plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Occur at divergent boundaries
  2. openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
  3. Plates slide past each other
  4. Shaking of the Earth
  5. Plates move AWAY from each other
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  1. 1 convergent plate more dense than the other v<
  2. Molten rock
  3. Plates move TOWARD from each other
  4. What is Mt. Everest?

9 Clues: Molten rock • What is Mt. Everest? • Shaking of the Earth • Plates slide past each other • Occur at divergent boundaries • Plates move AWAY from each other • Plates move TOWARD from each other • 1 convergent plate more dense than the other v< • openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  2. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
  3. the splitting apart of a single tectonic plate into two or more tectonic plates separated by divergent plate boundaries.
  4. an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
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  1. the border between two plates.
  2. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. I
  3. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  4. In the subduction zone where tectonic plates collide
  5. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust,

9 Clues: the border between two plates. • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust, • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • In the subduction zone where tectonic plates collide • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. I • extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2020-05-21

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces that move relative to each other
  2. process by which denser sections of crust are pushed under less dense sections of crust
  3. large blocks of Earth's broken lithosphere
  4. a large wave generated by a sudden displacement of water, often resulting from an undersea earthquake
  5. tectonic plate boundary resulting from two tectonic plates that move away from each other
  6. process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed at a divergent boundary
  7. area of Earth's surface that rises abruptly and reaches an elevation greater than that of a hill
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  1. process by which Earth's magnetic poles switch positions
  2. an area away from a plate boundary where magma has created a hole through Earth's lithosphere
  3. the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single large landmass and slowly moved to their current positions
  4. tectonic plate boundary resulting from two tectonic plates that collide with each other
  5. tectonic plate boundary resulting from two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally
  6. a crack in Earth's crust typically associated with tectonic plate movement
  7. mountain surrounding a hole in Earth's crust and formed from the build-up of lava and other eruption materials

14 Clues: large blocks of Earth's broken lithosphere • process by which Earth's magnetic poles switch positions • a crack in Earth's crust typically associated with tectonic plate movement • process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed at a divergent boundary • process by which denser sections of crust are pushed under less dense sections of crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2021-02-28

Plate Tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Thin, fractured layer of rock on Earth's surface.
  2. Largest plate of ocean crust.
  3. One plate is shoved under another at a convergent boundary.
  4. Our "home" plate (where the U.S. sits).
  5. Boundary where plates are sliding past each other.
  6. Super-continent that existed 250 million years ago.
  7. German scientist who developed Continental Drift theory.
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  1. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent boundary
  2. Deep ocean valley formed by subduction.
  3. Boundary where plates are pushing together.
  4. Boundary where plates are pulling apart
  5. Thick layer of molten rock beneath the crust.
  6. Earth's center, made of iron.
  7. American geologist who discovered "sea floor spreading".

14 Clues: Largest plate of ocean crust. • Earth's center, made of iron. • Deep ocean valley formed by subduction. • Boundary where plates are pulling apart • Our "home" plate (where the U.S. sits). • Boundary where plates are pushing together. • Thick layer of molten rock beneath the crust. • Thin, fractured layer of rock on Earth's surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-11-06

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
  2. a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  3. a break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move.
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  6. the theory that pieces of earth’s lithosphere are constantly moving, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  7. the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  8. boundary- a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
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  1. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.
  3. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  4. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary.
  5. the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  6. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.

14 Clues: a break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move. • a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other. • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...

Science Vocabulary 2016-10-10

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  3. drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. The super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago
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  1. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
  2. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  3. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. ridge An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
  5. spreading The process where molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  8. tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

12 Clues: A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • The super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago • valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ridge An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced • ...

Unit 2 Spheres 2023-10-02

Unit 2 Spheres crossword puzzle
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  1. Minerals and ______ are found in the lithosphere
  2. the ability to do work
  3. neither created or destroyed
  4. An example of the lithosphere and biosphere interacting
  5. Plate tectonics, mountains,rocks etc
  6. Living things
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  1. What makes up the atmosphere
  2. The number of spheres
  3. Interacting parts
  4. Rivers, lakes, streams, etc
  5. is a closed system because only energy is naturally transferred outside the atmosphere
  6. Where all weather occurs
  7. Plants, animals and __________ are all living things

13 Clues: Living things • Interacting parts • The number of spheres • the ability to do work • Where all weather occurs • Rivers, lakes, streams, etc • What makes up the atmosphere • neither created or destroyed • Plate tectonics, mountains,rocks etc • Minerals and ______ are found in the lithosphere • Plants, animals and __________ are all living things • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2017-02-09

Plate Tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. magnetic field that is the same right now
  2. made of layers of rocks that are folded
  3. of continents
  4. curved line of volcanoes
  5. underwater mountain chain
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  1. area of many fractured pieces of crust
  2. deep, under water trough created by one plate sub-ducting
  3. tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  4. in direction or orientation of the magnetic field
  5. magnetic field to the opposite polarity
  6. of crust move up or down against faults
  7. material adds new oceanic crust
  8. large regions rise vertically
  9. continent

14 Clues: continent • of continents • curved line of volcanoes • underwater mountain chain • large regions rise vertically • material adds new oceanic crust • area of many fractured pieces of crust • made of layers of rocks that are folded • magnetic field to the opposite polarity • of crust move up or down against faults • magnetic field that is the same right now • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-05-04

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. any continuous mass of land
  2. a narrow ditch
  3. Earth's top layer
  4. an elevated portion of Earth's surface
  5. an area's limit
  6. Earth's lower layer
  7. large sections of Earth's crust that move
  8. a supercontinent from 250 mil years ago
  9. a narrow hilltop
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  1. boundaries that drift apart
  2. a large expanse of sea
  3. boundaries that come closer together
  4. series of waves that cause water displacement
  5. a sudden shaking of the ground

14 Clues: a narrow ditch • an area's limit • a narrow hilltop • Earth's top layer • Earth's lower layer • a large expanse of sea • boundaries that drift apart • any continuous mass of land • a sudden shaking of the ground • boundaries that come closer together • an elevated portion of Earth's surface • a supercontinent from 250 mil years ago • large sections of Earth's crust that move • ...

vocab 2023-01-13

vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. ridge-a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  2. hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago
  3. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. reversal-When magma rises to the Earth's surface at a mid-ocean ridge, it flows out onto both sides of the ridge, gradually cooled by the seawater
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  1. spreading-the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  2. boundary-In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys.
  3. boundary-A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction.
  4. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
  5. boundary-A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. It ends abruptly where it connects to another plate boundary, either another transform, a spreading ridge, or a subduction zone.
  6. drift-the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  7. tectonics-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.

11 Clues: drift-the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago • sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. • ...

Earthquake Crossword 2019-01-10

Earthquake Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. /the asthenosphere is the ductile part of the Earth just below the lithosphere.
  2. /the point on the Earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  3. /shaking or slipping movement of the earth's crust, followed by seismic waves and vibrations.
  4. /the point inside the Earth where the rock breaks off and pressure is released.
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  1. Scale /the magnitude of seismic energy released during an earthquake is measured by the Richter scale.
  2. /the largest, main earthquake.
  3. /a crack in the Earth´s crust along which the rocks slide.
  4. /smaller earthquakes that occur after the main earthquake in the same place as the mainshock. Aftershocks are linked to the size of the mainshock and if this is large can continue for many weeks, months or years.
  5. tectonics /plate tectonics is the science of the process where rigid plates move across hot molten material.
  6. /as fluid is warmed it expands and rises as the density decreases.
  7. fault /an active fault is one that has moved once or more times.

11 Clues: /the largest, main earthquake. • /a crack in the Earth´s crust along which the rocks slide. • fault /an active fault is one that has moved once or more times. • /as fluid is warmed it expands and rises as the density decreases. • /the point on the Earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. • ...

