plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics Terms 2021-09-21

Plate Tectonics Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. A very large expanse of sea
  2. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor or gas have been erupted from
  3. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  4. The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  5. The process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets
  6. One of earth's seven main divisions of land
  7. A branch of earth science concerned with the solid earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and how they change over time
  8. A sudden violent shaking of the ground, can cause great destruction as a result of movements within the earth's crust
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  1. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale motion of the earth's plates
  2. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  3. Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  4. The outermost shell of a planet
  5. Where two plates move away from each other
  6. A supercontinent predicted to have broken apart millions of years ago to create the continents we have today
  7. The dense central region of earth
  8. Long narrow depressions on the sea floor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates
  9. Mostly solid bulk of earth's interior, lies between earth's core and crust
  10. The solid, outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  11. A location where airflows or ocean currents meet
  12. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock

20 Clues: A very large expanse of sea • The outermost shell of a planet • The dense central region of earth • Where two plates move away from each other • One of earth's seven main divisions of land • A location where airflows or ocean currents meet • A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere • ...

Science Plate Tectonics 2023-12-21

Science Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. where one edge of a plate is shoved below the edge of another
  2. processes affecting the structure of earth's crust
  3. rock slabs covering all of earth that divides earth's crust
  4. plates that slide past each other
  5. a small area with hotter temperature compared to the areas surrounding it
  6. contains the crust and upper-most solid mantle. the outer layer of the earth
  7. a type of igneous rock where magma from inside the earth flows out
  8. plates that come together
  9. caused by the earth's plates getting stuck at their edges
  10. the outermost layer of the earth. made of rock
  11. rock that is formed by molten rock cooling
  12. theory that plates drift across the earth
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  1. the eruption of magma onto the earth's surface
  2. plates that move away from each other
  3. the layer below the lithosphere. denser and weaker than the lithosphere
  4. the solid area of earth's interior between the core and the crust
  5. a mountain with vents where lava, small rocks, and gas erupt through the earth's crust
  6. a type of igneous rock where magma goes through older rock and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface
  7. scientists who study the materials, processes, and history of earth
  8. caused by seafloor movement. made by landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc.

20 Clues: plates that come together • plates that slide past each other • plates that move away from each other • theory that plates drift across the earth • rock that is formed by molten rock cooling • the eruption of magma onto the earth's surface • the outermost layer of the earth. made of rock • processes affecting the structure of earth's crust • ...

Plate tectonics Assignment 2024-10-15

Plate tectonics Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. when two plates slide against each others
  2. The point of origin of an earthquake
  3. when two plates move apart
  4. A collisional boundary occurs where two land masses on plates are pushed together
  5. melted rock beneath Earth's surface
  6. the melted rock on Earth's surface
  7. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.
  8. the outermost layer of earth
  9. is formed when very hot rock rises through mantle and erupt through Earth's crust
  10. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  11. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
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  1. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor
  2. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago
  3. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  4. Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  5. when one plate slides under another plate
  6. The upper part of the Earth including the crust and upper mantle
  7. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  8. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate.
  9. a trembling or shaking of the earth surface results in sudden surge of energies from Earth's crust

20 Clues: when two plates move apart • the outermost layer of earth • the melted rock on Earth's surface • melted rock beneath Earth's surface • The point of origin of an earthquake • when two plates slide against each others • when one plate slides under another plate • the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword! 2024-03-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. How do scientists measure earthquakes?
  2. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart?
  3. What is the liquid layer of Earth's core?
  4. Two or more lithosphere plates collide
  5. An intense shaking of Earth's surface
  6. Drag plates away from mid-ocean ridges?
  7. Giant pieces of rock that float on top of the mantle?
  8. The plates that are below the ocean?
  9. What is the lower strong part of the mantle?
  10. What element makes up most of Earth's core?
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  1. A constantly moving, semi-liquid layer called...
  2. What is the innermost layer of the Earth?
  3. If two tectonic plate's collide, what is the process called...
  4. What explains the age and magnetic patterns of seafloor rocks
  5. Plants rip apart at a divergent plate boundary?
  6. What extends from below the mantle to the center of Earth?
  7. What is located between the core and the crust?
  8. When two plates move away from each other, this is called...
  9. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
  10. What is made up primarily of silicon and magnesium?

20 Clues: The plates that are below the ocean? • An intense shaking of Earth's surface • How do scientists measure earthquakes? • Two or more lithosphere plates collide • Drag plates away from mid-ocean ridges? • What is the innermost layer of the Earth? • What is the liquid layer of Earth's core? • What is the outermost layer of the Earth? • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
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  1. idea proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. the study of ancient magnetics within ocean floor basalt
  3. longest mountain range in the world that is also a divergent boundary and the source for seafloor spreading
  4. the type of lithospheric crust made of less dense granite
  5. mountain range in South America formed from continental vs oceanic convergence
  6. the movement of lithospheric plates on top of the mantle
  7. Hawaii is not on a plate boundary, but a what?
  8. island arc in Alaska formed from oceanic vs oceanic convergence
  9. Divergent boundary in Africa that has filled in with water
  10. the type of plate boundary where plates move together
  11. the solid innermost layer of the Earth
  12. a solid-like layer of the Earth that contains convection currents
  13. a large fault in California on a transform plate boundary
  14. where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen around the Pacific Plate
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  1. responsible for the movement of lithospheric plates
  2. scientific name for the Upper Mantle
  3. the liquid layer of the Earth responsible for the magnetosphere
  4. mountain range formed from continental vs continental convergence
  5. the solid layer of the Earth that we walk on
  6. the Caledonian Mountains in Europe match up with these mountains in the United States
  7. idea proposed by Harry Hess
  8. the deepest trench in the world formed from oceanic vs oceanic convergence
  9. the state of matter of the Asthenosphere
  10. a divergent boundary will create this formation
  11. the type of plate boundary where plates move apart
  12. the name for when an oceanic plate is pushed underneath another plate
  13. an Island Country on a divergent plate boundary
  14. the type of lithospheric crust made of dense basalt
  15. the type of plate boundary where plates slide past one another

29 Clues: idea proposed by Harry Hess • idea proposed by Alfred Wegener • scientific name for the Upper Mantle • the solid innermost layer of the Earth • the state of matter of the Asthenosphere • the solid layer of the Earth that we walk on • Hawaii is not on a plate boundary, but a what? • a divergent boundary will create this formation • ...

Andrea's plate tectonics 2022-04-25

Andrea's plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a crack in the tectonic plate that shows on earths surface
  2. slow moving wave
  3. a delay between tasks that have a dependency
  4. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  5. a big wave caused by an earthquake
  6. an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion
  7. where a earthquake originates
  8. the very center of the Earth and the hottest part of the planet.
  9. boundary where 2 plates meet
  10. the third layer and is responsible for Earth's magnetic field
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  1. directly above epicenter
  2. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior and made up of magma
  3. when the earth starts shaking its called a (blank)
  4. fast moving wave
  5. boundary when 2 plates pull apart
  6. occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  7. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  8. a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
  9. boundary where two plates slide pass another
  10. top layer, what we call the ground

20 Clues: slow moving wave • fast moving wave • directly above epicenter • boundary where 2 plates meet • where a earthquake originates • boundary when 2 plates pull apart • a big wave caused by an earthquake • top layer, what we call the ground • a delay between tasks that have a dependency • boundary where two plates slide pass another • ...

End of Unit Test Review 2024-10-14

End of Unit Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a body of water underground
  2. man made or produced by humans
  3. plate boundaries that move away from each other
  4. most essential characteristic for life to exist
  5. the concept that the oldest soil layers are at the bottom and the most recent are at the top
  6. when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate
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  1. the largest planet in our solar system
  2. a land area that drains water to a common body of water
  3. the object in our solar system with the most mass
  4. the force that governs the motion of our solar system
  5. result of 2 continental plate tectonics moving towards each other
  6. plate boundaries that slide past each other
  7. plate boundaries that move towards each other

13 Clues: a body of water underground • man made or produced by humans • the largest planet in our solar system • plate boundaries that slide past each other • plate boundaries that move towards each other • plate boundaries that move away from each other • most essential characteristic for life to exist • the object in our solar system with the most mass • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  2. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  3. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  4. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  6. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  7. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  11. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  12. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
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  1. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  2. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  3. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  4. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  5. what makes the plate move
  6. when a rock snaps from stress
  7. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  8. the edge where two plates meet

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  2. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  3. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  4. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  6. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  7. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  11. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  12. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
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  1. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  2. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  3. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  4. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  5. what makes the plate move
  6. when a rock snaps from stress
  7. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  8. the edge where two plates meet

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

earthquakes and valcanoes 2023-01-24

earthquakes and valcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. outer surface
  2. the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. the super continent
  4. oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  5. Wegener
  6. of plate tectonics
  7. the boundary with each other, moving it in different directions
  8. lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  9. zone back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  10. currents
  11. plates move apart
  12. Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  13. core surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  14. core material at the center of the Earth
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  1. ridge The undersea mountain floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  2. mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  3. process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  4. spreading
  5. boundary two plates move toward each other
  6. of the mantle and the crust
  7. earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  8. canyon on the ocean floor
  9. two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. drift continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  11. valley

25 Clues: valley • Wegener • currents • spreading • outer surface • plates move apart • of plate tectonics • the super continent • canyon on the ocean floor • of the mantle and the crust • oceanic crust to the ocean floor • the lithosphere and the asthenosphere • mantle on which the lithosphere floats • core material at the center of the Earth • boundary two plates move toward each other • ...

Earth Science (Word Search) 2023-10-13

Earth Science (Word Search) crossword puzzle
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  1. Movement - Term for the motion of Earth's tectonic plates.
  2. Boundary - Boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. Boundary - Boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other.
  4. of Plate Tectonics - Scientific theory explaining movement of Earth's tectonic plates.
  5. Boundary - Boundary where tectonic plates collide.
  6. Suction - Convection currents near the crust contributing to plate movement.
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  1. Spreading - Process of new crust being formed at divergent boundaries.
  2. Ranges - Geological features formed by the collision of tectonic plates.
  3. - Process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  4. Plates - Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere floating on the asthenosphere.
  5. Forces - Forces influencing plate movement, such as ridge push and slab pull.
  6. Pull - Action of subducting crust pulling tectonic plates.
  7. of Fire - Region in the Pacific Ocean known for high volcanic and seismic activity.
  8. - Method of heat transfer related to plate movement.
  9. Push - Process where new crust is formed at divergent boundaries.

15 Clues: Boundary - Boundary where tectonic plates collide. • - Method of heat transfer related to plate movement. • Movement - Term for the motion of Earth's tectonic plates. • Pull - Action of subducting crust pulling tectonic plates. • Boundary - Boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other. • Push - Process where new crust is formed at divergent boundaries. • ...

Column A - Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-01

Column A - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  2. The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
  3. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  4. Tectonics A scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of the plates making up the Earth's lithosphere since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago.
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  6. A fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and geological history.
  7. The equilibrium that exists between parts of the earth's crust, which behaves as if it consists of blocks floating on the underlying mantle, rising if material is removed and sinking if material is deposited.
  8. A bend in the rock strata.
  9. The branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field at the time of their formation.
  10. Margin One of the three major zones of the ocean floor the other two being deep-ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges.
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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. Drift The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. A longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
  4. The point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
  5. The superocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea.
  6. Mountain A mountain that often results from rifting, an indicator of extensional tectonics.
  7. Mountain A mountain that is formed by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust.
  8. Breaking apart or becoming separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.
  9. Cycle The quasi-periodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust.
  10. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.

20 Clues: A bend in the rock strata. • The superocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea. • A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. • The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates. • A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • ...

