plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

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

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

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

17 Clues: old bones • a bord zone • the sea floor • a hot mountain • part of the mantle • a type of heat waves • when two plates collide • a long part of the ocean • part of the earths crust • when two plates move away • what the crust is made of • when the continents moved • the full name of the plates • a region of the earths crust • when plates of the earth move • the thinnest layer of the earth • ...

20 Clues: Fire hill • Mr. Wegner • Mr. Wilson • Shaking ground • Super-continent • Narrow mountain range • Sphere below lithosphere • Innermost layer of Earth • Depression in ocean floor • Sphere above asthenosphere • The San Andreas _____ Zone • Islands with a volanic chain • Cause of volcanoes and earthquakes • Study of physical features of Earth • Evidence for the Continental Drift Theory • ...

17 Clues: plate boundary where plates collide • large moving piece of Earth’s crust • plate boundary where plates move apart • landform created when continents collide • process where one plate sinks beneath another • preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms • plate boundary where plates slide past each other • extremely large volcano capable of massive eruptions • ...

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

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

17 Clues: To slide past each other. • To move towards each other. • A shift in tectonic plates. • The Earth's outermost layer. • To move away from each other. • The outer layer of the earth. • Depression in the Earth's surface • The only liquid layer of the Earth. • 250 million year old super-continent. • Responsible for forming ocean basins. • ...

17 Clues: molten rock • tend to meet at a point • facts to support a theory • layer of earth made of metal • steep depressions in the ocean • the cycle that rocks go through • a Japanese word meaning harbour wave • sudden violent shaking in the ground • earth's outer layer made of minerals • a series of mountains close together • layer of the earth made of silicates • ...

20 Clues: How mantle magma moves plates • The location where plates meet • Boundary where crust is created • Boundary where crust is destroyed • The theorizer of continental drift • Another name for convergent boundary • Occurs at oceanic divergent boundaries • Are created at all convergent boundaries • Occurs at continental divergent boundaries • ...

17 Clues: The San Andreas Fault is located in • this crust is made of basalt and is heavy • This is responsible for heating up the core • This crust is made of granite and is lighter • At this plate boundary, we have no volcanic activity • This country is found on a destructive plate boundary • This is the name of the boundary where plates collide • ...

20 Clues: outer part of earth • fracture/zone of fractures • process of a mountain forming • long, narrow, elevated landform • example of extensional tectonics • earths outer rigid shell of solid rock • located between the crust and the core • located at the centre of earth, VERY hot • molten rock found under the earth's surface • shaking and trembling of the earth's surface • ...

11 Clues: magma • waves • sliding • A bigger hill • come together • Spreading away • ground shaking • plates land moving • plates water moving • one stays one goes down • trench valley in the sea

11 Clues: Super continent • Seismic body waves • a long, narrow ditch • crack in Earth's crust • Shaking of Earth's surface • melted rock on Earths surface • The outermost layer of the Earth • border between two tectonic plates • melted rock beneath Earth’s surface • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust

11 Clues: Plates under land • Plates under water • Name of supercontinent • Hot liquid from inside the Earth • Plate that SLIDE past each other • Plates that move TOWARDS each other • Plates that move AWAY from each other • The Earth is made up of many ___ that move • Theory that Earth is made up of plates that move • The shapes of continents fit together like a _____ • ...

11 Clues: moving past • moving apart • moving towards • the inside of earth • a fault that is in california • the thickest layer of the earth • the thinnest layer of the earth • a plate that sinks in another plate • mountains formed by convergent boundaries. • It happens by divergent boundaries in the ocean • ...

11 Clues: the land we walk on • The only liquid layer • The outer part of the Earth • The ridged outer part of Earth • The thickest part of the Earth • The hottest part of the Earth • plates formed by divergent plates • Two plates sliding away from Each other • A denser plate sliding beneath a less denser plate • Plates sliding back and forth to create an earthquake • ...

11 Clues: weak pint in earth's crust • to bend or change direction • plates moving towards each other • flowing mixture of water and debris • of or having to do with earthquakes • plates moving in opposite directions • huge sections which make up the earth's crust • cirular depression containing a volcanic vent • lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanoe • ...

11 Clues: the earth’s crust • divergent plates tend to be • plates slide past each other • convergent plates tend to be • when all continents were joined • made up of silicon and aluminum • when plate move towards each other • when plates move away from each other • divergent plate are usually found here • ___________ are usually found near fault zones • ...

