plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

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
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  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
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  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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-01-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two tectonic plates collide, leading to intense geological activity like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building, often involving one plate sliding under another (subduction) or the crust crumpling upwards.
  2. The geological process where new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates diverge, allowing magma from the Earth's mantle to rise, solidify, and push older crust away, creating underwater mountain chains and new ocean floor.
  3. Circular movements in fluids (liquids or gases) driven by density differences from heating.
  4. A massive supercontinent, meaning "all lands," that joined most of Earth's continents about 335 to 300 million years ago.
  5. A pioneering Canadian geophysicist and geologist who significantly advanced plate tectonic theory by introducing key concepts like transform faults and hotspots, explaining the formation of volcanic chains.
  6. A theory explaining tectonic plates.
  7. Where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other, causing significant earthquakes but neither creating nor destroying crust.
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  1. Meteorologist that proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together
  2. Where two tectonic plates move apart, causing magma to rise and form new crust.
  3. A geological area where two tectonic plates collide, causing the denser plate (usually oceanic crust) to slide beneath the lighter one (often continental crust) and sink into the Earth's mantle.
  4. A pioneering American geophysicist and Princeton professor.
  5. The theory, pioneered by Alfred Wegener, that Earth’s continents slowly move over geologic time.

12 Clues: A theory explaining tectonic plates. • A pioneering American geophysicist and Princeton professor. • Where two tectonic plates move apart, causing magma to rise and form new crust. • Meteorologist that proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together • ...

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 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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-01-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Sudden ground shaking
  2. – Type of plate under oceans
  3. – Layer of Earth beneath the crust
  4. – Type of plate under landmasses
  5. – Area where plates pull apart
  6. – Earth’s outermost layer
Down
  1. – When one plate sinks under another
  2. – A crack where rocks move
  3. – Underwater mountain chain at plate boundaries
  4. – Molten rock beneath the surface
  5. – Large slab of Earth’s lithosphere
  6. – The planet we live on

12 Clues: – Sudden ground shaking • – The planet we live on • – Earth’s outermost layer • – A crack where rocks move • – Type of plate under oceans • – Area where plates pull apart • – Type of plate under landmasses • – Molten rock beneath the surface • – Layer of Earth beneath the crust • – Large slab of Earth’s lithosphere • – When one plate sinks under another • ...

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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. less dense matter rises up and pushes more dense matter down
  2. two pieces of bread with a filling in between them
  3. the continents move on magma
  4. the theory that the continents drift
  5. when magma pushes up through tectonic plates
  6. when one tectonic plate pushes under another one
Down
  1. when something goes under something else
  2. the largest living rodent
  3. when two tectonic plates slide past eachother
  4. who came up with the theory of continental drift
  5. a fermented cucumber
  6. a measurement of weight vs. volume

12 Clues: a fermented cucumber • the largest living rodent • the continents move on magma • a measurement of weight vs. volume • the theory that the continents drift • when something goes under something else • when magma pushes up through tectonic plates • when two tectonic plates slide past eachother • who came up with the theory of continental drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener, father of plate tectonic theory
  2. found at ocean-ocean/ocean-continent convergence
  3. plate boundary, plates move together
  4. surface features found at transform faults
  5. activity found at all except transform faults
Down
  1. plate boundary, plates move apart
  2. mountains, caused by collistion of 2 continents
  3. arc, caused by subduction at ocean-ocean bounaries
  4. found at all plate boundaries
  5. ridge found at divergent boundaries
  6. fault boundary, plates slide past each other
  7. valley, found at divergent boundaries

12 Clues: found at all plate boundaries • plate boundary, plates move apart • ridge found at divergent boundaries • plate boundary, plates move together • valley, found at divergent boundaries • Wegener, father of plate tectonic theory • surface features found at transform faults • fault boundary, plates slide past each other • activity found at all except transform faults • ...

