plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. __________ Wegener was the first person to suspect that the continents may in fact be moving.
  2. The ____________ is solid. It is made up of the lower part of the chemical mantle.
  3. _________ layers are also called chemical layers.
  4. The _________ is the middle layer. It is made up of rocks made mostly of iron and magnesium.
  5. The _____________ is solid. It is made up of the chemical crust and upper mantle.
  6. The _________ is the least dense layer. It is made up of rocks made mostly of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum.
  7. The _______ (inner and outer) is the most dense layer. It is made up of rocks made mostly of iron and nickel.
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  1. ___________ layers
  2. The ________ is the least dense layer. It is made up of rocks made mostly of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum.
  3. reason the continents look like puzzle pieces is because they are.
  4. The ____________ is liquidy. It is made up of the middle part of the chemical mantle.
  5. To understand the mechanics of moving continents, we’ll have to go ________ the Earth.

12 Clues: ___________ layers • _________ layers are also called chemical layers. • reason the continents look like puzzle pieces is because they are. • The _____________ is solid. It is made up of the chemical crust and upper mantle. • The ____________ is solid. It is made up of the lower part of the chemical mantle. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The broken up pieces of the lithosphere
  2. places where tectonic plates meet
  3. regions where subduction occurs
  4. This occurs when tectonic plates collide
  5. a place where sea-floor spreading takes place
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  1. boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other
  2. the outermost layer of Earth
  3. hot molten rock
  4. occurs when 2 tectonic plates collide, and one plate moves under the other
  5. when two tectonic plates scrape each other
  6. Consists of all of the crust as well as the upper, rigid part of the mantle

11 Clues: hot molten rock • the outermost layer of Earth • regions where subduction occurs • places where tectonic plates meet • The broken up pieces of the lithosphere • This occurs when tectonic plates collide • when two tectonic plates scrape each other • a place where sea-floor spreading takes place • boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the broken sections of the Earth's crust
  2. the theory that all the continents were once connected as Pangaea
  3. the place where one tectonic plate comes into contact with another
  4. the process when one oceanic plate slides underneath a continental plate
  5. the German scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift
  6. this type of boundary is when two plates slide past one another
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  1. the supercontinent that included all of the current land masses
  2. this type of boundary is when two plates separate
  3. this process forms new oceanic crust
  4. these drive the movement of the tectonic plates
  5. this type of boundary is when two plates collide

11 Clues: this process forms new oceanic crust • the broken sections of the Earth's crust • these drive the movement of the tectonic plates • this type of boundary is when two plates collide • this type of boundary is when two plates separate • the supercontinent that included all of the current land masses • this type of boundary is when two plates slide past one another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a linear depression produced by faulting; a small narrow valley within a major fault line
  2. When two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
  3. causes tectonic plates to move
  4. A convergent plate boundary where one plate goes under the other
  5. molten rock
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  1. occurs at divergent boundaries
  2. When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  3. long, narrow ditch
  4. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
  5. When two tectonic plates come together and over lap
  6. a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

11 Clues: molten rock • long, narrow ditch • occurs at divergent boundaries • causes tectonic plates to move • 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 • ...

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab 2023-01-12

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature
  2. push rising mantle material at Mid-ocean ridge creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  3. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  4. pull as a slab sinks, it pulls the rest of the plate with a force
  5. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  6. the cold rigid outermost rock layer
  7. drift which suggested that continents are constantly moving on the surface of earth
  8. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in the
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  1. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  2. tectonics states that earth’s surface is made of rigid slabs of rock plates that move with respect to each other
  3. continents where once part of a super continent
  4. polarity a state which magnetized objects would reverse themselves to point south
  5. polarity a state in which magnetized objects such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  6. plate boundary form where two plates collide
  7. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other
  8. reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction

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

Plate tectonics 2021-01-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The point at which one tectonic plate touches another
  2. The boundary between two plates that is moving together
  3. a theory explaining the structure of the earths crust
  4. The boundary between two tectonic plates that is moving away from each other
  5. A Moutan with a crater which lava flows
  6. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed at a mid ocean ridge as older materials are pulled away from the ridge
  7. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  8. hot melted rock
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  1. the boundary between two plates that is moving together
  2. a disaster where the earth shakes
  3. The process of one tectonic plate being pushed under another tectonic plate
  4. move into each other

12 Clues: hot melted rock • move into each other • a disaster where the earth shakes • A Moutan with a crater which lava flows • The point at which one tectonic plate touches another • a theory explaining the structure of the earths crust • the boundary between two plates that is moving together • The boundary between two plates that is moving together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The part in between the mantle and the crust
  2. A mineral found on continents
  3. A part of the mantle that is tar-like
  4. A ball of metal held together by pressure
  5. A dark rock found on the ocean floor
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  1. heat transferred through direct contact
  2. upper layer of the Earth
  3. Energy made from the sun and fire
  4. Heat transferred by fluid
  5. Largest layer of Earth
  6. A super continent from the past

11 Clues: Largest layer of Earth • upper layer of the Earth • Heat transferred by fluid • A mineral found on continents • A super continent from the past • Energy made from the sun and fire • A dark rock found on the ocean floor • A part of the mantle that is tar-like • heat transferred through direct contact • A ball of metal held together by pressure • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. When two tectonic plates move towards one another. The oceanic crust is forced to sink back into the mantle, whilst the continental crust rises above. Volcanoes and earthquakes are found here.
  2. A sudden shaking of the ground which releases energy and results from underground movement along a fault plane.
  3. A term used to describe a liquid substance (eg rock, glass or metal) formed by heating a solid.
  4. When one crustal plate is forced beneath the other.
  5. When two plates slide past each other in different directions or the same direction at different speeds.
  6. Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure.
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  1. Belonging to a continent, eg Africa, Asia, Europe.
  2. Where two plates move apart (diverge), causing a release in pressure that results in a volcanic eruption.
  3. Relating to the ocean.
  4. Occurs when older, denser tectonic plates sink into the mantle, pulling newer and less dense sections of plate along behind.
  5. The region where two or more tectonic plates meet. It is a zone of intense seismic activity.

11 Clues: Relating to the ocean. • Belonging to a continent, eg Africa, Asia, Europe. • When one crustal plate is forced beneath the other. • Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure. • The region where two or more tectonic plates meet. It is a zone of intense seismic activity. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. South America's plate.
  2. when plates move from each other.
  3. Antarctica's plate.
  4. Europe's plate.
  5. Pacific's plates.
  6. when plate slide past each other.
  7. Australia's plate.
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  1. uneven slabs that make up the earth.
  2. Africa's plate.
  3. North America's plate.
  4. when plates collide.

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.

Plate tectonics 2022-03-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. South America's plate.
  2. when plates move from each other.
  3. Antarctica's plate.
  4. Europe's plate.
  5. Pacific's plates.
  6. when plate slide past each other.
  7. Australia's plate.
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  1. uneven slabs that make up the earth.
  2. Africa's plate.
  3. North America's plate.
  4. when plates collide.

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.

Plate tectonics 2022-03-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. South America's plate.
  2. when plates move from each other.
  3. Antarctica's plate.
  4. Europe's plate.
  5. Pacific's plates.
  6. when plate slide past each other.
  7. Australia's plate.
Down
  1. uneven slabs that make up the earth.
  2. Africa's plate.
  3. North America's plate.
  4. when plates collide.

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.

Plate Tectonics 2013-07-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Hawaii islands are formed.
  2. Constructive plate boundary.
  3. New land is created.
  4. Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other.
  5. Centre of landmasses where there is a divergent plate boundary.
  6. One plate moves below another one.
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  1. Land is destroyed.
  2. Destructive plate boundary.
  3. Plate boundaries that collide.
  4. Stable zone in the centre of a plate.
  5. Plate boundaries that move apart.

