plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Tectonic Plates 2021-12-20

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. divergent oceanic plates
  2. also caused by convergent boundaries
  3. the separation of tectonic plates
  4. the movement of plates
  5. the process of a plate going beneath another plate
  6. the action of plates sliding past each other
  7. the collision of tectonic plates
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  1. the aftermath of an earthquake
  2. volcanoes that form over the ocean
  3. caused by convergent boundaries
  4. caused by convergent boundaries

11 Clues: the movement of plates • divergent oceanic plates • the aftermath of an earthquake • caused by convergent boundaries • caused by convergent boundaries • the collision of tectonic plates • the separation of tectonic plates • volcanoes that form over the ocean • also caused by convergent boundaries • the action of plates sliding past each other • ...

lol 2017-02-09

lol crossword puzzle
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  1. Ring of Fire a major area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  2. Arc a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin.
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  4. drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  5. crust the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  6. 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.
  7. Zone a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.
  8. ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  9. boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  10. boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal.
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  1. the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archaeological materials.
  2. 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.
  3. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. tectonics theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena.
  5. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  6. a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.
  7. movement caused within a fluid/solid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.
  8. boundary two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  9. a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time.

19 Clues: a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal. • ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2017-02-09

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Ring of Fire a major area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  2. 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.
  3. drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  4. movement caused within a fluid/solid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.
  5. the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archaeological materials.
  6. a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time.
  7. tectonics theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena.
  8. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. crust the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  10. boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  11. a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.
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  1. Arc a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin.
  2. boundary two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  3. Zone a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.
  4. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  5. boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal.
  6. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  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. ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.

19 Clues: a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time. • boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Cracking Up 2013-10-14

Cracking Up crossword puzzle
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  1. Created when tectonic plates try to slide past each other.
  2. Pressure from gases in the mantle squeezes molten rock upwards until the surface of the Earth swells and explodes.
  3. The scale that measures the size of an earthquake (starts at 0, with an increase of one unit representing a 10 times increase in the size of the Earthquake).
  4. The type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other are known as d_____________ boundaries.
  5. The type of natural disaster caused by plates trying to slide past each other.
  6. Large pieces of rock blown out of a volcano are known as _________ bombs.
  7. _____________ currents cause the movement of tectonic plates.
  8. A wave formed when the epicentre of an earthquake is under the ocean floor.
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  1. Evidence for plate tectonics included the presence of __________ of the same plants and animals on continents where they used to join.
  2. The name given to magma when it emerges from a volcano.
  3. The type of plate boundary where the plates move towards each other are known as c______________ boundaries.
  4. Smaller earthquakes that occur as slabs of rock try to settle into a stable position after an earthquake.
  5. Hot liquid rock in the mantle __________ due to a lower density.
  6. The point on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. Alfred Wegener developed the theory of plate _____________.

15 Clues: The name given to magma when it emerges from a volcano. • Created when tectonic plates try to slide past each other. • Alfred Wegener developed the theory of plate _____________. • _____________ currents cause the movement of tectonic plates. • Hot liquid rock in the mantle __________ due to a lower density. • ...

Planet Earth: Topic 4 The Moving Crust Crossword 2024-02-16

Planet Earth: Topic 4 The Moving Crust Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Wegener was originally trained as this type of scientist.
  2. Plates that are moving apart.
  3. This famous Canadian scientist helped prove that continents move.
  4. The upper most layer of the Earth.
  5. What does the "A" stand for in SCUBA?
  6. This scientist came up with the theory of continental drift.
  7. An area where one plate is pushed under another plate.
  8. The giant supercontinent.
  9. A name for deep sea volcanic vents.
  10. Plates that are moving together.
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  1. The inner most layer of the Earth.
  2. Circular currents caused by a moving fluid.
  3. This dinosaur provides biological evidence that the continents move.
  4. What does the "N" stand for in SONAR?
  5. The outer core is made of iron and this element.
  6. The layer found directly under the crust.
  7. The Theory of Plate __________.
  8. The boat that Canadians use to examine the ocean floor.
  9. A technology that uses sounds waves.

19 Clues: The giant supercontinent. • Plates that are moving apart. • The Theory of Plate __________. • Plates that are moving together. • The inner most layer of the Earth. • The upper most layer of the Earth. • A name for deep sea volcanic vents. • A technology that uses sounds waves. • What does the "N" stand for in SONAR? • What does the "A" stand for in SCUBA? • ...

Cracking Up 2013-10-14

Cracking Up crossword puzzle
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  1. Evidence for plate tectonics included the presence of __________ of the same plants and animals on continents where they used to join.
  2. The type of plate boundary where the plates move towards each other are known as c______________ boundaries.
  3. A wave formed when the epicentre of an earthquake is under the ocean floor.
  4. The type of natural disaster caused by plates trying to slide past each other.
  5. Smaller earthquakes that occur as slabs of rock try to settle into a stable position after an earthquake.
  6. The type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other are known as d_____________ boundaries.
  7. Created when tectonic plates try to slide past each other.
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  1. The scale that measures the size of an earthquake (starts at 0, with an increase of one unit representing a 10 times increase in the size of the Earthquake).
  2. Large pieces of rock blown out of a volcano are known as _________ bombs.
  3. _____________ currents cause the movement of tectonic plates.
  4. Pressure from gases in the mantle squeezes molten rock upwards until the surface of the Earth swells and explodes.
  5. The name given to magma when it emerges from a volcano.
  6. Alfred Wegener developed the theory of plate _____________.
  7. The point on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  8. Hot liquid rock in the mantle __________ due to a lower density.

15 Clues: The name given to magma when it emerges from a volcano. • Created when tectonic plates try to slide past each other. • Alfred Wegener developed the theory of plate _____________. • _____________ currents cause the movement of tectonic plates. • Hot liquid rock in the mantle __________ due to a lower density. • ...

plate tectonics crossword 2014-01-14

plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. clue of continental drift
  2. a number of rigid, but moving, pieces of the earths surface
  3. plate _______
  4. theory of the formation and movement of the plates that cover the earths surface
  5. forms when two lithosphere plate come together
  6. section of earth below the crust
  7. alfred ______
  8. forms when two lithospheric plates slide past each other
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  1. the outer shell of earth that extends to a depth of 100km
  2. the theory that all continents are fragments of pangaea now drifting apart
  3. seafloor
  4. the partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere
  5. where new seafloor is created
  6. outer most layer of earth
  7. ______ drift
  8. center of earth
  9. layer of earth after inner core
  10. forms when two lithospheric plates move apart
  11. states that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at diverging boundaries, moving outward

19 Clues: seafloor • ______ drift • plate _______ • alfred ______ • center of earth • clue of continental drift • outer most layer of earth • where new seafloor is created • layer of earth after inner core • section of earth below the crust • forms when two lithospheric plates move apart • forms when two lithosphere plate come together • forms when two lithospheric plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-13

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

13 Clues: the rocky outer layer of Earth. • the rigid upper layer of the Earth. • shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface. • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core. • a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly. • tectonics the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface. • an opening in Earth’s crust from which lava, gas, and ash erupt. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. / Shallow-___________ earthquakes are more deadly.
  2. / The higher the _______________ of the lava, the slower it will flow.
  3. / Convergence of plates will result in _________ force.
  4. / A ______________ plate margin occurs when one plate subducts and is destroyed.
  5. / Oceanic-Oceanic divergence will form oceanic __________________.
  6. / Arc of islands are volcanoes formed in the _____________.
  7. / One example of fold mountain.
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  1. / What is an earthquake sensor?
  2. / A _________________ is more explosive than shield volcano.
  3. / A series of smaller earthquakes following the main one.
  4. / Oceanic crust is _____________ than continental crust.
  5. / A violent type of mudflow from a volcano.

12 Clues: / What is an earthquake sensor? • / One example of fold mountain. • / A violent type of mudflow from a volcano. • / Shallow-___________ earthquakes are more deadly. • / Convergence of plates will result in _________ force. • / Oceanic crust is _____________ than continental crust. • / A series of smaller earthquakes following the main one. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-02-24

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a depression in the ocean floor
  2. the center of the earth
  3. the crust that forms the continents
  4. the crust that forms the ocean floor
  5. the layer beneath earth's crust
  6. the shaking wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake
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  1. the process of new crust forming at the oceans ridges and spreading outwards
  2. a zone where earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  3. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  4. the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  5. the separation of continents by drifting across earths surface
  6. molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface
  7. earth's outermost solid layer

13 Clues: the center of the earth • earth's outermost solid layer • a depression in the ocean floor • the layer beneath earth's crust • the crust that forms the continents • the crust that forms the ocean floor • molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface • when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The make mountains and trenches
  2. A grande sized rodent.
  3. When a subsidence is heated to the point where it rises.
  4. It's the evidence.
  5. A guy who invented the theory of Continental Drift.
  6. The scientific measurement of something thickly compacted.
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  1. The plates are moving away from each other.
  2. A pb and j or blt.
  3. A theory with no evidence, and no one beileved.
  4. A extremely spicy cucumber.
  5. Two continents crash together one dives under the other.
  6. Plates sliding next to each other.

