plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2015-10-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates: the name of the pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
  2. the place where tectonic plates meet
  3. two plates collide
  4. two plates move away
  5. layers: lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
  6. in between the crust and the core
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  1. spreading: the scientific theory about pangaea
  2. layers: crust, core and mantle
  3. two plates move past each other horizontally
  4. tectonics: large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere

10 Clues: two plates collide • two plates move away • layers: crust, core and mantle • in between the crust and the core • the place where tectonic plates meet • two plates move past each other horizontally • spreading: the scientific theory about pangaea • tectonics: large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere • plates: the name of the pieces that the lithosphere is divided into • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-10-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core Only liquid layer inside earth, mainly composed of iron
  2. Hess The man who came up with sea floor spreading
  3. Zone where the ocean plate pushes under the continental plate
  4. The "plastic" mantle
  5. Wegener The scientist who introduced the Theory of Continental Drift
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  1. Trench This is an example of a convergent, oceanic-oceanic
  2. Core The hottest layer of the earth
  3. Fault Two plates sliding horizontally past each other
  4. Two plates coming together
  5. Age Rocks of the ocean basins are much younger than continental rocks

10 Clues: The "plastic" mantle • Two plates coming together • Core The hottest layer of the earth • Hess The man who came up with sea floor spreading • Fault Two plates sliding horizontally past each other • Trench This is an example of a convergent, oceanic-oceanic • Core Only liquid layer inside earth, mainly composed of iron • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary where tow plates move away from each other
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  5. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
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  1. a plate boundary where two plates move toward 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 deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
  4. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  5. a break in Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other

10 Clues: a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a plate boundary where tow plates move away from each other • a break in Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other • the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ocean plate
  2. a plate going under another
  3. The measuring of an earthquake
  4. plate a section of the earth's crust
  5. the area between the core and crust
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  1. shaking of the earth due to plates below moving
  2. the outer part of earth
  3. a plate that is a continent
  4. a hot substance that comes from vents or volcanoes
  5. the hottest and the center area of earth

10 Clues: the ocean plate • the outer part of earth • a plate that is a continent • a plate going under another • The measuring of an earthquake • the area between the core and crust • plate a section of the earth's crust • the hottest and the center area of earth • shaking of the earth due to plates below moving • a hot substance that comes from vents or volcanoes

Plate Tectonics! 2018-04-06

Plate Tectonics! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in the earths crust that moves
  2. Hess credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. Boundary when two plates pull apart
  4. Boundary when two plates come together
  5. of Continental Drift Theory that continents move due to a force
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  1. Wegener credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  2. large supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago
  3. large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents
  4. Boundary when two plates grind past each other
  5. depression formed at a subduction zone

10 Clues: Boundary when two plates pull apart • a break in the earths crust that moves • depression formed at a subduction zone • Boundary when two plates come together • Boundary when two plates grind past each other • Hess credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics • Wegener credited with the theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-12-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / The process of a less dense plate sinking below a more dense plate.
  2. / the layer that is semi-solid and immediately below the lithosphere.
  3. tectonics / The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces
  4. boundary / when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
  5. / a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world.
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  1. boundary / When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another
  2. / the outermost physical layer of the earth
  3. drift / the hypothesis that today's continents were once apart of a single land mass.
  4. spreading / process of new seafloor forming.
  5. boundary / When 2 tectonic plates moving past one another in opposite direction.

10 Clues: / the outermost physical layer of the earth • spreading / process of new seafloor forming. • boundary / When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another • tectonics / The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces • boundary / when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide. • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-22

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-04-07

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates slide past each other without causing damage to the mantle
  2. the area under the crust
  3. the magma that causes the plates to move
  4. the sections of the earth's crust
  5. appears underwater, is the by-product of a convergent boundary
  6. when two plates collide
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  1. what is left by a divergent boundary
  2. is the area on the surface of the planet where humans live
  3. is the bubbling molten rock that makes up the convection currents
  4. when two plates move away from each other in opposite directions

10 Clues: when two plates collide • the area under the crust • the sections of the earth's crust • what is left by a divergent boundary • the magma that causes the plates to move • is the area on the surface of the planet where humans live • appears underwater, is the by-product of a convergent boundary • when two plates move away from each other in opposite directions • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.
  2. The boundary between two colliding plates, often associated with mountain building, ocean trenches and volcanic islands
  3. A deep crack in the Earth's surface associated with divergent boundary.
  4. The highest part of a chain of underwater mountains.
  5. A surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction.
Down
  1. Where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust.
  2. Proposed by Alfred Wegener, that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart.
  3. Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards.
  4. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
  5. The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, between continental and oceanic plates.

10 Clues: The highest part of a chain of underwater mountains. • The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle. • Where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust. • A deep crack in the Earth's surface associated with divergent boundary. • Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates move
  2. in crust due to shearing
  3. plates pull apart
  4. where the plates pull apart
  5. in crust due to tension built up at a divergent boundary
Down
  1. in crust due to compression at convergent boundaries
  2. where the plates slide past each other
  3. of the super continent
  4. where plates come together
  5. when lava cools in water

10 Clues: when plates move • plates pull apart • of the super continent • in crust due to shearing • when lava cools in water • where plates come together • where the plates pull apart • where the plates slide past each other • in crust due to compression at convergent boundaries • in crust due to tension built up at a divergent boundary