Science 2022-04-19

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. or subduction The process by which tectonic plates sink or slide back from Earth’s outer layer into its middle layer, called the mantle.
  2. The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures.
  3. Able to carry an electric current.
  4. The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes.
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  1. In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other.
  2. The process by which material rises from Earth’s middle layer into its outer layer, where it will become part of the tectonic plates.
  3. plates The gigantic slabs — some spanning thousands of miles — that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  4. tectonics The study of massive moving pieces that make up Earth’s outer layer, which is called the lithosphere, and the processes that cause those rock masses to rise from inside Earth, travel along its surface, and sink back down.
  5. In geology, Earth’s middle layer.
  6. of Fire An area around the Pacific Ocean’s edge where plate tectonics processes cause relatively frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  7. In geology, Earth’s innermost layer.

11 Clues: In geology, Earth’s middle layer. • Able to carry an electric current. • In geology, Earth’s innermost layer. • In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other. • The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes. • The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2024-02-22

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. Line. A break in Earth's crust where rocks on either side move past one another
  2. The rigid outer layer, of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  3. These currents within the Earth's mantle drive plates moving
  4. The partially molten layer of Earth's mantle below the lithosphere.
  5. The process by which denser oceanic crust sinks into the mantle that's beneath a less dense plate
  6. A supercontinent that began to break apart around 175 million years ago
  7. Arc. A chain of volcanic islands that are formed at tectonic plate boundary
  8. Type of plate boundary where two plates run into one another and create mountains
  9. Spreading. Process where new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean riges
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  1. A break in the Earth's crust where blocks of the crust slide relate to each other
  2. Tectonics. The theory that explains the movement of the Earth's plates
  3. The boundary were two plates begin to move away from one another.
  4. Type of boundary that occurs when two plates pass one another.
  5. Drift. The theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that suggests continents were at one point connnected
  6. Boundary. Type of boundary where two plates slide past one another horizontally
  7. Zone. The process where one tectonic plate sinks below another
  8. Valley. A long, narrow valley that's formed by the stretching of Earth's crust.
  9. Circular pattern of heated material rising and cooler material sinks
  10. Boundary. Type of boundary where two plates spread apart from one another and create new crust.
  11. Boundary. The type of boundary where two plates run into one another and create mountain ranges.

20 Clues: These currents within the Earth's mantle drive plates moving • Type of boundary that occurs when two plates pass one another. • The boundary were two plates begin to move away from one another. • Zone. The process where one tectonic plate sinks below another • The partially molten layer of Earth's mantle below the lithosphere. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates over lapping
  2. mountain with magma in it
  3. hot liquid in mantle
  4. Push together
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  1. rubbing creates earthquakes
  2. fractures between 2 rocks
  3. Move away from each other
  4. layer under the crust
  5. the top layer

9 Clues: Push together • the top layer • hot liquid in mantle • 2 plates over lapping • layer under the crust • fractures between 2 rocks • Move away from each other • mountain with magma in it • rubbing creates earthquakes

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
  2. core
  3. currents
  4. zone
  5. boundary
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  1. boundary
  2. Andreas fault
  3. spreading
  4. of fire
  5. plates
  6. Drift
  7. core

12 Clues: core • zone • core • Drift • plates • of fire • boundary • boundary • currents • boundary • spreading • Andreas fault

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
  2. core
  3. currents
  4. zone
  5. boundary
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  1. boundary
  2. Andreas fault
  3. spreading
  4. of fire
  5. plates
  6. Drift
  7. core

12 Clues: core • zone • core • Drift • plates • of fire • boundary • boundary • currents • boundary • spreading • Andreas fault

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
  2. core
  3. currents
  4. zone
  5. boundary
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  1. boundary
  2. Andreas fault
  3. spreading
  4. of fire
  5. plates
  6. Drift
  7. core

12 Clues: core • zone • core • Drift • plates • of fire • boundary • boundary • currents • boundary • spreading • Andreas fault

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Plates moving apart from each other
  2. Crust that carries water
  3. One plate moving under the other one because it is more dense
  4. Occurs when plates move apart
  5. Crust that carries land/continents
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  1. Molten rock in the mantle
  2. Plates sliding by each other
  3. Created when plates move by each other and bump into one another
  4. Plates moving together to form mountains

9 Clues: Crust that carries water • Molten rock in the mantle • Plates sliding by each other • Occurs when plates move apart • Crust that carries land/continents • Plates moving apart from each other • Plates moving together to form mountains • One plate moving under the other one because it is more dense • Created when plates move by each other and bump into one another

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. This boundary creates mountain ranges.
  2. This boundary separate from each other.
  3. The part of the crust that is moving.
  4. This boundary is what causes earthquakes by sliding together.
  5. The area where a convergent plate is pulled.
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  1. What rises and cools in the mantle.
  2. This is what moves the tectonic plates.
  3. Caused by oceanic and continental plates in a convergent boudary.
  4. The theory that the crust is separated into plates that move around.

9 Clues: What rises and cools in the mantle. • The part of the crust that is moving. • This boundary creates mountain ranges. • This is what moves the tectonic plates. • This boundary separate from each other. • The area where a convergent plate is pulled. • This boundary is what causes earthquakes by sliding together. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-02-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. it's located at the center of a planet called earth
  2. when two plates separate from each other
  3. it was a super continent that got separated 175 million years ago
  4. when one plate goes under and the other one goes on top
  5. it is located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
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  1. when two plates crash into each other
  2. what is between 2 plates
  3. it's located under earths crust
  4. its located over the inner core but it is under the mantle

9 Clues: what is between 2 plates • it's located under earths crust • when two plates crash into each other • when two plates separate from each other • it is located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. • it's located at the center of a planet called earth • when one plate goes under and the other one goes on top • its located over the inner core but it is under the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. fossils that are widespread come from organisms that lived over a short period of time
  2. the thin,solid,outermost layer of the earth
  3. the theory that the crust is divided into large pieces that are called tectonic plates that move
  4. two part layer of the earth below the mantle with a liquid outer core and and solid inner core
  5. Huge pieces of crust that slowly moves on the upper;delicate part of the mantle
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  1. is the theory that continents were connected but have been drifted apart
  2. the mineralized remains of organisms to show how long they lived and there bodies were structured
  3. the solid layer of earth between the crust and the core: made of dense silicates
  4. the top of the mantle

9 Clues: the top of the mantle • the thin,solid,outermost layer of the earth • is the theory that continents were connected but have been drifted apart • Huge pieces of crust that slowly moves on the upper;delicate part of the mantle • the solid layer of earth between the crust and the core: made of dense silicates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Cold, rigid outermost rock layer
  2. A state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north is called ____ polarity.
  3. Magnetic ____ occurs when the magnetic field reverses direction.
  4. Continents fit like pieces of a..
  5. Denser plate sinks below buoyant plate
  6. Supercontinent.
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  1. Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called ____ ridges.
  2. Process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  3. Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density

9 Clues: Supercontinent. • Cold, rigid outermost rock layer • Continents fit like pieces of a.. • Denser plate sinks below buoyant plate • Magnetic ____ occurs when the magnetic field reverses direction. • Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called ____ ridges. • Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes?
  2. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates are pulling apart?
  3. what in the mantle causes the plates to move?
  4. What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones?
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  1. What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto?
  2. What is formed when a plate goes under another plate?
  3. What forms from subduction zones in the ocean?
  4. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates push together?
  5. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates slide pas each other?

9 Clues: what in the mantle causes the plates to move? • What forms from subduction zones in the ocean? • What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto? • What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes? • What is formed when a plate goes under another plate? • What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones? • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-04-20

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The rising and falling of material fluid
  2. The gigantic slabs that make up the earths outer layer
  3. Able to carry an electric current
  4. an area around the pacific oceans edge where volcanoes are
  5. The Study of Earth
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  1. The study of massive peices that make up earth
  2. an area where tectonic plates move past each other
  3. the process which tectonic plates sink or slide back
  4. the process by which material rises from the earths middle layer.

