plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

science vocab 2021-12-20

science vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. collision of Earth's plates
  2. Atlantic Ridge ocean ridge located along floor of the Atlantic Ocean
  3. outer layer of the Earth
  4. fault Earth's plates slide past each other
  5. layer of rock between the crust and the outer core
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  1. separation of the Earth's plates
  2. drift continents shift position on the Earth's surface
  3. the Moho
  4. innermost layer of Earth
  5. tectonics scientific theory that the earth's plate are moving

10 Clues: the Moho • outer layer of the Earth • innermost layer of Earth • collision of Earth's plates • separation of the Earth's plates • fault Earth's plates slide past each other • layer of rock between the crust and the outer core • drift continents shift position on the Earth's surface • tectonics scientific theory that the earth's plate are moving • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-20

Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress.
  2. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
  3. Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface.
  4. The process of creating new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridge that moves plates apart.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates come together as result of compression stress.
  6. An underwater volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed.
  7. When dense oceanic plate sinks below a less dense continental plate and melts and creates volcanoes.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions as result of shear stress.
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  1. To cause damage or DESTROY.
  2. Molten rock ON Earth's surface.
  3. To build up or CREATE.
  4. Force behind plate tectonics when heated mantle rises and pushes plates apart and cooled mantle sinks where plates come together.

12 Clues: To build up or CREATE. • To cause damage or DESTROY. • Molten rock ON Earth's surface. • Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface. • An underwater volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed. • A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress. • A plate boundary where two plates come together as result of compression stress. • ...

Geology 2025-04-27

Geology crossword puzzle
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  1. The large, continuous masses of land on the Earth's surface.
  2. A long, narrow, and deep depression on the ocean floor, typically formed at a convergent boundary where subduction occurs.
  3. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, with ranges that match across separated continents.
  4. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. The innermost layer of the Earth, divided into a liquid outer part and a solid inner part.
  6. The transfer of heat by the movement of fluids (like the mantle), driving plate tectonics.
  7. The liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
  8. The southern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea.
  9. The Earth's innermost part, believed to be a solid sphere.
  10. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance 1 to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur. 2
  11. A rupture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape, often found at convergent or divergent boundaries.
  12. The action that continents are constantly undergoing over geological time.
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  1. The outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
  2. A long, narrow elevation on the seafloor, marking a divergent plate boundary where new crust is formed.
  3. Preserved remains or traces of ancient life, used as evidence for continental drift.
  4. A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
  5. The single, enormous ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea.
  6. The northern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea.
  7. The process by which one tectonic plate slides beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  8. The branch of geology concerned with the structure of the earth's crust and its evolution.
  9. Relating to glaciers or ice ages, evidence of which is found on continents now near the equator.
  10. A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.
  11. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock, allowing the blocks to move relative to each other, common at all plate boundaries.
  12. The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  13. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
  14. A large, rigid slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.
  15. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, containing all of Earth's landmasses.
  16. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, often occurring at plate boundaries.
  17. A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  18. Relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
  19. Describes how the shapes of continents, like Africa and South America, fit together.

31 Clues: The layer of the earth between the crust and the core. • The Earth's innermost part, believed to be a solid sphere. • The large, continuous masses of land on the Earth's surface. • The northern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea. • The southern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea. • ...

Dynamic Earth 2018-01-23

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. A longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
  2. Is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines.
  3. The heat transfers due to bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases and liquids, including molten rock.
  4. Is the analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities by identifying their base quantities and units of measure.
  5. Is exactly the opposite of normal faults.
  6. Is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.
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  1. Is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary
  2. Is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It consists of various mountains linked in chains.
  3. Is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth.
  4. The Earth is a fluid layer about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel.
  5. A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
  6. Is a secondary wave where the wave is elastic in body waves.
  7. Where the plates slide sideways past each other.
  8. A record produced by a seismograph.
  9. boundaries: The plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary.

15 Clues: A record produced by a seismograph. • Is exactly the opposite of normal faults. • Where the plates slide sideways past each other. • Is a secondary wave where the wave is elastic in body waves. • Is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary • boundaries: The plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-03-31

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Atlantic Ridge- is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world.
  2. 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.
  3. boundary- are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  4. boundary- is an actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  5. Currents- a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  6. 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.
  7. of Plate Tectonics- a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under,or move past adjacent plates.
  8. a long, narrow ditch.
  9. ranges- a line of mountains connected by high ground.
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  1. boundary- is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. of fire- an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  3. Valley- a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  4. crust- the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the 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. an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
  7. ridges- an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma.
  8. Andreas Fault- a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1300 km through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

17 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • ranges- a line of mountains connected by high ground. • Currents- a current in a fluid that results from convection. • boundary- are places where plates slide sideways past each other. • boundary- is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-12-01

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. type of plate made from Earth's crust that are moving around
  2. Other name for molten rock
  3. a trench of hardened magma caused by two plates moving away
  4. plates sliding next to each other
  5. Caused by underwater plates converging
  6. Well known transform plate boundary in California
  7. Outermost layer of the earth
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  1. Well known rift valley caused by a divergent plate boundary
  2. Tectonic plate underneath land
  3. plates moving away from each other
  4. when two plates converge and eventually push magma out onto the land
  5. Main cause of two plates sliding against each other
  6. Main cause of two plates converging together and crumpling
  7. plates moving towards each other
  8. Tectonic plate underneath the ocean
  9. when two plates converge and one goes under the other

16 Clues: Other name for molten rock • Outermost layer of the earth • Tectonic plate underneath land • plates moving towards each other • plates sliding next to each other • plates moving away from each other • Tectonic plate underneath the ocean • Caused by underwater plates converging • Well known transform plate boundary in California • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. what was the mountain range formed when the Indian plate ran into the Eurasian plate?
  2. what is it called when an area beneath the surface moves melted rock is moving upwards?
  3. what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion
  4. what was the super continent formed 280 millions years ago
  5. where do two plates pull away from each other?
  6. what is the largest mid-ocean ridge?
  7. what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma?
  8. what land structure is formed from a rupture in the earth's crust?
  9. what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented?
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  1. what is the theory that Henry Hess created that helped prove continental drift?
  2. where do two plates collide?
  3. what's the natural disaster that results in lots of shaking on the earth?
  4. what type of rock forms from rock that undergoes lots of heat and pressure?
  5. what is formed when volcanoes erupt underwater, and they tend to have more of a smooth shape?
  6. who was the scientist that is most famous for his theory on Pangea?
  7. where does more dense plates go under less dense plates?

16 Clues: where do two plates collide? • what is the largest mid-ocean ridge? • where do two plates pull away from each other? • what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma? • what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented? • what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion • where does more dense plates go under less dense plates? • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. what is the theory that Henry Hess created that helped prove continental drift?
  2. what was the mountain range formed when the Indian plate ran into the Eurasian plate?
  3. what is the largest mid-ocean ridge?
  4. who was the scientist that is most famous for his theory on Pangea?
  5. what type of rock forms from rock that undergoes lots of heat and pressure?
  6. what land structure is formed from a rupture in the earth's crust?
  7. what's the natural disaster that results in lots of shaking on the earth?
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  1. where do two plates collide?
  2. what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented?
  3. what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion
  4. where does more dense plates go under less dense plates?
  5. what was the super continent formed 280 millions years ago
  6. what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma?
  7. where do two plates pull away from each other?
  8. what is formed when volcanoes erupt underwater, and they tend to have more of a smooth shape?
  9. what is it called when an area beneath the surface moves melted rock is moving upwards?

16 Clues: where do two plates collide? • what is the largest mid-ocean ridge? • where do two plates pull away from each other? • what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma? • what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented? • what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion • where does more dense plates go under less dense plates? • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2024-02-20

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate.
  2. _______ Crust: The outermost layer of Earth’s lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centers on oceanic ridges, which occur at divergent plate boundaries
  3. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  4. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  5. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  6. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  7. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
  8. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
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  1. A vent or fissure in Earth’s surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  2. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  3. The theory that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted.
  4. _______ Crust: The layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores
  5. A system for the detection of objects under water and for measuring the water's depth by emitting sound pulses and detecting or measuring their return after being reflected.
  6. _________ Current: Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical
  7. The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
  8. An area of significantly increased elevation on Earth’s surface, usually rising to a summit

16 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • A vent or fissure in Earth’s surface through which magma and gases are expelled • ...