Plate tectonics 2021-12-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the force that proved wegener's theory
  2. the layer right under the crust of the earth
  3. when tectonic plates move towards each other
  4. when tectonic plates move against one another
  5. a large super continent that existed 250 million years ago
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  1. the inner most layer of the earth
  2. when tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. the 2nd most inner layer of the earth
  4. the thinnest layer of the earth
  5. the person who first proposed the theory of continental drift

10 Clues: the thinnest layer of the earth • the inner most layer of the earth • the 2nd most inner layer of the earth • the force that proved wegener's theory • the layer right under the crust of the earth • when tectonic plates move towards each other • when tectonic plates move against one another • when tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other.
  2. A sudden slip on a fault, violent ground shaking.
  3. Boundary where 2 plates are moving away from each other.
  4. "A conveyer belt for the plates".
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  1. The process where one plate is recycled under another.
  2. Hot liquid under the earth's crust.
  3. Boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other.
  4. Geographic landform as a result of a transform boundary.
  5. Mid-Atlantic ____
  6. Crack/split/break in the earth

10 Clues: Mid-Atlantic ____ • Crack/split/break in the earth • "A conveyer belt for the plates". • Hot liquid under the earth's crust. • Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other. • A sudden slip on a fault, violent ground shaking. • The process where one plate is recycled under another. • Boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer part of the earth.
  2. where plates slide passed each other.
  3. where two plates are moving apart.
  4. heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  5. Earth's seven continents all grouped together
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  1. where two plates are colliding.
  2. found under the oceans and formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges
  3. the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere.
  4. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  5. the part of the earth's interior beneath the crust and above the central core.

10 Clues: the outer part of the earth. • where two plates are colliding. • where two plates are moving apart. • where plates slide passed each other. • Earth's seven continents all grouped together • the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere. • heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Transform
  2. Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic
  3. Convergent Oceanic-Continental
  4. Divergent Oceanic-Oceanic
  5. Convergent Continental-Continental
Down
  1. Divide
  2. Faults
  3. Divergent Continental-Continental
  4. Slide
  5. Collide

10 Clues: Slide • Divide • Faults • Collide • Transform • Divergent Oceanic-Oceanic • Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic • Convergent Oceanic-Continental • Divergent Continental-Continental • Convergent Continental-Continental

Plate tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot flowing fluid
  2. hot fluid with the earth's crust
  3. when two plates slide past each other
  4. solid bulk of the earth's interior
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  1. when to plates collide into each other
  2. caused by a transform boundary
  3. when two plates spread apart from each other
  4. compactness of a substance
  5. sideways and upwards movement of a plate
  6. occurs during a divergent boundary

10 Clues: hot flowing fluid • compactness of a substance • caused by a transform boundary • hot fluid with the earth's crust • occurs during a divergent boundary • solid bulk of the earth's interior • when two plates slide past each other • when to plates collide into each other • sideways and upwards movement of a plate • when two plates spread apart from each other

plate tectonics 2022-03-30

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rays of energy
  2. thin outer most layer
  3. collide
Down
  1. one plate slides under the other
  2. slide past
  3. the mass of something
  4. push apart
  5. molten rock
  6. the speed of something
  7. the outer edge of something

10 Clues: collide • slide past • push apart • molten rock • rays of energy • the mass of something • thin outer most layer • the speed of something • the outer edge of something • one plate slides under the other

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost layer of earth
  2. The layer of earth in between core and crust
  3. uneven heating causes this
  4. Plates move away from each other
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  1. hot liquid inside earth
  2. big rocks on earths crust
  3. two plates crashing into each other
  4. the heat source of the earths crust
  5. The hottest layer of Earth
  6. When plates "rub" against each other

10 Clues: hot liquid inside earth • big rocks on earths crust • uneven heating causes this • The hottest layer of Earth • The outermost layer of earth • Plates move away from each other • two plates crashing into each other • the heat source of the earths crust • When plates "rub" against each other • The layer of earth in between core and crust

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two tectonic plates convergent and overlap lap.
  2. Two tectonic plates moving in opposite directions.
  3. A hole in the ocean, or a pit that is empty and deep in the ocean.
  4. The layer below the crust.
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  1. It creates different types of volcanoes
  2. Causes tectonic plates to move.
  3. When two plates slide past each other.
  4. The idea of plate tectonics.
  5. A cone shape that blows out magma.
  6. Dense rock that forms the ocean floor, or mid-ocean rides.

10 Clues: The layer below the crust. • The idea of plate tectonics. • Causes tectonic plates to move. • A cone shape that blows out magma. • When two plates slide past each other. • It creates different types of volcanoes • Two tectonic plates convergent and overlap lap. • Two tectonic plates moving in opposite directions. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-09-29

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory
  2. A system of ideas intended to explain a phenomena
  3. Super Continental Land Mass
  4. The smallest ocean in the world
  5. an extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa and South America.
  6. It is the largest ocean in the world
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  1. The last name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory
  2. an extinct genus of herbivorous dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian and Early Triassic epochs
  3. These are the available the facts or information
  4. The remains of prehistoric organisms

10 Clues: Super Continental Land Mass • The smallest ocean in the world • The remains of prehistoric organisms • It is the largest ocean in the world • These are the available the facts or information • A system of ideas intended to explain a phenomena • The last name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory • The first name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sections of the lithosphere
  2. A theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates
  3. The molten layer at the center of the earth
  4. Hard outer layer of crust and hard upper mantle
  5. Fluid portion of the mantle
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  1. molten rock
  2. A tyoe of heat energy transfer
  3. Edge of a tectonic plate
  4. solid layer in the center of the earth
  5. Rigid outer layer of the Earth