11 Clues: a crust and upper mantle • largest layer of hot rock • crust made of basalt 3-5 miles thick • so hot that the metals are all liquid • solid because of the pressure of nickel and iron • crust made of granite 25 miles thick, brittle and not dense • caused by the very hot mantle at the deepest part of the mantle • ...

11 Clues: Africa's plate. • Europe's plate. • Pacific's plates. • Australia's plate. • Antarctica's plate. • when plates collide. • South America's plate. • North America's plate. • when plates move from each other. • when plate slide past each other. • uneven slabs that make up the earth.

12 Clues: fracture zone • moves continents • comes from the ground • shaking of the ground • how a volcano explodes • lava before reaching surface • destruction of rock by natural cause • destruction of rock by natural cause • released from volcano after eruption • place where new seafloor is destroyed • place where new ocean floor is created • theory of how major land forms are created

11 Clues: , Divergent plate boundaries cause these • , a supercontinent 200 million years ago • , boundary where two plate slide past each other • , most well known transform plate boundary in the world • , boundary where two plates move toward each other • , magma that has erupted onto Earth's surface • ...

11 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 • the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface • a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly • a boundary between plates that are moving toward each other • ...

11 Clues: molten material inside the Earth • rising magma can produce mountains called • plate boundary where the seafloor is spreading • the weight of all the ocean and rock above the mantle • tremmors in the crust caused by tectonic plate movement • the name of the scientist who proposed continental drift • the name of the scientist who drew maps of the ocean floor • ...

10 Clues: an underwater mountain range • a break in the plate tectonics • an area where subduction occurs • two plates sliding past each other • two plates moving towards each other • two plates moving away from each other • molten rock underneath the earths surface • when a denser plate goes under a lighter plate • a vent in the earths crust where molten rock flows • ...

10 Clues: molten rock • 2 plates come together • 2 plates slide sideways • 2 plates move away from each other • form at the boundary of tectonic plate • when one plate is more dense than the other • tectonic plates split apart from each other • seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. • a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart • ...

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

21 Clues: the distinct layers • when plates move apart • the inner part of the core • biggest layer of the Earth • hottest layer of the earth • thinnest layer of the Earth • moving apart under the ocean • the outer layer of the Earth • when the continents move apart • a theory about plate tectonics • when a plate moves under another • upper layer of the earth's mantle • ...

20 Clues: Plate“_____” • lava spewing mountains • when plates move apart • under the Earths surface • caused by plates shifting • the outer layer of the earth • formed by divergent boundries • how many continents there are • scientist who studies the earth • the speed at wich something moves • the water on the surface of earth • when plates move towards each other • ...

13 Clues: The denser type of crust • The less dense type of crust • The widest part of the earth • The type of volcano with steep slopes • The part of the earth on which we live • The type of volcano with gentle slopes • The process which drives plate tectonics • The inner most part of the earth is called the _______ • ...

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

31 Clues: Outer layer of Earth • Solid, innermost layer of Earth • Boundary where two plates collide • Supercontinent before it split apart • Mountain created by volcanic activity • Violent shaking of the Earth's surface • Plate boundary where plates move apart • Term for Earth's crust and upper mantle • The study of Earth's physical structure • ...

11 Clues: huge supercontinent • Earth's thickest layer • ball of hot, solid materials • when two plates push together • liquid metals that surround the • one plate sinking beneath another • transfer of heat within a material • ridge huge underwater mountain range • layer of hot, soft rock in the upper mantle • Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle combined • ...

11 Clues: huge supercontinent • Earth's thickest layer • ball of hot, solid materials • when two plates push together • liquid metals that surround the • one plate sinking beneath another • transfer of heat within a material • ridge huge underwater mountain range • layer of hot, soft rock in the upper mantle • Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle combined • ...

11 Clues: the process of the • molten rock below the earth surface • where the crust is sinking down into the earth • molten rock that has erupted onto the earths surface • a layer of plastic semi-solid rock in the lower mantle • the separating of continents by drifting across the ocean • a seismic wave that travels along the surface of the earth in the crust • ...

11 Clues: subduction creates deep ocean • less dense/older type of plate • is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake • is a circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity • Name of plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each other. • the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs • ...

