plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2019-09-02

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-04

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

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

Plate tectonics 2024-04-18

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-11

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-06

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-24

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-14

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-18

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-05

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

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

plate tectonics 2023-01-12

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

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

plate tectonics 2024-11-04

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the plate tectonic types.
  2. Continental drift theory.
  3. plates coming together.
  4. layer of liquid which the mantle drifts on
  5. How many major plates are their?
  6. Evidence of continental drift.
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  1. Where most of the earthquakes are.
  2. Who came up with the theory of continental drift.
  3. where are most of the volcano in the world
  4. Famous singer who created the song ring of fire.

10 Clues: plates coming together. • Continental drift theory. • Evidence of continental drift. • One of the plate tectonic types. • How many major plates are their? • Where most of the earthquakes are. • layer of liquid which the mantle drifts on • where are most of the volcano in the world • Famous singer who created the song ring of fire. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-28

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer layer of Earth
  2. the very center of the world
  3. the scientist who scientist who made the continental drift theory
  4. This is formed by a divergent boundary
  5. this is where 2 plates move apart
  6. the force that moves the plates
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  1. this is where 2 plates collide
  2. The super-continent
  3. When 2 plates slide past each other
  4. the middle layer of the Earth

10 Clues: The super-continent • the outer layer of Earth • the very center of the world • the middle layer of the Earth • this is where 2 plates collide • the force that moves the plates • this is where 2 plates move apart • When 2 plates slide past each other • This is formed by a divergent boundary • the scientist who scientist who made the continental drift theory

Plate Tectonics 2025-08-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A LAND REPTILE THAT ONCE LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA
  2. THE LAYER WE LIVE ON
  3. A FRESHWATER REPTILE THAT ONCE LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA
  4. CAME UP WITH THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
  5. THE LARGEST LAYER OF THE EARTH, WHERE CONVECTION CURRENTS HAPPEN
  6. THE NAME OF THE SUPER CONTINENT WHEN THE CONTINENTS WERE ONE LAND MASS
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  1. THE NAME OF THE PLATE WE LIVE ON
  2. MADE OF SOLID IRON AND NICKEL
  3. MOLTEN ROCK INSIDE THE EARTH
  4. MOLTEN ROCK ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH

10 Clues: THE LAYER WE LIVE ON • MOLTEN ROCK INSIDE THE EARTH • MADE OF SOLID IRON AND NICKEL • THE NAME OF THE PLATE WE LIVE ON • MOLTEN ROCK ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH • CAME UP WITH THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT • A LAND REPTILE THAT ONCE LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA • A FRESHWATER REPTILE THAT ONCE LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA • ...

Plate tectonics 2026-01-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ridge An undersea mountain chain formed at a divergent boundary.
  2. Valley A deep valley that forms on land where two plates move apart.
  3. A vent or fissure in the Earth's crust through which lava and gases erupt.
  4. A deep depression in the ocean floor where subduction occurs.
  5. A boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. A break or crack in the Earth's crust along which movement occurs (common at transform boundaries).
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  1. The process where one plate sinks beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  2. Shaking and vibration at the surface from underground movement.
  3. A boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  4. A boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

10 Clues: A boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A boundary where two plates move away from each other. • A deep depression in the ocean floor where subduction occurs. • Shaking and vibration at the surface from underground movement. • A boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Location where two plates hit each other
  2. plate Ocean
  3. spreading when a new rock forms, mid ocean ridge
  4. imprints of ancient plants or animals in rocks
  5. San Andreas fault earthquake
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  1. Location where two plates move apart
  2. plate land
  3. Ring of Fire
  4. area where magma is close to the crust
  5. Wegener who thought that the continents fit

10 Clues: plate land • Ring of Fire • plate Ocean • San Andreas fault earthquake • Location where two plates move apart • area where magma is close to the crust • Location where two plates hit each other • Wegener who thought that the continents fit • imprints of ancient plants or animals in rocks • spreading when a new rock forms, mid ocean ridge

Crossword puzzle :) 2021-10-26

Crossword puzzle :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift, movement of continents through time
  2. , the rigid outer part of the earth containing the crust and the upper mantle
  3. the rising or settling of a portion of the Earth's lithosphere
  4. boundary, when two or more lithospheric plates collide
  5. the animals living in the sediments of the water
  6. when one crustal plate descends below the edge of another ​
  7. tectonics, Scientific theory describing how major landforms are created
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  1. vent, a fissure formed at the seafloor
  2. Boundary, places where plates slide past each other
  3. the removal of moisture
  4. the upper layer of the Earth's mantle
  5. distribution in zones or of definite characteristics
  6. boundary, two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. narrow depression on the seafloor formed at the boundary of the tectonic plate hello\
  8. shelf, A part of a continent that are submerged in shallow water