12 Clues: A pb and j or blt. • It's the evidence. • A grande sized rodent. • A extremely spicy cucumber. • The make mountains and trenches • Plates sliding next to each other. • The plates are moving away from each other. • A theory with no evidence, and no one beileved. • A guy who invented the theory of Continental Drift. • When a subsidence is heated to the point where it rises. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a cucumber that is put into a briny solution
  2. how dense a object is
  3. this idea came up 30 years after a scientist died
  4. a place where two convergent plates collide
  5. a plate boundary that often causes earthquakes
  6. a plate boundaries where two plates converge
  7. a hamburger can also be a ________
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  1. the scientist who came up with continental drift
  2. a plate boundary where two plates diverge
  3. a theory proposed by a scientist who died in Greenland while proving this
  4. the movement of air or fluids due to heat
  5. the largest rodent in the world

12 Clues: how dense a object is • the largest rodent in the world • a hamburger can also be a ________ • a plate boundary where two plates diverge • the movement of air or fluids due to heat • a place where two convergent plates collide • a cucumber that is put into a briny solution • a plate boundaries where two plates converge • a plate boundary that often causes earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-04-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. American Geologist and U.S. Naval Officer that studied the mid-ocean ridge
  2. Gravity moves plates by pulling them down at ________
  3. The force that pulls objects towards the Earth
  4. The theory describing how Earth’s plates move and what happens when they interact with each other
  5. Scientists suggested that the ocean floor moves like ________
  6. The kind of crust that is thicker, less dense and older
  7. The formation of a new crust at a ________ pushes the old crust out of the way
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  1. The kind of crust that is thinner, more dense and younger
  2. Pressure moves the plates as rising ________ pushes at the mid-ocean ridge
  3. This is HOW the continents drift!
  4. The force that pushes outward against the space around it
  5. The cycle where substances rise and fall because of changes in temperature and density

12 Clues: This is HOW the continents drift! • The force that pulls objects towards the Earth • Gravity moves plates by pulling them down at ________ • The kind of crust that is thicker, less dense and older • The kind of crust that is thinner, more dense and younger • The force that pushes outward against the space around it • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary when plates slide past each other
  2. fault when the land is pulling apart or stretching
  3. fault caused by compressional forces and results in shortening
  4. contain flowing material and is responsible for plate movement
  5. boundary plates that move apart
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  1. solid part of the crust and upper mantle
  2. slip fault movement is horizontal, they slip past each other
  3. hot molten rock forced up the the cracks from sea floor spreading
  4. boundary when plates move together
  5. zone dense plate sinks under heavier continental plate
  6. tectonics earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
  7. floor spreading when hot material from earth's crust rises to the surface

12 Clues: boundary plates that move apart • boundary when plates move together • solid part of the crust and upper mantle • boundary when plates slide past each other • fault when the land is pulling apart or stretching • zone dense plate sinks under heavier continental plate • slip fault movement is horizontal, they slip past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. where two tectonic plates meet
  2. the ocean floor
  3. when the plates come togeather
  4. when the plates split apart
  5. pieces of the lithosphere that move aroundon top of the asthenosphere
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  1. where the plates are slidding past one another
  2. the process where molten rock from inside earth rises through the cracks in ridges, cools and forms new oceanic crust
  3. was the supercontinent tht existed during the paleozoic and mesozic eras about 250 million years ago
  4. An opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
  5. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere called plate move ans change shape
  6. 1.A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  7. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

12 Clues: the ocean floor • when the plates split apart • where two tectonic plates meet • when the plates come togeather • where the plates are slidding past one another • Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • pieces of the lithosphere that move aroundon top of the asthenosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. volcanoes that have not erupted in historical times
  2. a pasty lava that forms steep- sided volcanoes
  3. a fast flowing column of hot mud
  4. destructive plate boundary
  5. material fired high into the sky during volcanic eruption
  6. large depression at the top of a lava cone (not crater)
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  1. the main plate around where the most tectonic activity takes place
  2. fold mountains pushed up with the Indian/ Eurasian plate collision
  3. Hawaii's most well known volcano
  4. crust and upper part of the mantle
  5. supercontinent land mass that began to break up 200 mya
  6. the boundary that causes earthquakes

12 Clues: destructive plate boundary • Hawaii's most well known volcano • a fast flowing column of hot mud • crust and upper part of the mantle • the boundary that causes earthquakes • a pasty lava that forms steep- sided volcanoes • volcanoes that have not erupted in historical times • supercontinent land mass that began to break up 200 mya • ...

Plate tectonics 2014-05-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface
  2. Molten rock that erupts from a volcano
  3. A huge section of Earth that makes up the crust
  4. A weak point in the Earth's crust where a slip or rupture has happened
  5. Where plates come together
  6. The point of the Earth's surface directly above the middle of an Earthquake
  7. Layer of rock between the crust and outer core
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  1. Where plates slide past each other
  2. Movement of land caused by an Earthquake
  3. Where plates move apart
  4. Shaking of the Earth caused by sudden movement of rock beneath its surface
  5. The inner most layer of the Earth

12 Clues: Where plates move apart • Where plates come together • The inner most layer of the Earth • Where plates slide past each other • Molten rock that erupts from a volcano • Movement of land caused by an Earthquake • The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface • Layer of rock between the crust and outer core • A huge section of Earth that makes up the crust • ...

plate tectonics 2016-10-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The central part of the earth
  2. A block of the lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outer most part of the mantle
  3. This is above the mantle
  4. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  5. the outer most rigid part of the earth is
  6. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
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  1. Stress that occurs when forces add to squeeze an object
  2. core/ inner core The earths core is divided into two parts.One of the two is:
  3. the strong lower part of the mantle between the lithosphere and atheneosphere
  4. This plate boundary converges
  5. plate boundary slides past each other
  6. this plate boundary splits apart or diverges

12 Clues: This is above the mantle • The central part of the earth • This plate boundary converges • plate boundary slides past each other • the bending of rock layers due to stress • the outer most rigid part of the earth is • this plate boundary splits apart or diverges • Stress that occurs when forces add to squeeze an object • ...

Plate tectonics 2018-03-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure that has reached the surface outside of the Earth's crust
  2. 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.
  3. when there is a sudden outbreak from a volcano
  4. plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds
  5. This plate boundary is formed when oceanic and continental plates move together. The oceanic plate is forced under the lighter continental plate. Friction causes melting of the oceanic plate and may trigger earthquakes.
  6. when two continental plates collide. Neither plate is forced under the other, and so both are forced up and form fold mountains
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  1. molten rock stored in the Earth's crust
  2. explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past
  3. a type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water.
  4. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
  5. This plate boundary is formed when plates move apart. Volcanoes are formed as magma wells up to fill the gap, and eventually new crust is formed
  6. a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide, and narrow compared with its length.

12 Clues: molten rock stored in the Earth's crust • a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake • when there is a sudden outbreak from a volcano • explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past • plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of crust that makes Earth's landmasses
  2. Magma that has erupted
  3. Location on Earth's surface where earthquakes originate
  4. Hot fluid from which lava is formed from
  5. Earth's thinnest layer
  6. Earth's layer in the very center
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  1. A supercontinent 200 million years ago
  2. Earth's crust is broken into ____
  3. Type of crust that make up the ocean floor
  4. Large waves that can result from earthquakes
  5. Sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  6. Earth's thickest layer

12 Clues: Magma that has erupted • Earth's thickest layer • Earth's thinnest layer • Earth's layer in the very center • Earth's crust is broken into ____ • A supercontinent 200 million years ago • Sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Hot fluid from which lava is formed from • Type of crust that make up the ocean floor • Type of crust that makes Earth's landmasses • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-23

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. ocean split down the middle by a big crack
  2. the remains of ancient living animals
  3. a type of fault where the crust moves sideways part each other
  4. plate boundary where the plates slowly collide together
  5. the process in which the crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line.
  6. circulatory patterns of heat in the magma believed to be the driving force behind plate movement.
  7. earths crust the slowly moves
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  1. the movement of the ocean floor at a divergent
  2. the uppermost solid part of the earths crust
  3. V-shaped valleys that are the deepest parts of the oceans where subduction occurs.
  4. a type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other.
  5. another name for the crake in the mid-ocean ridge mountains

12 Clues: earths crust the slowly moves • the remains of ancient living animals • ocean split down the middle by a big crack • the uppermost solid part of the earths crust • the movement of the ocean floor at a divergent • plate boundary where the plates slowly collide together • another name for the crake in the mid-ocean ridge mountains • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What phenomena did Alfred Wegener discover?
  2. What theory comprises the phenomenon that the plates "drift" across the lithosphere?
  3. What is the innermost layer of the Earth?
  4. What ridge is formed at a divergent plate boundary?
  5. What type of wave does a seismograph read?
  6. What scientific rule says that matter cannot be created nor destroyed?
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  1. How is old plate material "recycled" back into the Earth?
  2. Hess originally discovered this phenomena
  3. What type of valley forms at a divergent plate boundary?
  4. What force in the mantle moves the plates?
  5. What layer of the Earth has a convection cycle, ultimately causing plate tectonics?
  6. What is created at a transform boundary (besides an earthquake)?

12 Clues: Hess originally discovered this phenomena • What is the innermost layer of the Earth? • What force in the mantle moves the plates? • What type of wave does a seismograph read? • What phenomena did Alfred Wegener discover? • What ridge is formed at a divergent plate boundary? • What type of valley forms at a divergent plate boundary? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. As the plates are sliding past each other at transform boundaries, what occurs?
  2. What type of stress occurs at convergent boundaries?
  3. When plates come together (or converge) at the trenches, they form a _______ boundary
  4. Plates are part of Earth’s crust that are _________ shaped and moving
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  1. No new plate material is made and no plate material is destroyed at these boundaries
  2. The topmost solid part of Earth. Made up of several different plates. Plates usually contain both oceanic and continental crust.
  3. What kind of stress occurs at transform boundaries?
  4. Plates fit together like a...
  5. What type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries?
  6. The word that refers to the branch of geology that deals with the movements that shape Earth’s crust
  7. These boundaries are called constructive boundaries.
  8. The super land mass. How the continents looked 200 million years ago

12 Clues: Plates fit together like a... • What kind of stress occurs at transform boundaries? • What type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries? • These boundaries are called constructive boundaries. • What type of stress occurs at convergent boundaries? • The super land mass. How the continents looked 200 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. I am the thickest layer of the Earth.
  2. I am the core that is a solid sphere made of
  3. I am tiny tectonic plate fragments made of crustal material.
  4. I am the coldest tectonic plate and continent.
  5. I have two parts, the inner and outer parts.
  6. I am the thinnest layer of the Earth.
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  1. The smallest continent sits on this plate.
  2. China and Japan are located on my tectonic plate.
  3. I am the tectonic plate over the biggest ocean.
  4. There are seven in the world.
  5. I am the core that is made of melted metal.
  6. I am the largest continent in the world.