11 Clues: Land is destroyed. • New land is created. • Hawaii islands are formed. • Destructive plate boundary. • Constructive plate boundary. • Plate boundaries that collide. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • One plate moves below another one. • Stable zone in the centre of a plate. • Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Tectonics Scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  2. Boundary Occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another.
  3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  4. Ancient continental mass in the Northern Hemisphere that included North America, Europe, and Asia (except peninsular India).
  5. Boundary Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
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  1. Boundary Where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction.
  2. Finding identical or similar in areas separated by vast distances were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement
  3. Du Toit He suggested the two primordial continents
  4. Wegener A German meteorologist who proposed that the continent were once one large landmass
  5. Plates Plates that are located beneath the ocean.
  6. Known as a single supercontinent

11 Clues: Known as a single supercontinent • Du Toit He suggested the two primordial continents • Plates Plates that are located beneath the ocean. • Boundary Occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another. • Boundary Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a linear depression produced by faulting; a small narrow valley within a major fault line
  2. When two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
  3. causes tectonic plates to move
  4. A convergent plate boundary where one plate goes under the other
  5. molten rock
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  1. occurs at divergent boundaries
  2. When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  3. long, narrow ditch
  4. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
  5. When two tectonic plates come together and over lap
  6. a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

11 Clues: molten rock • long, narrow ditch • occurs at divergent boundaries • causes tectonic plates to move • 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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. these are created by convergent plates
  2. 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 between the two plates.
  3. large landmass that rises above an ocean
  4. Earth’s thickest layer, found between the core and the crust.
  5. crack in the Earth’s crust where two tectonic plates meet; prone to earthquakes
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  1. hot melted rock inside the Earth that flows to the surface when a volcano erupts.
  2. uppermost layer of the Earth.
  3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  4. area at the center of the Earth
  5. sudden and violent movement of the Earths crust that shakes the land
  6. liquid rock above the Earth's surface

11 Clues: uppermost layer of the Earth. • area at the center of the Earth • liquid rock above the Earth's surface • these are created by convergent plates • large landmass that rises above an ocean • Earth’s thickest layer, found between the core and the crust. • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Layer of Earth on which tectonic plates float
  2. The rigid outer layer of Earth
  3. German scientist who proposed continental drift
  4. Evidence used by Wegener: ___ found on multiple continents
  5. Supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener
  6. Underwater mountain chain formed by diverging plates
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  1. When one plate sinks beneath another
  2. Theory that Earth’s continents have moved over time
  3. Movement of molten rock in the mantle that drives plate motion
  4. Large sections of the Earth’s crust that move slowly
  5. Process that creates new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridges

11 Clues: The rigid outer layer of Earth • When one plate sinks beneath another • Supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener • Layer of Earth on which tectonic plates float • German scientist who proposed continental drift • Theory that Earth’s continents have moved over time • Large sections of the Earth’s crust that move slowly • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a magnetic orientation the same as that of Earth’s current magnetic field
  2. a relatively small rising column of mantle rock that is hotter than surrounding rock
  3. the hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that Earth’s continents were once joined together and later split and drifted apart
  4. the portion of the upper mantle just beneath the lithosphere, extending from about 100–350 kilometers below the surface and consisting of weak, plastic rock where magma may form
  5. a change in Earth’s magnetic field in which the north magnetic pole becomes the south magnetic pole and vice versa, which has occurred on average every 500,000 years over the past 65 million years
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  1. the hypothesis that segments of oceanic crust are separating at the Mid-Ocean Ridge
  2. an undersea mountain chain that forms at the boundary between divergent tectonic plates within oceanic crust
  3. the process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other
  4. a theory stating that the lithosphere is segmented into several plates that move about relative to one another by floating on and sliding over the upper mantle
  5. the concept of balance between gravity and buoyancy that causes the lithosphere to float on the asthenosphere at different elevations
  6. the upward and downward flow of fluid material in response to density changes produced by heating and cooling, which occurs slowly in Earth’s mantle and much more quickly in the oceans and atmosphere

11 Clues: a magnetic orientation the same as that of Earth’s current magnetic field • the hypothesis that segments of oceanic crust are separating at the Mid-Ocean Ridge • a relatively small rising column of mantle rock that is hotter than surrounding rock • an undersea mountain chain that forms at the boundary between divergent tectonic plates within oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust
  2. divergent
  3. pangaea
  4. convection
  5. lithosphere
  6. transform
  7. core
Down
  1. convergent
  2. mantle
  3. asthenosphere
  4. igneous

11 Clues: core • crust • mantle • pangaea • igneous • divergent • transform • convergent • convection • lithosphere • asthenosphere

Plate Tectonics 2013-08-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hawaii islands are formed.
  2. Centre of landmasses where there is a divergent plate boundary.
  3. Constructive plate boundary.
  4. New land is created.
  5. Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other.
  6. One plate moves below another one.
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  1. Stable zone in the centre of a plate.
  2. Plate boundaries that move apart.
  3. Land is destroyed.
  4. Destructive plate boundary.
  5. Plate boundaries that collide.

11 Clues: Land is destroyed. • New land is created. • Hawaii islands are formed. • Destructive plate boundary. • Constructive plate boundary. • Plate boundaries that collide. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • One plate moves below another one. • Stable zone in the centre of a plate. • Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When oceanic divides from oceanic
  2. What occurs at transform boundaries
  3. When continental divides from continental
  4. The theory that says that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion
  5. Boundaries that come together
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  1. Boundaries that slide past each other
  2. Where convection currents come from to move the plates
  3. When oceanic collides with oceanic
  4. Boundaries that divide or move apart
  5. When continental collides with continental
  6. Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by this force.

11 Clues: Boundaries that come together • When oceanic divides from oceanic • When oceanic collides with oceanic • What occurs at transform boundaries • Boundaries that divide or move apart • Boundaries that slide past each other • When continental divides from continental • When continental collides with continental • Where convection currents come from to move the plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
  2. the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
  3. difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map
  4. the outer most layer of the Earth (lithosphere) is divided into contiguous sections (plates) that move relative to each other causing continental drift, seafloor spreading, and the formation of major physical features of the Earth’s surface
  5. the outermost solid layer of the lithospheric tectonic plates under the oceans that covers much of the Earth's surface
  6. the shape of the Earth’s surface and the way its physical features are arranged, especially in terms of their positions and elevations
  7. plates slide past each other
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  1. Alfred Wegner’s explanation of continents slowly moving and changing their positions relative to one another
  2. plates move together
  3. plates move apart
  4. map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map

11 Clues: plates move apart • plates move together • plates slide past each other • the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks • difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map • map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map • map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What creates a Volcano.
  2. What is Alfred wegnors brilliant theory.
  3. What happens when the plates shift
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  1. A different form of cucumber
  2. What happens when magma comes up and pushes the ground apart.
  3. The world's largest rodent
  4. Its the name of an island also a common food
  5. when denser things get pushed under
  6. who came up with the Yee haw brilliant theory..
  7. rising of different materials due to changes in the enviroment
  8. How much mass an object has.

