plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

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

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

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

16 Clues: - was a super continent. • - a measure of mass per volume. • Ridge - an underwater mountain range • Rock - transformation of pre-exiting rock • - the measure of salts dissolved in water. • - part of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere. • Boundry - tectonic plates moving away from each other. • - point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

25 Clues: Type of rock that makes up oceanic crust • Type of rock that makes up continental crust • Theory that states the continents move over time • The layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • Layer of the earth that is broken into tectonic plates • Scientist who studied the topography of the ocean floor • Crust that is very dense and young and made up of basalt • ...

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

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

11 Clues: crater • disaster • big wave • big hole • wind column • water column • falling earth • burning forest • lava mountain goes boom • plate tectonics shifting • living and nonliving organisms existing together

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

21 Clues: plošča • žarišče • tok (reke) • zgoditi se • trajen, stalen • (vratni) podboj • premikanje skal • zemeljska skorja • popotresni sunek • plavati, lebdeti • plast/sloj kamenja • sprožiti/povzročiti • poplaviti, preplaviti • odtrgati se, ločiti se • izguba življenja; žrtve • povzročiti veliko škodo • niz/vrsta velikanskih valov • hipocenter (žarišče potresa) • počepniti, skloniti se, splaziti se • ...

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

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

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

12 Clues: two plates move toward each other. • This type of heat transfer is called. • is the solid, outer part of the Earth. • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • where plates slide sideways past each other. • an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • the thin part of the earth's crust located under the ocean. • ...

12 Clues: two plates move toward each other. • This type of heat transfer is called. • is the solid, outer part of the Earth. • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • where plates slide sideways past each other. • an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • the thin part of the earth's crust located under the ocean. • ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 • ...

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

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

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

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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.

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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. • ...

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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) • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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? • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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

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. • ...

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. • ...

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.

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. • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...