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.
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  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 2020-12-06

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

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

plate tectonics 2020-12-06

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a zone that is dangerous
  2. the layer below the crust
  3. someone who study's rocks
  4. plates that cause all earthquakes
  5. The crust closest to the core
  6. The study of rocks
Down
  1. change in the original shape of a material
  2. A zone of fractured plates
  3. Thinnest layer on Earth
  4. Plate tectonics causing something
  5. the circum pacific belt
  6. the center of the earth

12 Clues: The study of rocks • Thinnest layer on Earth • the circum pacific belt • the center of the earth • a zone that is dangerous • the layer below the crust • someone who study's rocks • A zone of fractured plates • The crust closest to the core • Plate tectonics causing something • plates that cause all earthquakes • change in the original shape of a material

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  2. rift valleys where the crust has been stretched
  3. plates move together
  4. continents that move slowly on the Earth's surface
  5. plates move apart
  6. the last supercontinent on Earth about 300 million years ago
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  1. plates slip past each other
  2. deep underwater canyons
  3. mid-ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor
  4. from long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
  5. a large elongated depression with steep walls
  6. ocean floor sinks beneath and deep ocean trench and back into the mantle again

12 Clues: plates move apart • plates move together • deep underwater canyons • plates slip past each other • a large elongated depression with steep walls • rift valleys where the crust has been stretched • continents that move slowly on the Earth's surface • the last supercontinent on Earth about 300 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Strong lower part of the mantle the under Asthenosphere
  2. Thickest layer of the Earth under the crust
  3. The outer post part of the Earth
  4. Theory of the continents moving
  5. Solid outer layer that contains the crust
  6. Outside part of the Core
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  1. Proccess where new Lithospheric crust is created under the ocean
  2. Inside part of the Core
  3. Block of lithosphere that contains the crust
  4. Break in the body of rock along a transform boundary
  5. The center of the Earth and the hottest part
  6. Soft plastic-like layer of the mantle

12 Clues: Inside part of the Core • Outside part of the Core • Theory of the continents moving • The outer post part of the Earth • Soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • Solid outer layer that contains the crust • Thickest layer of the Earth under the crust • Block of lithosphere that contains the crust • The center of the Earth and the hottest part • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When during a convergent plate boundary,a tectonic plates of different densities causes one plate to sink under the other
  2. The sudden shaking of earth's surface due to tectonic plates moving
  3. Underwater mountains formed by seafloor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
  4. Molten rock
  5. This occurs at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. This is the energy released during an earthquake
  2. This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one
  3. Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  4. Type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other in different directions
  5. This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude
  6. Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other
  7. This is caused by earthquakes which happen because of transform boundaries

12 Clues: Molten rock • This occurs at divergent boundaries • This is the energy released during an earthquake • This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one • This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude • Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other • Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When during a convergent plate boundary,a tectonic plates of different densities causes one plate to sink under the other
  2. The sudden shaking of earth's surface due to tectonic plates moving
  3. Underwater mountains formed by seafloor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
  4. Molten rock
  5. This occurs at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. This is the energy released during an earthquake
  2. This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one
  3. Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  4. Type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other in different directions
  5. This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude
  6. Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other
  7. This is caused by earthquakes which happen because of transform boundaries

12 Clues: Molten rock • This occurs at divergent boundaries • This is the energy released during an earthquake • This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one • This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude • Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other • Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. every contenental combined
  2. tectonic plates move apart and create trenchs
  3. semi molten layer under the lithosphere
  4. underneath the crust and semi molten
  5. mantle and crust combined
Down
  1. caused when hot molten lava Bursts through the crust and cools
  2. when one tectonic plate subducts another
  3. Asia and Europe combined
  4. molten stuff under the crust
  5. the outer layer of earth
  6. Made the contenental drift theory in 1912
  7. Discovered Tectonic plates in the 1950's

12 Clues: Asia and Europe combined • the outer layer of earth • mantle and crust combined • every contenental combined • molten stuff under the crust • underneath the crust and semi molten • semi molten layer under the lithosphere • when one tectonic plate subducts another • Discovered Tectonic plates in the 1950's • Made the contenental drift theory in 1912 • ...