15 Clues: the removal of moisture • the upper layer of the Earth's mantle • vent, a fissure formed at the seafloor • drift, movement of continents through time • the animals living in the sediments of the water • Boundary, places where plates slide past each other • distribution in zones or of definite characteristics • boundary, when two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Marine Bio Module 1 Crossword Puzzle A 2024-09-08

Marine Bio Module 1 Crossword Puzzle A crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the world's largest ocean
  2. In seafloor spreading plates move ____ from each other.
  3. the portion of the earth’s crust that is mostly basalt
  4. This layer of the earth is thought to be made of solid iron.
  5. Plate ____ is a process involving the movement of large plates in the earth's mantle.
  6. the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
  7. The ____ core is thought to generate the magnetic field.
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  1. the downward movement of one plate into the earth’s mantle when two plates collide
  2. Each ____ is bounded by ocean trench or a ridge.
  3. ____ is heavier than granite.
  4. Continental ____ form when ocean crust subducts under continental crust.
  5. the ancient supercontinent
  6. the location that causes the earth’s tectonic plates to move
  7. The mantle is made up of ____ that is near its melting point.

14 Clues: the world's largest ocean • the ancient supercontinent • ____ is heavier than granite. • Each ____ is bounded by ocean trench or a ridge. • the portion of the earth’s crust that is mostly basalt • In seafloor spreading plates move ____ from each other. • the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory • The ____ core is thought to generate the magnetic field. • ...

john shreve puzzle 2025-04-29

john shreve puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. water in the the ground
  2. the edge of earth plates
  3. opening in the earth with lava
  4. the inner most layer.
  5. the surface on rocks are dissolving
  6. features of the earth
  7. motion rock ejected by volcano
  8. German meteorolgist
  9. a hot or cold mixture
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  1. large landmasses
  2. the wearing away of rocks
  3. currents, heat driven cycles
  4. not active
  5. inception living organisms
  6. drift the movement of continents
  7. molten rock ejected by volcanos in liquid form
  8. tectonics- a scientific theory about major landforms
  9. outer layer on the earth
  10. plates colliding
  11. the location where two plates

20 Clues: not active • large landmasses • plates colliding • German meteorolgist • the inner most layer. • features of the earth • a hot or cold mixture • water in the the ground • the edge of earth plates • outer layer on the earth • the wearing away of rocks • inception living organisms • currents, heat driven cycles • opening in the earth with lava • motion rock ejected by volcano • ...

Owen's Unit 2 Review 2022-10-11

Owen's Unit 2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gravy
  2. tectonics is the great unifying theory of geology What is Plate Technotics
  3. jansen
  4. stokes
Down
  1. Mccormcik
  2. grande

6 Clues: Gravy • grande • jansen • stokes • Mccormcik • tectonics is the great unifying theory of geology What is Plate Technotics

Hope's Crossword Puzzle 2015-05-08

Hope's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Measurement instruments used for two general purposes: to measure the magnetization of a magnetic material.
  2. Two plates moving towards each other
  3. linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
  4. supercontinent
  5. Two plates slide horizontally past each other.
  6. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times
  7. new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  8. Portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
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  1. Two plates moving away from each other.
  2. Says the Earth's crust is made up of about a dozen major plates that rest on hot mantle.
  3. The study of the remnant magnetization in rocks.
  4. movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.
  5. Process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge.
  6. Change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  7. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.

15 Clues: supercontinent • Two plates moving towards each other • Two plates moving away from each other. • Two plates slide horizontally past each other. • The study of the remnant magnetization in rocks. • movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other. • sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • ...

geology 2022-07-03

geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate tectonics that drift opposite ways
  2. the most destructive type of wave
  3. what plate is most of the north island on
  4. the part of the earth we live on
Down
  1. in the mantle
  2. the countries before continental drift
  3. the outcome of when two plates make friction
  4. plates that drift together
  5. how many major plates are there

9 Clues: in the mantle • plates that drift together • how many major plates are there • the part of the earth we live on • the most destructive type of wave • the countries before continental drift • plate tectonics that drift opposite ways • what plate is most of the north island on • the outcome of when two plates make friction

Plate Boundary Review 2022-10-25

Plate Boundary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This plate boundary occurs when oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
  2. Alfred ______ is the father of continental drift and plate tectonics
  3. This plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other
  4. this is formed at a subduction plate boundary
  5. This plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other
Down
  1. This is the upper portion of the mantle. Plates slide on this layer.
  2. a crack or break in the lithosphere is called a ___.
  3. This plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other

8 Clues: this is formed at a subduction plate boundary • a crack or break in the lithosphere is called a ___. • This plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other • This plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other • This is the upper portion of the mantle. Plates slide on this layer. • ...

