plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

T6 - Plate Tectonics 2022-03-22

T6 - Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  3. A fold in rock that bends downward to form a V shape.
  4. Measure of the energy released during an earthquake.
  5. A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.
  6. A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  8. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  9. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
  10. An undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean.
  11. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault line.
  12. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
  13. A type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust.
  14. The first geologist to envision some of the continents as having once been joined together.
  15. A force that pushes on or squeezes a material.
  16. A steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs piled up around a volcano's opening.
  17. A bend in a rock; bending of rock layers due to stress.
  18. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
  19. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth.
  20. A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
  21. A low, flat, gently sloping volcano built from many slow flows of fluid, low-viscosity, basaltic lava.
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  1. The type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion.
  2. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
  3. A volcano constructed of alternating layers of pyroclastics and rock solidified from lava flows.
  4. An invisible line that marks the extent of a territory.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. A wide, flat landform that results from repeated nonexplosive eruptions of lava that spread over a large area.
  7. A hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  8. A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912.
  9. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  10. Arating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake.
  11. A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust.
  12. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and created today's individual continents.
  13. Specify a percentage of original size to enlarge or reduce the size of an object.
  14. The movement of one part of Earth's crust under another.
  15. Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
  16. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  17. Put together from many different parts.
  18. A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch.

39 Clues: Put together from many different parts. • A force that pushes on or squeezes a material. • A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch. • Measure of the energy released during an earthquake. • A fold in rock that bends downward to form a V shape. • A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean. • An invisible line that marks the extent of a territory. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a formed pre-existing rocK or pieces of once-living organisms.
  2. evolved toward those of the present.
  3. an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
  4. a major division of time that is a subdivision of an eon and is itself subdivided into periods.
  5. The approximate age determination of rocks, fossils or minerals made by comparing whether the material is younger or older than other surrounding material.
  6. a part or length of material formed by pushing a material through a die with a particular cross-section.
  7. form out of malleable material.
  8. the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
  9. when minerals replace the structure of an organism.
  10. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  11. a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.
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  1. an organism outline of a fossil.
  2. a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata.
  3. the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value.
  4. a fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.
  5. a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains To many Americans
  6. (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults.
  7. a volcano not having erupted in recorded history.
  8. the weather, especially strong winds, heavy rain, and other kinds of bad weather.
  9. a division of time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chronostratigraphy.

20 Clues: form out of malleable material. • an organism outline of a fossil. • evolved toward those of the present. • a volcano not having erupted in recorded history. • when minerals replace the structure of an organism. • (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults. • a formed pre-existing rocK or pieces of once-living organisms. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-01-24

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  2. Which scientist is credited for first proposing Plate Tectonics Theory?
  3. A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  4. When plates collide the plate that is __________ will subduct (go beneath the other).
  5. convergence more dense oceanic plate dives under continental plate. forms a trench. causes volcanoes, and earthquakes (Andes Mountains)
  6. Theory that great slabs or plates of Earth's outer layer float on a hot, semi-molten mantle. All plates are moving slowly and have rafted continents to new positions over time
  7. Scientists believe that convection currents in the __________ is responsible for the movement of the plates that form the Earth's crust.
  8. Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.
  9. The ___ _______ Fault in California is a transform plate boundary.
  10. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  11. What do you call the process of hot rock rising, cooling, and then sinking?
  12. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.
  13. A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide into each other.
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  1. Areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid oceanic ridges or rift valleys.
  2. Areas where two plates grind past each other resulting in faults such as the San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes often occur at fault lines.
  3. Areas where plates move toward each other and collide, causing uplift or subduction.
  4. The MOST recently (newest) formed crust of the Earth would be found at a...
  5. happens where 2 continental plates collide and push up creating mountain ranges
  6. Tectonic Plates which are largely comprised of less dense granite
  7. When a collision between two plates pushes the denser plate into and under the other plate __________ takes place.
  8. When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.
  9. Movements within Earth's mantle that cause tectonic plates to collide, separate, or slide past each other are called __________ __________.
  10. proposed the theory of seafloor spreading
  11. At a __________ plate boundary new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other.
  12. single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  13. Divergent boundaries create new __________.
  14. tectonic plate that lies under an ocean comprised of denser basalt

27 Clues: proposed the theory of seafloor spreading • Divergent boundaries create new __________. • divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean • Tectonic Plates which are largely comprised of less dense granite • The ___ _______ Fault in California is a transform plate boundary. • tectonic plate that lies under an ocean comprised of denser basalt • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mountain chains on the ocean floor
  2. A boundary where plates move towards each other
  3. Long narrow, valley like depression on the ocean floor
  4. A form of stress where plates slip past each other
  5. A theory explaining the structure of the Earth
  6. A transfer of heat through waves
  7. The formation of new areas on the ocean floor
  8. A force acting on the plates
  9. A boundary where plates slip past each other
  10. Magma after it reaches the surface
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  1. Slow movement of the continents
  2. The scientist who originated Pangea
  3. A transfer of heat through liquids
  4. A mountain where lava erupts from it
  5. Where the Earth's plates connect
  6. A fracture between rocks
  7. A transfer of heat through direct contact
  8. A boundary where plates move away from each other
  9. An ancient supercontinent for 200 million years ago
  10. A hot fluid within the earth

20 Clues: A fracture between rocks • A force acting on the plates • A hot fluid within the earth • Slow movement of the continents • Where the Earth's plates connect • A transfer of heat through waves • Mountain chains on the ocean floor • A transfer of heat through liquids • Magma after it reaches the surface • The scientist who originated Pangea • A mountain where lava erupts from it • ...

Plate Tectonics Project 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle
  2. Earth’s magnetic field results from movement of the material in the
  3. The theory of seafloor spreading says that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at
  4. Which two land forms are caused by convergent plate boundaries?
  5. the name of an ancient fossil found on different continents
  6. How are scientists able to study Earth’s interior?
  7. Lavapillows and magnetic striping patterns provide evidence for
  8. The old oceanic crust is denser than new oceanic crust because it is
  9. A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
  10. On the ocean floor, rocks are the youngest near a
Down
  1. Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by
  2. Subduction zones are found at which of the plate boundaries
  3. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
  4. Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
  5. The place where two tectonic plates move away from each other is called a
  6. the name of the German scientist that discovered the theory of continental drift
  7. Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in _?_ per year
  8. A place where two tectonic plates move toward each other is called a
  9. In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
  10. the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

20 Clues: A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle • On the ocean floor, rocks are the youngest near a • How are scientists able to study Earth’s interior? • Subduction zones are found at which of the plate boundaries • the name of an ancient fossil found on different continents • Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in _?_ per year • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the supercontinent that was discovered by Alfred Wegener
  2. a mountain where lava can erupt or explode out of
  3. heat transfers like this when there is direct contact of two objects
  4. a certain flow which transfers heat
  5. a measure of mass in a given volume of a substance
  6. a device powered by sound waves which measures the distance to an object
  7. an idea introduced by Alfred Wegener that suggests the continents slowly moved over Earths surface
  8. sections of Earths crust that are constantly in motion in motion
  9. a process where mid-ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor
  10. a process where old ocean floor is sucked into the mantle
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  1. long passageways to the inside of the Earth where old seafloor is sucked in and turned into new seafloor
  2. cracks in Earths crust where there has been moving plates
  3. heat transfers like this when in the form of a liquid
  4. a tectonic boundary where plates are moving into each other
  5. a deep valley of Earths crust that has diverged onto land
  6. a mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle that is underground
  7. a tectonic boundary where plates are moving away from each other
  8. heat transfers like this when there is energy coming directly from a source like the sun or fire
  9. a long underwater chain of mountains
  10. a piece of an ancient organism that was preserved in rock
  11. a tectonic boundary where plates are sliding past each other

21 Clues: a certain flow which transfers heat • a long underwater chain of mountains • a mountain where lava can erupt or explode out of • a measure of mass in a given volume of a substance • heat transfers like this when in the form of a liquid • the supercontinent that was discovered by Alfred Wegener • cracks in Earths crust where there has been moving plates • ...

Science Plate Tectonics 2023-12-21

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

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

MONKE13 | Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

MONKE13 | Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how plates move and interact with each other
  2. contains the crust and upper mantle
  3. 1 percent of the earth is covered by this; the thinnest layer of the earth
  4. liquid part of core
  5. discovered by alfred wegener
  6. pressing something into a smaller space
  7. largest layer; part of mantle
  8. what something is made up of
  9. when two plates come apart from each other
  10. when two plates come together
  11. a convergent boundary where one plate slides under the other or subducts
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  1. theory that the plates are moving due to convection currents
  2. plates that move due to convection currents
  3. most of upper mantle
  4. solid part of core made of iron and nickel
  5. fracture of zone of fractures in the earths crust at a plate boundary
  6. ball shaped part at the center of the earth; split into two parts
  7. when two plates slide past each other; can cause fault lines or earthquakes
  8. discovered by harry hess
  9. thickest part of the earth

20 Clues: liquid part of core • most of upper mantle • discovered by harry hess • thickest part of the earth • discovered by alfred wegener • what something is made up of • largest layer; part of mantle • when two plates come together • contains the crust and upper mantle • pressing something into a smaller space • solid part of core made of iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics Quiz 2024-09-27

Plate Tectonics Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of crust that is lighter and less dense.
  2. The molding together of wet sediments and/or rock.
  3. Rock that is formed from extreme heat and pressure underground.
  4. Rock that is formed due to cooled magma.
  5. This type of boundary results in the formation of volcanoes and mountains due to collision.
  6. Type of crust that is heavier and more dense.
  7. The remains of long deceased organisms. Wegner used their shared presence across multiple continents as evidence for Continental Drift.
  8. The moving of rock
  9. This layer of Earth is pulled upon by convection currents to move crust.
  10. The division of Earth's crust in sections known as plates.
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  1. The pressing together of sediment and/or rock.
  2. New rock is located on the surface and Old rock is further beneath the surface.
  3. The break down of rock
  4. Folding of heavier and more dense crust underneath less dense crust.
  5. The movement of magma; hot magma rises, pulls on the crust and moving it. The cooler magma sinks back down to the core.
  6. When plates separate, new crust is made. This generally occurs on the ocean floor.
  7. The rock is settled into a new location.
  8. This layer of Earth includes all of Earth's solidified rock.
  9. This type of boundary results in strong earthquakes when the plates slide.
  10. This type of boundary results in continental drift and new oceanic crust due to division.
  11. The idea that Earth's continents are moving away from each other.
  12. Rock that is formed through layering of previously weathered sediments.

