plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer most layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on.
  2. When two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and mountains are formed.
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  4. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  5. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  6. scientist who studies earthquakes.
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  1. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  2. The name given to the super continent from the well-supported theory that all the continents used to be connected as one.
  3. Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  4. When one tectonic plate converges under another due to density differences.

10 Clues: scientist who studies earthquakes. • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • The outer most layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on. • Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other. • A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonic plates cause them to form
  2. where two lithospheric plates join
  3. when two plates slide past eachother
  4. when oceanic crust is destroyed
  5. molten rock
Down
  1. tectonic plates can cause them to happen
  2. When two tectonic plates divide
  3. there are three different types
  4. ocean ridges that occur at divergent boundaries
  5. two tectonic plates come together

10 Clues: molten rock • When two tectonic plates divide • there are three different types • when oceanic crust is destroyed • two tectonic plates come together • tectonic plates cause them to form • where two lithospheric plates join • when two plates slide past eachother • tectonic plates can cause them to happen • ocean ridges that occur at divergent boundaries

Plate tectonics 2022-02-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break of plates
  2. valley when two continental plates separate
  3. two plate move towards each other
  4. two plates move a way from each other
  5. oceanic and continental plates convert
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  1. happens when a divergent happens
  2. two plates slide pass each other
  3. happens when two plates transform
  4. two continental plates move towards each other
  5. island form when convergent happens

10 Clues: a break of plates • happens when a divergent happens • two plates slide pass each other • happens when two plates transform • two plate move towards each other • island form when convergent happens • two plates move a way from each other • oceanic and continental plates convert • valley when two continental plates separate • two continental plates move towards each other

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Small, planet like objects found mainly between Mars and Jupiter
  2. made up of icy dust particles and frozen gases, they look like bright balls, with long tails
  3. Largest of the inner planets in the solar system
  4. continent where both the highest point on earth and lowest land point can be found
  5. number of planets known to orbit our sun in our solar system
  6. made up of the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and the atmosphere- where all life exists
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  1. number of continents on Earth
  2. Small, round bodies that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets
  3. ocean with the deepest known depression on Earth
  4. Gas that composes 78% of the Earth's atmosphere

10 Clues: number of continents on Earth • Gas that composes 78% of the Earth's atmosphere • ocean with the deepest known depression on Earth • Largest of the inner planets in the solar system • number of planets known to orbit our sun in our solar system • Small, planet like objects found mainly between Mars and Jupiter • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. created by convergent boundaries
  2. this is a hot liquid that is molten and in the earth's core
  3. this fault causes earthquakes
  4. this boundary goes into each other creating mountains
  5. the plates slide past each other to create this boundary
  6. this boundary makes the ground split apart
  7. theses create tsunamis and are common around the ring of fire
Down
  1. it is a ring around the pacfic ocean
  2. what is the supercontinent
  3. This type of fault gets made by compression.

10 Clues: what is the supercontinent • this fault causes earthquakes • created by convergent boundaries • it is a ring around the pacfic ocean • this boundary makes the ground split apart • This type of fault gets made by compression. • this boundary goes into each other creating mountains • the plates slide past each other to create this boundary • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-01-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary where the plates slide past each other
  2. a boundary where the plates move toward from each other
  3. where one plates slides under another
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  1. result of oceanic-continental convergent boundary
  2. a boundary where the plates move away from each other
  3. result of transform boundary
  4. result of continental-continental boundary
  5. oceanic-oceanic boundary result
  6. name of all the continents together
  7. result of a divergent boundary

10 Clues: result of transform boundary • result of a divergent boundary • oceanic-oceanic boundary result • name of all the continents together • where one plates slides under another • result of continental-continental boundary • result of oceanic-continental convergent boundary • a boundary where the plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates diverge, this substance fills the space between them.
  2. The place where two plates meet.
  3. The place where two oceanic plates diverge.
  4. When two plates come together
  5. When two plates move away
  6. This forms when two plates converge.
  7. When a plate slides under another plate in a convergent boundary.
Down
  1. When this occurs, it creates earthquakes.
  2. In the mantle, this occurs due to heat being created.
  3. This landform occurs when two plates diverge.

10 Clues: When two plates move away • When two plates come together • The place where two plates meet. • This forms when two plates converge. • When this occurs, it creates earthquakes. • The place where two oceanic plates diverge. • This landform occurs when two plates diverge. • In the mantle, this occurs due to heat being created. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A underwater mountain formation
  2. A break in a plate
  3. When the core heats up magma and it cools down again
  4. Molten rock
  5. When two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. When two plates collide
  2. When one plate goes under another
  3. When two plates move away from each other
  4. The hot center of the earth
  5. Between the core and crust of the earth

10 Clues: Molten rock • A break in a plate • When two plates collide • The hot center of the earth • A underwater mountain formation • When one plate goes under another • When two plates slide past each other • Between the core and crust of the earth • When two plates move away from each other • When the core heats up magma and it cools down again

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Fluid that results for convection
  2. a long, narrow ditch.
  3. A crack or split in something.
  4. when plates shake because of convection boundary or divergent boundary.
  5. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  6. When two plates divide and reveal new magma.
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  1. When two plates collide and create mountains and subduction zones.
  2. When a heavy plate sinks to the mantle because of a lighter plater
  3. hot rock that is under the mantle
  4. When two or more plates slide past each other.

10 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • A crack or split in something. • hot rock that is under the mantle • A Fluid that results for convection • When two plates divide and reveal new magma. • When two or more plates slide past each other. • When two plates collide and create mountains and subduction zones. • When a heavy plate sinks to the mantle because of a lighter plater • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-02-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  2. which plate boundary goes apart from each other?
  3. The layer that is hot and solid material between Earth's crust and core?
  4. Which plate boundary collides and forms mountains?
Down
  1. what is a rock that an animal left behind?
  2. The scientist that invented the theory of continental drift?
  3. Spreading splitting apart from each other.
  4. which plate boundary goes side to side and goes up and down?
  5. The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid?
  6. What was the name that all the continents were together?

10 Clues: what is a rock that an animal left behind? • Spreading splitting apart from each other. • The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid? • which plate boundary goes apart from each other? • Which plate boundary collides and forms mountains? • a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • What was the name that all the continents were together? • ...

plate tectonics 2022-11-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary between two or more plates
  2. forms where tectonic plates move apart/rift
  3. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  4. plates slide past each other
Down
  1. two plates moving toward each other
  2. a large block that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit
  3. broad zone
  4. large body of water
  5. large hills
  6. where new oceanic crust is formed by upwelling mantle

10 Clues: broad zone • large hills • large body of water • plates slide past each other • two plates moving toward each other • boundary between two or more plates • forms where tectonic plates move apart/rift • two tectonic plates moving away from each other • where new oceanic crust is formed by upwelling mantle • a large block that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. make a dramatic change in the form or appearance
  2. the very hot, very dense center of our planet
  3. the outermost shell of our planet
  4. moving in different directions from a common point
  5. hot fluid below or within the earth's crust
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. a mountain or hill, with a crater or vent through which lava can be erupted from the earth's crust
  2. to move toward one point or to approach each other
  3. the final transfer of energy to the surface
  4. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction

10 Clues: the outermost shell of our planet • the final transfer of energy to the surface • hot fluid below or within the earth's crust • the very hot, very dense center of our planet • make a dramatic change in the form or appearance • to move toward one point or to approach each other • moving in different directions from a common point • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-06-29

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters
  2. the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them.
  3. When plates move away from each other, the space between them gets filled with material, which rises to the surface, cools and forms mid-oceanic ridges.
  4. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  5. a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
  3. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
  4. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  5. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

10 Clues: a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters • the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them. • The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-04-20

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountain where lava erupts
  2. rock composed continental and oceanic boundary
  3. plates that move away from each other
  4. heat from the interior to the surface.
Down
  1. heavier plate dives beneath the lighter
  2. formed when plates press against each other
  3. formed by divergent plate boundaries
  4. plates slide sideways past each other
  5. plates that move towards each other
  6. formed by subduction

10 Clues: formed by subduction • mountain where lava erupts • plates that move towards each other • formed by divergent plate boundaries • plates slide sideways past each other • plates that move away from each other • heat from the interior to the surface. • heavier plate dives beneath the lighter • formed when plates press against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  2. Liquid layer of the Earth that is the second largest
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust
  4. the outer layer of the Earth
  5. a vent in the Earth’s crust through lava, steam, ashes, etc, are expelled
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  1. moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  2. a solid ball of metal and the densest layer of the Earth
  3. Largest layer of the Earth
  4. a natural elevation of the Earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill
  5. to push on each other in different directions

10 Clues: Largest layer of the Earth • the outer layer of the Earth • to push on each other in different directions • Liquid layer of the Earth that is the second largest • a solid ball of metal and the densest layer of the Earth • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • moving or extending in different directions from a common point • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by convergent boundary
  2. When two plates overlap
  3. Less dense plate goes underneath the more dense plate
  4. Two plates grinding past each other
Down
  1. A theory of the Earth's crust
  2. Two plates moving the opposite direction
  3. Number of main tectonic plate boundaries
  4. _______ from mantle causes plates to drift
  5. Molten rock
  6. A crack, break, or gap

10 Clues: Molten rock • A crack, break, or gap • When two plates overlap • A theory of the Earth's crust • Caused by convergent boundary • Two plates grinding past each other • Two plates moving the opposite direction • Number of main tectonic plate boundaries • _______ from mantle causes plates to drift • Less dense plate goes underneath the more dense plate

Plate Tectonics 2019-09-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fracture in rock where there has been movement and displacement.
  2. the smallest continent on Earth.
  3. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  4. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  5. 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.
Down
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. large parts of the Earth's crust
  3. the largest continent on Earth.
  4. separate different regions of the Earth.
  5. the outermost layer of a planet.