9 Clues: The Study of Earth • Able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of material fluid • The study of massive peices that make up earth • an area where tectonic plates move past each other • the process which tectonic plates sink or slide back • The gigantic slabs that make up the earths outer layer • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cool lava will do this action
  2. means to move away
  3. hot lava will do this action
  4. the layers where convection currents are
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  1. the layer that moves
  2. means to move together
  3. materials in the middle mantle
  4. means to slide
  5. convection currents moves in this shape

9 Clues: means to slide • means to move away • the layer that moves • means to move together • hot lava will do this action • cool lava will do this action • materials in the middle mantle • convection currents moves in this shape • the layers where convection currents are

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-12-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what makes the world go shaky shake
  2. the rocky outer part of our earth
  3. When 2 plates separate from each other,
  4. Like a big Triangle on earth
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  1. Like white snow
  2. Second layer of the earth
  3. Liquid that comes out of a volcano
  4. the study of planet earth
  5. outer most layer of the earth,

9 Clues: Like white snow • Second layer of the earth • the study of planet earth • Like a big Triangle on earth • outer most layer of the earth, • the rocky outer part of our earth • Liquid that comes out of a volcano • what makes the world go shaky shake • When 2 plates separate from each other,

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. occurs on land at divergent boundaries
  2. A type of plate boundary where plates come together
  3. a type of plate boundary where the plates slip past each other
  4. How do the plates move?
  5. Occurs on the ocean floor of convergent boundaries
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  1. Occurs on land at convergent boundaries
  2. occurs on the ocean floor at divergent boundaries
  3. a type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  4. what layer of the Earth do convection currents come from?

9 Clues: How do the plates move? • occurs on land at divergent boundaries • Occurs on land at convergent boundaries • occurs on the ocean floor at divergent boundaries • Occurs on the ocean floor of convergent boundaries • A type of plate boundary where plates come together • what layer of the Earth do convection currents come from? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates collide
  2. created by continental divergent boundary
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
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  1. when the ocean plate goes underneath the continental plate when colliding
  2. when something presses together
  3. Harry Hess came up with this theory
  4. made up of mostly iron and nickel
  5. the hottest layer of earth
  6. 1 percent of the earth is _______

9 Clues: the hottest layer of earth • when something presses together • the thickest layer of the earth • when two tectonic plates collide • made up of mostly iron and nickel • 1 percent of the earth is _______ • Harry Hess came up with this theory • created by continental divergent boundary • when the ocean plate goes underneath the continental plate when colliding

Continental Drift Vocabulary 2024-01-26

Continental Drift Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Spreading the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
  2. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  3. Boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. Valley an area where the earth's crust is splitting apart
  5. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor. These chasms are the deepest parts of the ocean—and some of the deepest natural spots on Earth.
  6. Push The upward movement of hot material causes the lithosphere to be moved upward and sideways and be split
  7. Current heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle.
  8. Boundary an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  9. these are the areas of the ocean that are below sea level
  10. Zone where two oceanic plates collide with one another and the denser plate goes under the less dense plate
  11. Islands an island of volcanic origin.
  12. tectonic Theory theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.
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  1. Boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  2. the study of the history of Earth’s magnetic field
  3. Pull The downward movement of cooled material causes the plates to be dragged along with it
  4. Drift hypothesis Wegner developed to explain the separation or movement of the continents.
  5. Plates gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  6. The remains of an organism preserved in rock
  7. Ridge seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  8. supercontinent

20 Clues: supercontinent • Islands an island of volcanic origin. • The remains of an organism preserved in rock • the study of the history of Earth’s magnetic field • Ridge seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • these are the areas of the ocean that are below sea level • Valley an area where the earth's crust is splitting apart • ...

tectonic plates 2024-02-08

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the biggest tectonic plate
  2. This action is when tectonic plates move into each other
  3. This action is when tectonic plates move apart
  4. beneath the Lithospheric mantle
  5. Substance is made by mixing together 2 or more substances
  6. The layer in which earthquakes are most likely to occur
  7. This is caused when two tectonic plates collide with each other
  8. When 2 things are getting squeezed together by pressure
  9. The thickest layer of the Earth
  10. When converging the continental and oceanic plates and the oceanic plate goes under this happens
  11. Tectonic plates can move less than a ___________a day
Down
  1. The movement of tectonic plates causes ____________ and volcanoes
  2. includes the crust and the top of the mantle
  3. The state where the largest volcano is located
  4. The number of major tectonic plates
  5. This action is when tectonic plates move against each other
  6. Last name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
  7. crack in the earth's surface
  8. Layer of the Earth that is the the innermost layer of the core
  9. Last name of the person who came up with the idea of seafloor spreading
  10. The plate tectonic theory was developed _________ years ago
  11. made up of most of the mantle
  12. Name of the supercontinent, 300 million years ago
  13. Layer of the Earth that is the outermost layer of the core
  14. First name of the person who came up with the plate tectonics theory
  15. special properties of a substance or layer
  16. Tectonic plate motion causes __________ to rise

27 Clues: crack in the earth's surface • made up of most of the mantle • beneath the Lithospheric mantle • The thickest layer of the Earth • Name of the biggest tectonic plate • The number of major tectonic plates • special properties of a substance or layer • includes the crust and the top of the mantle • The state where the largest volcano is located • ...

vocab 2023-04-27

vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In geology, Earth’s middle layer.
  2. of Fire An area around the Pacific Ocean’s edge where plate tectonics processes cause relatively frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  3. plates The gigantic slabs — some spanning thousands of miles — that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  4. The process by which material rises from Earth’s middle layer into its outer layer, where it will become part of the tectonic plates.
  5. tectonics The study of massive moving pieces that make up Earth’s outer layer, which is called the lithosphere, and the processes that cause those rock masses to rise from inside Earth, travel along its surface, and sink back down.
Down
  1. The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures.
  2. In geology, Earth’s innermost layer.
  3. Able to carry an electric current.
  4. or subduction The process by which tectonic plates sink or slide back from Earth’s outer layer into its middle layer, called the mantle.
  5. In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other.
  6. The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes.

11 Clues: In geology, Earth’s middle layer. • Able to carry an electric current. • In geology, Earth’s innermost layer. • In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other. • The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes. • The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures. • ...

Processes that Shape the Earth 2024-01-15

Processes that Shape the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary,A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  2. map,A map that shows the surface features of an area.
  3. plate,a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere
  4. by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
  5. weathering,The process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup
  6. interval,the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  7. drift,The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  8. description of surface features of land.
  9. line,A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
  10. breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
  11. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
Down
  1. boundary,A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  2. plate going under another plate
  3. difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
  4. contour,on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
  5. weathering,Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
  6. rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  7. in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
  8. boundary,A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  9. hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
  10. tectonics,The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  11. spreading,the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.

22 Clues: plate going under another plate • description of surface features of land. • in which sediment is laid down in new locations. • map,A map that shows the surface features of an area. • soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data • ...

yayayyay 2022-04-22

yayayyay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crustal-plate
  2. Pangaea plates tectonics
  3. landform Convergent
  4. tectonic-shift
Down
  1. geodynamic
  2. lithosphere

6 Clues: geodynamic • lithosphere • crustal-plate • tectonic-shift • landform Convergent • Pangaea plates tectonics

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade 2022-10-27

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together
  2. - The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millions years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  3. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. tectonics - The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by conventional currents in the mantle.
  6. spreading - The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. ridge - An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
Down
  1. drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  2. trench - A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantel
  3. - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  5. - The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantel at a convergent plate boundary
  6. boundary - A valley that forms where plates spread apart at spreading boundaries
  7. - A section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

14 Clues: boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together • - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move • boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. • drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...

science 2021-10-13

science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.
  2. when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  3. forms where two plates slide past each other
  4. tectonics earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock or plates that move with respect to each other
  5. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  6. as a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  7. form where two plates collide
Down
  1. a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  2. the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  3. mountain ranges in the middle in the middle of the oceans
  4. occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
  5. suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth
  6. forms where two plates seperate
  7. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potentail for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  8. a state in which magnetized objects such as compass needles will orient themselves to point north
  9. all the continents were once part of a supercontinent

16 Clues: form where two plates collide • forms where two plates seperate • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • forms where two plates slide past each other • occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction • all the continents were once part of a supercontinent • when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

Science Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-22

Science Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. eruption
  2. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground fossil
  3. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Down
  1. forming or belonging to a continent.
  2. bend
  3. the central or most important part of something
  4. a deep and narrow hole, or ditch, in the ground
  5. the floor of a sea or ocean
  6. the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet,

10 Clues: bend • eruption • the floor of a sea or ocean • forming or belonging to a continent. • the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, • the central or most important part of something • a deep and narrow hole, or ditch, in the ground • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground fossil • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the bowl-shaped basin in the top of the volcano called?
  2. Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust?
  3. lava What are the characteristics of a shield volcano?
Down
  1. Ridge where could we see an example of a constructive plate boundary?
  2. plate boundaries where are earthquakes created?
  3. What is the second layer of Earth
  4. What can cause plate tectonics?