22 Clues: The moving of rock • The break down of rock • The rock is settled into a new location. • Rock that is formed due to cooled magma. • Type of crust that is lighter and less dense. • Type of crust that is heavier and more dense. • The pressing together of sediment and/or rock. • The molding together of wet sediments and/or rock. • ...

Reliefs & Plate Tectonics 2024-04-29

Reliefs & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a shelf that begins at the coast and descends to a depth of 200 m below the ocean.
  2. where the land meets the sea
  3. an area of land surrounded by water on all sides
  4. a part of the sea that extends into the land
  5. the tectonic plate between the Afrucan, Indo-Australian, and Eurasian plates
  6. the area of land between mountains
  7. classified into 3 categories: Continental, Coastal, and Oceanic landforms
  8. can be grouped into sierras or mountain ranges
  9. the tectonic plate between the Caribbean, Pacific, and Nazca plates
  10. TRENCHES long, deep cracks in the abyssal plain
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  1. PLAINS where mid-ocean ridges are usually found
  2. a term referring to a group of islands close together
  3. the tectonic plate that hits north of Kyla’s country. (BONUS)
  4. flat areas of land at higher altitudes
  5. the tectonic plate where we can find the Atlas Mountains
  6. a strip of land that extends to the sea
  7. low flat areas of land
  8. connects a peninsula to the continent
  9. AMERICAN the tectonic plate north of the Caribbean
  10. the continental shelf descends at the continental ______.

20 Clues: low flat areas of land • where the land meets the sea • the area of land between mountains • connects a peninsula to the continent • flat areas of land at higher altitudes • a strip of land that extends to the sea • a part of the sea that extends into the land • can be grouped into sierras or mountain ranges • PLAINS where mid-ocean ridges are usually found • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2025-01-20

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. areas that are below sea level
  2. a volcanically active area of Earth's surface far from a tectonic plate boundary
  3. theory that Earth's continents move or drift relative to each other over geologic time
  4. a principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
  5. an ancient landmass which separated into present-day continents
  6. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  7. Massive volcano that can produce unbelievably enormous, but rare, eruptions.
  8. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
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  1. Magma that reaches the Earth's surface
  2. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  3. A break in the Earth's crust
  4. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  5. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents in the mantle
  6. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  8. A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
  9. caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  10. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  11. One plate going under another plate
  12. well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations

21 Clues: A break in the Earth's crust • areas that are below sea level • One plate going under another plate • Magma that reaches the Earth's surface • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crosswor 2024-10-23

Plate Tectonics Crosswor crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer on the upper mantle below the lithosphere
  2. Two plates moving towards each other
  3. The solid shell of the planet
  4. Two plates moving away from each other
  5. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  6. Center of the earth
  7. Another name for this thing is supercontinent
  8. An opening in the earth's surface
  9. Liquid layer of the earth
  10. tectonic plates from the earth's lithosphere split apart from each other
  11. Hot fluid within the earth's crust
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  1. Plates slide past each other
  2. long narrow depressions on the ocean floor
  3. Two tectonic plates meet and one slides beneath the other
  4. The movement of continents form plate tectonics
  5. This person created the theory of continental drift
  6. a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes and a song by Johnny Cash
  7. Crack in the earth's crust that occurs between two pieces of rock
  8. Huge slab of rock made up by the earth lithosphere
  9. a slowly drifting rigid layer of the Earth's crust

20 Clues: Center of the earth • Liquid layer of the earth • Plates slide past each other • The solid shell of the planet • An opening in the earth's surface • Hot fluid within the earth's crust • Two plates moving towards each other • Two plates moving away from each other • long narrow depressions on the ocean floor • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-01-27

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

20 Clues: - the place where two tectonic plates meet • - a machine used to detect earthquake waves • - the point underground where the earthquake begins • - a string of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean/Plate • - energy from an earthquake that travels as vibrations • - one large continent, with all the land connected together • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2025-11-18

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Will rise or float
  2. Tectonic plates are made of this mechanical layer
  3. Provided by the core, creates convection currents
  4. Solid pieces of lithosphere that move slowly over time
  5. Type of crust that is more dense and thinner
  6. Scientist who documented evidence for continental drift
  7. Currents created by rising and sinking of materials
  8. The mechanical layer that moves tectonic plates
  9. The compositional layer below the crust
  10. Number of inches an average plate moves in a year
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  1. Increases as you go towards Earth's center
  2. Will sink
  3. These fit together, for some continents, like pieces of a puzzle
  4. Outermost compositional layer of the Earth
  5. Describes the amount of movement energy molecules have
  6. The year of the last big earthquake on Washington's coast
  7. Geologists found similarities in their features across distant continents
  8. Layer that is made of metal but is liquid
  9. Type of crust that is less dense and thicker
  10. The amount of mass in a certain space
  11. Evidence of these were found in Africa, indicating a different climate in the past
  12. Remains or impressions of living things, provide evidence of continental drift
  13. The solid, innermost layer of Earth

23 Clues: Will sink • Will rise or float • The solid, innermost layer of Earth • The amount of mass in a certain space • The compositional layer below the crust • Layer that is made of metal but is liquid • Increases as you go towards Earth's center • Outermost compositional layer of the Earth • Type of crust that is more dense and thinner • ...

Plate tectonics puzzle 2025-10-23

Plate tectonics puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. Man who came up with plate tectonics
  3. What makes volcanos in the middle of tectonic plates
  4. When two plates converge on each other
  5. Large wave made by sea earthquakes
  6. What made the Hawaiian islands
  7. Superheated ball of iron and nickel
  8. Where sea floor is destroyed
  9. When plates grind, then slip past one another
  10. Supercontinent
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  1. Layer of liquid metal
  2. Showed evidence of continental drift
  3. When two plates move side to side in opposite directions
  4. Thin layer of cooled rock
  5. How strong an earthquake is
  6. When new sea floor is made and destroyed
  7. An sudden explosion that releases ash and lava from a volcano
  8. What moves the plates
  9. Where convection currents are
  10. Crack where magma seeps through

20 Clues: Supercontinent • Layer of liquid metal • What moves the plates • Thin layer of cooled rock • How strong an earthquake is • Where sea floor is destroyed • Where convection currents are • What made the Hawaiian islands • Crack where magma seeps through • Large wave made by sea earthquakes • Superheated ball of iron and nickel • Showed evidence of continental drift • ...

Continental Drift Theory 2023-10-22

Continental Drift Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. time
  2. drift
  3. features
  4. bed
  5. tectonics
Down
  1. currents
  2. ranges
  3. Wegener

8 Clues: bed • time • drift • ranges • Wegener • currents • features • tectonics

Module 2 Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-10

Module 2 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dating
  2. anaerobic
  3. Tectonics
  4. decay
  5. tectonics
Down
  1. age
  2. Convection
  3. dating
  4. Meteorite
  5. abiotic

10 Clues: age • decay • dating • dating • abiotic • Meteorite • anaerobic • Tectonics • tectonics • Convection

World geography 2021-05-18

World geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. faiths
  2. diffusion
  3. tectonics
  4. density
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  1. America
  2. America
  3. themes
  4. systems
  5. of regions
  6. exchange

10 Clues: themes • faiths • America • America • systems • density • exchange • diffusion • tectonics • of regions

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  2. the process of oceanic crust entering the mantle.
  3. Name of a single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago
  4. theory that the plates are in slow constant motion
  5. used to see the sea floor
  6. The process of the seafloor renewing because of convection currents
  7. causes rift valleys if on land
  8. something you eat off of
  9. boundary that produces mountains with 2 continental plates
  10. movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature
  11. layer of hot, solid material between the crust and core
Down
  1. Undersea mountain chain where a new ocean floor is produced
  2. remains of organisms that lived in the past
  3. break in Earth’s crust
  4. point of subduction
  5. causes earthquakes
  6. theory that the continents are moving across the Earth
  7. scientist that came up with continental drift
  8. there is a popular blank in Iceland
  9. mountain with molten lava that can rise to the surface

20 Clues: causes earthquakes • point of subduction • break in Earth’s crust • something you eat off of • used to see the sea floor • causes rift valleys if on land • there is a popular blank in Iceland • remains of organisms that lived in the past • scientist that came up with continental drift • layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2018-02-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2013-11-21

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations
  2. the part of the earth’s crust that underlies the oceans, made of basalt.
  3. consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  4. fracture in the earth's crust
  5. the process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate being drawn down or overridden by another
  6. to become fractured along a plane.
  7. a boundary between plates that are moving toward each other
  8. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
  9. A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains.
  10. the idea that continents move around on Earth’s surface.
  11. – an opening in Earth’s crust from which lava, gas, and ash erupt.
  12. shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface.
  13. the movement of plates that make up the surface of Earth.
  14. a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly.
  15. a convergent boundary where one plate is sliding beneath another.
  16. a summary of many experimental results and observations
  17. an ancient supercontinent.
Down
  1. a curved chain of islands
  2. a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  3. a boundary between plates that are sliding past one another.
  4. the transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of cooler fluid or gas
  5. a boundary between plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. thick, less-dense lithospheric plates that are made of granite and form the continents
  7. a long narrow zone of faulting
  8. the top of an established mantle plume
  9. the part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents, made of granite, less dense
  10. , dense lithospheric plates that are made of basalt and form the ocean floor
  11. a long, steep-sided, narrow depression in the ocean floor.
  12. The border between two tectonic plates
  13. the rocky outer layer of Earth.

30 Clues: a curved chain of islands • an ancient supercontinent. • fracture in the earth's crust • a long narrow zone of faulting • the rocky outer layer of Earth. • to become fractured along a plane. • the top of an established mantle plume • The border between two tectonic plates • shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface. • A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-01-24

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the innermost layer of Earth
  2. energy transfer by the movement of a material
  3. a scientific hypothesis stating that the landmasses on earth were once a solid piece but drifted apart
  4. a measurement of how much material is in a volume
  5. the period in which all the continents were joined together to form a supercontinent
  6. plate boundary in which tectonic plates move toward each other
  7. the time period in between the Triassic and Cretatious period
  8. one of the two continents in the Triassic period; consists of today's North America and Asia
  9. plate boundary in which the plates are moving away from each other
  10. lower layer of the mantle; material bends and moves easily
  11. plate boundary in which plates slide past each other
Down
  1. the supercontinent that consisted of all the continents put together like a jigsaw puzzle
  2. huge underwater mountains at the edges of tectonic plates
  3. one of the two continents in the Triassic period; consists of todays South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica
  4. a switch in Earth's magnetic north and south
  5. the top layer of the mantle and the crust
  6. layer of earth in between the innermost layer and the lower mantle
  7. molten rock that is below the Earth's surface
  8. substance that the innermost layer of Earth is mostly made of
  9. when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate
  10. a place where heated rock rises in the middle of a tectonic plate
  11. the outermost layer of Earth

22 Clues: the innermost layer of Earth • the outermost layer of Earth • the top layer of the mantle and the crust • a switch in Earth's magnetic north and south • energy transfer by the movement of a material • molten rock that is below the Earth's surface • a measurement of how much material is in a volume • when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate • ...