10 Clues: the largest continent on Earth. • large parts of the Earth's crust • the smallest continent on Earth. • the outermost layer of a planet. • separate different regions of the Earth. • a fracture in rock where there has been movement and displacement. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Eruption
  2. SeaFloor
  3. Collide
  4. Landmasses
  5. Past
  6. Shake
Down
  1. Movement
  2. Away
  3. Molten
  4. Fault

10 Clues: Away • Past • Fault • Shake • Molten • Collide • Movement • Eruption • SeaFloor • Landmasses

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  2. Continents once formed a single landmass, broke up and drifted to present
  3. Solid outer layer of earth that consists of crust and rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. Process by which continents form and break apart over millions of years
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  1. Boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  2. Super continent that formed 300 million years ago and began to break 250 million years ago
  3. Solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
  4. Theory that explains how and why plates move and change shape
  5. Process when earths crust breaks apart
  6. Boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding

10 Clues: Process when earths crust breaks apart • Boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • Solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere • Theory that explains how and why plates move and change shape • Boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • Process by which continents form and break apart over millions of years • ...

plate tectonics 2023-01-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two crust split apart
  2. when plates squish together
  3. largest layer of the earth
  4. slide next to each other different ways
Down
  1. chain of volcanoes surrounding pacific
  2. magma moves rocks
  3. ocean crust slide under continent crust
  4. molten material made of igneous rock
  5. what the outer layer of the earth is
  6. something when split apart

10 Clues: magma moves rocks • two crust split apart • something when split apart • largest layer of the earth • when plates squish together • molten material made of igneous rock • what the outer layer of the earth is • chain of volcanoes surrounding pacific • ocean crust slide under continent crust • slide next to each other different ways

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  2. a thing that breaks the crust of the earth
  3. when two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. gigantic pieces of earth's crust and the upper mantle
  2. something that puts cracks in the earth and creates earthquakes
  3. a real or imaginary line dividing two things
  4. when two tectonic plates move past each other
  5. made when one tectonic plates slides under on another
  6. made when two continental plates collide and crumble and fold
  7. the only planet that holds life forms.

10 Clues: the only planet that holds life forms. • when two plates move away from each other • a thing that breaks the crust of the earth • a real or imaginary line dividing two things • when two tectonic plates move past each other • gigantic pieces of earth's crust and the upper mantle • made when one tectonic plates slides under on another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where plates move apart
  2. the currents that move the tectonic plates
  3. one plate gets pushed under another
  4. two oceanic plates spread apart
  5. boundary where plates move together
Down
  1. when two continental plates crash into each other
  2. consists of the crust and upper mantle
  3. boundary where plates rub against each other
  4. occur at transform boundaries
  5. convection currents occur here

10 Clues: occur at transform boundaries • convection currents occur here • two oceanic plates spread apart • boundary where plates move apart • one plate gets pushed under another • boundary where plates move together • consists of the crust and upper mantle • the currents that move the tectonic plates • boundary where plates rub against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate
  2. indo
  3. pacific
  4. convergent
  5. south
  6. continent
Down
  1. Antarctica
  2. African
  3. core
  4. transform

10 Clues: indo • core • plate • south • African • pacific • transform • continent • Antarctica • convergent

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Made by a convergant boundary
  2. Collision Boundary
  3. Makes tectonic plates flow
  4. Lava that is made in the mantle
Down
  1. Two plates with diffrent densitys collide
  2. Sliding Boundary
  3. Made by a subduction zone
  4. Naturual disaster made by a transform boundary
  5. Seperateing Boundary
  6. Made by a divergant boundary

10 Clues: Sliding Boundary • Collision Boundary • Seperateing Boundary • Made by a subduction zone • Makes tectonic plates flow • Made by a divergant boundary • Made by a convergant boundary • Lava that is made in the mantle • Two plates with diffrent densitys collide • Naturual disaster made by a transform boundary

Plate tectonics 2023-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates collide and push one plate beneath the other
  2. when plates slide past each other
  3. when tectonic plates move apart in between faults
  4. when plates separate
  5. when plates collide or comes together
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  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  3. the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  4. Movement in the earth’s crust
  5. An opening in the earth’s crust

10 Clues: when plates separate • Movement in the earth’s crust • An opening in the earth’s crust • when plates slide past each other • when plates collide or comes together • when tectonic plates move apart in between faults • the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates that have collided into each other are called what?
  2. A theory that plates move due to convection currents.
  3. A large super continent that existed over 250 million years ago.
  4. When two plates slide by each other in opposite directions.
  5. Its the longest mountain range in the world.
  6. Earths lithosphere is broken into how many major plates?
Down
  1. Two plates pulled apart are called what?
  2. A more dense plate is forced under a less dense plate is called what?
  3. Who named the continental drift?
  4. What are Giant pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents.

10 Clues: Who named the continental drift? • Two plates pulled apart are called what? • Its the longest mountain range in the world. • A theory that plates move due to convection currents. • Earths lithosphere is broken into how many major plates? • When two plates slide by each other in opposite directions. • Two plates that have collided into each other are called what? • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide
  2. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
  4. An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
  5. The boundary where two plates move apart
  6. The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
Down
  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
  2. Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
  3. The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
  4. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust

10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide
  2. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
  4. An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
  5. The boundary where two plates move apart
  6. The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
Down
  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
  2. Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
  3. The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
  4. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust

10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide
  2. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
  4. An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
  5. The boundary where two plates move apart
  6. The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
Down
  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
  2. Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
  3. The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
  4. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust

10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-01-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by friction between 2 plates
  2. Rift valleys, example East African Rift
  3. When two plates slide along side each other
  4. Seafloor spreading, new crust formation,underwater mountain ranges
  5. A type of boundaries (D)
Down
  1. The crust is broken into plates, they float on the atmosphere
  2. Plates have been moving since the foundation of Earth
  3. A type of boundaries (T)
  4. A type of boundaries (C)
  5. Name of someone who has a theory of continental drift

10 Clues: A type of boundaries (T) • A type of boundaries (C) • A type of boundaries (D) • Caused by friction between 2 plates • Rift valleys, example East African Rift • When two plates slide along side each other • Plates have been moving since the foundation of Earth • Name of someone who has a theory of continental drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-08-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unger ground lava.3
  2. what causes the plates to move.
  3. what is caused by convergent boundaries.
  4. what is the result of oceanic plates coming apart.
  5. two plates slide against each other.
Down
  1. two plates come together.
  2. what is caused by transform boundaries.
  3. what happens to the denser plate when it hits another plate
  4. two plates slide apart.
  5. what else is caused by convergent boundaries.

10 Clues: Unger ground lava.3 • two plates slide apart. • two plates come together. • what causes the plates to move. • two plates slide against each other. • what is caused by transform boundaries. • what is caused by convergent boundaries. • what else is caused by convergent boundaries. • what is the result of oceanic plates coming apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What happens at a divergent boundary
  2. Plates slide past each other
  3. The theory that the earth is divided into plates
  4. The thicker crust thats on land or continents
Down
  1. Two plates that move away from each other causing a rift valley
  2. Formed at a divergent boundary
  3. Liquid that comes up from the mantle
  4. The thinner crust on the ocean floor
  5. Where tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  6. When two tectonic plates overlap

10 Clues: Plates slide past each other • Formed at a divergent boundary • When two tectonic plates overlap • What happens at a divergent boundary • Liquid that comes up from the mantle • The thinner crust on the ocean floor • The thicker crust thats on land or continents • Where tectonic plates dive back into the mantle • The theory that the earth is divided into plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sinking under something
  2. Under the crust
  3. a crack or break in a rock
  4. divides the earth into pieces
  5. Hot substance Found in the mantle
Down
  1. the theory that the continents are slowly moving
  2. Creates movement of plates
  3. Two plates moving away from each other
  4. Two plates sliding past each other
  5. Two plates colliding

10 Clues: Under the crust • Two plates colliding • sinking under something • Creates movement of plates • a crack or break in a rock • divides the earth into pieces • Hot substance Found in the mantle • Two plates sliding past each other • Two plates moving away from each other • the theory that the continents are slowly moving

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lava mountain
  2. Outermost shell
  3. Diffrent
  4. Below the crust
  5. Past each other
Down
  1. Towards each other
  2. Below lithosphere
  3. Caused by plates moving
  4. Supercontinent
  5. Outer part of the earth

10 Clues: Diffrent • Lava mountain • Supercontinent • Outermost shell • Below the crust • Past each other • Below lithosphere • Towards each other • Caused by plates moving • Outer part of the earth

plate tectonics 2024-02-15

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate goes under the other
  2. 2 plates slide against each other
  3. formed with convergent boundary
  4. 2 plates colliding
  5. 2 plates divided
  6. formed with transform boundary
Down
  1. located in pacific ocean
  2. formed from subduction
  3. example of divergent boundary
  4. hot mantle rock