16 2024-08-23

16 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crack in Earth's crust
  2. Sudden ground shaking
  3. Deep ocean valley
  4. Breakdown of rocks
  5. Wearing away of rock
  6. Mountain with molten rock
  7. Sedimentary rock of sand
  8. Natural inorganic substance
  9. Fine-grained igneous rock
  10. Particles deposited by water
  11. Solid with a regular structure
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  1. Large section of Earth's crust
  2. One plate beneath another
  3. Molten rock on Earth's surface
  4. Metamorphosed limestone
  5. Metamorphic rock of clay
  6. Underwater mountain range
  7. Movement of Earth's plates
  8. Coarse-grained igneous rock
  9. Remains of ancient life
  10. Study of Earth's structure
  11. Mixture of organic matter
  12. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface
  13. Rock formed from shells
  14. Solid mineral material

25 Clues: Deep ocean valley • Breakdown of rocks • Wearing away of rock • Sudden ground shaking • Crack in Earth's crust • Solid mineral material • Metamorphosed limestone • Remains of ancient life • Rock formed from shells • Metamorphic rock of clay • Sedimentary rock of sand • One plate beneath another • Underwater mountain range • Mixture of organic matter • Mountain with molten rock • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2020-03-20

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. layer beneath Earth's crust
  2. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  3. isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is collected
  4. molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface
  5. the place below ground where an earthquake starts
  6. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  7. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  8. the crust that forms the ocean floor
  9. the separating of continents by drifting across Earth's surface
  10. the centre of earth
  11. the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
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  1. where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
  2. the shaking, wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  3. the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  4. a place where extremely hot material inside Earth erupts at the surface
  5. name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  6. a depression in the ocean floor
  7. a zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  8. plates are pulled apart at the mid-ocean ridges
  9. where plates are colliding with each other

20 Clues: the centre of earth • layer beneath Earth's crust • a depression in the ocean floor • the crust that forms the ocean floor • where plates are colliding with each other • plates are pulled apart at the mid-ocean ridges • molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface • the place below ground where an earthquake starts • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2020-03-23

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A convergent boundary where volcanic mountains and a deep-sea trench are formed.
  2. A long, narrow valley formed at a divergent continental boundary
  3. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core of the Earth.
  4. Earth's thickest layer made of hot rock and is less dense than the core, less hot, and has less pressure on it. Magma like consistency.
  5. The name given to the landmass when the continents were all joined as one supercontinent.
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  8. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  9. Occur at all plate boundaries, where plates slide past eachother.
  10. A convergent boundary takes place, and continents push against each other, creating fold mountains.
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  1. Where two plates slide past each other.
  2. Where a plate overtakes another and the denser plate goes underneath the less dense plate.
  3. A boundary where two plates are moving toward each other, going to collide.
  4. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundar
  5. Sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move
  6. A convergent boundary where volcanic islands and a deep-sea trench are formed.
  7. The thin outer layer of the earth that contains the earth's continents
  8. A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  9. Theory by Alfred Wegener that the continents on tectonic plates move.
  10. the innermost part of the earth, a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  11. a layer of molten iron and nickel (liquid) that surrounds the inner core of Earth

21 Clues: Where two plates slide past each other. • Sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move • A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • A long, narrow valley formed at a divergent continental boundary • Occur at all plate boundaries, where plates slide past eachother. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-04-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A landform that rises above the surrounding land sharply and is the result of a convergent boundary
  2. This ridge is located under the Atlantic ocean and is the product of a divergent plate boundary
  3. A place where magma rises to the lithosphere and causes several volcanoes in one spot
  4. The thicker section of Earth's crust that is under and includes the continents
  5. The name of the landmass that split 200 million years ago
  6. The soft layer of the mantle that the crust floats on
  7. The shaking that normally is a product of a transform boundary
  8. A valley caused by a divergent plate boundary
  9. The thinner section of Earth's crust that is located under the ocean
  10. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
  11. the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth
  12. The current in which the hot liquid rises to the top and the cool liquid sinks to the bottom
  13. The process that forms a new seafloor
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  1. When a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate;occurs at a convergent boundary
  2. The theory that states that before the continents of today, the continents were all joined into one super continent that split due to plate tectonics
  3. The layer of hot semisolid metal that is in between the crust and outermost layer of the core, this is this thickest layer of the Earth
  4. The rigid outermost layer of the earth that includes the crust and the top layer of the mantle
  5. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away form each other
  6. The dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth
  7. A mountain, normally with a crater at it's peak,that occasionally ejects lava from it's core;normally the cause of mass destruction if a structure is too close
  8. The layer right above the Inner Core that is liquid metal instead of solid
  9. A steep canyon on the ocean floor
  10. The sections of the Earth's crust that float on top of the mantle and move due to convection currents
  11. A boundary where two plates are sliding past each other
  12. A dip caused by a divergent plate boundary

25 Clues: A steep canyon on the ocean floor • The process that forms a new seafloor • A dip caused by a divergent plate boundary • A valley caused by a divergent plate boundary • the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth • The soft layer of the mantle that the crust floats on • A boundary where two plates are sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Classroom 2021-06-17

Plate Tectonics Classroom crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crude oil
  2. tiny living organisms (spongebob character)
  3. this dense layer made of hot, semisolid rock
  4. theory that states that the earth's outer layer, or lithosphere, is broken into several large slabs called plates.
  5. a common mineral in rocks
  6. bubbles formed by volcanic gases in lava
  7. type of rock
  8. a growth in volume
  9. cracks in rock
  10. ground shaking
  11. medium-grained, sedimentary rock
  12. the only liquid layer of the earth
  13. rocky mound or bank
  14. microscopic mineral grains
  15. metamorphic rock formed from limestone
  16. mass-movement of rock from a cliff
  17. a white limestone
  18. round grain of calcium
  19. type of rock
  20. a (metallic) chemical
  21. Greek word for all the earth
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  1. mass-movement of soil and water formed after heavy rain
  2. movement of sediment by water
  3. german researcher
  4. this subject
  5. forces that pull rocks apart
  6. type of rock
  7. Igneous rock
  8. a river mouth
  9. Hard and rigid, it's the earth's outermost and thinnest layer
  10. molten rock
  11. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth.
  12. any solid portion of the Earth
  13. sediment particles from 0.1 to 2mm diameter
  14. shrinkage resulting from cooling
  15. an intrusion of igneous rock
  16. layers of rock formed by deposition
  17. escape of molten rock
  18. A rock fold that bulges upward in the middle.
  19. rocky park of the earth
  20. erosion of rock

41 Clues: crude oil • molten rock • this subject • type of rock • Igneous rock • type of rock • type of rock • a river mouth • cracks in rock • ground shaking • erosion of rock • german researcher • a white limestone • a growth in volume • rocky mound or bank • escape of molten rock • a (metallic) chemical • round grain of calcium • rocky park of the earth • a common mineral in rocks • microscopic mineral grains • ...

plate tectonics crossword 2021-11-10

plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by rising plumes of mantle material
  2. Supercontinent that broke apart 200 m years ago
  3. There are three main types of these
  4. The man who came up with the continental drift
  5. Underground igneous body
  6. The pipe in a volcano that carries magma
  7. Largest plate
  8. Type of volcano that is steep and small
  9. Layer below lithosphere that is hot
  10. Most convincing evidence of plate tectonic
Down
  1. Formed by continental crust converging
  2. When two plates move apart
  3. When plates slide past each other
  4. Type of volcano that is broad and slightly domed
  5. When two plates collide
  6. Part of earth's outer shell
  7. The measure of a material's resistance to flow
  8. Formed from convergent plate boundaries
  9. Type of volcano that is large and violent
  10. Steep walled depression at the summit

20 Clues: Largest plate • When two plates collide • Underground igneous body • When two plates move apart • Part of earth's outer shell • When plates slide past each other • There are three main types of these • Layer below lithosphere that is hot • Steep walled depression at the summit • Formed by continental crust converging • Formed from convergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-12-01

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of several large landmasses
  2. where heavier tectonic plates sink beneath lighter ones
  3. a person that has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences
  4. an area on Earth where two or more plates collide
  5. the planet on which we live on
  6. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  7. the layer surrounding the inner core
  8. a continent or other large body of land
  9. an area or division
Down
  1. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. is the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock that slowly moves over time
  6. the outermost solid shell of a planet mantle the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  7. is a natural or artificial feature of the solid surface of the Earth
  8. hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined
  9. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something
  10. proposed a radical new idea, called continental drift
  11. places where plates slide sideways past each other

20 Clues: an area or division • the planet on which we live on • one of several large landmasses • the layer surrounding the inner core • a continent or other large body of land • the formation of new areas of oceanic crust • an area on Earth where two or more plates collide • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2013-01-30

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. primary force behind plate movement
  2. igneous rock that comprises the oceanic crust
  3. fault produced as a result of compression
  4. study of earthquakes
  5. the fastest seismic wave
  6. boundary that cannot produce volcanoes
  7. large volcanic, underwater mountain range
  8. stress formed at divergent boundaries
  9. where plates are destroyed
Down
  1. volcano most often formed at a convergent boundary
  2. divided up into the tectonic plates
  3. stress formed at a convergent boundary
  4. a large strike-slip fault in California
  5. boundary forms island arc volcanoes and subduction zones
  6. rocks formed inside of a volcano
  7. igneous rock that comprises the continental crust
  8. boundary forms rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges
  9. fault produced as a result of tension
  10. folded mountains in Virginia formed when North American collided with Africa
  11. stress formed at transform boundaries

20 Clues: study of earthquakes • the fastest seismic wave • where plates are destroyed • rocks formed inside of a volcano • divided up into the tectonic plates • primary force behind plate movement • fault produced as a result of tension • stress formed at transform boundaries • stress formed at divergent boundaries • stress formed at a convergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2013-05-28

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most Dense Layer of Crust.
  2. When Plates Push together.
  3. A Real Life example of Oceanic vs Continental Crust.
  4. What Earth's Inner Core is made of.
  5. Real Life example of a Transform Boundary.
  6. A Real Life example of Continental vs Continental Crust.
  7. How Hawaii was formed.
  8. The Thickest Layer of the Earth's Crust.
  9. Gravity's effect at a Convergent Boundary.
Down
  1. When Plates Pull apart.
  2. What Continental Crust is made of.
  3. The Thickest but Lightest Layer of Crust.
  4. The Layer of the Earth that life lives on.
  5. A Real Life of Oceanic vs Oceanic Crust.
  6. The Super Continent.
  7. Proposed Theory of Plate Tectonics.
  8. Surrounds the entire Pacific Plate.
  9. Pulling of Crust into the Mantle.
  10. When Tension Pushes Crust together.
  11. Gravity's effect at a Divergent Boundary.
  12. What Oceanic Crust is made of.

21 Clues: The Super Continent. • How Hawaii was formed. • When Plates Pull apart. • When Plates Push together. • The most Dense Layer of Crust. • What Oceanic Crust is made of. • Pulling of Crust into the Mantle. • What Continental Crust is made of. • What Earth's Inner Core is made of. • Proposed Theory of Plate Tectonics. • Surrounds the entire Pacific Plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2013-12-02

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. primary wave
  2. forms at a divergent and a subduction zone
  3. plates move apart
  4. The middle layer of the Earth
  5. interruptions that cut through the rock; the interruption is younger than the rock it is cutting into
  6. made up of the crust and uppermost mantle
  7. A portion of the mantle which underlies the lithosphere
  8. plates slide past each other
  9. The idea that the continents move
  10. The sequence of rocks that the oldest go to the bottom and the youngest go on the top
Down
  1. Ring of Fire
  2. A theory that states that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that movie over the crust and upper mantle of the Earth
  3. When the crust is recycled into the Earth's mantle
  4. A proposed " super-continent"
  5. Is an example of a transform boundary
  6. Sedimentary rocks that are horizontal when originally distributed
  7. secondary wave
  8. The actual plates that move across the Earth
  9. Mostly occur at Transform boundaries
  10. The man who had the theory of Continental Drift
  11. Result of a convergent boundary

21 Clues: Ring of Fire • primary wave • secondary wave • plates move apart • plates slide past each other • A proposed " super-continent" • The middle layer of the Earth • Result of a convergent boundary • The idea that the continents move • Mostly occur at Transform boundaries • Is an example of a transform boundary • made up of the crust and uppermost mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Many volcanoes in a chain together (such as Mount Fuji)
  2. The shaking of Earths surface due to a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves
  3. When heated mantle material is rising from deep inside the mantle, while cooler mantle material sinks, creating a convection current throughout the Mantle
  4. Hot material beneath Earth's Crust that forms magma or other rock materials when cool
  5. Where pieces of Earths crust diverges on land (a deep valley)
  6. the idea that continents slowly move over Earth's surface
  7. Tectonic Plates that slip past each other
  8. The thickest layer of the Earth that contains convection currents
  9. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slip past each other
  10. The process in which a mid ocean ridge continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  11. Theory in which Earth's plates are in slow constant motion, driven by convection currents in Earth's mantle
  12. the process in which old ocean floor falls into a deep ocean trench back into the mantle (Turning back into magma)
Down
  1. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  2. The material at the bottom of the ocean
  3. Tectonic plates that move apart from each other
  4. Tectonic Plates that come together
  5. a supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago
  6. deep underwater canyon in which old sea floor falls into during subduction
  7. Pieces of Earth's crust
  8. a formed mountain range that runs along the middle of some ocean floors (Looks like seams)

20 Clues: Pieces of Earth's crust • Tectonic Plates that come together • The material at the bottom of the ocean • Tectonic Plates that slip past each other • Tectonic plates that move apart from each other • Many volcanoes in a chain together (such as Mount Fuji) • a supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago • ...

VCB- Plate Tectonics 2023-02-13

VCB- Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses
  2. a mountain range separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau
  3. Volcanic islands occur in ocean basins (such as the Hawaiian Islands) or on or near ocean ridges
  4. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  5. located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world
  6. any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical
  7. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading.
  8. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  9. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  10. region in which a portion of a tectonic plate sinks beneath another plate into the Earth's interior
  11. a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
Down
  1. a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America
  2. forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate
  3. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  4. a line of mountains connected by high ground
  5. one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another
  6. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. to meet at a point
  8. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  9. the boundary' between tectonic plates that are colliding
  10. a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift.
  11. going in different directions; separating.
  12. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  13. a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone
  14. a boundary between two or more plates

25 Clues: to meet at a point • a boundary between two or more plates • going in different directions; separating. • a line of mountains connected by high ground • the boundary' between tectonic plates that are colliding • a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America • one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another • ...