Herch's Plate Tectonics 2021-12-16

Herch's Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Points north to magnetic south pole
  2. Hotspot on N. American plate
  3. Density of oceanic crust
  4. Continental Drift Dude
  5. Type of divergent boundary
  6. Circulation of heat in Asthenosphere
  7. Magnetic mineral in oceanic crust
  8. San Andreas Fault
  9. Hawaii, Iceland, or Easter Island
  10. Crashing into Eurasia forming Himalaya Mtns.
  11. Outer Core is
  12. Mountains near Peru-Chile Trench
  13. Large mass of flowing ice
  14. Created at subduction zones
  15. Deepest ocean trench
  16. Seafloor spreading guy
  17. sound waves used to measure depth
  18. Plate subducted under S. America
  19. Planet with no magnetic field
  20. Roth's other cat
  21. ESRT Earth's Interior Chart
Down
  1. 3.5 million atmospheres
  2. Used to study Earth's composition
  3. ESRT Tectonic Plate Map
  4. Continental crust
  5. Boundary between crust & Rigid Mantle
  6. Plastic Mantle
  7. As distance from M.O.R. increases, crust gets
  8. When 1 plate is drawn under another
  9. Oceanic crust
  10. EQ waves change their speed & direction
  11. Crust & Rigid Mantle
  12. Island where magnetic lava is tested
  13. Supercontinent
  14. Ring of fire plate

35 Clues: Oceanic crust • Outer Core is • Plastic Mantle • Supercontinent • Roth's other cat • Continental crust • San Andreas Fault • Ring of fire plate • Crust & Rigid Mantle • Deepest ocean trench • Continental Drift Dude • Seafloor spreading guy • 3.5 million atmospheres • ESRT Tectonic Plate Map • Density of oceanic crust • Large mass of flowing ice • Type of divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

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

20 Clues: is slid and 90% iron • comes out of a volcano • two plates comes together • the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • the first waves to arrive at a seismograph • 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 Vocab 2023-11-30

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock in the Earth's crust
  2. regions of Earth where living organisms exist
  3. to use again after processing
  4. linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart
  5. relating to ocean depths from 2000-5000 meters
  6. having undergone transformation by heat/pressure
  7. stack of originally linear surfaces that are bent or curved during permanent deformation
  8. oceanic lithosphere and continental recycle into Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries
Down
  1. chemistry of Earth's crust
  2. solid outer part of Earth that includes crust and upper mantle
  3. slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure; lithosphere floats on this
  4. outermost solid shell of a planet
  5. bottom of sea or ocean
  6. of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the PreCambrian Eon
  7. geologist who uses physical principles to study properties of the Earth
  8. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  9. innermost geological layer
  10. process of covering the earth with masses of ice
  11. branch of geology studying folding and faulting of Earth's crust
  12. part of a rock formation that appears above the surface

20 Clues: bottom of sea or ocean • chemistry of Earth's crust • innermost geological layer • to use again after processing • molten rock in the Earth's crust • outermost solid shell of a planet • regions of Earth where living organisms exist • relating to ocean depths from 2000-5000 meters • process of covering the earth with masses of ice • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-11-09

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An opening in Earth's crust where lave escapes
  2. A string of volcanic mountains at a subduction zone
  3. The plastic-like layer of the mantle.
  4. Place under Earth's crust where the earthquake happens
  5. A boundary where plates move together
  6. Large vibrations moving through Earth's crust
  7. The lighter, older, and thicker crust.
  8. A boundary where plates move apart.
  9. Kind of volcano with alternating layers of lava
  10. Largest type of volcano with gently sloping sides
  11. German scientist who came up with Continental Drift
Down
  1. A place where two tectonic plates meet.
  2. A deep canyon formed in a subduction zone.
  3. Place where most earthquakes happened
  4. Rock and solid lava falling from the sky
  5. When a denser plate slides under another plate.
  6. An area of volcanic activity in the middle of a plate
  7. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  8. A boundary where plates slide past one another
  9. The crust making up the ocean floor.
  10. __plates are able to move, bend, or break while floating
  11. The thickest layer of Earth just below the crust.
  12. The name of the ocean where you find the Ring of Fire
  13. A mid-ocean ___ is an underwater mountain range.
  14. The crust and rigid upper part of the mantle.
  15. Place on Earth's crust where earthquake is located

26 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • A boundary where plates move apart. • The crust making up the ocean floor. • Place where most earthquakes happened • The plastic-like layer of the mantle. • A boundary where plates move together • The lighter, older, and thicker crust. • A place where two tectonic plates meet. • Rock and solid lava falling from the sky • ...

Plate tectonics crossword 2023-11-14

Plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how much matter or mass is in something.
  2. the measure of matter.
  3. a theory that sea floor spreading is the cause of what we have today.
  4. canyons that are in the ocean and absorb land.
  5. a line or point where a region ends and a new one begins.
  6. when two plates shear against each other.
  7. ridges in the land that form big mountains.
  8. the amount of how much space is being taken up.
  9. alfred wegner called a supercontinent this.
  10. the outermost layer of the earth.
Down
  1. an area where molten rock rises and forms magma.
  2. when mid-ocean ridges form new land.
  3. a big landmass
  4. when denser material goes below the less dense material.
  5. a mountain that forms when magma rises from the earth.
  6. a major belt of some volcanos.
  7. a mixture of molten rock.
  8. a flow of liquids that rise and fall.
  9. a long string of islands.
  10. forms when molten rock go to the surface.

20 Clues: a big landmass • the measure of matter. • a mixture of molten rock. • a long string of islands. • a major belt of some volcanos. • the outermost layer of the earth. • when mid-ocean ridges form new land. • a flow of liquids that rise and fall. • how much matter or mass is in something. • when two plates shear against each other. • forms when molten rock go to the surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2019-01-10

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field, as shown by patterns of magnetism in rocks that have formed over time
  2. the theory that proposes the Earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in numerous ways. These plates can produce volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, and the crust
  3. the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth
  4. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred kilometers from a trench where subduction of one oceanic slab beneath another is occurring
  5. a boundary by which two plates move together
  6. one of the numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as a unit over the asthenosphere
  7. a mechanism that contributes to plate motion in which cool, dense oceanic crust sinks into the mantle and pulls the lithosphere along
  8. the motion of matter from changes in temperature
  9. the solid innermost layer of Earth (1220 km in radius)
  10. a boundary where two plates slide past each other without creating nor destroying the lithosphere
  11. a proposed supercontinent that began to break about 200 million years ago and formed today's landmasses
  12. a layer beneath the mantle (2260 km thick) containing liquid iron and generating Earth's magnetic field
  13. a mechanism that may contribute to plate motion; it involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge due to gravity
  14. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench back to the mantle al a colliding plate boundary
  2. mountains formed in part by volcanic activity caused by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  3. The 2890 km thick layer of Earth below the crust
  4. a region where the rigid plates are moving apart, typified by the oceanic ridges
  5. a mass of hotter than normal mantle material that ascends toward the surface, where it can lead to igneous activity
  6. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries (can develop on seafloor or land)
  7. the process which plate tectonics produce new oceanic lithospheres at the ocean ridges
  8. Ocean Trench / topographic depression of the sea floor
  9. a hypothesis that states the continents were once a supercontinent but, are now moving
  10. A sound navigation and ranging tool that calculates ocean depth by recording the time of an energy pulse
  11. a weak plastic layer of the mantle below the lithosphere

25 Clues: the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth • a boundary by which two plates move together • The 2890 km thick layer of Earth below the crust • the motion of matter from changes in temperature • the solid innermost layer of Earth (1220 km in radius) • Ocean Trench / topographic depression of the sea floor • a weak plastic layer of the mantle below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2019-01-10

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mechanism that contributes to plate motion in which cool, dense oceanic crust sinks into the mantle and pulls the lithosphere along
  2. mountains formed in part by volcanic activity caused by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  3. the motion of matter from changes in temperature
  4. the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field, as shown by patterns of magnetism in rocks that have formed over time
  5. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle
  6. a region where the rigid plates are moving apart, typified by the oceanic ridges
  7. the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth
  8. Floor Spreading the process which plate tectonics produce new oceanic lithospheres at the ocean ridges
  9. A sound navigation and ranging tool that calculates ocean depth by recording the time of an energy pulse
  10. a weak plastic layer of the mantle below the lithosphere
  11. a mechanism that may contribute to plate motion; it involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge due to gravity
Down
  1. a boundary by which two plates move together
  2. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred kilometers from a trench where subduction of one oceanic slab beneath another is occurring
  3. a hypothesis that states the continents were once a supercontinent but, are now moving
  4. the theory that proposes the Earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in numerous ways. These plates can produce volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, and the crust
  5. topographic depression of the sea floor
  6. a boundary where two plates slide past each other without creating nor destroying the lithosphere
  7. A layer beneath the mantle (2260 km thick) containing liquid iron and generating Earth's magnetic field
  8. The 2890 km thick layer of Earth below the crust
  9. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries (can develop on seafloor or land)
  10. the solid innermost layer of Earth (1220 km in radius)
  11. one of the numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as a unit over the asthenosphere
  12. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench back to the mantle al a colliding plate boundary
  13. a mass of hotter than normal mantle material that ascends toward the surface, where it can lead to igneous activity
  14. a proposed supercontinent that began to break about 200 million years ago and formed today's landmasses

25 Clues: the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth • topographic depression of the sea floor • a boundary by which two plates move together • the motion of matter from changes in temperature • The 2890 km thick layer of Earth below the crust • the solid innermost layer of Earth (1220 km in radius) • a weak plastic layer of the mantle below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics Terms 2019-01-04

Plate Tectonics Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Amount of force pushing on a surface or area.
  2. Transfer / the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
  3. core / solid part of the core
  4. / the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  5. Drift / hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  6. / soft layer of the mantle which the lithosphere floats on.
  7. core / this part is the molten part of the Earth's core.
  8. Tectonics / the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  9. / a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  10. / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
Down
  1. / a system that determines the distance of an object underwater by recording echoes of soundwaves
  2. / transfer of heat by movements of a fluid
  3. / direct transfer of energy through empty space through electromagnetic waves
  4. / the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into mantle
  5. / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  6. / a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. / a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. / name of the single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
  9. / a section of a lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  10. waves / A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.