11 Clues: molten rock • two tectonic plates sliding past each other • two tectonic plates pushing against each other • two tectonic plates moving away from each other • famous mountains created by a convergent boundary • the scientist that figured out how the continents move • a geological landmark that is created at divergent boundaries • ...

11 Clues: or vent through lava • a sudden shake of the ground. • occurs at divergent boundaries • molten rock housed in the mantle • two plates sliding past eachthere • two tectonic plates come together • Layer of rock which forms the continents • a mountain or hill typically conical haveing • hot magma rising in the mantle caused the seafloor • ...

11 Clues: molten rock in the mantle • tectonic activity creates these • this boundary creates fault lines • this boundary creates rift valleys • the Himalayas are an example of this boundary • this commonly happens at transform boundaries • this is an example of a divergent boundary in the sea • this process in the mantle is the reason the plates move • ...

11 Clues: we live here • a mummy lives here • this happen in hawaii • home to Russia and china • this is the largest ocean • home to a famous rain forest • this plate is home to Himalayans • this plate in next to the Eurasian • it gets really shaky when this happens • it happend in calafonia and starts with a S • theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust

11 Clues: Something that is partly melted. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Belonging to a continent, eg Africa, Asia, Europe. • When one crustal plate is forced beneath the other. • An area where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another. • Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure. • ...

11 Clues: molten rock • long, narrow ditch • causes tectonic plates to move • occurs at divergent boundaries • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust • When two tectonic plates come together and over lap • When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions • A convergent plate boundary where one plate goes under the other • ...

11 Clues: form near trenches • as plates collide,one sinks • dense with rock like basalt • fluffy with rock like granite • causes the movement of plates • where plates are pulling apart • where the oldest rocks on earth are found • process of the lithosphere divided into plates • area where mantle is hot and burns through crust • a layer of silicate rock in between the crust and core • ...

11 Clues: Hot melted rock underground • Created at subduction zones • Hot melted rock on earth's surface • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates push against each other • When two plates move away from each other • When two plates collide and one goes under the other • Plates on the ocean floor move apart creating new ocean floor • ...

11 Clues: coming closer together • outer layer of the Earth • the center part of the Earth • develop in different directions • core the solid, dense center of the Earth • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core • the rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations • a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide • ...

11 Clues: liquid iron and nickel • a piece of the lithosphere • the outer-most layer of Earth • where two tectonic plates meet • tectonic plates slide past each other • made up of the crust and upper mantle • tectonic plates move toward each other • tectonic plates move away from each other • solid iron and nickel at the very center of Earth • ...

11 Clues: big rocks that move • underneath the crust • the very center of the earth • a sudden shaking in the ground • when lava or gas leaves the mantle • where two plates move by each other • where two plates move towards each other • caused by a convergent boundary in water • where two plates move away from each other • caused by a divergent boundary under water • ...

11 Clues: Crust that is less dense, thicker, and older • Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart • Plate boundary where two plates are moving together • Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other • Large pieces of the Earth’s crust that move on top of the mantle • A form of divergent plate boundary where a new ocean floor is made • ...

10 Clues: molten rock • 2 plates come together • 2 plates slide sideways • 2 plates move away from each other • form at the boundary of tectonic plate • when one plate is more dense than the other • tectonic plates split apart from each other • seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. • a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

20 Clues: long crack • plate slide apart • distance above sealevel • parallel pattern of rock • huge pices of lithospere • natural features of the earths surface • when two plates move away from each other • photos or images from taken of earth from space • tectonic plates that lie under surfaceland masses • tectonic plates move towards each other and collide • ...

29 Clues: A 'misfit' boulder • An ancient supercontinent • Plates moving towards eachother • Plates moving away from eachother • Climate that is moderated by water • When one plate descends under another • A well known divergent plate boundary • Established theory of plate tectonics • Molten rock above the earth's surface • Molten rock below the earth's surface • ...

31 Clues: Outer layer of Earth • Solid, innermost layer of Earth • Boundary where two plates collide • Supercontinent before it split apart • Mountain created by volcanic activity • Violent shaking of the Earth's surface • Plate boundary where plates move apart • Term for Earth's crust and upper mantle • The study of Earth's physical structure • ...

