chain famous for surfing
  5. centre of the Earth
Down
  1. powers the plate movement
  2. proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  3. country that sits on the Mid Atlantic Ridge
  4. American Earthquake institution
  5. mountain range formed when Indie crashed into Asia

10 Clues: centre of the Earth • outer layer of the Earth • powers the plate movement • circles the Pacific Plate • thickest layer of the Earth • American Earthquake institution • proposed the theory of plate tectonics • Pacific island chain famous for surfing • country that sits on the Mid Atlantic Ridge • mountain range formed when Indie crashed into Asia

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Hawaiian Islands are a beautiful example of a hotspot chain. _______ volcano lies above the Hawaiian hotspot.
  2. Mantle plumes are pipes of hot rock that rise through the mantle. The release of pressure causes melting near the surface to form a _________.
  3. An ocean _________ marks the location where the plate is pushed down into the mantle.
  4. Type of boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  5. The world’s highest mountains, the ___________, are the result of the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate.
  6. Type of boundary where new seafloor forms.
  7. Most of the Earth’s geologic activity takes place at plate ___________.
Down
  1. When oceanic crust converges with continental crust, the denser oceanic plate plunges beneath the continental plate. This process, called ___________.
  2. Type of boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  3. The _________ Mountains are the remnants of a large mountain range that was created when North America rammed into Eurasia about 250 million years ago.
  4. Plates move at a rate of a few ___________ a year, about the same rate fingernails grow.
  5. Subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a continental plate causes earthquakes and forms a line of volcanoes known as a continental _________.
  6. Island country that is being split apart by a divergent boundary.

13 Clues: Type of boundary where new seafloor forms. • Type of boundary where two plates move toward each other. • Island country that is being split apart by a divergent boundary. • Most of the Earth’s geologic activity takes place at plate ___________. • Type of boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the boundary where the plates are sliding past each other
  2. very hot molten rock
  3. the currents in the mantle
  4. the area heated up by convection
  5. made by plates sliding by each other
  6. made by plates coming together
Down
  1. when two plates come together and one slide beneath the other one
  2. the boundary where the plates are coming together
  3. boundary where the plates are pulling apart
  4. the area where the tectonic plates are
  5. is this crossword good
  6. the area where the rock is heated up for convection
  7. made by plates going away from each other

13 Clues: very hot molten rock • is this crossword good • the currents in the mantle • made by plates coming together • the area heated up by convection • made by plates sliding by each other • the area where the tectonic plates are • made by plates going away from each other • boundary where the plates are pulling apart • the boundary where the plates are coming together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth's surface broken into these
  2. the hawaiian islands are formed by this
  3. liquid inner part of earth
  4. directly on top of focus
  5. ocean plates going under continents
  6. crack in earth where it moves
  7. boundaries that move apart
  8. part on fault where earthquake occurs
Down
  1. feature that forms at converging boundary
  2. type of boundaries that move side to side
  3. boundaries that come together
  4. mountain chain middle of ocean
  5. feature that forms at subduction boundary

13 Clues: directly on top of focus • liquid inner part of earth • boundaries that move apart • boundaries that come together • crack in earth where it moves • mountain chain middle of ocean • earth's surface broken into these • ocean plates going under continents • part on fault where earthquake occurs • the hawaiian islands are formed by this • feature that forms at converging boundary • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

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

13 Clues: an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity • boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of igneous rock is made underground?
  2. What boundary makes plates move away from each other?
  3. What happens when the plates shake
  4. What boundary makes plates move alongside each other?
  5. What forms from Continental & Continental divergence?
  6. What is the large supercontinent?
  7. What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence?
Down
  1. What forms from Continental & Continental convergence?
  2. what type of rock is made from sediments?
  3. What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence?
  4. What boundary makes plates move towards each other?
  5. what type of igneous rock is made above ground?
  6. what type of rock is made from heat and pressure?