20 Clues: core / solid part of the core • / transfer of heat by movements of a fluid • / Amount of force pushing on a surface or area. • / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • / a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • / soft layer of the mantle which the lithosphere floats on. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2024-04-23

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The uppermost division of the solid earth
  2. The thick part of Earth's crust that forms continents. Older than oceanic crust
  3. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that forms at the boundary of tectonic plates
  4. The process in which new ocean crust is continually coming into being and spreading along the ocean floor
  5. Large landmass that is thought to have been made of all continents before drifting apart
  6. Tectonic plates compromised of oceanic crust
  7. When one lithosphere plate collides with another and is forced under another plate
  8. cracks in the Earth's crust along where there is movement
  9. The drifting of the continents
  10. Boundary made when two tectonic plates move towards each other
  11. The sudden shaking of Earth's crust caused by energy release along fault line or volcanic activity
  12. A large continuous mass of land
Down
  1. the theory that the earth's lithosphere is divided into large, plate like sections
  2. Where the tectonic plates float
  3. Tectonic plates comprised of mainly continental crust
  4. The thick, dense layer of rock between Earth's crust and its core
  5. Boundary made when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. A large volcanic Crater formed by an eruption and collapse of a volcano
  7. A mountain or hill that has a crater or vent from where lava and gas have erupted from earth's crust
  8. Hot fluid below or within the earth's crust
  9. The upper layer of Earth's interior made up of the crust and upper mantle that is broken up into rocky plates
  10. The boundary between two tectonic plates
  11. Boundary made when two tectonic plates move in opposite directions against each other

23 Clues: The drifting of the continents • Where the tectonic plates float • A large continuous mass of land • The boundary between two tectonic plates • The uppermost division of the solid earth • Hot fluid below or within the earth's crust • Tectonic plates compromised of oceanic crust • Tectonic plates comprised of mainly continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2024-04-23

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melted rock inside the earth
  2. Area surrounding the pacific ocean where many volcanos form
  3. Layer of the Earth beneath the lithosphere containing slow flowing rock
  4. Melted rock outside the earth
  5. Two tectonic plates moving towards each other
  6. A massive amount of lava and ash leaving a volcano
  7. Magma building up under the earth's surface, often near a tectonic place boundary
  8. The earths crust on the land
  9. The Earths crust on the sea floor
  10. When one tectonic plates slides under another
  11. A layer of the earth containing the crust and part of the mantle
Down
  1. Two tectonic plates moving past each other
  2. Two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  3. A shift of tectonic plates, often occurring at a transform plate boundary
  4. A massive, slowly moving piece of rock
  5. Large, heighten area of rock, typically caused by convergent plate boundaries
  6. Semi-solid layer of the earth
  7. Any form of volcanic activity
  8. The force from inside the earth that makes tectonic plates move
  9. The theory that the earth's crust is made of many, slowly moving plates
  10. A area underneath the crust of unusually high magma heat and pressure; causes volcanic island chains

21 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The earths crust on the land • Melted rock outside the earth • Semi-solid layer of the earth • Any form of volcanic activity • The Earths crust on the sea floor • A massive, slowly moving piece of rock • Two tectonic plates moving past each other • Two tectonic plates moving towards each other • When one tectonic plates slides under another • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2023-02-24

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid layer between earth's crust and core
  2. transfer of heat by movements of a heated fluid
  3. transfer of heat by direct contact of particles
  4. scientist that hypothesized pangea
  5. soft layer of mantle
  6. places where two or more plates meet
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  8. transfer of energy through empty space
  9. rigid layer from uppermost part of crust
Down
  1. crust found on earth's continents
  2. oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench and back into the mantle
  3. a break in earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
  4. type of crust found under earth's oceans
  5. a device that determines object distance under water by sound waves
  6. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. hypothesis that continents slowly move across earth's surface
  8. layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  9. theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in motion
  10. section of lithosphere that slowly move over atmosphere
  11. geologist who discovered sea floor spreading by sonar

20 Clues: soft layer of mantle • crust found on earth's continents • scientist that hypothesized pangea • places where two or more plates meet • transfer of energy through empty space • type of crust found under earth's oceans • rigid layer from uppermost part of crust • solid layer between earth's crust and core • layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • ...

Geology - Plate Tectonics 2023-06-06

Geology - Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  2. Layer of earth between the crust and the core.
  3. How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occuring.
  4. Molten rock within Earth
  5. Plate boundary where plates crash together.
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred.
  7. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  8. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
  9. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  10. Two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.
  11. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. The process where earth materials are worn away & moved by forces such as wind or water.
Down
  1. Plate boundary where plates rip apart.
  2. Plate boundary where one plate slides past another.
  3. The outermost layer of the earth
  4. These rocks started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form.
  5. These rocks form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  6. The size of something.
  7. Innermost layer of the earth.
  8. A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above.
  9. The reason something has occurred or is occurring.
  10. Sections of bedrock in between the fault lines of cracks from earthquakes.

22 Clues: The size of something. • Molten rock within Earth • Innermost layer of the earth. • The outermost layer of the earth • Plate boundary where plates rip apart. • Plate boundary where plates crash together. • Layer of earth between the crust and the core. • Height above a given level, especially sea level. • Height above a given level, especially sea level. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-03-16

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges and moves outward.
  2. The process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle at a convergent boundary.
  3. The theory that continents move over geological time, originally proposed by Alfred Wegener.
  4. A fracture in Earth's crust where movement has occurred due to plate tectonics.
  5. The semi-solid layer of Earth beneath the crust that moves slowly, driving plate movement.
  6. Large, rigid sections of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere.
  7. The rigid outer layer of Earth, made up of the crust and uppermost mantle.
  8. The outermost solid layer of Earth, composed of oceanic and continental crust.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, often forming mountains, earthquakes, or volcanoes.
  10. A crack or split in Earth's surface that forms at a divergent boundary where plates are pulling apart.
Down
  1. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults.
  2. A geological feature where magma reaches the surface, often forming mountains and erupting with lava and gases.
  3. Relating to the structure and movement of Earth's crust.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move apart, leading to the formation of new crust, such as mid-ocean ridges.
  5. A partially molten, flowing layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows plate movement.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.
  7. a location where magma rises from deep within the mantle, forming volcanic islands like Hawaii.
  8. a large, powerful ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
  9. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface that can rise to form volcanoes.
  10. a deep underwater valley formed at a subduction zone where one plate sinks beneath another.

20 Clues: Relating to the structure and movement of Earth's crust. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface that can rise to form volcanoes. • The rigid outer layer of Earth, made up of the crust and uppermost mantle. • Large, rigid sections of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere. • ...

Plate Tectonics 6.4 2025-04-11

Plate Tectonics 6.4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together
  2. a sudden or violent shaking of the ground as a result of movement under earth's surface
  3. loose earth materials found on the surface of the Earth (rocks, sand, soil, etc.)
  4. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
  5. layer of hot, solid rock between the crust and the core of the Earth
  6. a series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
  7. the point on Earth's surface that is directly above where an earthquake has occurred
  8. the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
  9. center of the Earth, made up of solid metals and rock materials
  10. the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface
  11. layer of molten/liquid rock and metals between the mantle and core of the Earth
  12. process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
Down
  1. a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
  2. these two forces work together to transform rocks deep inside Earth's crust
  3. thick, solid layer of rock underneath Earth's surface
  4. relating to earthquakes
  5. outer layer of the Earth, makes up all land and sea floor
  6. a crack or fracture in the bedrock
  7. entire piece of rock between two fault lines
  8. processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
  9. rock that has been changed by heat and pressure

21 Clues: relating to earthquakes • a crack or fracture in the bedrock • entire piece of rock between two fault lines • rock that has been changed by heat and pressure • thick, solid layer of rock underneath Earth's surface • process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. • outer layer of the Earth, makes up all land and sea floor • ...

Alfred Wegener 2023-02-06

Alfred Wegener crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge
  2. convection
  3. subduction zone(no space)
  4. plate tectonics(no space)
  5. pangea
  6. convergent boundary(no space)
Down
  1. drift
  2. crust
  3. continental
  4. ocean trench(no space)

10 Clues: drift • ridge • crust • pangea • convection • continental • ocean trench(no space) • subduction zone(no space) • plate tectonics(no space) • convergent boundary(no space)

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2014-10-13

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the tectonics plates collide & make the crust shake
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. Why & how the plates move
  4. Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle
  5. A deep like abyss
  6. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. When the tectonics plates float
  8. When the tectonic plates sink
  9. A sesmic size wave
Down
  1. A big rift along the mid ocean ridge
  2. The size & area of a tactonic plate
  3. When two plates collide
  4. When new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
  5. The Movement of Earths plates & causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.

14 Clues: A deep like abyss • A sesmic size wave • When two plates collide • Why & how the plates move • When the tectonic plates sink • When the tectonics plates float • The size & area of a tactonic plate • A big rift along the mid ocean ridge • When two plates slide past each other • Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2014-10-13

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the tectonic plates sink
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. Why & how the plates move
  5. When two plates collide
  6. When the tectonics plates collide & make the crust shake
  7. When new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
Down
  1. When the tectonics plates float
  2. The Movement of Earths plates & causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
  3. Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle
  4. A deep like abyss
  5. A big rift along the mid ocean ridge
  6. The size & area of a tactonic plate
  7. A sesmic size wave

14 Clues: A deep like abyss • A sesmic size wave • When two plates collide • Why & how the plates move • When the tectonic plates sink • When the tectonics plates float • The size & area of a tactonic plate • A big rift along the mid ocean ridge • When two plates slide past each other • Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2014-10-13

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Why & how the plates move
  2. A sesmic size wave
  3. When the tectonics plates collide & make the crust shake
  4. When new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
Down
  1. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. When the tectonic plates sink
  3. The Movement of Earths plates & causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
  4. A big rift along the mid ocean ridge
  5. When two plates collide
  6. When the tectonics plates float
  7. Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle
  8. A deep like abyss
  9. The size & area of a tactonic plate
  10. When two plates slide past each other

14 Clues: A deep like abyss • A sesmic size wave • When two plates collide • Why & how the plates move • When the tectonic plates sink • When the tectonics plates float • The size & area of a tactonic plate • A big rift along the mid ocean ridge • When two plates slide past each other • Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2024-10-01

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is caused by a transform plate boundary.
  2. A crack or break that are caused by plate tectonics
  3. Located in the upper mantle; causes plates to move.
  4. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates come together.
  5. occurs when one convergent plate is more dense than the other.
Down
  1. This plate boundary causes rift valleys.
  2. A fundamental theory in geology that explains the movement of Earth's lithosphere.
  3. A long, narrow ditch.
  4. This is caused by a divergent plate boundary.
  5. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

10 Clues: A long, narrow ditch. • This plate boundary causes rift valleys. • This is caused by a transform plate boundary. • This is caused by a divergent plate boundary. • A crack or break that are caused by plate tectonics • Located in the upper mantle; causes plates to move. • A plate boundary where two tectonic plates come together. • ...

earthquake vocabulary 2023-03-21

earthquake vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in the earth's crust
  2. the strength of the shaking during an earthquake in a certain location
  3. the center of the stress UNDER the surface
  4. a number that categorizes the amount of energy during an earthquake
Down
  1. the fault line in California
  2. the center of the stress ON the surface
  3. a giant wave caused by the movement of the plate tectonics
  4. the shaking of the earth because of the plate tectonics
  5. the layer of the earth where earthquakes happen

9 Clues: the fault line in California • a break in the earth's crust • the center of the stress ON the surface • the center of the stress UNDER the surface • the layer of the earth where earthquakes happen • the shaking of the earth because of the plate tectonics • a giant wave caused by the movement of the plate tectonics • ...