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

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

8 Clues: drift • ridges • trenches • boundary • boundary • spreading • tectonics • boundaries

13 Clues: a change in Earth's magnetic field • when one plate is forced under the other • the study of the magnetic record in rocks • measures small changes in magnetic fields • a mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • a steep lowland between several mountain ranges • the movement of earth's continents relating to each other • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

12 Clues: a plant with life • the floor of a sea or ocean • openings, or vents where lava, • is a fault along a plate boundary • rocks that make up the Earth's crust • fractures between two blocks of rock. • real or imaginary line that separates two things • Plate tectonics is the generally accepted scientific theory • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each • ...

15 Clues: A supercontinent that existed about 335 million years ago. • Evidence: Similar glacial deposits and striations on continents. • Plates: Large, rigid sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move. • Drift: The hypothesis that continents have moved over geological time. • Ultima: A potential future supercontinent based on current plate motion. • ...

15 Clues: plates slide past each other • plates move toward each other • used to measure magnetic forces • plates move away from each other • study of earths magnetic field in rocks • land mass that used to be all the continents • change in direction of the earths magnetic field • large depression in the ocean with very steep walls • ...

20 Clues: made by humans • layer of gasses • living organisms • high temperature • elevated platforms • solid parts of earth • frozen water on earth • earth's plate movements • Large body of saltwater • water on earth's surface • sudden movement of ground • inland body of freshwater • lowest layer of atmosphere • dense center of the planet • flowing body of freshwater • long term weather patterns • ...

20 Clues: _____layer • _______ridge • ____ of fire • ground shakes • land separating • _____ tectonics • Plates move apart • plates move together • long and narrow ditch • steps of a whole plan • 7 main lands of earth • outer part of something • mountain that sprays lava • where earthquakes happen most • soft or hard rock underneath plates • how often or fast something happens • ...

23 Clues: oldest dad • ants+fungi= • giant virus • oldest taste • plant defense • had eight toes • tiniest animal • came from space • bonked by Darwin • cave lion species • ants domesticated • primates don't have • insect eating dinos • first colossal animal • ruled European islands • part fish part tetrapod • filter-feeding structure • largest land invertebrate • parasite made a huge leap • ...

8 Clues: moves • outer shell • drift theory • melted layer • boundaries slide • tectonics theory • boundaries together • floor spreading yougest rock

16 Clues: A VERY HARD ROCK • dark, fine-grained volcanic rock • FIELD-a region around a magnetic material • CRUST- THE CRUST PORTION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST • PLATE-A tectonic plate is a massive slab of solid rock • CRUST- THE PORTION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST THAT WE WALK ON • HASS-Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) • ...

15 Clues: Wegeners Theory • lateral movements of continents • a line on an isotope ratio diagram • change in a planet's magnetic field • portion of motion of a tectonic plate • when two plates move beside each other • linear-shaped lowland between several mountain ranges • magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock • ...

15 Clues: a super continent • long cut in the ground • when two plates move apart • when two plates come together • creator of the theory of pangea • the rigid outer part of the earth • a theory explaining the earths crust • plates that are located beneath the ocean • theory of continents thats slowly drift apart • formed when there is two tectonic plates meet under the ocean • ...

27 Clues: The outermost layer of Earth. • Places where tectonic plates are moving apart. • Core: The solid innermost layer of the Earth. • Places where tectonic plates are coming together. • Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. • Rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure. • Places where tectonic plates slide past each other. • ...

17 Clues: super continent • heat by direct contact • when two plates slide past • when two plates move apart • heat transfer by sun or fire • what oceanic crust is made of • when two plates come together • made of solid nickel and iron • heat transfer by gas or liquid • what continental crust is made of • rocks formed from ancient glaciers • forms when oceanic plates converge • ...

13 Clues: a change in Earth's magnetic field • when one plate is forced under the other • the study of the magnetic record in rocks • measures small changes in magnetic fields • a steep lowland between several mountain ranges • a mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • the movement of earth's continents relating to each other • ...

15 Clues: The movement of Earth's crust. • Melted rock on Earth’s surface. • when 2 plates push eachother up. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • When 2 plates slide past eachother. • Melted rock below the Earths Surface. • When two plates move away from each other. • The center of the Earth made of solid iron and nickel. • ...