12 Clues: There are seven in the world. • I am the thickest layer of the Earth. • I am the thinnest layer of the Earth. • I am the largest continent in the world. • The smallest continent sits on this plate. • I am the core that is made of melted metal. • I am the core that is a solid sphere made of • I have two parts, the inner and outer parts. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates moving into each other but at different density
  2. the boundaries in between different plates.
  3. outer shell
  4. most solid bulk of earths interior
  5. it happens when two plates collide
  6. plates moving toward each other
Down
  1. outside of the inner core
  2. the valley between the divergent plates
  3. plates moving next to each other
  4. hot melted rock from the inner mantle
  5. in side of earths crust
  6. plates moving away from each other

12 Clues: outer shell • in side of earths crust • outside of the inner core • plates moving toward each other • plates moving next to each other • most solid bulk of earths interior • it happens when two plates collide • plates moving away from each other • hot melted rock from the inner mantle • the valley between the divergent plates • the boundaries in between different plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The super continent from millions of years ago
  2. When the oceanic crust slides under the continental crust
  3. When plates move towards each other and creates mountains on the sea floor
  4. Plate boundary that moves towards each other
  5. Where the crust and mantle are located
  6. When plates move away from each other and creates a deep pit on the sea floor
  7. When convergent plates push continental crust upward
Down
  1. Caused by transform plate boundaries
  2. Plate boundary that move away from each other
  3. When trenches and ridges are formed by the oceanic plates moving towards or away from each other
  4. Plate boundary that shifts against each other
  5. When convergent plates push together and magma rises up and spews from the top

12 Clues: Caused by transform plate boundaries • Where the crust and mantle are located • Plate boundary that moves towards each other • Plate boundary that move away from each other • Plate boundary that shifts against each other • The super continent from millions of years ago • When convergent plates push continental crust upward • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. te center of te earth
  2. the largest layer of the earth
  3. when two oceanic plates more this occurs
  4. The process of ocean plates and continental plates
  5. the process of plates going under another
Down
  1. A sudden and sometimes violent shaking of the ground
  2. when two plates diverg, this is formed
  3. A region of extremely high pressure underlying the lithosphere
  4. a molten hot liquid mixed with rock
  5. a deep whole at the bottom of the ocean
  6. someone who studies plate tectonics
  7. the first layer of the earth

12 Clues: te center of te earth • the first layer of the earth • the largest layer of the earth • a molten hot liquid mixed with rock • someone who studies plate tectonics • when two plates diverg, this is formed • a deep whole at the bottom of the ocean • when two oceanic plates more this occurs • the process of plates going under another • ...

Plate movement via convection 2023-10-10

Plate movement via convection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinentnal mass
  2. Pull in which the subducting crust is heavy enough to pull the rest of itself over the edge
  3. Is Considered "The classic" force and is the new curst forming at divergent boundaries that pushes the plates
  4. Theory that Earth's surface is dramatically reshaping itself in an endless, slow-motion movement
  5. what is the method of heat transfer called?
  6. What is plate tectonics?
  7. These currents cause the movement of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust
  8. Top solid layer of mantle
Down
  1. Under solid part
  2. "Pangea is called this today"
  3. Boundary Where new crust is generated as the plates pull away or separate from each other
  4. proposed at one time the continents were joined together once and moved slowly to current locations
  5. What natural disaster does the movement of tectonic plates cause?
  6. Boundary where crust comes together
  7. Force where smaller convection currents near the subducting crust

15 Clues: Under solid part • Supercontinentnal mass • What is plate tectonics? • Top solid layer of mantle • "Pangea is called this today" • Boundary where crust comes together • what is the method of heat transfer called? • What natural disaster does the movement of tectonic plates cause? • Force where smaller convection currents near the subducting crust • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2017-02-09

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. 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.
  3. crust the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  4. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  5. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal.
  7. the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archaeological materials.
  8. drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  9. a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.
  10. boundary two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
Down
  1. Zone a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.
  2. ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  3. movement caused within a fluid/solid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  5. Arc a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin.
  6. 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.
  7. a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time.
  8. Ring of Fire a major area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  9. tectonics theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena.

19 Clues: a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal. • ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. discovered plate tectonics
  2. when plates pull together
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
  4. the thin layer of the earth
  5. they move on the anthenosphere
  6. an idea about plate tectoics
Down
  1. when plates pull apart
  2. Before all the continets there was this
  3. when plates slide past each other
  4. the continents drifting apart

10 Clues: when plates pull apart • when plates pull together • discovered plate tectonics • the thin layer of the earth • an idea about plate tectoics • the continents drifting apart • they move on the anthenosphere • the thickest layer of the earth • when plates slide past each other • Before all the continets there was this

Crossword Puzzle 2017-02-09

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Arc a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin.
  2. movement caused within a fluid/solid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.
  3. 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.
  4. the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archaeological materials.
  5. a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  8. boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal.
Down
  1. ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  2. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  3. drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  5. Zone a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.
  6. tectonics theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena.
  7. a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time.
  8. crust the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  9. boundary two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  10. 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.
  11. Ring of Fire a major area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

19 Clues: a fracture in Earth's surface that widens over time. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • boundary a type of fault whose relative motion is horizontal. • ridges an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • boundary two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of plate margin characterised by subduction zones and long fold mountain chains.
  2. As two continental plates move towards each other, they are forced upwards creating this feature. (4,9)
  3. A sudden tremor or movement of the earth's crust, which originates naturally at or below the surface.
  4. There is one in the Mid-Atlantic, and Iceland sits on one.
  5. The Kobe earthquake measured 6.9 on this scale.
  6. In December 2004 one of these hit Indonesia. It resulted in over 120,000 deaths.
Down
  1. Zone where oceanic crust is forced down and under continental crust.
  2. Type of plate boundary where crust is neither created nor destroyed.
  3. An instrument used to measures force and duration of an earthquake.
  4. What fault causes earthquakes in California? (3,7)
  5. The force which opposes the motion of one plate surface as it moves across another plate.
  6. A deep sea feature created by subduction.

12 Clues: A deep sea feature created by subduction. • The Kobe earthquake measured 6.9 on this scale. • What fault causes earthquakes in California? (3,7) • There is one in the Mid-Atlantic, and Iceland sits on one. • An instrument used to measures force and duration of an earthquake. • Zone where oceanic crust is forced down and under continental crust. • ...

plate tectonics 2014-04-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core A layer below earth's mantle that has nickel and iron
  2. Shaking of the ground.
  3. A measure of average kinetic energy.
  4. Plates huge slabs of rock that moves under a layer of molten rock.
  5. Where the earthquake starts.
Down
  1. waves through space that transfers energy.
  2. the amount of pressure in an area.
  3. something that detects variations in an area of a magnetic field.
  4. ground that is usually frozen all year long.
  5. Earth's thickest layer.
  6. A long narrow depression on the bottom of the sea.
  7. something that spews out gases and melted rock and etc.

12 Clues: Shaking of the ground. • Earth's thickest layer. • Where the earthquake starts. • the amount of pressure in an area. • A measure of average kinetic energy. • waves through space that transfers energy. • ground that is usually frozen all year long. • A long narrow depression on the bottom of the sea. • something that spews out gases and melted rock and etc. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Opening in the earth's crust formed by layers of lava and ash build up.
  2. An area of stress in the earth where broken rocks slide past each other causing a crack in the earth's surface.
  3. Theory that the earth's crust is made of large chunks of land which move over time.
  4. The part of the earth that goes around the core and is solid.
Down
  1. Theory that all continents were once all together, but over time seperated by force of tectonic plates.
  2. Centre of the earth consisting of an inner and outer layer.
  3. Vibrations carried through the earth released by the energy generated by earthquakes.
  4. Outer shell of the earth.
  5. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by stress along a geologic fault.
  6. Remains of previous living organisms reserved in the rock.
  7. Continental land masses that move relative to one another.
  8. Name of the large land mass which consisted of all continents, which were connected together and eventually broke off.

12 Clues: Outer shell of the earth. • Remains of previous living organisms reserved in the rock. • Continental land masses that move relative to one another. • Centre of the earth consisting of an inner and outer layer. • The part of the earth that goes around the core and is solid. • Opening in the earth's crust formed by layers of lava and ash build up. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The topmost solid part of Earth. Made up of several different plates. Plates usually contain both oceanic and continental crust.
  2. What type of stress occurs at convergent boundaries?
  3. Plates are part of Earth’s crust that are _________ shaped and moving
  4. As the plates are sliding past each other at transform boundaries, what occurs?
  5. What type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries?
  6. The super land mass. How the continents looked 200 million years ago
  7. The word that refers to the branch of geology that deals with the movements that shape Earth’s crust
Down
  1. These boundaries are called constructive boundaries.
  2. When plates come together (or converge) at the trenches, they form a _______ boundary
  3. No new plate material is made and no plate material is destroyed at these boundaries
  4. Plates fit together like a...
  5. What kind of stress occurs at transform boundaries?