10 Clues: hot mantle rock • 2 plates divided • 2 plates colliding • formed from subduction • located in pacific ocean • example of divergent boundary • formed with transform boundary • formed with convergent boundary • 2 plates slide against each other • when one plate goes under the other

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Super Continent before the shifting of the earth into separate land forms and water
  2. There are seven of these
  3. Two plates slide past one another
  4. Large masses of water
  5. Caused by friction of plates and disruption to the earth
Down
  1. Plates move into one another
  2. Three types of plates in Plate Tectonics
  3. Plates move away from each other
  4. Caused by the movement of plates
  5. Crust: Outer most layers of the planet

10 Clues: Large masses of water • There are seven of these • Plates move into one another • Plates move away from each other • Caused by the movement of plates • Two plates slide past one another • Crust: Outer most layers of the planet • Three types of plates in Plate Tectonics • Caused by friction of plates and disruption to the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is whenn the continet float apart
  2. fossil used for dating and coralating
  3. where they creat a force
  4. the layer below earths crust
  5. is like lava and its really hot
Down
  1. current part of the earths current into afuid
  2. the outer
  3. is a super continet
  4. a hot substance
  5. the uper layer of earth

10 Clues: the outer • a hot substance • is a super continet • the uper layer of earth • where they creat a force • the layer below earths crust • is like lava and its really hot • is whenn the continet float apart • fossil used for dating and coralating • current part of the earths current into afuid

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the study of planet Earth?
  2. Theory A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is?
  3. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago is?
  4. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart is?
  5. A dark dense igneous rock found in the oceanic crust is?
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface is?
  2. Wave A vibration that travels through Earth carrying energy that is released during an earthquake is?
  3. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental oceanic crust is?
  4. The layer of hot solid material between Earth’s crust and core is?
  5. A break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other is?

10 Clues: What is the study of planet Earth? • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart is? • A dark dense igneous rock found in the oceanic crust is? • The layer of hot solid material between Earth’s crust and core is? • A break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other is? • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-04-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. especially of materials with a high melting point, such as metal and glass liquefied by heat.
  2. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
  3. the broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on the asthenosphere
  4. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Down
  1. the arrangements of rocks in the Earth's crust.
  2. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. the ancient supercontinent, comprising all the present continents joined together, which began to break up about 200 million years ago.
  4. consists of the crust and upper mantle
  5. an extinct small aquatic reptile of the early Permian period, with an elongated body, flattened tail, and a long, narrow snout with numerous pointed teeth.
  6. the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

10 Clues: consists of the crust and upper mantle • the ground that is at the bottom of the sea • the arrangements of rocks in the Earth's crust. • matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. • the broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on the asthenosphere • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A naturally occurring solid substance composed of minerals or mineral-like substances.
  2. A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land due to its weight and gravity.
  3. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core, consisting mainly of hot, semi-fluid rock.
  4. The property or force exhibited by certain materials, such as iron, that attracts or repels other objects with magnetic properties.
  5. The preserved remains or impressions of plants, animals, or other organisms from a past geological age.
Down
  1. A long, narrow elevation of the Earth's surface, such as a mountain ridge or oceanic ridge.
  2. The outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of solid rock that forms the continents and ocean floors.
  3. A large, continuous landmass on Earth, such as North America or Africa.
  4. A large, rigid slab of the Earth's lithosphere that moves over the semi-fluid asthenosphere.
  5. The process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate at a convergent boundary.

10 Clues: A large, continuous landmass on Earth, such as North America or Africa. • A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land due to its weight and gravity. • A naturally occurring solid substance composed of minerals or mineral-like substances. • A long, narrow elevation of the Earth's surface, such as a mountain ridge or oceanic ridge. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate is denser than another
  2. moves past each other
  3. moves apart
  4. underground lava
Down
  1. large masses of earth
  2. a geological structure made by convergent boundarys
  3. a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
  4. caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys
  5. cause of transform boundary
  6. moves together

10 Clues: moves apart • moves together • underground lava • large masses of earth • moves past each other • cause of transform boundary • when one plate is denser than another • caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys • a geological structure made by convergent boundarys • a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)

Wegener crossword puzzle 2023-09-29

Wegener crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. His first interest/what he set a world record in
  2. where his expedition was after working at the university of graz
  3. shortened from plate tectonics
  4. how many cm a year the continents move
  5. Wegener’s big idea
Down
  1. plate movement depends on temperature and…
  2. what he found on the Arctic islands of Spitzbergen
  3. which continent did he see fit with south America
  4. hot water vents
  5. Werner’s first name
  6. single mass of continents 300 million years ago
  7. one ran along the top of the mid Atlantic ridge.

12 Clues: hot water vents • Wegener’s big idea • Werner’s first name • shortened from plate tectonics • how many cm a year the continents move • plate movement depends on temperature and… • single mass of continents 300 million years ago • His first interest/what he set a world record in • one ran along the top of the mid Atlantic ridge. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the direction the Pacific plate is moving
  2. come from land movements
  3. occur along the plate margins
  4. comes from the Greek word tekton, meaning builder
Down
  1. is the direction the Indo-Australian plate is moving
  2. flows outwards from the interior of the earth
  3. increases with depth

7 Clues: increases with depth • come from land movements • occur along the plate margins • is the direction the Pacific plate is moving • flows outwards from the interior of the earth • comes from the Greek word tekton, meaning builder • is the direction the Indo-Australian plate is moving

Plate Tectonic Key Words 2021-06-17

Plate Tectonic Key Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The peak ... is the largest increase in velocity
  2. An area of rock that has been bent by stress
  3. An instrument that records the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake
  4. Rock formed by accumulation or deposition
  5. Any attempt to deform a solid
  6. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material
  7. The top layer of the earth
  8. The middle layer of earth
  9. The layer after the outer core
  10. Sub marine mountain ridges where new seafloor is created by seafloor spreading
  11. Compare the size of earthquakes
  12. Earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics
  13. mountain formed by plate tectonics filled with magma
  14. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
Down
  1. Theory that the configuration of earth's continents was once different than it is today
  2. Where plates slide sideways from each other
  3. The breaking down of rocks and minerals
  4. A region of extremely high pressure underlying the lithosphere
  5. Measures and records details of earthquakes
  6. The belief of a one continent earth
  7. A depression in Earth's crust
  8. Rock having solidified from lava or magma
  9. The recording of the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake
  10. A split between two bodies/plates that were once joined
  11. An abbreviation used by earth scientists, meaning "million years"
  12. tectonics Slab of solid rock composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  13. A dark coloured igneous rock

27 Clues: The middle layer of earth • The top layer of the earth • A dark coloured igneous rock • Any attempt to deform a solid • A depression in Earth's crust • The layer after the outer core • Compare the size of earthquakes • The belief of a one continent earth • A sudden violent shaking of the ground • The breaking down of rocks and minerals • ...

PLATE TECTONICES 2013-10-31

PLATE TECTONICES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. valleys
  2. currents
  3. boundaries
  4. boundaries
  5. tectonics
Down
  1. spreading
  2. drift

7 Clues: drift • valleys • currents • spreading • tectonics • boundaries • boundaries

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN 2022-05-09

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN crossword puzzle
Across
  1. relating to, or containing sediment.
  2. to change in composition or structure.
  3. moving or extending in different directions.
  4. a slow movement of the continents on a deep-seated viscous zone within the earth.
Down
  1. the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement.
  2. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other.
  3. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  4. of or relating to metamorphosis.
  5. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
  6. formed by solidification of magma.

10 Clues: of or relating to metamorphosis. • formed by solidification of magma. • relating to, or containing sediment. • to change in composition or structure. • moving or extending in different directions. • the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. • the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement. • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other. • ...

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN 2022-05-09

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN crossword puzzle
Across
  1. relating to, or containing sediment.
  2. a slow movement of the continents on a deep-seated viscous zone within the earth.
  3. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other.
  4. to change in composition or structure.
Down
  1. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
  2. the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement.
  3. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  4. formed by solidification of magma.
  5. moving or extending in different directions.
  6. of or relating to metamorphosis.

10 Clues: of or relating to metamorphosis. • formed by solidification of magma. • relating to, or containing sediment. • to change in composition or structure. • moving or extending in different directions. • the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. • the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement. • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other. • ...