11 Clues: What creates a Volcano. • The world's largest rodent • A different form of cucumber • How much mass an object has. • What happens when the plates shift • when denser things get pushed under • What is Alfred wegnors brilliant theory. • Its the name of an island also a common food • who came up with the Yee haw brilliant theory.. • ...

plate tectonics 2022-05-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. ‐ Part of a grid used for describing positions on earth’s surface, consisting of parallel circles
  2. Zone ‐ An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding.
  3. ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake
  4. ‐ The thick shell of dense, rocky matter that surrounds the earth’s core.
  5. Core ‐The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  6. Core ‐ This layer of the earth lies between the mantle and the solid inner core.
  7. ‐A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
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  1. ‐ A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  2. Scale ‐ A logarithmic scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake
  3. plate.
  4. ‐ Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes

11 Clues: plate. • ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake • ‐A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart • Zone ‐ An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding. • ‐ The thick shell of dense, rocky matter that surrounds the earth’s core. • Core ‐ This layer of the earth lies between the mantle and the solid inner core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area where mantle is hot and burns through crust
  2. as plates collide,one sinks
  3. dense with rock like basalt
  4. causes the movement of plates
  5. form near trenches
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  1. process of the lithosphere divided into plates
  2. fluffy with rock like granite
  3. quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, olivine, and calcite.
  4. a layer of silicate rock in between the crust and core
  5. where plates are pulling apart
  6. where the oldest rocks on earth are found

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-09-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where convection currents occur
  2. The centre of the Earth
  3. reason for heat in inner core
  4. Thickest crust
  5. Outer layer of Earth, different rocks
  6. formed when lava cools quickly
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  1. Upper part of the mantle
  2. magma rising and sinking
  3. Plate Pieces of Earth's crust, jigsaw
  4. Outer part of Earth including Crust
  5. Surrounds the inner core

11 Clues: Thickest crust • The centre of the Earth • Upper part of the mantle • magma rising and sinking • Surrounds the inner core • reason for heat in inner core • formed when lava cools quickly • Where convection currents occur • Outer part of Earth including Crust • Outer layer of Earth, different rocks • Plate Pieces of Earth's crust, jigsaw

Plate tectonics 2023-12-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is broken up into plates?
  2. largest layer of earth
  3. crust 3-5 mi thick
  4. the crust and upper mantle
  5. includes crust, mantle, and core
Down
  1. plates that come together
  2. crust 25 mi thick
  3. forms new crust
  4. core composition is liquid nickel and iron
  5. mantle both solid and liquid composition
  6. mantle mostly solid rock

11 Clues: forms new crust • crust 25 mi thick • crust 3-5 mi thick • largest layer of earth • mantle mostly solid rock • plates that come together • the crust and upper mantle • what is broken up into plates? • includes crust, mantle, and core • mantle both solid and liquid composition • core composition is liquid nickel and iron

Plate tectonics 2023-12-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is broken up into plates?
  2. largest layer of earth
  3. crust 3-5 mi thick
  4. the crust and upper mantle
  5. includes crust, mantle, and core
Down
  1. plates that come together
  2. crust 25 mi thick
  3. forms new crust
  4. core composition is liquid nickel and iron
  5. mantle both solid and liquid composition
  6. mantle mostly solid rock

11 Clues: forms new crust • crust 25 mi thick • crust 3-5 mi thick • largest layer of earth • mantle mostly solid rock • plates that come together • the crust and upper mantle • what is broken up into plates? • includes crust, mantle, and core • mantle both solid and liquid composition • core composition is liquid nickel and iron

Plate tectonics 2023-10-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a sudden shake at a transform boundary
  2. when one plate goes under another
  3. lets out magma when erupts
  4. land moving on the asthenosphere
  5. movement of fluid driven by heat
  6. moving towards
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  1. sliding against
  2. build up land at a convergent boundary
  3. floor underwater
  4. moving away
  5. fluid plastic like material

11 Clues: moving away • moving towards • sliding against • floor underwater • lets out magma when erupts • fluid plastic like material • land moving on the asthenosphere • movement of fluid driven by heat • when one plate goes under another • a sudden shake at a transform boundary • build up land at a convergent boundary

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge until it reaches a trench where it goes back towards the mantle and melts.
  2. The boundary where two plates slide past each other
  3. The rigid outermost rock layer made up of the crust and the solid, uppermost mantle
  4. The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  5. The process that occurs when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate
  6. The boundary where two plates are moving away from each other or separating
Down
  1. The name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 200 million years ago
  2. he movement of Earth’s continents over time
  3. The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  4. The boundary where two plates are colliding or moving toward each other
  5. The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere

11 Clues: he movement of Earth’s continents over time • The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • The boundary where two plates slide past each other • The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere • The boundary where two plates are colliding or moving toward each other • The process that occurs when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large underwater mountain ranges where seafloor spreading occurs.
  2. The process by which new ocean floor is created where two tectonic plates move apart.
  3. The specific mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean that was explored by Project FAMOUS.
  4. The theory that continents were once connected and have since moved apart over billions of years.
  5. Acronym for the French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study, a research project in the 1970s.
  6. Vehicles created by experts that can explore the ocean floor because they can hold their shape under high water pressure.
Down
  1. The theory, based on continental drift, that explains how Earth's surface changes as its crust moves.
  2. Huge pieces of Earth's crust that fit tightly together and move on the mantle.
  3. The outer layer of Earth, made of huge pieces called tectonic plates, that is always changing.
  4. Hot material that rises from Earth's mantle to the seafloor and cools into new crust during seafloor spreading.
  5. The semi-fluid layer of rock beneath Earth's crust on which the tectonic plates rest.

11 Clues: Large underwater mountain ranges where seafloor spreading occurs. • Huge pieces of Earth's crust that fit tightly together and move on the mantle. • The process by which new ocean floor is created where two tectonic plates move apart. • The semi-fluid layer of rock beneath Earth's crust on which the tectonic plates rest. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart
  2. When one plate slides under another at a convergent plate boundary
  3. Large pieces of the Earth’s crust that move on top of the mantle
Down
  1. Crust that is denser, thinner, and newer, will subduct at oceanic-continental convergent boundaries
  2. mainly at convergent and divergent plate boundaries and is the result of hot gasses, magma plumes, and pressure
  3. that is less dense, thicker, and older
  4. Result of tectonic plates moving past each other typically at transform and convergent plate boundaries
  5. Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. result of a stationary magma plume from inside the mantle that creates island or mountain chains
  7. Plate boundary where two plates are moving together
  8. form of divergent plate boundary where new ocean floor is made

11 Clues: 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 • form of divergent plate boundary where new ocean floor is made • Large pieces of the Earth’s crust that move on top of the mantle • ...

Earth's Dynamic surface 2025-11-12

Earth's Dynamic surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics moving plates
  2. energy released by an earthquake
  3. boundary two tectonic plates past each other
  4. molten rock at or above Earth's surface
  5. crated by rising and falling heat inside the mantel
  6. a sudden violent shaking
  7. between the asthenosphere and the outer core
Down
  1. uppermost part of the mantel
  2. molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface
  3. where convection occurs
  4. when gas and ash and molten rock are ejected
  5. boundary when two plates seporate
  6. one platent moves under another
  7. boundary two tectonic plate move together and colide
  8. spreading formation of new oceanic crust

15 Clues: where convection occurs • tectonics moving plates • a sudden violent shaking • uppermost part of the mantel • one platent moves under another • energy released by an earthquake • boundary when two plates seporate • molten rock at or above Earth's surface • spreading formation of new oceanic crust • molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface • ...