12 Clues: Plates fit together like a... • What kind of stress occurs at transform boundaries? • What type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries? • These boundaries are called constructive boundaries. • What type of stress occurs at convergent boundaries? • The super land mass. How the continents looked 200 million years ago • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of the crust split into 7 major parts and 6 smaller ones
  2. solid rock resulting from a volcanic eruption
  3. the person to discover continental drift
  4. the processes that control the earth's structure
  5. when plates collide creating volcanoes or earthquakes
  6. this is what earthquakes produce
Down
  1. the upper mantle and the crust create this
  2. plates divide or separate from each other
  3. this occurs on convergent plate boundaries
  4. the way the continents are constantly moving
  5. who created the theory that the plates could drift
  6. fluid material within earth's crust

12 Clues: this is what earthquakes produce • fluid material within earth's crust • the person to discover continental drift • plates divide or separate from each other • the upper mantle and the crust create this • this occurs on convergent plate boundaries • the way the continents are constantly moving • solid rock resulting from a volcanic eruption • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. types of currents found in the mantle
  2. this is what the surface of the earth is made up of
  3. means doesn't move; what the ocean floor is not because it moves
  4. type of boundary where plate slide against one another
  5. this boundary happens when plates are pushed away from one another
  6. these were found on different continents that helped proved that the continents were once one large landmass
Down
  1. this boundary happens when plates move into one another
  2. huge landmass or super-continent
  3. the name of the large mountain range that lies underwater in between continents
  4. this part of the earth is divided into oceanic and continental
  5. the rate the ocean floor moves
  6. found underneath crustal plates

12 Clues: the rate the ocean floor moves • found underneath crustal plates • huge landmass or super-continent • types of currents found in the mantle • this is what the surface of the earth is made up of • type of boundary where plate slide against one another • this boundary happens when plates move into one another • ...

plate tectonics 2021-01-19

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock that forms the Earth's surface
  2. landmasses surrounded by oceans
  3. the process that molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  4. Deep valleys along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle.
  5. Places where two or more plates meet.
  6. scientist that made the theory
Down
  1. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere forms.
  2. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mangle and the crust.
  3. process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. rock that is so hot it has become fluid.
  5. The study of planet Earth.
  6. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and is now today's continents.

12 Clues: The study of planet Earth. • scientist that made the theory • landmasses surrounded by oceans • Places where two or more plates meet. • rock that is so hot it has become fluid. • layer of rock that forms the Earth's surface • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere forms. • A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mangle and the crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where 2 plates move apart
  2. occur at all plate boundaries
  3. formed when 2 continental plates collide
  4. the earth's surface is broken into pieces that float on molten rock; earthquakes, mountains,and volcanoes form
  5. molten rock
  6. boundary where 2 plates collide
Down
  1. chunks of lithosphere
  2. boundary where plates slide side by side
  3. where 2 plates collide and the more dense plate is recycled in the mantle
  4. deep crack in the earth
  5. when new crust forms as 2 oceanic plates move apart
  6. forms where 2 plates collide

12 Clues: molten rock • chunks of lithosphere • deep crack in the earth • forms where 2 plates collide • occur at all plate boundaries • boundary where 2 plates collide • boundary where 2 plates move apart • boundary where plates slide side by side • formed when 2 continental plates collide • when new crust forms as 2 oceanic plates move apart • ...

plate tectonics 2020-12-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
  2. two plates move toward each other.
  3. is the solid, outer part of the Earth.
  4. zones, places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
  5. is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  6. This type of heat transfer is called.
Down
  1. scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
  2. made of rock or ices are generally the largest and most massive layer of the planetary body.
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
  4. where plates slide sideways past each other.
  5. are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere.
  6. the thin part of the earth's crust located under the ocean.

12 Clues: two plates move toward each other. • This type of heat transfer is called. • is the solid, outer part of the Earth. • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • where plates slide sideways past each other. • an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A different version of a cucumber
  2. Starting theory
  3. Two Plates moving away from each other.
  4. Less dense materiel rises when in one.
  5. An Oceanic plate that gets pushed under a continental plate.
  6. A giant guinea pig, and largest rodent
Down
  1. Two plates moving towards each other.
  2. Backs up continental drift.
  3. two pieces of bread with other food in the middle
  4. the guy who invited drift.
  5. The mass or weight of something
  6. Two plates going different directions.

12 Clues: Starting theory • the guy who invited drift. • Backs up continental drift. • The mass or weight of something • A different version of a cucumber • Two plates moving towards each other. • Two plates going different directions. • Less dense materiel rises when in one. • A giant guinea pig, and largest rodent • Two Plates moving away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The new theory of continents moving
  2. Something surrounded by bread
  3. A current caused by heat
  4. How much mass an object has compared to its size
Down
  1. Continents moving
  2. When a volcano is created from crashing plates
  3. When a denser plate is pushed under a less dense plate
  4. A mean thing to do to a cucumber
  5. Founder of Continental Drift
  6. Ocean plates moving apart
  7. The world's largest rodent
  8. When two plates rub together

12 Clues: Continents moving • A current caused by heat • Ocean plates moving apart • The world's largest rodent • Founder of Continental Drift • When two plates rub together • Something surrounded by bread • A mean thing to do to a cucumber • The new theory of continents moving • When a volcano is created from crashing plates • How much mass an object has compared to its size • ...

plate tectonics 2023-02-15

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. died on an expedition.
  2. good on burgers
  3. create mountains
  4. largest rodent
  5. opposite of burger
  6. pushes magma out
  7. continent moving
  8. like recycling
Down
  1. proves a theory
  2. opposite directions
  3. something that happens in earth
  4. colder heavier

12 Clues: largest rodent • colder heavier • like recycling • proves a theory • good on burgers • create mountains • pushes magma out • continent moving • opposite of burger • opposite directions • died on an expedition. • something that happens in earth

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The hard layer of Earth where humans live
  2. strength of an earthquake
  3. ground shaking
  4. plates slipping past each other
  5. Something getting so hot that it me
  6. the reason something is occurring
Down
  1. height above and below sea level
  2. Plates moving away from each other
  3. Two events happening at the same time but NOT causing one another
  4. Middle most layer of Earth
  5. Plates coming together
  6. Layer of Earth that's between crust and core

12 Clues: ground shaking • Plates coming together • strength of an earthquake • Middle most layer of Earth • plates slipping past each other • height above and below sea level • the reason something is occurring • Plates moving away from each other • Something getting so hot that it me • The hard layer of Earth where humans live • Layer of Earth that's between crust and core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A landform formed when two tectonic plates slide
  2. Number of major plates
  3. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  4. What makes two tectonics plates move
  5. A location where two tectonic plates slide
  6. First started the theory of continental drift.
Down
  1. A location where two tectonic plates collide
  2. The theory that large plates have been slowlymoving since about 3.4 billion years ago
  3. The formation of new oceanic crust by the movement of magma out of the mid-ocean ridge causing the sea floor to widen over time
  4. A location where two tectonic plates divide
  5. A landform formed when two plates collide
  6. A landform formed when two tectonic plates divide

12 Clues: Number of major plates • What makes two tectonics plates move • A landform formed when two plates collide • A location where two tectonic plates slide • A location where two tectonic plates divide • A location where two tectonic plates collide • First started the theory of continental drift. • A landform formed when two tectonic plates slide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1r
  2. 1w
  3. 1234
  4. 19xec
  5. 12
Down
  1. 13
  2. 1we61
  3. 1532
  4. 1e
  5. 1q
  6. 18ew
  7. 17ew

12 Clues: 13 • 1r • 1w • 1e • 1q • 12 • 1532 • 1234 • 18ew • 17ew • 1we61 • 19xec

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thicker but less denser crust
  2. Molten rock
  3. An effect of transform boundaries
  4. An effect of convergent boundaries
  5. 2 plates that move away from each other
  6. The type of rock that the Oceanic Crust has
Down
  1. 2 plates that slide past each other
  2. 2 plates that go towards each other
  3. Pieces of the Earth and cause changes to the outside.
  4. Process where
  5. The thinner but more denser crust
  6. An effect of divergent boundaries

12 Clues: Molten rock • Process where • Thicker but less denser crust • An effect of transform boundaries • The thinner but more denser crust • An effect of divergent boundaries • An effect of convergent boundaries • 2 plates that slide past each other • 2 plates that go towards each other • 2 plates that move away from each other • The type of rock that the Oceanic Crust has • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process where pieces of earth's crust fall off in a transform boundary
  2. Another word used to describe stress in a divergent plate boundary
  3. This landform is created when two continental plates move towards each other
  4. This zone is where one plate slides under another
  5. This plate boundary is where 2 plates move away from each other
Down
  1. The theory that explains how the mantle moves the crust
  2. A plate boundary in which 2 plates move towards each other
  3. Another word used to describe pushing 2 plates together
  4. This landform is often created at a subduction zone
  5. This plate boundary often produces earthquakes
  6. This tectonic plate is where all landforms and we live
  7. This forms from a divergent plate boundary between two continental plates

12 Clues: This plate boundary often produces earthquakes • This zone is where one plate slides under another • This landform is often created at a subduction zone • This tectonic plate is where all landforms and we live • The theory that explains how the mantle moves the crust • Another word used to describe pushing 2 plates together • ...

Inside Earth 2018-03-29

Inside Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An underwater mountain range.(2 Words)
  2. The Lithosphere includes Earth's _____ layers?
  3. The place where 2 plates meet is a _____.
  4. A _____ boundary is where 2 plates collide.
  5. A famous divergent boundary found in the ocean.(3 words)
  6. A_____ boundary is where 2 plates slide past each other.
  7. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust is ____.(3 Words)
  8. The theory of ______ is the theory of plate movement.(2 Words)
Down
  1. The movement of the continents can be described as _____.
  2. What is the Asthenosphere involved with?(2 Words)
  3. When 2 plates collide, the denser plate gets pulled under the other plate. This is called____.
  4. Heat is transferred by ______.
  5. What layer of the Earth formed first?
  6. What causes the mantle to flow?(2 Words)
  7. A _____ boundary is where 2 plates spread apart.
  8. This person developed the theory of Plate Tectonics.
  9. ______ involves harmful waves moving as subatomic particles.
  10. The most common geological events to happen at transform boundaries.

18 Clues: Heat is transferred by ______. • What layer of the Earth formed first? • An underwater mountain range.(2 Words) • What causes the mantle to flow?(2 Words) • The place where 2 plates meet is a _____. • A _____ boundary is where 2 plates collide. • The Lithosphere includes Earth's _____ layers? • A _____ boundary is where 2 plates spread apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-11

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  2. solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere.
  3. Rigid outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonics plates.
  4. Type of boundary where plates move away from each other.
  5. _________. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
Down
  1. process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge.
  2. Type of boundary where plates move towards from each other.
  3. ___________ a circular motion where warm fluid rises and cool fluid sinks. This is the driving force of plate tectonics.
  4. The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.
  5. this landform forms as a result of convergent boundaries.

10 Clues: Type of boundary where plates slide past each other. • Type of boundary where plates move away from each other. • this landform forms as a result of convergent boundaries. • Type of boundary where plates move towards from each other. • _________. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart. • ...