Earth Science- Skylar Van Blarcom 2013-02-25

Earth Science- Skylar Van Blarcom crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Push Tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth's mantle that occurs when the weight of an elevated ridge pushes and oceanic plate toward a subduction zone.
  2. Pull Associated with convection currents in Earths mantle that occurs as the weight of the subduction plates pulls the trailing lithosphere into a subduction zone
  3. A _________ map uses contour lines, sybols, and color to show changes in elevation.
  4. Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another plate tectonic.
Down
  1. Spreading Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches
  2. Plate _________ cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides
  3. Wegener's hypothesis
  4. Valley A long narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary
  5. Tectonics plates interact at places called plate _______.

9 Clues: Wegener's hypothesis • Tectonics plates interact at places called plate _______. • Plate _________ cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides • Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another plate tectonic. • A _________ map uses contour lines, sybols, and color to show changes in elevation. • ...

plate tectonics 2020-12-06

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

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. • the thin part of the earth's crust located under the ocean. • ...

plate tectonics 2020-12-06

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

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. • the thin part of the earth's crust located under the ocean. • ...

Plate tectonics 2020-10-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formation of new oceanic crust
  2. When the plates are spreading away from eachother
  3. when the lava flow switches in polarity
  4. Deep valley created by divergent boundaires
  5. When tectonic plates slide past eachother
  6. when another plate goes beneath another
Down
  1. The theory that the earth is made up of plates
  2. An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
  3. The movement of continents over geological time
  4. When all the other coninents were once connected
  5. When magma rises up creating underwater islands and volcanos that rise to the surface over geological time
  6. deep underwater oceanic valley

12 Clues: Formation of new oceanic crust • deep underwater oceanic valley • when the lava flow switches in polarity • when another plate goes beneath another • When tectonic plates slide past eachother • Deep valley created by divergent boundaires • The theory that the earth is made up of plates • The movement of continents over geological time • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-03-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The mouth of the volcano
  2. Scale This measures the strength of the earthquake
  3. The thin layer of the earth's surface
  4. The point on the earth's surface directly above the epicentre
  5. Zone Where a plate sinks and slides under another plate
  6. The point within the earth's crust where the earthquake occurred
  7. Mountains Mountains formed by the earth's movements
Down
  1. The molten rock that surrounds the earth's core
  2. A shaking of the earth's crust
  3. Plate A huge section of the earth's crust
  4. Volcano A gentle sided volcano with a wide base made up of basic lava
  5. The centre of the earth

12 Clues: The centre of the earth • The mouth of the volcano • A shaking of the earth's crust • The thin layer of the earth's surface • Plate A huge section of the earth's crust • The molten rock that surrounds the earth's core • Scale This measures the strength of the earthquake • Mountains Mountains formed by the earth's movements • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-03-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where the energy of an earthquake is first released.
  2. Occur where two plates slide towards each other commonly forming either a subduction zone
  3. It is right above the epicentre
  4. Current The specific pattern of the movement of a fluid due to differences in temperature and density in the fluid
  5. Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  6. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core
Down
  1. A volcano with long, gentle slopes, built primarily by lava flows
  2. The outer layer of the Earth
  3. A scale used to measure the magnitude of the earthquake
  4. An opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
  5. Powdery material split out by a volcano
  6. Rock that in its molten form

12 Clues: The outer layer of the Earth • Rock that in its molten form • It is right above the epicentre • Powdery material split out by a volcano • Where the energy of an earthquake is first released. • The layer of the earth between the crust and the core • A scale used to measure the magnitude of the earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lava like
  2. measures magnitude
  3. the root or the strongest part of the earthquake.
  4. rocky outer part of the Earth
  5. a rock created by the accumulation of other rocks.
  6. rock created from the cooling and solidified lava.
Down
  1. the layer of Earth between the crust and the outercore the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core
  2. Big wave
  3. something that has changed of transformed.
  4. something that contains lava.
  5. Innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
  6. sudden violent shaking of the ground

12 Clues: Big wave • lava like • measures magnitude • something that contains lava. • rocky outer part of the Earth • sudden violent shaking of the ground • something that has changed of transformed. • Innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • the root or the strongest part of the earthquake. • a rock created by the accumulation of other rocks. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-07-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the layers fold underneath eachother
  2. a mountain or hill that spits lava
  3. a flat dish
  4. the top layer
  5. A state of lava that erupts from the core
  6. a substance that erupts from a volcano
  7. when plates move into each other
Down
  1. when plates move apart
  2. when plates move along each other
  3. relating to the ocean
  4. a semi-fluid below or within the earth's crust
  5. the shaking of the earth

12 Clues: a flat dish • the top layer • relating to the ocean • when plates move apart • the shaking of the earth • when plates move into each other • when plates move along each other • a mountain or hill that spits lava • a substance that erupts from a volcano • when the layers fold underneath eachother • A state of lava that erupts from the core • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory that scientists made in the late 1960s. It states that Earths plates are always in a slow, constant mostion. They are driven by convection currents
  2. A theory that says the continents move across Earths surface at a very slow pace
  3. A once living organism that was preserved by a rock
  4. Where plates diverge or move apart from each other
Down
  1. A deep valley along the ocean floor below where the oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  2. Where plates converge or come together
  3. A section of the lithosphere that gradually moves over the asthenospher. Where it is carrying peices of the oceanic and continental crust
  4. The process in which mid ocean ridges add more material to the ocean floor
  5. The place where plates slip past each other
  6. a super-continent
  7. When the ocean floor sinks below a deep ocean trench. Then it moves back to the mantle
  8. The process in which seams are form mountain ranges that run across some ocean floors

12 Clues: a super-continent • Where plates converge or come together • The place where plates slip past each other • Where plates diverge or move apart from each other • A once living organism that was preserved by a rock • The process in which mid ocean ridges add more material to the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another, it's called
  2. Molten rock that lies underground
  3. The crust and upper mantle
  4. The type of plate boundary where the plates are moving toward each other
  5. landform that spits lava and ash caused by convergent plates
  6. The type of plate boundary where the plates are moving farther apart
  7. The surname of the scientist who came up with "continental drift".
Down
  1. The outermost layer of the earth
  2. The upper mantle
  3. The type of plate boundary where the plates are sliding past each other
  4. a split in the crust caused by divergent plates
  5. The landmass formed when all of the continents where together

12 Clues: The upper mantle • The crust and upper mantle • The outermost layer of the earth • Molten rock that lies underground • When one plate goes under another, it's called • a split in the crust caused by divergent plates • landform that spits lava and ash caused by convergent plates • The landmass formed when all of the continents where together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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
  2. A landform formed when two tectonic plates slide
  3. What makes two tectonics plates move
  4. A location where two tectonic plates collide
  5. A location where two tectonic plates divide
  6. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
Down
  1. A landform formed when two plates collide
  2. The theory that large plates have been slowlymoving since about 3.4 billion years ago
  3. First started the theory of continental drift.
  4. A location where two tectonic plates slide
  5. Number of major plates
  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 2021-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  2. What is the name of the scientists that came up with the theory of the continental drift/pangaea?
  3. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  4. The process by which ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
Down
  1. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  2. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  3. tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  4. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
  5. A undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  7. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

12 Clues: A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move. • The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2025-08-06

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CONTINENTAL CONVERGENCE An oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate, forming trenches and volcanic arcs.
  2. ZONES Regions where one tectonic plate moves beneath another.
  3. OCEANIC COLLISION Convergence of two oceanic plates forming island arcs and trenches.
  4. ISLAND ARC Curved chains of volcanoes formed above subduction zones.
  5. Deep underwater valleys formed at subduction zones.
  6. RANGE Chains of mountains formed from tectonic plate collision.
  7. BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates move apart.
  8. Landforms that rise prominently above their surroundings, often at convergent boundaries.
Down
  1. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by plate movement.
  2. BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates move toward each other.
  3. Linear zones where Earth’s crust is being pulled apart, typically at divergent boundaries
  4. CONTINENTAL COLLISION Two continental plates collide, forming high mountain ranges.
  5. BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates slide past each other.