Fun with Plate Tectonics 2012-11-17

Fun with Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A type of plate movement that occurs when one plate goes under another plate
  2. principle stating that earth's lithosphere floats on a layer called the asthenosphere
  3. ridgid layer of earth about 100km thick
  4. waves some are stoped or bend when they change the material that they are traveling too
  5. mountain form when forces inside earth push up the crust
  6. sudden release of energy within earth's crust that causes wave movement
  7. middle sphere, lower part of the mantle
  8. earth's outermost layer that is thinnest than the other layers
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  1. mass of an object divided by its volume
  2. hot, molten lavathat escapes through an opening in earth's surface
  3. mountain made of huge tilted blocks of rocks
  4. A large Fracture in rock along which movement
  5. It is under tremendus pressure and is made of solid iron and nickel
  6. is a plastic-like layer
  7. mountain formed by the folding of rock layers caused by compression forces
  8. it makes a magnetic field as it rotates
  9. it has three parts called lithosphere,asthenosphere,mesosphere
  10. tectonics A theory explaning the structure of the earth's crust
  11. is a process which products of weathering are moved to another location

19 Clues: is a plastic-like layer • mass of an object divided by its volume • it makes a magnetic field as it rotates • ridgid layer of earth about 100km thick • middle sphere, lower part of the mantle • mountain made of huge tilted blocks of rocks • A large Fracture in rock along which movement • mountain form when forces inside earth push up the crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-11-27

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. forces which move the continents
  2. molten rock in the Earth's mantle
  3. when one plate is forced under another
  4. molten rock that comes out of a volcano
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  1. hard outer layer of the Earth
  2. Vent in the top of the volcano
  3. Plate moving into the S American plate
  4. vibration felt when plates rub together
  5. Hawaiian volcano
  6. small fragments of rock thrown out by a volcano

10 Clues: Hawaiian volcano • hard outer layer of the Earth • Vent in the top of the volcano • forces which move the continents • molten rock in the Earth's mantle • Plate moving into the S American plate • when one plate is forced under another • vibration felt when plates rub together • molten rock that comes out of a volcano • small fragments of rock thrown out by a volcano

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Secondary waves
  2. The outer portion of the mantle
  3. One plate sinks under the other
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  1. Primary waves
  2. Rock layers are bent or curved
  3. eruption The giving off of gases
  4. plate Moves earths solid surface
  5. The sudden release of energy in earths crust
  6. Forms mountains
  7. trench Long depression that wraps the crust

10 Clues: Primary waves • Secondary waves • Forms mountains • Rock layers are bent or curved • The outer portion of the mantle • One plate sinks under the other • eruption The giving off of gases • plate Moves earths solid surface • The sudden release of energy in earths crust • trench Long depression that wraps the crust

Plate Tectonics 2013-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
  2. A dip between 2 areas of higher ground
  3. A sloping line of high-ground contour lines forming a "V" or "U" shape
  4. A deep,narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
  5. A natural elevation smaller than a mountain
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  1. A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region
  2. A hole in the ground or a sinkhole
  3. A low land between mountain ranges that often have streams or rivers
  4. A land formation with a flat area on top and steep walls
  5. A vertical or near vertical feature;It is an abrupt change of land

10 Clues: A hole in the ground or a sinkhole • A dip between 2 areas of higher ground • A natural elevation smaller than a mountain • A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region • A land formation with a flat area on top and steep walls • A vertical or near vertical feature;It is an abrupt change of land • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Cooled and solid rock from the Earth's upper mantle and the crust
  2. A type of boundary where plates slide past one another
  3. One theory of how plates move;Plates sink as they get older
  4. Where continental crust collides with oceanic crust, causing the oceanic crust to slide under the continental crust
  5. A type of boundary where plates come together and collide
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  1. The big mass of land on earth before the plates moved away from each other
  2. The man who discovered the theory of plate tectonics
  3. The zone above a subduction zone where there is a deep, narrow depression in the oceanic crust
  4. A type of boundary where plates spread apart from each other
  5. One theory of how plates move;Hot molten rock moves the plates

10 Clues: The man who discovered the theory of plate tectonics • A type of boundary where plates slide past one another • A type of boundary where plates come together and collide • One theory of how plates move;Plates sink as they get older • A type of boundary where plates spread apart from each other • One theory of how plates move;Hot molten rock moves the plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Tectonics The theory that states that the earth’s crust is made of large sections, or plates.
  2. The crust is the outermost layer of the earth. Compared to the other layers, the crust is very thin and cold.
  3. Boundaries Areas where plates move toward each other and collide.
  4. Boundaries These happen when 2 plates move away from each other. When this happens lava has room to come up through the cracks and form new crust.
  5. Currents The circular movement of a liquid or a gas as it heats. It is believed that convection currents are what moves continental plates.
  6. The large landmass that existed millions of years ago. It broke up to form today’s continents.
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  1. Boundaries where plates essentially grind past each other with no subduction.
  2. Drift The theory that the earth’s continent s used to be joined as a single, large landmass called Pangaea. Pangaea started breaking up millions of years ago. The continents slowly moved to their present positions.
  3. The core is the center of the earth. It is made of solid iron and nickel, surrounded by melted iron and nickel.
  4. The mantle is the middle layer of the earth. The mantle is made of liquid and solid rock that moves and churns.

10 Clues: Boundaries Areas where plates move toward each other and collide. • Boundaries where plates essentially grind past each other with no subduction. • Tectonics The theory that states that the earth’s crust is made of large sections, or plates. • The large landmass that existed millions of years ago. It broke up to form today’s continents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. What flows in the mantel?
  2. Plates moving in one direction cause
  3. What is the largest layer of the earth?
  4. Rocks changed by the effect of heat and pressure of existing rocks under the earth's surface
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  1. Eight continents formed a super-continent known as
  2. Rocks that are formed by cementing together by small grains
  3. Earthquakes formed under the ocean cause
  4. What causes the breakdown of rocks?
  5. A rock that is formed in molten rock cools under or on top of the earth's surface
  6. What is the thinnest and coolest layer of the earth?

10 Clues: What flows in the mantel? • What causes the breakdown of rocks? • Plates moving in one direction cause • What is the largest layer of the earth? • Earthquakes formed under the ocean cause • Eight continents formed a super-continent known as • What is the thinnest and coolest layer of the earth? • Rocks that are formed by cementing together by small grains • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Explains the formation, movement, and subduction of the Earth's plates
  2. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  3. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath the mantle
  4. Tectonic plates moving away from each other
  5. A dense ball of nickel and iron in the center of the Earth
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  1. A place where two plates slip past each other
  2. When earthquakes occur, they produce ______ ______.
  3. How the continents slowly move across the Earth
  4. A super continent that included all landmasses of the Earth
  5. The transfer of heat through space

10 Clues: The transfer of heat through space • Tectonic plates moving away from each other • A place where two plates slip past each other • How the continents slowly move across the Earth • Heat transfer between materials that are touching • When earthquakes occur, they produce ______ ______. • A dense ball of nickel and iron in the center of the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A super continent that included all landmasses of the Earth
  2. When earthquakes occur, they produce ______ ______.
  3. Explains the formation, movement, and subduction of the Earth's plates
  4. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  5. Tectonic plates moving away from each other
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  1. A place where two plates slip past each other
  2. A dense ball of nickel and iron in the center of the Earth
  3. The transfer of heat through space
  4. How the continents slowly move across the Earth
  5. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath the mantle

10 Clues: The transfer of heat through space • Tectonic plates moving away from each other • A place where two plates slip past each other • How the continents slowly move across the Earth • Heat transfer between materials that are touching • When earthquakes occur, they produce ______ ______. • A dense ball of nickel and iron in the center of the Earth • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-02-04

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. sections of earths crust under the ocean
  2. large moving piece of earth's crust
  3. Boundary where two plates collide
  4. Boundary where plates move oppositely
  5. Boundary where plates are moving apart
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  1. Molten rock between the core and crust
  2. outer layer of the earth
  3. where ocean crust slides under continent
  4. large landmass
  5. where magma is found

10 Clues: large landmass • where magma is found • outer layer of the earth • Boundary where two plates collide • large moving piece of earth's crust • Boundary where plates move oppositely • Molten rock between the core and crust • Boundary where plates are moving apart • sections of earths crust under the ocean • where ocean crust slides under continent

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Breaks in the Earth's crust where blocks of crust are moving in different directions.
  2. A valley or depression in the land bordered by fault zones and separating tectonic plates.
  3. Theory that the continental landmasses drifted across the Earth.
  4. A geological process in which the edge of a lithospheric plate slides underneath the edge of an adjacent plate.
  5. Type of boundary where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  6. When a heavier oceanic plate subducts beneath a lighter continental plate, this is formed.
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  1. A geologic process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other at midocean ridges.
  2. Theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  3. Boundary where 2 plates are moving apart form each other.
  4. Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other.