Earthquakes 2024-01-06

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
  2. - Plate boundary - Plates slide past each other.
  3. - Plates - Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move.
  4. - Instrument that records earthquake waves.
  5. - Process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another.
  6. - Crack in the Earth's crust where earthquakes originate.
  7. - Area directly above the earthquake's origin.
  8. - Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
Down
  1. - Primary seismic wave that compresses and expands particles.
  2. - Tectonics - A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere.
  3. - Measure of the earthquake's effects at specific locations.
  4. - Study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  5. - Saturated soil temporarily loses strength during an earthquake.
  6. - Related to earthquakes or other vibrations of the Earth.
  7. - Small earthquakes that precede a larger one.
  8. - Smaller earthquake that follows the main shock.
  9. - Scale used to quantify earthquake magnitude.
  10. - Type of earthquake with a focus near the Earth's surface.

18 Clues: - Study of earthquakes and seismic waves. • - Instrument that records earthquake waves. • - Small earthquakes that precede a larger one. • - Scale used to quantify earthquake magnitude. • - Area directly above the earthquake's origin. • - Plate boundary - Plates slide past each other. • - Smaller earthquake that follows the main shock. • ...

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab 2023-01-12

7th grade Ch. 9 Science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature
  2. push rising mantle material at Mid-ocean ridge creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  3. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  4. pull as a slab sinks, it pulls the rest of the plate with a force
  5. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  6. the cold rigid outermost rock layer
  7. drift which suggested that continents are constantly moving on the surface of earth
  8. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in the
Down
  1. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  2. tectonics states that earth’s surface is made of rigid slabs of rock plates that move with respect to each other
  3. continents where once part of a super continent
  4. polarity a state which magnetized objects would reverse themselves to point south
  5. polarity a state in which magnetized objects such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  6. plate boundary form where two plates collide
  7. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other
  8. reversal when the magnetic field reverses direction

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

Science Crossword Puzzle 2013-06-04

Science Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer planet
  2. can be minerals
  3. a step in an experiment
  4. theory of plate tectonics
  5. has a nucleus with orbiting electrons
  6. no change in composition
  7. theory of evolution
  8. what aniimals eat
  9. founder of genetics
Down
  1. place where life can live
  2. place where animals live
  3. change that occurs in composition
  4. came up with accurate solar system
  5. transferred from parent to child
  6. something that changes
  7. part of an atom
  8. information collected
  9. end of an expirement
  10. on the Periodic table

19 Clues: outer planet • can be minerals • part of an atom • what aniimals eat • theory of evolution • founder of genetics • end of an expirement • information collected • on the Periodic table • something that changes • a step in an experiment • place where animals live • no change in composition • place where life can live • theory of plate tectonics • transferred from parent to child • ...

module 2 vocabulary puzzle 2022-07-08

module 2 vocabulary puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics
  2. Plates
  3. dating
  4. Wave
  5. Boundary
  6. dating
Down
  1. age
  2. Boundary
  3. Boundary
  4. decay

10 Clues: age • Wave • decay • Plates • dating • dating • Boundary • Boundary • Boundary • Tectonics

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-14

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area of Earth's mantle where hot plumes rise upward, forming a volcano on the crust
  2. chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape
  3. where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  4. surface shaking on Earth from a sudden release of energy in Earth's lithosphere
  5. idea that continents havee and are still moving slowly across Earth
  6. edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary
  7. oceanic trench area marginal to a continent
  8. discontinuity in a volume of rock across where there has been a lot of displacement from rock-mass movements
  9. fault along a plate boundary where motion is mostly horizontal
Down
  1. The Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called
  2. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  3. the edge where two plates meet
  4. theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  5. two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other
  6. vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes
  7. linear shaped lowland between mountain ranges created from a geologic rift
  8. formation of new areas of oceanic crust

17 Clues: the edge where two plates meet • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • oceanic trench area marginal to a continent • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • edge of Earth's plates meet at this boundary • where two or more lithospheric plates collide • two tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY from each other • ...

Continental Drift 2021-03-01

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift is what
  2. Currents, moves plates
  3. country and continent
  4. , tall, happens when no subduction zones can occur
  5. , country in Europe
  6. Wengener, scientist
  7. , fossil in both south america and Africa
  8. America, southern continent
Down
  1. , cold Continent
  2. , super continent
  3. Drift , Alfred's theory
  4. Sheets , cold, covered the earth
  5. ,Southern continent near Asia
  6. prehistoric things buried deep in the ground
  7. , near Asia
  8. america, northern continent
  9. Tectonics , always in motion

17 Clues: , near Asia • drift is what • , cold Continent • , super continent • , country in Europe • Wengener, scientist • country and continent • Currents, moves plates • Drift , Alfred's theory • Tectonics , always in motion • America, southern continent • ,Southern continent near Asia • america, northern continent • Sheets , cold, covered the earth • , fossil in both south america and Africa • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what we live on
  2. fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.
  3. Volcanic substance
  4. Caused from a boundary
  5. A lot of volcanoes at one places
  6. Has a major fault line
  7. The plates movement
  8. Two tectonic plates collide to form this
  9. the block above the fault moves up relative to the block below the fault.
  10. Earth is made up of these
  11. inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically
Down
  1. multiple volcanoes here
  2. Stress on the plates
  3. Two plates collide and there is magma under it that is brought up
  4. Movement
  5. Movement in earths plates
  6. plate
  7. Stress that squeezes the plates
  8. Tension where forces are acting on opposite sides
  9. Two plates horizontally slide next to each other

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 • ...

Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-10-05

Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Glaciers are typically unbothered but the plates had created _______ _____
  2. The cycle of movement that forms one large landmass
  3. What is a result of the plates moving in all different directions?
  4. Despite extinct animals only being in certain continents, ______ ________ suggests otherwise.
  5. What happens when the Earth's plates move?
Down
  1. Plate Tectonics has changed the _____ __ __________
  2. The man who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  3. Large amounts of land seem to be created by volcanos, what form of evidence would this suggest?

8 Clues: What happens when the Earth's plates move? • The man who proposed the theory of plate tectonics • Plate Tectonics has changed the _____ __ __________ • The cycle of movement that forms one large landmass • What is a result of the plates moving in all different directions? • Glaciers are typically unbothered but the plates had created _______ _____ • ...

Geology 2025-04-21

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an idea
  2. sudden explosion
  3. average weather
  4. heavy dense rock
  5. red-hot melted rock
Down
  1. scientist who study geology
  2. tectonics
  3. crack over Earth that erupts lava
  4. preserved remains
  5. melted rock in Earth's mantle

10 Clues: an idea • tectonics • average weather • sudden explosion • heavy dense rock • preserved remains • red-hot melted rock • scientist who study geology • melted rock in Earth's mantle • crack over Earth that erupts lava

Geography Landforms term 2026-02-19

Geography Landforms term crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______plate boundaries where plates move toward one another and collide
  2. _______Lines are wavy, brown lines on a topographic map representing height
  3. ________plate boundaries beneath the ocean where tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. wearing away of Earth's surface by wind, water or glacial action
  5. a flat rocky region created by land worn down to ancient rock
  6. a huge, slow-moving river of ice
  7. earth.
  8. a broad, predominantly flat land area
  9. ______ tectonics is a theory that the earth's crust is made up of rigid plates that are pushed by forces
  10. _______ plate tectonic plate under land
  11. a long low area often running between hills or mountains
  12. the breaking down of rocks by physical or chemical processes
Down
  1. soft layer of semi-molten rock under the lithosphere
  2. landform created when oceanic plate goes under continental plate
  3. a large landform that rises steeply above the surrounding terrain
  4. U-shaped valley filled with water with steep cliffs created by glacier
  5. ________ plate tectonic plate under ocean or sea
  6. ________plate boundaries that are sliding past each other.
  7. distance above sea level
  8. 2D map that shows the 3D shape of the land
  9. level average height of the ocean's surface, zero elevation
  10. hard outer layer of Earth made up of moving plates
  11. a large, flat area of high land rising above the surrounding land
  12. the natural features that make up the Earth's surface