7 Clues: What can cause plate tectonics? • What is the second layer of Earth • plate boundaries where are earthquakes created? • Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust? • lava What are the characteristics of a shield volcano? • What is the bowl-shaped basin in the top of the volcano called? • Ridge where could we see an example of a constructive plate boundary?

Pate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Pate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  4. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  5. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.
  2. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  3. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  4. Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sidewasy motion
  5. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  6. Stress that squeezed rock until it folds or breaks
  7. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock first breaks nder stress and causes an earthquacke
  8. tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

13 Clues: Stress that squeezed rock until it folds or breaks • A plate boundary where two plates move towards each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2022-02-16

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lies above the inner core
  2. Area of Earth between core and thin crust
  3. Deep ridge under the surface of the ocean
  4. Innermost layer of planet Earth
  5. Plates come together
  6. Plates spread apart
  7. Theory that all the continents were one large land mass
  8. Going back into the mantle
  9. Process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
Down
  1. Area where there is motion of one plate next to each other
  2. Crust broken into large pieces called tectonic plates
  3. Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of tectonic plates
  4. Plates slide past each other
  5. Located along mid-ocean ridges formed by divergent boundaries
  6. Region of earth's atmosphere above stratosphere and below thermosphere
  7. Seafloor mountain formed by plate tectonics
  8. Theory that explains how continents shift position
  9. Number of continental plates
  10. Earth's lithosphere comprised by a number of large tectonic plates that slowly move
  11. Upper layer of Earth's mantle, below lithosphere

20 Clues: Plates spread apart • Plates come together • Lies above the inner core • Going back into the mantle • Plates slide past each other • Number of continental plates • Innermost layer of planet Earth • Area of Earth between core and thin crust • Deep ridge under the surface of the ocean • Seafloor mountain formed by plate tectonics • Upper layer of Earth's mantle, below lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A popular example of a hot spot forming a volcanic island.
  2. Powers continental drift.
  3. Floats on top of the Asthenosphere.
  4. Occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
Down
  1. Made at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. Crust is made of it.
  3. The islands of New Zealand were created by these means.
  4. Created the theory of continental drift.
  5. Original supercontinent.

9 Clues: Crust is made of it. • Original supercontinent. • Powers continental drift. • Floats on top of the Asthenosphere. • Made at a convergent plate boundary. • Occurs at divergent plate boundaries. • Created the theory of continental drift. • The islands of New Zealand were created by these means. • A popular example of a hot spot forming a volcanic island.

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone where one plate is denser than the other
  2. Created by convergent boundaries
  3. left after divergent boundary seperates plates
  4. created by transform faults
  5. Magma that fills a divergent boundary gap in land
Down
  1. Something tectonic plates ride along
  2. Boundary where plates go away from each other
  3. Boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. fills in the gap created at a divergent boundary

9 Clues: created by transform faults • Created by convergent boundaries • Something tectonic plates ride along • Boundary where plates slide past each other • Zone where one plate is denser than the other • Boundary where plates go away from each other • left after divergent boundary seperates plates • fills in the gap created at a divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. apart of the crust and uppermost mantle
  2. moves under
  3. the plates all together
  4. intense shaking of Earth's surface
  5. Below the lithosphere
Down
  1. Slide past each other
  2. Move apart
  3. what transform boundaries make
  4. One plate goes under another

9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. apart of the crust and uppermost mantle
  2. moves under
  3. the plates all together
  4. intense shaking of Earth's surface
  5. Below the lithosphere
Down
  1. Slide past each other
  2. Move apart
  3. what transform boundaries make
  4. One plate goes under another

9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary found between two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  2. scientist who theorized continental drift, plate tectonics, and Pangea
  3. process in which denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  4. theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
  5. a narrow depression of the sea floor the deepest part of the ocean
Down
  1. boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. provided evidence that tectonic plates were moving
  3. a circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid
  4. a place where two tectonic plates slide past each other

9 Clues: provided evidence that tectonic plates were moving • a place where two tectonic plates slide past each other • boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other • theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart • a narrow depression of the sea floor the deepest part of the ocean • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes?
  2. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates are pulling apart?
  3. what in the mantle causes the plates to move?
  4. What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones?
Down
  1. What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto?
  2. What is formed when a plate goes under another plate?
  3. What forms from subduction zones in the ocean?
  4. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates push together?
  5. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates slide pas each other?

9 Clues: what in the mantle causes the plates to move? • What forms from subduction zones in the ocean? • What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto? • What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes? • What is formed when a plate goes under another plate? • What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. l
  2. e
  3. cd
  4. a
Down
  1. mc
  2. v
  3. Plates tp
  4. Push rp
  5. pull sp

9 Clues: v • l • e • a • mc • cd • Push rp • pull sp • Plates tp

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  2. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  3. boundary, the place where two plates meet
  4. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer.
  5. moving apart in different directions
  6. moving toward the same place
Down
  1. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  3. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates

10 Clues: moving toward the same place • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • moving apart in different directions • boundary, the place where two plates meet • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the shortest mountain range in the world
  2. 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain
  3. longest mountain range in the world
  4. still growing mountain
  5. smallest mountain in the world
Down
  1. the mountain has killed the most climbers
  2. the mountain that has never been climbed
  3. The biggest mountain
  4. where two continental plates collide.

9 Clues: The biggest mountain • still growing mountain • smallest mountain in the world • longest mountain range in the world • 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain • where two continental plates collide. • the mountain that has never been climbed • the mountain has killed the most climbers • is the shortest mountain range in the world

Plate tectonics 2023-01-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the shortest mountain range in the world
  2. 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain
  3. longest mountain range in the world
  4. still growing mountain
  5. smallest mountain in the world
Down
  1. the mountain has killed the most climbers
  2. the mountain that has never been climbed
  3. The biggest mountain
  4. where two continental plates collide.

9 Clues: The biggest mountain • still growing mountain • smallest mountain in the world • longest mountain range in the world • 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain • where two continental plates collide. • the mountain that has never been climbed • the mountain has killed the most climbers • is the shortest mountain range in the world

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trench is when plates collide and overlap and makes a crack
  2. when two plates slide past each other
  3. volcano is a landform that happens with almost every boundary
  4. when two plates collide
Down
  1. currents when hot magma rises and falls
  2. when plates overlap
  3. is when two plates move away from each other
  4. is when seafloor spreading happens
  5. is hot molten rock that cools when meets the air
  6. mid-ocean range is when a convergent boundary happens and makes a deep long hole

10 Clues: when plates overlap • when two plates collide • is when seafloor spreading happens • when two plates slide past each other • currents when hot magma rises and falls • is when two plates move away from each other • is hot molten rock that cools when meets the air • volcano is a landform that happens with almost every boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that moves gradually over millions of years
  2. when two plates move toward each other
  3. the outside of the earth, it is 5km thick
  4. the center of the earth
Down
  1. this can either be divergent or convergent
  2. when two plates move away from each other
  3. when something is repeated
  4. a land form that appears near plate boundaries
  5. ___ per ____

9 Clues: ___ per ____ • the center of the earth • when something is repeated • when two plates move toward each other • when two plates move away from each other • the outside of the earth, it is 5km thick • this can either be divergent or convergent • a land form that appears near plate boundaries • Something that moves gradually over millions of years

Plate tectonics 2023-03-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the earth shakes
  2. Plates moving towards each other
  3. A solid
  4. Plate moving away
Down
  1. The middle part
  2. The planet we live on
  3. The liquid
  4. Something that erupts
  5. The layer we live on

9 Clues: A solid • The liquid • The middle part • Plate moving away • The layer we live on • The planet we live on • When the earth shakes • Something that erupts • Plates moving towards each other