Plates 2013-10-21

Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What mountains are formed by plates colliding.
  2. What are formed by plates separating.
  3. Name a mineral that makes up part of the core.
  4. What currents causes plates to move.
  5. Name one plate.
Down
  1. What is known as the Super Continent i.e when all continents were together.
  2. What plate boundary destroys crust.
  3. What drift is known for where the land and continents sit.
  4. Which Wegener proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics.
  5. What plate boundary creates crust.

10 Clues: Name one plate. • What plate boundary creates crust. • What plate boundary destroys crust. • What currents causes plates to move. • What are formed by plates separating. • What mountains are formed by plates colliding. • Name a mineral that makes up part of the core. • Which Wegener proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-08-13

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma comes out of it
  2. An act of moving
  3. Something very old (historic)
  4. The A******c Ocean
  5. it is made up of magma
  6. Causes the Earth to shake
  7. the centre of the earth
  8. found in the core
  9. found in the core
  10. made up of the upper mantle and the crust
  11. A scientific proposal that has not been proven yet
Down
  1. Comes out of volcanoes
  2. Drift The movement of the Earth’s continents
  3. the rigid outermost shell of a rocky planet
  4. What we stand on
  5. Layer of gasses surrounding earth
  6. The processes which control the structure and the properties of the earth’s Crust
  7. Semi Solid Rock
  8. The first name of the man who discovered the continental drift
  9. Our Planet

20 Clues: Our Planet • Semi Solid Rock • An act of moving • What we stand on • found in the core • found in the core • The A******c Ocean • Magma comes out of it • Comes out of volcanoes • it is made up of magma • the centre of the earth • Causes the Earth to shake • Something very old (historic) • Layer of gasses surrounding earth • made up of the upper mantle and the crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2016-02-04

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / A place where two plates slide horizontally past each other.
  2. / an Austrian geologist who hypothesized that the present southern continents had once been joined as a single landmass that he named Gondwanaland.
  3. valley / The actual plate boundary is located in a rift, or ________, which forms along the axis of a ridge.
  4. / a change in Earth’s magnetic field.
  5. / The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into the subduction zone in a process called _________.
  6. / Places where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
  7. / Wegener called his hypothesis _________, which proposed that Earth’s continents had once been joined as a single landmass.
  8. / A(n) _______ is a line on a map that connects points that have the same age.
  9. / states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches.
  10. / a device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields.
  11. / means “all the earth.”
  12. boundary / Places where two tectonic plates are moving apart
  13. / One of the two plates is descending beneath the other in a process called ________.
Down
  1. / The _________ states that Earth’s crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates.
  2. / When continental crust begins to separate, the stretched crust forms a long, narrow depression
  3. / The study of this magnetic record is called ________.
  4. / The weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push an oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone in a process called __________.
  5. / a Dutch mapmaker who noticed the apparent fit of continents on either side of the Atlantic Ocean.
  6. / a German scientist who presented his ideas about continental movement to the scientific community.

19 Clues: / means “all the earth.” • / a change in Earth’s magnetic field. • / The study of this magnetic record is called ________. • / a device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields. • boundary / Places where two tectonic plates are moving apart • / A place where two plates slide horizontally past each other. • ...

Michael Plate tectonics 2024-02-15

Michael Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the types of crust
  2. Where convection currents happen
  3. Happen when a transform boundary happens
  4. When a plate goes under the other
  5. Waves from an Earthquake
  6. two plates slipping past each other
Down
  1. two plates moving apart
  2. The theory Alfred wegener made
  3. The border of the plates
  4. two plates colliding

10 Clues: two plates colliding • two plates moving apart • The border of the plates • Waves from an Earthquake • One of the types of crust • The theory Alfred wegener made • Where convection currents happen • When a plate goes under the other • two plates slipping past each other • Happen when a transform boundary happens

PLATE TECTONICS CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2014-11-19

PLATE TECTONICS CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.
  2. All the continents that were once part of a supercontinent.
  3. Forms where two plates slide past each other.
  4. A state in which magnetized objects orient to the south.
  5. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  6. Theory that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  7. The process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone, pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it.
  8. Forms where two plates separate.
  9. Fossil of a plant found in rocks from different continents.
  10. Proposed the hypothesis of continental drift.
Down
  1. A state in which magnetized objects orient to the north.
  2. The cold and rigid outermost rock layer.
  3. Occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction.
  4. The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
  5. Suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.
  6. Forms where two plates collide.
  7. Deep scratches in rocks made as the glaciers moved across land.
  8. When denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate.
  9. The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere.
  10. The process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge.

20 Clues: Forms where two plates collide. • Forms where two plates separate. • The cold and rigid outermost rock layer. • Forms where two plates slide past each other. • Proposed the hypothesis of continental drift. • The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. • Occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction. • When denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-10-28

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the measures of earths energy released by an earthquake
  2. a vibration that travels through earth that is produced by earthquakes and volcanoes
  3. hot,fluid rock in the mantle
  4. the slow movement of the continents over cons
  5. only travels through solids
  6. the theory that earths surface is broken into pieces,or plates, that slide over the magma in the mantle
  7. the part of part of earth that has water
  8. travels through all material
  9. a central opening through which magma and gases erupt once reaching earths surface
  10. the solid portion of the earth
  11. flat lines that show locations north or south of the equator
Down
  1. the location on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  2. a break or crack, in the rocks of the lithosphere along which movements can take place
  3. process where magma comes up between the plates and forces them apart
  4. has never shown activity or erupted
  5. smaller earthquakes that follow a major earthquake
  6. the point below the surface of earth where an earthquake begins
  7. has not shown activity in 200 year
  8. an instrument that detects ,measures,and records seismic energy from earthquakes
  9. the angular distance east or west on the earths surface

20 Clues: only travels through solids • hot,fluid rock in the mantle • travels through all material • the solid portion of the earth • has not shown activity in 200 year • has never shown activity or erupted • the part of part of earth that has water • the slow movement of the continents over cons • smaller earthquakes that follow a major earthquake • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. discovered plate tectonics
  2. when plates pull together
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
  4. the thin layer of the earth
  5. they move on the anthenosphere
  6. an idea about plate tectoics
Down
  1. when plates pull apart
  2. Before all the continets there was this
  3. when plates slide past each other
  4. the continents drifting apart

10 Clues: when plates pull apart • when plates pull together • discovered plate tectonics • the thin layer of the earth • an idea about plate tectoics • the continents drifting apart • they move on the anthenosphere • the thickest layer of the earth • when plates slide past each other • Before all the continets there was this

Jaeda's Tectonic Plate Crossword. 2022-05-13

Jaeda's Tectonic Plate Crossword. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
  2. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  3. the gradual movement of very large land masses
  4. of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  5. tending to come together from different directions
  6. the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  7. a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature
  8. the lower layer of the crust
Down
  1. molten rock in the earth's crust
  2. the relatively shallow seabed surrounding a continent
  3. a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity
  4. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  5. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
  6. a long narrow depression in a surface
  7. the part of the Earth consisting of the crust and mantle
  8. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  9. the central part of the Earth
  10. the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
  11. (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
  12. the phenomena associated with volcanic activity

20 Clues: the lower layer of the crust • the central part of the Earth • molten rock in the earth's crust • a long narrow depression in a surface • a salt or ester derived from silicic acid • the gradual movement of very large land masses • the phenomena associated with volcanic activity • a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2020-04-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long, deep channel or depression
  2. Moving in opposite directions
  3. Moving toward each other
  4. Structure and movement of the crust
  5. Hot, fluid material under the Earth's surface
Down
  1. Rock that moves over the mantle
  2. Line that marks limits of an area
  3. Moving under another plate
  4. Moving past each other
  5. A long, narrow mountain range

10 Clues: Moving past each other • Moving toward each other • Moving under another plate • Moving in opposite directions • A long, narrow mountain range • Rock that moves over the mantle • Line that marks limits of an area • A long, deep channel or depression • Structure and movement of the crust • Hot, fluid material under the Earth's surface

Chapter 5 Vocabulary 2022-01-06

Chapter 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth's outer shell broken into pieces
  2. A mountain that forms from molten material
  3. plates move apart
  4. plates come together
  5. plates slip past each other
  6. A theory of plates tectonics that states that earth's plates are in slow movement
  7. breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  8. Energy carried in rays
Down
  1. Wegener's theory or what he called the supercontinent
  2. where the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
  3. Continents slowly move away or together
  4. Heat transferred by the movement of fluid
  5. Any trace of ancient organisms that are in a preserved rock
  6. Heat transferred by materials that are touching
  7. when magma reaches the surface
  8. molten mixture of rock-forming substances

16 Clues: plates move apart • plates come together • Energy carried in rays • plates slip past each other • when magma reaches the surface • earth's outer shell broken into pieces • Continents slowly move away or together • Heat transferred by the movement of fluid • molten mixture of rock-forming substances • A mountain that forms from molten material • ...

Jaeda's Tectonic Plate Crossword. 2022-05-13

Jaeda's Tectonic Plate Crossword. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of the Earth consisting of the crust and mantle
  2. the relatively shallow seabed surrounding a continent
  3. a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature
  4. the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
  5. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  6. the lower layer of the crust
  7. of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  8. the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  9. (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
  10. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  11. tending to come together from different directions
  12. the central part of the Earth
  13. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
Down
  1. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
  2. the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
  3. the gradual movement of very large land masses
  4. alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
  5. a long narrow depression in a surface
  6. a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity
  7. molten rock in the earth's crust

20 Clues: the lower layer of the crust • the central part of the Earth • molten rock in the earth's crust • a long narrow depression in a surface • a salt or ester derived from silicic acid • the gradual movement of very large land masses • the phenomena associated with volcanic activity • a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature • ...