10 Clues: Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other. • Boundary where 2 plates are moving apart form each other. • Theory that the continental landmasses drifted across the Earth. • Type of boundary where two plates are pushing toward each other. • Breaks in the Earth's crust where blocks of crust are moving in different directions. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. push newly formed at a mid ocean
  2. ridge crust on the earth
  3. the layer below crust
  4. boundary plates are running into each other
  5. current magma flows in a circle
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  1. molten rock
  2. is a rocky shell on earth
  3. boundary plates are moving away from each other
  4. pull at subbuction zones a denser tectonic plate
  5. boundary one plate is sliding past the other plate

10 Clues: molten rock • the layer below crust • ridge crust on the earth • is a rocky shell on earth • current magma flows in a circle • push newly formed at a mid ocean • boundary plates are running into each other • boundary plates are moving away from each other • pull at subbuction zones a denser tectonic plate • boundary one plate is sliding past the other plate

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The margin or boundary between two tectonic plates.
  2. Tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to plates that are diverging or moving apart.
  3. A sudden or violent movement within the Earth’s crust followed by a series of shocks.
  4. Molten liquid rock above the surface of the Earth.
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  1. A rigid segment of the Earth’s crust that can ‘float’ across the heavier, semi-molten rock below. Continental crust is less dense but thicker than oceanic crust.
  2. Tectonic plate margin where two plates are converging or coming together and the continental crust is subducted. It can be associated with violent earthquakes and explosive volcanoes.
  3. Tectonic plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  4. The type of crust that forms the Earth's continents.
  5. The type of crust found under oceans.
  6. Molten liquid rock below the surface of the Earth.

10 Clues: The type of crust found under oceans. • Molten liquid rock below the surface of the Earth. • Molten liquid rock above the surface of the Earth. • The margin or boundary between two tectonic plates. • The type of crust that forms the Earth's continents. • Tectonic plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-05-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth
  2. New oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust move away from the ridge
  3. magnetic field reverses directions
  4. the cold and ridge outermost rock layers are called
  5. continents were once part of a supercontinent called
  6. The mountain range in the middle of the ocean are called
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  1. Forms where two plates seperate
  2. polarity, magnetic objects such as compass needles , will orient themselves to point north
  3. earths surface is made of ridge slabs of rocks or plates , that move with respect to each other
  4. polarity, reverse direction and orient themselves and point south

10 Clues: Forms where two plates seperate • magnetic field reverses directions • the cold and ridge outermost rock layers are called • continents were once part of a supercontinent called • The mountain range in the middle of the ocean are called • continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth • polarity, reverse direction and orient themselves and point south • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cause tectonic plates to drift
  2. valley that forms at a divergent boundary
  3. 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other
  4. 2 tectonic plates spreading apart
  5. what earth looked like 200 million years ago
Down
  1. __zone where one plate dunks under the other
  2. long, narrow dip on the seafloor from subduction
  3. Earth's outermost layer, broken into pieces
  4. 2 tectonic plates pushing together
  5. molten rock; located in the mantle

10 Clues: cause tectonic plates to drift • 2 tectonic plates spreading apart • 2 tectonic plates pushing together • molten rock; located in the mantle • valley that forms at a divergent boundary • 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other • Earth's outermost layer, broken into pieces • __zone where one plate dunks under the other • what earth looked like 200 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates that slide against each other.
  2. Center of the Earth.
  3. Thin shell on the outside of the Earth. Normally referred to as “the ground”.
  4. Plates that move away from each other.
  5. Hot fluid underneath the Earth’s crust.
  6. When a plate moves sideways and underneath the mantle, going under a different tectonic plate.
Down
  1. A hole that allows lava to come out from under the Earth; usually found where divergent or convergent plate boundaries reside.
  2. Plates that move towards each other.
  3. The movement of heat through matter.
  4. Shifting of the land caused by all three types of plate boundaries. Results in shaking of the ground and sometimes collapsing of buildings.

10 Clues: Center of the Earth. • Plates that move towards each other. • The movement of heat through matter. • Plates that slide against each other. • Plates that move away from each other. • Hot fluid underneath the Earth’s crust. • Thin shell on the outside of the Earth. Normally referred to as “the ground”. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rocks
  2. Formed form eruption of volcanoes
  3. Moving away from each other
  4. A split or gap
  5. Sliding against each other
  6. One plate under another
Down
  1. Patterns in the magma
  2. Formed by convergent plate boundaries
  3. Formed by plates with same density
  4. Colliding/coming together

10 Clues: Molten rocks • A split or gap • Patterns in the magma • One plate under another • Colliding/coming together • Sliding against each other • Moving away from each other • Formed form eruption of volcanoes • Formed by plates with same density • Formed by convergent plate boundaries

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock, under the ground
  2. when two plates converge and the lighter one slides under the other plate
  3. the layer of the earth under the crust, consists of a upper and lower part
  4. the currents in the mantle that make the plates move
Down
  1. a landform made when two plates collide with each other
  2. the pieces of the crust that can move around, causing earthquakes, mountains, or more crust
  3. a boundary where plates move apart
  4. a boundary where plates bump into each other, making mountains
  5. the plate that is underwater, can subduct
  6. a boundary where plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes

10 Clues: melted rock, under the ground • a boundary where plates move apart • the plate that is underwater, can subduct • the currents in the mantle that make the plates move • a landform made when two plates collide with each other • a boundary where plates bump into each other, making mountains • a boundary where plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes • ...

plate tectonics 2023-09-29

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost layer of earth
  2. plate movement is caused by
  3. what boundary is where tectonic plates converge
  4. happens at transform boundary's
Down
  1. rocks break as the plates grind past eachother
  2. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. caused at transform boundary's
  4. occur at divergent boundary
  5. where the convection currents are located
  6. molten rock

10 Clues: molten rock • outermost layer of earth • plate movement is caused by • occur at divergent boundary • caused at transform boundary's • happens at transform boundary's • where the convection currents are located • two tectonic plates move away from each other • rocks break as the plates grind past eachother • what boundary is where tectonic plates converge

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. convection currents
  2. come together
  3. fissure in rock
  4. movement of currents
Down
  1. away from each other
  2. plates moving
  3. massive area of land
  4. sliding against each other
  5. opening in earths surface
  6. crust broken up

10 Clues: plates moving • come together • crust broken up • fissure in rock • convection currents • away from each other • massive area of land • movement of currents • opening in earths surface • sliding against each other

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock under the Earth's surface
  2. cause the movement of earth's tectonic plates
  3. when plates move away from each other
  4. a fracture between two blocks of rock
Down
  1. when plates come together and overlap
  2. when an oceanic plate begins to slide under a continental plate
  3. openings in the earth where lava erupts to the surface
  4. when plates slide past each other
  5. formation made from divergent boundaries
  6. shaking of the earth caused by moving plates

10 Clues: when plates slide past each other • when plates come together and overlap • molten rock under the Earth's surface • when plates move away from each other • a fracture between two blocks of rock • formation made from divergent boundaries • shaking of the earth caused by moving plates • cause the movement of earth's tectonic plates • ...

plate tectonics 2023-09-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is caused by plate movement
  2. currents in the mantle
  3. ocean and land plates hit eachother
  4. where two boundrays glide past eachother
  5. happens in the mantle
Down
  1. boundray where
  2. plates
  3. causes plate movement
  4. where two plates go toward eachother
  5. border

10 Clues: plates • border • boundray where • causes plate movement • happens in the mantle • currents in the mantle • is caused by plate movement • ocean and land plates hit eachother • where two plates go toward eachother • where two boundrays glide past eachother

Plate tectonics 2023-08-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock material?
  2. A piece of land surrounded by water on all its sides?
  3. Record of earthquake?
  4. Secondary wave order on any seismographic station?
  5. Second layer in the internal structure of earth?
  6. A type of plate boundary tectonics plate move towards each other?
Down
  1. Waves causing most damage?
  2. Boundary between mantle and core?
  3. A layer of earth beneath lithosphere where the material is jelly like form?
  4. Transportation of weathered rock material?