10 Clues: molten rock • Edge of a tectonic plate • Sections of the lithosphere • Fluid portion of the mantle • A tyoe of heat energy transfer • Rigid outer layer of the Earth • solid layer in the center of the earth • The molten layer at the center of the earth • Hard outer layer of crust and hard upper mantle • A theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge, during divergent plate boundary this occurs on the ocean floor
  2. hot molten rock that causes tectonic plates to have movement
  3. zone, one convergent plate is more dense than the other
  4. long narrow depressions on the sea floor where one plate subducts beneath the other
  5. current, heat driven cycle that occurs in the mantle.
  6. valley, during divergent plate boundary, this happens on a land mass
Down
  1. two plates moving away from each other
  2. formation, this happens in the subduction zone
  3. two tectonic plates coming together
  4. when two plates slide past each other

10 Clues: two tectonic plates coming together • when two plates slide past each other • two plates moving away from each other • formation, this happens in the subduction zone • current, heat driven cycle that occurs in the mantle. • zone, one convergent plate is more dense than the other • hot molten rock that causes tectonic plates to have movement • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where two plates go away
  2. Colliding or coming together
  3. Where the more dense of two converging plates goes under the less dense plate
  4. Type of boundary where two plates collide
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  1. the sudden release of strain energy in the earths crust
  2. A crustal feature formed by two converging plates
  3. a chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
  4. Boundary where two plates meet
  5. Large piece of earth's crust
  6. Crustal feature formed by two converging tectonic plates

10 Clues: Colliding or coming together • Large piece of earth's crust • Boundary where two plates meet • Type of boundary where two plates go away • Type of boundary where two plates collide • A crustal feature formed by two converging plates • a chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean • the sudden release of strain energy in the earths crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mantle
  2. Fault
  3. Focus
  4. Collision Zone
Down
  1. Subduction zone
  2. MidoceanRidge
  3. Transect
  4. Rift
  5. Seafloor Spreading
  6. Asthenosphere

10 Clues: Rift • Fault • Focus • Mantle • Transect • MidoceanRidge • Asthenosphere • Collision Zone • Subduction zone • Seafloor Spreading

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Underwater feature created when oceanic and continental crust collide.
  2. Lava underground.
  3. A boundary where plates move apart.
  4. When one plate goes under another.
  5. The older and thicker crust.
  6. Broken up parts of earths crust.
Down
  1. A boundary where plates collide.
  2. A boundary where plates slide past each other.
  3. Occurs while two plates are transforming.
  4. The newer and thinner crust.

10 Clues: Lava underground. • The newer and thinner crust. • The older and thicker crust. • A boundary where plates collide. • Broken up parts of earths crust. • When one plate goes under another. • A boundary where plates move apart. • Occurs while two plates are transforming. • A boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

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

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

plate tectonics 2023-12-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother
  2. the theory thst pieces of the earths lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. the amount of force pushing on a surface
  4. the transfer of energy through empty space
  5. the study of planet earth
  6. a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother
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  1. a break in earths crust where slabs of rock slip past eachother
  2. a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth
  3. type of crust found under earths oceans
  4. the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles of matter

10 Clues: the study of planet earth • type of crust found under earths oceans • the amount of force pushing on a surface • the transfer of energy through empty space • a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother • a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother • a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in earths crust where slabs of rock slip past eachother
  2. the transfer of energy through empty space
  3. a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother
  4. a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother
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  1. type of crust found under earths oceans
  2. the theory thst pieces of the earths lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. the amount of force pushing on a surface
  4. a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth
  5. the study of planet earth
  6. the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles of matter

10 Clues: the study of planet earth • type of crust found under earths oceans • the amount of force pushing on a surface • the transfer of energy through empty space • a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother • a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother • a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  2. The shaking of the earth's crust
  3. Makes up 84% of the earth
  4. The thinnest layer of the earth
  5. _______ spreading is a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
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  1. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. The landform when all of the continents were together
  4. The innermost layer of the earth
  5. A plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth

10 Clues: Makes up 84% of the earth • The thinnest layer of the earth • The innermost layer of the earth • The shaking of the earth's crust • The landform when all of the continents were together • A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock
  2. theory that the rigid, cool outer layer of Earth is divided
  3. an idea we want to put forward
  4. name of Earth when it was one large continent
  5. when the crust shifts
Down
  1. plates moving away from each other
  2. old crust is destroyed
  3. large pieces of Earths outer layer
  4. formed at plate boundaries
  5. Earths outer layer

10 Clues: melted rock • Earths outer layer • when the crust shifts • old crust is destroyed • formed at plate boundaries • an idea we want to put forward • plates moving away from each other • large pieces of Earths outer layer • name of Earth when it was one large continent • theory that the rigid, cool outer layer of Earth is divided

Plate tectonics 2024-03-28

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

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

plate tectonics 2024-02-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alfred Wegnerthis theory
  2. liquid part of the earth
  3. to plates come together
  4. if it shifts it can cause an earthquake
  5. the action of compressing
Down
  1. they move past each other
  2. the thickest part of the earth
  3. what we live on
  4. the inside of the earth
  5. hardness,toughness,brittleness,ext.