South America - Phys. Geo - Pgs. 190-191 & ISN Notes 2017-03-27

South America - Phys. Geo - Pgs. 190-191 & ISN Notes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. region of upper elevation in eastern S. America
  2. also known as plants
  3. type of crop grown in the Llanos region
  4. type of climate in the Andes
  5. type of herds grazing in the Llanos region
  6. highlands that contains the tallest waterfall
  7. main vegetation found in the Amazon River Basin
  8. grassland region in northern S. America
  9. type of crop grown in the Pampas
  10. the Pampas and Llanos are examples of this
  11. region in which you can find the Andes
Down
  1. covers 2.7 million sq. miles in S. America
  2. main vegetation of the Llanos and Pampas
  3. tallest waterfall in the world
  4. rich soil and grassy region of Argentina
  5. these are active in the Andes because of plate tectonics
  6. main type of climate throughout S. America
  7. percentage of the world's freshwater drained by the Amazon River Basin
  8. a tectonic plate that helped form the Andes
  9. stretches 5,500 miles through S. America

20 Clues: also known as plants • type of climate in the Andes • tallest waterfall in the world • type of crop grown in the Pampas • region in which you can find the Andes • type of crop grown in the Llanos region • grassland region in northern S. America • main vegetation of the Llanos and Pampas • rich soil and grassy region of Argentina • stretches 5,500 miles through S. America • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-15

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Long narrow mountains formed by magma at divergent boundaries
  2. Two plates move toward each other
  3. Vents in earth's crust through which molten rock flows
  4. Blocks of crust that move horizontally past each other
  5. The partially melted portion of the mantle
  6. The size of an earthquake
  7. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges push plates away from the ridge
  8. Earth is broken down into large rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
  9. This rock is formed by erosion
  10. Two plates collide, one can sink other the other, when this happens it pulls on the rest of the plate
Down
  1. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  2. The crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  3. This rock is formed by heat and pressure
  4. The circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy
  5. Two plates move away from each other
  6. Magma that erupts onto earth's surface
  7. Molten rock stored beneath earth's surface
  8. A crack or fracture in earth's crust along which movement occurs
  9. A vibration caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a crack in earth's crust
  10. This rock is formed when hot molten rock crystallizes

20 Clues: The size of an earthquake • This rock is formed by erosion • Two plates move toward each other • Two plates move away from each other • Magma that erupts onto earth's surface • This rock is formed by heat and pressure • The crust and uppermost part of the mantle • Molten rock stored beneath earth's surface • The partially melted portion of the mantle • ...

plate boundaries 2022-11-01

plate boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hypothesis that new ocean crust is formed
  2. 2 tectonic plates come together and overlap
  3. Convection currents in the molten rock
  4. A large elongated depression
Down
  1. The hypothesis that continents were joined as a single landmass
  2. 2 plates slide past each other
  3. When an oceanic plate hits a continental plate and then slides under it
  4. 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
  5. A mid ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  6. Huge pieces of earths crust that cover its surface and fit together at their edges

10 Clues: A large elongated depression • 2 plates slide past each other • Convection currents in the molten rock • Hypothesis that new ocean crust is formed • 2 tectonic plates come together and overlap • The hypothesis that continents were joined as a single landmass • 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions • ...

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN 2022-05-09

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN crossword puzzle
Across
  1. relating to, or containing sediment.
  2. a slow movement of the continents on a deep-seated viscous zone within the earth.
  3. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other.
  4. to change in composition or structure.
Down
  1. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
  2. the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement.
  3. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  4. formed by solidification of magma.
  5. moving or extending in different directions.
  6. of or relating to metamorphosis.

10 Clues: of or relating to metamorphosis. • formed by solidification of magma. • relating to, or containing sediment. • to change in composition or structure. • moving or extending in different directions. • the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. • the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement. • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other. • ...

Brennan's Crossword 2015-03-19

Brennan's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long high wave caused by a earthquake.
  2. polarity, is caused by exposing your compass with iron
  3. Drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through time.
  4. a sudden a violent shaking of the ground.
  5. pull, motion of tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  6. ridge, underwater mountain range created by tectonic plates
  7. What was the name of super continent.
Down
  1. the vertical of atmosphere properties, especially upward.
  2. floor spreading, is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. plate boundary, the line that exist between the two tectonic plates that are moving away.
  4. the rigid outermost shell of a planet.
  5. polarity, when the magnetic north pole is located at the geographic south pole.
  6. a huge water like tornado.
  7. push, sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  8. boundary, a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of the axis.
  9. collision of earth's crustal plates result in one plates being drawn down or overridden by another.
  10. plates , this is what allows the continents to drift over time.
  11. reversal, a change in the earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south.
  12. a mountain or hill that has a hollow inside where lava/magma shoots out.

19 Clues: a huge water like tornado. • What was the name of super continent. • the rigid outermost shell of a planet. • a long high wave caused by a earthquake. • a sudden a violent shaking of the ground. • the vertical of atmosphere properties, especially upward. • polarity, is caused by exposing your compass with iron • ...

Destructive and Constructive Forces - Cole Emerine and Varun Sripada 2017-06-01

Destructive and Constructive Forces - Cole Emerine and Varun Sripada crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by wind moving across the surface of the water in the ocean. This destructive force erodes away at the ocean shore.
  2. A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface.
  3. force A force that builds up the Earth.
  4. A constructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  5. A destructive boundary in plate tectonics.
Down
  1. Process by which magma reaches the surface (Lava) and cools to add new rock to the surface of the Earth.
  2. The process by which sediment is laid down by erosion and builds up on the Earth's surface
  3. force A force that breaks down the Earth.
  4. Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface.

9 Clues: force A force that builds up the Earth. • force A force that breaks down the Earth. • A destructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A constructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface. • Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface. • ...

Unit 1: Intro to Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-09-19

Unit 1: Intro to Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a denser, heavier oceanic plate slips below a lighter continental plate, it is called ___________
  2. Plate ____________: the theory that the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into parts, called plates, that move on top of the mantle
  3. The name of the landmass that existed when all continents were joined as one
  4. ________________ currents: the cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking which propels plate movement
  5. A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates seperate
  6. Seafloor ______________: Occurs at divergent boundaries boundaries in the ocean along a mid-ocean ridge
Down
  1. The layer of the Earth that consist of the crust and the upper mantle, it is responsible for the movement of the plates
  2. A _____________ plate boundary forms where two plates collide
  3. A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
  4. The thinnest and coolest layer of the Earth, on which we currently live
  5. Continental ___________: the hypothesis that states that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth, it sits below the crust and is made up of melted rock
  7. A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other

13 Clues: A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle • A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates seperate • A _____________ plate boundary forms where two plates collide • The thinnest and coolest layer of the Earth, on which we currently live • A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other • ...

Destructive and Constructive Forces 2017-06-01

Destructive and Constructive Forces crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by wind moving across the surface of the water in the ocean. This destructive erodes away at the ocean shore.
  2. The process by which sediment is laid down by erosion and builds up on the Earth's surface
  3. A constructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  4. force A force that breaks down the Earth.
  5. eruptions Process by which magma reaches the surface (Lava) and cools to add new rock to the surface of the Earth.
Down
  1. A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface.
  2. A destructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  3. force A force that builds up the Earth.
  4. Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface.

9 Clues: force A force that builds up the Earth. • force A force that breaks down the Earth. • A destructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A constructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface. • Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface. • ...

Destructive and Constructive Forces - Cole Emerine and Varun Sripada 2017-06-01

Destructive and Constructive Forces - Cole Emerine and Varun Sripada crossword puzzle
Across
  1. eruptions Process by which magma reaches the surface (Lava) and cools to add new rock to the surface of the Earth.
  2. A constructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  3. force A force that breaks down the Earth.
  4. Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface.
Down
  1. A destructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  2. A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface.
  3. force A force that builds up the Earth.
  4. The process by which sediment is laid down by erosion and builds up on the Earth's surface
  5. Caused by wind moving across the surface of the water in the ocean. This destructive erodes away at the ocean shore.

9 Clues: force A force that builds up the Earth. • force A force that breaks down the Earth. • A destructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A constructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface. • Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface. • ...

Destructive and Constructive Forces - Cole Emerine and Varun Sripada 2017-06-01

Destructive and Constructive Forces - Cole Emerine and Varun Sripada crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface.
  2. force A force that builds up the Earth.
  3. A destructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  4. The process by which sediment is laid down by erosion and builds up on the Earth's surface
  5. Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface.
Down
  1. force A force that breaks down the Earth.
  2. Process by which magma reaches the surface (Lava) and cools to add new rock to the surface of the Earth.
  3. A constructive boundary in plate tectonics.
  4. Caused by wind moving across the surface of the water in the ocean. This destructive erodes away at the ocean shore.

9 Clues: force A force that builds up the Earth. • force A force that breaks down the Earth. • A destructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A constructive boundary in plate tectonics. • A slowly moving mass of ice that overtime shapes Earth's surface. • Water that falls from the atmosphere that contributes to the erosion of Earth's surface. • ...

u3l2 2024-01-23

u3l2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. reversal
  2. drift
Down
  1. zone
  2. current
  3. spreading
  4. tectonics

6 Clues: zone • drift • current • reversal • spreading • tectonics

Vocabulary: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics 2021-12-14

Vocabulary: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fracture or break in the rocks that make up Earth’s crust
  2. The process that occurs at midocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed.
  3. scrapes on rock where a glacier once moved
  4. The deepest parts of the ocean floor
  5. German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  6. The type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  7. The type of plate boundary where two plates separate or divide.
  8. The type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  9. An underwater mountain range formed where two of Earth’s oceanic tectonics plates move apart or separate
  10. The location where one tectonic plate comes in contact with another.
Down
  1. The process in Earth’s mantle that scientists believe is driving the movement of the plates due to the heating and cooling of magma.
  2. A lowland region that forms where two of Earth's continental tectonic plates move apart or separate
  3. The broken sections of Earth’s crust; they constantly move around on Earth’s mantle
  4. The process that occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate because it is more dense
  5. The supercontinent that included all current land masses before they split apart
  6. A curved chain of volcanic islands
  7. A theory stating that all of the continents on Earth used to be joined as one giant landmass and have since slowly drifted to their current locations

17 Clues: A curved chain of volcanic islands • The deepest parts of the ocean floor • scrapes on rock where a glacier once moved • The type of plate boundary where two plates collide • A fracture or break in the rocks that make up Earth’s crust • German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift • The type of plate boundary where two plates separate or divide. • ...