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-12-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what makes the world go shaky shake
  2. the rocky outer part of our earth
  3. When 2 plates separate from each other,
  4. Like a big Triangle on earth
Down
  1. Like white snow
  2. Second layer of the earth
  3. Liquid that comes out of a volcano
  4. the study of planet earth
  5. outer most layer of the earth,

9 Clues: Like white snow • Second layer of the earth • the study of planet earth • Like a big Triangle on earth • outer most layer of the earth, • the rocky outer part of our earth • Liquid that comes out of a volcano • what makes the world go shaky shake • When 2 plates separate from each other,

Plate Tectonics Crossword puzzle 2023-02-09

Plate Tectonics Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This causes mountains and volcanos to form
  2. Two plates moving away from each other
Down
  1. The person who came up with the thoery of plate tectonics
  2. the theory of how the landmasses drifted
  3. A super continent connected to the theory of plate tectonics

5 Clues: Two plates moving away from each other • the theory of how the landmasses drifted • This causes mountains and volcanos to form • The person who came up with the thoery of plate tectonics • A super continent connected to the theory of plate tectonics

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-11

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory that the continets are slowly drifting farther apart
  2. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  4. When something molten adds crust to the ocean floor
  5. The theory that all of the continets used to all be together which formed _______.
  6. When two plates move side by side in opposite directions and create an earthquake.
  7. The massive chunks of the crust that shifts evry so often
  8. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  9. The borders of the tectonic plates; usually looks like a massive trench
Down
  1. The man that discovered plate tectonics
  2. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  4. When two plates move away from each other and create a volcano.
  5. When a tectonic two teconic plate suddenly shift pass eachother
  6. When two tectonic plates move in the opposite direction of the other and create a ______.
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor

16 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • The man that discovered plate tectonics • A deep valley where two plates move apart • When something molten adds crust to the ocean floor • The massive chunks of the crust that shifts evry so often • The theory that the continets are slowly drifting farther apart • When two plates move away from each other and create a volcano. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sections of lithosphere that move and continually change shape and size.
  2. Plate boundary in which plates move away from each other.
  3. Plate boundary in which plates slip past each other side to side.
  4. The uppermost mantle along with the crust behaves as a strong rigid layer known as the lithosphere.
Down
  1. Plate boundary in which plates move toward each other.
  2. The continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent.
  3. Name of Wegener's supercontinent.

7 Clues: Name of Wegener's supercontinent. • Plate boundary in which plates move toward each other. • Plate boundary in which plates move away from each other. • Plate boundary in which plates slip past each other side to side. • The continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent. • Sections of lithosphere that move and continually change shape and size. • ...

Science Vocab 2023-05-01

Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which tectonic plates sink or slide back from Earth’s outer layer into its middle layer, called the mantle.
  2. The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures.
  3. plates The gigantic slabs — some spanning thousands of miles — that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  4. An area around the Pacific Ocean’s edge where plate tectonics processes cause relatively frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Down
  1. In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other.
  2. tectonics The study of massive moving pieces that make up Earth’s outer layer, which is called the lithosphere, and the processes that cause those rock masses to rise from inside Earth, travel along its surface, and sink back down.
  3. The process by which material rises from Earth’s middle layer into its outer layer, where it will become part of the tectonic plates.
  4. In geology, Earth’s middle layer.
  5. Able to carry an electric current.
  6. In geology, Earth’s innermost layer.
  7. The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes.

11 Clues: In geology, Earth’s middle layer. • Able to carry an electric current. • In geology, Earth’s innermost layer. • In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other. • The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes. • The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures. • ...

Grecia T. 2022-04-29

Grecia T. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Drift
  2. tectonics is a theory demonstrating the structure of our planets crust, and many other phenomena. It moves slowly over the mantle.
  3. drift used to be a theory that explanation the continents shifting position on the earths surface.
  4. into different directions, dividing each other.
Down
  1. sideway and downward movements the edge of a plate on the earths crust into a mantle under another plate.
  2. is also a sediment rock, made by water or air
  3. is a matter that settles on the bottom of a sort of liquid.
  4. is something coming closer all together.
  5. is is a rock that is solidified by lava or magma.
  6. is a rock that transforms by heat, pressure, and other natural causes.
  7. a dramatic change in shape, appearance, personality, etc.
  8. tectonics

12 Clues: Drift • tectonics • is something coming closer all together. • is also a sediment rock, made by water or air • into different directions, dividing each other. • is is a rock that is solidified by lava or magma. • a dramatic change in shape, appearance, personality, etc. • is a matter that settles on the bottom of a sort of liquid. • ...

ellie s. astronomy vocab 2023-02-01

ellie s. astronomy vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. region surrounding the earth or another astronomical body
  2. a zone of energetic charged particles
  3. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  4. Redirection of a wave as it passes from one median to another
  5. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter material
  6. plates moving closer together
  7. the outer layer of the earth
  8. when plate tectonics move apart from each other
  9. theory explaining the structure of the Earth’s crust
  10. fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
  11. volcanoes throughout a fault
  12. sideways and downward movement of tectonic plates
Down
  1. the continuous flow of charged particles from sun which permeates the solar system
  2. A metric until of length equal to 1,000 meters
  3. the study of the earth
  4. An elastic wave in the earth caused by earthquakes
  5. what makes something different
  6. rock formed by deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth’s surface
  7. rock that has transformed from intense heat/pressure
  8. a rock that solidified from lava or magma

20 Clues: the study of the earth • the outer layer of the earth • volcanoes throughout a fault • plates moving closer together • what makes something different • a zone of energetic charged particles • a rock that solidified from lava or magma • A metric until of length equal to 1,000 meters • when plate tectonics move apart from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics By:Mathew Rodriguez 2013-02-21

Plate Tectonics By:Mathew Rodriguez crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
  2. a layer of weak or soft mantle
  3. any place where gas, ash, or melted rock come out of the ground.
  4. when 2 plates collide
  5. plce in earth
  6. extends below the mantle to the center of the earth
  7. the lithosphere divided into different parts
  8. pulls rock apart
  9. Liquid layer of earths crust
  10. 2 plates slide against each other.
Down
  1. All the continents put together
  2. 2 plates that move away from eachother
  3. describes large scale movements of earths lithosphere
  4. located between the core and the crust
  5. Where 2 or more tectonic plates meet
  6. rock layers bend under stress
  7. quakes 2 pltes move suddenly releasing energy
  8. center of our planet
  9. magnetic patterns of sea floor rock
  10. the outer most layer of earth.
  11. stress that pushes rock in a parralell position
  12. lower part of the mantle

22 Clues: plce in earth • pulls rock apart • center of our planet • when 2 plates collide • lower part of the mantle • Liquid layer of earths crust • rock layers bend under stress • a layer of weak or soft mantle • the outer most layer of earth. • All the continents put together • 2 plates slide against each other. • magnetic patterns of sea floor rock • Where 2 or more tectonic plates meet • ...

Geophysics 2023-10-14

Geophysics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  2. - Crack in the Earth's crust.
  3. - Measurement of Earth's shape.
  4. - Disturbance in Earth's magnetic field.
  5. - Scientist studying Earth's composition.
  6. - Large crustal section.
  7. - Study of Earth's crustal movements.
  8. - Earth's solid outer layer.
  9. - Study of Earth's magnetic field.
  10. - Semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere.
  11. - Plates responsible for earthquakes.
  12. - Type of rock formed under high pressure and temperature.
  13. - Erupting mountain.
  14. - Earth's outermost layer.
Down
  1. - Region prone to earthquakes.
  2. - Plate sinking beneath another.
  3. - Heat from the Earth's interior.
  4. - Force of attraction on Earth.
  5. - Point on Earth's surface above an earthquake's origin.
  6. - Related to earthquakes.
  7. - Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  8. - Rock formed from deposited materials.
  9. - Layer beneath Earth's crust.
  10. - Geological formations.
  11. - Study of Earth's structure and composition.
  12. - Tremor following a major earthquake.
  13. - Planet of study in geophysics.
  14. - Related to Earth's magnetic field.
  15. - Large sections of Earth's crust.
  16. - Natural, inorganic substances in the Earth.