Earth Layers Crossword 2024-03-01

Earth Layers Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of heating and then rapidly cooling, making air circle in a clockwise rotation.
  2. Largest layer of the Earth
  3. Most dense layer, is made of iron and nickel.
  4. What geologists use to learn about the Earth's layers.
  5. Only liquid layer, is made of iron and nickel.
Down
  1. Under the lithosphere and holds part of the plate tectonics.
  2. Above the asthenosphere but under the crust, holds all the plate tectonics.
  3. Least dense layer of the Earth.

8 Clues: Largest layer of the Earth • Least dense layer of the Earth. • Most dense layer, is made of iron and nickel. • Only liquid layer, is made of iron and nickel. • What geologists use to learn about the Earth's layers. • Under the lithosphere and holds part of the plate tectonics. • Above the asthenosphere but under the crust, holds all the plate tectonics. • ...

Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-04-26

Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. broken up pieces of Earth's crust
  2. the remains of an organism
  3. caused by plate movement; shakes earth
  4. natural ridges in the middle of the ocean
  5. a supercontinent; all the continents in one
Down
  1. the layer under the lithosphere
  2. when a plate melts (gets recycled) and becomes molten rock
  3. Earth's outermost layer
  4. person who first thought of the theory of plate tectonics
  5. made up of the mantle and crust of earth

10 Clues: Earth's outermost layer • the remains of an organism • the layer under the lithosphere • broken up pieces of Earth's crust • caused by plate movement; shakes earth • made up of the mantle and crust of earth • natural ridges in the middle of the ocean • a supercontinent; all the continents in one • person who first thought of the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Geologic Landform formed due to plate tectonic
  2. This boundary overlaps each other
  3. to break apart due to plate tectonics
  4. A dark, dense rock.
  5. this boundary slides 2 plates.
Down
  1. Transfer of heat through liquid
  2. This boundary separates from each other
  3. When one plate goes under another due to gravity and density
  4. Convection Currents in molten rock

9 Clues: A dark, dense rock. • this boundary slides 2 plates. • Transfer of heat through liquid • This boundary overlaps each other • Convection Currents in molten rock • to break apart due to plate tectonics • This boundary separates from each other • A Geologic Landform formed due to plate tectonic • When one plate goes under another due to gravity and density

Geography Unit 2 2022-03-09

Geography Unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Break down rocks into _______
  2. _________ are huge land masses
  3. The western ___________ has huge rocky mountains
  4. the St. Lawrence __________ are around the great lakes
  5. The Canadian Shield was formed ______ of years ago
  6. The Canadian _____
  7. Are in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
  8. big ice balls that rain down
  9. If you live on the _______ than you might have different weather than someone inland
  10. ________ are a result of plate tectonics
  11. ________ are random rocks dropped by glaciers
  12. ______ tectonics
  13. _________ is just below the grass
  14. _________ plates are in constant motion
  15. climate graphs use ____ to show precipitation
  16. ______ carries away rock
  17. The climate in northern Canada is _____
Down
  1. Big _________ can sometimes affect climate
  2. The mega continent
  3. _________ happen when tectonic plates collide
  4. _______ is just below topsoil
  5. _______ are upside-down spoon shaped hills made by glaciers
  6. climate graphs use ________ to show temperature
  7. The great ______ were made by an ice sheet
  8. There are many _______ volcanos on the west coast of Canada
  9. the ________ ice sheet covered most of Canada
  10. ______ is molten rock
  11. Is common on the coast
  12. There are many volcanos in the ______ ocean
  13. The ______ nail was worn
  14. the continents fit _______
  15. _______ are big masses of ice
  16. Is white and fluffy
  17. for below ground

34 Clues: ______ tectonics • for below ground • The mega continent • The Canadian _____ • Is white and fluffy • ______ is molten rock • Is common on the coast • The ______ nail was worn • ______ carries away rock • the continents fit _______ • big ice balls that rain down • Break down rocks into _______ • _______ is just below topsoil • _______ are big masses of ice • _________ are huge land masses • ...

Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-21

Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. currents What causes plates to move
  2. plates Pieces of earth's crust
  3. The rock in the mantle
  4. boundary When plates come together
  5. boundary When plates slide past each other
  6. zone When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
Down
  1. When something breaks apart, caused by plate tectonics
  2. Chains Another thing created by convergent plate boundaries
  3. boundary When plates split away from each other
  4. The creation of a convergent boundary

10 Clues: The rock in the mantle • plates Pieces of earth's crust • The creation of a convergent boundary • boundary When plates come together • currents What causes plates to move • boundary When plates slide past each other • boundary When plates split away from each other • When something breaks apart, caused by plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

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

19 Clues: 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 Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-02

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fluid's resistance to flowing.
  2. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth.
  3. a large volcanic crater, formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.
  4. the body of intrusive igneous rock.
  5. the theory the earth's outer shell is divided into large slabs of solid rock.
  6. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  7. a lowland region that forms where Earth tectonic plates move apart.
  8. a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments.
  9. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time to equal times.
Down
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth.
  2. measures earthquake's magnitude (size).
  3. when two plate tectonics collide.
  4. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  5. the point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
  6. layer above the outer core.
  7. any type of igneous intrusion that has split apart two strata.
  8. when two plates plate tectonics pull away from each other.
  9. a very large igneous intrusion extending deep in the earth's crust.
  10. changers in earth's magnetic field.
  11. a conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava and tephra.
  12. an volcano with gently slopping slides.

21 Clues: layer above the outer core. • a fluid's resistance to flowing. • when two plate tectonics collide. • the rigid outer part of the earth. • the body of intrusive igneous rock. • changers in earth's magnetic field. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • measures earthquake's magnitude (size). • an volcano with gently slopping slides. • ...

module 2 vocabulary puzzle 2022-07-08

module 2 vocabulary puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics
  2. Plates
  3. dating
  4. Wave
  5. Boundary
  6. dating
Down
  1. age
  2. Boundary
  3. Boundary
  4. decay

10 Clues: age • Wave • decay • Plates • dating • dating • Boundary • Boundary • Boundary • Tectonics

Science Crossword Puzzel 2023-02-19

Science Crossword Puzzel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. if the circulation of material is caused by difference in temperature or density it is called what?
  2. reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction what is it called?
  3. pull when a slab sinks and pulls on the rest of the plate it is called what?
  4. cold rigid outermost rock layer of the mantle is called what?
  5. plate boundaries when 2 plates separate it is called what?
  6. drift what causes the continents to separate?
  7. ridges mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called what?
  8. plate boundary when 2 plates collide it is called what?
  9. tectonics theory this states that the earth's surface is made of plates that move with respect of each other.
Down
  1. plates there are 7 of these in total, 6 continental and 1 oceanic, what are they?
  2. what was the first supercontinent called?
  3. spreading new crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge is called what?
  4. polarity when magnetic objects point north is called what?
  5. what word do geologists use to describe forces shape the earth's surface?
  6. when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate it is called what?
  7. plate boundary when 2 plates slide past each other it is called what?
  8. push when plates move away from the ridge it is called what?
  9. Wegener who named Pangea?
  10. Drag when convection currents in the mantle cause a force that causes motion it is called what?
  11. polarity magnetic objects reverse direction and point south called what?

20 Clues: Wegener who named Pangea? • what was the first supercontinent called? • drift what causes the continents to separate? • plate boundary when 2 plates collide it is called what? • polarity when magnetic objects point north is called what? • plate boundaries when 2 plates separate it is called what? • cold rigid outermost rock layer of the mantle is called what? • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2023-10-03

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. largest layer of the earth, mostly solid, “stretches like silly putty, flows like maple syrup”
  2. deepest point on the ocean floor in the Pacific Ocean, formed at a subduction zone
  3. an area in the mantle that is hotter than the surrounding mantle
  4. a German scientist who came up with the Continental drift Hypothesis
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth which consists of the crust and upper part of the mantle, cold and brittle, broken into plates
  6. the circular movement of energy in which heat rises and cold sinks
  7. a plate boundary which occurs where 2 plates are moving away from each other ( dividing)
  8. large underwater mountain chain formed at a divergent plate boundary (spreading center)
  9. a plate boundary in which 2 plates are sliding horizontally past each other
  10. a plate boundary which occurs where 2 plates are moving towards each other
Down
  1. melting which occurs due to a reduction in pressure
  2. the upper layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere moves
  3. a supercontinent which existed at the end of the paleozoic when all of the continents were together as 1 land mass
  4. the only liquid layer of the Earth composed of molten iron and nickel
  5. a process which occurs at the mid ocean ridge where magma comes to the surface and new ocean crust is formed
  6. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor caused at subduction zones; deepest parts of the ocean
  7. oceanic lithosphere is pushed under another plate at a convergent boundary and melts, creating the “fuel” for a volcano
  8. the center of the Earth composed of solid iron and nickel

18 Clues: melting which occurs due to a reduction in pressure • the center of the Earth composed of solid iron and nickel • the upper layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere moves • an area in the mantle that is hotter than the surrounding mantle • the circular movement of energy in which heat rises and cold sinks • ...

plate tectonics 2022-02-04

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slide
  2. when all the Continents were connected
  3. highest mountain in the world
  4. break in plates
  5. transformation causes:
  6. divorce
Down
  1. introduced the theory of plate tectonics
  2. collide
  3. core, mantle, crust
  4. tear

10 Clues: tear • slide • collide • divorce • break in plates • core, mantle, crust • transformation causes: • highest mountain in the world • when all the Continents were connected • introduced the theory of plate tectonics

Plate tectonics Crossword 2022-02-10

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. An extended break in a body of rock
  3. A black volcanic rock
  4. Relating to vibration made in Earths crust
  5. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  6. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  7. The second layer of the earth
  8. Heat transferring through empty space
  9. A natural occurring substance in earths crust.
Down
  1. Two tectonic plates collide with each other
  2. super continent
  3. The reason why the Pacific is getting smaller
  4. third layer of the earth
  5. Two tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. a colorful rock found on the crust
  7. first layer of the earth
  8. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  9. The crust of the earth shaking when the tectonic plates move.