13 Clues: What is the large supercontinent? • What happens when the plates shake • what type of rock is made from sediments? • What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence? • what type of igneous rock is made underground? • what type of igneous rock is made above ground? • what type of rock is made from heat and pressure? • What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. underwater mountain ranges
  2. trace of ancient organism preserved in rock
  3. theory that states earth's plates are in constant motion
  4. boundary where plates converge
  5. boundary where plates diverge
Down
  1. where pieces of earth's crust diverge on land
  2. supercontinent name
  3. underwater canyons
  4. process adding new material to ocean floor
  5. ocean floor sinks back into mantle
  6. boundary where plates slip past each other
  7. Wegener's hypothesis
  8. breaks in earth's crust

13 Clues: underwater canyons • supercontinent name • Wegener's hypothesis • breaks in earth's crust • underwater mountain ranges • boundary where plates diverge • boundary where plates converge • ocean floor sinks back into mantle • process adding new material to ocean floor • boundary where plates slip past each other • trace of ancient organism preserved in rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies
  2. the solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  3. pieces of the lithosphere that move around, they each have a different name
  4. the center of the earth
  5. Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart
Down
  1. core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core
  2. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  3. a partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer that is located below the solid part of Earth's mantle
  4. core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth
  5. Tectonics pieces of the lithosphere that move around;upper most part of mantle
  6. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  7. a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core
  8. Outermost layer on earth

13 Clues: the center of the earth • Outermost layer on earth • a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core • core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth • Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart • the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates • core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the center of the earth
  2. Outermost layer on earth
  3. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  4. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies
  5. pieces of the lithosphere that move around, they each have a different name
  6. core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core
Down
  1. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  2. a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core
  3. Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart
  4. a partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer that is located below the solid part of Earth's mantle
  5. the solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. Tectonics pieces of the lithosphere that move around;upper most part of mantle
  7. core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth

13 Clues: the center of the earth • Outermost layer on earth • a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core • core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth • Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart • the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates • core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supported seafloor spreading with magnetic reversals.
  2. Proposed mantle convection as the driving force behind movement.
  3. Proposed theory of plate tectonics.
  4. The initial factor the Wegener noticed (3 words).
  5. Proposed continental margins would fit better than continents.
  6. First explained mountain formation by moving continents.
Down
  1. Hess' partner.
  2. A biological factor that supported continental drift(2 words).
  3. Proposed continental drift.
  4. Proposed the existence of plates (also Canadian).
  5. McKenzie's partner
  6. One of the scientists who proposed seafloor spreading.
  7. Matthews' partner.

13 Clues: Hess' partner. • McKenzie's partner • Matthews' partner. • Proposed continental drift. • Proposed theory of plate tectonics. • Proposed the existence of plates (also Canadian). • The initial factor the Wegener noticed (3 words). • Supported seafloor spreading with magnetic reversals. • One of the scientists who proposed seafloor spreading. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of the earth where tectonic plates are found
  2. line, when two plates come together and earthquakes often happen in this area
  3. _______ plate with land primarily covering it
  4. magma moves into space created by separating of tectonic plates
  5. when plates move apart and make space for new crust to form
  6. an oceanic plate is forced under another
Down
  1. oceanic and continental plates come together in the ocean and form a
  2. the continental plate movement that creates folded mountains
  3. natural disaster that happens at a tranform plate boundary
  4. when plates move together and create new landforms
  5. when plates move past one another
  6. _______ plate with a large body of water on it
  7. the higher ______ oceanic crust will always be subducted

13 Clues: when plates move past one another • an oceanic plate is forced under another • _______ plate with land primarily covering it • _______ plate with a large body of water on it • when plates move together and create new landforms • the part of the earth where tectonic plates are found • the higher ______ oceanic crust will always be subducted • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-05-14

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -an opening through in the earth's crust where lava erupts
  2. -Made out of solid rocks and minerals
  3. -Made out of iron and Nickel
  4. -deaths of 93 in 1931 earthquake
  5. -The first person that made a theory about the tectonic theory
  6. -is caused by the movements of the earth crust and outer layer
  7. - had the most deaths in 1931 New Zealand earthquake
Down
  1. -the least affected city
  2. -is a supercontinent
  3. -is the solid outer part of earth
  4. -Hottest layer of the Earth
  5. -The maori god of Earthquakes and volcanoes
  6. -Thickest layer of the earth

13 Clues: -is a supercontinent • -the least affected city • -Hottest layer of the Earth • -Made out of iron and Nickel • -Thickest layer of the earth • -deaths of 93 in 1931 earthquake • -is the solid outer part of earth • -Made out of solid rocks and minerals • -The maori god of Earthquakes and volcanoes • - had the most deaths in 1931 New Zealand earthquake • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths outermost layer.
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. earths, outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation and water
  4. layer of soft solid rock underneath the earths plates.
  5. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer.
  6. the movement of plates
  7. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  8. formed when two plates move together
  9. to examine and detail for a purpose.
Down
  1. moving apart in different directions
  2. sudden shaking of the Earths surface.
  3. where two plates meet
  4. moving toward the same place