Plate Motion tectonics! 2024-10-15

Plate Motion tectonics! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sudden shaking of Earth’s surface.
  2. First layer of the Earth.
  3. To examine a detail for a purpose.
  4. The inner most layer of the Earth.
  5. The layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plate.
  6. crust The crust under the ocean.
  7. one of the large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth’s outer layer.
  8. the third innermost layer of the Earth.
  9. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions, and lava flows) in which gas lava and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  10. Moving apart in different directions.
  11. What is the Earth’s outer layer made of?
  12. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
Down
  1. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  2. Moving towards the same place.
  3. An underwater mountain ridge when two plates move apart.
  4. Along deep indentation in the ocean floor formed together when two plates move together.
  5. The place where two plates meet.
  6. Earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
  7. When two plates slide.
  8. The second inner most layer of the Earth.

20 Clues: When two plates slide. • First layer of the Earth. • Moving towards the same place. • crust The crust under the ocean. • The place where two plates meet. • To examine a detail for a purpose. • The inner most layer of the Earth. • A sudden shaking of Earth’s surface. • Moving apart in different directions. • the third innermost layer of the Earth. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2023-05-10

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanoes formed on the ocean floor when two ocean plates collide and one is subducted
  2. the upper part of the mantle and all of the crust - it makes up the plates
  3. part of the core that is solid because of so much pressure pushing down
  4. the theory for how Earth's surface is broken up into plates that move and cause earthquakes and volcanoes
  5. type of boundary where plates move apart from each other
  6. really thin crust that makes up the ocean floor
  7. innermost layer of the Earth broken into two sub layers
  8. the part of the core that is liquid due to extreme heat
  9. the upper part of the mantle right under the lithosphere that moves very slowly
  10. the outermost layer of Earth
  11. theory that all the continents were together as one and they slowly drifted to their current locations
Down
  1. long,deep,v-shaped featured underwater formed at subduction zone
  2. type of boundary where plates collide together
  3. the middle and largest layer of the Earth
  4. really thick crust that makes up continents
  5. type of boundary where plates slide right past each other
  6. a long, narrow valley in Earth's crust where two plates are separating
  7. an underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed due to seafloor spreading
  8. when a dense ocean plate dives under another plate and melts
  9. hot magma rises near the mid ocean ridge, the ocean crust cracks and magma turns into rock
  10. ancient super-continent
  11. german scientist who proposed the continental drift theory

22 Clues: ancient super-continent • the outermost layer of Earth • the middle and largest layer of the Earth • really thick crust that makes up continents • type of boundary where plates collide together • really thin crust that makes up the ocean floor • innermost layer of the Earth broken into two sub layers • the part of the core that is liquid due to extreme heat • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates comes together
  2. the part of the earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  3. anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption
  4. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. comes out of a volcano
  6. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
  7. built from particles and blobs of congealed lava ejected from a single vent
  8. a dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  9. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or refracted
Down
  1. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  2. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  3. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  5. sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere
  6. layer of the earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle
  7. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
  8. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
  9. is slid and 90% iron
  10. the first waves to arrive at a seismograph
  11. the eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of a planet

20 Clues: is slid and 90% iron • comes out of a volcano • two plates comes together • the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere • the first waves to arrive at a seismograph • two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-11-15

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The divergent boundary found in all oceans
  2. Form when subduction occurs
  3. The rock that is closer to a divergent boundary is __ than rock further away from it
  4. What forms (along with a trench) when oceanic-oceanic plates converge
  5. States that the youngest rocks of the ocean floor are closest to the divergent boundary, moving outward
  6. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates move past each other
  7. The theory that states that the lithosphere is broken into plates that are moving due to convection currents underneath them
  8. What forms when two continental plates collide
  9. The thickest layer of Earth
  10. __ and rocks are evidence that continents were together at one time and have moved apart
Down
  1. The layer of Earth where convection occurs
  2. __ and trenches form a convergent boundary when subduction is involved
  3. The mechanism (what causes) plates to move
  4. The thinnest layer of Earth
  5. The supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago when all the continents were connected
  6. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates are moving toward each other
  7. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates are moving away from each other
  8. The release of energy buildup when two plates are moving
  9. The middle of a divergent boundary on land or in the ocean
  10. The location of most geologic activity, like earthquakes and volcanoes
  11. The layer of Earth that makes up the plates
  12. Pieces of the lithosphere that move
  13. When one a denser plate slips underneath a less dense plate

23 Clues: Form when subduction occurs • The thinnest layer of Earth • The thickest layer of Earth • Pieces of the lithosphere that move • The divergent boundary found in all oceans • The layer of Earth where convection occurs • The mechanism (what causes) plates to move • The layer of Earth that makes up the plates • What forms when two continental plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2024-10-08

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The border between two plates
  2. The earth is made up of 13-20 ______
  3. Made up of crust and a little bit of the upper mantle
  4. This may occur as a result of two plates sliding against each other
  5. Boundary where two plates move towards each other
  6. The continent that is believed to have once fit into South America
  7. The creator of the Continental Drift theory's first name
  8. ________ spreading.The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic spreading.
  9. When a plate slides under another
  10. Boundary where two plates slide against each other
Down
  1. Boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. A crack in a plate
  3. The outermost shell of the Earth
  4. Part of the plate where earthquakes occur
  5. The super-continent in the Continental Drift theory
  6. The layer of Earth between the core and the crust.
  7. This is formed by one plate sliding under the other
  8. A type of evidence that points to the theory being true
  9. Most plates are made up of continents and some _____
  10. Alfred Wagner suggested that continents were ________

20 Clues: A crack in a plate • The border between two plates • The outermost shell of the Earth • When a plate slides under another • The earth is made up of 13-20 ______ • Part of the plate where earthquakes occur • Boundary where two plates move towards each other • The layer of Earth between the core and the crust. • Boundary where two plates slide against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics puzzle 2024-10-21

Plate Tectonics puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot liquid rock beneath the surface of earth
  2. moving apart in different directions
  3. Moving toward the same place
  4. The section of the earth that is closest to the center
  5. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  6. True or nope: the plate material that makes up the ocean floor is older than the surface
  7. Molten rock that comes from underground
  8. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  9. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  10. one of the large sections of hard, solid rock
Down
  1. A sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  2. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  3. any of earth’s main continuous areas of land such as Africa, Asia, or South America
  4. a hard indentation or mold of an item such as a footprint or a bone
  5. The outermost layer of the earth
  6. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  7. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor
  8. how often or fast something happens
  9. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  10. to examine in detail for a purpose

20 Clues: Moving toward the same place • The outermost layer of the earth • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • Molten rock that comes from underground • a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor • Hot liquid rock beneath the surface of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-01-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the place where two tectonic plates meet
  2. - vents(openings) in the Earth’s crust through which molten rock flows
  3. - a large mountain range below the ocean-bigger than any on land
  4. - a huge piece of the crust (rock) that moves because of convection currents.
  5. - new crust forms from cooling lava along the mid-ocean ridge and pushes older crust away from the middle.
  6. - one large continent, with all the land connected together
  7. - a long deep depression in the ocean floor
  8. - the fastest earthquake wave, that moves in a “push-pull” motion and travels through solids, liquids & gasses
  9. - the location on the Earth’s surface, directly above the focus
  10. - areas in the middle of a plate where molten rock escapes from the mantle
  11. (S-waves) - slower earthquake waves that move in an “up-down” motion and travel only through solids. (causes more damage)
  12. - a break in the Earth’ surface, in which rocks may move, causing earthquakes
  13. - the theory that the Earth’s surface is made of hard slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
Down
  1. - where two plates are sliding past each other
  2. - vibrations in the ground that happen because of plates moving/faults
  3. - a string of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean/Plate
  4. Boundary - where two plates are colliding with each other
  5. Boundary - where two plates are spreading apart from each other
  6. - the rising, spreading and sinking of molten material, in a circular motion in the mantle, which causes the plates to move
  7. - energy from an earthquake that travels as vibrations
  8. - the theory that the continents slowly moved across the surface of the Earth.
  9. - a machine used to detect earthquake waves
  10. - a large ocean wave often caused by an earthquake in/near the ocean
  11. - the point underground where the earthquake begins

24 Clues: - the place where two tectonic plates meet • - a long deep depression in the ocean floor • - a machine used to detect earthquake waves • - where two plates are sliding past each other • - the point underground where the earthquake begins • - a string of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean/Plate • - energy from an earthquake that travels as vibrations • ...

tyler's plate tectonics 2025-10-29

tyler's plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in earth's crust along which rocks move.
  2. is a structure that forms in earth's crust when molten on land or on the ocean floor.
  3. a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
  4. liquid magma that reaches the surface
  5. an undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean.
  6. force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
  7. the measurement of an earthquake's strength
  8. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface.
  9. a plate boundary where tow plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  10. an undersea mountain chain where the new ocean floor is produced is a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
Down
  1. an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.
  2. a plate boundary where tow plates move away from each other.
  3. a plate boundary where tow plates move toward each other.
  4. stress they stretch rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  5. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  6. the process with oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  7. is a molten mixture of rock forming substances,gases,and water from the mantle.
  8. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in sideways movement.
  9. term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again.
  10. the process with molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.

20 Clues: liquid magma that reaches the surface • the measurement of an earthquake's strength • a break in earth's crust along which rocks move. • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. • a plate boundary where tow plates move toward each other. • a plate boundary where tow plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-10-23

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The location underground where an earthquake begins
  2. The transfer of heat energy by the movement of heated fluid
  3. An area around the edge of the Pacific Ocean with lots of volcanoes and earthquakes
  4. Deep underwater canyons
  5. An example of a conservative plate margin
  6. The supercontinent that Alfred Wegener believed to exist
  7. The longest underwater chain of mountains in the world
  8. An island that has formed as a result of a constructive margin
  9. Waves of energy that travel through the Earth during an earthquake
  10. Where two plates move apart, allowing magma to rise and create new crust
Down
  1. The scale used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake
  2. A large, rigid section of the Earth’s crust
  3. The type of margin where two continental plates collide, creating fold mountains
  4. A type of boundary where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes
  5. An example of a fold mountain range formed due to the collision of the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates
  6. The outermost section of the earth’s structure
  7. A layer of the earth that contains moving molten currents of magma
  8. A boundary where an oceanic plate is forced beneath a continental plate
  9. The instrument used to detect and record earthquake waves
  10. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

20 Clues: Deep underwater canyons • An example of a conservative plate margin • A large, rigid section of the Earth’s crust • The outermost section of the earth’s structure • The location underground where an earthquake begins • The longest underwater chain of mountains in the world • The supercontinent that Alfred Wegener believed to exist • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-10-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer beneath the crust and above the core (6)
  2. The dense, thinner type of crust (7)
  3. The layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core (10)
  4. A crack in the Earth's crust (5)
  5. A large destructive ocean wave caused by an earthquake (7)
  6. A boundary where plates move past each other horizontally (9)
  7. At a divergent boundary, new crust is ____ (7)
  8. A scientist who studies the Earth (10)
  9. The innermost layer of the Earth, a solid metal ball (9)
  10. at a convergent boundary, the crust of the earth is often ___ (9)
Down
  1. The process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another (10)
  2. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground (10)
  3. The force that determines which plate sinks in a subduction zone (7)
  4. The layer of the Earth composed of hot, molten rock (5)
  5. The type of boundary where crust is being destroyed (10)
  6. The main feature of a convergent boundary, often erupts (7)
  7. The thick, less dense type of crust (12)
  8. The rocky outer layer of the Earth (5)
  9. A landform created when continental plates collide (8)
  10. The outermost rigid layer of the Earth, including the crust (11)
  11. A boundary where plates move away from each other (9)

21 Clues: A crack in the Earth's crust (5) • The dense, thinner type of crust (7) • The rocky outer layer of the Earth (5) • A scientist who studies the Earth (10) • The thick, less dense type of crust (12) • At a divergent boundary, new crust is ____ (7) • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground (10) • The layer beneath the crust and above the core (6) • ...

chapter 10 2025-04-16

chapter 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lithosphere forms as magma rises to Earth's surface and solidifies
  2. Study of the magnetic properties of rock
  3. where two plates slide past eachother horizontally
  4. a small,extinct land reptile
  5. another word for sinks
  6. Alfred Wegeners proposed hypothesis
  7. tectonic plates that are moving away from eachother
  8. landmass composed of all earths continents
  9. layer of plastic rock just below the lithospher
Down
  1. undersea mountain ranges that run steep valleys
  2. forms where two plates collide
  3. theory that explains why and how continents move
  4. segments of a mid ocean ridge are connected by transform boundaries
  5. process by which a continent breaks apart
  6. molten rock
  7. narrow valley that forms where the plates seperate
  8. where one plate moves on to another plate
  9. ridged upper part of the mantle form a layer of earth
  10. movement of heated material due to differences in density
  11. the force exerted by the sinking plate

20 Clues: molten rock • another word for sinks • a small,extinct land reptile • forms where two plates collide • Alfred Wegeners proposed hypothesis • the force exerted by the sinking plate • Study of the magnetic properties of rock • process by which a continent breaks apart • where one plate moves on to another plate • landmass composed of all earths continents • ...

Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12

Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. branch of geology studying earths the crust
  2. A big chunk of earths crust
  3. molten rocks under the crust if earth
  4. drift the movement of continents
  5. action of splitting apart two plates
  6. layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
Down
  1. border of a tectonic plate
  2. spot An Area where magma rises into earths crust
  3. science of earth’s structure
  4. the moving of on plate under another
  5. crash with violent impact
  6. crake in earths crust where two plates meet
  7. the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  8. idea intended to explain something

14 Clues: crash with violent impact • border of a tectonic plate • A big chunk of earths crust • science of earth’s structure • drift the movement of continents • idea intended to explain something • the moving of on plate under another • action of splitting apart two plates • molten rocks under the crust if earth • branch of geology studying earths the crust • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  2. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  3. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  4. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  6. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  7. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  11. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  12. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
Down
  1. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  2. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  3. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  4. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  5. what makes the plate move
  6. when a rock snaps from stress
  7. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  8. the edge where two plates meet

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A push-pull wave
  2. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  3. Deepest trench
  4. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ____________
  5. A zone of weak easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  6. When tectonic plates move together
  7. Lava that is underground
  8. Means "builder" in Greek
  9. slow wave that travels only through solids
  10. Winter, water, glaciers cause __________
  11. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  12. Most famous transform fault boundary
  13. Largest tectonic plate
  14. Plates move away from each other
Down
  1. A large supercontinent containing all the Earth's continents
  2. When tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. Plates collide
  4. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  5. The layer of the Earth found between the core and the crust
  6. The measure of an earthquake
  7. Most dangerous type of volcano
  8. Plate that we live on
  9. Slowest type of wave
  10. The very middle layer of the Earth
  11. Where the earthquake starts
  12. drift
  13. The layer of the Earth we live on
  14. A sudden, violent, shaking of the ground
  15. A type of volcano that is flat
  16. Scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes

30 Clues: drift • Plates collide • Deepest trench • A push-pull wave • Slowest type of wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • Lava that is underground • Means "builder" in Greek • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • Most dangerous type of volcano • A type of volcano that is flat • Plates move away from each other • The layer of the Earth we live on • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The measure of an earthquake
  2. Means "builder" in Greek
  3. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  4. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  5. Largest tectonic plate
  6. Plate that we live on
  7. The slowest type of wave
  8. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  9. Most famous fault boundary
  10. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  11. Drift
  12. When tectonic plates move together they _______
  13. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  14. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  15. Slow wave that travels only through solid
Down
  1. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  2. The very middle layer of the Earth
  3. Plates collide
  4. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  5. A sudden shaking of the ground
  6. Most dangerous type of volcano
  7. Lava that is underground
  8. Plates move away from eachother
  9. A type of volcano that is flat
  10. Deepest trench
  11. Where the earthquake starts
  12. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  13. The layer of the Earth we live on
  14. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________
  15. A push-pull wave

30 Clues: Drift • Plates collide • Deepest trench • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • Means "builder" in Greek • The slowest type of wave • Lava that is underground • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • A sudden shaking of the ground • Most dangerous type of volcano • A type of volcano that is flat • ...

Science Crossword 2015-06-03

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The cooling of magma forms what rock?
  2. A particle with no charge.
  3. part of a substance that dissolves into another is called__________.
  4. carrying away of sediments via wind, water, and ice is_________.
  5. is measured in __________.
  6. amount of energy in a compression wave is called__________.
  7. A ____________ boundary is when plate tectonics push together.
  8. is how high or low sound is based on frequency.
  9. and pressure forms metamorphic rock.
  10. A way to remember the visible spectrum.
  11. The deep valley on the bottom of the ocean is a __________.
Down
  1. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  2. _____ is the storage area of a cell.
  3. ________ is the control center of cells.
  4. ocean zone has the most organisms and is the best zone for photosynthesis to occur?
  5. continental______ is where we fish, boat, and swim.
  6. best example of_____ is a straw in a glass of water.
  7. tectonics/The ____ ____ in the Earth cause volcanoes, earthquakes, and seamounts.
  8. clouds look like horse tail.
  9. core/ The solid and innermost center of the earth.
  10. smallest part of an element is a(n) ________.

21 Clues: A particle with no charge. • is measured in __________. • clouds look like horse tail. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • _____ is the storage area of a cell. • and pressure forms metamorphic rock. • The cooling of magma forms what rock? • A way to remember the visible spectrum. • ________ is the control center of cells. • smallest part of an element is a(n) ________. • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  2. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  3. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  4. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  6. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  7. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  11. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  12. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
Down
  1. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  2. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  3. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  4. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  5. what makes the plate move
  6. when a rock snaps from stress
  7. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  8. the edge where two plates meet

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Deepest trench
  2. Lava that is underground
  3. Plates collide
  4. Plates move away from eachother
  5. Slow wave that travels only through solid
  6. A type of volcano that is flat
  7. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  8. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  9. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  10. The layer of the Earth we live on
  11. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________
  12. The measure of an earthquake
  13. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  14. Means "builder" in Greek
Down
  1. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  2. Most famous fault boundary
  3. The slowest type of wave
  4. Drift
  5. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  6. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  7. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  8. Plate that we live on
  9. Largest tectonic plate
  10. A sudden shaking of the ground
  11. Most dangerous type of volcano
  12. When tectonic plates move together they _______
  13. Where the earthquake starts
  14. A push-pull wave
  15. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  16. The very middle layer of the Earth

30 Clues: Drift • Deepest trench • Plates collide • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • The slowest type of wave • Lava that is underground • Means "builder" in Greek • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • A type of volcano that is flat • A sudden shaking of the ground • Most dangerous type of volcano • ...

nerd 2022-03-09

nerd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust
  2. Currents
  3. Core
  4. Waves
Down
  1. Field
  2. Tectonics
  3. Layers
  4. Crust
  5. Zone
  6. Core

10 Clues: Core • Zone • Core • Field • crust • Crust • Waves • Layers • Currents • Tectonics

James Bickett's Crossword Puzzle 2015-04-30

James Bickett's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary of tectonic plates that move into each other.
  2. Sliding plate force.
  3. The device that measures small changes in magnetic fields.
  4. A large depression with steep walls formed by downward displacement of a block of the Earth's surface.
  5. The tone of regular beats of a single tone.
  6. Another name for plate boundary.
  7. Alfred Wegner's idea that the continents all used to be part of a single landmass.
  8. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Down
  1. The study of magnetic record in rocks.
  2. The name of the idea of plate tectonics.
  3. The change in the direction of the earth' polarity?
  4. Alfred Wegner's name for the supercontinent.
  5. Process of the ocean floor moving away from an ocean ridge.
  6. The boundary of tectonic plates that move a part from each other.
  7. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate.

15 Clues: Sliding plate force. • Another name for plate boundary. • The study of magnetic record in rocks. • The name of the idea of plate tectonics. • The portion of motion of a tectonic plate. • The tone of regular beats of a single tone. • Alfred Wegner's name for the supercontinent. • The change in the direction of the earth' polarity? • ...

Aarush's Plate Tectonics 2021-12-14

Aarush's Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  3. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
  1. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  5. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart

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

Aarush's Plate Tectonics 2021-12-15

Aarush's Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  3. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
  1. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  5. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-02-23

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Feature of convergent boundaries, characterized by exploding lava
  2. Type of sound device used to map the ocean floor by bouncing sound waves off objects
  3. Name of the research ship that was used to map the ocean floor
  4. Type of boundary where two plates slide past one another
  5. Feature of convergent boundaries, formed by one plate sliding below another plate and forming a deep opening
  6. Instrument used to measure seismic waves
  7. Theory that the continents are slowly moving over time
  8. Earth's crust and upper mantle; split up into the tectonic plates
  9. Type of boundary where two plates separate
  10. Feature of divergent boundaries, made up of a single underwater mountain
  11. One piece of Earth's lithosphere
  12. Instrument used to measure magnetic properties, such as those of basalt on the seafloor
  13. Feature of all types of plate boundaries
Down
  1. Upper layer of mantle, just below lithosphere
  2. Theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken up into pieces, which are slowly moved over time by convection currents
  3. Feature of divergent boundaries, made up of many connected underwater mountains
  4. The location where two tectonic plates meet
  5. The force that moves tectonic plates; movement of a fluid such as molten rock to transfer heat
  6. Type of boundary where two plates collide
  7. The outermost layer of the Earth
  8. The thickest layer of the Earth, made up of semi-molten rock
  9. Feature of convergent boundaries, created when two plates collide and rock is forced upwards
  10. Feature of divergent boundaries, characterized by a V-shaped low region

23 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth • One piece of Earth's lithosphere • Instrument used to measure seismic waves • Feature of all types of plate boundaries • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Type of boundary where two plates separate • The location where two tectonic plates meet • Upper layer of mantle, just below lithosphere • ...

Plate tectonics project 2021-12-01

Plate tectonics project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where earthquakes are created.
  2. The large rocky plates underneath the surface of earth.
  3. Where two plates slip by each other.
  4. evidence in the changing climates in the past.
  5. What is the cause of so many earthquakes in California.
  6. The tectonic plates, earths crust and uppermost mantle are referred to this.
  7. The place where two plates move apart.
  8. The man who came up with the continental drift theory.
  9. What is surrounding the inner core.
  10. The theory that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and then drifted apart.
Down
  1. The name of the super continent before it drifted apart.
  2. The Earths thin outer layer.
  3. What is the big fault line in California.
  4. The place where two plates come together.
  5. Where one plate gets pushed under another. Also where volcanoes form.
  6. What causes sea floor spreading.
  7. The thickest part of Earth and surrounds the mantle.
  8. a fracture between two blocks of rocks.
  9. Evidence in the layers of rocks across continents.
  10. Where there is a sudden slip on a fault causes what.
  11. what is the thinnest layer of the earth.

21 Clues: The Earths thin outer layer. • Where earthquakes are created. • What causes sea floor spreading. • What is surrounding the inner core. • Where two plates slip by each other. • The place where two plates move apart. • a fracture between two blocks of rocks. • what is the thinnest layer of the earth. • What is the big fault line in California. • ...

Plate tectonics Assesment 2013-02-04

Plate tectonics Assesment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hypothetical land area believed to have once connected nearly all of the earth's landmasses together
  2. The solid outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  3. The strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  4. Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  5. Floor Spreading/ The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
  6. Drift/ The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass ,broke up, and drifted to thier present locations
  7. Tectonics/ The theory that explains how the Earths tectonic plates move and change shape
  8. Boundary between Tectonic Plates that slide past each other horizontally
  9. Stress that occurs when force act to stretch an object
  10. The central part of the Earth below the mantle
  11. Boundary between 2 Tectonic Plates that are moving away from each other
Down
  1. A break in a body or rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. Lift/ The rising of regions of the Earths crust, to higher elevations
  3. A soft layer of the mantle on which tectonic plates move
  4. The sinking of regions on the Earths crust, to lower elevations
  5. Plates/ A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and rigid, most outer part of the mantle
  6. The layer of rock between the Earths crust and core
  7. Boundary formed by collision of 2 Lithospheric Plates
  8. The bending of rock layers due to stress
  9. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the core

20 Clues: The bending of rock layers due to stress • The central part of the Earth below the mantle • The layer of rock between the Earths crust and core • Boundary formed by collision of 2 Lithospheric Plates • Stress that occurs when force act to stretch an object • Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2016-05-21

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary where two plates move past eachother in opposite direction
  2. landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago
  3. vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
  4. there were tropical plants found here
  5. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere
  6. deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
  7. where transform boundaries mostly occur
  8. plate boundary where two plates come together
  9. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath ocean trench
  10. a valley that forms where plates spread apart
  11. liquid core that surrounds Earth's inner core
  12. hottest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. the process which magma adds to the seafloor
  2. Alfred Wegner's theory
  3. plate boundary where two plates move away from eachother
  4. hottest layer inside Earth that is mostly made of iron
  5. tectonics theory that pieces of Earth are on constant motion
  6. traces of ancient orgasms that have been preserved
  7. opening in Earth's surface that often forms mountains
  8. the amount of layers in the Earth
  9. the thinnest layer of the Earth

21 Clues: Alfred Wegner's theory • hottest layer of the Earth • the thinnest layer of the Earth • the amount of layers in the Earth • there were tropical plants found here • a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere • where transform boundaries mostly occur • the process which magma adds to the seafloor • plate boundary where two plates come together • ...

plate tectonics vocab 2022-10-04

plate tectonics vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region
  2. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  3. the solid outer part of Earth
  4. to cut across or divide by cutting
  5. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. a scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created as a result of earths subterranean movements
  7. a long cut in the ground
  8. caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake
  9. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  10. when two plates come together
Down
  1. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centers on oceanic ridges which occur at divergent plate boundaries
  2. zone of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. the layer of granitic sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores
  5. the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  6. a series of mountain ridges closely related in position and direction
  7. an opening in the earths crust through which lava volcanic ash and gases escape
  8. sudden slips on a fault and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip or by volcanic or magma activity or other sudden stress changes in the earth
  9. a three dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the speed or direction of motion of one lithosphere plate relevant to the adjacent lithosphere plate
  10. a super continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth

20 Clues: a long cut in the ground • the solid outer part of Earth • when two plates come together • to cut across or divide by cutting • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • a series of mountain ridges closely related in position and direction • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-01-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. chamber, the location beneath the vent of a volcano when magma is stored prior to eruption
  2. an extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock under earth's surface
  3. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus or hypocenter of an earthquake
  4. place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
  5. a boundary in which two two plates are joining together
  6. a method that uses distance information determined from three seismic stations to uniquely locate the earthquake
  7. plates, gigantic pieces of the earth's crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  8. a boundary in which two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
  9. this action occurs whenever tectonic processes put stress on a rock, and the rock bends instead of breaking
  10. a super continent predicted to have been broken apart millions of years ago to form the continents we know today
Down
  1. waves triggered by large earthquakes that occur near or under the ocean
  2. a number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake
  3. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  4. a boundary in which two tectonic plates are being pulled apart
  5. of fire, a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
  6. the outermost part of a shell of a terrestrial planet
  7. 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
  8. a fraction or zone of fractures between two blocks of rocks
  9. spot, a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  10. a rupture in the earth's crust which allows magma, ash, and gases to escape from beneath the surface

20 Clues: the outermost part of a shell of a terrestrial planet • a boundary in which two two plates are joining together • place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates • a fraction or zone of fractures between two blocks of rocks • a number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake • an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. They are formed when two plates collide and one plate goes underneath the other. They can erupt.
  2. Plate boundaries where two tectonic plates converge and one plate is beneath the other.
  3. It is a transform plate boundary, and it is there because of an earthquake that happened in California
  4. An example of a divergent plate boundary that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean floor. It’s huge. Really huge.
  5. They happen suddenly because of seismic activity.
  6. It’s a place in the ocean where two divergent plates separate and create a new crust that pushes up magma.
  7. They can be convergent, divergent, or transforming.
  8. When two plates collide.
  9. They form from volcanoes.
  10. The part of Earth’s crust that is under water.
  11. It’s caused by divergent plates separating and then it causes mantle convection.
  12. They are what moves the plates.
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  1. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  2. Multiple mountains that are pretty close together.
  3. A convergent plate boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate.
  4. It’s an example of a divergent rift valley that is still forming in Africa. The Eastern plate is pulling away from the rest of the continent.
  5. The part of Earth’s crust that is above sea level.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates separate.
  7. It is a path full of volcanoes and many earthquakes happen there. It’s a convergent plate boundary.
  8. They are huge parts of Earth’s crust.
  9. They are caused by convergent plates and subduction and they are found on the ocean floor.
  10. A plate boundary where two plates collide and one plate is underneath the other.
  11. An example of a convergent plate boundary. There are a bunch of active volcanoes in North America
  12. When two plates separate.
  13. A plate boundary where two plates collide.

25 Clues: When two plates collide. • When two plates separate. • They form from volcanoes. • They are what moves the plates. • They are huge parts of Earth’s crust. • A plate boundary where two plates collide. • A plate boundary where two plates separate. • The part of Earth’s crust that is under water. • They happen suddenly because of seismic activity. • ...

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS 2021-01-07

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  2. the name given to the super continent
  3. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
  4. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  5. layer between the crust and the core
  6. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  7. the result of a force distributed over an area
  8. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  9. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
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  1. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  2. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  3. soft layer of the mantle
  4. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  5. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  6. two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and form mountains
  7. Crust This is the layer we walk on.
  8. drift hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  9. zone region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  10. caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  11. Plates Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.

20 Clues: soft layer of the mantle • scientist who studies earthquakes. • Crust This is the layer we walk on. • layer between the crust and the core • the name given to the super continent • credited with the theory of Continental Drift • Plates Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • the result of a force distributed over an area • ...

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS 2021-01-07

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  2. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  3. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  6. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
  7. the name given to the super continent
  8. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  9. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  10. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
Down
  1. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  2. zone region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  3. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. soft layer of the mantle
  5. Crust This is the layer we walk on.
  6. two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and form mountains
  7. drift hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  8. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. the result of a force distributed over an area
  10. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.

20 Clues: soft layer of the mantle • scientist who studies earthquakes. • Crust This is the layer we walk on. • layer between the crust and the core • the name given to the super continent • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • credited with the theory of Continental Drift • the result of a force distributed over an area • caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fracture
  2. waves by earthquake
  3. structure of earth crust
  4. stress built-in
  5. occurs at divergent plate boundaries
  6. the continents separated
  7. twist or move away
  8. dense, earth interior
  9. outer layer of the earth
  10. push away (stress)
  11. pushing down making "tense"
  12. shaped oddly
  13. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  14. a bend in a rock
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  1. above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
  2. the upper layer of earths mantle
  3. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  4. a change in earths magneti field
  5. the innermost area in the earth
  6. a sideways and downward movement
  7. Made up of All Earths Land
  8. fold and push together (stress)

22 Clues: a fracture • shaped oddly • stress built-in • a bend in a rock • twist or move away • push away (stress) • waves by earthquake • dense, earth interior • structure of earth crust • the continents separated • outer layer of the earth • Made up of All Earths Land • pushing down making "tense" • the innermost area in the earth • fold and push together (stress) • the upper layer of earths mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics Terms 2021-03-09

Plate Tectonics Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tectonic plate that North America is on
  2. A branch of the earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics. It addresses the planet's physical processes as well as its gravitational, magnetic, and electric properties, and the means by which energy is transmitted through its interior.
  3. The tectonic plate that Africa is on
  4. The study of tectonism, including its causes and effects, most notably mountain building.
  5. In early geologic time, a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  6. An underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges (chains), typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate tectonics.
  7. The deformation of the lithosphere.
  8. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
  9. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  10. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  11. A tectonic process whereby plates slide past each other. It is one of the three ways, along with convergence and divergence, that plates interact.
  12. A tectonic process that results when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting.
  13. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material.
  14. The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
  15. A term describing a phenomenon whereby certain materials are subject to a form of decay brought about by the emission of high-energy particles or radiation.
  16. Sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
  17. The tectonic plate that contains Europe and Asia
  18. A process of plate tectonics where new oceanic crust is created as large slabs of the Earth's crust split apart from each other and magma wells up to fill the gap.
  19. The theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today; that some of the individual landmasses of today once were joined in other continental forms; and that these landmasses later separated and moved to their present locations.
  20. The tectonic plate that Antarctica is on
  21. The theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle (the lithosphere) is broken into a number of more or less rigid, but constantly moving, segments or plates
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  1. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  2. The tectonic plate that contains south America
  3. The border between two plates
  4. An abbreviation used by earth scientists, meaning "million years."
  5. Upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding apart from broad undulations
  6. The gathering of data without actual contact with the materials or objects being studied.
  7. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate.
  8. One of two principal forms of tectonism, the other being epeirogenesis. Derived from the Greek words for mountain and origin, this involves the formation of mountain ranges by means of folding, faulting, and volcanic activity. These processes play a major role in plate tectonics
  9. The planet on which we live
  10. The thick, dense layer of rock, approximately 1,429 mi. (2,300 km) thick, between Earth's crust and its core.
  11. A general statement derived from a hypothesis that has withstood sufficient testing.
  12. The study of Earth's physical history. It is one of two principal branches of geology, the other being physical geology.
  13. The outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 100 km thick, although its thickness is age-dependent (the older lithosphere is thicker).
  14. The tectonic plate that India and Australia are on
  15. A linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart.
  16. A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
  17. The tectonic plate containing mostly ocean
  18. An area of historical geology devoted to studying the direction and intensity of magnetic fields in the past, as discerned from the residual magnetization of rocks.
  19. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped. They are caused by earthquakes, and earthquakes are likely to reoccur on pre-existing faults.

40 Clues: The planet on which we live • The border between two plates • The deformation of the lithosphere. • The tectonic plate that Africa is on • The tectonic plate that Antarctica is on • Large movable segments of the lithosphere. • The tectonic plate containing mostly ocean • The tectonic plate that North America is on • An area of rock that has been bent by stress. • ...

Horizon Plate Tectonics 2021-05-18

Horizon Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The island nation in the north Atlantic where a rift valley can be observed.
  2. The last name of the scientist who came of with the theory of continental drift.
  3. How geologists refer to a volcano that seems to be asleep.
  4. A place where two tectonic plates come together and sometimes form a mountain range.
  5. The type of rock that makes up most of the oceanic crust.
  6. When a portion of more-dense (usually oceanic) crust sinks under a less-dense portion of the Earth's crust.
  7. The process that glues together particles of sediment.
  8. A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other sideways.
  9. Fossils of this fern-like plant were found on five different continents and help support the theory of continental drift.
  10. The layer of the Earth's mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  11. The transfer of heat between two objects that are touching.
  12. The type of heat transfer that occurs in the Earth's mantle.
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  1. A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. Vibrations that travel through Earth.
  3. The shaking that results from a sudden shift in a transform boundary.
  4. The name of the supercontinent thought to exist about 250 million years ago.
  5. The idea that the continents move slowly across the Earth's surface.
  6. The layer of rock that forms the outer surface of the Earth.
  7. Molten rock that is found under the surface of the Earth.
  8. The process that breaks rock down into sediment using the forces of wind, water and gravity.
  9. A weak spot in the Earth's crust where magma has come through the surface.
  10. The amount of mass in a specified amount of a substance.

22 Clues: Vibrations that travel through Earth. • The process that glues together particles of sediment. • The amount of mass in a specified amount of a substance. • The type of rock that makes up most of the oceanic crust. • Molten rock that is found under the surface of the Earth. • How geologists refer to a volcano that seems to be asleep. • ...

Horizon Plate Tectonics 2021-05-18

Horizon Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of rock that forms the outer surface of the Earth.
  2. A weak spot in the Earth's crust where magma has come through the surface.
  3. Molten rock that is found under the surface of the Earth.
  4. The idea that the continents move slowly across the Earth's surface.
  5. Vibrations that travel through Earth.
  6. Fossils of this fern-like plant were found on five different continents and help support the theory of continental drift.
  7. How geologists refer to a volcano that seems to be asleep.
  8. The process that glues together particles of sediment.
  9. When a portion of more-dense (usually oceanic) crust sinks under a less-dense portion of the Earth's crust.
  10. The process that breaks rock down into sediment using the forces of wind, water and gravity.
Down
  1. The type of heat transfer that occurs in the Earth's mantle.
  2. The transfer of heat between two objects that are touching.
  3. A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other sideways.
  4. A place where two tectonic plates come together and sometimes form a mountain range.
  5. The name of the supercontinent thought to exist about 250 million years ago.
  6. A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  7. The type of rock that makes up most of the oceanic crust.
  8. The last name of the scientist who came of with the theory of continental drift.
  9. The shaking that results from a sudden shift in a transform boundary.
  10. The island nation in the north Atlantic where a rift valley can be observed.
  11. The layer of the Earth's mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  12. The amount of mass in a specified amount of a substance.

22 Clues: Vibrations that travel through Earth. • The process that glues together particles of sediment. • The amount of mass in a specified amount of a substance. • The type of rock that makes up most of the oceanic crust. • Molten rock that is found under the surface of the Earth. • How geologists refer to a volcano that seems to be asleep. • ...