10 Clues: Molten rock material? • Record of earthquake? • Waves causing most damage? • Boundary between mantle and core? • Transportation of weathered rock material? • Second layer in the internal structure of earth? • Secondary wave order on any seismographic station? • A piece of land surrounded by water on all its sides? • ...

plate tectonics 2024-02-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates push towards each other at a plate boundary
  2. A current in a fluid that results from convection
  3. When two plates slide past each other horizontally
  4. All the Earth
  5. The science that deals with the Earth's physical structure
  6. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Down
  1. When two plates pull away from each other at a boundary
  2. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater which there has been an eruption from
  3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the Earth's crust or volcanic action.
  4. One of three types of rocks, being made up of sediments

10 Clues: All the Earth • A current in a fluid that results from convection • When two plates slide past each other horizontally • When two plates pull away from each other at a boundary • One of three types of rocks, being made up of sediments • The science that deals with the Earth's physical structure • When two plates push towards each other at a plate boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates push towards each other at a plate boundary
  2. A current in a fluid that results from convection
  3. When two plates slide past each other horizontally
  4. All the Earth
  5. The science that deals with the Earth's physical structure
  6. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Down
  1. When two plates pull away from each other at a boundary
  2. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater which there has been an eruption from
  3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the Earth's crust or volcanic action.
  4. One of three types of rocks, being made up of sediments

10 Clues: All the Earth • A current in a fluid that results from convection • When two plates slide past each other horizontally • When two plates pull away from each other at a boundary • One of three types of rocks, being made up of sediments • The science that deals with the Earth's physical structure • When two plates push towards each other at a plate boundary • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Our planet home
  2. moving or extending in different directions
  3. a line of volcanoes
  4. a massive earthquake
Down
  1. a long carck in the surface
  2. to change in composition
  3. what is at the bottom of the ocean
  4. a line that marks the limits of an area
  5. a big mountain that spits lava
  6. a big landscape that goes up

10 Clues: Our planet home • a line of volcanoes • a massive earthquake • to change in composition • a long carck in the surface • a big landscape that goes up • a big mountain that spits lava • what is at the bottom of the ocean • a line that marks the limits of an area • moving or extending in different directions

Plate tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spits out lava
  2. line A line around something
  3. of fire Fire around it
  4. off limits
  5. A big piece of land
  6. Puzzle peices of the earth.
Down
  1. move past
  2. come together
  3. Has a bunch of water on top
  4. A big ball

10 Clues: move past • A big ball • off limits • come together • Spits out lava • A big piece of land • of fire Fire around it • Has a bunch of water on top • Puzzle peices of the earth. • line A line around something

Plate tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spits out lava
  2. line A line around something
  3. of fire Fire around it
  4. off limits
  5. A big piece of land
  6. Puzzle peices of the earth.
Down
  1. move past
  2. come together
  3. Has a bunch of water on top
  4. A big ball

10 Clues: move past • A big ball • off limits • come together • Spits out lava • A big piece of land • of fire Fire around it • Has a bunch of water on top • Puzzle peices of the earth. • line A line around something

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  2. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  3. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
  4. the solid, plastic layer of mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it.
  5. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each-other horizontally.
Down
  1. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth's surface and solidifies at mid-ocean ridge.
  2. the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to to reversal of Earth's magnetic poles.
  3. a long, undersea mountain chain that has steep, narrow vally at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere and that creates new oceanic lithosphere.(sea floor)
  4. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape.
  5. the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each-other.

10 Clues: the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding. • the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each-other. • the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each-other horizontally. • the solid outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-31

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. mountains under the ocean
  3. convergent is colliding
  4. the forming of a volcano
  5. transform is sliding
Down
  1. were the ground gets deeper
  2. divergent is divergent is dividing
  3. when two plates spread it creates a
  4. the spin in the mantle
  5. lava

10 Clues: lava • transform is sliding • the spin in the mantle • convergent is colliding • the forming of a volcano • mountains under the ocean • were the ground gets deeper • divergent is divergent is dividing • when two plates spread it creates a • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

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 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates more one under the other
  2. Two Tectonic Plates Moving Apart
  3. Molten Rock
  4. What causes tectonic plates to move
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere,
  6. Two Tectonic Plates come together
Down
  1. innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth.
  2. composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle.
  3. when two tectonic plates move up and down
  4. layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

10 Clues: Molten Rock • Two Tectonic Plates Moving Apart • Two Tectonic Plates come together • What causes tectonic plates to move • when two plates more one under the other • when two tectonic plates move up and down • innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. geological feature created in divergent boundaries
  2. the type of boundary where the plates collide
  3. the type of boundary where the plates slide together
  4. geological feature that is created in convergent boundaries
  5. causes tectonic plates to move
Down
  1. one convergent plate is more dense than the other
  2. rise up and form new crust
  3. the type of boundary where the plates divide
  4. geological feature created in transform boundaries
  5. forms between two divergent boundary plates

10 Clues: rise up and form new crust • causes tectonic plates to move • forms between two divergent boundary plates • the type of boundary where the plates divide • the type of boundary where the plates collide • one convergent plate is more dense than the other • geological feature created in divergent boundaries • geological feature created in transform boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pangaea means "All _____"
  2. also known as lithospheric plates
  3. a Southern smaller supercontinent
  4. a type of crust that consists of basalt and gabbro rocks
  5. a term that "equal standstill"
Down
  1. a Northern smaller supercontinent
  2. the proponent of Continental Drift Theory
  3. a vast ocean surrounding the Pangaea
  4. a Greek word that means carpenter or builder
  5. the supercontinent

10 Clues: the supercontinent • Pangaea means "All _____" • a term that "equal standstill" • a Northern smaller supercontinent • also known as lithospheric plates • a Southern smaller supercontinent • a vast ocean surrounding the Pangaea • the proponent of Continental Drift Theory • a Greek word that means carpenter or builder • a type of crust that consists of basalt and gabbro rocks

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Also known as hypocenter
  2. tells how much a certain area was shaken when the earthquake reached that area.
  3. an ocean wave produce by the displacement of the sea floor due to an earthquake
  4. It is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
  5. The angle between the fault plane and the horizontal.
Down
  1. It is an instrument for measuring the ground vibrations generated by earthquakes.
  2. It is a fracture or break in Earth’s crust where earthquakes are most likely to occur repeatedly.
  3. stands for PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale.
  4. It is a fault zone where blocks of land moves horizontally than vertically along a fault plane.
  5. The force applied to rocks.

10 Clues: Also known as hypocenter • The force applied to rocks. • stands for PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale. • The angle between the fault plane and the horizontal. • It is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus. • tells how much a certain area was shaken when the earthquake reached that area. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Outermost physical layer of earth.
  2. when tectonic plates pass each other going in opposite directions.
  3. The bending, tilting, and breaking of a rock
  4. When tectonic plates move towards each other and collide.
Down
  1. The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces.
  2. Layer below the lithosphere, a solid layer of weak rock.
  3. boundary When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. rupture in the crust of earth
  5. a thin shell on the outside of Earth.
  6. region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.