30 Clues: - Erupting mountain. • - Geological formations. • - Large crustal section. • - Related to earthquakes. • - Earth's outermost layer. • - Earth's solid outer layer. • - Crack in the Earth's crust. • - Region prone to earthquakes. • - Layer beneath Earth's crust. • - Force of attraction on Earth. • - Measurement of Earth's shape. • - Plate sinking beneath another. • ...

EARTH LAYERS 2022-02-21

EARTH LAYERS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths pimples
  2. slides past each other
  3. part of the crust
  4. moves away from each other
  5. moves toward each other
Down
  1. outer part of earths crust
  2. upper layer of the mantle
  3. pieces of Earth that move

8 Clues: Earths pimples • part of the crust • slides past each other • moves toward each other • upper layer of the mantle • pieces of Earth that move • outer part of earths crust • moves away from each other

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

Tectonic Processes 2013-10-08

Tectonic Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An example of the result of a continental-continental collision margin
  2. This is a country where you will find shield volcanoes
  3. The element, along with Iron, makes up in the Inner and Outer Core
  4. An example of a Stratovolcano
  5. This planet also has active plate tectonics
  6. This plate partially melts durins subduction
  7. 4.5 of these equal the age of the Earth
Down
  1. Another name for a Stratovolcano
  2. A seismic tremour
  3. The result of an oceanic-oceanic destructive collision margin
  4. What the continental crust is mostly made from
  5. This layer of the Earth is solid although some think it is liquid
  6. A large wave created by tectonic activity or asteroids
  7. What the oceanic crust is mostly made from

14 Clues: A seismic tremour • An example of a Stratovolcano • Another name for a Stratovolcano • 4.5 of these equal the age of the Earth • What the oceanic crust is mostly made from • This planet also has active plate tectonics • This plate partially melts durins subduction • What the continental crust is mostly made from • This is a country where you will find shield volcanoes • ...

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

Earthquakes and Plate tectonics 2022-06-02

Earthquakes and Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. squeezes and pulls apart rocks
  2. Transverse waves
  3. plates move away from each other
  4. a bed in layers of rock
  5. ground shaking
  6. old oceanic plates sink
  7. the location above the focus
  8. Vibrations during an earthquake
  9. creation of new oceanic crust
  10. where a earthquake starts
Down
  1. chain of underwater mountains
  2. plates slide past each other
  3. device that detects seismic waves
  4. develop upon reaching the surface
  5. a depression in the ocean floor
  6. plates move towards each other
  7. rocks move along this break
  8. theory that the crust is moving
  9. Compression waves

19 Clues: ground shaking • Transverse waves • Compression waves • a bed in layers of rock • old oceanic plates sink • where a earthquake starts • rocks move along this break • plates slide past each other • the location above the focus • chain of underwater mountains • creation of new oceanic crust • squeezes and pulls apart rocks • plates move towards each other • a depression in the ocean floor • ...

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade 2022-10-27

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together
  2. - The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millions years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  3. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. tectonics - The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convention currents in the mantle.
  6. spreading - The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. ridge - An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
Down
  1. drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  2. trench - A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantel
  3. - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  5. - The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantel at a convergent plate boundary
  6. boundary - A valley that forms where plates spread apart at spreading boundaries
  7. - A section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

14 Clues: boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together • - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move • boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. • drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...

Continental Drift 2022-10-27

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together
  2. - The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millions years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  3. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. tectonics - The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convention currents in the mantle.
  6. spreading - The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. ridge - An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
Down
  1. drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  2. trench - A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantel
  3. - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  5. - The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantel at a convergent plate boundary
  6. boundary - A valley that forms where plates spread apart at spreading boundaries
  7. - A section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

14 Clues: boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together • - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move • boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. • drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade 2022-10-27

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together
  2. - The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millions years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  3. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. tectonics - The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by conventional currents in the mantle.
  6. spreading - The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. ridge - An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
Down
  1. drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  2. trench - A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantel
  3. - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  5. - The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantel at a convergent plate boundary
  6. boundary - A valley that forms where plates spread apart at spreading boundaries
  7. - A section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

14 Clues: boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together • - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move • boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. • drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade 2022-10-27

Science Lesson Plan 8th Grade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together
  2. - The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millions years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  3. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. tectonics - The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by conventional currents in the mantle.
  6. spreading - The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. ridge - An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
Down
  1. drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  2. trench - A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantel
  3. - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  5. - The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantel at a convergent plate boundary
  6. boundary - A valley that forms where plates spread apart at spreading boundaries
  7. - A section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

14 Clues: boundary - A plate boundary where two plates come together • - A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move • boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • - The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. • drift - The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...

geopraphy 2016-12-14

geopraphy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates past each other
  2. 2 plates move up against each other
Down
  1. a area whit a lot of plate tectonics
  2. 2 plate move away from each other
  3. a solid rock inside the core
  4. plate plates that move past each other

6 Clues: 2 plates past each other • a solid rock inside the core • 2 plate move away from each other • 2 plates move up against each other • a area whit a lot of plate tectonics • plate plates that move past each other

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

The Earth 2022-10-26

The Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ocean floor.
  2. mostly made of iron.
  3. The thinnest layer of the earth.
  4. Convection currents in the _____ drive plate tectonics.
  5. rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth.
  6. has a liquid part and a solid part.
Down
  1. is about 4000-5000 degrees Celsius.
  2. between the thermosphere and the stratosphere.
  3. puddy like.
  4. makes up our continents.

10 Clues: puddy like. • the ocean floor. • mostly made of iron. • makes up our continents. • The thinnest layer of the earth. • is about 4000-5000 degrees Celsius. • has a liquid part and a solid part. • rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth. • between the thermosphere and the stratosphere. • Convection currents in the _____ drive plate tectonics.

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

Earthquakes 2013-05-13

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what movement changes the course of a river
  2. when sandy soil collapses after an earthquake, it is called?
  3. another term for plate tectonics
  4. when two plates continuously rub against each other, what is released?
  5. what fault line is the Southern Alps on
  6. when two plates collide
  7. an EQ can cause this natural event
  8. what is caused by a natural process
  9. what is a sequence of events called
Down
  1. centre of the Earth
  2. when all the continents were one it was called?
  3. the middle layer of the Earth
  4. ridges when two plates move apart from each other
  5. the outer layer of the Earth surface
  6. the result of a natural process beyond the control of people
  7. the point the seismic waves first reach the Earth's surface
  8. measures the strength of an earthquake
  9. when on plate moves underneath another
  10. cracks in the land
  11. The ________ Mercalli scale measure the intensity of an EQ
  12. when the land moves upwards this movement is called?
  13. another word for flooding

22 Clues: cracks in the land • centre of the Earth • when two plates collide • another word for flooding • the middle layer of the Earth • another term for plate tectonics • an EQ can cause this natural event • what is caused by a natural process • what is a sequence of events called • the outer layer of the Earth surface • measures the strength of an earthquake • ...

Geography Crossword 2013-05-28

Geography Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ocean the other main fishing region
  2. Agriculture is the industry
  3. Rock layers between two cracks in the earths crust cause this
  4. this is where the crust is the most thinnest
  5. Official government agreement between the federal government and aboriginal people
  6. Heat from the inside of the earth is responsible for all of this
  7. One of the two main fishing regions
  8. Forestry is the industry
  9. Fishery is the industry
Down
  1. Rock layers fold at the front of the plate and create this
  2. When magma escapes above the earth's crust this is caused
  3. The theory of plate tectonics is what devolved the answer in 1960's
  4. Mining is the industry
  5. This occurs when two plates converge and rub side by side
  6. a metaphor for people in a diverse area

15 Clues: Mining is the industry • Fishery is the industry • Forestry is the industry • Agriculture is the industry • ocean the other main fishing region • One of the two main fishing regions • a metaphor for people in a diverse area • this is where the crust is the most thinnest • When magma escapes above the earth's crust this is caused • ...