13 Clues: where two plates meet • the movement of plates • earths outermost layer. • moving toward the same place • moving apart in different directions • formed when two plates move together • to examine and detail for a purpose. • sudden shaking of the Earths surface. • layer of soft solid rock underneath the earths plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of igneous rock is made underground?
  2. What boundary makes plates move away from each other?
  3. What happens when the plates shake
  4. What boundary makes plates move alongside each other?
  5. What forms from Continental & Continental divergence?
  6. What is the large supercontinent?
  7. What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence?
Down
  1. What forms from Continental & Continental convergence?
  2. what type of rock is made from sediments?
  3. What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence?
  4. What boundary makes plates move towards each other?
  5. what type of igneous rock is made above ground?
  6. what type of rock is made from heat and pressure?

13 Clues: What is the large supercontinent? • What happens when the plates shake • what type of rock is made from sediments? • What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence? • what type of igneous rock is made underground? • what type of igneous rock is made above ground? • what type of rock is made from heat and pressure? • What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence? • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-03-14

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge
  2. together
  3. dude
  4. sea
  5. plate
Down
  1. apart
  2. mantle
  3. ocean
  4. earth
  5. valley
  6. supercontinent
  7. continent
  8. sliding

13 Clues: sea • dude • apart • ridge • ocean • earth • plate • mantle • valley • sliding • together • continent • supercontinent

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the center of the earth
  2. a partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer that is located below the solid part of Earth's mantle
  3. Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart
  4. core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core
  5. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  6. Tectonics pieces of the lithosphere that move around;upper most part of mantle
Down
  1. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  2. pieces of the lithosphere that move around, they each have a different name
  3. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies
  4. a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core
  5. the solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth
  7. Outermost layer on earth

13 Clues: the center of the earth • Outermost layer on earth • a thick layer of earth between the crust and the core • core located below the mantle and to the center of the earth • Drift continents were once a single landmass and drifted apart • the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates • core the outer shell of earth's core and surrounds the inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of hot fluid found below or within the earth's crust.
  2. The upper layer of the Earth's mantel.
  3. A formation formed by the clash of plates.
  4. A part of the Earth's upper layer which we are on.
  5. Tectonic plates collide with each other
  6. The outer layer of the middle of earth.
  7. The inner layer of the middle of earth.
Down
  1. The area of the Earth between the core and the crust.
  2. Places where plates slide past each other.
  3. A formation formed by the clash of plates creating an outburst..
  4. The outer most shell of the mantel.
  5. Plates that are coming apart.
  6. The movement of the Earth's continents.

13 Clues: Plates that are coming apart. • The outer most shell of the mantel. • The upper layer of the Earth's mantel. • The movement of the Earth's continents. • Tectonic plates collide with each other • The outer layer of the middle of earth. • The inner layer of the middle of earth. • Places where plates slide past each other. • A formation formed by the clash of plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A dip in Earths crust
  2. Alfred Wegener's Theory
  3. Made from cucumbers
  4. Largest rodent on Earth
  5. Two plates sliding against each other
  6. Happens underwater
  7. These cause continntal drift
Down
  1. There are many different types
  2. Died in Greenland
  3. Rising of heat and falling of cool.
  4. Two plates moving toward each other
  5. Two plates moving away from each other
  6. Not mass, but ______________

13 Clues: Died in Greenland • Happens underwater • Made from cucumbers • A dip in Earths crust • Alfred Wegener's Theory • Largest rodent on Earth • Not mass, but ______________ • These cause continntal drift • There are many different types • Rising of heat and falling of cool. • Two plates moving toward each other • Two plates sliding against each other • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-04-26

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory stating that the continents drifted apart
  2. Type of boundary between two plates sliding past each other
  3. Type of boundary between two colliding plates
  4. Where one plate sinks below another plate
  5. Energy waves travelling out from an Earthquake
  6. Type of boundary between two plates missing away from each other
  7. A piece of earth’s crust that moves a top of the mantle
  8. Ground vibrations caused by Earth’s crust moving
  9. Devices used to record an earthquake’s seismic waves
Down
  1. A spot in the earth’s mantle where hot magma rises to the surface
  2. A break in the earth’s crust due to movement
  3. A cycle of heating, cooling, and sinking
  4. An ancient supercontinent of all the Earth’s landforms