10 Clues: rupture in the crust of earth • a thin shell on the outside of Earth. • The Outermost physical layer of earth. • The bending, tilting, and breaking of a rock • The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces. • Layer below the lithosphere, a solid layer of weak rock. • When tectonic plates move towards each other and collide. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a vent on the earths surface where magma and gases are expelled
  2. boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench
  3. an underwater chain of mountains.
  4. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that explains how large pieces of land called plates move and change shape of the earth.
  5. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
Down
  1. a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust
  2. creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity
  3. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  4. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  5. when one tectonic plates dives under another

10 Clues: an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity • boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other • boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the theroy that pieces of Earth's lithosphere, called plates, move around on top of the asthenosphere
  2. the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other
  3. the process in which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges as the older crust moves away
  4. a depression in the ocean floor formed when a plate sinks through a subduction zone and bends
  5. what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent
Down
  1. the process where old oceanic plates sink into the mantle as seafloor spreading occurs
  2. the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called
  3. the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other
  4. the type of plate boundary where the two plates move AWAY from each other
  5. movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths

10 Clues: what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent • the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other • movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths • the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called • the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-30

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 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created when transform boundaries slide
  2. Plates that split apart
  3. Currents in the mantle that move thecrust
  4. Occur when Divergent plates split apart
  5. Created sea floor spreading theory
Down
  1. Created Continental drift theory
  2. Form when convergent boundaries collide
  3. Plates that slide past one another
  4. Plates that collide
  5. When older crust falls under new crust

10 Clues: Plates that collide • Plates that split apart • Created Continental drift theory • Plates that slide past one another • Created sea floor spreading theory • When older crust falls under new crust • Form when convergent boundaries collide • Created when transform boundaries slide • Occur when Divergent plates split apart • Currents in the mantle that move thecrust

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. You might feel this if two plates are moving in opposite directions.
  2. Section of the Earth below the crust.
  3. Name of supercontinent that broke apart to form today's continents.
  4. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
  5. The part of the Earth that makes up land and the ocean floors.
Down
  1. The movement of Earth's crust.
  2. Two plates that are pulling away from each other.
  3. Hotspot where magma is forced to the surface of the earth.
  4. Scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift.
  5. Action where the seafloor is forced under a continental plate.

10 Clues: The movement of Earth's crust. • Section of the Earth below the crust. • Two plates that are pulling away from each other. • Hotspot where magma is forced to the surface of the earth. • Scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift. • Action where the seafloor is forced under a continental plate. • ...

Plate tectonics :) 2022-04-09

Plate tectonics :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates divide apart from each other
  2. a theory that all continents were once together
  3. geological feature that can be created by a divergent boundary
  4. a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  5. there are thee types of these ____ convergent, divergent, and transform _______
  6. when two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. molten rock beneath earth's surface
  2. 2nd word that goes with this is ____ tectonic
  3. when two plates collide together
  4. break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics

10 Clues: when two plates collide together • molten rock beneath earth's surface • when two plates slide past each other • when two plates divide apart from each other • 2nd word that goes with this is ____ tectonic • a theory that all continents were once together • geological feature that can be created by a divergent boundary • ...

plate tectonics 2022-02-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the scientist who discovered plate tectonics
  2. boundary in which two plates slide past each other
  3. the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates.
  4. boundary in which two plates slide into each other
  5. the upper mantle
Down
  1. oceanic plate slides under the continental.
  2. made up of semi-plastic rock
  3. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. boundary in which two plates slide apart from each other

10 Clues: the upper mantle • made up of semi-plastic rock • oceanic plate slides under the continental. • the scientist who discovered plate tectonics • boundary in which two plates slide past each other • boundary in which two plates slide into each other • boundary in which two plates slide apart from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continental ________ was a hypothesis that Earth's continents were once joined in a single landmass and gradually moved, or drifted, apart.
  2. The _________ core is a layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core
  3. Mid-ocean _________ are underwater mountain ranges
  4. The _________ core is a ball of hot, solid metals
  5. The lithosphere sits on top of the ______________
  6. ________ is energy transfer by the movement of a material
Down
  1. Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle together form the _________
  2. The lithosphere is broken into many large and small slabs of rock called ________ plates
  3. a huge supercontinent that reached from pole to pole and was centered over the area where Africa lies today
  4. convection ___________ is a motion that transfers heat energy in a material

10 Clues: The _________ core is a ball of hot, solid metals • The lithosphere sits on top of the ______________ • Mid-ocean _________ are underwater mountain ranges • ________ is energy transfer by the movement of a material • Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle together form the _________ • ...

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)

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)

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)

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-12-08

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate
  2. A wave from an earthquake or an explosion, that can travel along the Earth’s surface or through Earth’s interior
  3. Sections of the Earth’s surface that move-- these sections can include both continental and oceanic crust
  4. This type is thinner and denser than continental
  5. Plate boundary where the plates collide
  6. These events are common at plate boundaries, and are caused by the motions of the plates or of magma.
  7. The dividing line where tectonic plates meet
Down
  1. Plate boundary where the plates move apart
  2. Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other
  3. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake

10 Clues: Plate boundary where the plates collide • Plate boundary where the plates move apart • The dividing line where tectonic plates meet • This type is thinner and denser than continental • One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate • Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other • The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of landform do divergent boundaries create?
  2. What rises to the surface?
  3. What boundary creates rift valleys?
  4. What boundary creates mountains?
  5. What moves the plates around?
Down
  1. What are the things that move the continents?
  2. What boundary creates earthquakes?
  3. What type of landform do transform boundaries create?
  4. What type of landform do convergent boundaries make
  5. What is the thinnest layer of Earth?

10 Clues: What rises to the surface? • What moves the plates around? • What boundary creates mountains? • What boundary creates earthquakes? • What boundary creates rift valleys? • What is the thinnest layer of Earth? • What are the things that move the continents? • What type of landform do convergent boundaries make • What type of landform do divergent boundaries create? • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

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 2023-12-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks formed from pre existing rocks or pieces of once living organisms.
  2. A low permeability unit that can store groundwater and transmit it slowly from one aquifer to another.
  3. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  4. Center of earth
  5. A body or permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
Down
  1. Layer of earth made of rock and soil
  2. Hot fluid underground
  3. Water Held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
  4. when hot molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
  5. Earths thickest layer

10 Clues: Center of earth • Hot fluid underground • Earths thickest layer • Layer of earth made of rock and soil • when hot molten rock crystallizes and solidifies • A body or permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater. • Water Held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock. • Rocks formed from pre existing rocks or pieces of once living organisms. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A boundary where two plates are moving towards each other and colliding
  2. A landform that rises high above the surrounding terrain.
  3. Giant pieces of rock that float on top of the mantle
  4. A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  5. An opening in the Earth's surface. Usually found in a mountain, the opening allows gas, hot magma and ash to escape from beneath the Earth's crust.
Down
  1. The plates that are below the ocean
  2. An intense shaking of Earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  3. A constantly moving, semi-liquid layer called
  4. The plates that are below the continents (land)
  5. These boundaries are created when tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally along faults

10 Clues: The plates that are below the ocean • A constantly moving, semi-liquid layer called • The plates that are below the continents (land) • Giant pieces of rock that float on top of the mantle • A landform that rises high above the surrounding terrain. • A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other • ...

plate tectonics 2024-01-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. made the sea floor speading
  2. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. currents beneath the plates moves the crustal plates.
  4. when plates slide sideways past eachother
  5. a single continent
Down
  1. two plates come together
  2. the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  3. basic units called plates
  4. founded the plate tectonic
  5. a three-pronged fissure grew between Africa, South America, and North America

10 Clues: a single continent • two plates come together • basic units called plates • founded the plate tectonic • made the sea floor speading • when plates slide sideways past eachother • two tectonic plates move away from each other • the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • currents beneath the plates moves the crustal plates. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-03-26

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Places where the edges of two or more plates interact
  2. Forming or belonging to a continent
  3. A continuous range of underwater volcanoes that wraps around the globe.
  4. Remains of a prehistoric organism
  5. Melted
  6. Group of organisms whose energy source is the same number of steps away from the sun
Down
  1. A current in a fluid that results from convection
  2. the broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on the athenosphere
  3. the ability to do work or cause change
  4. consists of the crust and upper mantle