Plate Tectonics and Land Features 2015-02-24

Plate Tectonics and Land Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust Outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans
  2. Boundary two tectonics that are moving away from each other
  3. Tectonics Sections of the Earth's lithosphere
  4. Current transfers heat from one place to another
  5. Ridge Created by seafloor spreading; Formed at divergent boundaries
  6. Upper part of Earth's mantle; beneath the lithosphere
  7. Boundary Two tectonic plates slide away and against each other
  8. A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor
Down
  1. Boundary two tectonic plates are moving toward each other and collide
  2. When the lithosphere is pulling away from each other creating cracks or fissures
  3. When the continents were all connected together
  4. Drift Movement of the continents
  5. Crust The outer layer of Earth
  6. Outer part of Earth including crust and mantle
  7. Spreading New oceanic crust that is created by volcanic activity

15 Clues: Crust The outer layer of Earth • Drift Movement of the continents • Tectonics Sections of the Earth's lithosphere • A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor • Outer part of Earth including crust and mantle • When the continents were all connected together • Current transfers heat from one place to another • Upper part of Earth's mantle; beneath the lithosphere • ...

science vocab 2023-02-15

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

8 Clues: drift • ridge • trench • boundary • boundary • boundary • spreading • tectonics

Plate Tectonics Assignments 2015-02-04

Plate Tectonics Assignments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Long, narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary.
  2. Place where two of Earth’s tectonic plates are moving toward each other; is associated with trenches, inlands arcs, and folded mountains.
  3. Hess’s theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches; occurs in a continuous cycle of magma intrusion and spreading.
  4. Changes in Earth’s magnetic field over geologic time, recorded in ocean-floor rocks and continental basalt flows.
  5. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
Down
  1. Tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth’s mantle that occurs as the weight of the subducting plate pulls the trailing lithosphere into a subduction zone.
  2. States that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates, which are huge rock slabs that move in different directions and at different rates over Earth’s surface.
  3. Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
  4. Tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth’s mantle that occurs when the weight of an elevated ridge pushes an oceanic plate toward a subduction zone.
  5. Place where two of Earth’s tectonic plates are moving apart; is associated with volcanism, earthquakes, and high heat flow, and is found primarily on the seafloor.
  6. Study of Earth’s magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks that have recorded the orientation of Earth’s magnetic field at the time of their formation.
  7. Wegener’s hypothesis that Earth’s continents were joined as a single landmass, called Pangaea, that broke apart about 200 million years ago and slowly moved to their present situations.
  8. Place where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each another that is characterized by long faults and shallow earthquakes.
  9. Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
  10. Line on a map that connects points of the same age.

15 Clues: Line on a map that connects points of the same age. • Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate. • Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields. • Long, narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-02-28

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rigid layer of the earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  2. volcanic activity or phenomena
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  4. two plates sliding against each other
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  6. the movement of the plates that make up earth's crust
  7. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
Down
  1. german meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis.
  2. process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water
  3. part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its subduction
  4. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  7. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. a feature on the earth's surface that's a part of the terrain

15 Clues: volcanic activity or phenomena • two plates sliding against each other • the movement of the plates that make up earth's crust • a feature on the earth's surface that's a part of the terrain • part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its subduction • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
  2. the layer below the crust, made up of a mix of magma and rock
  3. the process of magma rising out of cracks in the Earth's crust and hardening into new rock at the bottom of the ocean
  4. undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean
  5. an idea that can be tested by investigation or experimentation
  6. rock that comes from smaller rocks and/or living matter being pushed together
  7. The Earth's crust is broken up into this large slabs of rock
Down
  1. these currest in the mantle push the tectonic plates to move around
  2. a super continent that existed at the time of the dinosaurs, was made up of all the current continents combined to form one massive landmass.
  3. rock that comes from other rock being given lots of heat and pressure
  4. the man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift
  5. the outermost layer of the Earth, mostly solid rock with small amounts of metal and magma
  6. the idea that the continents of the Earth have moved around the world over the course of millions of years
  7. long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains
  8. rock that comes from magma or lava cooling

15 Clues: rock that comes from magma or lava cooling • long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains • undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean • the sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle • the man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift • The Earth's crust is broken up into this large slabs of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics crossword 2023-01-10

Plate Tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is between the mantle and the inner core
  2. the outermost part of the earth
  3. German scientist who had a theory on how pangaea separated
  4. used to be one single piece of land
  5. This is located at the top of the crust to the mantle
  6. A hypothesis that states that there used to be one single land but drifted away since then.
  7. A crack in the earth
Down
  1. when two plates move toward each other
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. a valley that moves away from each other because of the plates
  4. a series of mountain form underwater
  5. this is located in the center of the earth
  6. This layer is between the crust and core
  7. the top of the mantle to the outer core
  8. A deep canyon on the ocean floor

15 Clues: A crack in the earth • the outermost part of the earth • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • used to be one single piece of land • a series of mountain form underwater • when two plates move toward each other • the top of the mantle to the outer core • This layer is between the crust and core • When two plates move away from each other • ...

vocab list 2024-04-12

vocab list crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where tectonic plates slide past each other. causes earthquakes
  2. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  3. rock formed when magma or lava cools or hardens
  4. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  5. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonics plates
  6. a group of the same species living in the same area
  7. fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust
  8. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  9. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  10. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
Down
  1. extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  2. formed as a result of high tempature and pressuredeep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  3. located between the mantle and the outer core
  4. deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  5. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  6. hot material rises, cooler materials sink. it drivesplate tectonics
  7. large, rigid pieces of the earths lithoshpere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  8. an opening int eh earths crust through which molten rock is puched out and creates new rock
  9. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull part and magma rises
  10. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  11. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass

21 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when magma or lava cools or hardens • fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust • a group of the same species living in the same area • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Earthquakes! 2020-05-25

Earthquakes! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dan McKenzie used this to help him with his work on plate tectonics but it was very very slow!
  2. Earthquakes don't happen over 700km below ground because the rocks are very ___
  3. Tropical plant fossils have been found here suggesting it used to be on a warmer bit of the earth than it is now!
  4. This country is on the boarder of three tectonic plates so has a lot of earthquakes
  5. The country Dan McKenzie was in when he published his ideas about plate tectonics (He was famous here but not in England!)
  6. A magnitude 2 earthquake moves the earth ___ times more than a magnitude 1 earthquake.
Down
  1. The most dangerous earthquakes are the opposite of deep.
  2. The piece of equipment used to measure the movement of the earth.
  3. People used to think earthquakes were caused by these happening under the earth.
  4. The name of the ocean wave created by an earthquake
  5. Mesosaur fossils are only found in South America and
  6. An earthquake's energy travels in _____.

12 Clues: An earthquake's energy travels in _____. • The name of the ocean wave created by an earthquake • Mesosaur fossils are only found in South America and • The most dangerous earthquakes are the opposite of deep. • The piece of equipment used to measure the movement of the earth. • Earthquakes don't happen over 700km below ground because the rocks are very ___ • ...

Plate Tectonic Key Words 2021-06-18

Plate Tectonic Key Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer after the outer core
  2. Rock having solidified from lava or magma
  3. The middle layer of earth
  4. An abbreviation used by earth scientists, meaning "million years"
  5. A region of extremely high pressure underlying the lithosphere
  6. tectonics Slab of solid rock composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  7. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
  8. The recording of the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake
  9. Theory that the configuration of earth's continents was once different than it is today
  10. Compare the size of earthquakes
Down
  1. Where plates slide sideways from each other
  2. A depression in Earth's crust
  3. Measures and records details of earthquakes
  4. Sub marine mountain ridges where new seafloor is created by seafloor spreading
  5. mountain formed by plate tectonics filled with magma
  6. A split between two bodies/plates that were once joined
  7. The top layer of the earth
  8. Any attempt to deform a solid
  9. The belief of a one continent earth
  10. An area of rock that has been bent by stress
  11. An instrument that records the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake
  12. The breaking down of rocks and minerals
  13. Rock formed by accumulation or deposition
  14. The peak ... is the largest increase in velocity
  15. A dark coloured igneous rock
  16. Earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics
  17. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material

27 Clues: The middle layer of earth • The top layer of the earth • A dark coloured igneous rock • A depression in Earth's crust • Any attempt to deform a solid • The layer after the outer core • Compare the size of earthquakes • The belief of a one continent earth • A sudden violent shaking of the ground • The breaking down of rocks and minerals • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-12-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who proposed the theory of plate tectonics?
  2. The tectonic plates are made up of the crust and?
  3. How many tectonic plates are there?
  4. What is formed when an oceanic plate moves under a continental one
Down
  1. Which boundaries form when tectonic plates collide?
  2. What is the name of the super continent the person from 6 across discussed?
  3. ______ are cracks in the crust due to plate movements and are areas where earthquakes are likely to occur.
  4. Which major plate is the furthest south?
  5. What the plates must do in order for there to be a divergent boundary
  6. 1-6 inches describes the ______ that tectonic plates move each year

10 Clues: How many tectonic plates are there? • Which major plate is the furthest south? • Who proposed the theory of plate tectonics? • The tectonic plates are made up of the crust and? • Which boundaries form when tectonic plates collide? • What is formed when an oceanic plate moves under a continental one • ...