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD 2014-04-15

PLATE TECTONIC CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
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  1. STUDY OF ROCKS AND MINERALS
  2. THE OUTER LAYER OF EARTH
  3. THE ORIGINAL SUPERCONTINENT
  4. THE INNER LAYER OF EARTH
  5. THERE ARE 7 OF THESE IN THE WORLD
  6. THEY ERUPT
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  1. WHAT MAKES THE GROUND SHAKE?
  2. WHAT YOU EAT OFF
  3. OUR WORLD
  4. SECOND WORD
  5. THE CENTRE OF EARTH

11 Clues: OUR WORLD • THEY ERUPT • SECOND WORD • WHAT YOU EAT OFF • THE CENTRE OF EARTH • THE OUTER LAYER OF EARTH • THE INNER LAYER OF EARTH • STUDY OF ROCKS AND MINERALS • THE ORIGINAL SUPERCONTINENT • WHAT MAKES THE GROUND SHAKE? • THERE ARE 7 OF THESE IN THE WORLD

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXTRA CREDIT NOV 2, 2023 2023-11-01

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXTRA CREDIT NOV 2, 2023 crossword puzzle
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  1. STEP IN SUCCESSION
  2. SEDIMENT BEING WASHED AWAY
  3. A NATURAL PROCESS THAT HAPPENS OVER AND OVER
  4. MEAT EATER
  5. INCLUDES FALL AND WINTER
  6. NOT WASTING FINITE RESOURCES
  7. CLEARING AN AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT
  8. CITIES MOVING OUTWARD
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  1. PLANT EATER
  2. CONSIST OF ALL SPECIES IN A HABITAT
  3. PERCENT TRANSFERRED IN ENERGY PYRAMID
  4. ENERGY PRODUCED BY THE SUN
  5. CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICS
  6. WEATHER PATTERNS
  7. SOURCE OF ALL ENERGY
  8. SHOWS ENERGY LEVELS
  9. LOCATED IN THE ATMOSPHERE
  10. PRIMARILY EATS OTHER ANIMALS
  11. INVASIVE TREE SPECIES
  12. HAVING TO DO WITH FARMS
  13. ROLE AN ORGANISM PLAYS IN A COMMUNITY

21 Clues: MEAT EATER • PLANT EATER • WEATHER PATTERNS • STEP IN SUCCESSION • SHOWS ENERGY LEVELS • SOURCE OF ALL ENERGY • INVASIVE TREE SPECIES • CITIES MOVING OUTWARD • HAVING TO DO WITH FARMS • INCLUDES FALL AND WINTER • CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICS • LOCATED IN THE ATMOSPHERE • ENERGY PRODUCED BY THE SUN • SEDIMENT BEING WASHED AWAY • NOT WASTING FINITE RESOURCES • PRIMARILY EATS OTHER ANIMALS • ...

Plate Tectonics Assignments 2015-02-04

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-02-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-01-19

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A liquid layer in Earth's interior made of molten iron and nickel.
  2. Upper mantle below the lithosphere. The tectonic plates float on this.
  3. All of the continents on Earth used to be joined and are in constant motion
  4. The type of plate boundary where two plates separate or divide
  5. The thickest part of Earth's interior and where convection currents are located
  6. Moves the tectonic plates by the heating and cooling of magma
  7. The process that occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate
  8. The type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
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  1. The type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  2. German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  3. Supercontinent that included all current land masses before they split apart
  4. The deepest parts or ditches of the ocean floor
  5. The solid interior of our Earth that is made out of nickel and iron
  6. The broken sections of Earth’s crust
  7. An underwater mountain range, formed by the movement of plates

15 Clues: The broken sections of Earth’s crust • The deepest parts or ditches of the ocean floor • The type of plate boundary where two plates collide • German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift • Moves the tectonic plates by the heating and cooling of magma • The type of plate boundary where two plates separate or divide • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2024-10-16

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  2. The solid, outermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust and upper portion of the mantle.
  3. A chain of island volcanoes that form when two oceanic plates converge.
  4. The theory that explains the movement and interaction of the Earth's lithosphere (the rigid outer shell) and how it is divided into several large and small plates.
  5. The partially melted layer of the Earth located beneath the lithosphere.
  6. The transfer of heat in a fluid (liquid or gas), caused by differences in temperature and density.
  7. The occurrence of earthquakes and other ground vibrations.
  8. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates move apart or separate.
Down
  1. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates collide or come together.
  2. An underwater mountain range formed by volcanic activity where new oceanic crust is created. Formed when two oceanic plate boundaries diverge.
  3. The process in which one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate and sinks back into the mantle.
  4. A long, narrow valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates. Formed when two continental plates diverge.
  5. The hypothesis that suggests that the continents were once a single landmass and have since moved apart.
  6. A mountain or hill that has a vent through which lava, gases, and other materials erupt from beneath the Earth's surface. Formed at convergent plate boundaries.
  7. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth.