13 Clues: Deep underwater valleys formed at subduction zones. • BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates move apart. • Sudden shaking of the ground caused by plate movement. • ZONES Regions where one tectonic plate moves beneath another. • RANGE Chains of mountains formed from tectonic plate collision. • BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these were found in what is now African deserts to support the shifting of the plates
  2. layer of the earth that causes the plates to move slowly
  3. this boundary slides past each other at a fault to form earthquakes
  4. the theory that is based on the continents being connected and then splitting
  5. evidence of the plates being together based on their shape fitting together like this
  6. the landform in the ocean where new rock forms that lead to seafloor spreading
  7. the type of boundary that forms a trench & volcano by sinking below another plate after colliding
Down
  1. the crust that is less dense & does not sink to be recycled at a convergent subduction boundary
  2. these were found of the same plants & animals on different continents showing the continents moved
  3. forms when two continental plates separate at a divergent boundary
  4. the type of boundary when two continental plates collide to form folded mountains
  5. the type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading

12 Clues: the type of boundary responsible for seafloor spreading • layer of the earth that causes the plates to move slowly • forms when two continental plates separate at a divergent boundary • this boundary slides past each other at a fault to form earthquakes • the theory that is based on the continents being connected and then splitting • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oceanic and continental plates collide
  2. violent shaking in the ground
  3. plates separate
  4. between the crust and the core
  5. Plates push together
  6. plates move past each other
Down
  1. outermost layer of the earth
  2. contains iron and nickel below the mantle
  3. a mountain that spews lava
  4. soft layer of the mantle
  5. They are always moving in Earth's crust
  6. crust and uppermost of the mantle

12 Clues: plates separate • Plates push together • soft layer of the mantle • a mountain that spews lava • plates move past each other • outermost layer of the earth • violent shaking in the ground • between the crust and the core • crust and uppermost of the mantle • oceanic and continental plates collide • They are always moving in Earth's crust • contains iron and nickel below the mantle

plate tectonics 2022-10-31

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shacking that occurs when rock in earths crust breaks
  2. a break or a crack in the earths surface
  3. a wave of energy that travels through the earth
  4. underwater mountain range
  5. a region where two plates slide against each other
  6. a region where two plates divide
Down
  1. an area of volcanic activity
  2. a region where one plate slides under another
  3. continuous spreading of forming new igneous rock
  4. a region where two plates collide
  5. a crack that forms between two plates
  6. a string of volcanoes and sites of siesmec activity

12 Clues: underwater mountain range • an area of volcanic activity • a region where two plates divide • a region where two plates collide • a crack that forms between two plates • a break or a crack in the earths surface • a region where one plate slides under another • a wave of energy that travels through the earth • continuous spreading of forming new igneous rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the region of earths interior between the crust and core.
  2. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. States that Earth's surface is made up of rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to one another
  2. How much energy is released by an earthquake
  3. When two plates slide past each other
  4. The partially melted portion of the mantle
  5. Circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy
  6. a crack or a fracture in Earth's crust where movement can occur
  7. the outermost solid shell of earth

12 Clues: the outermost solid shell of earth • When two plates slide past each other • The partially melted portion of the mantle • How much energy is released by an earthquake • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • the region of earths interior between the crust and core. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Restless Earth Vocabulary 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  2. Hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  3. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  4. Name of the ancient supercontinet when it was all one landmass
  5. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  6. Deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones.
  7. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  8. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonics plates
Down
  1. Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundries
  2. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  3. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  4. Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  5. Sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  6. Tectonic plates move towards each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  7. Where Tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. Causes Earthquakes
  8. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  9. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  10. A group of the same species living in the same area
  11. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  12. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  13. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust

21 Clues: Sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • ...

Unit 5 Quiz Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-01

Unit 5 Quiz Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Water being HELD by soil.
  2. - A plate boundary where 2 plates slip past each other.
  3. - Rocks created from the deposition of sediments in layers over time.
  4. - Water going IN to soil.
  5. - A plate boundary where 2 plates are moving apart.
Down
  1. - Rocks created from existing rocks subjected to very high heat & pressure.
  2. - These cycles occur in the mantle, moving rock in currents and driving plate tectonics.
  3. - Rocks created from the cooling and solidification of magma and lava.
  4. - Water moving OUT of soil.
  5. - A plate boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other.
  6. - Sinking movement of Earth's crust back into the mantle.
  7. - Living
  8. - Nonliving

13 Clues: - Living • - Nonliving • - Water going IN to soil. • - Water moving OUT of soil. • - Water being HELD by soil. • - A plate boundary where 2 plates are moving apart. • - A plate boundary where 2 plates slip past each other. • - Sinking movement of Earth's crust back into the mantle. • - A plate boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other. • ...

Science 2022-09-15

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rocks changing
  2. consists of crust and is rigid
  3. two plates moving away from eachother
  4. slide horizontally
  5. results in tectonic forces
  6. something in the ocean forms and replaces something
  7. has a theory about something that interacts with each other
  8. first layer
  9. has evidence to back it up
  10. changes shapes in rocks
Down
  1. two things colliding
  2. movement takes place between something
  3. middle part of earth
  4. a hypothesis that something breaks into smaller pieces
  5. comes after crust
  6. the ground shaking
  7. could be vertical, circular, or cyclical
  8. outermost part of the Earth
  9. north and south pole switch positions
  10. directly above a earthquakes starting point
  11. tectonic plates move on
  12. strong and lower part of mantel
  13. a break in a rock
  14. first motion of a earthquake

24 Clues: first layer • rocks changing • comes after crust • a break in a rock • the ground shaking • slide horizontally • two things colliding • middle part of earth • tectonic plates move on • changes shapes in rocks • results in tectonic forces • has evidence to back it up • outermost part of the Earth • first motion of a earthquake • consists of crust and is rigid • strong and lower part of mantel • ...

John's Science Crossword 2015-05-07

John's Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. push
  2. spreading
  3. boundary
  4. valley
  5. pull
Down
  1. boundary
  2. drift
  3. reversal
  4. of plate tectonics

9 Clues: push • pull • drift • valley • boundary • reversal • boundary • spreading • of plate tectonics

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2014-10-13

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Movement of Earths plates & causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
  2. When the tectonics plates collide & make the crust shake
  3. When new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
  4. When two plates collide
  5. Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle
  6. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. A sesmic size wave
Down
  1. A deep like abyss
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. Why & how the plates move
  4. A big rift along the mid ocean ridge
  5. The size & area of a tactonic plate
  6. When the tectonics plates float
  7. When the tectonic plates sink

14 Clues: A deep like abyss • A sesmic size wave • When two plates collide • Why & how the plates move • When the tectonic plates sink • When the tectonics plates float • The size & area of a tactonic plate • A big rift along the mid ocean ridge • When two plates slide past each other • Huge thick plates atop the underlying mantle • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oceanic plate runs into a continental plate
  2. Crack or break in something
  3. occur along divergent plate boundaries
  4. 2 tectonic plates slide past each other
  5. an opening in a planet's moon or crust
Down
  1. 2 tectonic plates come together
  2. caused by a fluid
  3. 2 tectonics plates moving away from each other
  4. a long narrow ditch
  5. Housed in the mantle

10 Clues: caused by a fluid • a long narrow ditch • Housed in the mantle • Crack or break in something • 2 tectonic plates come together • occur along divergent plate boundaries • an opening in a planet's moon or crust • 2 tectonic plates slide past each other • oceanic plate runs into a continental plate • 2 tectonics plates moving away from each other

brody's plate tectonic crossword puzzle 2021-04-29

brody's plate tectonic crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is center of our planet that heats all of the magma and cause the plates to move.
  2. what do the plates lay on?
  3. what is the ridge in the middle of the ocean that lava come out of?
  4. The earths outer part that is the main part of plate tectonics?
  5. what causes the plates to move?
  6. What happens at the mid ocean ridge?
Down
  1. 1 continental and 1 oceanic plate have a convergent boundary and the oceanic plate goes under the other plate?
  2. what is the outer part of the Earth?
  3. what are 2 things that subduction zones cause?
  4. what plate boundary is it when 2 continental plates collide with each other?
  5. what do transform boundary's cause?
  6. how many tectonic plates are there?
  7. what plate boundary is it when 2 plates move away from each other?
  8. what plate boundary is it when 2 plates slide alongside each other?
  9. what is the part of the earth that has convection currents in it?

15 Clues: what do the plates lay on? • what causes the plates to move? • what do transform boundary's cause? • how many tectonic plates are there? • what is the outer part of the Earth? • What happens at the mid ocean ridge? • what are 2 things that subduction zones cause? • The earths outer part that is the main part of plate tectonics? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the most outer solid portion of the planet earth
  2. the outer part of the Earth's crust
  3. the coast of South America seems to fit into the coast of this continent like jigsaw puzzle
  4. a theory that believed the hot earth cooled into cracked plates of land
  5. the scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted
  6. a supercontinent where all current continents fit together
Down
  1. one tectonic plate slides under another
  2. the theory of Continental _______
  3. the section of Earth below the crust
  4. deposits prove that continents have drifted because this mineral in only found where there used to be tropical vegetation
  5. paleontologists noticed these were the same on continents separated by oceans
  6. the sea floor pulls apart due to continental drift

12 Clues: the theory of Continental _______ • the outer part of the Earth's crust • the section of Earth below the crust • one tectonic plate slides under another • the most outer solid portion of the planet earth • the sea floor pulls apart due to continental drift • a supercontinent where all current continents fit together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where 2 plates slide
  2. Boundary where 2 plates collide
  3. a mountain that erupts
  4. thin crust under the oceans
  5. a shaking of the ground
  6. a large chunk of crust
Down
  1. When one plate slides under another
  2. the cycle of rising, falling & sinking
  3. Boundary where 2 plates divide
  4. the nickname for the Pacific plate
  5. the thick crust we live on
  6. The supercontinent

12 Clues: The supercontinent • a mountain that erupts • a large chunk of crust • a shaking of the ground • the thick crust we live on • thin crust under the oceans • Boundary where 2 plates slide • Boundary where 2 plates divide • Boundary where 2 plates collide • the nickname for the Pacific plate • When one plate slides under another • the cycle of rising, falling & sinking

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-01

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

12 Clues: Plates fit together like a... • What type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries • What kind of stress occurs at transform 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 2021-12-20

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core
  2. boundaries 1
  3. Layer
  4. Crust
  5. ranges boundaries
  6. Mantel
  7. Core
  8. ocean trenches
  9. valley
Down
  1. boundaries 3
  2. When one plate goes under another
  3. boundaries 2
  4. The edges where two plates meet
  5. Layer
  6. Mantel

15 Clues: Core • Core • Layer • Layer • Crust • Mantel • Mantel • valley • boundaries 3 • boundaries 2 • boundaries 1 • ocean trenches • ranges boundaries • The edges where two plates meet • When one plate goes under another

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-10

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

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. • Type of plate boundary where crust is neither created nor destroyed. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2013-04-27

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. __________ _____________ occurs at spreading ridges where magma cools and hardens, pushing the older rock farther away
  2. A divergent boundary found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  3. These form when two continental plates move together
  4. Plate boundary at which tectonic plates come together
  5. Plate boundary at which tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. When an oceanic plate subducts below a continental plate a deep underwater valley called a ___________ forms.
  7. A ____________ valley commonly occurs when two continental plates move away from each other (hint: there is a famous example in Africa!)
Down
  1. Famous transform fault in California
  2. __________ _____________ happens subduction zones where one plate is pulled underneath another
  3. At the boundary between two oceanic plates a deep _________ ____________ forms
  4. Plate boundary at which tectonic plates move apart
  5. These currents occur in the mantle and help to drive plate movement

12 Clues: Famous transform fault in California • Plate boundary at which tectonic plates move apart • These form when two continental plates move together • Plate boundary at which tectonic plates come together • Plate boundary at which tectonic plates slide past each other • A divergent boundary found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean • ...