24 Clues: earth. • distance above sea level • a huge, slow-moving river of ice • a broad, predominantly flat land area • _______ plate tectonic plate under land • 2D map that shows the 3D shape of the land • ________ plate tectonic plate under ocean or sea • hard outer layer of Earth made up of moving plates • soft layer of semi-molten rock under the lithosphere • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-05-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma
  2. sliding
  3. come together
  4. waves
  5. one stays one goes down
  6. ground shaking
Down
  1. A bigger hill
  2. trench valley in the sea
  3. plates water moving
  4. plates land moving
  5. Spreading away

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock on Earths surface
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  3. hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust
  4. Shaking of Earth's surface
  5. crack in Earth's crust
Down
  1. Seismic body waves
  2. border between two tectonic plates
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth
  4. Super continent
  5. a long, narrow ditch
  6. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface

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

Plate tectonics 2020-02-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The shapes of continents fit together like a _____
  2. Name of supercontinent
  3. Plates under water
  4. Plates that move TOWARDS each other
  5. Plates under land
  6. The Earth is made up of many ___ that move
  7. Big changes only happen to Earth over ___ of years
Down
  1. Hot liquid from inside the Earth
  2. Theory that Earth is made up of plates that move
  3. Plates that move AWAY from each other
  4. Plate that SLIDE past each other

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 _____ • ...

plate tectonics 2021-03-31

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inside of earth
  2. moving past
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
  4. a fault that is in california
  5. a disaster that makes the ground shake asthenosphere a molded molten layer of the earth
  6. the thinnest layer of the earth
Down
  1. moving towards
  2. mountains formed by convergent boundaries.
  3. moving apart
  4. It happens by divergent boundaries in the ocean
  5. a plate that sinks in another plate

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only liquid layer
  2. A denser plate sliding beneath a less denser plate
  3. The thickest part of the Earth
  4. the land we walk on
Down
  1. Two plates sliding away from Each other
  2. Plates sliding back and forth to create an earthquake
  3. plates formed by divergent plates
  4. To Continental plates sliding together to make a mountain
  5. The outer part of the Earth
  6. The ridged outer part of Earth
  7. The hottest part of the Earth

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. weak pint in earth's crust
  2. flowing mixture of water and debris
  3. term used for magma once it has erupted onto the earth's surface
  4. plates moving in opposite directions
  5. of or having to do with earthquakes
  6. cirular depression containing a volcanic vent
Down
  1. opening at earth's surface through hich volcanic material erupt
  2. to bend or change direction
  3. huge sections which make up the earth's crust
  4. plates moving towards each other
  5. lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanoe

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 • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2016-04-28

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates slide past each other
  2. divergent plate are usually found here
  3. divergent plates tend to be
  4. when all continents were joined
  5. made up of silicon and aluminum
  6. convergent plates tend to be
  7. when plates move away from each other
Down
  1. when plate move towards each other
  2. the earth’s crust
  3. ___________ are usually found near fault zones
  4. thick material made up of silicon and magnesium

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 • ...

plate tectonics 2017-11-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a thin lyaer of cool rock that ros on the earth's outer skin both on dry land and in the ocean
  2. a crust and upper mantle
  3. caused by the very hot mantle at the deepest part of the mantle
  4. largest layer of hot rock
  5. solid because of the pressure of nickel and iron
Down
  1. crust made of granite 25 miles thick, brittle and not dense
  2. so hot that the metals are all liquid
  3. consists of rock and minerals on the earth's surface and below it
  4. semi rigid part of the middle mantle that flows like hot asphalt under a heavy weight
  5. a large fraction of the Earth's interior, from a depth about 400 miles to about 1800 miles.
  6. crust made of basalt 3-5 miles thick

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 • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. South America's plate.
  2. when plates move from each other.
  3. Antarctica's plate.
  4. Europe's plate.
  5. Pacific's plates.
  6. when plate slide past each other.
  7. Australia's plate.
Down
  1. uneven slabs that make up the earth.
  2. Africa's plate.
  3. North America's plate.
  4. when plates collide.

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.

plate tectonics 2023-11-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. destruction of rock by natural cause
  2. moves continents
  3. shaking of the ground
  4. destruction of rock by natural cause
  5. place where new seafloor is destroyed
  6. released from volcano after eruption
Down
  1. place where new ocean floor is created
  2. fracture zone
  3. theory of how major land forms are created
  4. comes from the ground
  5. how a volcano explodes
  6. lava before reaching surface

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , instrument used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake
  2. , Earth's crust is broken into these types of plate
  3. , boundary where two plate slide past each other
  4. , most well known transform plate boundary in the world
  5. , boundary where two plates move toward each other
Down
  1. , underwater earthquakes that cause large ocean waves
  2. , a supercontinent 200 million years ago
  3. , boundary where two plate move away from each other
  4. , Divergent plate boundaries cause these
  5. , cycle begins with continental rifting within a large landmass
  6. , magma that has erupted onto Earth's surface

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 • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2024-02-05

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

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the name of the scientist who drew maps of the ocean floor
  2. plate boundary where two plates slide alongside each other
  3. rising magma can produce mountains called
  4. the name of the scientist who proposed continental drift
  5. type of energy current in the mantle where hot magma rises and cold rock sinks
  6. Large layer of partially molten rock underneath the crust of the earth
Down
  1. tremmors in the crust caused by tectonic plate movement
  2. when an oceanic plate is pushed underneath a continental plate
  3. the weight of all the ocean and rock above the mantle
  4. molten material inside the Earth
  5. plate boundary where the seafloor is spreading

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 • ...

science crossword 2026-03-23

science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a basin-like depression because a volcano has exploded or the center of the volcano has collapsed
  2. of fire, an area where many earthquakes and volcanoes occur
  3. horizontal intrusions
  4. chamber, large underground pool of molten rock
  5. currents, what causes the plates to move
  6. named after the Laurentian shield in Canada
  7. waves, waves caused by earthquakes and rock movement
  8. cone, lava that is built up in the shape of a cone
  9. a fracture or zone or fractures between two blocks of rock
  10. core, solid ball of nickel and iron densest layer of the earth
Down
  1. circular basin or depression
  2. rocks move together
  3. vertical intrusion
  4. first waves to reach the seismic station
  5. named for the Gondwana region in India
  6. zone, where one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  7. Hess, proposed the plate tectonics theory
  8. next waves to reach the seismic station
  9. rocks slide past each other
  10. Wegner, proposed the continental drift theory

20 Clues: vertical intrusion • rocks move together • horizontal intrusions • rocks slide past each other • circular basin or depression • named for the Gondwana region in India • next waves to reach the seismic station • first waves to reach the seismic station • currents, what causes the plates to move • Hess, proposed the plate tectonics theory • ...

M2: Summative Project 2022-12-01

M2: Summative Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forces
  2. Forces
  3. Zone
  4. dating
  5. Wave
Down
  1. age
  2. Tectonics
  3. decay
  4. dating

9 Clues: age • Zone • Wave • decay • Forces • Forces • dating • dating • Tectonics

Science vocab 2023-02-14

Science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -
  2. boundary
  3. trench
  4. tectonics
Down
  1. -
  2. drift
  3. spreading
  4. boundary
  5. ridge
  6. boundary

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

Xword_Tectonics 2024-01-12

Xword_Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by the collision of India end average depth of 4km
  2. Process by which andesite can be generated from the mantle at a convergent oceanic-oceanic plate margin
  3. Theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener
  4. These values are high over mid-ocean ridges and low over ocean trenches
  5. Considered for many years to be the main driving force of plate tectonics, but recently called into question
  6. Rock-type formed at depth by the melting of the continental lithosphere at convergent continental-continental plate margins
Down
  1. German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak!
  2. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with divergent plate margins
  3. A low-angle fault associated with convergent plate margins
  4. Outer layer of the Earth comprises the crust and upper mantle which is solid and rigid
  5. Process now thought to be responsible for oceanic lithosphere being subducted back into the asthenosphere
  6. Type of fault associated with conservative and divergent plate margins
  7. Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks
  8. Type of plate margins where two plates are moving away from each older
  9. Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other

15 Clues: Theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener • German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak! • Formed by the collision of India end average depth of 4km • A low-angle fault associated with convergent plate margins • Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks • Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other • ...