Chapter 7 Vocab 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A transform fault or transform boundary, sometimes called a strike-slip boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. It ends abruptly where it connects to another plate boundary, either another transform, a spreading ridge, or a subduction zone
  2. A geomagnetic reversal is a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. all the continents that were once part of a super continent
  5. A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called the Wadati–Benioff zone
  6. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  7. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  8. Reverse Polarity is when a receptacle is wired backward. This happens when the “hot” wire, also known as the black or red wire, is wired on the neutral side and the neutral wire is wired on the “hot” side. Looking at the featured image above, the outlet tester shows exactly this.
  9. A natural remanent magnetization closely parallel to the present ambient geomagnetic field direction. (b) A configuration of the Earth's magnetic field with the magnetic negative pole, where field lines enter the Earth, located near the geographic south pole.
Down
  1. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  2. In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys.
  3. Ridge push or sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges
  4. he movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
  5. 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.
  6. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  7. Slab pull is that part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its subduction. In 1975 Forsyth and Uyeda used the inverse theory method to show that

16 Clues: all the continents that were once part of a super continent • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. • ...

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

tectonic puzzle 2022-02-08

tectonic puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate slides under the other
  2. created by convergent plates
  3. When two plates come together
  4. caused by divergent plates
  5. Valley Created from sea-floor spreading
Down
  1. Are created when two plates come together
  2. When two plates slide pass each other
  3. Hot lava
  4. When two plates move apart
  5. Cause tectonics plates to move

10 Clues: Hot lava • When two plates move apart • caused by divergent plates • created by convergent plates • When two plates come together • Cause tectonics plates to move • When two plates slide pass each other • when one plate slides under the other • Valley Created from sea-floor spreading • Are created when two plates come together

Science crossword 2021-12-15

Science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot fluid material below or within the earths crust
  2. Processes by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid
  3. The uppermost solid part of the earth
  4. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction
  6. A long narrow depressions on the seafloor
  7. The relatively thick part of the earths crust that forms large landmasses
Down
  1. A rock that forms when hot, molten rock crystallizes and hardens
  2. A mountain or hill having a vent through which lava or magma is being erupted
  3. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other
  4. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other
  5. Large scale processes affecting the structure of the earths crust
  6. The process in which crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line
  7. A large segment of the Earths crust that slowly moves
  8. A type of fault where the crust moves sideways past each other

15 Clues: The uppermost solid part of the earth • A long narrow depressions on the seafloor • Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid • Hot fluid material below or within the earths crust • A large segment of the Earths crust that slowly moves • A type of fault where the crust moves sideways past each other • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-10-24

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The hard outer layer of earth broken into tectonic plates
  2. plate. Sections of the lithosphere that move on top of the fluid asthenosphere
  3. boundaries The edge of a tectonic plate where tectonic activity takes place (ex.earthquakes/volcanoes)
  4. Core The solid layer at the center of earth
  5. The rigid outer layer of Earth
Down
  1. currents A type of heat transfer. Where hot fluid rises and as it gets colder near the top sink.(happens in asthenosphere)
  2. The fluid portion of the mantle that has special properties
  3. core The molten layer at the center of earth responsible for the magnetic shield
  4. Molten rock under the surface of earth
  5. of plate tectonics a theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates

10 Clues: The rigid outer layer of Earth • Molten rock under the surface of earth • The hard outer layer of earth broken into tectonic plates • The fluid portion of the mantle that has special properties • Core The solid layer at the center of earth • of plate tectonics a theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates • ...

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

chapter seven 2021-10-22

chapter seven crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other convergent/plate-boundary two or more lithospheric plates collide subduction
  3. is a continent that split
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  6. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. is the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
  4. state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
  5. lithosphere comprises a number of plates
  6. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  7. long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
  9. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion

15 Clues: is a continent that split • lithosphere comprises a number of plates • two tectonic plates move away from each other • sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. • ...

Year 8 Geography - Tectonics 2020-12-09

Year 8 Geography - Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer rocky layer
  2. A supervolcano located in Wyoming, USA
  3. Evidence of continental drift
  4. A place where two or more tectonic plates meet
  5. How sticky a liquid is
  6. Cone shaped volcano made of layers of lava and ash
  7. Wide based volcano with gentle sloping sides
  8. 3000km thick and made of semi-molten rock
Down
  1. Mudflows of ash and water
  2. The process that controls the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time
  3. A zone where two continental plate collide
  4. a plate boundary where plates slide past one another in opposite directions or at different speeds
  5. A current which causes plates to move
  6. The planet home to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus mons

14 Clues: The outer rocky layer • How sticky a liquid is • Mudflows of ash and water • Evidence of continental drift • A current which causes plates to move • A supervolcano located in Wyoming, USA • 3000km thick and made of semi-molten rock • A zone where two continental plate collide • Wide based volcano with gentle sloping sides • A place where two or more tectonic plates meet • ...

Plate Tectonics By:Mathew Rodriguez 2013-02-22

Plate Tectonics By:Mathew Rodriguez crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stress that pushes rock in a parallel position
  2. Extends below the mantle to the center of the earth
  3. Center of our planet
  4. 2 plates move past each other horizontally
  5. The outer most layer of earth.
  6. Any place where gas, ash, or melted rock come out of the ground.
  7. Pulls rock apart
  8. 2 plates move suddenly releasing energy
  9. The lithosphere divided into different parts
  10. All the continents put together
Down
  1. Located between the core and the crust
  2. Lower part of the mantle
  3. 2 plates that move away from each other
  4. Ahere 2 plates collide
  5. Stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
  6. Describes large scale movements of earths lithosphere
  7. Magnetic patterns of sea floor rock
  8. Rock layers bend under stress
  9. A layer of weak or soft mantle
  10. Liquid layer of earths crust

20 Clues: Pulls rock apart • Center of our planet • Ahere 2 plates collide • Lower part of the mantle • Liquid layer of earths crust • Rock layers bend under stress • A layer of weak or soft mantle • The outer most layer of earth. • All the continents put together • Magnetic patterns of sea floor rock • Located between the core and the crust • 2 plates that move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics and Geology 2013-02-15

Plate Tectonics and Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A German scientist that proposed the theory of continental drift
  2. The layer of rock that forms that Earths outer skin
  3. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. A single landmass on Earth about 300 million years ago
  5. Has three main parts: a metal core, a solid middle layer, and a rocky outer layer
  6. A layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core
  7. The parts of Earth where that contain living organisms make this up
  8. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  9. A layer of hot rock
  10. Transfer of energy that is carried in rays
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  1. The ability to do work
  2. Contains all of Earths water
  3. The Earths outermost layer
  4. Breaks in Earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  5. A group of parts that work together as a whole
  6. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  7. Results from a force pressing on an area
  8. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. A dense ball of solid metal.
  10. A dark, fine-grained rock

20 Clues: A layer of hot rock • The ability to do work • A dark, fine-grained rock • The Earths outermost layer • Contains all of Earths water • A dense ball of solid metal. • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • Results from a force pressing on an area • Transfer of energy that is carried in rays • A group of parts that work together as a whole • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes 2014-10-28

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed when two oceanic plates converge
  2. Formed when continental plates spread apart
  3. __________ magnitude scale
  4. Driving force of continental drift
  5. Underwater mountain chain along divergent plate boundary
  6. The west coast of North America is made up of many ___________ terranes
  7. Fault with vertical motion
  8. Worldwide ocean
  9. Discovered continental drift
  10. Large wave created by an undersea earthquake
  11. Break in the Earth's crust/lithosphere
  12. Northern supercontinent
  13. A plate boundary where plates are moving towards one another
  14. A more horizontal fault found at convergent plate boundaries
  15. New oceanic crust is formed during _________ spreading
Down
  1. Process of one plate sinking beneath another
  2. Instrument for measuring earthquakes
  3. Ancient reptile that provided fossil evidence for continental drift
  4. Fault with horizontal motion
  5. 90% of the world's earthquakes are along the
  6. Southern supercontinent
  7. A plate boundary where plates are spreading apart
  8. California's major fault
  9. Fault usually found at convergent plate boundaries
  10. Fault usually found at divergent plate boundaries
  11. The point on the Earth's surface above an earthquake's location
  12. Supercontinent (means "worldwide earth" in Greek)

27 Clues: Worldwide ocean • Southern supercontinent • Northern supercontinent • California's major fault • __________ magnitude scale • Fault with vertical motion • Fault with horizontal motion • Discovered continental drift • Driving force of continental drift • Instrument for measuring earthquakes • Break in the Earth's crust/lithosphere • Formed when two oceanic plates converge • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2019-11-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions. This can be found at transform boundaries and results in faults
  2. The word used to describe the state of the mantle
  3. The cool, outermost layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  5. The layer just below the lithosphere
  6. Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid
  7. Scientist that proposed Earth's continents were once joined together as a single land mass
  8. This is a type of heat transfer (hint: lava lamp). Some scientists believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonics plates
  9. These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new crust is formed
  10. Areas along a transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a famous one in California
  11. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries
  12. Earth's thickest layer
  13. Scientists study these in order to learn about the interior of the Earth
  14. Layer of Earth with the lowest temperature
  15. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt
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  1. Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid
  2. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite
  3. This is the process of creating new oceanic crust
  4. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere
  5. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in eastern Africa
  6. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart
  7. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago
  8. The bending and crumpling of rock. This happens at continental vs continental convergent boundaries and results in the tallest mountains
  9. Theory that they continents were once joined as one large, single land mass
  10. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this
  11. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation
  12. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions

27 Clues: Earth's thickest layer • The layer just below the lithosphere • Layer of Earth with the lowest temperature • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide • Type of crust that is thick and contains granite • This is the process of creating new oceanic crust • The word used to describe the state of the mantle • Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt • ...