10 Clues: Melted • Remains of a prehistoric organism • Forming or belonging to a continent • the ability to do work or cause change • consists of the crust and upper mantle • A current in a fluid that results from convection • Places where the edges of two or more plates interact • the broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on the athenosphere • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-03-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an object that's reduced to liquid form by heating
  2. shelves The ocean floor next to coastlines
  3. solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location
Down
  1. the floor of a sea or ocean
  2. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  3. chains separated by a central valley.
  4. ridge two parallel
  5. the solid bulk of Earth's interior
  6. Broken pieces of the lithosphere
  7. A freshwater animal

10 Clues: ridge two parallel • A freshwater animal • the floor of a sea or ocean • Broken pieces of the lithosphere • the solid bulk of Earth's interior • chains separated by a central valley. • shelves The ocean floor next to coastlines • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • an object that's reduced to liquid form by heating • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - forming of belonging to a continent
  2. - a line that marks the limits of a area
  3. - remains of an prehistoric organism
  4. - melted; liquefied
Down
  1. - the position of the organism in the food chain -
  2. - a continuous range of underwater valcano that wraps around the globe
  3. - consists of the crust(light brown) and upper(dark brown)
  4. - a shallow layer below the lithosphere
  5. - the broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on the asthenosphere
  6. - the ability to do work or cause change

10 Clues: - melted; liquefied • - remains of an prehistoric organism • - forming of belonging to a continent • - a shallow layer below the lithosphere • - a line that marks the limits of a area • - the ability to do work or cause change • - the position of the organism in the food chain - • - consists of the crust(light brown) and upper(dark brown) • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-03-28

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. graphical crack or separation
  2. ground shaking
  3. mountain or hill with a vent at the top
  4. two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  5. a seafloor mountain
Down
  1. one of the plates moves under the other
  2. plates that move slide sideways past each other
  3. a long cut in the ground
  4. heat-driven cycles that occur in the air and ocean
  5. two tectonic plates move away from each other

10 Clues: ground shaking • a seafloor mountain • a long cut in the ground • graphical crack or separation • one of the plates moves under the other • mountain or hill with a vent at the top • two or more lithospheric plates collide. • two tectonic plates move away from each other • plates that move slide sideways past each other • heat-driven cycles that occur in the air and ocean

plate tectonics 2022-02-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two continental plates go under each other
  2. a plate comes together
  3. sideways move met going to the mantle
  4. when plates slide past each other
  5. when a plate separates
Down
  1. two oceanic plates go under each other
  2. when two oceanic plates separates
  3. a oceanic plat slides under a continental
  4. when a plate slides
  5. when two continental plates separate

10 Clues: when a plate slides • a plate comes together • when a plate separates • when two oceanic plates separates • when plates slide past each other • when two continental plates separate • sideways move met going to the mantle • two oceanic plates go under each other • a oceanic plat slides under a continental • two continental plates go under each other

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Near ocean ridges
  2. Forms around tectonic plate boundaries
  3. Forms around divergent plate boundaries
  4. Two plates move away from each other
  5. Two plates slide past each other
  6. One big continent
Down
  1. Two plates come together
  2. Ocean floor spreading
  3. Caused by the crust and upper mantle
  4. Forms when two plates collide

10 Clues: Near ocean ridges • One big continent • Ocean floor spreading • Two plates come together • Forms when two plates collide • Two plates slide past each other • Caused by the crust and upper mantle • Two plates move away from each other • Forms around tectonic plate boundaries • Forms around divergent plate boundaries

Plate tectonics 2022-02-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are made from transform are made
  2. one of most hot things inside the earth.
  3. 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
  4. 2 plates move away from each other
Down
  1. 2 plates move into each other
  2. are mode from two plates.
  3. the earth's second layer.
  4. are made from the crust of the earth.
  5. are made two plates spreading apart.
  6. are made from two plate pushing together.

10 Clues: are mode from two plates. • the earth's second layer. • 2 plates move into each other • are made from transform are made • 2 plates move away from each other • are made two plates spreading apart. • are made from the crust of the earth. • one of most hot things inside the earth. • are made from two plate pushing together. • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates are moving towards each other
  2. the crust under the ocean
  3. the crust we live on
  4. form at divergent boundaries
  5. plates that are rubbing against each other
Down
  1. what causes the plates to move
  2. divergent boundaries form this underwater
  3. molten rock underneath the surface
  4. continental convergent boundaries form this
  5. plates are moving away from each other

10 Clues: the crust we live on • the crust under the ocean • form at divergent boundaries • what causes the plates to move • molten rock underneath the surface • plates are moving towards each other • plates are moving away from each other • divergent boundaries form this underwater • plates that are rubbing against each other • continental convergent boundaries form this

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plate descends beneath
  2. More dense plates
  3. Tectonic plates move past each other
  4. Tectonic plates collide
  5. Forms at plate boundaries
  6. Molten rock housed in the mantle of
Down
  1. Magma rises and sinks
  2. Tectonic plates move apart
  3. Less dense plates
  4. A gap between two tectonic plates

10 Clues: Less dense plates • More dense plates • Magma rises and sinks • Tectonic plates collide • Forms at plate boundaries • Tectonic plates move apart • Tectonic plate descends beneath • A gap between two tectonic plates • Molten rock housed in the mantle of • Tectonic plates move past each other

plate tectonics 2022-03-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. circulatory patterns of heat in the magma believed to be the driving force behind plate movement.
  2. V-shaped valleys that are the deepest parts of the oceans where subduction occurs.
  3. the movment of the ocean floor at a divergent
  4. ocean split down the middle by a big crack
Down
  1. a type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other.
  2. the process in which the crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line.
  3. earths crust the slowly moves
  4. the remains of ancciant living animals
  5. plate boundary where the plates slowly collide together
  6. the uppermost solid part of the earths crust

10 Clues: earths crust the slowly moves • the remains of ancciant living animals • ocean split down the middle by a big crack • the uppermost solid part of the earths crust • the movment of the ocean floor at a divergent • plate boundary where the plates slowly collide together • a type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2025-07-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. located at the upper mantle and crust
  2. Slowly and constant movement of plates
  3. Tearing apart of plates
  4. type of plate boundary which slides
  5. Numerous segment in lithosphere
Down
  1. more viscous than lithosphere
  2. thinner but denser
  3. point at the surface of the earth above Focus
  4. shallowest layer of the earth
  5. thicker but less dense

10 Clues: thinner but denser • thicker but less dense • Tearing apart of plates • more viscous than lithosphere • shallowest layer of the earth • Numerous segment in lithosphere • type of plate boundary which slides • located at the upper mantle and crust • Slowly and constant movement of plates • point at the surface of the earth above Focus

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcano
  2. mantle
  3. lithosphere
  4. currents density
  5. of fire continentral Drift
  6. boundary san Andreas fault
Down
  1. core inner core
  2. plates subduction zone
  3. spreading pangea
  4. boundary convergent boundary

10 Clues: mantle • volcano • lithosphere • currents density • spreading pangea • core inner core • plates subduction zone • boundary san Andreas fault • boundary convergent boundary • of fire continentral Drift

Plate tectonics 2022-11-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that separate/move away from one another
  2. the process where a less dense plates slips under a denser one
  3. an underwater mountain range
  4. the creator of the sea-floor spreading theory
  5. the process of magma rising and sinking
Down
  1. plates that collide
  2. a set of mountains created from two continental crusts colliding
  3. the creator of the continental drift theory despite not knowing how it worked
  4. plates that slide past each other
  5. a formation made by transform boundaries

10 Clues: plates that collide • an underwater mountain range • plates that slide past each other • the process of magma rising and sinking • a formation made by transform boundaries • the creator of the sea-floor spreading theory • plates that separate/move away from one another • the process where a less dense plates slips under a denser one • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the number of continents
  2. plates that slide by each other
  3. plates that move towards each other
  4. where 2 things meet
Down
  1. the outside of the Earth
  2. plates that move away from each other
  3. one giant continent 200 million years ago
  4. a break in a plate
  5. the big areas of water surrounding the continents
  6. hot, melted, liquid rock below the Earth

10 Clues: a break in a plate • where 2 things meet • the outside of the Earth • the number of continents • plates that slide by each other • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • hot, melted, liquid rock below the Earth • one giant continent 200 million years ago • the big areas of water surrounding the continents