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries 2021-10-07

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of a fluid from different densities
  2. when a piece of crust sinks other another
  3. also referred to as the lithosphere
  4. lava before it reaches the earth's surface
  5. slide against each other to form a boundary
Down
  1. old crust from a plate is pushed under another
  2. to move apart to form a boundary
  3. the outer layer of earth
  4. to come together to form a boundary
  5. break or separation caused by plate tectonics

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 • ...

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries 2021-10-07

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of a fluid from different densities
  2. when a piece of crust sinks other another
  3. also referred to as the lithosphere
  4. lava before it reaches the earth's surface
  5. slide against each other to form a boundary
Down
  1. old crust from a plate is pushed under another
  2. to move apart to form a boundary
  3. the outer layer of earth
  4. to come together to form a boundary
  5. break or separation caused by plate tectonics

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 • ...

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries 2021-10-07

Three Main Types of Plate Toctonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to come together to form a boundary
  2. break or separation caused by plate tectonics
  3. movement of a fluid from different densities
  4. to move apart to form a boundary
Down
  1. when a piece of crust sinks other another
  2. old crust from a plate is pushed under another
  3. lava before it reaches the earth's surface
  4. slide against each other to form a boundary
  5. also referred to as the lithosphere
  6. the outer layer of earth

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 • ...

Plate Tectonic 2026-03-23

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. study of Earth's plate movement
  2. crack where plates move
  3. plates move apart
  4. plates move together
  5. plates slide past each other
Down
  1. one plate sinks under another
  2. deep valley at convergent boundary
  3. underwater mountain at divergent boundary

8 Clues: plates move apart • plates move together • crack where plates move • plates slide past each other • one plate sinks under another • study of Earth's plate movement • deep valley at convergent boundary • underwater mountain at divergent boundary

Tectonic Plates 2023-03-09

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Came up with the theory of continental drift
  2. Center of the earth
  3. Large pieces of ice that help prove Pangaea
  4. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  5. Large separated land masses that make up the Earth
  6. Large land masses that result from tectonic plates
  7. One massive continent at the beginning of time
  8. When tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. Confirmed tectonic plate theory 50 years after it was proposed
  10. Remnants of long dead living organism that help prove Pangaea
Down
  1. When tectonic plates move towards each other
  2. Large bodies of water in between continents
  3. Earth's outer shell
  4. A Natural phenomenon that results from tectonic plates
  5. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  7. Molten rock in the earth's crust
  8. Gigantic pieces of earth's crust
  9. Large towering rocks that help prove Pangaea
  10. Bottom of the ocean

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
  2. boundary
  3. spreading
  4. valley
  5. boundary
  6. tectonics
Down
  1. ridge
  2. drift
  3. spots

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

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2025-09-02

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large rock that consists of the earth's lithospshere
  2. fracture/zone of fractures
  3. a curved chain of volcanic islands formed at a convergent plate boundary caused by subduction
  4. long, narrow, elevated landform
  5. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on earth
  6. process of a mountain forming
  7. example of extensional tectonics
  8. earths outer rigid shell of solid rock
  9. mountain with magma and built up gas escaping
  10. located between the crust and the core
  11. molten rock found under the earth's surface
  12. long, narrow, deep depression on the seafloor
  13. located at the centre of earth, VERY hot
Down
  1. outer part of earth
  2. the process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another and sinks into the earth's mantle
  3. a vechile that can be completely submerged underwater
  4. stationary location of hot mantle rock, beneath the earth's crust
  5. shaking and trembling of the earth's surface
  6. a natural landform defined by its considerable height and steep slopes
  7. when two tectonic plates slide past eachother

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 • ...

plate tectonics XD 2021-02-02

plate tectonics XD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the full name of the plates
  2. a type of heat waves
  3. a hot mountain
  4. part of the earths crust
  5. the thinnest layer of the earth
  6. the sea floor
  7. when the continents moved
  8. the thickest layer of the earth
Down
  1. a region of the earths crust
  2. when two plates move away
  3. old bones
  4. a bord zone
  5. a long part of the ocean
  6. part of the mantle
  7. when two plates collide
  8. when plates of the earth move
  9. what the crust is made of

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-10-05

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cause of volcanoes and earthquakes
  2. Fire hill
  3. Evidence for the Continental Drift Theory
  4. Sphere below lithosphere
  5. Islands with a volanic chain
  6. Narrow mountain range
  7. Evidence for the Continental Drift Theory
  8. Depression in ocean floor
  9. Mr. Wegner
  10. The San Andreas _____ Zone
  11. Mr. Wilson
Down
  1. Evidence for the Continental Drift Theory
  2. Layer of Earth between its core and crust
  3. Hot material below or within Earth's crust
  4. Shaking ground
  5. Evidence for the Continental Drift Theory
  6. Super-continent
  7. Sphere above asthenosphere
  8. Study of physical features of Earth
  9. Innermost layer of 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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2025-12-15

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
  2. plate boundary where plates move apart
  3. plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. theory explaining how tectonic plates move and shape Earth
  5. extremely large volcano capable of massive eruptions
  6. process where new ocean crust forms at mid ocean ridges
  7. area around the Pacific Ocean with many volcanoes and earthquakes
  8. landform created when continents collide
  9. underwater mountain chain formed at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. theory that continents slowly move over Earth’s surface
  2. large low area of Earth’s crust that holds ocean water
  3. process where one plate sinks beneath another
  4. plate boundary where plates collide
  5. large moving piece of Earth’s crust
  6. area where magma rises through the mantle not at a plate boundary
  7. principle stating older rock layers are below younger layers
  8. chain of volcanic islands formed as a tectonic plate moves over a hot spot

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what we live on
  2. fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.
  3. Volcanic substance
  4. Caused from a boundary
  5. A lot of volcanoes at one places
  6. Has a major fault line
  7. The plates movement
  8. Two tectonic plates collide to form this
  9. the block above the fault moves up relative to the block below the fault.
  10. Earth is made up of these
  11. inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically
Down
  1. multiple volcanoes here
  2. Stress on the plates
  3. Two plates collide and there is magma under it that is brought up
  4. Movement
  5. Movement in earths plates
  6. plate
  7. Stress that squeezes the plates
  8. Tension where forces are acting on opposite sides
  9. Two plates horizontally slide next to each other

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 • ...