18 Clues: super continent • A black volcanic rock • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • Heat transferring through empty space • Two tectonic plates slide past each other • Relating to vibration made in Earths crust • ...

techtonic plates 2021-12-11

techtonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large part of the earths crust that slowly moves
  2. a type of plate boundry where the plates slowly move
  3. ocean mountain ranges split down the middle
  4. a type of fault where the crust sideways past eachother
  5. the uppermost solid part of Earths crust
  6. the process in which crust pushes downward into the mantle at the fault line
  7. movement of the ocean crust
Down
  1. first person to build a scientific case to support the theory of the continental drift
  2. force behind plate movement
  3. v-shaped valleys that are the deepest parts of the oceans
  4. a super continent
  5. the branch of geology that deals with the movement that shapes earths crust
  6. the preserved remains of anicient, once living organisms
  7. the plate boundry where the plates slowly collide into each other

14 Clues: a super continent • force behind plate movement • movement of the ocean crust • the uppermost solid part of Earths crust • ocean mountain ranges split down the middle • a large part of the earths crust that slowly moves • a type of plate boundry where the plates slowly move • a type of fault where the crust sideways past eachother • ...

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab 2023-01-12

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature
  2. push rising mantle material at Mid-ocean ridge creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  3. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  4. pull as a slab sinks, it pulls the rest of the plate with a force
  5. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  6. the cold rigid outermost rock layer
  7. drift which suggested that continents are constantly moving on the surface of earth
  8. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in the
Down
  1. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  2. tectonics states that earth’s surface is made of rigid slabs of rock plates that move with respect to each other
  3. continents where once part of a super continent
  4. polarity a state which magnetized objects would reverse themselves to point south
  5. polarity a state in which magnetized objects such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  6. plate boundary form where two plates collide
  7. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other
  8. reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction

16 Clues: the cold rigid outermost rock layer • plate boundary form where two plates collide • plate boundary forms where two plates separate • continents where once part of a super continent • reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in the • ...

plate boundrys 2023-10-13

plate boundrys crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a hot substanced
  2. ridge -
  3. flow dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava
  4. where two plate move closer to each other
  5. any of several vast submarine regions thatthe sideways, downward movement of the edge ofplate
  6. is a hot substance
  7. move away from each other
Down
  1. upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and
  2. system formed by plate tectonics.
  3. is a underwater canyon
  4. the process of forming something by forcing
  5. - an overview | ScienceDirect
  6. Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  7. massive slab of solid rock
  8. is the upper part of earths mantle

15 Clues: ridge - • is a hot substance • is a hot substanced • is a underwater canyon • move away from each other • massive slab of solid rock • - an overview | ScienceDirect • system formed by plate tectonics. • is the upper part of earths mantle • upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and • where two plate move closer to each other • the process of forming something by forcing • ...

Plate tectonics Crossword 2022-02-10

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. An extended break in a body of rock
  3. A black volcanic rock
  4. Relating to vibration made in Earths crust
  5. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  6. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  7. The second layer of the earth
  8. Heat transferring through empty space
  9. A natural occurring substance in earths crust.
Down
  1. Two tectonic plates collide with each other
  2. super continent
  3. The reason why the Pacific is getting smaller
  4. third layer of the earth
  5. Two tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. a colorful rock found on the crust
  7. first layer of the earth
  8. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  9. The crust of the earth shaking when the tectonic plates move.

18 Clues: super continent • A black volcanic rock • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • Heat transferring through empty space • Two tectonic plates slide past each other • Relating to vibration made in Earths crust • ...

Plate tectonics vocabulary. 2024-09-05

Plate tectonics vocabulary. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bending of rock layers due to stress.
  2. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the Asthenosphere and the outer core.
  3. Plate A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  4. Tectonics The theory that explains how the tectonic plates move and change shape.
  5. Boundary The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. Drift The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  7. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth, above the mantle.
  8. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  9. The layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core.
Down
  1. Boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  2. Boundary The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.
  3. The stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object.
  4. The rising of regions of the Earth’s crust to higher elevations.
  5. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch and object.
  6. The central part of the Earth below the mantle.
  7. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  8. Spreading The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies.
  9. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.

18 Clues: The bending of rock layers due to stress. • The central part of the Earth below the mantle. • The layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core. • Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch and object. • The stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move. • ...

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab 2023-01-12

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature
  2. push rising mantle material at Mid-ocean ridge creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  3. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  4. pull as a slab sinks, it pulls the rest of the plate with a force
  5. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  6. the cold rigid outermost rock layer
  7. drift which suggested that continents are constantly moving on the surface of earth
  8. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in the
Down
  1. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  2. tectonics states that earth’s surface is made of rigid slabs of rock plates that move with respect to each other
  3. continents where once part of a super continent
  4. polarity a state which magnetized objects would reverse themselves to point south
  5. polarity a state in which magnetized objects such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  6. plate boundary form where two plates collide
  7. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other
  8. reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction

16 Clues: the cold rigid outermost rock layer • plate boundary form where two plates collide • plate boundary forms where two plates separate • continents where once part of a super continent • reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in the • ...

Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-10-05

Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Glaciers are typically unbothered but the plates had created _______ _____
  2. The cycle of movement that forms one large landmass
  3. What is a result of the plates moving in all different directions?
  4. Despite extinct animals only being in certain continents, ______ ________ suggests otherwise.
  5. What happens when the Earth's plates move?
Down
  1. Plate Tectonics has changed the _____ __ __________
  2. The man who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  3. Large amounts of land seem to be created by volcanos, what form of evidence would this suggest?

8 Clues: What happens when the Earth's plates move? • The man who proposed the theory of plate tectonics • Plate Tectonics has changed the _____ __ __________ • The cycle of movement that forms one large landmass • What is a result of the plates moving in all different directions? • Glaciers are typically unbothered but the plates had created _______ _____ • ...

J.gerardo 2023-02-01

J.gerardo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest part of the earth on the inside.
  2. Made of silicon, oxygen, iron, and aluminum, this is produced by volcanoes.
  3. The innermost layer of the Earth.
  4. waves These are waves that travel through earthquakes and explosions
  5. Planetary layers separate due to differing densities.
  6. A rock that is a fragment of an Igneous rock.
  7. The region around the Earth filled with its magnetic field
Down
  1. When two plates move in opposite directions
  2. tectonics the movement of plates underneath the Earth
  3. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath
  4. two boundaries converge together
  5. 100 meters
  6. Rocks produced by high temperatures.
  7. The outer layer of the earth.
  8. structure of the earth and beneath its surface
  9. wind The energy from the sun that alters the earth’s magnetosphere
  10. composed of silicon and oxygen common in the continental crust
  11. Spot The formation of Hawaii was caused by

18 Clues: 100 meters • The outer layer of the earth. • two boundaries converge together • The innermost layer of the Earth. • Rocks produced by high temperatures. • Largest part of the earth on the inside. • Spot The formation of Hawaii was caused by • When two plates move in opposite directions • A rock that is a fragment of an Igneous rock. • ...

Science Crossword Puzzle 2013-06-04

Science Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer planet
  2. can be minerals
  3. a step in an experiment
  4. theory of plate tectonics
  5. has a nucleus with orbiting electrons
  6. no change in composition
  7. theory of evolution
  8. what aniimals eat
  9. founder of genetics
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  1. place where life can live
  2. place where animals live
  3. change that occurs in composition
  4. came up with accurate solar system
  5. transferred from parent to child
  6. something that changes
  7. part of an atom
  8. information collected
  9. end of an expirement
  10. on the Periodic table

19 Clues: outer planet • can be minerals • part of an atom • what aniimals eat • theory of evolution • founder of genetics • end of an expirement • information collected • on the Periodic table • something that changes • a step in an experiment • place where animals live • no change in composition • place where life can live • theory of plate tectonics • transferred from parent to child • ...

Earthquakes 2024-01-06

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
  2. - Plate boundary - Plates slide past each other.
  3. - Plates - Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move.
  4. - Instrument that records earthquake waves.
  5. - Process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another.
  6. - Crack in the Earth's crust where earthquakes originate.
  7. - Area directly above the earthquake's origin.
  8. - Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
Down
  1. - Primary seismic wave that compresses and expands particles.
  2. - Tectonics - A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere.
  3. - Measure of the earthquake's effects at specific locations.
  4. - Study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  5. - Saturated soil temporarily loses strength during an earthquake.
  6. - Related to earthquakes or other vibrations of the Earth.
  7. - Small earthquakes that precede a larger one.
  8. - Smaller earthquake that follows the main shock.
  9. - Scale used to quantify earthquake magnitude.
  10. - Type of earthquake with a focus near the Earth's surface.

18 Clues: - Study of earthquakes and seismic waves. • - Instrument that records earthquake waves. • - Small earthquakes that precede a larger one. • - Scale used to quantify earthquake magnitude. • - Area directly above the earthquake's origin. • - Plate boundary - Plates slide past each other. • - Smaller earthquake that follows the main shock. • ...

M2: Summative Project 2022-12-01

M2: Summative Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forces
  2. Forces
  3. Zone
  4. dating
  5. Wave
Down
  1. age
  2. Tectonics
  3. decay
  4. dating

9 Clues: age • Zone • Wave • decay • Forces • Forces • dating • dating • Tectonics

Science vocab 2023-02-14

Science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -
  2. boundary
  3. trench
  4. tectonics
Down
  1. -
  2. drift
  3. spreading
  4. boundary
  5. ridge
  6. boundary

10 Clues: - • - • drift • ridge • trench • boundary • boundary • boundary • spreading • tectonics

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries 2021-10-07

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of a fluid from different densities
  2. when a piece of crust sinks other another
  3. also referred to as the lithosphere
  4. lava before it reaches the earth's surface
  5. slide against each other to form a boundary
Down
  1. old crust from a plate is pushed under another
  2. to move apart to form a boundary
  3. the outer layer of earth
  4. to come together to form a boundary
  5. break or separation caused by plate tectonics

10 Clues: the outer layer of earth • to move apart to form a boundary • to come together to form a boundary • also referred to as the lithosphere • when a piece of crust sinks other another • lava before it reaches the earth's surface • slide against each other to form a boundary • movement of a fluid from different densities • break or separation caused by plate tectonics • ...