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 2023-05-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giant rodent.
  2. the mass in an object
  3. how earth plates move.
  4. one plate moves past another.
  5. when one plate goes over another plate.
  6. when two plates collide.
  7. bread meat cheese
  8. two boundary's move away from eachother.
Down
  1. when warm air rises and cold air falls.
  2. moving land.
  3. person who created the theory of continental drift.
  4. vinegar cucumber.

12 Clues: moving land. • giant rodent. • vinegar cucumber. • bread meat cheese • the mass in an object • how earth plates move. • when two plates collide. • one plate moves past another. • when warm air rises and cold air falls. • when one plate goes over another plate. • two boundary's move away from eachother. • person who created the theory of continental drift.

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where two plates slide past one another horizontally
  2. the thin outer shell of Earth that is broken into several blocks, made of the Earth's crust and Mantle
  3. boundary that forms where two plates collide
  4. when one plate moves under another
  5. plate _________ is the theory that explains why and how continents move
  6. boundary at which two plates move away from each other
  7. study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock
Down
  1. layer of plastic rock just below the lithosphere
  2. the name of the supercontinent that formed about 300 million years ago
  3. continental _________ is the theory that explains why and how continents move
  4. sea-floor ________ is the process by which new sea floor forms as magma rises through a rift
  5. the movement of heated material throughout the Earth's mantle due to differences in density and temperature

12 Clues: when one plate moves under another • boundary that forms where two plates collide • layer of plastic rock just below the lithosphere • study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock • boundary at which two plates move away from each other • boundary where two plates slide past one another horizontally • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates slide apart forming Rift Valleys or seafloor spreading
  2. Scientist who suggested the theory of continental drift
  3. Outer layer of the earth where we live
  4. Two plates collide forming mountains
  5. The layer of the earth that the tectonic plates float on
  6. The large landmass known as Pangaea
  7. Molten rock that pushes up from the mantle to become lava
Down
  1. The place where two plates meet
  2. Crust layer that is denser and thinner than contintal crust
  3. Solid center of the earth made of nickel and iron
  4. The layer of the earth that is broken up into plates
  5. Two plates slide past each other causing earthquakes and volcanoes

12 Clues: The place where two plates meet • The large landmass known as Pangaea • Two plates collide forming mountains • Outer layer of the earth where we live • Solid center of the earth made of nickel and iron • The layer of the earth that is broken up into plates • Scientist who suggested the theory of continental drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oceanic and continental plates collide
  2. violent shaking in the ground
  3. plates separate
  4. between the crust and the core
  5. Plates push together
  6. plates move past each other
Down
  1. outermost layer of the earth
  2. contains iron and nickel below the mantle
  3. a mountain that spews lava
  4. soft layer of the mantle
  5. They are always moving in Earth's crust
  6. crust and uppermost of the mantle

12 Clues: plates separate • Plates push together • soft layer of the mantle • a mountain that spews lava • plates move past each other • outermost layer of the earth • violent shaking in the ground • between the crust and the core • crust and uppermost of the mantle • oceanic and continental plates collide • They are always moving in Earth's crust • contains iron and nickel below the mantle

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-05-19

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. AREA OF LAND CREATED BY SOMETHING HOT
  2. SHAKING OF THE GROUND
  3. OUTERMOST LAYER OF EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE
  4. MAKES UP CONTINENTS
  5. BIG HOLES IN THE OCEAN
  6. HOT MOUNTAIN
  7. UPWELLIN OF MAGMA
Down
  1. DRIVE MOVEMENT OF EARTHS PLATES
  2. AREA OF MOUNTAINS THAT STILL GROW TODAY
  3. AREA WHEREMANY VOLCANO ERUPTIONS HAPPEN
  4. SERIES OF MOUNTAINS
  5. SCIENTIFIC THEORY

12 Clues: HOT MOUNTAIN • SCIENTIFIC THEORY • UPWELLIN OF MAGMA • SERIES OF MOUNTAINS • MAKES UP CONTINENTS • SHAKING OF THE GROUND • BIG HOLES IN THE OCEAN • DRIVE MOVEMENT OF EARTHS PLATES • AREA OF LAND CREATED BY SOMETHING HOT • OUTERMOST LAYER OF EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE • AREA OF MOUNTAINS THAT STILL GROW TODAY • AREA WHEREMANY VOLCANO ERUPTIONS HAPPEN

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the more dense tectonic plate sinking beneath the less dense plate at a convergent boundary
  2. the youngest crust created on the sea floor from a divergent boundary
  3. the densest layer of the earth
  4. what drives the movement of the tectonic plates by transferring heat through the asthenosphere
  5. two tectonic plates sliding past one another causing earthquakes
  6. made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
Down
  1. the part of the mantle that is plastic and flowing
  2. when two tectonic plates collide into each other
  3. two tectonic plates pulling away from each other, creating a rift zone
  4. the pieces that earth's crust is broken in to
  5. the layer of the earth that is completely molten
  6. created when two oceanic plates collide and the denser one subducts

12 Clues: the densest layer of the earth • the pieces that earth's crust is broken in to • when two tectonic plates collide into each other • the layer of the earth that is completely molten • the part of the mantle that is plastic and flowing • made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle • two tectonic plates sliding past one another causing earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-04-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates collide, one slides under
  2. largest plate, 90% of Earth's earthquakes
  3. area in a continental plate that is beginning to separate and form large valleys
  4. a depression made in the ocean floor caused by subduction
  5. example of a large transform boundary
  6. two plates collide, one slips causing this
Down
  1. a crack in Earth's crust where rock slides past
  2. motion in mantle is driven by this
  3. two plates slide past each other
  4. boundary that creates new sea floor
  5. example of a mountain range formed by convergent plates
  6. plate that causes volcanoes

12 Clues: plate that causes volcanoes • two plates slide past each other • motion in mantle is driven by this • boundary that creates new sea floor • two plates collide, one slides under • example of a large transform boundary • largest plate, 90% of Earth's earthquakes • two plates collide, one slips causing this • a crack in Earth's crust where rock slides past • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bottom of the mantle which is more rigid
  2. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to one another
  3. Plate a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle
  4. When tectonic plates collide together and form various landforms
  5. The crust and the upper part of the mantle
  6. This part of the core is solid due to the pressure
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. who came up with the idea of seafloor spreading
Down
  1. Tectonic plates move on top of this plastic like layer
  2. When tectonic plates slide past each other this can cause earthquakes
  3. This part of the core is liquid
  4. What does GEO mean

12 Clues: What does GEO mean • This part of the core is liquid • The crust and the upper part of the mantle • The bottom of the mantle which is more rigid • who came up with the idea of seafloor spreading • This part of the core is solid due to the pressure • Tectonic plates move on top of this plastic like layer • stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2025-08-06

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CONTINENTAL COLLISION An oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate, forming trenches and volcanic arcs.
  2. ZONE Regions where one tectonic plate moves beneath another.
  3. OCEANIC COLLISION Convergence of two oceanic plates forming island arcs and trenches.
  4. ARC Curved chains of volcanoes formed above subduction zones.
  5. Deep underwater valleys formed at subduction zones.
  6. RANGES Chains of mountains formed from tectonic plate collision.
  7. BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates move apart.
  8. Landforms that rise prominently above their surroundings, often at convergent boundaries.
Down
  1. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by plate movement.
  2. BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates move toward each other.
  3. Linear zones where Earth’s crust is being pulled apart, typically at divergent boundaries
  4. CONTINENTAL COLLISON Two continental plates collide, forming high mountain ranges.
  5. BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates slide past each other.

13 Clues: Deep underwater valleys formed at subduction zones. • BOUNDARY A tectonic boundary where plates move apart. • Sudden shaking of the ground caused by plate movement. • ZONE Regions where one tectonic plate moves beneath another. • ARC Curved chains of volcanoes formed above subduction zones. • RANGES Chains of mountains formed from tectonic plate collision. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of a manger earthquake
  2. Large and tall areas of land due to tectonic plates sliding against each other.
  3. Shaking of the earth
  4. A thing that happens we land moves and slides
  5. A plate named by a ocean
  6. A area of water
Down
  1. Areas of earth that hit against each other
  2. something that has to do with money
  3. A plate named by two continents
  4. Something that has to do with people and communities
  5. A city in New Zealand
  6. When something is hurt

12 Clues: A area of water • Shaking of the earth • A city in New Zealand • When something is hurt • A plate named by a ocean • The name of a manger earthquake • A plate named by two continents • something that has to do with money • Areas of earth that hit against each other • A thing that happens we land moves and slides • Something that has to do with people and communities • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the spreading of the seafloor causes mid- ocean ridges
  2. behaves like "plastic" material - easily molded
  3. in the middle of continents form riff valleys
  4. two plates seem to be moving the fastest away from one another
  5. were tectonic plates meet
Down
  1. the solid crust and upper mantel of the Earth's Interior
  2. plates move towards each other and collide
  3. are the circulation of material caused by different temperatures
  4. means builder mountains, volcanoes and riff valley
  5. plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes
  6. one plate is more dense than the other
  7. plates move away from one another

12 Clues: were tectonic plates meet • plates move away from one another • one plate is more dense than the other • plates move towards each other and collide • in the middle of continents form riff valleys • behaves like "plastic" material - easily molded • means builder mountains, volcanoes and riff valley • plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one plate is more dense than the other
  2. plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes
  3. means builder mountains, volcanoes and riff valley
  4. plates move towards each other and collide
  5. the solid crust and upper mantel of the Earth's Interior
  6. plates move away from one another
Down
  1. are the circulation of material caused by different temperatures
  2. two plates seem to be moving the fastest away from one another
  3. in the middle of continents form riff valleys
  4. behaves like "plastic" material - easily molded
  5. the spreading of the seafloor causes mid- ocean ridges
  6. were tectonic plates meet

12 Clues: were tectonic plates meet • plates move away from one another • one plate is more dense than the other • plates move towards each other and collide • in the middle of continents form riff valleys • behaves like "plastic" material - easily molded • plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes • means builder mountains, volcanoes and riff valley • ...

Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma
  2. Sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  3. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  4. where tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. causes earthquakes
  5. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is decided into tectonics
  6. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within Earth changing a rock that already existed
  7. An opening in the Earth's crust through which Multan rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  8. Extinction events that occur over a longer period of time
  9. Large, rigid pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundries
Down
  1. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  2. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  3. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  4. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  6. Fractures or zones of weakness in Earth's crust
  7. Hot material rises,cooler material sink. It drives plate tectonics
  8. deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with abduction zones
  9. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  10. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  11. A group of the same species living in the same area
  12. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens

21 Clues: Sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Fractures or zones of weakness in Earth's crust • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • ...