Elle McComber 2015-04-30

Elle McComber crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Changes orientation of the magnetic field of the earth that have occurred from time to time.
  2. Proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  3. Place where plates slide past each other.
  4. An actively deforming region where two plates move toward each other and collide.
  5. The study of the magnetic record in rocks.
  6. Gradual movement of continents across earth's surface.
  7. A line on a map connecting points to the same time.
Down
  1. The process of the ocean floor moving away from
  2. An instrument used for measuring magnetic forces.
  3. ocean ridge.
  4. A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. The theory that earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  6. A linear-shaped lowland between several highlands created by the action of a geographic fault.
  7. The sideways and downward movement of a plate of the earths crust into the mantle.
  8. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  9. The landmass that existed when all continents were joined.

16 Clues: ocean ridge. • Place where plates slide past each other. • The study of the magnetic record in rocks. • The process of the ocean floor moving away from • An instrument used for measuring magnetic forces. • A line on a map connecting points to the same time. • Gradual movement of continents across earth's surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
  2. A super continent that existed at the time of the dinosaurs, was made up of all the current continents combined to form one massive landmass.
  3. The layer below the crust, made up of a mix of magma and rock
  4. Undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean
  5. Long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains
  6. The idea that the continents of the Earth have moved around the world over the course of millions of years
  7. These currents in the mantle push the tectonic plates to move around
Down
  1. The Earth's crust is broken up into these large slabs of rock
  2. Rock that comes from smaller rocks and/or living matter being pushed together
  3. An idea that can be tested by investigation or experimentation
  4. Rock that comes from other rock being given lots of heat and pressure
  5. The process of magma rising out of cracks in the Earth's crust and hardening into new rock at the bottom of the ocean
  6. The outermost layer of the Earth, mostly solid rock with small amounts of metal and magma
  7. The man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift
  8. Rock that comes from magma or lava cooling

15 Clues: Rock that comes from magma or lava cooling • Long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains • Undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean • The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle • The man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift • The Earth's crust is broken up into these large slabs of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics Assignments 2015-02-04

Plate Tectonics Assignments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Place where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each another that is characterized by long faults and shallow earthquakes.
  2. Wegener’s hypothesis that Earth’s continents were joined as a single landmass, called Pangaea, that broke apart about 200 million years ago and slowly moved to their present situations.
  3. Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
  4. Hess’s theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches; occurs in a continuous cycle of magma intrusion and spreading.
  5. Line on a map that connects points of the same age.
  6. Place where two of Earth’s tectonic plates are moving toward each other; is associated with trenches, inlands arcs, and folded mountains.
  7. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
  8. Tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth’s mantle that occurs when the weight of an elevated ridge pushes an oceanic plate toward a subduction zone.
  9. Tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth’s mantle that occurs as the weight of the subducting plate pulls the trailing lithosphere into a subduction zone.
Down
  1. Study of Earth’s magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks that have recorded the orientation of Earth’s magnetic field at the time of their formation.
  2. States that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates, which are huge rock slabs that move in different directions and at different rates over Earth’s surface.
  3. Long, narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary.
  4. Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
  5. Place where two of Earth’s tectonic plates are moving apart; is associated with volcanism, earthquakes, and high heat flow, and is found primarily on the seafloor.
  6. Changes in Earth’s magnetic field over geologic time, recorded in ocean-floor rocks and continental basalt flows.

15 Clues: Line on a map that connects points of the same age. • Process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate. • Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields. • Long, narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary. • ...

Plate tectonics vocab 2020-02-02

Plate tectonics vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanic regions
  2. formed by plates moving away from each other
  3. causes earthquakes
  4. a supercontinent
  5. Boundaries causes island arcs
  6. biggest layer of earth
  7. the hottest part of the planet
Down
  1. causes a rift valleys
  2. when to plates converge and one is on top of the other
  3. relatively low resistance of plastic flow
  4. rigid outermost shell of the earth
  5. the only liquid layer
  6. composed of a variety of rocks
  7. theory of earth outer shell is divided into several plates.
  8. the mass per unit volume

15 Clues: volcanic regions • a supercontinent • causes earthquakes • causes a rift valleys • the only liquid layer • biggest layer of earth • the mass per unit volume • Boundaries causes island arcs • composed of a variety of rocks • the hottest part of the planet • rigid outermost shell of the earth • relatively low resistance of plastic flow • formed by plates moving away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption
  2. the eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of a planet
  3. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  6. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  7. sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere
  8. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
Down
  1. is slid and 90% iron
  2. comes out of a volcano
  3. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
  4. two plates comes together
  5. abroad runded volcano that is built up by successive outpourings of very fluid lava
  6. a dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  7. the part of the earth's crust that makes up the seafloor

15 Clues: is slid and 90% iron • comes out of a volcano • two plates comes together • the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere • two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption • ...

Plate tectonics & features 2023-10-25

Plate tectonics & features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of the equilibrium of the vertical crust
  2. a site of subduction
  3. the movements of the continental plates of the Earth
  4. The organisms living in the soil
  5. the process where one tectonic plate is driven under another plate
  6. Tectonic plates pushing against another or converging
  7. the upper layer of the earth and holds the crust
Down
  1. Tectonic plates spreading apart from another
  2. A geothermally active area on the oceanic crust
  3. the study of the movements of earth's plates
  4. the area off any continental landmass which is partially submerged
  5. Term used to describe different zones of certain ecosystems
  6. The locations where continental plates slide past one another
  7. The layer of the mantle rock below the lithosphere
  8. The process where water is taken out of a material

15 Clues: a site of subduction • The organisms living in the soil • Tectonic plates spreading apart from another • the study of the movements of earth's plates • A geothermally active area on the oceanic crust • the upper layer of the earth and holds the crust • The layer of the mantle rock below the lithosphere • The process where water is taken out of a material • ...

tectonics plate crossword 2013-05-08

tectonics plate crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectoncis large scale of movements of earth lithosphere
  2. thrid layer of earth
  3. boundaries two plates move away from each other
  4. is the soft weak layer of the mantle
  5. boundaries when two plates collide
Down
  1. plates lithosphere divide parts
  2. floor spreading the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks
  3. the super contientent split 245 million yrs. ago
  4. is the outmost rigid layer
  5. rock changes shape
  6. strong lower part of the mantle
  7. is the movementof mantle
  8. bounaries two plates move past each other
  9. second layer of earth
  10. first layer of earth

15 Clues: rock changes shape • thrid layer of earth • first layer of earth • second layer of earth • is the movementof mantle • is the outmost rigid layer • plates lithosphere divide parts • strong lower part of the mantle • boundaries when two plates collide • is the soft weak layer of the mantle • bounaries two plates move past each other • boundaries two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2016-11-13

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The super continent.
  2. A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
  3. The liquid layer of the Earth that surrounds the inner core.
  4. The process that continually adds seafloor.
  5. Heat transfer by direct transfer of particles of matter.
  6. The solid layer of hot magma that is below the crust.
  7. The measure of mass there is in a volume of substance.
Down
  1. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid.
  2. A deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary.
  3. The place where two plates move apart.
  4. The process by which old ocean floor sinks beneath the deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  5. The place where two plates come together.
  6. The place where two plates slide past each other.
  7. Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid.
  8. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been covered by a rock.

15 Clues: The super continent. • The place where two plates move apart. • The place where two plates come together. • The process that continually adds seafloor. • The flow that transfers heat within a fluid. • Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid. • The place where two plates slide past each other. • A deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-02-03

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates slide past each other.
  2. colliding or coming together
  3. the theory that Earth’s outer crust (lithosphere) is divided into several plates that glide over the plastic-like and less rigid asthenosphere.
  4. plate boundaries divide or move apart.
  5. Pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  6. oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench
  7. heat from the sun
  8. As tectonic plates slowly move away from each other, heat from the mantle's convection currents makes the crust more plastic and less dense.
  9. heat transfers through gases and liquids
  10. theory continents were once joined together like a jigsaw puzzle.
Down
  1. theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface.
  2. Transfers energy in the mantle.
  3. squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  4. molecules transfer heat.
  5. stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions

15 Clues: heat from the sun • molecules transfer heat. • colliding or coming together • plates slide past each other. • Transfers energy in the mantle. • oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench • plate boundaries divide or move apart. • squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • heat transfers through gases and liquids • stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions • ...

science plate tectonics 2021-12-10

science plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary. when two plates are pushed together.
  2. igneous rock. when magma/lava cools below the ground it becomes rock.
  3. rock. deeply buried/subject to high temp and pressure from rocks above it.
  4. magma or lava erupts from.
  5. igneous rock. when magma/lava cools above ground it becomes rock
  6. two plates are moving blank from each other and new crust is being formed beneath the water of the ocean as magma rise from the mantle.
  7. when one plate cab go under the other plate melts then erupts as a volcano.
  8. boundary when two plates move along each other/earthquake.
  9. what type of plate boundary is the mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean?
Down
  1. rock. cooling and solidifying of magma/lava.
  2. a shaking in the ground.
  3. cycle when heat and pressure make it less dense. it pushes the material together.
  4. what is an example of a hotspot.
  5. the trench formed because the pacific plate is made of?
  6. a hotspot is an area beneath the surface where melted rock is moving blank in a plume.

15 Clues: a shaking in the ground. • magma or lava erupts from. • what is an example of a hotspot. • rock. cooling and solidifying of magma/lava. • boundary. when two plates are pushed together. • the trench formed because the pacific plate is made of? • boundary when two plates move along each other/earthquake. • igneous rock. when magma/lava cools above ground it becomes rock • ...