10 Clues: what we live on • the inside of the earth • to plates come together • Alfred Wegnerthis theory • liquid part of the earth • they move past each other • the action of compressing • the thickest part of the earth • hardness,toughness,brittleness,ext. • if it shifts it can cause an earthquake

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates slide past one another
  2. the amount of big plates on Earth
  3. when one plate moves underneath the other
  4. when plates move apart from one another
  5. the type of crust that we live on
Down
  1. when plates move towards each other
  2. structure that forms and becomes a range
  3. structure that forms that may explode or ooze
  4. the outermost layer of earth
  5. thin and dense crust

10 Clues: thin and dense crust • the outermost layer of earth • the amount of big plates on Earth • the type of crust that we live on • when plates slide past one another • when plates move towards each other • when plates move apart from one another • structure that forms and becomes a range • when one plate moves underneath the other • structure that forms that may explode or ooze

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates slide past each other in a _______ plate boundary.
  2. The topic of this quiz
  3. In a convergent plate boundary, plates _________ into each other.
  4. What forms in a transform plate boundary.
Down
  1. Plates move away from each other in a ________ plate boundary
  2. What forms in a convergent plate boundary?
  3. When ocean-continent plates collide into each other, they ______
  4. What is the name of the plate boundary when the plates collide into each other?
  5. What forms in a ocean-continent convergent boundary?
  6. The name of the supercontinent that formed approximately 300 years ago

10 Clues: The topic of this quiz • What forms in a transform plate boundary. • What forms in a convergent plate boundary? • What forms in a ocean-continent convergent boundary? • Plates slide past each other in a _______ plate boundary. • Plates move away from each other in a ________ plate boundary • When ocean-continent plates collide into each other, they ______ • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2025-01-20

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. where convection currents occur
  3. the name given to the large supercontinent
  4. plates that are moving sliding past one another
  5. a boundary where plate move away from each other
  6. plate that subducts in subduction zones
  7. plates that move away from each other
  8. the border between two plates
  9. forms mountains, trenches, volcanoes and volcanic islands
Down
  1. forms rift valleys, and mid ocean ridges
  2. forms faults or fracture zones
  3. process where two plates divide causing new lithosphere
  4. the theory that states that the lithosphere is broken down into moving plates

13 Clues: the border between two plates • forms faults or fracture zones • where convection currents occur • theory proposed by Alfred Wegener • plates that move away from each other • plate that subducts in subduction zones • forms rift valleys, and mid ocean ridges • the name given to the large supercontinent • plates that are moving sliding past one another • ...

plate tectonics 2025-11-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the boundaries
  2. what Pangaea is made out of
  3. one of the plates
  4. the man who couldn't find out why the continent moved
  5. includes convergent
  6. the subject where you learn Pangaea
Down
  1. the super continent
  2. found to connect the continents
  3. another name of a plate
  4. the layer Pangaea is on

10 Clues: one of the plates • the super continent • includes convergent • one of the boundaries • another name of a plate • the layer Pangaea is on • what Pangaea is made out of • found to connect the continents • the subject where you learn Pangaea • the man who couldn't find out why the continent moved

Plate tectonics 2025-11-19

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A valley formed at a divergent boundary where land splits apart.
  2. When one plate sinks under another plate into the mantle.
  3. Large pieces of Earth's crust that move on the mantle.
  4. A place where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The theory the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
Down
  1. A place where two plates slide past each other.
  2. A crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
  3. An underwater mountain range where new crust forms at a divergent boundary.
  4. A place where two plates move apart.
  5. Hot molten rock inside Earth.

10 Clues: Hot molten rock inside Earth. • A place where two plates move apart. • A place where two plates slide past each other. • A crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs. • A place where two plates move toward each other. • Large pieces of Earth's crust that move on the mantle. • When one plate sinks under another plate into the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The degree of compactness in object
  2. Core Made of liquid,Iron and Nickel
  3. Spot A stationary hot plume of magma breaks through the crust
  4. Core Solid ball mainly made of Iron and Nickel
  5. Lines Lines that illustrate changes in elevation
  6. Layer located beneath the crust but above the outer core
Down
  1. Currents Heat driven patterns in liquids and gases
  2. The degree of heat present in a substance or object
  3. Zone When two plates collide and he denser plates slips under the other one
  4. Thinnest layer apart of earth

10 Clues: Thinnest layer apart of earth • The degree of compactness in object • Core Made of liquid,Iron and Nickel • Core Solid ball mainly made of Iron and Nickel • Lines Lines that illustrate changes in elevation • Currents Heat driven patterns in liquids and gases • The degree of heat present in a substance or object • ...

Geosphere 2022-01-12

Geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The outermost shell of a planet.
  2. Boundary Where two plates slide past each other.
  3. Tectonics Moving and interaction of the Earth’s plates.
  4. - The mantle is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. Boundaries Where two plates move apart.
Down
  1. Crust The solid part of the earth which forms the seven continent.
  2. Boundaries Where two plates arrive.
  3. Crust It is more dense that the continental crust.
  4. Plates Giant slabs of Earth’s crust and upper mantle that fit together like a puzzle.
  5. Molten rock.

10 Clues: Molten rock. • - The outermost shell of a planet. • Boundaries Where two plates arrive. • Boundaries Where two plates move apart. • Boundary Where two plates slide past each other. • Crust It is more dense that the continental crust. • Tectonics Moving and interaction of the Earth’s plates. • - The mantle is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • ...