Geology Terms 2025-03-28

Geology Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. moving apart under the ocean
  2. the inner part of the core
  3. massive plates that constantly move
  4. located between asthenosphere and outer core
  5. when a plate moves under another
  6. thinnest layer of the Earth
  7. when the continents move apart
  8. hottest layer of the earth
  9. Earth's ______ is composed of 3 layers
  10. when plates move apart
  11. a theory about plate tectonics
Down
  1. being squeezed together because of pressure
  2. when two plates slide past each other
  3. the distinct layers
  4. when the plates move quickly because of pressure
  5. rift valleys where rock has been stretched
  6. biggest layer of the Earth
  7. the outer layer of the Earth
  8. a mountain where lava comes out of it
  9. when two plates move toward each other
  10. upper layer of the earth's mantle

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 • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-23

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents experience this over time
  2. last name of the scientist who found pangaea
  3. formed by convergent plate crashing into eachother
  4. the speed at wich something moves
  5. Plate“_____”
  6. under the Earths surface
  7. first name of the scientist who found pangaea
  8. caused by plates shifting
  9. when plates move apart
Down
  1. formed by divergent boundries
  2. when plates move towards each other
  3. how many continents there are
  4. scientist who studies the earth
  5. lava spewing mountains
  6. name of the supercontinent formed very long ago
  7. the water on the surface of earth
  8. ball of hot metal in the center of the earth
  9. massive landforms on the surface of the earth
  10. formed by convergent boundaries in the ocean
  11. the outer layer of the earth

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-03-11

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer consisting of the crust and part of the upper mantle
  2. The only liquid layer of the Earth.
  3. To slide past each other.
  4. Depression in the Earth's surface
  5. To move towards each other.
  6. The Earth's outermost layer.
  7. Responsible for forming ocean basins.
  8. A shift in tectonic plates.
  9. An area that is described as abnormally volcanic.
  10. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
Down
  1. Result of heating of the lower mantle, causing it to expand.
  2. American Geologist responsible for the sea floor spreading theory.
  3. German scientist responsible for the continental drift theory.
  4. To move away from each other.
  5. 250 million year old super-continent.
  6. The outer layer of the earth.
  7. The location where a tectonic plate is pushed down onto the mantle.

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. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-06-18

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a Japanese word meaning harbour wave
  2. sudden violent shaking in the ground
  3. earth's outer layer made of minerals
  4. path in the pacific with frequent disasters
  5. the cycle that rocks go through
  6. tend to meet at a point
  7. breaking down or dissolving of rocks
Down
  1. rupture in the earth where lave escapes
  2. layer of earth made of metal
  3. molten rock
  4. layer of the earth made of liquid iron
  5. a system of ideas to explain something
  6. going in different directions; separating
  7. facts to support a theory
  8. a series of mountains close together
  9. steep depressions in the ocean
  10. layer of the earth made of silicates

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2024-11-19

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where crust is destroyed
  2. The strongest ones happen at convergent boundaries
  3. One plate going underneath the other during convergence
  4. Boundary where crust is neither created nor destroyed
  5. A chain of volcanoes made at ocean-ocean convergent
  6. The theorizer of continental drift
  7. Diverging plates' weight speeds up their separation
  8. Another name for convergent boundary
  9. A boundary where plates slide past each other
Down
  1. Occurs at oceanic divergent boundaries
  2. A boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. This is never created at transform boundaries
  4. How mantle magma moves plates
  5. A subducting plate's weight speeds up its own descent
  6. Occurs at continental divergent boundaries
  7. Are created at all convergent boundaries
  8. Boundary where crust is created
  9. A boundary where plates move toward each other
  10. The location where plates meet
  11. A deep-sea phenomenon found only at subduction zones involving ocean

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 • ...

Plate tectonics revision 2025-10-14

Plate tectonics revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Malta is influenced by the movements of the African and ____________ plates
  2. this crust is made of basalt and is heavy
  3. The San Andreas Fault is located in
  4. This is the name of the boundary where plates seperate
  5. _____________ currents are responsible for the movement of our tectonic plates
  6. At this plate boundary, we have no volcanic activity
  7. At a constructive plate boundary, we have _________ earthquakes and eruptions
  8. At a destructive plate boundary, we have __________ earthquakes and eruptions
  9. This country is found on a constructive plate boundary
Down
  1. The process where the crust is forced downwards into the mantle
  2. At a destructive plate boundary, we also can get an underwater ___________
  3. This country is found on a destructive plate boundary
  4. This is the name of the boundary where plates collide
  5. This crust is made of granite and is lighter
  6. This major city is right on top of the San Andreas Fault
  7. This is responsible for heating up the core
  8. The Pacific ring of ________ is the most tectonically active place on earth

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth 2022-05-03

Plate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries that cause earthquakes
  2. boundaries that create volcanoes and mountains
  3. Began to explore the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  4. plate that is less dense
Down
  1. layer of the earth directly under the crust
  2. outermost layer of the earth
  3. boundaries that create sea floor spreading and rift valleys
  4. solid center of the earth
  5. plate that is the most dense

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 • ...

Rocks and Weathering 2020-11-08

Rocks and Weathering crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process which drives plate tectonics
  2. The widest part of the earth
  3. The type of volcano with steep slopes
  4. The part of the earth on which we live
  5. The type of volcano with gentle slopes
  6. When plates move past each other this is called a _____ plate boundary
  7. The denser type of crust
  8. The inner most part of the earth is called the _______
Down
  1. The less dense type of crust
  2. The name given to the reason why cities are warmer than rural areas
  3. The point at which 2 tectonic plates meet and one descends below the other.
  4. When plates move towards each other this is called a _____ plate boundary
  5. When plates move away from each other this is called a ______ plate boundary

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 _______ • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword - Emma Coe, Paknis P3 2021-10-29

Plate Tectonics Crossword - Emma Coe, Paknis P3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates moving towards each other
  2. an underwater mountain range
  3. molten rock underneath the earths surface
  4. currents in the mantle that cause the tectonic plates to move
  5. a vent in the earths crust where molten rock flows
  6. a break in the plate tectonics
Down
  1. when a denser plate goes under a lighter plate
  2. two plates moving away from each other
  3. an area where subduction occurs
  4. two plates sliding past each other

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate is more dense than the other
  2. 2 plates slide sideways
  3. 2 plates come together
  4. When the lava cools and hardens, it forms into a cone-shaped mountain
  5. tectonic plates split apart from each other
Down
  1. seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
  2. form at the boundary of tectonic plate
  3. 2 plates move away from each other
  4. a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  5. molten rock

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge huge underwater mountain range
  2. layer of hot, soft rock in the upper mantle
  3. plates large and small slabs of rock that makes up the lithosphere.
  4. ball of hot, solid materials
Down
  1. Earth's thickest layer
  2. one plate sinking beneath another
  3. transfer of heat within a material
  4. liquid metals that surround the
  5. Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle combined
  6. huge supercontinent
  7. when two plates push together

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. liquid metals that surround the
  2. layer of hot, soft rock in the upper mantle
  3. plates large and small slabs of rock that makes up the lithosphere
  4. huge supercontinent
  5. ridge huge underwater mountain range
Down
  1. ball of hot, solid materials
  2. when two plates push together
  3. transfer of heat within a material
  4. Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle combined
  5. one plate sinking beneath another
  6. Earth's thickest layer

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 • ...

plate tectonics 2014-04-02

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  2. a layer of plastic semi-solid rock in the lower mantle
  3. molten rock that has erupted onto the earths surface
  4. the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  5. where the crust is sinking down into the earth
  6. a huge wave in the ocean caused by and earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  7. molten rock below the earth surface
Down
  1. the process of the
  2. the separating of continents by drifting across the ocean
  3. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  4. a seismic wave that travels along the surface of the earth in the crust

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 • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spots where the Earth’s crust is thin so magma is able to break through the surface, forming volcanoes
  2. is a circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
  3. the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  4. less dense/older type of plate
  5. is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake
  6. Name of plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
Down
  1. is a dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gases.
  2. the point on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  3. subduction creates deep ocean
  4. the pushing down of one tectonic plate under another at a collision plate margin.
  5. waves waves of energy that travel through Earth's layers,and are a result of earthquakes