plate tectonics 2026-01-31

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  2. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, broken into tectonic plates
  3. A sudden glacial flood caused by a glacier on top of or near a volcano melting due to the heat from the eruption
  4. The force due to the weight of a subducting plate, aiding movement (4,4)
  5. A mixture of gases and rock fragments, at high temperatures travelling at rapid speeds (11,4)
  6. The upper mantle layer of the Earth. It is semi-molten and approximately 2000km wide
  7. The process of one plate sinking beneath another at a convergent plate boundary
  8. A high-temperature, low-viscosity magma type
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  1. A region of the subducting plate where most destructive margin earthquakes originate (7, 4)
  2. The boundary between the crust and the mantle
  3. The study of past changes in the Earth's magnetic field, evidence for seafloor spreading
  4. A flow of mud and debris

12 Clues: A flow of mud and debris • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • A high-temperature, low-viscosity magma type • The boundary between the crust and the mantle • The rigid outer layer of the Earth, broken into tectonic plates • The force due to the weight of a subducting plate, aiding movement (4,4) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A place where two tectonic plates move toward each other. When they collide, one plate may be forced beneath the other, forming mountains, deep ocean trenches, or volcanoes.
  2. The name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago, when all of Earth’s continents were joined together before breaking apart into the continents we have today.
  3. A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. This movement can cause earthquakes along faults such as the San Andreas Fault in California.
  4. The process where new ocean floor forms as magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge, cools, and pushes older rock away from the ridge.
  5. A long underwater mountain chain where tectonic plates move apart and magma rises to create new ocean crust.
  6. Clues from ancient climates (like tropical plants in Antarctica) that show continents have moved.
Down
  1. The place where two tectonic plates meet; movement along these boundaries causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation.
  2. The theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that Earth’s continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved, or “drifted,” to their current positions over millions of years.
  3. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  4. Similar rock types and mountain ranges found on continents now far apart.
  5. Fossils of the same plants and animals found on different continents, showing they were once connected.
  6. A place where two plates move away from each other; new crust forms as magma rises between the plates.

12 Clues: The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • Similar rock types and mountain ranges found on continents now far apart. • Clues from ancient climates (like tropical plants in Antarctica) that show continents have moved. • A place where two plates move away from each other; new crust forms as magma rises between the plates. • ...

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
Down
  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 • ...

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? • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

PLAT TECTONICS 2016-12-09

PLAT TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in the Earth's crust
  2. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  3. boundary boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  4. core liquid layer of the Earth's core
  5. boundary boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  6. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  7. drift theory that continents drift apart
  8. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  9. layer between the crust and the core
  10. a squeezing force
  11. outermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. prevailing weather conditions of a region
  2. a pulling force
  3. boundary boundary between two colliding plates
  4. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  5. soft layer of the mantle
  6. the bending of rock layers
  7. The person whos class this is
  8. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  9. tectonics the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates

20 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • The person whos class this is • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core liquid layer of the Earth's core • core solid, dense center of the Earth • ...

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
Down
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
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  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 • ...

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
Down
  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 2024-03-21

Plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the lithosphere is divided into...
  2. - South America matches up with this continent.
  3. - result of plate tectonics
  4. - this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions
  5. - the Earth is made up of these and they are constantly moving along above the mantle.
  6. - the Earth's crust is divided into plates that shift over time.
  7. - the layer of Earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement
  8. - continents fit together like_______ pieces
Down
  1. - when two plates move away from each other
  2. - the outer most layer of earth
  3. - the super continent was called
  4. - the scientist who is generally credited with the continental drift theory
  5. - an idea developed in the 20th century
  6. - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core.
  7. - what element makes up most of the Earth's core
  8. - evidence of dead plants and animals
  9. - type of boundary between two colliding plates
  10. - result of plate tectonics
  11. - scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  12. -currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move

20 Clues: - result of plate tectonics • - result of plate tectonics • - the outer most layer of earth • - the super continent was called • - the lithosphere is divided into... • - evidence of dead plants and animals • - an idea developed in the 20th century • - when two plates move away from each other • - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core. • ...