PLate tectonic 2025-05-16

PLate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  2. Boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other.
  3. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consist of crust and the uppermost part of mantle
  4. Boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  5. Plate around which vibrant and frequent tectonic movement occur.
  6. The process of one plate sinking beneath another.
  7. Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere.
  8. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  9. Boundary where two tectonic plates move apart.
  10. An opening in the Earth's surface where magma erupts.
Down
  1. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  2. The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere.
  3. Plate where Hong Kong is located.
  4. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust.
  5. The study of the movement and deformation of the Earth's crust.
  6. The earth layer with the highest temperature

16 Clues: Plate where Hong Kong is located. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • The earth layer with the highest temperature • The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere. • Boundary where two tectonic plates move apart. • Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere. • A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust. • ...

Earth Science Exam Prep 2021-12-14

Earth Science Exam Prep crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Creation ___ states that we should use Earth's resources to glorify God
  2. S waves do not travel through the Earth's ___ outer core
  3. ____ currents in the mantle move the tectonic plates
  4. The type of boundary where two plates collide
  5. _____ of light and dark was on Day 1 of Creation Week
  6. _____ scientists say Earth is 4.6 billion years old
  7. ___ Plate Tectonics explains rapid seafloor spreading during The Flood
Down
  1. States that the present is the key to the past
  2. Science that deals with the unobservable past
  3. The process that involves one plate sinking beneath another plate
  4. The worldview that believes in a 6-day Creation Week
  5. Water does this to animals' and Earth's temperatures
  6. ____ spreading takes place at mid-ocean ridges
  7. Land _____ were created on Day 6 of Creation Week
  8. The name Alfred Wegener came up with for the supercontinent
  9. The study of Earth

16 Clues: The study of Earth • Science that deals with the unobservable past • The type of boundary where two plates collide • States that the present is the key to the past • ____ spreading takes place at mid-ocean ridges • Land _____ were created on Day 6 of Creation Week • _____ scientists say Earth is 4.6 billion years old • ...

Plate Tectonic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2017-06-12

Plate Tectonic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep spot in the ocean caused by subduction
  2. The process of one plate moving beneath the other
  3. A rigid layer that includes the earths crust/upper mantle
  4. Formed by collisions between plates of continental crust
  5. The name of a subduction zone that Vancouver lies within it
  6. The continental crust is made of this rock
  7. There are 3 types of these, convergent, divergent and transform
  8. The soft layer just below the lithosphere
  9. A natural disaster caused by movements of the tectonic plates
  10. A destructive event that results from geological processes
  11. pull Pulling of tectonic plate due to gravity/subduction
  12. The founding father of plate tectonics
Down
  1. The starting point of diverging plates
  2. An usually hot place where island chains such as Hawaii can form
  3. The solid material beneath the asthenosphere
  4. A supercontinent that was formed in 270,000,000 BCE
  5. An opening in the earths surface where magma is released
  6. The pieces that make up the earth's crust
  7. Also known as a titlewave
  8. Its nearly 3000km thick

20 Clues: Its nearly 3000km thick • Also known as a titlewave • The starting point of diverging plates • The founding father of plate tectonics • The pieces that make up the earth's crust • The soft layer just below the lithosphere • The continental crust is made of this rock • The solid material beneath the asthenosphere • A deep spot in the ocean caused by subduction • ...

Earth's Changing Surface 2020-04-10

Earth's Changing Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in Earth’s crust where the rocks on either side have moved
  2. depressions of the sea floor, relatively narrow in width, but very long. the deepest parts of the ocean floor
  3. the scientific theory that the crust is made up of rigid pieces, called tectonic plates, that move across Earth’s surface
  4. the process by which a collision between two tectonic plates forces the denser plate under the less dense plate
  5. A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics, found at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. a plate boundary where two of more plate are moving apart
  2. the hypothesis that the continents slowly drifted to their current positions after having been part of a single, giant landmass that broke apart
  3. The edge of two or more tectonic plate
  4. a plate boundary where two of more plate are moving past each other
  5. a plate boundary where two of more plate are moving together
  6. At a mid-ocean ridge the plate boundary slowly pull away from each other, allowing molten rock to rise, solidify, and form new seafloor
  7. break in the crust of Earth object,that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
  8. a natural disaster that occurs on a fault when plates shift

13 Clues: The edge of two or more tectonic plate • a plate boundary where two of more plate are moving apart • a natural disaster that occurs on a fault when plates shift • a plate boundary where two of more plate are moving together • a break in Earth’s crust where the rocks on either side have moved • a plate boundary where two of more plate are moving past each other • ...

Vocab Crossword 2025-11-25

Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide.
  2. an underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
  3. fossil magnetism is when magnetism of the Earth is weak but permanent.
  4. a narrow zone of deep earthquake foci at a subduction zone.
  5. the slow, circular movement of magma in the Earth's mantle.
Down
  1. the name given to the area where one plate moves underneath another plate.
  2. a type of fold in rock layers that forms a valley.
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. the mountain building process.
  5. formed where two tectonic plates rub pass one another.
  6. form at subduction zones, they are long, narrow depressions in the ocean floor.
  7. a type of fold in rock layers that forms a ridge.
  8. chains of volcanic islands on the continental side of an ocean trench.

13 Clues: the mountain building process. • a type of fold in rock layers that forms a ridge. • a type of fold in rock layers that forms a valley. • a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide. • formed where two tectonic plates rub pass one another. • an underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Science extra credit! -Evie 2025-01-23

Science extra credit! -Evie crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the measure of the average kinetic energy
  2. pieces of the crust of the earth
  3. the energy of a moving object
  4. a place where two plates meet
  5. thermal energy moving through a substances
  6. all biotic and abiotic thing in the environment
  7. all organisms living in a area at the time
  8. the study of plate movement
  9. the ability to do work
  10. Anything that can be used as a source of work
  11. the cycle on how rocks change into other rocks
Down
  1. any organism that cant get their own food
  2. the ability to do work
  3. an object that isn't moving and stays still
  4. a cell that clearly doesn't have a cell
  5. any organism that can get their own food
  6. any non living thing
  7. any living thing
  8. the building blocks of all life
  9. a cell that clearly has a nucleus

20 Clues: any living thing • any non living thing • the ability to do work • the ability to do work • the study of plate movement • the energy of a moving object • a place where two plates meet • the building blocks of all life • pieces of the crust of the earth • a cell that clearly has a nucleus • a cell that clearly doesn't have a cell • any organism that can get their own food • ...

plate tectonic 2021-12-02

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 plates are moving towards each other
  2. the chemistry of the earths crust
  3. a rigid layer of the earths crust that is believed to drift slowly
  4. a specialist of the history of the earth recorded in rocks
  5. came up with the theory of continental drift
  6. molten rock in the earths crust
  7. transfer of heat caused by molecular motion of liquid or heat
  8. the movement or study of the movement of the earths crust
  9. movement of one tectonic plate under another
  10. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
Down
  1. when 2 plates are rubbing up against each other
  2. lower layer of the crust
  3. a large gap made from divergent plates
  4. happens when plates scrape together
  5. a fissure in the earths crust through which gasses explode
  6. when 2 plates are moving away from each other
  7. of or relating to of characteristics of the crust of the moon or the earth
  8. super continent
  9. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earths crust
  10. occurs from convergent plates

20 Clues: super continent • lower layer of the crust • occurs from convergent plates • molten rock in the earths crust • the chemistry of the earths crust • happens when plates scrape together • a large gap made from divergent plates • when 2 plates are moving towards each other • came up with the theory of continental drift • movement of one tectonic plate under another • ...

tectonic plates by parvaaz 2026-02-04

tectonic plates by parvaaz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a steep sided depression
  2. when the plates come towards each other
  3. when the plate subducts under the other plate
  4. where all the continents used to be connected
  5. a earthqauke
  6. the liqud layer of the earth
  7. made of the crust and upper mantle
  8. an arc shaped chain of volanoes
  9. came up with the theory of continental drift
  10. found in the ocean after the plates diverge
  11. a dense rock that makes the oceanic crust
  12. where the plates float
  13. The theory of the continentints moving slowly
Down
  1. made of mostly granite
  2. when the plates slide past each other
  3. A iron rich rock made of magma
  4. super hot but not liqud because the material are too compressed
  5. caused when the plate tectonics intreact with each other
  6. made of mostly basalt
  7. when the plates pull apart from each other
  8. makes up the continental crust
  9. lava that is cooled up
  10. the outer layer of the earth
  11. the semi-plastic layer of the earth above the outer core
  12. when lava goes between the crack of the crust and becomes soild

25 Clues: a earthqauke • made of mostly basalt • made of mostly granite • lava that is cooled up • where the plates float • a steep sided depression • the liqud layer of the earth • the outer layer of the earth • A iron rich rock made of magma • makes up the continental crust • an arc shaped chain of volanoes • made of the crust and upper mantle • when the plates slide past each other • ...

Mikayla Wilhelm 2015-05-05

Mikayla Wilhelm crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's magnetic poles flip sides
  2. portion of motion from a subducted tectonic plate
  3. theory that the Earth's crust is made up of plate tectonics
  4. where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. "supercontinent" that means "all the Earth" in Greek
  6. two tectonic plates slide next to each other
  7. lowland between a mountain range caused by fault line
  8. a driving force of lithospheric plates, and is caused by horizontal spreading of the sea floor
Down
  1. instrument that measures small changes in the magnetic field
  2. this is the study of magnetic record found within rocks
  3. the theory that the ocean floor is expanding
  4. one continental plate sinks below another
  5. a line on a map or diagram connecting connecting two points that are related
  6. Wegner's hypothesis of moving continents
  7. where two tectonic plates come together and collide

15 Clues: Earth's magnetic poles flip sides • Wegner's hypothesis of moving continents • one continental plate sinks below another • the theory that the ocean floor is expanding • two tectonic plates slide next to each other • portion of motion from a subducted tectonic plate • where two tectonic plates come together and collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-11-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large tidal wave caused by a large displacement of water.
  2. The supercontinent.
  3. A type of boundary where two plates move apart.
  4. The strong upper 100km of the Earth or the tectonic plates.
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. When two plates move parallel to each other.
  2. Movement of the continents relative to each other.
  3. A type of boundary where two plates come together.
  4. Violent shaking of the Earth.
  5. A vent or crack where magma can burst out to the surface.

10 Clues: The supercontinent. • Violent shaking of the Earth. • When two plates move parallel to each other. • A type of boundary where two plates move apart. • Movement of the continents relative to each other. • A type of boundary where two plates come together. • A vent or crack where magma can burst out to the surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where faults form
  2. A large break in Earth’s crust
  3. Broken pieces of Earth’s crust
  4. The place where a rift valley forms
  5. When the ocean floor sinks into the mantle
  6. The place where mountains form
Down
  1. An underwater canyon
  2. The adding of new material to the ocean floor
  3. valley A deep valley in Earth’s crust
  4. The theory that the plates are moving

10 Clues: An underwater canyon • The place where faults form • A large break in Earth’s crust • Broken pieces of Earth’s crust • The place where mountains form • The place where a rift valley forms • valley A deep valley in Earth’s crust • The theory that the plates are moving • When the ocean floor sinks into the mantle • The adding of new material to the ocean floor