8 Clues: the bottom of the sea • plate boundary that moves away • plate boundary that moves apart • a long narrow ditch on the seafloor • the process where earth's surface changes • plate boundary that grinds past each other. • the borders of the plates are called ______ • process where earth's crust goes into the mantle

8 Clues: ridge • cycle • divde • boundry • boundary • boundary • tectonics • spreading

10 Clues: Slides apart • slides together • Original continent • 2nd layer of earth • Creates earthquakes • 3rd layer of the Earth • Parts of the lithosphere • Lithosphere into the mantle • First plate tectonics theorist • Lithosphere and Asthenosphere combined

8 Clues: Energy transferred through empty space • Energy transferred through liquid or gas • Energy transferred through direct contact • Layer of Earth that humans and all creatures live on • Made of molten rock, where convection currents happen • Theory that the Earth is broken up into plates that float on the lithosphere • ...

15 Clues: a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • a supercontinent that included all of the world's landmasses • a fault zone where two plates slide past eachother horizontally • a linear feature between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism • ...

10 Clues: Molten rock • Causes vibrations • Rises form the ground • Area deep in the ground • when two plates come together • occur at divergent boundaries • occurs when two plates move away from each other • boundary, when two plates slide past one another • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • ...

10 Clues: hardened molten rock • two plates come together • opening in the earth's crust • caused by convergent boundaries • two plates slide past each other • formed by divergent plate tectonics • two plates moving away in opp directions • narrow ditch caused by a convergent boundary • currents transfer heat from one place to another • ...

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

39 Clues: scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading • scientist that developed the idea of continental drift • The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • forces that shape the land’s surface by building up mountains & other landmasses. • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults. • ...

39 Clues: scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading • scientist that developed the idea of continental drift • The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • forces that shape the land’s surface by building up mountains & other landmasses. • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults. • ...

12 Clues: A steep sloping surface seaward of the continental shelf. • An isolated underwater volcanic mountain with a flat top. • A volcanic peak rising less than 1 km above the ocean floor. • A gently sloping depositional surface at the base of the continental slope. • A narrow and deep depression on the ocean floor as a result of plate tectonics • ...

39 Clues: scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading • scientist that developed the idea of continental drift • The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • forces that shape the land’s surface by building up mountains & other landmasses. • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults. • ...

19 Clues: this is shrinking • where plates collide • break in earth's crust • where rocks spread apart • where plates spread apart • where rocks squeeze together • form at convergent boundaries • name of giant super continent • Common at a transform boundary • where sea floor spreading ends • Hawaii Islands formed over this • where sea floor spreading begins • where rocks slide past each other • ...

20 Clues: tectonics • What caused the San Andreas fault • the deepest parts of the ocean floor • Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift • Process by which new ocean lithosphere forms • Known for creating the continental drift theory • A boundary between two plates that are moving apart • remains or traces of organisms that were once alive • ...

15 Clues: The movement of Earth's plates • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface • A crack or fracture in Earth's crust • Molten rock that erupts from a volcano • The outermost solid layer of the Earth • Instrument used to detect seismic waves • Process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by plate movement • ...

15 Clues: - Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • - Melting caused by reduction in pressure • - Temperature at which minerals begin to melt • - Volcano type with gentle slopes of 2–10 degrees • - Study of Earth's internal structure and movement • - Process where magma cools and forms igneous rock • - Melting caused by addition of water or volatiles • ...

39 Clues: scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading • scientist that developed the idea of continental drift • The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • forces that shape the land’s surface by building up mountains & other landmasses. • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults. • ...

8 Clues: the border between 2 plates • what plate tectonics are made of • the rigid outer part of the Earth • a stress which stretches rock in 2 opposite directions • tectonics the Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces • currents the movement of tectonics plates, made by heat and pressure • what is formed when cracks in the Earth are made and magma can rise through • ...

20 Clues: when two plates come together • made of solid rocks and minerals • that stands alone and isn’t changed • that’s held constant in a research study • the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • large slabs of rock that divide earth’s crust • is an important phenomenon of our earth system • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

14 Clues: An opening in the Earth's crust where magma, ash, and gases erupt onto the surface. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that, when it erupts from a volcano, is called lava. • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults. • ...

16 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • The liquid layer of the Earth's core. • The solid innermost layer of the Earth's core. • The thick, semi-solid layer between the crust and the core. • The supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago. • The study of the movement and interaction of Earth's plates. • ...

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