Introduction to Plate Tectonics 2021-02-04

Introduction to Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___________ crust is thicker
  2. the first super =continent
  3. the upper part of the mantle that the crust sits on top of
  4. contains the semi-solid layer of the Earth
  5. a person who studies geology
  6. the theory that the Earth is made of moving plates
  7. this scientist that gave evidence for the mid-atlantic ridge
  8. ____________ currents move tectonic plates
  9. molten rock found above the crust
  10. ________ waves are used to take measurements inside the Earth
Down
  1. the supercontinent making the countries in the northern hemisphere
  2. the scientist who first proposed continental drift
  3. the theory that the continents have moved over time
  4. the supercontinent made of Gondwana and Laurasia
  5. the branch of science studying the Earth
  6. ___________ spreading is responsible for forming ocean ridges
  7. molten rock found below the crust
  8. the centre of the Earth
  9. the supercontinent making the countries in the southern hemisphere
  10. the mid-_________ ridge runs along the west coast of America
  11. the solid, outer layer of the Earth
  12. continental _________ are underwater cliffs
  13. _________ crust is thinner

23 Clues: the centre of the Earth • the first super =continent • _________ crust is thinner • ___________ crust is thicker • a person who studies geology • molten rock found below the crust • molten rock found above the crust • the solid, outer layer of the Earth • the branch of science studying the Earth • contains the semi-solid layer of the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics & Earth's Layers 2021-01-12

Plate Tectonics & Earth's Layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measure of how much material there is
  2. a boundary where two plates meet and move towards each other
  3. the hypothesis that states the continents were once connected
  4. upper layer of Earth's mantle below the lithosphere
  5. rigid layer that makes up the upper mantle
  6. the theory that Earth's lithosphere is in constant motion
  7. where old oceanic lithosphere is pulled back into the mantle
  8. the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature
  9. the process where new oceanic lithosphere forms
  10. Molten rock beneath the Earth
  11. mostly solid rocky part of Earth
  12. sections of Earth's crust that move due to convection currents
Down
  1. lower part of the mantle
  2. the thick part of Earth's crust
  3. a boundary where two plates meet and pull away from each other
  4. a boundary where two plates meet and slide past each other
  5. the central part of the Earth
  6. thin and solid outermost layer
  7. layer between the crust and core
  8. the thin part of Earth's crust

20 Clues: lower part of the mantle • the central part of the Earth • Molten rock beneath the Earth • thin and solid outermost layer • the thin part of Earth's crust • the thick part of Earth's crust • layer between the crust and core • mostly solid rocky part of Earth • measure of how much material there is • rigid layer that makes up the upper mantle • ...

Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics 2017-03-23

Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's crust is broken up into pieces called _________.
  2. preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past
  3. appears to be a large crack along the land with a river running through it
  4. large flat area of land
  5. Plate boundary that is created when two plates slide past each other
  6. high points of land with a flat top
  7. This theory believes that the continents only move because they are on top of the plates that are actually moving
  8. caused by divergent plate boundary when they separate from each other on land
  9. drift a) the continents used to be together/connnected (Pangea)b) the continents are moving and are still moving from old locations to new locations
  10. caused by divergent plate boundary when they separate from each other in the ocean
Down
  1. low point between two mountains
  2. caused by a convergent plate boundary when they collide
  3. made of compressed tropical plants
  4. Plate boundary that is created when two plates collide
  5. Plate boundary _____________ causes landforms and events to occur.
  6. cracks where one plate touches another plate
  7. Plate boundary that is created when two plates divide/separate
  8. caused by transform plate boundary when they slide past each other
  9. height of land above or below sea level
  10. deep points below the ocean along the sea floor

20 Clues: large flat area of land • low point between two mountains • made of compressed tropical plants • high points of land with a flat top • height of land above or below sea level • cracks where one plate touches another plate • deep points below the ocean along the sea floor • Plate boundary that is created when two plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-30

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crash together with violent impact
  2. a sheet of floating ice
  3. relating to or forming part of the structure of a building or other item
  4. the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  5. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  6. liquid rock
  7. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
  8. a strike-slip fault occurring at the boundary between two plates of the earth's crust
Down
  1. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
  2. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  3. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
  4. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  5. another word for disengage
  6. a sudden outbreak of something, typically something unwelcome or noisy
  7. a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body
  8. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  9. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
  10. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  11. a continent or other large body of land
  12. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist

20 Clues: liquid rock • a sheet of floating ice • another word for disengage • crash together with violent impact • a continent or other large body of land • any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist • the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust • subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-30

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body
  2. crash together with violent impact
  3. relating to or forming part of the structure of a building or other item
  4. a continent or other large body of land
  5. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  6. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
  7. the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  8. another word for disengage
  9. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
  10. a sudden outbreak of something, typically something unwelcome or noisy
Down
  1. a strike-slip fault occurring at the boundary between two plates of the earth's crust
  2. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  3. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  4. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
  5. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
  6. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  7. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  8. a sheet of floating ice
  9. 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
  10. liquid rock

20 Clues: liquid rock • a sheet of floating ice • another word for disengage • crash together with violent impact • a continent or other large body of land • any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist • the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust • subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-28

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. If magma reaches the surface without cooling and solidifying, it can break through in the form of _______________ eruptions.
  2. Where plates move apart,_______________ form.
  3. At _______________ boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving toward one another.
  4. A continental rift, often referred to as a rift valley, forms where continental plates_______________.
  5. Earthquakes send out _______________ waves when there is movement along transform boundaries.
  6. In a subduction zone, the subducted _______________ becomes molten and forms magma chambers.
  7. Oceanic plates are pulled _______________ continental plates.
  8. _______________ is when one plate is pulled under another.
  9. Where a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, the thinner, denser _______________ plate subducts beneath the thicker, more rigid _______________ plate
  10. At_______________ boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving away from one another.
  11. The rifting of plates allows _______________ to move to the surface.
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  1. The edges of tectonic plates are called _______________.
  2. Plates move because of forces in the _______________.
  3. Subduction creates a _______________ between the plates and a subduction zone below.
  4. Movements of crust often result in _______________.
  5. When magma cools in a rift,it creates more _______________ in the gap between the plates.
  6. At _______________ boundaries, neighbouring plates are sliding past one another or locked in place as they are trying to slide past one another.
  7. Where plates _______________, earthquakes occur and volcanoes and mountains form.
  8. During subduction, magma that is less _______________ than the rest of the mantle rises to the surface.
  9. An _______________ rift, often referred to as a rift valley, forms where oceanic plates diverge.
  10. Where oceanic plates converge, the _______________, denser plate subducts under the less dense plate.
  11. At convergent boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving _______________ one another.
  12. Continental plates are _______________ in strength.

23 Clues: Where plates move apart,_______________ form. • Movements of crust often result in _______________. • Continental plates are _______________ in strength. • Plates move because of forces in the _______________. • The edges of tectonic plates are called _______________. • _______________ is when one plate is pulled under another. • ...