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor
  2. earths plates & plate motions into a theory
  3. diverge; moving away
  4. supercontinent
  5. when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms
Down
  1. continents slowly moving over the surface overtime
  2. come together
  3. trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock
  4. the ocean floor sinking under a deep ocean trench & back into the mantle
  5. breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other

10 Clues: come together • supercontinent • diverge; moving away • earths plates & plate motions into a theory • trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock • mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor • continents slowly moving over the surface overtime • breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other • when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created at the convergent boundaires
  2. Bands and has reversals
  3. Created at subduction zones
  4. Large Plates
  5. ______ or so plates
  6. Henry ____ was the man behind the theory of seafloor spreading
Down
  1. _________ Zones
  2. _____ Tectonics
  3. Too dense for subduction
  4. where the movement occurs

10 Clues: Large Plates • _________ Zones • _____ Tectonics • ______ or so plates • Bands and has reversals • Too dense for subduction • where the movement occurs • Created at subduction zones • Created at the convergent boundaires • Henry ____ was the man behind the theory of seafloor spreading

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area created when cooler, denser fluid material sinks and the warmer, less dense fluid material rises to the surface
  2. the idea that Earth's lithosphere is broken into several large pieces of land that move around Earth's convecting asthenosphere
  3. occur when plates slide and grind past one another along a fracture in the lithosphere
  4. the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface
  5. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
Down
  1. a boundary where one denser plate collides and sinks under less dense crust
  2. enormous moving pieces of the Earth's lithosphere
  3. a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
  4. theory that new seafloor is formed at a divergent plate boundary, when magma is forced upward toward the surface at a mid-ocean ridge
  5. molten rock beneath Earth's surface

10 Clues: molten rock beneath Earth's surface • enormous moving pieces of the Earth's lithosphere • the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface • an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced • a boundary where one denser plate collides and sinks under less dense crust • ...

plate tectonics 2013-02-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. arch shape fold in rock layers
  2. hanging wall moves up in relation to footwalls
  3. hanging wall moves down in relation to the footwall
  4. walls move side by side
  5. downward fold in a rock layer
Down
  1. top layer of the earth
  2. outer shell of earth
  3. one side of fold is higher than the other
  4. melted layer of the mantle that underlines the lithosphere
  5. theory the continents were all one

10 Clues: outer shell of earth • top layer of the earth • walls move side by side • downward fold in a rock layer • arch shape fold in rock layers • theory the continents were all one • one side of fold is higher than the other • hanging wall moves up in relation to footwalls • hanging wall moves down in relation to the footwall • ...

plate tectonics 2013-09-04

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into the subduction zone
  2. It is a hypothesis which proposed that earth's continents had once been joined in one big landmass
  3. A greek word that means "all the earth"
  4. This is a change in earth's magnetic field.
  5. A device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields.
  6. A line on a map that connects points that have the same age
  7. states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
Down
  1. one of the two plates is descending beneath the other
  2. states that earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates
  3. The study of this magnetic record

10 Clues: The study of this magnetic record • A greek word that means "all the earth" • This is a change in earth's magnetic field. • one of the two plates is descending beneath the other • A device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields. • A line on a map that connects points that have the same age • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. currents / Formed when magma rises and flows under the plates.
  2. / There are 7 of these of plates.
  3. / The upper mantle.
  4. / What pulls the crust away from he ridge as it cools.
  5. / The hot semi-solid rock in the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. Eruption / An effect of continental drift.
  2. Drift / The name for the process of continents changing their configuration.
  3. / The heat produced from this process in the earth's core is the driving force for continental drift.
  4. / The centre of the earth contains this and heavy atoms.
  5. plates / Plates larger than continents that float on the asthenosphere.

10 Clues: / The upper mantle. • / There are 7 of these of plates. • Eruption / An effect of continental drift. • / The hot semi-solid rock in the asthenosphere. • / What pulls the crust away from he ridge as it cools. • / The centre of the earth contains this and heavy atoms. • currents / Formed when magma rises and flows under the plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large sections of Earth's crust and upper mantle, lithosphere.
  2. Ocean created when the super continent broke apart.
  3. Theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle.
  4. Solid core composed of dense iron and nickel.
  5. The largest layer inside Earth.
Down
  1. Crust and upper mantle.
  2. Outer most layer of Earth.
  3. Reptile fossil found in South America and in Africa.
  4. Liquid core composed of iron and nickel.
  5. Super continent that existed 200 million years ago.

10 Clues: Crust and upper mantle. • Outer most layer of Earth. • The largest layer inside Earth. • Liquid core composed of iron and nickel. • Theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle. • Solid core composed of dense iron and nickel. • Ocean created when the super continent broke apart. • Super continent that existed 200 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock formed from magma
  2. Only plate that does not involve magma
  3. made from the lighter piece of basalt
  4. Edge of a plate
  5. Formed by a Convergent Boundary
Down
  1. Caused by plates sliding against one another...common at the San Andreas fault
  2. Moving away from one another
  3. No magma fills the gap
  4. Plates go towards each other
  5. formed by the collision of 2 plates with different density

10 Clues: Edge of a plate • Rock formed from magma • No magma fills the gap • Moving away from one another • Plates go towards each other • Formed by a Convergent Boundary • made from the lighter piece of basalt • Only plate that does not involve magma • formed by the collision of 2 plates with different density • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. feature formed when 2 tectonic plates collide
  2. this event occurs at all plate boundaries
  3. 2 plates that come together or collide
  4. the ridge created on the seafloor
  5. a type of crust
Down
  1. rock type that makes up the crust
  2. feature that is created at a subduction zone
  3. 2 plates that are separating
  4. 2 plates that slide past each other
  5. the type of crust that is the seafloor