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the engine that moves the plates and transfers energy in the mantle
  2. a geological landmark that is created at divergent boundaries
  3. the super-continent that was believed to be all of the continents connected together that eventually drifted away from each other
  4. the scientist that came up with the theory that the continents moved
  5. the scientist that figured out how the continents move
Down
  1. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  2. two tectonic plates sliding past each other
  3. two tectonic plates pushing against each other
  4. plate tectonic boundaries where two plates converge, and one plate is pushed under the other
  5. famous mountains created by a convergent boundary
  6. molten rock

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 • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sudden shake of the ground.
  2. occurs at divergent boundaries
  3. a mountain or hill typically conical haveing
  4. A thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
  5. tectonic plates moving away from each othe in oppsite divections
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  1. two plates sliding past eachthere
  2. or vent through lava
  3. two tectonic plates come together
  4. hot magma rising in the mantle caused the seafloor
  5. molten rock housed in the mantle
  6. Layer of rock which forms the continents

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this boundary creates rift valleys
  2. this area around the west coast, pacific ocean, and asia house many volcanoes and earthquakes
  3. this process in the mantle is the reason the plates move
  4. this layer of the upper mantle allows the plates to slide over it
Down
  1. the Himalayas are an example of this boundary
  2. This happens when 2 plates of different densities collide
  3. this boundary creates fault lines
  4. tectonic activity creates these
  5. molten rock in the mantle
  6. this is an example of a divergent boundary in the sea
  7. this commonly happens at transform boundaries

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 • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-11

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is the largest ocean
  2. this plate in next to the Eurasian
  3. this happen in hawaii
  4. home to Russia and china
  5. it happend in calafonia and starts with a S
Down
  1. home to a famous rain forest
  2. we live here
  3. this plate is home to Himalayans
  4. a mummy lives here
  5. it gets really shaky when this happens
  6. theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Areas between two crustal plates that are moving past each other in opposite directions or at different speeds.
  2. The surface of the Earth's crust found underneath the oceans, forming the ocean floor.
  3. A term used to describe a liquid substance (eg rock, glass or metal) formed by heating a solid.
  4. When two tectonic plates move towards one another. The oceanic crust is forced to sink back into the mantle, whilst the continental crust rises above. Volcanoes and earthquakes are found here.
Down
  1. An area where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another.
  2. Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure.
  3. When one crustal plate is forced beneath the other.
  4. Something that is partly melted.
  5. Belonging to a continent, eg Africa, Asia, Europe.
  6. Occurs when older, denser tectonic plates sink into the mantle, pulling newer and less dense sections of plate along behind.
  7. The outermost layer of the Earth.

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. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A convergent plate boundary where one plate goes under the other
  2. When two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
  3. a linear depression produced by faulting; a small narrow valley within a major fault line
  4. long, narrow ditch
  5. molten rock
Down
  1. causes tectonic plates to move
  2. a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
  3. When two tectonic plates come together and over lap
  4. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
  5. occurs at divergent boundaries
  6. When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area where mantle is hot and burns through crust
  2. as plates collide,one sinks
  3. dense with rock like basalt
  4. causes the movement of plates
  5. form near trenches
Down
  1. process of the lithosphere divided into plates
  2. fluffy with rock like granite
  3. quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, olivine, and calcite.
  4. a layer of silicate rock in between the crust and core
  5. where plates are pulling apart
  6. where the oldest rocks on earth are found

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. Hot melted rock on earth's surface
  4. When two plates push against each other
  5. Chain of island volcanoes located near a trench at a plate boundry
  6. Created at subduction zones
Down
  1. Theory that the lithosphere is broken into plates that move around
  2. A deep valley that forms when two plates move away from each other
  3. Plates on the ocean floor move apart creating new ocean floor
  4. Hot melted rock underground
  5. When two plates collide and one goes under the other

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zone the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  2. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide
  3. core the solid, dense center of the Earth
  4. coming closer together
  5. the rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
  6. drift the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have in the past
Down
  1. plate a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top the asthenosphere
  2. outer layer of the Earth
  3. the center part of the Earth
  4. develop in different directions
  5. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core

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 • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-12-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where two tectonic plates meet
  2. tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. liquid iron and nickel
  4. the hot, soft layer of the mantle that tectonic plates float on
  5. dense oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
Down
  1. tectonic plates slide past each other
  2. solid iron and nickel at the very center of Earth
  3. made up of the crust and upper mantle
  4. tectonic plates move toward each other
  5. the outer-most layer of Earth
  6. a piece of the lithosphere

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 • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-31

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by a convergent boundary in water
  2. a sudden shaking in the ground
  3. where two plates move away from each other
  4. big rocks that move
  5. caused by a divergent boundary under water
  6. where two plates move by each other
  7. when lava or gas leaves the mantle
Down
  1. where two plates move towards each other
  2. why the oceans are getting bigger or smaller
  3. the very center of the earth
  4. underneath the crust

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convection currents act as giant "_____"
  2. The driving force for the movement of Earth's plates
  3. Transform=________
  4. One of three Wegener's evidence to support continental drift
  5. The Supercontinent
  6. Divergent=_________
Down
  1. Convergent=_______
  2. The location where two tectonic plates meet
  3. The thicker crust that covers Earth's surface
  4. The German scientist
  5. Did scientists accept Wegener's theory

11 Clues: Convergent=_______ • Transform=________ • The Supercontinent • Divergent=_________ • The German scientist • Did scientists accept Wegener's theory • Convection currents act as giant "_____" • The location where two tectonic plates meet • The thicker crust that covers Earth's surface • The driving force for the movement of Earth's plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust that is less dense, thicker, and older
  2. Result of tectonic plates moving past each other typically at transform and convergent plate boundaries
  3. Crust that is denser, thinner, and newer, will subduct at oceanic-continental convergent boundaries
  4. Plate boundary where two plates are moving together
  5. When one plate slides under another at a convergent plate boundary
  6. Large pieces of the Earth’s crust that move on top of the mantle
Down
  1. A form of divergent plate boundary where a new ocean floor is made
  2. Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  3. The result of a stationary magma plume from inside the mantle that creates island or mountain chains
  4. Occur mainly at convergent and divergent plate boundaries and is the result of hot gasses, magma plumes, and pressure
  5. Plate boundary where two plates are moving apart

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 • ...

plate tectonic vocab 2021-02-01

plate tectonic vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. floor spreading
  2. trench
  3. boundary
  4. boundary
Down
  1. tectonics
  2. drift
  3. zone
  4. boundary
  5. currents

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate is more dense than the other
  2. 2 plates move away from each other
  3. molten rock
  4. 2 plates slide sideways
Down
  1. 2 plates come together
  2. seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
  3. When the lava cools and hardens, it forms into a cone-shaped mountain
  4. form at the boundary of tectonic plate
  5. a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  6. tectonic plates split apart from each other

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 • ...

science 2023-02-15

science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate slide apart
  2. natural features of the earths surface
  3. denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate
  4. tectonic plates that lie under surfaceland masses
  5. mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces
  6. distance above sealevel
  7. tectonics plates that are at teh bottom of the ocean
  8. solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded and then dropped into a new place
  9. tectonic plates move towards each other and collide
  10. long crack
Down
  1. map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
  2. parallel pattern of rock
  3. when two plates move away from each other
  4. seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
  5. photos or images from taken of earth from space
  6. thicker line making every 5th contour line of the map
  7. processes by which water,ice,wind, and gravity remove and transport sediment
  8. study of shape of earths surface and its physical features
  9. difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines of topo.map
  10. huge pices of lithospere

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 • ...