13 Clues: A cycle of heating, cooling, and sinking • Where one plate sinks below another plate • A break in the earth’s crust due to movement • Type of boundary between two colliding plates • Energy waves travelling out from an Earthquake • Ground vibrations caused by Earth’s crust moving • A theory stating that the continents drifted apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. in diffrent directions
  2. map
  3. can climb on them
  4. structure of earth crust
  5. part of earths crust
  6. closer together
Down
  1. long seisimaaclly active sumbarine
  2. dark fine-grained volcaninc rock
  3. out side of it
  4. walls
  5. drive on it
  6. live in it
  7. can swim in it

13 Clues: map • walls • live in it • drive on it • out side of it • can swim in it • closer together • can climb on them • part of earths crust • in diffrent directions • structure of earth crust • dark fine-grained volcaninc rock • long seisimaaclly active sumbarine

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dense plate us pulled into mantle under the less dense plate
  2. outer layer of the Earth
  3. supercontinent before our separate continents
  4. earth's crust located under the ocean
  5. when two plates come together
  6. bending of rock layers from stress
Down
  1. a break in the earth's crust that moves
  2. another name for the outer layer of earth
  3. Theory that continents move because of centrifical forces
  4. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  5. two plates pull apart
  6. trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago; used as evidence for Wegener's theory
  7. layer of the earth between the crust and the core

13 Clues: two plates pull apart • outer layer of the Earth • when two plates come together • bending of rock layers from stress • earth's crust located under the ocean • a break in the earth's crust that moves • another name for the outer layer of earth • supercontinent before our separate continents • layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-12-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an opening in Earth’s crust from which lava, gas, and ash erupt
  2. a layer of the upper mantle in which rocks can deform like plastic
  3. boundary a boundary between plates that are moving toward each other
  4. tectonics the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface
  5. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  6. the rocky outer layer of Earth
Down
  1. zone an area in a convergent boundary where two continents are colliding
  2. zone a convergent boundary where one plate is sliding beneath another
  3. boundary a boundary between plates that are moving away from each other
  4. the rigid upper layer of the Earth
  5. shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface
  6. a boundary between plates that are sliding past one another
  7. a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly

13 Clues: the rocky outer layer of Earth • the rigid upper layer of the Earth • shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core • a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly • a boundary between plates that are sliding past one another • tectonics the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-08-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Material Above Earths Surface
  2. Formed when two continental plates collide
  3. Material Below Earths Surface
  4. Curret responsible for plate movent
  5. 2 Plate tectonic plates collide
  6. One continent buckling under another
Down
  1. Formed by Divergent Plates
  2. Evidence of continental drift
  3. Old formation of continents
  4. Location Directly above origin of earthquake
  5. 2nd outermost layer of earth
  6. 2 Plates Slide along each other
  7. Earths outer most layer

13 Clues: Earths outer most layer • Formed by Divergent Plates • Old formation of continents • 2nd outermost layer of earth • Material Above Earths Surface • Evidence of continental drift • Material Below Earths Surface • 2 Plates Slide along each other • 2 Plate tectonic plates collide • Curret responsible for plate movent • One continent buckling under another • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-05-14

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -deaths of 93 in 1931 earthquake
  2. -Hottest layer of the Earth
  3. -is the solid outer part of earth
  4. -the least affected city
  5. -Made out of iron and Nickel
Down
  1. -Made out of solid rocks and minerals
  2. -is a supercontinent
  3. -The first person that made a theory about the tectonic theory
  4. -an opening through in the earth's crust where lava erupts
  5. - had the most deaths in 1931 New Zealand earthquake
  6. -is caused by the movements of the earth crust and outer layer
  7. -Thickest layer of the earth
  8. -The maori god of Earthquakes and volcanoes