Volcanoes 2021-05-22

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer above the outer core
  2. Large ocean wave created by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  3. A volcano that will not erupt again.
  4. The zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
  5. Molten rock that is found beneath the earth's surface.
  6. Force that drives plate tectonics
  7. Mountains formed from the build-up of volcanic lava often take this shape.
Down
  1. Volcano that doesn't form on plate boundaries
  2. A fissure at the earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt.
  3. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  4. A type of volcano with broad, gentle slopes and built by the eruption of fluid basalt lava.
  5. Molten rock that erupts from volcanoes.
  6. Older, lighter plate
  7. A volcano that is erupting or has erupted recently
  8. Younger, heavier plate
  9. A volcano that has not erupted recently, but may do so in the future.

16 Clues: Older, lighter plate • Younger, heavier plate • Layer above the outer core • Thinnest layer of the Earth • Force that drives plate tectonics • A volcano that will not erupt again. • Molten rock that erupts from volcanoes. • Volcano that doesn't form on plate boundaries • Molten rock that is found beneath the earth's surface. • ...

Science Final Crossword 2025-05-13

Science Final Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Remains of ancient life.
  2. Natural solid crystal.
  3. Large moving ice.
  4. Sudden ground shaking.
  5. Air around Earth.
  6. Wearing away of land.
  7. Layer under crust.
Down
  1. Earthquake measuring tool.
  2. Tiny bits of rock.
  3. Rock breaking process.
  4. Center of Earth.
  5. Mountain that erupts lava.
  6. Melted rock underground.
  7. tectonics Earth’s moving crust.
  8. Giant ocean wave.

15 Clues: Center of Earth. • Large moving ice. • Giant ocean wave. • Air around Earth. • Tiny bits of rock. • Layer under crust. • Wearing away of land. • Natural solid crystal. • Rock breaking process. • Sudden ground shaking. • Remains of ancient life. • Melted rock underground. • Earthquake measuring tool. • Mountain that erupts lava. • tectonics Earth’s moving crust.

Tectonic plates 2024-01-31

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The foundation for pizza
  2. When one plate goes under another one
  3. The Superman of continents
  4. Where plates have moved apart to create volcanoes
  5. The ball shaped thing under the mantle
  6. the center
Down
  1. Between the crust and mantle
  2. The transfer of heat in circular motions
  3. Ditch
  4. tectonics Subterranean movement

10 Clues: Ditch • the center • The foundation for pizza • The Superman of continents • Between the crust and mantle • tectonics Subterranean movement • When one plate goes under another one • The ball shaped thing under the mantle • The transfer of heat in circular motions • Where plates have moved apart to create volcanoes

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-13

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-26

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

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

plate tectonics 2021-02-24

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-16

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-02-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-04-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-12

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-14

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-18

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

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

Plate tectonics 2014-05-10

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

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

plate tectonics 2016-10-17

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

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

Plate tectonics 2018-03-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-16

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

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

plate tectonics 2022-03-23

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-01

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-26

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

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

Plate tectonics 2024-02-01

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-05-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lava lamps demonstrate this type of heat transfer.
  2. When one plate slips beneath another plate.
  3. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  4. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most often located at plate __.
  5. Type of boundary where crust is created.
  6. Type of boundary where crust is destroyed.
  7. Convection currents in this layer causes the plates to move.
Down
  1. The crust and upper mantle make up this layer
  2. Feeling heat from the sun is this type of heat transfer.
  3. These form when two continental plates collide
  4. The broken pieces of lithosphere make up the tectonic _
  5. Type of heat transfer that occurs most often in solids.

12 Clues: Type of boundary where crust is created. • Type of boundary where crust is destroyed. • When one plate slips beneath another plate. • The crust and upper mantle make up this layer • These form when two continental plates collide • Lava lamps demonstrate this type of heat transfer. • Type of boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A city
  2. When things rub together
  3. A land plate
  4. When plates push together
  5. Moves the plates around
  6. Things on the crust that are always shifting
Down
  1. When plates rub together
  2. A long, elevated piece of land
  3. When plates go apart
  4. When the ground starts shaking
  5. An ocean plate
  6. A deep piece of land

12 Clues: A city • A land plate • An ocean plate • When plates go apart • A deep piece of land • Moves the plates around • When plates rub together • When things rub together • When plates push together • A long, elevated piece of land • When the ground starts shaking • Things on the crust that are always shifting

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate on the water
  2. Earthquakes have a shallow ____ at transform boundaries
  3. Effect of movement along a transform fault boundary Across ANDREAS Part of "San Andreas" Fault
  4. A plate on land
  5. Transform boundaries are also known as this type of boundary
  6. A break in the Earth's crust where movement occurs
Down
  1. Crust is neither created nor destroyed
  2. The Earth's rigid outer layer involved in plate tectonics
  3. Plates move ____ each other
  4. Type of stress present at a transform fault boundary
  5. Large sections of the Earth's crust (2 words)
  6. A city in New Zealand that has issues with ground displacement

12 Clues: A plate on land • A plate on the water • Plates move ____ each other • Crust is neither created nor destroyed • Large sections of the Earth's crust (2 words) • A break in the Earth's crust where movement occurs • Type of stress present at a transform fault boundary • Earthquakes have a shallow ____ at transform boundaries • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-10-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The central, hottest layer of the Earth.
  2. The solid outermost layer of the Earth.
  3. A boundary where plates move toward each other.
  4. A boundary where plates slide past each other.
  5. The shaking of the ground caused by movement of plates.
  6. A boundary where plates move apart from each other.
Down
  1. Mountains that form when plates collide and fold up.
  2. The theory that Earth’s crust is broken into moving slabs.
  3. A place where two tectonic plates meet.
  4. These slow-moving currents in the mantle cause the plates to move.
  5. The hot, molten layer beneath the crust.
  6. Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface.

12 Clues: A place where two tectonic plates meet. • The solid outermost layer of the Earth. • The central, hottest layer of the Earth. • The hot, molten layer beneath the crust. • Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface. • A boundary where plates slide past each other. • A boundary where plates move toward each other. • A boundary where plates move apart from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only planet that we know of with plate tectonics.
  2. The crust and the top parts of the mantle form this part of the tectonics.
  3. Parts of New England and Canada used to be part of _____________.
  4. Earth's land and oceans are constantly ______________.
  5. This ocean is still opening.
Down
  1. South America broke away from Africa when ___________ rock changed the direction of plate movement.
  2. The early Earth was much _______________ than it is today.
  3. The Earth is made up of many _______________.
  4. The scientist who determined that earth's landmasses fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
  5. No ocean is more than two hundred ______________ years old.

10 Clues: This ocean is still opening. • The Earth is made up of many _______________. • The only planet that we know of with plate tectonics. • Earth's land and oceans are constantly ______________. • The early Earth was much _______________ than it is today. • No ocean is more than two hundred ______________ years old. • ...

Chapter 9 Earth Science 2022-12-02

Chapter 9 Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary type at the mid-ocean ridge
  2. the theory of plate _______ explains continental drift
  3. 21, ___ _____ ______ somethin for me
  4. strips of alternating __________ on the ocean floor are evidence of sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. the depression in between two ridges at diverging plate boundaries is a rift _________
  2. ________ oceanic crust is at the ridge of diverging plates
  3. the zone where one plate slides under another
  4. these form when two continental plates converge
  5. magnetism in rocks that was induced by Earth's magnetic fields
  6. A fault where two plates slide past one another
  7. a response to "what's up"
  8. _____ oceanic crust as at continental margins

12 Clues: a response to "what's up" • 21, ___ _____ ______ somethin for me • plate boundary type at the mid-ocean ridge • the zone where one plate slides under another • _____ oceanic crust as at continental margins • these form when two continental plates converge • A fault where two plates slide past one another • the theory of plate _______ explains continental drift • ...

Pangea 2014-09-19

Pangea crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Whole earth.
  2. Tectonics / A theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates.
  3. / Having property or capability.
  4. Plates / The plates that make up the surface of the earth.
  5. of Fire / The linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity.
Down
  1. / The process of warm, less-dense water being drawn away from the shore.
  2. / Collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate being drawn down or overridden by another.
  3. / The thick portion of the earth between the crust and core.
  4. / A break in the continuity of a body of rock.
  5. / An act of transmitting.
  6. / The science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth.

11 Clues: / Whole earth. • / An act of transmitting. • / Having property or capability. • / A break in the continuity of a body of rock. • Plates / The plates that make up the surface of the earth. • of Fire / The linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity. • / The thick portion of the earth between the crust and core. • ...

Science Final Crossword 2025-05-13

Science Final Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Remains of ancient life.
  2. Natural solid crystal.
  3. Large moving ice.
  4. Sudden ground shaking.
  5. Air around Earth.
  6. Wearing away of land.
  7. Layer under crust.
Down
  1. Earthquake measuring tool.
  2. Tiny bits of rock.
  3. Rock breaking process.
  4. Center of Earth.
  5. Mountain that erupts lava.
  6. Melted rock underground.
  7. tectonics Earth’s moving crust.
  8. Giant ocean wave.

15 Clues: Center of Earth. • Large moving ice. • Giant ocean wave. • Air around Earth. • Tiny bits of rock. • Layer under crust. • Wearing away of land. • Natural solid crystal. • Rock breaking process. • Sudden ground shaking. • Remains of ancient life. • Melted rock underground. • Earthquake measuring tool. • Mountain that erupts lava. • tectonics Earth’s moving crust.

Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, and Pangea 2023-06-05

Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, and Pangea crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Creates after plate tectonics collide together and spews lava
  2. Big chunks of ice that can explain Pangea. 290 million year old glacial groves were found in India, Africa, Australia, and South America.
  3. A theory that The world was a super continent, and that the continents we know now once spread apart
  4. When Plate Tectonics slide past each other.
  5. A super continent in the southern hemisphere.
  6. A super continent in the northern hemisphere.
  7. A theory proven by scientists that implies there once was a super continent
  8. Captain who used an echo sounder to search the ocean floor
Down
  1. Most obvious pieces of evidence for the theory Continental Drift.
  2. Cycle at which the crust moves and separates.
  3. The scientists who created the Pangea theory
  4. Under water ridge located in the mid Atlantic
  5. Pieces of the earth;'s crust that move slowly

13 Clues: When Plate Tectonics slide past each other. • The scientists who created the Pangea theory • Cycle at which the crust moves and separates. • A super continent in the southern hemisphere. • Under water ridge located in the mid Atlantic • Pieces of the earth;'s crust that move slowly • A super continent in the northern hemisphere. • ...

earth 3 2017-02-02

earth 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cone: volcano that bursts
  2. the hot liquid from magma that comes out of the volcano
  3. boundaries: when plates collide together
  4. tectonics: the puzzle pieces of land that move under the crust
  5. boundaries: when plates slide alongside each other
  6. slow lava flow volcano
Down
  1. boundaries: When plates tectonics move apart
  2. strong eruption, lava and explodes
  3. when the volcano explodes
  4. The top part the the Earth
  5. The hot liquid under the Earth

11 Clues: slow lava flow volcano • cone: volcano that bursts • when the volcano explodes • The top part the the Earth • The hot liquid under the Earth • strong eruption, lava and explodes • boundaries: when plates collide together • boundaries: When plates tectonics move apart • boundaries: when plates slide alongside each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-08-13

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2016-02-04

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-10

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

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

plate tectonics 2014-04-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-12

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-01

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

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

plate tectonics 2022-03-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

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

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