Plate tectonics 2022-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a continent that was split up a long time ago
  2. gigantic chunks of the Lithosphere
  3. small earthquakes that occur after big ones
  4. big wave created by earthquake
  5. a boundary were the plates are pushed together
  6. A mountain that can erupt with magma and smoke
Down
  1. a boundary were plates are pushed apart
  2. A big crack in the Lithosphere
  3. the theory that continents move
  4. Molten rock that is inside the earth

10 Clues: A big crack in the Lithosphere • big wave created by earthquake • the theory that continents move • gigantic chunks of the Lithosphere • Molten rock that is inside the earth • a boundary were plates are pushed apart • small earthquakes that occur after big ones • a continent that was split up a long time ago • a boundary were the plates are pushed together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent land form
  2. made by subduction zones
  3. Converging oceanic + continental plate
  4. Two boundaries sliding past each other
Down
  1. Molten rock
  2. Causes plate movement
  3. Two boundaries moving apart
  4. Two boundaries coming together
  5. ridge Causes seafloor spreading
  6. Earth layer with convection currents move

10 Clues: Molten rock • Convergent land form • Causes plate movement • made by subduction zones • Two boundaries moving apart • Two boundaries coming together • ridge Causes seafloor spreading • Converging oceanic + continental plate • Two boundaries sliding past each other • Earth layer with convection currents move

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are created at convergent boundaries
  2. causes tectonic plates to move
  3. Boundaries pull apart
  4. a dense rock that forms the ocean floor
  5. boundaries slide together
  6. are created when two plates meet at a divergent boundary
Down
  1. are created when one plate collides under another
  2. comes from volcanoes created when a plate goes under the other
  3. Boundaries collide
  4. are created when two plates with the same density collide

10 Clues: Boundaries collide • Boundaries pull apart • boundaries slide together • causes tectonic plates to move • are created at convergent boundaries • a dense rock that forms the ocean floor • are created when one plate collides under another • are created when two plates meet at a divergent boundary • are created when two plates with the same density collide • ...

plate tectonics 2022-04-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  2. a chunk of crust that moves
  3. crust
  4. combinations close together
  5. to be different
  6. to change
Down
  1. mountain that shoots lava
  2. a long narrow ditch
  3. ocean plate a thick rock that lies under the ocean floor
  4. plates plate that is thicker and less dense

10 Clues: crust • to change • to be different • a long narrow ditch • mountain that shoots lava • a chunk of crust that moves • combinations close together • a sudden violent shaking of the ground • plates plate that is thicker and less dense • ocean plate a thick rock that lies under the ocean floor

Plate Tectonics. 2022-05-02

Plate Tectonics. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. seven large slabs that cover earth
  2. When all the continents were combined
  3. 2 tectonic plates repelling
  4. energy waves traveling from an earthquake
  5. 2 tectonic plates sliding passed.
Down
  1. 2 tectonic plates moving towards eachother
  2. Less dense/thick (made with granite)
  3. Top part of the mantle
  4. dense/thick (made of igneous rock)
  5. lithosphere

10 Clues: lithosphere • Top part of the mantle • 2 tectonic plates repelling • 2 tectonic plates sliding passed. • seven large slabs that cover earth • dense/thick (made of igneous rock) • Less dense/thick (made with granite) • When all the continents were combined • energy waves traveling from an earthquake • 2 tectonic plates moving towards eachother

plate tectonics 2022-03-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a planar fracture
  2. responsible for tectonic plate movement
  3. rigid most outermost part of earth
  4. the upper layer of earths mantle
Down
  1. gradual caving or sinking
  2. third layer of earths surface
  3. to lift to a higher elevation
  4. contains most of earth's volume
  5. able to be bent
  6. earth outer layer

10 Clues: able to be bent • a planar fracture • earth outer layer • gradual caving or sinking • third layer of earths surface • to lift to a higher elevation • contains most of earth's volume • the upper layer of earths mantle • rigid most outermost part of earth • responsible for tectonic plate movement

Plate Tectonics 2022-06-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed by two tectonic plates conjoining
  2. hot fluid
  3. outer part of the Earth
  4. the person who made the first scientific movement about the topic
  5. a mountain with hot fluid coming out
Down
  1. all the continents joined
  2. a layer inside the Earth
  3. outermost part of Earth
  4. the floor under the ocean
  5. shaking of the ground

10 Clues: hot fluid • shaking of the ground • outermost part of Earth • outer part of the Earth • a layer inside the Earth • all the continents joined • the floor under the ocean • a mountain with hot fluid coming out • formed by two tectonic plates conjoining • the person who made the first scientific movement about the topic

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
  2. the amount or distance by which something is out of line
  3. Earth's surface
  4. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  5. ock formed from the rapid cooling
Down
  1. molten or semi-molten natural material
  2. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  3. tend to meet at a point
  4. coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock
  5. a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges

10 Clues: Earth's surface • tend to meet at a point • ock formed from the rapid cooling • coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock • molten or semi-molten natural material • the amount or distance by which something is out of line • a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges • a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A boundary that pushes together
  2. Melted rock found in the mantle
  3. When one plate goes under another
  4. created from divergent boundaries
  5. a boundary that creates earthquakes
Down
  1. a disaster crated by transform boundaries
  2. What makes every boundary happen
  3. occurs at a divergent boundary
  4. A type of boundary that happens when plates pull apart
  5. outermost layer of the earth

10 Clues: outermost layer of the earth • occurs at a divergent boundary • A boundary that pushes together • Melted rock found in the mantle • What makes every boundary happen • When one plate goes under another • created from divergent boundaries • a boundary that creates earthquakes • a disaster crated by transform boundaries • A type of boundary that happens when plates pull apart

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The scientist behind the tectonic plate theory
  2. when two plates spread
  3. The super continent that could have existed millions of years ago
  4. The boundry between 2 plates
  5. when two plates slide past eachother
  6. The largest tectonic plate
Down
  1. when two plates come together
  2. The less dense type of tectonic plate
  3. The theory that continents move slowly over time
  4. The more dense type of tectonic plate

10 Clues: when two plates spread • The largest tectonic plate • The boundry between 2 plates • when two plates come together • when two plates slide past eachother • The less dense type of tectonic plate • The more dense type of tectonic plate • The scientist behind the tectonic plate theory • The theory that continents move slowly over time • ...

plate tectonics 2025-10-27

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. form of melted igneous rock; hot
  2. a dark, dense rock that forms toceaneam floor
  3. what two plates slide past each other
  4. two tectonic plates moving away from each other in oppsite directions
  5. occurs at divergent boundaries
  6. outermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. light low-density rock that forms continental plates
  2. the limits of an area
  3. when two tectonic plates come together
  4. layer below the crust

10 Clues: the limits of an area • layer below the crust • outermost layer of the Earth • occurs at divergent boundaries • form of melted igneous rock; hot • what two plates slide past each other • when two tectonic plates come together • a dark, dense rock that forms toceaneam floor • light low-density rock that forms continental plates • ...

plate tectonics 2025-10-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. happens when two tectonic plates slide past eachother
  2. when two tectonic plates come together
  3. a dark ,dense rock at the bottom of the ocean floor
  4. is the rocky outer shell of earths interier
  5. describes how these plates move and interact with eachother
  6. a light low, low-density rock that forms continental plates
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from eachtoher in opposite directions
  2. going in different ways
  3. occurs at divergent boundaries
  4. plate movement is caused by convection currents in _________-

10 Clues: going in different ways • occurs at divergent boundaries • when two tectonic plates come together • is the rocky outer shell of earths interier • a dark ,dense rock at the bottom of the ocean floor • happens when two tectonic plates slide past eachother • describes how these plates move and interact with eachother • ...

plate tectonics 2025-10-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. happens when two tectonic plates slide past eachother
  2. when two tectonic plates come together
  3. a dark ,dense rock at the bottom of the ocean floor
  4. is the rocky outer shell of earths interier
  5. describes how these plates move and interact with eachother
  6. a light low, low-density rock that forms continental plates
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from eachtoher in opposite directions
  2. going in different ways
  3. occurs at divergent boundaries
  4. plate movement is caused by convection currents in _________-