13 Clues: -is a supercontinent • -the least affected city • -Hottest layer of the Earth • -Thickest layer of the earth • -Made out of iron and Nickel • -deaths of 93 in 1931 earthquake • -is the solid outer part of earth • -Made out of solid rocks and minerals • -The maori god of Earthquakes and volcanoes • - had the most deaths in 1931 New Zealand earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the upper part of the Mantle that cause our tectonic plates to move
  2. This is the innermost layer; made of solid metal
  3. This type of crust is lighter and less dense
  4. This is the outermost layer of the Earth
  5. This is the second layer of the Earth
  6. This is the bottom part of the crust that is broken into tectonic plates
  7. This is the only liquid layer of the Earth
Down
  1. What country is Alfred Wegener From?
  2. This is the theory that says the Earth's crust is broken into pieces
  3. This is the theory that says that the broken pieces of the Earth's surface are moving
  4. This is the name of the super continent formed 225 million years ago
  5. This is the scientist credited with the Continental Drift Theory
  6. This type of crust is heavier and more dense, sinks

13 Clues: What country is Alfred Wegener From? • This is the second layer of the Earth • This is the outermost layer of the Earth • This is the only liquid layer of the Earth • This type of crust is lighter and less dense • This is the innermost layer; made of solid metal • This type of crust is heavier and more dense, sinks • ...

ch 13 crossword puzzle 2024-12-10

ch 13 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  2. A crack or split in the Earth's surface where tectonic plates are moving apart.
  3. A large, rigid section of Earth's crust that moves over the mantle.
  4. The movement of heat through Earth's interior, driving plate tectonics.
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  6. Relating to earthquakes or the vibrations of the Earth's crust caused by them.
Down
  1. The study of the movement and interaction of Earth's lithospheric plates.
  2. A location in Earth's mantle where plumes of hot material rise to the surface.
  3. The process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
  4. A scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.
  5. A vent in Earth's surface through which molten rock and gases can escape.
  6. The layer of Earth located beneath the crust, composed of semi-solid rock.
  7. The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake originates.
  8. A crack in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates move past each other.
  9. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface that can become lava when it erupts.

15 Clues: A scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. • The process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another. • A large, rigid section of Earth's crust that moves over the mantle. • The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle. • The movement of heat through Earth's interior, driving plate tectonics. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Harry Hass's idea
  2. Originally came up with the idea of plate tectonics
  3. Molten rock
  4. Oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate
  5. Moving together boundary
Down
  1. Moves the plates
  2. Pulling apart boundary
  3. A boundary that is sliding past one another
  4. Valleys formed during a divergent boundary
  5. Formed in a subduction zone

10 Clues: Molten rock • Moves the plates • Harry Hass's idea • Pulling apart boundary • Moving together boundary • Formed in a subduction zone • Valleys formed during a divergent boundary • A boundary that is sliding past one another • Oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate • Originally came up with the idea of plate tectonics

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate
  2. Valleys formed during a divergent boundary
  3. Molten rock
  4. Pulling apart boundary
  5. Harry Hass's idea
  6. A boundary that is sliding past one another
  7. Moving together boundary
Down
  1. Moves the plates
  2. Formed in a subduction zone
  3. Originally came up with the idea of plate tectonics

10 Clues: Molten rock • Moves the plates • Harry Hass's idea • Pulling apart boundary • Moving together boundary • Formed in a subduction zone • Valleys formed during a divergent boundary • A boundary that is sliding past one another • Oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate • Originally came up with the idea of plate tectonics

Continental Drift 2025-09-24

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth’s hottest central layer, producing heat that drives mantle movement.
  2. Remains of ancient plants or animals used as evidence to show continents were once joined.
  3. German scientist (1915) who first suggested the theory of continental drift.
  4. Layer of hot, semi-solid rock beneath the crust where convection currents occur.
  5. Wegener’s idea that continents were once joined and slowly moved apart.
  6. Movement in Earth’s mantle caused by uneven heating, likely driving plate movement.
Down
  1. Earth’s thin, rocky outer shell made of tectonic plates.
  2. Canadian scientist who helped develop modern plate tectonics in the 1960s.
  3. Clues Wegener used, including fossils, mountain ranges, glacial deposits, and continental fit.
  4. Ranges like the Appalachians and Caledonians, evidence of continents colliding.
  5. Supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago, meaning “all land.”
  6. Tectonics Modern theory explaining how Earth’s crustal plates move and interact.