Plate Tectonics Project 2022-02-28

Plate Tectonics Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic Crust
  2. Divergent Plate Boundary
  3. Convection Current
  4. Continental Drift
  5. Fault
  6. Transform Plate Boundary
  7. Trench
  8. Tectonic Plates
  9. Continental Crust
Down
  1. Rift Valley
  2. Convergent Plate Boundary
  3. Asthenosphere
  4. Subduction
  5. Pangea
  6. Mid-atlantic Ridge

15 Clues: Fault • Pangea • Trench • Subduction • Rift Valley • Oceanic Crust • Asthenosphere • Tectonic Plates • Continental Drift • Continental Crust • Convection Current • Mid-atlantic Ridge • Divergent Plate Boundary • Transform Plate Boundary • Convergent Plate Boundary

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean
  2. An idea that can be tested by investigation or experimentation
  3. The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
  4. The idea that the continents of the Earth have moved around the world over the course of millions of years
  5. Rock that comes from other rock being given lots of heat and pressure
  6. The outermost layer of the Earth, mostly solid rock with small amounts of metal and magma
  7. Rock that comes from smaller rocks and/or living matter being pushed together
  8. The man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift
  9. The Earth's crust is broken up into these large slabs of rock
  10. A super continent that existed at the time of the dinosaurs, was made up of all the current continents combined to form one massive landmass.
Down
  1. These currents in the mantle push the tectonic plates to move around
  2. Long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains
  3. Rock that comes from magma or lava cooling
  4. The layer below the crust, made up of a mix of magma and rock
  5. The process of magma rising out of cracks in the Earth's crust and hardening into new rock at the bottom of the ocean

15 Clues: Rock that comes from magma or lava cooling • Long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains • Undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean • The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle • The man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift • The layer below the crust, made up of a mix of magma and rock • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption
  2. the eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of a planet
  3. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the earth
  6. a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  7. sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere
  8. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
Down
  1. is slid and 90% iron
  2. comes out of a volcano
  3. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth
  4. two plates comes together
  5. abroad runded volcano that is built up by successive outpourings of very fluid lava
  6. a dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  7. the part of the earth's crust that makes up the seafloor

15 Clues: is slid and 90% iron • comes out of a volcano • two plates comes together • the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior • sudden movement of the earth's lithosphere • two tectonic plates move away from each other • places where plates slide sideways past each other • anything thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption • ...

Pangaea & Plate Tectonics 2024-04-16

Pangaea & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. This layer cools down the mantle's rock causing it to sink.
  2. The name of the theory that states all the continents were once joined together and then slowly drifted apart.
  3. A synonym or another name for the sun's energy.
  4. The name of the theory that states earth's surface is broken up into large, rigid pieces called plates.
  5. During convection currents, cold semisolid rock in the mantle will _________.
  6. The specific layer of earth where convection currents occur that move the plates.
  7. The name of the most recent supercontinent.
  8. How many continents make up planet earth?
  9. The warming circulations that occur in the mantle which moves the plates and land above.
Down
  1. South America and Africa have the same exact Mesosaurus __________ proving they were once connected.
  2. During convection currents, hot semisolid rock in the mantle will _________.
  3. Past ____________ evidence such as coal deposits, plant fossils, or reptile bones prove Antarctica used to be warm and near the equator.
  4. America and Europe have ___________ ranges that are made of the exact same type of rock proving it used to be connected.
  5. This layer heats up the mantle's rock causing it to rise.
  6. The __________ of the continents fit together like puzzle pieces proving they used to be connected.

15 Clues: How many continents make up planet earth? • The name of the most recent supercontinent. • A synonym or another name for the sun's energy. • This layer heats up the mantle's rock causing it to rise. • This layer cools down the mantle's rock causing it to sink. • During convection currents, hot semisolid rock in the mantle will _________. • ...

Fun Crossword Puzzle 2021-01-11

Fun Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock that flows from a volcano
  2. Bodies of water that come to the surface after being heated underground by magma are known as natural
  3. At this type of boundary rocks are broken as the plate grind
  4. Where two tectonics plate come together or coverage and overlap
  5. Opposite of cold
Down
  1. Is a layer below the crust
  2. Ash clouds contain poisonous
  3. They are two tectonic plate moving away from each other in opposite direction
  4. Valley occurs at divergent boundary

9 Clues: Opposite of cold • Is a layer below the crust • Ash clouds contain poisonous • Valley occurs at divergent boundary • Molten rock that flows from a volcano • At this type of boundary rocks are broken as the plate grind • Where two tectonics plate come together or coverage and overlap • They are two tectonic plate moving away from each other in opposite direction • ...

Seafloor Spreading 2023-02-28

Seafloor Spreading crossword puzzle
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  1. the formation of new areas in oceanic crust
  2. Spreads apart pushing older rock farther away
  3. the border between two plates.
  4. uses sound waves to locate things in the sea
  5. discovered seafloor spreading using sonar
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  1. found under the oceans and formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges
  2. cause to break away through faulting caused by plate tectonics
  3. oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it
  4. Lowland religion that forms where the earth section moves apart.

9 Clues: the border between two plates. • discovered seafloor spreading using sonar • the formation of new areas in oceanic crust • uses sound waves to locate things in the sea • Spreads apart pushing older rock farther away • cause to break away through faulting caused by plate tectonics • Lowland religion that forms where the earth section moves apart. • ...

Samir Harris 2022-04-29

Samir Harris crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
  2. The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics
  3. the rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms
  4. to change from one thing to another
Down
  1. Material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid
  2. The dynamics of plate movement
  3. Arithmetical subtraction
  4. rock formed by the molten magma
  5. Departing from convention
  6. rock altered by pressure and heat

10 Clues: Arithmetical subtraction • Departing from convention • The dynamics of plate movement • rock formed by the molten magma • rock altered by pressure and heat • to change from one thing to another • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • Material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid • The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics • ...

ocean 2021-12-30

ocean crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two dence plates collide
  2. plates slide past eahcother
  3. the outer shell of the earth
Down
  1. partly melted rock under the lithosphere
  2. the study of the formation and movement of earths plates
  3. two plates colide at equal force
  4. a plate that moves away from another
  5. moves

8 Clues: moves • two dence plates collide • plates slide past eahcother • the outer shell of the earth • two plates colide at equal force • a plate that moves away from another • partly melted rock under the lithosphere • the study of the formation and movement of earths plates

Find Me 2024-08-20

Find Me crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A popular volcano in the Philippines known for its perfect shape.
  2. A large volcanic crater formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.
  3. The point where seismic waves originates.
  4. Smaller earthquakes that follows the main shock of larger earthquake.
  5. Comprised by the Earth's crust and the upper mantle.
  6. The outer layer of the Earth.
  7. Instrument that records earthquake waves.
  8. The circular movement within the Earth's mantle that drives plate tectonics.
Down
  1. A type of boundary where plates collide.
  2. Molten rock
  3. A mountain formed from the eruption of lava.
  4. A crack in the Earth's crust.
  5. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  6. A scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.
  7. Large sections of the Earth's crust that move.
  8. Large sea waves caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
  9. The process where one tectonic plate moves under another.
  10. Deep depression in the ocean floor caused by subduction of a tectonic plate.
  11. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus

19 Clues: Molten rock • A crack in the Earth's crust. • The outer layer of the Earth. • A type of boundary where plates collide. • The point where seismic waves originates. • Instrument that records earthquake waves. • A mountain formed from the eruption of lava. • Large sections of the Earth's crust that move. • Comprised by the Earth's crust and the upper mantle. • ...

Gianni Marchelli 2022-04-28

Gianni Marchelli crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a plate goes under another
  2. A rock made from sediment of other rocks
  3. a rock cooled from magma or lava
  4. A material made by weathering and erosion
  5. When two plates move agents each other
  6. A Massive shape of rock
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  1. A rock that has formed from a type of rock
  2. when the plates are moving
  3. When something moves apart from one another
  4. When something moves closer to another

10 Clues: A Massive shape of rock • when the plates are moving • When a plate goes under another • a rock cooled from magma or lava • When something moves closer to another • When two plates move agents each other • A rock made from sediment of other rocks • A material made by weathering and erosion • A rock that has formed from a type of rock • ...

Unit 8.2.2 Vocab 2023-11-14

Unit 8.2.2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  2. Curved chains of volcanic islands
  3. When tectonic plates split apart from each other
  4. When tectonic plates move towards each other and collide
  5. Created when tectonic plates are pushed together
  6. Steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean
  7. When tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. Made up of lower crust and uppermost mantle, above asthenosphere
  2. Volcanic areas that are fed by the underlying mantle
  3. An ancient supercontinent that eventually split into the 7 continents
  4. When tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
  5. When one tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate
  6. A fracture or zone of fractures between 2 pieces of rock
  7. Made up of the upper mantle, below lithosphere
  8. A region where tectonic plates move apart

15 Clues: Curved chains of volcanic islands • A region where tectonic plates move apart • Made up of the upper mantle, below lithosphere • When tectonic plates move away from each other • When tectonic plates split apart from each other • Created when tectonic plates are pushed together • Steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-06-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor)
  2. (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake)
  3. (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus)
  4. Pull (The force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate it is attached to)
  5. (an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt)
  6. (the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts)
  7. (a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements)
  8. (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.)
  9. Plate Boundary (when two plates come together)
Down
  1. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other)
  2. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another)
  3. floor spreading (process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other)
  4. Convection (Mantle convection describes the movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere)
  5. (the great size or extent of something)
  6. ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics)
  7. Push (The newly-formed plates slide sideways off these high areas, pushing the plate in front of them resulting in a _____-____ mechanism)
  8. Waves (an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means)
  9. of Plate Tectonic (Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the Earth's rocky inner layer above the soft core)

18 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • ...