Plate-tectonics Puzzle 2022-04-22

Plate-tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Center made of iron and nickel
  2. A split between two bodies that were once whole
  3. Sub-marine mountain ridges where the new seafloor is created
  4. The upper layer of the Earth's interior, including the crust and upper part of the mantle
  5. The idea that all landmass was one piece and shifted away over time.
  6. Layer outside the center
  7. Large moving segments of the lithosphere
  8. Uppermost section of Earth
  9. The boundaries between plates.
  10. Type of boundary that moves away
  11. A form of stress produced by the action of equal and opposite forces, the effect of which is to reduce the length of a material.
  12. Type of boundary that comes together
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  1. When a plate dive under another
  2. an area of rock that has been bent over stress
  3. A depression in the Earth's crust
  4. Where two plates fracture from stress
  5. The layer between Earth's thinnest layer and its center
  6. A deep depression inside the ocean floor
  7. The deformation of the lithosphere
  8. A long trough bounded by two or more faults
  9. A form of stress that acts to stretch a material

21 Clues: Layer outside the center • Uppermost section of Earth • Center made of iron and nickel • The boundaries between plates. • When a plate dive under another • Type of boundary that moves away • A depression in the Earth's crust • The deformation of the lithosphere • Type of boundary that comes together • Where two plates fracture from stress • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  2. two plates comes together
  3. the part of the earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  4. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or refracted
  5. layer of the earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle
  6. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  7. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
  8. the eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of a planet
  9. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
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  1. abroad runded volcano that is built up by successive outpourings of very fluid lava
  2. a dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  3. sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere
  4. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. the first waves to arrive at a seismograph
  7. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
  8. anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption
  9. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
  10. comes out of a volcano
  11. built from particles and blobs of congealed lava ejected from a single vent
  12. is slid and 90% iron

21 Clues: is slid and 90% iron • comes out of a volcano • two plates comes together • the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere • the first waves to arrive at a seismograph • two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
  2. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  3. layer of the earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle
  4. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  5. anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption
  6. built from particles and blobs of congealed lava ejected from a single vent
  7. two plates comes together
  8. the eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of a planet
  9. comes out of a volcano
  10. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
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  1. sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere
  2. the first waves to arrive at a seismograph
  3. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
  5. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or refracted
  7. is slid and 90% iron
  8. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. a dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  10. the part of the earth's crust that makes up the seafloor

20 Clues: is slid and 90% iron • comes out of a volcano • two plates comes together • the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere • the first waves to arrive at a seismograph • two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-11-09

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid iorn rich zone in the Earth
  2. A scientific theory that explains how
  3. landforms were created
  4. Plates pushing together
  5. Heat curents in the magma causes a
  6. Plates sliping side by side
  7. Solid rockey layer in the Earth
  8. What rises from the hot spots in the
  9. The solid outer part of the Earth
  10. of the Earth's crust
  11. A large scale processes affecting the
  12. to push through
  13. The lighter outer skin of the Earth
  14. The molten metallic layer of the
  15. The hypothesis that the Earth's
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  1. plate and slides beneath
  2. When an oceanic plate runs into a
  3. A ring of volcanos
  4. have moved
  5. When all of Earth's landmasses
  6. The relatively thin partof the Earth's
  7. A device that can monitor the Earth's
  8. of the crust, while lava is
  9. The upper layer of the Earth's mantle
  10. Plates pulling apart
  11. which underlies the ocean basins
  12. A natural feature of the Earth's
  13. together to form one

28 Clues: have moved • to push through • A ring of volcanos • Plates pulling apart • of the Earth's crust • together to form one • landforms were created • Plates pushing together • plate and slides beneath • Plates sliping side by side • of the crust, while lava is • When all of Earth's landmasses • Solid rockey layer in the Earth • The hypothesis that the Earth's • The molten metallic layer of the • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2017-02-13

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thin lithospheric plates that are made of basalt and form the ocean floor; denser than continental plates
  2. A fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
  3. a long chain of undersea mountains
  4. The amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material.
  5. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. Literally, the "middle sphere" -the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  7. large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere
  8. a process that involves a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle
  9. thick lithospheric plates that are made of andesite and granite and form the continents; less dense than oceanic plates
  10. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  11. The liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
  12. The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates.
  13. The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.
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  1. The type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed.
  2. heated lower mantle rock that rises toward the lithosphere because it is less dense than surrounding mantle rock
  3. A break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another due to tectonic forces.
  4. a valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts another one
  5. The soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.
  6. an ancient huge landmass composed of earlier forms of today's continents; an ancient supercontinent
  7. The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  8. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  9. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates.
  10. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.
  11. A fault in which the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally.
  12. The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
  13. The type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  14. The solid, dense center of the Earth.
  15. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
  16. A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere.
  17. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of lithosphere
  18. The bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust.
  19. The central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.

32 Clues: a long chain of undersea mountains • The solid, dense center of the Earth. • The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates. • The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. • The type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed. • The central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics vocabulary 2017-01-05

Plate Tectonics vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This layer of the earth lies between the mantle and the solid inner core. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel about 1,400 miles (2,300 km) thick. Text page 191
  2. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present-day continents were joined together in one large landmass. Text page 194
  3. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust. Magma oozes up from the mantle through a crack in the ocean floor, filling in the space between the plates and spreading out from the plate boundary. Text page 196
  4. Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer. It is only a few miles (5 km) thick under the oceans and averages 20 miles (30 km) thick under the continents. Text page 190
  5. The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other. Text page 201
  6. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents. It is about 20 to 40 miles (35 to 70 km) thick and very old. Text page 191
  7. The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. A hot, malleable semiliquid zone in the upper mantle, directly underneath the lithosphere, on which the plates of the lithosphere move (or float). Text page 191
  9. This dense layer of the earth is made of hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust. It is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick. Text page 190
  10. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction. Text page 232
  11. A trembling and shaking of the earth's surface resulting from the sudden release of energy in the crust, either along fault lines or from volcanic activity. Text page 230
  12. Made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle, this zone is divided into several constantly (very slowly) moving plates of solid rock that hold the continents and oceans. Text page 191
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  1. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel. The inner core is 3,200 to 3,960 miles (5,150 to 6,378 km) below the surface and about 750 miles (1,200 km) thick. Text page 191
  2. The boundary that occurs where two plates are moving apart from each other. Text page 201
  3. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world. It is only 4 to 6 miles (7 to 10 km) thick and usually younger than continental crust. Text page 191
  4. The boundary that occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other. Text page 210
  5. The place where one plate is getting bent and pulled under the edge of another plate. Text page 200
  6. Several large slabs of the lithosphere that hold the continents and oceans and are slowly but constantly moving around the earth.  Text page 198
  7. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed when magma fills the space between two tectonic plates that are spreading apart. Text page 195
  8. Molten rock that flows beneath the earth's surface and is made up of gases, liquids, and crystals. When magma reaches the surface, it is called lava. Text page 266
  9. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. Text page 249
  10. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate. Text page 267

22 Clues: The border between two tectonic plates. • The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other. Text page 201 • The boundary that occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other. Text page 210 • The boundary that occurs where two plates are moving apart from each other. Text page 201 • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2017-01-28

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. point of Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  2. a pulling force
  3. core liquid layer of the Earth's core
  4. powerful seismic sea wave that can travel thousands of kilometers in all directions and that begins over an earthquake focus
  5. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  6. outermost rigid layer of the Earth
  7. opening in Earth's surface that often forms a mountain when layers of lava and volcanic ash erupt and build up
  8. soft layer of the mantle
  9. outermost layer of the Earth
  10. the bending of rock layers
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  1. a break in the Earth's crust
  2. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  3. boundary between two colliding plates
  4. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  5. a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  6. theory that continents drift apart
  7. vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
  8. layer between the crust and the core
  9. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  10. in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs
  11. a squeezing force

21 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • theory that continents drift apart • outermost rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • core liquid layer of the Earth's core • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Parts of the Earth’s crust that are broken up into large pieces that move due to plate tectonics.
  2. The cycle in which heat is transferred within a fluid.
  3. Idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth’s surface.
  4. A supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago.
  5. The remains of an ancient organism preserved in rock.
  6. The area where plates slip past each other.
  7. The area where Earth’s crust diverge on land.
  8. A dense ball of solid metal within the center of the Earth.
  9. The area where plates move away from each other.
  10. The theory that Earth’s plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
Down
  1. Deep underwater canyons at which oceanic crust bends downwards.
  2. The process in which a mid-ocean ridge adds new material to the ocean floor.
  3. The process where the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench into the mantle.
  4. The area where plates come together.
  5. A device used to help scientists map the ocean floor.
  6. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer shell.
  7. Breaks in the Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
  8. The layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core.
  9. Long chains of mountains that rise up from the sea floor.
  10. The area that includes the crust and the upper mantle.

20 Clues: The area where plates come together. • The area where plates slip past each other. • The area where Earth’s crust diverge on land. • The area where plates move away from each other. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer shell. • A supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago. • A device used to help scientists map the ocean floor. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2018-02-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pressure causing rock layers to fold downward
  2. fan feature that forms when a river deposits sediment on land
  3. area around a river where sediment is deposited when it overflows
  4. slope of a river
  5. feature that forms when sediment is carried from a river into another body of water
  6. a valley formed by glaciers
  7. a crack in the Earth's surface caused by pressure
  8. processes a process which breaks down landforms
  9. a destructive process where sediment is moved to another place
  10. tiny pieces of natural material
Down
  1. a tall landform formed by convergent boundaries or convection currents
  2. valley formed by rivers and erosion
  3. processes processes that help build up landforms
  4. process where two plates collide, causing the plates to fold onto itself
  5. natural process that not only alters the soil and rocks but also the plants and animals
  6. the outer layer of the Earth
  7. a plate pulled under another plate at a convergent boundary
  8. the boundary where two plates collide
  9. currents circulating magma in the crust
  10. the slow, broad upward movement of Earth’s surface

20 Clues: slope of a river • a valley formed by glaciers • the outer layer of the Earth • tiny pieces of natural material • valley formed by rivers and erosion • the boundary where two plates collide • currents circulating magma in the crust • pressure causing rock layers to fold downward • processes a process which breaks down landforms • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2023-06-05

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates collide under water, these can be formed
  2. when two continental plates collide, these can be formed
  3. type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other
  4. vibrations in the ground that happen at transform boundaries
  5. piece of crust that move because of convection currents
  6. this is the location on Earth's surface directly above the earthquakes fault
  7. the place where the majority of volcanoes occur
  8. point under ground where the earthquake begins
  9. severe earthquakes can cause these in or near an ocean
  10. volcanoes play a role in this problem due to ash blocking sun rays and volcanic gasses increasing or decreasing temperatures
Down
  1. most common type of divergent plate boundary (three words)
  2. supercontinent that broke apart over time
  3. vent in the Earth's crust where molten rock flows
  4. an area in the middle of tectonic plates where molten rock (magma) escapes past the crust
  5. type of plate boundary where plates move apart from each other
  6. type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  7. the scientist who discovered the Theory of Continental drift but could not prove it
  8. energy released during an earthquake is called
  9. cause tectonic plates to move
  10. these match up on different continents; it helped to prove the theory of Continental Drift
  11. when one plate slides beneath another because it is more dense, this is called?
  12. breaks in the Earth's surface where earthquakes occur

22 Clues: cause tectonic plates to move • supercontinent that broke apart over time • energy released during an earthquake is called • point under ground where the earthquake begins • the place where the majority of volcanoes occur • vent in the Earth's crust where molten rock flows • breaks in the Earth's surface where earthquakes occur • ...

Plate Tectonics Project 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock
  2. The flow that transfers heat within fluid
  3. when magma reaches the surface
  4. mid-ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor
  5. Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over earth's surface
  6. The resulting volcanoes sometimes create a string of islands
  7. form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
  8. boundary plates move apart
  9. boundary plates come together
  10. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  11. wegener called supercontinent
Down
  1. the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  2. an area where material from deep within earths mantle
  3. one major belt of volcanoes
  4. broken into pieces separated by cracks
  5. boundary plates slide past eachothere
  6. measure of how much mass there is in a given volume
  7. a mountain that forms in earth's crust
  8. the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light
  9. is a molted mixture of rock-forming substances gases and water from the mantle
  10. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  11. the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons

22 Clues: boundary plates move apart • one major belt of volcanoes • boundary plates come together • wegener called supercontinent • when magma reaches the surface • boundary plates slide past eachothere • broken into pieces separated by cracks • a mountain that forms in earth's crust • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • The flow that transfers heat within fluid • ...

Plate tectonics crossword 2024-02-22

Plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of the physics of the earth and its environment in space
  2. the center of the earth
  3. the process in which one plate collides with and is forced under another plate
  4. the layer below the crust
  5. something that erupts and lava comes out
  6. the separation of plates
  7. theory of earth's outer shell
  8. a deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and subduction of one plate
  9. a fluid layer above the inner core and below the mantle
  10. force on an object by something touching it
Down
  1. a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes earth and other terrestrial planets
  2. a sudden shaking of the ground
  3. circle of volcanoes
  4. an area of rock that has been bent by stress
  5. the uppermost layer of the earth
  6. the theory that the configuration of the earth's continents was once different
  7. it is the molten version of rock
  8. the transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  9. above the core
  10. an area of fracturing between rocks

20 Clues: above the core • circle of volcanoes • the center of the earth • the separation of plates • the layer below the crust • theory of earth's outer shell • a sudden shaking of the ground • the uppermost layer of the earth • it is the molten version of rock • an area of fracturing between rocks • something that erupts and lava comes out • force on an object by something touching it • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-03-13

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. another word for divergent plate boundary
  2. along the creat of some ridge segments is a deep canyonlike structure called
  3. seed fern
  4. arc a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another
  5. how many plates account for 94% of Earth’s surface area?
  6. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  7. boundary a boundary in which two plates move together
  8. small aquatic freshwater reptile
  9. supercontinent containing all existing continents
  10. a hypothesis which suggested all present continents once existed as a single supercontinent.
  11. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all major ocean basins and varying in width from 500 to 5,000 km
Down
  1. book written by Alfred Wegener in 1915
  2. German meteorologist and geophysicist who created the continental drift hypothesis
  3. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
  4. a boundary in which two plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor
  5. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess, which suggested that new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges, which are the sites of divergence
  6. primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
  7. largest plate
  8. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, such as mountains, continents, and ocean basins
  9. inventor of seafloor spreading hypothesis

20 Clues: seed fern • largest plate • small aquatic freshwater reptile • book written by Alfred Wegener in 1915 • another word for divergent plate boundary • inventor of seafloor spreading hypothesis • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • supercontinent containing all existing continents • primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-12-03

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process where one plate sinks beneath another.
  2. Curve of volcanic islands at a subduction zone.
  3. Soft, flowing layer that tectonic plates float on.
  4. Wegener’s idea that continents move over time.
  5. Crack in Earth where movement causes earthquakes.
  6. Where two tectonic plates meet.
  7. Stationary plume of magma creating volcano chains.
  8. Rigid outer layer of Earth broken into plates.
  9. Type of boundary where plates move apart.
  10. Point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake.
Down
  1. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  2. Zone of frequent earthquakes/volcanoes around the Pacific.
  3. Type of boundary where plates collide.
  4. Supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago.
  5. Thick layer between crust and core.
  6. New ocean crust forms as plates pull apart.
  7. Underwater mountain chain formed at divergent boundaries.
  8. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  9. Deep valley formed at a subduction zone.
  10. Earth’s thin outermost layer.