12 Clues: Earth’s thin, rocky outer shell made of tectonic plates. • Wegener’s idea that continents were once joined and slowly moved apart. • Earth’s hottest central layer, producing heat that drives mantle movement. • Canadian scientist who helped develop modern plate tectonics in the 1960s. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When 2 plates move away from each other
  2. A plate on land
  3. What happens at a transform boundary
  4. When 2 plates go towards each other
Down
  1. A plate that is in the ocean and is denser
  2. Plate When a plate goes underneath another
  3. When 2 plate slides past each other
  4. A group of mountaisn caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  5. The converge of 2 plates that erupt lava
  6. The cause of the landforms movements

10 Clues: A plate on land • When 2 plate slides past each other • When 2 plates go towards each other • The cause of the landforms movements • What happens at a transform boundary • When 2 plates move away from each other • The converge of 2 plates that erupt lava • A plate that is in the ocean and is denser • Plate When a plate goes underneath another • ...

Plate motion crossword puzzle 2022-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past
  2. the slow pulling apart of land the is caused by plate motion
  3. hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's crust
  5. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when 2 plates move together
  6. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  7. the place where 2 plates meet
  8. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  9. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s surface
Down
  1. A scientific instrument used to record data from earthquakes
  2. one of the large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earths outer layer
  3. when 1 plate goes underneath another plate and is destroyed in the mantle
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. the sudden pushing out of something
  6. this person invented the idea of plate tectonics Alfred ____________
  7. an underwater mountain chain formed at divergent plate boundaries
  8. Earths outermost layer of solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  9. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  10. how often of fast something happens
  11. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

20 Clues: the place where 2 plates meet • evidence of life from the past • a sudden shaking of Earth's crust • hot liquid rock on Earth’s surface • the sudden pushing out of something • how often of fast something happens • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • when 2 plates are moving towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonic Assignment 2013-10-08

Plate Tectonic Assignment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that the Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into plates.
  2. Two tectonic plates are moving apart
  3. means "all the earth"
  4. Where one plate goes under another
  5. Is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth.
  6. Developed hypothesis of continental drift.
Down
  1. Forms when one oceanic plate descends below another plate.
  2. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. One big ocean
  4. Where plate tectonics interact,there are 3 types
  5. Result in volcanoes erupting along the edge of the continental plate
  6. NO subduction, forms mountain ranges
  7. Two tectonic plates are moving toward each other

13 Clues: One big ocean • means "all the earth" • Where one plate goes under another • NO subduction, forms mountain ranges • Two tectonic plates are moving apart • Developed hypothesis of continental drift. • Where plate tectonics interact,there are 3 types • Two tectonic plates are moving toward each other • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other • ...

waves choiceboard 2024-04-15

waves choiceboard crossword puzzle
Across
  1. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  2. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  3. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle and is divided into tectonic plates
  4. large Rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundries
  5. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  6. a group of the same species living in the same area
  7. deep elongated depressions In the ocean often accociated with subduction
  8. where tectonics plates slide past each other causes earthquakes
  9. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
Down
  1. hot material rises cooler materials sink it drives plate tectonics
  2. tectonic plates move towards each other usually forms mountians and volcanoes
  3. fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  4. an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  5. extinction events that occur over a longer time
  6. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  7. located in-between the mantle and outer core
  8. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  9. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  10. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  11. the semi fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen

20 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • located in-between the mantle and outer core • extinction events that occur over a longer time • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • a group of the same species living in the same area • ...

Science Vocab 2023-05-04

Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The processes by which tectonics plates sink or slide back from Earth's outer layer, into it's middle layer called the mantle
  2. The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperature
  3. In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other
  4. In geology, Earth's inner most layer
  5. The procsess by which material rises from Earth's middle layer into its outer layer,where it will become part of the tectonic plates
  6. In geology Earth's middle layer
Down
  1. Able to carry an electric current
  2. An area around the Pacific Ocean's edge where plate tectonics processes cause relatively frequent earthquake & volcanic eruptions
  3. The gigantic slabs s- some spanning thousands of miles- that make up Earth's outer layer
  4. The study of Earth's physical structure, history & processes
  5. tectonics The study of massive moving pieces that make up Earth

11 Clues: In geology Earth's middle layer • Able to carry an electric current • In geology, Earth's inner most layer • The study of Earth's physical structure, history & processes • In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other • tectonics The study of massive moving pieces that make up Earth • ...

Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12

Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An Area where magma rises into earths crust
  2. the supercontinent made 225 million years ago
  3. vibration underground along a fault
  4. crake in earths crust where two plates meet
  5. the outermost layer of earth
  6. the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  7. branch of geology studying earths the crust
  8. crash with violent impact
  9. science of earth’s structure
  10. molten rocks under the crust if earth
Down
  1. outer part of earth’s layers including the crust and mantle
  2. border of a tectonic plate
  3. the moving of on plate under another
  4. A big chunk of earths crust
  5. a long ditch cut into the earth
  6. layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
  7. idea intended to explain something
  8. action of splitting apart two plates
  9. drift the movement of continents

19 Clues: crash with violent impact • border of a tectonic plate • A big chunk of earths crust • the outermost layer of earth • science of earth’s structure • a long ditch cut into the earth • drift the movement of continents • idea intended to explain something • vibration underground along a fault • the moving of on plate under another • action of splitting apart two plates • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-03

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten Rock
  2. a plate slides under another plate
  3. transform plates _______
  4. divergent boundaries ______
  5. two tectonic plates coming together
  6. convergent boundaries ______
Down
  1. two plates that slide past each other
  2. _______ currents occur in the upper mantle
  3. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  4. break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics

10 Clues: Molten Rock • transform plates _______ • divergent boundaries ______ • convergent boundaries ______ • a plate slides under another plate • two tectonic plates coming together • two plates that slide past each other • _______ currents occur in the upper mantle • two tectonic plates moving away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. energy waves that originates from an earthquake
  2. formed by the collision of plate Tectonic boundary
  3. the discontinuity which separates crust and mantle
  4. type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other
  5. a plane along which there is movements of rocks
  6. The boundary where tectonic plates slides each other
Down
  1. the composition of continental crust
  2. A discontinuity which separates mantle and core
  3. the composition of oceanic waves
  4. the low velocity zone of mantle
  5. topography found along the divergent plate boundary
  6. the molten rock material
  7. the middle layer in internal structure of earth

13 Clues: the molten rock material • the low velocity zone of mantle • the composition of oceanic waves • the composition of continental crust • A discontinuity which separates mantle and core • energy waves that originates from an earthquake • a plane along which there is movements of rocks • the middle layer in internal structure of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of igneous rock is made underground?
  2. What boundary makes plates move away from each other?
  3. What happens when the plates shake
  4. What boundary makes plates move alongside each other?
  5. What forms from Continental & Continental divergence?
  6. What is the large supercontinent?
  7. What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence?
Down
  1. What forms from Continental & Continental convergence?
  2. what type of rock is made from sediments?
  3. What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence?
  4. What boundary makes plates move towards each other?
  5. what type of igneous rock is made above ground?
  6. what type of rock is made from heat and pressure?

13 Clues: What is the large supercontinent? • What happens when the plates shake • what type of rock is made from sediments? • What forms from Oceanic & Oceanic divergence? • what type of igneous rock is made underground? • what type of igneous rock is made above ground? • what type of rock is made from heat and pressure? • What forms from Continental & Oceanic convergence? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates slip past each other
  2. when two plates pull apart
  3. can travel through solids,liquids,and gasses
  4. when two plates come together
  5. rates the shaking of a earthquake
  6. a single number geologists assign to earthquakes
  7. only travel through solids
Down
  1. a natural cause
  2. can make the ground roll like ocean waves
  3. a major belt of volcanoes
  4. a point directly above the surface
  5. an area beneath the earth surface
  6. a instrument that measures a earth quake

13 Clues: a natural cause • a major belt of volcanoes • when two plates pull apart • only travel through solids • when two plates come together • when plates slip past each other • an area beneath the earth surface • rates the shaking of a earthquake • a point directly above the surface • a instrument that measures a earth quake • can make the ground roll like ocean waves • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sliding boundary
  2. A concentration of heat which can cause magma to ooze through a plate
  3. A mountain range forms on this ridge where two plates move apart
  4. A boundary in which two plates move together
  5. A boundary in which two plate move apart
Down
  1. The rigid outer layer that drifts
  2. The middle part of the mantle that flows
  3. formed at convergent boundaries when magma is forced up from the mantle
  4. The supercontinent that formed 200 mya
  5. Occurs when the magnetic poles reversed
  6. The circular movement from uneven heating
  7. A valley formed at a divergent continental-continental boundary
  8. An elongated depression in the sea floor formed in subduction

13 Clues: Sliding boundary • The rigid outer layer that drifts • The supercontinent that formed 200 mya • Occurs when the magnetic poles reversed • The middle part of the mantle that flows • A boundary in which two plate move apart • The circular movement from uneven heating • A boundary in which two plates move together • ...