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries 2021-10-07

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of a fluid from different densities
  2. when a piece of crust sinks other another
  3. also referred to as the lithosphere
  4. lava before it reaches the earth's surface
  5. slide against each other to form a boundary
Down
  1. old crust from a plate is pushed under another
  2. to move apart to form a boundary
  3. the outer layer of earth
  4. to come together to form a boundary
  5. break or separation caused by plate tectonics

10 Clues: the outer layer of earth • to move apart to form a boundary • to come together to form a boundary • also referred to as the lithosphere • when a piece of crust sinks other another • lava before it reaches the earth's surface • slide against each other to form a boundary • movement of a fluid from different densities • break or separation caused by plate tectonics • ...

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. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  3. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  4. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  5. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  6. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  7. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  8. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  9. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
Down
  1. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  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. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  6. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  7. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  8. formation of new areas of oceanic crust

17 Clues: the edge where two plates meet • 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 • two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what we live on
  2. fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.
  3. Volcanic substance
  4. Caused from a boundary
  5. A lot of volcanoes at one places
  6. Has a major fault line
  7. The plates movement
  8. Two tectonic plates collide to form this
  9. the block above the fault moves up relative to the block below the fault.
  10. Earth is made up of these
  11. inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically
Down
  1. multiple volcanoes here
  2. Stress on the plates
  3. Two plates collide and there is magma under it that is brought up
  4. Movement
  5. Movement in earths plates
  6. plate
  7. Stress that squeezes the plates
  8. Tension where forces are acting on opposite sides
  9. Two plates horizontally slide next to each other

20 Clues: plate • Movement • what we live on • Volcanic substance • The plates movement • Stress on the plates • Caused from a boundary • Has a major fault line • multiple volcanoes here • Movement in earths plates • Earth is made up of these • Stress that squeezes the plates • A lot of volcanoes at one places • Two tectonic plates collide to form this • ...

Continental Drift 2021-03-01

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift is what
  2. Currents, moves plates
  3. country and continent
  4. , tall, happens when no subduction zones can occur
  5. , country in Europe
  6. Wengener, scientist
  7. , fossil in both south america and Africa
  8. America, southern continent
Down
  1. , cold Continent
  2. , super continent
  3. Drift , Alfred's theory
  4. Sheets , cold, covered the earth
  5. ,Southern continent near Asia
  6. prehistoric things buried deep in the ground
  7. , near Asia
  8. america, northern continent
  9. Tectonics , always in motion

17 Clues: , near Asia • drift is what • , cold Continent • , super continent • , country in Europe • Wengener, scientist • country and continent • Currents, moves plates • Drift , Alfred's theory • Tectonics , always in motion • America, southern continent • ,Southern continent near Asia • america, northern continent • Sheets , cold, covered the earth • , fossil in both south america and Africa • ...

Xword_Tectonics 2024-01-12

Xword_Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by the collision of India end average depth of 4km
  2. Process by which andesite can be generated from the mantle at a convergent oceanic-oceanic plate margin
  3. Theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener
  4. These values are high over mid-ocean ridges and low over ocean trenches
  5. Considered for many years to be the main driving force of plate tectonics, but recently called into question
  6. Rock-type formed at depth by the melting of the continental lithosphere at convergent continental-continental plate margins
Down
  1. German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak!
  2. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with divergent plate margins
  3. A low-angle fault associated with convergent plate margins
  4. Outer layer of the Earth comprises the crust and upper mantle which is solid and rigid
  5. Process now thought to be responsible for oceanic lithosphere being subducted back into the asthenosphere
  6. Type of fault associated with conservative and divergent plate margins
  7. Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks
  8. Type of plate margins where two plates are moving away from each older
  9. Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other

15 Clues: Theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener • German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak! • Formed by the collision of India end average depth of 4km • A low-angle fault associated with convergent plate margins • Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks • Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  2. the part of the earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  3. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  4. a dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  5. layer of the earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle
  6. two plates comes together
  7. comes out of a volcano
  8. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  9. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is slid and 90% iron
  3. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
  4. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  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. abroad runded volcano that is built up by successive outpourings of very fluid lava
  8. sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere
  9. the eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of a planet

18 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 • 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 2018-10-02

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate ____________: the theory that the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into parts, called plates, that move on top of the mantle
  2. Continental ___________: the hypothesis that states that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations
  3. molten material that has come out of a volcano
  4. the instrument that records earthquake data
  5. Molten material inside the Earth
  6. the location directly above the focus of an earthquake where the most damage occurs
  7. A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
  8. ________________ currents: the cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking which propels plate movement
  9. ________ scale: a scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake from 1-10, with 10 being causing the most destruction
  10. The sudden shaking of the ground along a fault that is the result of movement within the Earth's crust
  11. The strength of an earthquake
Down
  1. The point inside Earth's crust where an earthquake begins
  2. The layer of the Earth that consist of the crust and the upper mantle
  3. Seafloor ______________: the theory that continents are moving apart due to the movement of heat and less dense material along faults in the oceans/seas creating mid-ocean ridges and other under water features.
  4. the plasticlike layer of earth below plates that allows for continental movement
  5. The place where lava, ash and rock erupt from a volcano
  6. Using seismograms from at least 3 different seismographs to determine the epicenter of an earthquake
  7. The name of the landmass that existed when all continents were joined as one

18 Clues: The strength of an earthquake • Molten material inside the Earth • the instrument that records earthquake data • molten material that has come out of a volcano • A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle • The place where lava, ash and rock erupt from a volcano • The point inside Earth's crust where an earthquake begins • ...

Plate tectonics Crossword 2022-02-10

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a colorful rock found on the crust
  2. first layer of the earth
  3. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  4. A natural occurring substance in earths crust.
  5. A black volcanic rock
  6. Relating to vibration made in Earths crust
  7. third layer of the earth
  8. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  9. Heat transferring through empty space
Down
  1. The reason why the Pacific is getting smaller
  2. Two tectonic plates collide with each other
  3. The crust of the earth shaking when the tectonic plates move.
  4. The second layer of the earth
  5. Two tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. super continent
  7. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. An extended break in a body of rock
  9. the 4 and last layer of the earth

18 Clues: super continent • A black volcanic rock • first layer of the earth • third layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • Heat transferring through empty space • Two tectonic plates slide past each other • Relating to vibration made in Earths crust • ...

Plate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth 2022-05-03

Plate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries that cause earthquakes
  2. boundaries that create volcanoes and mountains
  3. Began to explore the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  4. plate that is less dense
Down
  1. layer of the earth directly under the crust
  2. outermost layer of the earth
  3. boundaries that create sea floor spreading and rift valleys
  4. solid center of the earth
  5. plate that is the most dense

9 Clues: plate that is less dense • solid center of the earth • outermost layer of the earth • plate that is the most dense • boundaries that cause earthquakes • layer of the earth directly under the crust • boundaries that create volcanoes and mountains • boundaries that create sea floor spreading and rift valleys • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
  2. boundary
  3. spreading
  4. valley
  5. boundary
  6. tectonics
Down
  1. ridge
  2. drift
  3. spots

9 Clues: ridge • drift • spots • valley • boundary • boundary • boundary • spreading • tectonics

plate tectonic vocab 2021-02-01

plate tectonic vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. floor spreading
  2. trench
  3. boundary
  4. boundary
Down
  1. tectonics
  2. drift
  3. zone
  4. boundary
  5. currents

9 Clues: zone • drift • trench • boundary • currents • boundary • boundary • tectonics • floor spreading

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries 2021-10-07

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to come together to form a boundary
  2. break or separation caused by plate tectonics
  3. movement of a fluid from different densities
  4. to move apart to form a boundary
Down
  1. when a piece of crust sinks other another
  2. old crust from a plate is pushed under another
  3. lava before it reaches the earth's surface
  4. slide against each other to form a boundary
  5. also referred to as the lithosphere
  6. the outer layer of earth

10 Clues: the outer layer of earth • to move apart to form a boundary • to come together to form a boundary • also referred to as the lithosphere • when a piece of crust sinks other another • lava before it reaches the earth's surface • slide against each other to form a boundary • movement of a fluid from different densities • break or separation caused by plate tectonics • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-03-09

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Came up with the theory of continental drift
  2. Center of the earth
  3. Large pieces of ice that help prove Pangaea
  4. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  5. Large separated land masses that make up the Earth
  6. Large land masses that result from tectonic plates
  7. One massive continent at the beginning of time
  8. When tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. Confirmed tectonic plate theory 50 years after it was proposed
  10. Remnants of long dead living organism that help prove Pangaea
Down
  1. When tectonic plates move towards each other
  2. Large bodies of water in between continents
  3. Earth's outer shell
  4. A Natural phenomenon that results from tectonic plates
  5. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  7. Molten rock in the earth's crust
  8. Gigantic pieces of earth's crust
  9. Large towering rocks that help prove Pangaea
  10. Bottom of the ocean

20 Clues: Center of the earth • Earth's outer shell • Bottom of the ocean • Molten rock in the earth's crust • Gigantic pieces of earth's crust • Large bodies of water in between continents • Large pieces of ice that help prove Pangaea • When tectonic plates move towards each other • Came up with the theory of continental drift • Large towering rocks that help prove Pangaea • ...

Plate tectonics Crossword 2022-02-10

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The crust of the earth shaking when the tectonic plates move.
  2. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  3. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  4. The reason why the Pacific is getting smaller
  5. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. super continent
  7. third layer of the earth
  8. first layer of the earth
  9. a colorful rock found on the crust
  10. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  11. An extended break in a body of rock
  12. Relating to vibration made in Earths crust
Down
  1. A natural occurring substance in earths crust.
  2. Heat transferring through empty space
  3. Two tectonic plates collide with each other
  4. The second layer of the earth
  5. A black volcanic rock
  6. Two tectonic plates slide past each other

18 Clues: super continent • A black volcanic rock • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • Heat transferring through empty space • Two tectonic plates slide past each other • Relating to vibration made in Earths crust • ...