20 Clues: Earth’s thin outermost layer. • Where two tectonic plates meet. • Thick layer between crust and core. • Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface. • Type of boundary where plates collide. • Deep valley formed at a subduction zone. • Type of boundary where plates move apart. • New ocean crust forms as plates pull apart. • Process where one plate sinks beneath another. • ...

Erica's crossword puzzle 💙 2022-11-17

Erica's crossword puzzle 💙 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. maps
  2. of Earth's Water
  3. doesn't have a beganing or end
  4. like to eat
  5. tides are bad
Down
  1. Cycle
  2. bat
  3. is my best friend
  4. and minerals
  5. jam 😂
  6. tectonics

11 Clues: bat • maps • Cycle • jam 😂 • tectonics • like to eat • and minerals • tides are bad • of Earth's Water • is my best friend • doesn't have a beganing or end

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  2. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  3. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  4. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  5. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  6. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  7. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  8. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  9. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  10. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
Down
  1. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  2. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  3. the edge where two plates meet
  4. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  5. when a rock snaps from stress
  6. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  7. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. what makes the plate move
  10. rock gets thin as it pulls apart

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  2. when a rock snaps from stress
  3. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  4. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  5. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  6. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  7. the edge where two plates meet
  8. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
Down
  1. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  2. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  3. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  4. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  5. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  6. what makes the plate move
  7. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  8. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  9. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  10. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  11. move on top of the mantle like rafts

21 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • move on top of the mantle like rafts • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  2. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  3. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  4. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  6. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  7. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  9. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  10. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  11. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  12. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
Down
  1. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  2. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  3. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  4. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
  5. what makes the plate move
  6. when a rock snaps from stress
  7. rock gets thin as it pulls apart
  8. the edge where two plates meet

20 Clues: what makes the plate move • when a rock snaps from stress • the edge where two plates meet • rock gets thin as it pulls apart • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Earthquakes 2021-05-22

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate.
  2. Large ocean wave created by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  3. Fault that makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes.
  4. Other name for the crust.
  5. The area of the earth's surface that is directly above the origin of an earthquake.
  6. Layer above the outer core.
  7. Force that drives plate tectonics.
  8. An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
  9. Older, lighter plate.
Down
  1. Used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
  2. Waves from an earthquake are known as these.
  3. A crack in the earth's surface along which movement takes place.
  4. The large, thin, plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth.
  5. Younger, heavier plate.
  6. The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
  7. Thinnest layer of the Earth.

16 Clues: Older, lighter plate. • Younger, heavier plate. • Other name for the crust. • Layer above the outer core. • Thinnest layer of the Earth. • Force that drives plate tectonics. • Used to measure the strength of earthquakes. • Waves from an earthquake are known as these. • An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • ...

Plate Tectonics Magazine 2019-03-21

Plate Tectonics Magazine crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what the earth is made of
  2. middle layer of earth that has convection inside of it
  3. inner layer of earth that is responsible for magnetic field
  4. that theory where the continents are slowly moving apart
  5. when a plate moves under another plate into the mantle
  6. what proves plate tectonics
  7. the space between each tectonic plate
Down
  1. what the earth's out shell is made of
  2. the act of the earth making a new ocean florr
  3. molten lava circulating in the mantle
  4. outer layer of earth

11 Clues: outer layer of earth • what the earth is made of • what proves plate tectonics • what the earth's out shell is made of • molten lava circulating in the mantle • the space between each tectonic plate • the act of the earth making a new ocean florr • middle layer of earth that has convection inside of it • when a plate moves under another plate into the mantle • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest tectonic plate
  2. A type of volcano that is flat
  3. The layer of the Earth we live on
  4. Drift
  5. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  6. Most dangerous type of volcano
  7. Plate that we live on
  8. Where the earthquake starts
  9. Plates collide
  10. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  11. Plates move away from eachother
  12. A sudden shaking of the ground
  13. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  14. When tectonic plates move together they _______
  15. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
Down
  1. Deepest trench
  2. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  3. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________
  4. Most famous fault boundary
  5. The slowest type of wave
  6. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  7. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  8. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  9. The measure of an earthquake
  10. A push-pull wave
  11. Lava that is underground
  12. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  13. Slow wave that travels only through solid
  14. Means "builder" in Greek
  15. The very middle layer of the Earth

30 Clues: Drift • Deepest trench • Plates collide • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • The slowest type of wave • Lava that is underground • Means "builder" in Greek • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • A type of volcano that is flat • Most dangerous type of volcano • A sudden shaking of the ground • ...

Chapter 6 vocabulary- plate tectonics 2021-03-22

Chapter 6 vocabulary- plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift hypothesis- that continents are in constant motion
  2. plate boundary- where two plates separate
  3. naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms
  4. ridge- mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean
  5. circulation- of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  6. cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth
  7. ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms today’s continents
  8. spreading- new oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
  9. tectonics- theory that Earth’s surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other
Down
  1. middle layer of Earth situated between the crust above and the core below
  2. reversal- event in which the magnetic field reverses direction
  3. conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern
  4. sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary
  5. capable of being molded or changing shape
  6. push- force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge slab pull- force created by sinking of a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate
  7. plate boundary- where two plates collide
  8. polarity- magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south
  9. plate boundary- where two plates slide by each other
  10. polarity- today’s magnetic field; magnets orient themselves to point north

19 Clues: plate boundary- where two plates collide • plate boundary- where two plates separate • capable of being molded or changing shape • cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth • conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern • plate boundary- where two plates slide by each other • drift hypothesis- that continents are in constant motion • ...

Plate techtonics 2020-05-13

Plate techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plates under the ocean
  2. underwater mountains
  3. the theory of making volcanos
  4. the seafloor separating
Down
  1. a plate sliding under another plate
  2. movement of continents
  3. the plates that makeup continents
  4. large continent
  5. deepest part of the earth

9 Clues: large continent • underwater mountains • movement of continents • the seafloor separating • deepest part of the earth • the plates under the ocean • the theory of making volcanos • the plates that makeup continents • a plate sliding under another plate

Andrew Wright 2015-04-30

Andrew Wright crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  4. Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle
  5. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  6. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time.
  8. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  9. the study of the magnetic record in rock is called
Down
  1. these magnetic reversals led scientists to the idea of
  2. is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  3. is where two of the floats - two tectonic plates - side alongside each other. When this happens, the scraping of the two plates causes earthquakes.
  4. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
  5. is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

15 Clues: the study of the magnetic record in rock is called • these magnetic reversals led scientists to the idea of • is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times. • ...

Rock Formations 2023-01-23

Rock Formations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Raise the Level
  2. Strength and Vitality
  3. An affair or Situation
  4. Denoting
  5. Binding Together
  6. Something you taste
  7. Deposited by water or air
  8. Involving Volcanic Processes
  9. Hot Liquid Rock
Down
  1. Matter that Settles
  2. Plate Tectonics of the Edge
  3. Exposure to the Atmosphere
  4. Exertion of Force
  5. Gradual Destruction

14 Clues: Denoting • Raise the Level • Hot Liquid Rock • Binding Together • Exertion of Force • Matter that Settles • Something you taste • Gradual Destruction • Strength and Vitality • An affair or Situation • Deposited by water or air • Exposure to the Atmosphere • Plate Tectonics of the Edge • Involving Volcanic Processes

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slowest type of wave
  2. Deepest trench
  3. Lava that is underground
  4. When tectonic plates move together
  5. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  6. The layer of the Earth we live on
  7. The measure of an earthquake
  8. drift
  9. A sudden, violent, shaking of the ground
  10. Plates move away from each other
  11. The very middle layer of the Earth
  12. When tectonic plates slide past each other
  13. A large supercontinent containing all the Earth's continents
  14. Plate that we live on
  15. Winter, water, glaciers cause __________
  16. Scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  17. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  18. A type of volcano that is flat
Down
  1. Where the earthquake starts
  2. Largest tectonic plate
  3. Most dangerous type of volcano
  4. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ____________
  5. Plates collide
  6. A push-pull wave
  7. A zone of weak easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  8. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  9. Most famous transform fault boundary
  10. Means "builder" in Greek
  11. slow wave that travels only through solids
  12. The layer of the Earth found between the core and the crust

30 Clues: drift • Deepest trench • Plates collide • A push-pull wave • Slowest type of wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • Lava that is underground • Means "builder" in Greek • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • Most dangerous type of volcano • A type of volcano that is flat • Plates move away from each other • The layer of the Earth we live on • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When tectonic plates move together they _______
  2. The layer of the Earth we live on
  3. The slowest type of wave
  4. Plates move away from eachother
  5. Plates collide
  6. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  7. Lava that is underground
  8. Drift
  9. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  10. A push-pull wave
  11. Plate that we live on
  12. Largest tectonic plate
  13. Deepest trench
  14. A type of volcano that is flat
  15. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  16. Where the earthquake starts
  17. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  18. The measure of an earthquake
Down
  1. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  2. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  3. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  4. Means "builder" in Greek
  5. Slow wave that travels only through solid
  6. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  7. Most famous fault boundary
  8. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  9. A sudden shaking of the ground
  10. Most dangerous type of volcano
  11. The very middle layer of the Earth
  12. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________

30 Clues: Drift • Plates collide • Deepest trench • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • The slowest type of wave • Means "builder" in Greek • Lava that is underground • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • A sudden shaking of the ground • Most dangerous type of volcano • A type of volcano that is flat • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  2. Plates collide
  3. Most dangerous type of volcano
  4. Deepest trench
  5. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  6. Plates move away from eachother
  7. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  8. Drift
  9. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  10. Lava that is underground
  11. The very middle layer of the Earth
  12. The measure of an earthquake
  13. A type of volcano that is flat
  14. When tectonic plates move together they _______
  15. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  16. The layer of the Earth we live on
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  1. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  2. A push-pull wave
  3. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  4. Plate that we live on
  5. Means "builder" in Greek
  6. A sudden shaking of the ground
  7. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  8. Slow wave that travels only through solid
  9. Largest tectonic plate
  10. Most famous fault boundary
  11. The slowest type of wave
  12. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  13. Where the earthquake starts
  14. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________

30 Clues: Drift • Plates collide • Deepest trench • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • Means "builder" in Greek • The slowest type of wave • Lava that is underground • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • Most dangerous type of volcano • A sudden shaking of the ground • A type of volcano that is flat • ...

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-10-19

Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A zone of weak,easily deformed rock in the upper mantle
  2. The scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  3. A push-pull wave
  4. The slowest type of wave
  5. Plates move away from eachother
  6. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle make up this layer of rock
  7. Lava that is underground
  8. Deepest trench
  9. Means "builder" in Greek
  10. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  11. Plates collide
  12. Most dangerous type of volcano
  13. Where the earthquake starts
  14. The location of the surface directly above the focus
  15. The layer of the earth found between the core and crust
  16. A type of volcano that is flat
Down
  1. The layer of the Earth we live on
  2. The very middle layer of the Earth
  3. The measure of an earthquake
  4. Most famous fault boundary
  5. Plate that we live on
  6. A sudden shaking of the ground
  7. Slow wave that travels only through solid
  8. Tectonics, Earthquakes and ________
  9. A hot liquid that spills out of the volcano
  10. Drift
  11. Wind,water,glaciers cause _________
  12. A large supercontinent containing all the Earths continents
  13. Largest tectonic plate
  14. When tectonic plates move together they _______

30 Clues: Drift • Deepest trench • Plates collide • A push-pull wave • Plate that we live on • Largest tectonic plate • The slowest type of wave • Lava that is underground • Means "builder" in Greek • Most famous fault boundary • Where the earthquake starts • The measure of an earthquake • A sudden shaking of the ground • Most dangerous type of volcano • A type of volcano that is flat • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-06

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A broad domed volcano with gently sloping sides
  2. The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  3. These form due to the pulling apart of the lithosphere
  4. The outer part of Earth consisting of crust and upper mantle
  5. Plate tectonics collide
  6. A chart to measure strength of earthquakes
  7. The study of ancient magnetism preserved in rocks
  8. The displacement of a big mass of mineral
  9. A body of intrusive igneous rock that is crystallized from magma inside Earth
  10. A conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava
  11. The theory that all of Earth's continents were once combined
  12. Mountain type that forms inside Earth
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  1. The state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency
  2. Plate tectonics separate
  3. A line on a diagram or map connecting two relating times
  4. A low to the ground steep type of volcano
  5. Between mantle and lithosphere
  6. A large volcanic crater formed by a major eruption
  7. A region with a hot area with a not relating temperature in the nearby area
  8. The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  9. A mass of igneous rock intruding between rock strata causing uplift in a dome shape

21 Clues: Plate tectonics collide • Plate tectonics separate • Between mantle and lithosphere • Mountain type that forms inside Earth • A low to the ground steep type of volcano • The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • The displacement of a big mass of mineral • A chart to measure strength of earthquakes • A broad domed volcano with gently sloping sides • ...