10 Clues: going in different ways • occurs at divergent boundaries • when two tectonic plates come together • is the rocky outer shell of earths interier • a dark ,dense rock at the bottom of the ocean floor • happens when two tectonic plates slide past eachother • describes how these plates move and interact with eachother • ...

plate tectonics 2026-01-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ---------- boundaries happen when two plates push against each other
  2. these type of valleys form at divergent boundaries
  3. this geological feature is formed at convergent boundaries
  4. these can occur at transform boundaries
Down
  1. this occurs at convergent boundaries when one plate is denser than the other
  2. there are three main types of plate ----------
  3. tectonic plates move because of ---------- currents
  4. molten rock
  5. --------- boundaries happen when to plates move away from each other
  6. -------- boundaries happen when two plates slide past each other

10 Clues: molten rock • these can occur at transform boundaries • there are three main types of plate ---------- • these type of valleys form at divergent boundaries • tectonic plates move because of ---------- currents • this geological feature is formed at convergent boundaries • -------- boundaries happen when two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-09-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent meaning "all lands"
  2. Slow moving currents in the mantle that move plates
  3. Scientist in the 1960s who gathered evidence for plate tectonics
  4. Jigsaw _____ the fit of coastlines across continents
  5. Oil deposits in Canada suggest it was once near this region
Down
  1. Mountain chain that matches across North America and Europe
  2. Evidence of ancient sheets of ice found in South America, Africa and Australia
  3. Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  4. ______________ of a reptile found in both South America and Africa
  5. Theory that explains the movement of plates

10 Clues: Supercontinent meaning "all lands" • Theory that explains the movement of plates • Slow moving currents in the mantle that move plates • Jigsaw _____ the fit of coastlines across continents • Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift • Mountain chain that matches across North America and Europe • ...

plate tectonics 2026-03-24

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transfer of heat through the physical movement of
  2. where two tectonics plate collide and one side goes beanth the other into the mantle
  3. the thinnest and soild layer of the planet
  4. the thickest largest layer of earth interior
  5. waves the slowest.
  6. core a liquid layer of the earth
Down
  1. two plates separating
  2. core the soild,innermost geologic layer of the earth
  3. the fastest
  4. boundary 2 place sliding past each other

10 Clues: the fastest • waves the slowest. • two plates separating • core a liquid layer of the earth • boundary 2 place sliding past each other • the thinnest and soild layer of the planet • the thickest largest layer of earth interior • core the soild,innermost geologic layer of the earth • the transfer of heat through the physical movement of • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in the earth's crust where rocks slip past each other,often causing earthquakes
  2. A volcanic area often in the middle of a plate,not at a boundary,where magma melts through to crust
  3. Layer of the earth that has convection currents
  4. The plastic, partially Molten layer beneath the lithosphere on which plates move
  5. A process at convergent boundaries where denser oceanic crust sinks beneath lighter continental crust
  6. causes the crust to move
Down
  1. The solid,rigid outer shell of the earth,encompassing the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
  2. A Earth's layer made out of liquid iron and nickel.
  3. Earth's thinnest layer
  4. Shock waves produced by an earthquake

10 Clues: Earth's thinnest layer • causes the crust to move • Shock waves produced by an earthquake • Layer of the earth that has convection currents • A Earth's layer made out of liquid iron and nickel. • The plastic, partially Molten layer beneath the lithosphere on which plates move • A break in the earth's crust where rocks slip past each other,often causing earthquakes • ...

word search 2017-02-26

word search crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first phase of the moon
  2. something that errupts
  3. the third phase of the moon
  4. the fifth phase of the moon
  5. the last phase of the moon
  6. comes after spring
  7. the fourth phase of the moon
  8. when the earth shakes
  9. comes after summer
Down
  1. a star
  2. comes after winter
  3. the seventh phase of the moon
  4. theres seven of them
  5. founder of plate tectonics
  6. comes after fall
  7. creative after a star explodes

16 Clues: a star • comes after fall • comes after winter • comes after spring • comes after summer • theres seven of them • when the earth shakes • something that errupts • founder of plate tectonics • the last phase of the moon • the first phase of the moon • the third phase of the moon • the fifth phase of the moon • the fourth phase of the moon • the seventh phase of the moon • ...

BJU 8, Chapter 5 2023-09-11

BJU 8, Chapter 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. According to the ___ geologic time scale, the lowest stratum of the geologic column would represent the Creation event
  2. Secular geologists believe this was caused by a collision (still exists today)
  3. According to ____ ____ geologists, the order of fossils in the fossil record is based on the ability of organisms to flee rising waters during the Flood
  4. ____ plate tectonics produced rapid movements of tectonic plates during a short amount of time
  5. Oceanic plates are sliding under continental plates
  6. The study for the earth-shaping processes and the structures they form is called ______
  7. This we know for certain; ho human was present to view the earth's _____
  8. a layer of rock (geologic term)
  9. ______ subduction is a feature of John Baumgardner's catastrophic plate tectonics theory
  10. An old-earth geologist would use a ___ local catastrophe to help explain a fossil graveyard
  11. According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as this
Down
  1. According to old-earth geologists, a ___ cooling of both continents and oceans was necessary for a glacial period to begin
  2. Geologists determine the relative date of a rock layer by applying the principle of _____
  3. magnetic _____ have been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined
  4. Secular scientists believe this feature (that still exists today) formed first
  5. According to a young-earth view, you would expect to find the greatest number and variety of fossils during this period
  6. The planets ____ and Uranus raise major questions about the validity of the commonly accepted model for the origin of the universe because of the way they rotate
  7. Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ___
  8. This hypothesis was developed by secular scientists to describe how our solar system came into existence
  9. Secular geologists believe this was made of many continental plates (one big continent)
  10. These plates can be both continental and oceanic
  11. ___ and his family spent 371 days on the Ark
  12. Sea floor spreading is thought to be driven by this layer of the earth
  13. What was created first in the young-earth story

24 Clues: a layer of rock (geologic term) • Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ___ • ___ and his family spent 371 days on the Ark • What was created first in the young-earth story • These plates can be both continental and oceanic • Oceanic plates are sliding under continental plates • According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as this • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2020-07-02

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The crust of the Earth "floats" on this layer of the Earth
  2. Large sub-marine mountain ranges under oceans
  3. Huge parts of the Earth's crust which are moving as one
  4. The person who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
  5. Molten rock coming to the Earth's surface.
  6. Instrument used to record earthquakes.
Down
  1. The Earth's continents moving apart
  2. Caused when tectonic plates suddenly move.
  3. The movement of the molten rock in the mantle
  4. Formed by lava coming from eruptions.

10 Clues: The Earth's continents moving apart • Formed by lava coming from eruptions. • Instrument used to record earthquakes. • Caused when tectonic plates suddenly move. • Molten rock coming to the Earth's surface. • The movement of the molten rock in the mantle • Large sub-marine mountain ranges under oceans • Huge parts of the Earth's crust which are moving as one • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundaries that slide past each other
  2. Boundaries that come together
  3. what causes trenches in the ocean
  4. Boundaries that move apart
Down
  1. What do you call the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
  2. what causes tsunamis
  3. Charles Richter invented the ______ in 1935
  4. a volcano is _______ when it constructs a landform or a mountain
  5. a volcanoes is ________ when it erupts
  6. A graph that can detect vibrations during an earthquake

10 Clues: what causes tsunamis • Boundaries that move apart • Boundaries that come together • what causes trenches in the ocean • Boundaries that slide past each other • a volcanoes is ________ when it erupts • Charles Richter invented the ______ in 1935 • A graph that can detect vibrations during an earthquake • What do you call the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2020-09-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Transfers energy in the mantle
  2. pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes
  3. pulls apart and forms rift valleys
  4. a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
  5. slide past each other and form earthquakes and faults
Down
  1. the earth's upper mantle
  2. a thick layer of rock that form the continents
  3. a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
  4. crashes together and forms mountains
  5. the earth's outer crust

10 Clues: the earth's outer crust • the earth's upper mantle • Transfers energy in the mantle • pulls apart and forms rift valleys • crashes together and forms mountains • pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes • a thick layer of rock that form the continents • a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean • a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins • ...