plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles
Plate Tectonics 2018-12-02
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- boundary / When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another
- boundary / When 2 tectonic plates moving past one another in opposite direction.
- / the layer that is semi-solid and immediately below the lithosphere.
- tectonics / The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces
- spreading / process of new seafloor forming.
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- / a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world.
- / the outermost physical layer of the earth
- drift / the hypothesis that today's continents were once apart of a single land mass.
- boundary / when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
- / The process of a less dense plate sinking below a more dense plate.
10 Clues: / the outermost physical layer of the earth • spreading / process of new seafloor forming. • boundary / When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another • tectonics / The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces • boundary / when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-05-10
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- the outermost layer of the Earth
- Convection in the magma occurs here
- The inner most layer of the Earth
- The circulation of warm and cold particles
- Boundaries there are 3 types of these
- Plates that move away from each other.
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- Plates slide past one another
- Plates that move toward each other.
- Plate ______ is the theory that explains how the Earth's surface is changing.
- The Crust of the Earth is broken into large pieces called tectonic _______.
10 Clues: Plates slide past one another • the outermost layer of the Earth • The inner most layer of the Earth • Convection in the magma occurs here • Plates that move toward each other. • Boundaries there are 3 types of these • Plates that move away from each other. • The circulation of warm and cold particles • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-17
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- The thickest layer on the Earth
- The thinnest and outermost layer on the Earth
- The man who introduced the idea of Pangea
- A giant mountain that erupts lava
- When 2 plates slide AWAY from each other
- The rigid outer part of Earth
- When 2 plates grind AGAINST each other
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- The upper layer of the mantle
- A giant wave caused by seismic activity
- When 2 plates slide TOWARDS each other
10 Clues: The upper layer of the mantle • The rigid outer part of Earth • The thickest layer on the Earth • A giant mountain that erupts lava • When 2 plates slide TOWARDS each other • When 2 plates grind AGAINST each other • A giant wave caused by seismic activity • When 2 plates slide AWAY from each other • The man who introduced the idea of Pangea • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-09-27
10 Clues: Plates Colliding • Crust and Mantle • Plates Separating • Below Lithosphere • Several Large Regions • (Rock Formation) Broken • Hard and Rigid Outer Shell • Steep Depression in Ocean Floor • Caused when Transform Boundaries Slide Past • Sideways and Downward Movement of the Edge of a Plate
Plate tectonics 2023-09-29
10 Clues: plates slide • Mantle currents • from the mantle • plates move apart • plates move together • what plates slide on • formed from two plates apart • one plate goes other another • formed from two plates sliding • formed from two plates together
Plate tectonics 2023-10-30
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- large slabs of rock they creates land forms
- when two plates move towards each other
- Solid outer part of Earth
- An extremely hot molten rock that’s under the earth’s surface
- when two tectonic plates meet under water
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- An opening on earths crust that shoots out lava
- A path around the Pacific Ocean that has the most volcanic eruptions
- When two tectonic plate move from each other
- A sudden shake in the earths crust
- A super continent that was formed 300 million years ago
10 Clues: Solid outer part of Earth • A sudden shake in the earths crust • when two plates move towards each other • when two tectonic plates meet under water • large slabs of rock they creates land forms • When two tectonic plate move from each other • An opening on earths crust that shoots out lava • A super continent that was formed 300 million years ago • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-12-10
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- when tectonic plates collide and push one plate beneath the other
- when plates collide or comes together
- the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
- An opening in the earth’s crust
- Movement in the earth’s crust
- when plates separate
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- when tectonic plates move apart in between faults
- when plates slide past each other
- the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
10 Clues: when plates separate • Movement in the earth’s crust • An opening in the earth’s crust • when plates slide past each other • when plates collide or comes together • when tectonic plates move apart in between faults • the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-12-05
10 Clues: in ocean • hot mountain • Tectonic plaets • hot molten rock • a crack or split • plates going apart • plates coming together • hot rises and cold sinks • goes under a less dense-plate • plates sliding past each other
Plate Tectonics 2023-12-05
10 Clues: hot • in ocean • goes under • hot mountain • Tectonic plaets • a crack or split • hot rises and cold sinks • Boundary plates going apart • Boundary plates coming together • Boundary plates sliding past each other
Plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- what plate boundary is in the mid of the atlantic ridge?
- It is the transfer of energy through empty space.
- what transfers the heat by direct contact of particles of matter?
- What is the thin and ridged outer layer of the mantle?
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- Which plate boundary causes earthqukes?
- A break in the earths crust where slabs if rock slip past each other.
- The transfer of heat by movements to a heated fluid.
- what is amount of force pushing on a surface or area?
- what is study of planet earth?
- What plate moves fastest?
10 Clues: What plate moves fastest? • what is study of planet earth? • Which plate boundary causes earthqukes? • It is the transfer of energy through empty space. • The transfer of heat by movements to a heated fluid. • what is amount of force pushing on a surface or area? • What is the thin and ridged outer layer of the mantle? • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-12-15
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- Boundary that pushes together
- When a Convergent boundary has a denser plate
- when one plate is forced under another
- process that adds new seafloor
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- Causes plates to move
- underground lava
- Boundary that slides next to another
- Boundary that pulls away
- occurs at divergent boundaries
- Broken pieces of lithosphere
10 Clues: underground lava • Causes plates to move • Boundary that pulls away • Broken pieces of lithosphere • Boundary that pushes together • process that adds new seafloor • occurs at divergent boundaries • Boundary that slides next to another • when one plate is forced under another • When a Convergent boundary has a denser plate
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-09
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- All the continents were together to form a supercontinent (Pangaea)
- mixture of substances, gasses,and water
- Heat transfer between material that are touching.
- molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle.
- where plates come together.
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- where plates slip past each other.
- where plates move apart.
- is the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light.
- Heat transfer by the movement of fluid.
- an area where material from deep within earth's mantle
10 Clues: where plates move apart. • where plates come together. • where plates slip past each other. • Heat transfer by the movement of fluid. • mixture of substances, gasses,and water • Heat transfer between material that are touching. • an area where material from deep within earth's mantle • is the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-02-21
10 Clues: super continent • two colliding plates • sliding past eachother • two plates moving apart • outer layer of the earth • earths crust breaks apart • earths tectonic plates move • magma and gases are expelled • tectonic plate dives under another • This country is an example of an island arc
plate tectonics 2024-03-28
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- - a shallow land below the lithosphere
- - the broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on the asthenophere
- - remains of a prehistoric organism
- - the position of the organism in a food chain
- - melted; liquefied
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- - a line that marks the limits of an area
- - a continuous range of underwater valcano that wraps around the globe
- - consist of crust (light brown) and upper (dark brown)
- - the ability to do work or cause change
- - forming of belonging to a continent
10 Clues: - melted; liquefied • - remains of a prehistoric organism • - forming of belonging to a continent • - a shallow land below the lithosphere • - the ability to do work or cause change • - a line that marks the limits of an area • - the position of the organism in a food chain • - consist of crust (light brown) and upper (dark brown) • ...
Plate tectonics 2024-03-28
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- graphical crack or separation
- ground shaking
- mountain or hill with a vent at the top
- two or more lithospheric plates collide.
- a seafloor mountain
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- one of the plates moves under the other
- plates that move slide sideways past each other
- a long cut in the ground
- heat-driven cycles that occur in the air and ocean
- two tectonic plates move away from each other
10 Clues: ground shaking • a seafloor mountain • a long cut in the ground • graphical crack or separation • one of the plates moves under the other • mountain or hill with a vent at the top • two or more lithospheric plates collide. • two tectonic plates move away from each other • plates that move slide sideways past each other • heat-driven cycles that occur in the air and ocean
Plate Tectonics 2024-09-11
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- when one plate is denser than another
- moves past each other
- moves apart
- underground lava
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- large masses of earth
- a geological structure made by convergent boundarys
- a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
- caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys
- cause of transform boundary
- moves together
10 Clues: moves apart • moves together • underground lava • large masses of earth • moves past each other • cause of transform boundary • when one plate is denser than another • caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys • a geological structure made by convergent boundarys • a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
geology 2022-07-03
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- plate tectonics that drift opposite ways
- the most destructive type of wave
- what plate is most of the north island on
- the part of the earth we live on
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- in the mantle
- the countries before continental drift
- the outcome of when two plates make friction
- plates that drift together
- how many major plates are there
9 Clues: in the mantle • plates that drift together • how many major plates are there • the part of the earth we live on • the most destructive type of wave • the countries before continental drift • plate tectonics that drift opposite ways • what plate is most of the north island on • the outcome of when two plates make friction
Plate Boundary Review 2022-10-25
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- This plate boundary occurs when oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
- Alfred ______ is the father of continental drift and plate tectonics
- This plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other
- this is formed at a subduction plate boundary
- This plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other
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- This is the upper portion of the mantle. Plates slide on this layer.
- a crack or break in the lithosphere is called a ___.
- This plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other
8 Clues: this is formed at a subduction plate boundary • a crack or break in the lithosphere is called a ___. • This plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other • This plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other • This is the upper portion of the mantle. Plates slide on this layer. • ...
Plate Tectonics! 2013-07-31
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- Giant wave created by earthquake or volcanic erution
- Plate that Australia is on
- Molten rock beneath the earth's crust
- Two continental crusts collide
- Famous Italian volcano
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- Two places move sideways
- Famous Japanese volcano
- Plate that London is on
- Oceanic crust moves towards continental crust
- Two plates move away from each other
10 Clues: Famous Italian volcano • Famous Japanese volcano • Plate that London is on • Two places move sideways • Plate that Australia is on • Two continental crusts collide • Two plates move away from each other • Molten rock beneath the earth's crust • Oceanic crust moves towards continental crust • Giant wave created by earthquake or volcanic erution
Plate tectonics 2013-11-05
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- When there is a sudden drop in a fold
- When plates are moving away from each other
- When plates collide/come together
- When plates slide against each other
- When a fold goes up
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- The surface along rocks break and slide past each other
- When you pull on something
- When you press something together
- When the fold goes down
- When a rock changes its shape due to stress
10 Clues: When a fold goes up • When the fold goes down • When you pull on something • When you press something together • When plates collide/come together • When plates slide against each other • When there is a sudden drop in a fold • When a rock changes its shape due to stress • When plates are moving away from each other • The surface along rocks break and slide past each other
Plate Tectonics 2014-05-19
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- The soft layer of the Earth
- The cause of tectonic plate movement
- When two tectonic plates push against each other
- The outer layer of the Earth
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- When two tectonic plates move further apart
- Where one tectonic plate meets another
- Molten rock
- Large masses of land
- The solid centre of the Earth
- When two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: Molten rock • Large masses of land • The soft layer of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • The solid centre of the Earth • The cause of tectonic plate movement • When two plates slide past each other • Where one tectonic plate meets another • When two tectonic plates move further apart • When two tectonic plates push against each other
PLATE TECTONICS 2018-01-04
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- THIS PLATE IS FOUND NEAR THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
- THESE FOLLOW AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
- OFF ITS COAST THE 2004 EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED
- THE OCEAN WHERE RING OF FIRE IS FOUND
- ALONG THIS VOLCANOES OCCUR
- THIS OCCURS WHEN EARTHQUAKES OCCUR UNDERWATER
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- A FORCE OF NATURE THAT LEADS TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
- THIS GAS LEAKS OUT PREDICTING AN EARTHQUAKE
- THIS BOUNDARY TYPE LEADS TO NO CHANGE IN LAND FEATURES
- EYJAFJALLAJOKULL VOLCANO IS FOUND HERE
10 Clues: ALONG THIS VOLCANOES OCCUR • THESE FOLLOW AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE • THE OCEAN WHERE RING OF FIRE IS FOUND • EYJAFJALLAJOKULL VOLCANO IS FOUND HERE • OFF ITS COAST THE 2004 EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED • THIS GAS LEAKS OUT PREDICTING AN EARTHQUAKE • THIS OCCURS WHEN EARTHQUAKES OCCUR UNDERWATER • A FORCE OF NATURE THAT LEADS TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION • ...
Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17
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- when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms
- supercontinent
- come together
- continents slowly moving over the surface overtime
- breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other
- the ocean floor sinking under a deep ocean trench & back into the mantle
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- trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock
- diverge; moving away
- earths plates & plate motions into a theory
- mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor
10 Clues: come together • supercontinent • diverge; moving away • earths plates & plate motions into a theory • trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock • mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor • continents slowly moving over the surface overtime • breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other • when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms • ...
Plate Tectonics 2018-12-02
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- The process of a less dense plate sinking below a more dense plate.
- the outermost physical layer of the earth
- the hypothesis that today's continents were once apart of a single land mass.
- When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another
- process of new seafloor forming.
- a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world.
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- states earth's surface is made up of giant, moving slabs called tectonic plates.
- when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
- The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces
- the layer that is semi-solid and immediately below the lithosphere.
10 Clues: process of new seafloor forming. • the outermost physical layer of the earth • When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another • The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces • when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide. • The process of a less dense plate sinking below a more dense plate. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2019-10-01
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- The layer directly below the mantle
- The layer in the middle of the Earth
- Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart
- The layer of the Earth we are on right now
- The layer below the crust
- Tectonic hazard that shakes the ground
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- Tectonic Hazard that causes lava to spew from the ground
- Plate boundary where two plates are moving together
- Plate boundary where two plates are moving side by side
- The supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
10 Clues: The layer below the crust • The layer directly below the mantle • The layer in the middle of the Earth • Tectonic hazard that shakes the ground • The layer of the Earth we are on right now • Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart • Plate boundary where two plates are moving together • The supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago • ...
PLATE TECTONICS 2020-07-02
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- The crust of the Earth "floats" on this layer of the Earth
- Large sub-marine mountain ranges under oceans
- Huge parts of the Earth's crust which are moving as one
- The person who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
- Molten rock coming to the Earth's surface.
- Instrument used to record earthquakes.
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- The Earth's continents moving apart
- Caused when tectonic plates suddenly move.
- The movement of the molten rock in the mantle
- Formed by lava coming from eruptions.
10 Clues: The Earth's continents moving apart • Formed by lava coming from eruptions. • Instrument used to record earthquakes. • Caused when tectonic plates suddenly move. • Molten rock coming to the Earth's surface. • The movement of the molten rock in the mantle • Large sub-marine mountain ranges under oceans • Huge parts of the Earth's crust which are moving as one • ...
Plate Tectonics 2020-10-14
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- Boundaries that slide past each other
- Boundaries that come together
- what causes trenches in the ocean
- Boundaries that move apart
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- What do you call the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
- what causes tsunamis
- Charles Richter invented the ______ in 1935
- a volcano is _______ when it constructs a landform or a mountain
- a volcanoes is ________ when it erupts
- A graph that can detect vibrations during an earthquake
10 Clues: what causes tsunamis • Boundaries that move apart • Boundaries that come together • what causes trenches in the ocean • Boundaries that slide past each other • a volcanoes is ________ when it erupts • Charles Richter invented the ______ in 1935 • A graph that can detect vibrations during an earthquake • What do you call the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust • ...
Plate tectonics 2020-09-29
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- Transfers energy in the mantle
- pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes
- pulls apart and forms rift valleys
- a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
- slide past each other and form earthquakes and faults
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- the earth's upper mantle
- a thick layer of rock that form the continents
- a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
- crashes together and forms mountains
- the earth's outer crust
10 Clues: the earth's outer crust • the earth's upper mantle • Transfers energy in the mantle • pulls apart and forms rift valleys • crashes together and forms mountains • pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes • a thick layer of rock that form the continents • a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean • a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-10-07
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- The molten rock in the mantle.
- A geological land feature made at divergent boundaries.
- The place where a thinner plate slides under a thicker plate.
- The plate boundaries that move away from each other.
- The broken up pieces of Earth's crust.
- The places separating the tectonic plates.
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- The plate boundaries that slide past each other.
- Formed when tectonic plates jam together and then suddenly release at transform boundaries.
- The process that takes place in the upper mantle that helps to move the tectonic plates.
- The plate boundaries that move towards each other.
10 Clues: The molten rock in the mantle. • The broken up pieces of Earth's crust. • The places separating the tectonic plates. • The plate boundaries that slide past each other. • The plate boundaries that move towards each other. • The plate boundaries that move away from each other. • A geological land feature made at divergent boundaries. • ...
Plate tectonics 2021-10-25
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- boundary, when two tectonic plates move away from eachother
- A rupture in the crust
- Wegner, The person who came up with the theory of continental drift.
- boundary, When two plates come together
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- liquid that comes out of a volcano
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- the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
- The solid, bulky part of the Earth's core.
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
- drift, the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
10 Clues: A rupture in the crust • liquid that comes out of a volcano • boundary, When two plates come together • The solid, bulky part of the Earth's core. • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • boundary, when two tectonic plates move away from eachother • Wegner, The person who came up with the theory of continental drift. • ...
plate tectonics 2022-03-30
10 Clues: able to be bent • a planar fracture • earth outer layer • gradual caving or sinking • third layer of earths surface • to lift to a higher elevation • contains most of earth's volume • the upper layer of earths mantle • rigid most outermost part of earth • responsible for tectonic plate movement
Plate tectonics 2021-11-16
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- the process in which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges as the older crust moves away
- a depression in the ocean floor formed when a plate sinks through a subduction zone and bends
- the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other
- what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent
- movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths
- the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other
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- the process where old oceanic plates sink into the mantle as seafloor spreading occurs
- the theroy that pieces of Earth's lithosphere, called plates, move around on top of the asthenosphere
- the type of plate boundary where the two plates move AWAY from each other
- the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called
10 Clues: what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent • the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other • movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths • the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called • the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19
10 Clues: plates that divide • plates that collide • a dip in oceanic crust • caused by plates colliding • the way earths crust moves • molten rock found in the mantle • where crust goes into the mantle • plates that slide past each other • the cause of tectonic plate movement • caused by plates sliding past each other
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18
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- two plates crash into each other
- tectonic plates that divide apart
- causes plates to move
- causes earthquakes
- pieces of the crust that move around
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- plates collide and the denser one goes underneath
- tectonic plates collide and create mountains
- hardened magma
- houses convection currents
- occur at divergent boundaries
10 Clues: hardened magma • causes earthquakes • causes plates to move • houses convection currents • occur at divergent boundaries • two plates crash into each other • tectonic plates that divide apart • pieces of the crust that move around • tectonic plates collide and create mountains • plates collide and the denser one goes underneath
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18
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- the man who discovered the theory of continental drift
- Two plates moving together
- Two plates sliding past each other
- caused by magma moving in the mantle
- Magma mountain
- caused by two plates moving apart
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- Two plates moving apart
- Molten rock in the mantle
- creates new oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges
- Created when two plates with the same density collide
10 Clues: Magma mountain • Two plates moving apart • Molten rock in the mantle • Two plates moving together • caused by two plates moving apart • Two plates sliding past each other • caused by magma moving in the mantle • creates new oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges • Created when two plates with the same density collide • the man who discovered the theory of continental drift
Plate tectonics 2022-02-03
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- are made from transform are made
- one of most hot things inside the earth.
- 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
- 2 plates move away from each other
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- 2 plates move into each other
- are mode from two plates.
- the earth's second layer.
- are made from the crust of the earth.
- are made two plates spreading apart.
- are made from two plate pushing together.
10 Clues: are mode from two plates. • the earth's second layer. • 2 plates move into each other • are made from transform are made • 2 plates move away from each other • are made two plates spreading apart. • are made from the crust of the earth. • one of most hot things inside the earth. • are made from two plate pushing together. • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
Plate tectonics 2022-02-03
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- are made from transform are made
- one of most hot things inside the earth.
- 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
- 2 plates move away from each other
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- 2 plates move into each other
- are mode from two plates.
- the earth's second layer.
- are made from the crust of the earth.
- are made two plates spreading apart.
- are made from two plate pushing together.
10 Clues: are mode from two plates. • the earth's second layer. • 2 plates move into each other • are made from transform are made • 2 plates move away from each other • are made two plates spreading apart. • are made from the crust of the earth. • one of most hot things inside the earth. • are made from two plate pushing together. • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03
10 Clues: Slide • Fault • Collide • Separate • Divergent • Super continent • formed by collision • formed by separation • formed with transformation. • also know as Mid-Ocean Ridge
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03
10 Clues: pull away • come together • under the crust • what we live on • inside the earth • what we stand on • it is your fault • 2 plates come together • slide across each other • 2 plates spread away from each other
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03
10 Clues: Near ocean ridges • One big continent • Ocean floor spreading • Two plates come together • Forms when two plates collide • Two plates slide past each other • Caused by the crust and upper mantle • Two plates move away from each other • Forms around tectonic plate boundaries • Forms around divergent plate boundaries
Plate tectonics 2022-02-15
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- the result of a convergent boundary
- when two plates collide
- the result of a transform boundary when two plate slide past each other
- zone when one plate is more dense than the other
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- currents The heat which causes the plates to move
- when two plates come apart
- hot material underneath the mantle.
- the ground beneath the continents
- the reason behind convection currents
- when two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: when two plates collide • when two plates come apart • the ground beneath the continents • hot material underneath the mantle. • the result of a convergent boundary • the reason behind convection currents • when two plates slide past each other • zone when one plate is more dense than the other • currents The heat which causes the plates to move • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-02-17
10 Clues: Geohazard • Super continent • boundary Collide • boundary pull apart • Hazard caused by the earth • boundary slide past each other • Molten material above the surface • one plate lower density then other • Molten material underneath the surface • currents earth created by the heat in the core
Plate tectonics 2022-03-04
10 Clues: move away • slide past • going under • move toward • area of oceanic crust • plate division in Africa • plate division in Eurasia • huge peices of lithosphere • plates shift releases energy • plate division in south America
PLATE TECTONICS 2021-06-29
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- the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them.
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- When plates move away from each other, the space between them gets filled with material, which rises to the surface, cools and forms mid-oceanic ridges.
- The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
- A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
- a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
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- portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters
- Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
10 Clues: a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters • the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them. • The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle • ...
PLATE TECTONICS 2021-09-14
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- the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
- found along divergent plate boundaries
- highest mount everest
- point of origin of earthquake
- above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
- the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
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- shaking of ground
- two plates moving apart
- two plates colliding with each other
- outermost layer of earth
10 Clues: shaking of ground • highest mount everest • two plates moving apart • outermost layer of earth • point of origin of earthquake • two plates colliding with each other • found along divergent plate boundaries • the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere • the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
plate tectonics 2022-04-18
10 Clues: crust • to change • to be different • a long narrow ditch • mountain that shoots lava • a chunk of crust that moves • combinations close together • a sudden violent shaking of the ground • plates plate that is thicker and less dense • ocean plate a thick rock that lies under the ocean floor
plate tectonics 2022-04-18
10 Clues: crust • to change • to be different • a long narrow ditch • mountain that shoots lava • a chunk of crust that moves • combinations close together • a sudden violent shaking of the ground • plates plate that is thicker and less dense • ocean plate a thick rock that lies under the ocean floor
Plate Tectonics 2022-04-18
10 Clues: molten rock • a current in a fluid • produces earthquakes • where two plates meet • separating through faults • giant pieces of earth's crust • formed by transform boundaries • when one plate goes under another • when two plates move away from eachother • when two plates collide and forms mountains
Plate Tectonics 2023-04-26
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- Melted or liquefied
- The middle of the Earth
- Just below the lithosphere is a shallow layer of mantle
- The layer on top of the Earth
- The broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on theasthenosphere
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- Places where the edges of two or more plates interact.
- The process by which hot material rises and cooler material sinks
- 250 million years ago, all the continents were connected in one giant supercontinent
- Over 450 volcanoes located around the edges of the Pacific Plate.
- Made up of Earth’s crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
10 Clues: Melted or liquefied • The middle of the Earth • The layer on top of the Earth • Places where the edges of two or more plates interact. • Just below the lithosphere is a shallow layer of mantle • Made up of Earth’s crust and the uppermost part of the mantle • The process by which hot material rises and cooler material sinks • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-20
10 Clues: seismic activity • moving away boundary • below the lithosphere • upper layer of mantle • shifting piece of earth • scorched piece of mantle • deep groove in the ocean • 1800 mile thick layer of earth • one mass of all the continents • conical hill that contains magma
Plate tectonics 2023-01-26
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- Created by sea-floor spreading.
- When to plates slide against each other.
- When two plates go away from each other
- Usually created by plates subducting.
- The area of Earth in between the crust and core
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- When two plates converge towards each other
- Usually occur near a fault line.
- When one plate slides underneath the other while converging.
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Form in divergent boundaries.
10 Clues: Form in divergent boundaries. • Created by sea-floor spreading. • Usually occur near a fault line. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Usually created by plates subducting. • When two plates go away from each other • When to plates slide against each other. • When two plates converge towards each other • The area of Earth in between the crust and core • ...
plate tectonics 2022-12-20
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- Process that occur at Mid Ocean Ridge.
- Massive range of underwater volcanoes.
- Area where magma is hotter than surrounding magma.
- Layer that lies between Earth's core and crust.
- Region around the Pacific Ocean where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
- Type of volcano Hawaii has.
- Makes up crust, mantle, and core.
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- Upper layer of the Earth's mantle below the lithosphere.
- Type of volcano Japan has.
- Abnormally hot rock, causing hot spots.
10 Clues: Type of volcano Japan has. • Type of volcano Hawaii has. • Makes up crust, mantle, and core. • Process that occur at Mid Ocean Ridge. • Massive range of underwater volcanoes. • Abnormally hot rock, causing hot spots. • Layer that lies between Earth's core and crust. • Area where magma is hotter than surrounding magma. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19
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- The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
- The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- The theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
- A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
- The material that forms Earth’s hard surface.
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- A great landmass surrounded by oceans.
- A scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Earth
- The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
- A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth.
- A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
10 Clues: A great landmass surrounded by oceans. • The material that forms Earth’s hard surface. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth. • The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core. • A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. • ...
plate tectonics 2023-01-28
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- supercontinent that existed a long time ago
- an explanation for why things happen supported by evidence
- when 2 plates converge and 1 of the plates sink under the other
- boundary moving towards
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- creator of plate tectonic theory
- boundary sliding past
- boundary moving away
- land mass rising
- a long narrow cut in the ground / ocean floor
- area of land that are low and in between mountains and hills
10 Clues: land mass rising • boundary moving away • boundary sliding past • boundary moving towards • creator of plate tectonic theory • supercontinent that existed a long time ago • a long narrow cut in the ground / ocean floor • an explanation for why things happen supported by evidence • area of land that are low and in between mountains and hills • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-05-02
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- the boundary that occurs when two plates are pushing on each other.
- made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
- the earths outermost layer.
- the layer located directly under the crust
- the innermost layer of the earth.
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- is underneath the lithosphere and is what the lithosphere floats on.
- the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
- the boundary that occurs when two plate are moving away from each other.
- the boundary that occurs when two plates slide past each other.
- the layer of earth lies between the mantle and the inner core
10 Clues: the earths outermost layer. • the innermost layer of the earth. • the layer located directly under the crust • made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle • the layer of earth lies between the mantle and the inner core • the boundary that occurs when two plates slide past each other. • the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another. • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-09-15
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- when a plate goes under another into the mantle
- the plate boundaries that slide apart
- the plate boundaries that to plates come together
- a place where magma comes up from the crust
- A place where two boundries have come apart creating a deep valley
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- when a plate subducts into the mantle
- Where a transform boundary has pushed up crust
- Molten rock
- currents in the mantle that make the plates move
- where two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: Molten rock • when a plate subducts into the mantle • the plate boundaries that slide apart • where two plates slide past each other • a place where magma comes up from the crust • Where a transform boundary has pushed up crust • when a plate goes under another into the mantle • currents in the mantle that make the plates move • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-09-15
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- when a plate goes under another into the mantle
- the plate boundaries that slide apart
- the plate boundaries that to plates come together
- a place where magma comes up from the crust
- A place where two boundries have come apart creating a deep valley
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- when a plate subducts into the mantle
- Where a transform boundary has pushed up crust
- Molten rock
- currents in the mantle that make the plates move
- where two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: Molten rock • when a plate subducts into the mantle • the plate boundaries that slide apart • where two plates slide past each other • a place where magma comes up from the crust • Where a transform boundary has pushed up crust • when a plate goes under another into the mantle • currents in the mantle that make the plates move • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-09-11
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- formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface
- supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
- southern half of pangea
- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface
- the outermost shell of Earth
- lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.
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- arise from the transformation of existing rock
- North part of pangea
- rock forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth
- action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material
10 Clues: North part of pangea • southern half of pangea • the outermost shell of Earth • arise from the transformation of existing rock • rock forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface • supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-08-08
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- Shaking of earth due to movement of plate
- crust-mantle boundary
- first wave to reach on earth surface
- first continent of earth
- a long narrow depression form subducting away the plate boundary
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- inner most solid shell of earth
- Instrument that records earthquake
- molten form of rock
- mountain form due to collision of Eurasian and indian plate
- a type of plate boundary where plate move away from each other
10 Clues: molten form of rock • crust-mantle boundary • first continent of earth • inner most solid shell of earth • Instrument that records earthquake • first wave to reach on earth surface • Shaking of earth due to movement of plate • mountain form due to collision of Eurasian and indian plate • a type of plate boundary where plate move away from each other • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-12-05
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- the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate
- a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
- planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been rock missing
- a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
- tectonic plates converge, the one with thin oceanic crust subducts beneath the one capped by thick continental crust
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- the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time
- two tectonic plates move away from each other
- the solid, outer part of Earth
- the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe
- a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean
10 Clues: the solid, outer part of Earth • two tectonic plates move away from each other • the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time • the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate • a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher • ...
plate tectonics 2022-11-01
10 Clues: The slowest wave • The fastest wave • a wave of energy • The origin point • Travels through the earth • The study of energy waves • How to find the origin point • The point directly above the Focus • a large jolt of energy that shakes the ground • Rocks are sliding by one another causing earthquakes
Plate Tectonics 2022-05-18
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- What boundary has plates slip past one another?
- This type of stress stretches the rock to make it thinner.
- What supercontinent did Alfred Wegner proposed existed roughly 250 millions ago?
- In the ocean, convergent plates create these landforms.
- Convection currents can be found where?
- A wave that gets created when there is an earthquake in the oceanic crust.
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- What boundary has plates moving away from one another?
- Major earthquakes can be found in these boundaries.
- A break in the rock of earth's crust.
- In the ocean, divergent plates create these landforms.
- What boundary has plates coming together?
11 Clues: A break in the rock of earth's crust. • Convection currents can be found where? • What boundary has plates coming together? • What boundary has plates slip past one another? • Major earthquakes can be found in these boundaries. • What boundary has plates moving away from one another? • In the ocean, divergent plates create these landforms. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-05-18
10 Clues: Sliding Boundary • Collision Boundary • Seperateing Boundary • Made by a subduction zone • Makes tectonic plates flow • Made by a divergant boundary • Made by a convergant boundary • Lava that is made in the mantle • Two plates with diffrent densitys collide • Naturual disaster made by a transform boundary
Plate tectonics 2023-09-29
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- a seafloor mountain
- long narrow depressions in the land or ocean
- when the earth's plates move
- They are two plates moving away from each other in opposite directions.
- It is semi solid rock
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- when an oceanic plate slides under an continental plate
- a slab of solid rock
- It when two plates come together or overlap
- It is like mid ocean ridges
- When two plates slide against another
10 Clues: a seafloor mountain • a slab of solid rock • It is semi solid rock • It is like mid ocean ridges • when the earth's plates move • When two plates slide against another • It when two plates come together or overlap • long narrow depressions in the land or ocean • when an oceanic plate slides under an continental plate • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-09-29
10 Clues: plates slide • Mantle currents • from the mantle • plates move apart • plates move together • what plates slide on • formed from two plates apart • one plate goes other another • formed from two plates sliding • formed from two plates together
Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29
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- It is a barrier that you can't get through
- Boundary When two sides pass each other
- Boundary Is where two tectonic plates come together
- Currents A current in fluid results from convention
- A large steep hill
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- Boundary Is where two tectonic plates move away from eachother
- A long narrow ditch
- Valley Rift valleys occurs at divergent boundaries
- It burst out of a mountain
- Is when convection currents in the molten rock
10 Clues: A large steep hill • A long narrow ditch • It burst out of a mountain • It is a barrier that you can't get through • Boundary When two sides pass each other • Is when convection currents in the molten rock • Valley Rift valleys occurs at divergent boundaries • Boundary Is where two tectonic plates come together • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-10-09
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- The part of the earth we live on
- The name of the tectonic hazard caused when lava erupts from a mountain
- The name of the hazard caused my the earth moving
- The semi-molten section of the earth
- The name of plates moving away from each other
- The name of plates moving past each other
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- The name of plates moving towards each other
- The movement in the mantle which moves the tectonic plates
- The center of the earth made of Nickle and Iron
- The name for the sections of the earths crust
10 Clues: The part of the earth we live on • The semi-molten section of the earth • The name of plates moving past each other • The name of plates moving towards each other • The name for the sections of the earths crust • The name of plates moving away from each other • The center of the earth made of Nickle and Iron • The name of the hazard caused my the earth moving • ...
Plate tectonics. 2023-03-22
10 Clues: divergent. • convergent • earthquakes. • what makes seafloor • how do the plates move. • when the plates move away. • when the plates move together. • convergent,Divergent,tansform. • when one goes on top of another • when the plates move past each other.
plate tectonics 2023-02-17
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- divergent boundary occurs beneath the oceanic lithosphere
- occurs at divergent boundaries
- one tectonic plate is pushed downward beneath another tectonic plate
- giant pieces of the earth's crust
- two plates pull away from each other
- housed in the mante
- two plates collide together
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- when hot molten rock rises
- two plates slide past each other
- when oceanic and continental plates collide
10 Clues: housed in the mante • when hot molten rock rises • two plates collide together • occurs at divergent boundaries • two plates slide past each other • giant pieces of the earth's crust • two plates pull away from each other • when oceanic and continental plates collide • divergent boundary occurs beneath the oceanic lithosphere • ...
plate tectonics 2023-03-01
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- what causes the plates to move
- when plates move away from each other
- when plates collide
- formed by convergent subduction
- caused by convergent collision
- a super continent that was here before the continents split
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- the earths crust
- when plats move alongside each other
- when plates move towards each other
- when one plate goes under the other
10 Clues: the earths crust • when plates collide • what causes the plates to move • caused by convergent collision • formed by convergent subduction • when plates move towards each other • when one plate goes under the other • when plats move alongside each other • when plates move away from each other • a super continent that was here before the continents split
plate tectonics 2023-02-28
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- plates that move towards each other
- convergent plates that colide
- when one plate moves up and one moves down
- the earths crust
- what makes the plates move
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- caused by convergent subduction
- the upper layer of the mantle
- convergent plates where one goes under the other
- plates that move away from each other
- location where the plates meet
10 Clues: the earths crust • what makes the plates move • the upper layer of the mantle • convergent plates that colide • location where the plates meet • caused by convergent subduction • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • when one plate moves up and one moves down • convergent plates where one goes under the other
Plate Tectonics 2023-03-02
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- is your stated opinion on something
- are the borders between two plates
- the direction plates move when going away from each other
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- is a very hot liquid that comes out of volcanoes
- the direction plates move when going toward each other
- is what you can give to someone to help support your claim
- are things that move on earth and cause earthquakes
- a big section of water that takes up most of earth
- is a long narrow excavation in the ground
- the center of earth inside the outer core
10 Clues: are the borders between two plates • is your stated opinion on something • is a long narrow excavation in the ground • the center of earth inside the outer core • is a very hot liquid that comes out of volcanoes • a big section of water that takes up most of earth • are things that move on earth and cause earthquakes • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-02-23
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- Upper part of the mantle, where the plates are located
- One effect of two tectonic plates converging
- The result of two Continental crusts converge
- Lower part of the mantle
- Earths crust located under water
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- The place where two tectonic plates converge and one plate slides under the other
- Result of two tectonic plates sliding past each other
- Helped create Hawaii/volcanic island
- When two tectonic plates slide past each other
- Part of Earths crust, not under water
10 Clues: Lower part of the mantle • Earths crust located under water • Helped create Hawaii/volcanic island • Part of Earths crust, not under water • One effect of two tectonic plates converging • The result of two Continental crusts converge • When two tectonic plates slide past each other • Result of two tectonic plates sliding past each other • ...