10 Clues: a type of crust • 2 plates that are separating • rock type that makes up the crust • the ridge created on the seafloor • 2 plates that slide past each other • 2 plates that come together or collide • the type of crust that is the seafloor • this event occurs at all plate boundaries • feature that is created at a subduction zone • feature formed when 2 tectonic plates collide

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. valley Linear shaped lowland
  2. boundary When two tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. Lava that is beneath the earth's surface
  4. currents Hot currents that move Hawaiian islands
Down
  1. boundary When two tectonic plates move in opposite directions and magma flows through
  2. An edge where two plates meet
  3. boundary When two tectonic plates come together
  4. plates Places in the crust that cause earthquakes
  5. Landform that you can climb
  6. Where convection currents come from

10 Clues: Landform that you can climb • valley Linear shaped lowland • An edge where two plates meet • Where convection currents come from • Lava that is beneath the earth's surface • boundary When two tectonic plates come together • currents Hot currents that move Hawaiian islands • plates Places in the crust that cause earthquakes • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-05-18

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-19

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-03-19

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Instrument used to measure earthquakes.
  2. A type of boundary that is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
  3. Floats out in the deep sea and is used to detect pressure changed caused by tsunamis.
  4. a type of boundary where an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  5. one plate will bend and slide under the other. This process is called__________
  6. A layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
Down
  1. A plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. What this crossword puzzle is about.
  3. A series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water.
  4. The molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.

10 Clues: What this crossword puzzle is about. • Instrument used to measure earthquakes. • A layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. • one plate will bend and slide under the other. This process is called__________ • The molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a plate slides under another, ___ happens
  2. When plates separate, they ___.
  3. When plates collide, they ___.
  4. Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart
  5. The last name of the scientist who proved continental drift
  6. When plates slide past each other, they ___.
Down
  1. Movement in the biggest layer
  2. The last name of the scientist who theorized continental drift
  3. The thin, least dense layer of the earth
  4. The biggest layer of the earth

10 Clues: Movement in the biggest layer • When plates collide, they ___. • The biggest layer of the earth • When plates separate, they ___. • The thin, least dense layer of the earth • When plates slide past each other, they ___. • When a plate slides under another, ___ happens • Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thin, least dense layer of the earth
  2. When plates separate, they ___.
  3. When plates collide, they ___.
  4. The last name of the scientist who proved continental drift
  5. When plates slide past each other, they ___.
Down
  1. The biggest layer of the earth
  2. When a plate slides under another, ___happens
  3. The last name of the scientist who theorized continental drift
  4. Movement in the biggest layer
  5. Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart

10 Clues: Movement in the biggest layer • The biggest layer of the earth • When plates collide, they ___. • When plates separate, they ___. • the thin, least dense layer of the earth • When plates slide past each other, they ___. • When a plate slides under another, ___happens • Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  2. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  3. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
  4. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  5. two plates that move apart or rift.
Down
  1. when the denser ocean subducts under the other one.
  2. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  3. the collision of two plates.
  4. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.
  5. two plates that are sliding past eachother.

10 Clues: the collision of two plates. • two plates that move apart or rift. • two plates that are sliding past eachother. • when the denser ocean subducts under the other one. • when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates. • drift the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent named by Wegener
  2. two plates that slide past
  3. theory of tectonic plates
  4. came up with the theory of seafloor spreading
  5. originated the theory of continental drift
  6. theory of Alfred Wegener
Down
  1. two plates that collide
  2. Harry Hess’ hypothesis
  3. two plates that separate
  4. individually sites of upwelling material

10 Clues: Harry Hess’ hypothesis • two plates that collide • two plates that separate • theory of Alfred Wegener • theory of tectonic plates • two plates that slide past • supercontinent named by Wegener • individually sites of upwelling material • originated the theory of continental drift • came up with the theory of seafloor spreading

plate tectonics 2022-03-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths rocky outer layer
  2. pull apart
  3. hot liquid under earths crust
  4. forms when tectonic plate move apart
  5. slide past
  6. low dense rock that forms plates
Down
  1. rock that forms on ocean floor
  2. super continent theory
  3. push together
  4. made of rock or ices

10 Clues: pull apart • slide past • push together • made of rock or ices • super continent theory • earths rocky outer layer • hot liquid under earths crust • rock that forms on ocean floor • low dense rock that forms plates • forms when tectonic plate move apart

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer edge of something
  2. pull apart
  3. molten rock
  4. two plates colliding
  5. the speed
Down
  1. ray of energy
  2. one plate sliding under another plate
  3. the mass of a substance per unit volume
  4. slide past
  5. the thin outer most layer of earth

10 Clues: the speed • pull apart • slide past • molten rock • ray of energy • two plates colliding • the outer edge of something • the thin outer most layer of earth • one plate sliding under another plate • the mass of a substance per unit volume

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-21

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-30

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-02-03

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-07

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-12-02

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-01-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-02-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-02-18

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

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

plate tectonics 2022-11-07

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-09

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-06-29

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-04-20

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-30

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-30

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-12-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

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

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

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

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

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

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

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

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

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

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

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

Plate tectonics 2024-01-18

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-08-24

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-03

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-10-06

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-18

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

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

plate tectonics 2024-02-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-12

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-13

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-19

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

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