Noah Harrison 2015-05-01

Noah Harrison crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the up welling of magma at mid ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  2. push Ridge push or sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  3. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  4. of plate tectonics the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.
  5. boundary is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  6. boundary fault to the south, a subduction zone up north
  7. reversal Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time.
Down
  1. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  2. pull is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. the study of magnetic record in rocks
  6. drift Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed.
  7. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  8. valley large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.

15 Clues: the study of magnetic record in rocks • boundary fault to the south, a subduction zone up north • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS CROSSWORD 2020-10-08

PLATE TECTONICS CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate is forced below another.
  2. The process of continents breaking up.
  3. A channel in the ocean floor formed when plates collide and the crust subducts (2 words).
  4. Type of boundary where tectonic plates are sliding past each other in opposite directions (2 words).
  5. A boundary where plates are moving apart is called a c----------- boundary.
  6. A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the mantle that the tectonic plates move on.
  7. A boundary where plates are moving apart is called a d-------- boundary.
  8. The place where an earthquake starts above ground.
  9. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface.
  10. The place where an earthquake starts, below ground.
  11. The theory that the Earth's crust is cracked into large pieces (2 words).
  12. The process of continents separating and drifting across the Earth (2 words)
Down
  1. A chain of islands at the edge of colliding tectonic plates (2 words).
  2. A device that measures earthquakes.
  3. Patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries (2 words).
  4. The crust that forms the ocean floor (2 words).
  5. Molten rock below the Earth's surface.
  6. A boundary where plates are colliding is called a c--------- boundary.
  7. A boundary where plates are colliding is called a d---------- boundary.
  8. The crust that forms the continents (2 words).
  9. The process of new crust forming at ocean ridges and spreading outwards (3 words).

21 Clues: A device that measures earthquakes. • The process of continents breaking up. • Molten rock below the Earth's surface. • When one plate is forced below another. • The crust that forms the continents (2 words). • The crust that forms the ocean floor (2 words). • The place where an earthquake starts above ground. • Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface. • ...

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS 2021-01-07

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zone region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  2. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  4. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
  5. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  6. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  7. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  8. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
Down
  1. two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and form mountains
  2. drift hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  3. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  4. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  5. the name given to the super continent
  6. caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  7. soft layer of the mantle
  8. This is the layer we walk on.
  9. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  10. layer between the crust and the core
  11. the result of a force distributed over an area
  12. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.

20 Clues: soft layer of the mantle • This is the layer we walk on. • scientist who studies earthquakes. • layer between the crust and the core • the name given to the super continent • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • credited with the theory of Continental Drift • the result of a force distributed over an area • caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • ...

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS 2021-01-07

EXPLORING PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer between the crust and the core
  2. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  4. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
  5. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  6. caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  7. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  8. This is the layer we walk on.
Down
  1. scientist who studies earthquakes.
  2. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  3. hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  5. zone region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  6. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  7. two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and form mountains
  8. the result of a force distributed over an area
  9. soft layer of the mantle
  10. the name given to the super continent
  11. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  12. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane

20 Clues: soft layer of the mantle • This is the layer we walk on. • scientist who studies earthquakes. • layer between the crust and the core • the name given to the super continent • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • credited with the theory of Continental Drift • the result of a force distributed over an area • caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-03-07

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thick, dense layer of rock, approximately 1,429 mi. (2,300 km) thick, between Earth's crust and its core.
  2. A tectonic process that results when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into Earth's mantle
  3. one of the three ways that tectonic plates interact - occurs when two plates grind past each other with only limited convergent or divergent activity
  4. form of stress which tries to reduce the size of a material
  5. The upper layer of Earth's interior, including the crust and the brittle portion at the top of the mantle
  6. a depression in earth's crust
  7. A general statement derived from a hypothesis that has withstood sufficient testing
  8. one of the three ways that tectonic plates interact - areas where plates move toward each other and collide
  9. the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other - theory made by Alfred Wegener
  10. A term describing a phenomenon whereby certain materials are subject to a form of decay brought about by the emission of high-energy particles or radiation
  11. the thin outer shell of the earth
Down
  1. An area of historical geology devoted to studying the direction and intensity of magnetic fields in the past, as discerned from the residual magnetization of rocks
  2. fracturing between rocks resulting from stress
  3. The theory that seafloors crack open along the crests of mid-ocean ridges and that new seafloor forms in those areas
  4. A split between two bodies (like two plates) that once were joined
  5. the hot and dense centre of the earth
  6. A branch of the earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics
  7. boundaries between plates
  8. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate
  9. one of the three ways that tectonic plates interact - areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid-oceanic ridges or rift valleys

20 Clues: boundaries between plates • a depression in earth's crust • the thin outer shell of the earth • the hot and dense centre of the earth • fracturing between rocks resulting from stress • form of stress which tries to reduce the size of a material • A split between two bodies (like two plates) that once were joined • ...

Plate Tectonics 1 2013-08-20

Plate Tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mostly solid rock flowing under high temperature and pressure
  2. chain of volcanic landforms that result as magma formed through the melting of subducting plate rises and emerge as volcanoes
  3. movements of heat within the mantle
  4. formed when a plate converges with an oceanic plate
  5. earth's crusts broken into pieces moving relative to each other
  6. consist mainly of nickel and iron
  7. where plates move away from each other
  8. what happens to the denser plate at convergent plate boundaries
  9. brings rocks close to their melting point for them to be deformed and melted
  10. a linear depression that is formed when land in between two continental crusts sink
  11. lighter rock that has cooled down slowly
  12. heavy dense rock formed from magma which has cooled quickly
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  1. consists mainly of basalt
  2. molten rock that reaches the earth's surface
  3. molten rock beneath the earth's crust
  4. where older crust is destroyed and recycled
  5. outermost layer of the earth
  6. formed when 2 oceanic plates move away from each other
  7. where new crust is formed
  8. consists mainly of granite
  9. where plates move towards each other
  10. consists of the crust and uppermost mantle
  11. where plates slide past each other
  12. when denser plate subducts under, dragging the rest of the plate into the mantle

24 Clues: consists mainly of basalt • where new crust is formed • consists mainly of granite • outermost layer of the earth • consist mainly of nickel and iron • where plates slide past each other • movements of heat within the mantle • where plates move towards each other • molten rock beneath the earth's crust • where plates move away from each other • ...

plate tectonics project 2015-10-22

plate tectonics project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  2. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
  3. the bending of rock layers do to stress.
  4. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past eachother horizontally.
  5. the movement of amtter due to diffrences in density that are caused by tempature by tempature varations; can result in the transfer of energy as heat.
  6. the process by which new ocean lithospere sea floor forms when magma rises to earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing se floor moves away from the ridge.
  7. a block of lithospere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  8. the location within earth along a fualt at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  9. a break in a body of rock along which one block moves relitave to another.
  10. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithospere, called plates, move and change shape.
Down
  1. stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  2. the bending, tilting, and breaking of earth's crust; the cange in the shape of rock in response to stress.
  3. a movement or tenbilingof the ground that is cuased by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fualt move.
  4. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are movig away from eachother.
  5. the supercontinent that formed 300 millon years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago.
  6. the edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement talking place between place the plates.
  7. the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its underformed shape.
  8. a break in a body of rock along when one block moves relatives to another.
  9. stress that occurs when forces act in parallel but opposite directions, pushing parts of a solid in opposite directions.
  10. the point on earth's surface directly abouve an earthquakes starting point, or focouse.
  11. the bending,tliting, and breaking of earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.

21 Clues: the bending of rock layers do to stress. • stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object • stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object. • the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding. • the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its underformed shape. • ...

Plate tectonics Crossword 2016-02-13

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics, The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  2. Scale, A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
  3. fault, A type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion.
  4. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  5. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  6. Waves, Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
  7. Wave, A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground.
  8. The shaking that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  9. Boundary, A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  10. Fault, a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust.
  11. A break in Earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other.
  12. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake,
  13. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
Down
  1. Fault, A type of fault where the hanging wall slide upward; caused by compression in the crust.
  2. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth.
  3. Wave, A type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface.
  4. Boundary, A plate boundary where two plate boundaries move toward each other,
  5. The point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquakes focus.
  6. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
  7. Boundary, A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  8. Valley, A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  9. the block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault.
  10. Scale, A scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause at a particular place.
  11. Wall, The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault
  12. Wave, A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side.

25 Clues: Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • the block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault. • Wall, The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault • Valley, A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • The point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquakes focus. • ...

Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics 2017-04-22

Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measures earthquakes
  2. this is a type of wave that occurs on the surface
  3. a facture or break in the earths lithosphere
  4. a long high sea waves caused by an earthquake
  5. Scale measure energy released / rock strength / how much movement their was
  6. the time between where stations pick up the earthquake/ speed seismic waves travel
  7. a release in this in a fault or built rock causes earthquake
  8. a way to protect buildings in areas known for earthquakes and tsunamis
  9. fastest, solid, liquid, gas, known as the "p" wave
  10. when a Collison between an oceanic and continental plates and the continental plates go under.
  11. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
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  1. a deep depression of the sea floor caused by subduction of one plate under another
  2. the act or process of liquefying or making liquid
  3. this theory gave evidence to support the theory of the continental drift
  4. 2nd fastest, solid
  5. older scale to track speed of ground movement
  6. process using 3 stations to find the focal point
  7. it the measurement of the strength of the earthquake
  8. a small earthquake occurring after a larger earthquake, causes more damage sometimes
  9. a valley shaped area of the earth in which the plates of the crust are moving away from each other forming cracks and faults
  10. when an oceanic crust melts due to this formation.

21 Clues: 2nd fastest, solid • measures earthquakes • a facture or break in the earths lithosphere • older scale to track speed of ground movement • a long high sea waves caused by an earthquake • process using 3 stations to find the focal point • the act or process of liquefying or making liquid • this is a type of wave that occurs on the surface • ...

Plate tectonics Crossword 2017-10-18

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ocean floor goes under a deep- ocean trench and then goes back into the mantle
  2. old bones of prehistoric animals
  3. the upper part of the crust and mantle
  4. Earth’s lithosphere or “the eggshell”
  5. German scientist who came up with the theory that all the contintents were joined together
  6. “seams” on the ocean floor
  7. geologist who drew details of the ocean floor based data from the ships
  8. two plates slide past each other
  9. two plates move in the same direction
  10. pieces of Earth’s crust moves apart on land, a deep valley
  11. breaks in earth’s crust
Down
  1. continents moved very slow over Earth’s surface
  2. pulls the older, denser oceanic crust down beneath the trench and back into the mantle.
  3. When a washcloth is placed in water, the water soaks into it. So, the ______ of the washcloth incr
  4. adds more crust to the ocean floor
  5. earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion by convection currents in the mantle
  6. two plates move in opposite directions
  7. device that uses soundwaves to measure the distance of an object
  8. oceanic crust bends downwards and the ocean floor sinks down into the mantle
  9. supercontinent from about 300 million years

20 Clues: breaks in earth’s crust • “seams” on the ocean floor • old bones of prehistoric animals • two plates slide past each other • adds more crust to the ocean floor • Earth’s lithosphere or “the eggshell” • two plates move in the same direction • two plates move in opposite directions • the upper part of the crust and mantle • supercontinent from about 300 million years • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2018-12-12

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves / waves produced by earthquakes
  2. crust / the type of crust that makes up the seafloor
  3. / a sudden discharge of water from beneath the Earth's surface
  4. / a process in which a tectonic plate is pushed down into the mantle
  5. crust / the type of crust that makes up the continents
  6. / this is made up of the upper and middle mantle
  7. / molten rock in the Earth's crust
  8. plates / the large pieces of the crust that float atop the mantle
  9. / the element that makes up most of the core
  10. / the thickest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. boundary / a location at which two tectonic plates separate
  2. boundary / a location at which two tectonic plates come together
  3. currents / a type of movement in the mantle that cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. / this is made up of the crust and upper mantle
  5. / the element that the mantle has, but the crust doesn't
  6. / the supercontinent on which the dinosaurs lived
  7. boundary / a location at which two tectonic plates slide against each other
  8. / a rupture in the crust that allows magma and gases to escape the upper mantle
  9. core / the layer of the Earth made up mostly of iron in liquid state
  10. core / the hottest layer of the Earth

20 Clues: / the thickest layer of the Earth • / molten rock in the Earth's crust • waves / waves produced by earthquakes • core / the hottest layer of the Earth • / the element that makes up most of the core • / this is made up of the crust and upper mantle • / this is made up of the upper and middle mantle • / the supercontinent on which the dinosaurs lived • ...