plate tectonics 2023-02-09
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- formed by transform boundaries
- makes all the boundaries occur
- formed by convergent boundaries
- occurs at divergent boundaries
- formed by divergent boundaries
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- when plates push away from each other
- when plates slide against each other
- when one plate rises over the other
- when plates come together
- Melted rock
10 Clues: Melted rock • when plates come together • formed by transform boundaries • makes all the boundaries occur • occurs at divergent boundaries • formed by divergent boundaries • formed by convergent boundaries • when one plate rises over the other • when plates slide against each other • when plates push away from each other
Plate tectonics 2023-02-15
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15
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- When two plates collide
- When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide and the less dense plate slips under the denser plate
- First name of the scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift
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- When two plates split apart
- Last name of the scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift
- Earth millions of years ago
- The part of Earth broken into tectonic plates
- When two plates slide past each other
- Something formed from a convergent boundary
- These are caused by all the boundaries, but mostly transform boundaries
10 Clues: When two plates collide • When two plates split apart • Earth millions of years ago • When two plates slide past each other • Something formed from a convergent boundary • The part of Earth broken into tectonic plates • These are caused by all the boundaries, but mostly transform boundaries • Last name of the scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15
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- when two plates split apart
- Oceanic slides under continental
- The rising and cooling of liquids
- Creates earthquakes
- Creates mountains
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- the layout of the Earth's crust
- A man who created the theory of plate tectonics
- The rigid outer layer of the Earth's crust
- Makes up 1% of Earth's mass
- A super continent that existed 230 million years ago
10 Clues: Creates mountains • Creates earthquakes • Makes up 1% of Earth's mass • when two plates split apart • the layout of the Earth's crust • Oceanic slides under continental • The rising and cooling of liquids • The rigid outer layer of the Earth's crust • A man who created the theory of plate tectonics • A super continent that existed 230 million years ago
Plate Tectonics 2023-03-08
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- North America and Eurasia when all continents were a single landmass
- layer of the upper mantle
- two plates come together
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- the outer part of the earth includes crust and mantle
- two plates pull apart
- hot melting rock in the mantle
- valley in the ocean
- one plate goes underneath the other
- created by two plates rubbing against each other
- two plates rub together
10 Clues: valley in the ocean • two plates pull apart • two plates rub together • two plates come together • layer of the upper mantle • hot melting rock in the mantle • one plate goes underneath the other • created by two plates rubbing against each other • the outer part of the earth includes crust and mantle • North America and Eurasia when all continents were a single landmass
plate tectonics 2023-03-31
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- When two plates come together, it is known as a convergent boundary. The impact of the colliding plates can cause the edges of one or both plates to buckle up into a mountain ranges or one of the plates may bend down into a deep seafloor trench.
- dig a trench or trenches in the ground.
- A convection current is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another.
- The transform plate boundary is a broad zone forming as the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate. It includes many lesser faults in addition to the San Andreas Fault
- Mid-ocean ridges occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart
- a hot monten
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- A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface
- crakorsplit in half
- If two tectonic plates collide, they form a convergent plate boundary. Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, a process known as subduction.
- a hot flued in the ground
10 Clues: a hot monten • crakorsplit in half • a hot flued in the ground • dig a trench or trenches in the ground. • A convection current is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another. • Mid-ocean ridges occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-11-02
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- moving apart in different directions
- evidence of life from the past
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam into the air
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- one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up the earth's outer layer
- hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- moving toward the same place
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the earth's plates
10 Clues: moving toward the same place • evidence of life from the past • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the earth's plates • a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • a natural spring that sends hot water and steam into the air • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-10
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- Boundaries: Areas where tectonic plates move away from each other, often associated with seafloor spreading.
- Boundaries: Zones where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
- Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases.
- Boundary: The edge where two tectonic plates meet, influencing geological activity.
- Zones: Areas where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
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- Sudden shaking or trembling of the Earth's surface, often caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
- Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
- Boundaries: Locations where tectonic plates move toward each other, leading to collision or subduction.
- The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core, composed mainly of solid rock. Convection Currents: Circular currents in the Earth's mantle that drive the movement of tectonic plates.
- Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.
10 Clues: Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms. • Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases. • Zones: Areas where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another. • Boundaries: Zones where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-12-13
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- when two plates collide
- the plate where we are right now
- what cauuse the plates to move (in the mantle)
- occurs at divergent boundary
- when two plates slide
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- the smallest plate by area
- the only ocean boundary
- convergent boundary with different densitie
- when two plates divide
- outcome of a convergent boundary
10 Clues: when two plates slide • when two plates divide • when two plates collide • the only ocean boundary • the smallest plate by area • occurs at divergent boundary • the plate where we are right now • outcome of a convergent boundary • convergent boundary with different densitie • what cauuse the plates to move (in the mantle)
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-30
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- What type of landform do divergent boundaries create?
- What rises to the surface?
- What boundary creates rift valleys?
- What boundary creates mountains?
- What moves the plates around?
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- What are the things that move the continents?
- What boundary creates earthquakes?
- What type of landform do transform boundaries create?
- What type of landform do convergent boundaries make
- What is the thinnest layer of Earth?
10 Clues: What rises to the surface? • What moves the plates around? • What boundary creates mountains? • What boundary creates earthquakes? • What boundary creates rift valleys? • What is the thinnest layer of Earth? • What are the things that move the continents? • What type of landform do convergent boundaries make • What type of landform do divergent boundaries create? • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
Down
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The boundary where two plates move apart
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-02-13
10 Clues: A large land mass • Made from transforming • Colliding into each other • Rubbing against each other • Going away from each other • Land masses that are moving • A crack or split in something • Hot liquid, soon turns to rock • Made from divergent plate boundaries • When one land mass goes under another
Plate Tectonics 2024-02-15
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- - The three plate ______
- - When two plate boundaries divide.
- - a layer of oceanic crust or continental crust.
- - A tectonic plate that consists primarily of continental crust.
- - Heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle
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- - When Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle.
- - Plates that are located beneath the ocean.
- - When two plate boundaries move past each other.
- - When two plate boundaries collide.
- - Molten rock that rises in the mantle.
10 Clues: - The three plate ______ • - When two plate boundaries divide. • - When two plate boundaries collide. • - Molten rock that rises in the mantle. • - Plates that are located beneath the ocean. • - a layer of oceanic crust or continental crust. • - When two plate boundaries move past each other. • - When Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle. • ...
PLATE TECTONICS 2024-08-09
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- the outermost layer of earth
- current that causes the plates to move
- location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- name of the supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago
- composed of crust and upper mantle
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- vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of
- boundary where plates the move apart
- type of rock which made up the continental crust
- crust found in the ocean floor
- plates sliding past or slipping past each other
10 Clues: the outermost layer of earth • crust found in the ocean floor • composed of crust and upper mantle • boundary where plates the move apart • current that causes the plates to move • vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of • plates sliding past or slipping past each other • type of rock which made up the continental crust • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-09-11
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- when one plate is denser than another
- moves past each other
- moves apart
- underground lava
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- large masses of earth
- a geological structure made by convergent boundarys
- a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
- caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys
- cause of transform boundary
- moves together
10 Clues: moves apart • moves together • underground lava • large masses of earth • moves past each other • cause of transform boundary • when one plate is denser than another • caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys • a geological structure made by convergent boundarys • a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
Hope's Crossword Puzzle 2015-05-08
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- Measurement instruments used for two general purposes: to measure the magnetization of a magnetic material.
- Two plates moving towards each other
- linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
- supercontinent
- Two plates slide horizontally past each other.
- a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times
- new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
- Portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
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- Two plates moving away from each other.
- Says the Earth's crust is made up of about a dozen major plates that rest on hot mantle.
- The study of the remnant magnetization in rocks.
- movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.
- Process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge.
- Change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
- sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
15 Clues: supercontinent • Two plates moving towards each other • Two plates moving away from each other. • Two plates slide horizontally past each other. • The study of the remnant magnetization in rocks. • movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other. • sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • ...
PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD 2014-04-15
11 Clues: OUR WORLD • THEY ERUPT • SECOND WORD • WHAT YOU EAT OFF • THE CENTRE OF EARTH • THE OUTER LAYER OF EARTH • THE INNER LAYER OF EARTH • STUDY OF ROCKS AND MINERALS • THE ORIGINAL SUPERCONTINENT • WHAT MAKES THE GROUND SHAKE? • THERE ARE 7 OF THESE IN THE WORLD
Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12
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- branch of geology studying earths the crust
- molten rocks under the crust if earth
- drift the movement of continents
- crash with violent impact
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- crake in earths crust where two plates meet
- science of earth’s structure
- the moving of on plate under another
- the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
- layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
- A big chunk of earths crust
10 Clues: crash with violent impact • A big chunk of earths crust • science of earth’s structure • drift the movement of continents • the moving of on plate under another • molten rocks under the crust if earth • crake in earths crust where two plates meet • branch of geology studying earths the crust • layer of rock between earths crust and outer core • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXTRA CREDIT NOV 2, 2023 2023-11-01
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- STEP IN SUCCESSION
- SEDIMENT BEING WASHED AWAY
- A NATURAL PROCESS THAT HAPPENS OVER AND OVER
- MEAT EATER
- INCLUDES FALL AND WINTER
- NOT WASTING FINITE RESOURCES
- CLEARING AN AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT
- CITIES MOVING OUTWARD
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- PLANT EATER
- CONSIST OF ALL SPECIES IN A HABITAT
- PERCENT TRANSFERRED IN ENERGY PYRAMID
- ENERGY PRODUCED BY THE SUN
- CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICS
- WEATHER PATTERNS
- SOURCE OF ALL ENERGY
- SHOWS ENERGY LEVELS
- LOCATED IN THE ATMOSPHERE
- PRIMARILY EATS OTHER ANIMALS
- INVASIVE TREE SPECIES
- HAVING TO DO WITH FARMS
- ROLE AN ORGANISM PLAYS IN A COMMUNITY
21 Clues: MEAT EATER • PLANT EATER • WEATHER PATTERNS • STEP IN SUCCESSION • SHOWS ENERGY LEVELS • SOURCE OF ALL ENERGY • INVASIVE TREE SPECIES • CITIES MOVING OUTWARD • HAVING TO DO WITH FARMS • INCLUDES FALL AND WINTER • CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICS • LOCATED IN THE ATMOSPHERE • ENERGY PRODUCED BY THE SUN • SEDIMENT BEING WASHED AWAY • NOT WASTING FINITE RESOURCES • PRIMARILY EATS OTHER ANIMALS • ...
Plate Tectonics~Vidhi Mendpara 2013-03-15
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- measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
- Divergent, Convergent, Transform
- A depression in the ocean floor
- Under the Oceans, Thin, Dense, Heavy.
- Alfred Wegner hypothesized the theory of _______________
- Movement of Earth's litosphere
- The transfer of energy through space.
- Granite is a light-colored rock and has coarse grain while______ is a dark rock with a fine texture.
- A large landmass that connected all the continents.
- Scientists who study the Earth.
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- ________rocks are located at mid-ocean ridges
- Sea-floor spreading causes _____________ zones near the edge.
- with subduction
- Under Continents, Thick, Lighter.
- System of underwater mountain ranges
- Located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
- The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust together form a rigid layer.
- Formed when the Indian Subcontinent collided with the Eurasian Plate.
- There are__________ plate tectonics.
- with sea-floor spreading
20 Clues: with subduction • with sea-floor spreading • Movement of Earth's litosphere • A depression in the ocean floor • Scientists who study the Earth. • Divergent, Convergent, Transform • Under Continents, Thick, Lighter. • System of underwater mountain ranges • There are__________ plate tectonics. • Under the Oceans, Thin, Dense, Heavy. • The transfer of energy through space. • ...
Disasters Revision 2021-06-02
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- Mixture of hot rock fragments, gases, and entrapped air that moves at high speed in thick, dark, turbulent clouds after a volcanic eruption
- Human caused disaster
- The solid outer part of the earth.
- The action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
- Cyclone formed in North Queensland during 2011 floods
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- A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain
- Lava under the earth
- An instrument designed to measure earthquakes
- Extreme scarcity of food
- Scale used to measure earthquakes
- Volcanoes made up of alternating layers of lava and ash
- A series of oceanic waves caused by an earthquake or other event
- Lithospheric plate
13 Clues: Lithospheric plate • Lava under the earth • Human caused disaster • Extreme scarcity of food • Scale used to measure earthquakes • The solid outer part of the earth. • An instrument designed to measure earthquakes • A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain • Cyclone formed in North Queensland during 2011 floods • ...