Tectonic Plate Project 2022-11-01

Tectonic Plate Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When plates move away from each other?
  2. Magma rising is?
  3. Plate interaction is?
  4. when plates slide past eachtother it is
  5. Movement of plates is?
Down
  1. What is the super continent?
  2. Very old is?
  3. Tectonic?
  4. The boundary in which plates collide?
  5. Remains of an animal?

10 Clues: Tectonic? • Very old is? • Magma rising is? • Plate interaction is? • Remains of an animal? • Movement of plates is? • What is the super continent? • The boundary in which plates collide? • When plates move away from each other? • when plates slide past eachtother it is

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-06-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convection (Mantle convection describes the movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere)
  2. (the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts)
  3. floor spreading (process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other)
  4. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another)
  5. Waves (an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means)
  6. of Plate Tectonic (Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the Earth's rocky inner layer above the soft core)
  7. (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.)
  8. (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor)
Down
  1. (a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements)
  2. Plate Boundary (when two plates come together)
  3. Push (The newly-formed plates slide sideways off these high areas, pushing the plate in front of them resulting in a _____-____ mechanism)
  4. (the great size or extent of something)
  5. (an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt)
  6. ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics)
  7. (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake)
  8. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other)
  9. Pull (The force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate it is attached to)
  10. (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus)

18 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • ...

Q4 2024-05-22

Q4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. largest volcanoes which form from low viscosity lava creating gentle slopes that can form islands such as Hawaii.
  2. made of dense liquid rock and is the thickest interior layer of Earth
  3. the driving force of plate tectonics, occurs in the mantle
  4. when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  5. A massive slab or rock made up of Earth's lithosphere is called a
  6. contain non-toxic gasses and have no fiery particles that can destroy objects.
Down
  1. alternating polarities in ocean rock around diverging plate boundaries is evidence for what
  2. What is the location above the focus where an earthquake is the strongest and the most damage occurs
  3. volcanoes that made up of pyroclastic materials and are small, steep and only erupt once.
  4. liquid layer surrounding the inner core.
  5. An area where two or more tectonic plates bump into each other
  6. tall, volcanoes that form from high viscosity lava and can have explosive eruptions.
  7. The place inside Earth where an earthquake originates

13 Clues: liquid layer surrounding the inner core. • The place inside Earth where an earthquake originates • the driving force of plate tectonics, occurs in the mantle • when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate • An area where two or more tectonic plates bump into each other • A massive slab or rock made up of Earth's lithosphere is called a • ...

Earth Science 2023-05-17

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks formed from grains of eroded rock or undecomposed parts of plants or animals.
  2. Water enters the atmosphere from plants in the form of _____________.
  3. The god of storms and violent weather.
  4. Comes from the Japanese words 'tsu' meaning "harbour" and 'nami', meaning "wave".
  5. Water _________ to form clouds.
  6. The solid part of the earth.
  7. The thickest section of the Earth.
  8. The water component of the Earth.
  9. Means "building".
Down
  1. Heat from the Sun causes water to _________.
  2. A layer of gases surrounding the planet.
  3. Means that one plate is forced downwards, underneath another plate.
  4. The outermost layer of Earth.
  5. The zone of life on Earth.
  6. Water falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet or hail and is called _____________.
  7. The sky father.
  8. Rocks formed from magma.
  9. The earth mother.

18 Clues: The sky father. • The earth mother. • Means "building". • Rocks formed from magma. • The zone of life on Earth. • The solid part of the earth. • The outermost layer of Earth. • Water _________ to form clouds. • The water component of the Earth. • The thickest section of the Earth. • The god of storms and violent weather. • A layer of gases surrounding the planet. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Consists of Earth's crust and upper mantle and is where plate tectonics occur
  2. The study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals
  3. One plate sinks beneath the other
  4. The study of life on earth reflected in the fossil record
  5. Tectonic plate boundary where crust is destroyed as plates move toward each other
  6. Thinnest layer of the Earth, often described as rigid and fragile, while containing a majority of the elements found on Earth (>90% silicon and oxygen)
Down
  1. The study of earthquakes
  2. Tectonic plate boundary where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as plates slide past each other
  3. Tectonic plate boundary where new crust is formed as plates move apart from each other
  4. Thickest layer of the Earth made of molten rock, described as plasticity, and comprises of mainly the following elements: silicon, oxygen, and magnesium
  5. Within the upper mantle and is the weak, easily deformed layer of the Earth that the tectonic plates slide over
  6. Solid, dense ball made up of iron and nickel
  7. The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere (a.k.a. space, the final frontier)
  8. The study of the history of Earth and its life recorded in rocks
  9. Liquid molten rock, containing mostly iron and nickel

15 Clues: The study of earthquakes • One plate sinks beneath the other • Solid, dense ball made up of iron and nickel • Liquid molten rock, containing mostly iron and nickel • The study of life on earth reflected in the fossil record • The study of the history of Earth and its life recorded in rocks • ...

Geography - Plate Tectonics 2018-03-05

Geography - Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the actual location that the earthquake takes place (always in the crust)
  2. molten rock under the crust
  3. this measures how strong an earthquake is
  4. a long tube or pipe that allows magma to escape to the surface
  5. the thickest section of the earth and it is often described as semi molten
  6. when two continental plates move alongside each other
  7. when two continental plates collide and they form fold mountains
  8. molten rock on the surface of the earth
  9. the location on the surface directly above the focus
Down
  1. a hole in the earth's surface where magma,gas or ash escapes onto the earth's surface or into the atmosphere
  2. a series of vibrations or movements in the earth's crust
  3. when two oceanic plates are moving apart
  4. when an oceanic and continental plate collide together. The oceanic plate is then forced under the continental plate
  5. this is an earthquake that happens after the main earthquake occurs
  6. a giant hole left by a volcanic eruption

15 Clues: molten rock under the crust • molten rock on the surface of the earth • when two oceanic plates are moving apart • a giant hole left by a volcanic eruption • this measures how strong an earthquake is • the location on the surface directly above the focus • when two continental plates move alongside each other • a series of vibrations or movements in the earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-10-11

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Africa and South America are examples of these types of plates
  2. simple term for convection currents
  3. boundary that exists when plates pull apart
  4. example of a volcanic island that was created along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  5. term used to name the earth when it was one large continent
  6. term used to describe the tectonic pieces that make up the crust
  7. plasticine-like layer of the Earth
Down
  1. zone/area where a heavier plate is pulled beneath a lighter plate
  2. Pacific and Nazca are examples of these types of crustal plates
  3. Peru-Chile is an example of this feature
  4. fold mountain range that formed along the western edge of South America
  5. first name of the scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift
  6. single large southern super-continent
  7. term used to describe the deposits that remained from glaciers
  8. single large northern super-continent

15 Clues: plasticine-like layer of the Earth • simple term for convection currents • single large southern super-continent • single large northern super-continent • Peru-Chile is an example of this feature • boundary that exists when plates pull apart • term used to name the earth when it was one large continent • Africa and South America are examples of these types of plates • ...

Geology Plate Tectonics 2021-02-02

Geology Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. the third layer of the Earth
  3. the places known as hotspots or hot spots are volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.
  4. when two tectonic plates move away from each other. Along these boundaries, earthquakes are common and magma (molten rock) rises from the Earth's mantle to the surface, solidifying to create new oceanic crust.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  6. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  7. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  8. A change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south, and the magnetic south being aligned with the geographic north. Also called geomagnetic reversal.
Down
  1. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  2. inner core is the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
  3. an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics
  4. current in a fluid that results from convection.
  5. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface.
  6. The Earth's crust is its lightest, most buoyant rock layer.
  7. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

15 Clues: the third layer of the Earth • current in a fluid that results from convection. • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics • The Earth's crust is its lightest, most buoyant rock layer. • inner core is the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost layer of the Earth, mostly solid rock with small amounts of metal and magma
  2. These currents in the mantle push the tectonic plates to move around
  3. The man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift
  4. The idea that the continents of the Earth have moved around the world over the course of millions of years
  5. Undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean
  6. Long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains
  7. Rock that comes from smaller rocks and/or living matter being pushed together
  8. An idea that can be tested by investigation or experimentation
  9. The layer below the crust, made up of a mix of magma and rock
Down
  1. The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
  2. The Earth's crust is broken up into these large slabs of rock
  3. The process of magma rising out of cracks in the Earth's crust and hardening into new rock at the bottom of the ocean
  4. A super continent that existed at the time of the dinosaurs, was made up of all the current continents combined to form one massive landmass.
  5. Rock that comes from other rock being given lots of heat and pressure
  6. Rock that comes from magma or lava cooling

15 Clues: Rock that comes from magma or lava cooling • Long zipper-like chains of undersea mountains • Undersea valleys that are the deepest part of the ocean • The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle • The man who came up with the hypothesis of continent drift • The Earth's crust is broken up into these large slabs of rock • ...