All about Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-02-28

All about Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of the Earth that contains tectonic plates
  2. The Earth's innermost layer
  3. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core
  4. The Earth's outermost layer
  5. The area where two tectonic plates meet
  6. Type of boundary where plates move apart
  7. OF TECTONIC PLATE The force that causes earthquakes and volcanoes
  8. The place within the Earth where an earthquake originates
  9. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
Down
  1. The type of boundary where one plate is forced under another
  2. The type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other
  3. The molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  4. The process by which continents move
  5. The theory that describes the movement of Earth's plates
  6. Hot molten or semi-molten rock that erupts from a volcano
  7. OCEAN RIDGE A place where new oceanic crust forms
  8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  9. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  10. The type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other

19 Clues: The Earth's innermost layer • The Earth's outermost layer • The process by which continents move • The area where two tectonic plates meet • Type of boundary where plates move apart • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • The molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • OCEAN RIDGE A place where new oceanic crust forms • ...

Plates 2021-11-19

Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. and Henry Creator of plate tectonics
  2. Plate Boundary Collides into each other
  3. Rift Valley in Africa Cause of diverged boundary
  4. The plate that destroys crust
  5. of Fire A long train of volcanoes
  6. Currents Transfers energy in the mantle
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  1. Plate Boundary Divides from each other
  2. Crust Manly consist of basalt
  3. Plate Boundary Slides past each other
  4. Crust Forms shallow sea beds

10 Clues: The plate that destroys crust • Crust Forms shallow sea beds • Plate Boundary Slides past each other • Plate Boundary Collides into each other • Plate Boundary Divides from each other • Crust Manly consist of basalt • Currents Transfers energy in the mantle • and Henry Creator of plate tectonics • ...

plate tectonics crossword 2014-01-14

plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  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 Crossword 2020-03-24

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  2. molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface
  3. older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  4. name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  5. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  6. a longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through Earth
  7. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  8. a layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle on which Earth's tectonic plates move
  9. the place below ground where an earthquake starts
  10. a depression in the ocean floor
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  1. molten rock below Earth's surface
  2. the crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. plates are pulled apart at the mid-ocean ridges
  4. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. layer beneath Earth's crust
  6. the process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in water from the sea
  7. the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  8. isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is collected
  9. a chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where one plate subducts

19 Clues: layer beneath Earth's crust • a depression in the ocean floor • molten rock below Earth's surface • the crust that forms the ocean floor • plates are pulled apart at the mid-ocean ridges • molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface • the place below ground where an earthquake starts • when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision • ...

Plate Tectonics Introduction 2024-10-01

Plate Tectonics Introduction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A light-colored rock that is formed by melted crust erupting at the surface of the earth.
  2. This theory is the brainchild of Harry Hammond Hess
  3. This place had plants at one point, but no longer does.
  4. Wegener's burial place
  5. An undersea mountain chain that runs through the oceans
  6. A movement of materials driven by heating at lower areas.
Down
  1. These two continents look like they fit together well
  2. the parts of the ocean where old crust is destroyed.
  3. Expedition that sampled rock ages of the ocean floor.
  4. one "dead" on piece of evidence for Wegener.
  5. A landform that is made by Plate tectonics
  6. The supercontinent that is theorized by Wegener (American spelling)
  7. This man was the father of continental drift theory
  8. Mantle material the flows under heat and pressure. The plates float on top of this layer
  9. The theory that says earth's crust is broken into plates that move around on the upper mantle.
  10. The crust and upper part of the mantle that is solid.
  11. A hard, dark-colored rock that forms much of the seafloor
  12. Pangea is Greek for ___________.
  13. When materials are heated, they become less dense and will_______.

19 Clues: Wegener's burial place • Pangea is Greek for ___________. • A landform that is made by Plate tectonics • one "dead" on piece of evidence for Wegener. • This man was the father of continental drift theory • This theory is the brainchild of Harry Hammond Hess • the parts of the ocean where old crust is destroyed. • These two continents look like they fit together well • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2024-12-03

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic lithosphere is ________ and more dense than Continental Lithosphere
  2. Feature formed at subduction zones on less dense plate
  3. Feature showing steep decline in ocean due to plates bending down; found at subduction zones
  4. Rigid portion of Earth; Contains the plates
  5. Continental Lithosphere is ________ and less dense than Oceanic Lithosphere
  6. Harry Hess' hypothesis about what happens in the ocean to oceanic plates
  7. movement of heat and material within the mantle; mechanism for Plate Tectonics
  8. Heat energy source of Earth; unstable element turns into stable element
Down
  1. convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another
  2. describing plates or crust that are under the ocean
  3. Matthews and Vine found Magnetic ______ reversals in the ocean rock; supported Hess' hypothesis
  4. Layer of Earth made of Iron and Nickel; is the heat source for convection
  5. Layer of earth made of rock that is "plastic" due to heat and pressure
  6. map of world showing elevations
  7. map of world showing natural surfaces
  8. early theory of Earth movement; did not have mechanism, so it was rejected
  9. describing plates or crust that contain landmasses
  10. rise in midde of ocean where magma rises to surface; found at divergent boundaries
  11. geologic event from tectonic plates shift; can kill thousands

19 Clues: map of world showing elevations • map of world showing natural surfaces • Rigid portion of Earth; Contains the plates • describing plates or crust that contain landmasses • describing plates or crust that are under the ocean • Feature formed at subduction zones on less dense plate • convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another • ...

s 2023-09-27

s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plate moving away from each other Transform a
  2. 2 plates moving closer together
  3. Alfred ____, created theory of plate tectonics
  4. Plates slowly moving apart
  5. 2 plates moving sideways
Down
  1. The pieces that make up earths crust
  2. Where the old sea floor sinks into the earth.
  3. When a plate is forced under another
  4. Mineral that formed to first continents
  5. Continents fitting together

10 Clues: 2 plates moving sideways • Plates slowly moving apart • Continents fitting together • 2 plates moving closer together • The pieces that make up earths crust • When a plate is forced under another • Mineral that formed to first continents • Where the old sea floor sinks into the earth. • Alfred ____, created theory of plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust sinks during subduction
  2. Wegener scientist who discovered the continents
  3. a supercontinent that was discovered by Alfred Wegener
  4. currents cause the plates to move
  5. plates produce great changes on Earth's surface
Down
  1. tectonics explains the formation, movement, and subduction
  2. landforms that occurs from the plates
  3. plates come together
  4. landforms that occur from the plates
  5. plates slip past each other
  6. plates move apart/divide
  7. breaks in Earth’s crust

12 Clues: plates come together • breaks in Earth’s crust • plates move apart/divide • plates slip past each other • crust sinks during subduction • currents cause the plates to move • landforms that occur from the plates • landforms that occurs from the plates • Wegener scientist who discovered the continents • plates produce great changes on Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin
  2. move apart
  3. Rigid layer formed by the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
  4. The type of boundary where two
  5. in constant, slow motion
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  1. Part of the mantle just beneath the lithosphere
  2. Kind of rock that makes up most of the continental crust
  3. Area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
  4. Trace of an organism that has been preserved in rock
  5. Force that adds potential energy to rock until the rock changes shape or breaks
  6. tectonics Geological theory that Earth’s plates
  7. core Layer of molten metal that surrounds Earth’s inner core

12 Clues: move apart • in constant, slow motion • The type of boundary where two • Layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin • Part of the mantle just beneath the lithosphere • tectonics Geological theory that Earth’s plates • Trace of an organism that has been preserved in rock • Kind of rock that makes up most of the continental crust • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent
  2. plates that moved closer together
  3. magma outside the earth
  4. the topic of this crossword
  5. the plates under the ocean
  6. plates that move farther apart
  7. first layer of the earth
Down
  1. plates moving past each other horizontally
  2. lava inside the earth
  3. the third layer of the earth
  4. the fourth layer of the earth
  5. the second layer of the earth

12 Clues: supercontinent • lava inside the earth • magma outside the earth • first layer of the earth • the plates under the ocean • the topic of this crossword • the third layer of the earth • the fourth layer of the earth • the second layer of the earth • plates that move farther apart • plates that moved closer together • plates moving past each other horizontally

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-12

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

12 Clues: Outer shell of the earth. • Continental land masses that move relative to one another. • Remains of previous living organisms reserved in the rock. • 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 2015-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift Movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed
  2. Slide pass each other causing earthquake
  3. The outer layer of the earth
  4. Spot on the fault where the pressure first release
  5. Two parts forms new crust
  6. The action of congenial processes
Down
  1. Cracks that are the most common near plate boundaries
  2. The outer layer of the core
  3. The centre part of earth's core
  4. A type of natural disease that destructs the earth
  5. unpredictable earthquake that occur shortly after big seismic events
  6. One goes underneath the other which is known as subduction

12 Clues: Two parts forms new crust • The outer layer of the core • The outer layer of the earth • The centre part of earth's core • The action of congenial processes • Slide pass each other causing earthquake • A type of natural disease that destructs the earth • Spot on the fault where the pressure first release • Cracks that are the most common near plate boundaries • ...

plate tectonics 2017-02-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A curved line of volcanoes that form a parallel to a plate boundary
  2. Mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  3. Parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  4. When magnetized objects would reverse direction orient themselves to point geographically south
  5. Deep underwater troughs created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  6. continents are in constant motion on the surface of the earth
  7. When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation
Down
  1. 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
  2. made up of layers of rocks that are folded
  3. Magnetic field reverses direction
  4. Process by which oceanic crust forms along a mid ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  5. A state in which magnetic objects will orient themselves to point geographically north

12 Clues: Magnetic field reverses direction • made up of layers of rocks that are folded • Mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • continents are in constant motion on the surface of the earth • When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation • A curved line of volcanoes that form a parallel to a plate boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fermented cucumber.
  2. The person who created the theory of continental drift.
  3. The sinking of continents under sea level.
  4. The theory was based on the theory by Alfred Wegner
  5. The flow of liquid heat that circulates.
  6. One plate boundary that creates crust.
Down
  1. The theory proposed by Alfred Wegner
  2. A food with ingredients inside two pieces of bread
  3. The mass inside of an object.
  4. A large rodent that can swim.
  5. The plate boundary that destroys crust.
  6. Plate boundaries that neither destroys crust nor creates it.

12 Clues: A fermented cucumber. • The mass inside of an object. • A large rodent that can swim. • The theory proposed by Alfred Wegner • One plate boundary that creates crust. • The plate boundary that destroys crust. • The flow of liquid heat that circulates. • The sinking of continents under sea level. • A food with ingredients inside two pieces of bread • ...