15 Clues: The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth. • The occurrence of earthquakes and other ground vibrations. • The type of boundary where two tectonic plates move apart or separate. • A chain of island volcanoes that form when two oceanic plates converge. • The type of boundary where two tectonic plates collide or come together. • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics crossword 2023-01-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics By: Mathew Rodriguez 2013-02-21

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

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

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

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

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

Max's Science Crossword! 2026-02-03

Max's Science Crossword! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thinnest layer.
  2. Chains of lava mountains.
  3. The forces causing the movement of plate tectonics.
  4. Chain of lava mountain islands.
  5. Creator of the theory of continental drift.
  6. The thickest layer.
  7. Oceanic crust is made of this rock.
  8. What happens when a continental and oceanic plate collide.
  9. Where plates slide past each other.
  10. ______ rock is called magma.
  11. Where tectonic plates move away from eachother.
  12. This mechanical layer is stiff and in the lower Mantle.
  13. The only liquid layer of earth.
  14. Alfred Wegner's rejected theory.
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  1. The theory made up of 2 different theories.
  2. The boundary where plates push towards eachother.
  3. Denser than continental crust.
  4. The center of the earth.
  5. The earth's top mechanical layer.
  6. The hot molten rock inside of volcanos.
  7. The layer below the Lithosphere.
  8. Thicker than oceanic crust.
  9. The Mesosphere is _____.
  10. A common natural disaster at faults.
  11. The supercontinent 250mya.

25 Clues: The thinnest layer. • The thickest layer. • The center of the earth. • The Mesosphere is _____. • Chains of lava mountains. • The supercontinent 250mya. • Thicker than oceanic crust. • ______ rock is called magma. • Denser than continental crust. • Chain of lava mountain islands. • The only liquid layer of earth. • The layer below the Lithosphere. • Alfred Wegner's rejected theory. • ...

Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12

Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. branch of geology studying earths the crust
  2. molten rocks under the crust if earth
  3. drift the movement of continents
  4. crash with violent impact
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  1. crake in earths crust where two plates meet
  2. science of earth’s structure
  3. the moving of on plate under another
  4. the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  5. layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
  6. A big chunk of earths crust

10 Clues: crash with violent impact • A big chunk of earths crust • science of earth’s structure • drift the movement of continents • the moving of on plate under another • molten rocks under the crust if earth • crake in earths crust where two plates meet • branch of geology studying earths the crust • layer of rock between earths crust and outer core • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-02-03

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

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

Plate tectonics Crossword 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stuff that gets shot out of volcanos
  2. sudden and violent shaking on the ground
  3. molten rock under the surface
  4. how do rocks change from one thing to another
  5. who made the plate tectonics theory
  6. what forms from convergent boundaries
  7. what happens to the eruption of a volcano if there is lots of silica
  8. one supercontinent
  9. when plates separate and move away from each other
Down
  1. there are two types of ? one is continental
  2. when plates slide past each other
  3. what is the second-largest plate (we live on it)
  4. when rocks come together to create a new rock
  5. when plates move at each other
  6. what is hawaii made of

15 Clues: one supercontinent • what is hawaii made of • molten rock under the surface • when plates move at each other • when plates slide past each other • who made the plate tectonics theory • stuff that gets shot out of volcanos • what forms from convergent boundaries • sudden and violent shaking on the ground • there are two types of ? one is continental • ...

science plate tectonics 2021-12-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics Project 2022-02-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2016-11-13

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

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

tectonics plate crossword 2013-05-08

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

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

Pangaea & Plate Tectonics 2024-04-16

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

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

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics Assignments 2015-02-04

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

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

Plate tectonics vocab 2020-02-02

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

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

Plate Tectonics Vocaulary 2022-11-05

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

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

Plate tectonics & features 2023-10-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-12-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates move in the same direction at different speeds
  2. type of seismic wave that can go through solid and liquid, arrives first
  3. the length of the wave from one crest to another
  4. a current in the mantle that happens when hotter and less dense molecules move up
  5. the height of the wave measured from the midline to the crest
  6. how many waves pass a point per second
  7. layer of the core that is solid
  8. another name for the tectonic plates
Down
  1. type of seismic wave that goes along the crust and causes damage during earthquakes
  2. type of seismic wave that can only go through solids, arrives second
  3. the layer on Earth where we live
  4. largest layer of the earth where convection currents occur
  5. when tectonic plates move towards each other
  6. layer of the core that is liquid
  7. when tectonic plates move away from each other

15 Clues: layer of the core that is solid • the layer on Earth where we live • layer of the core that is liquid • another name for the tectonic plates • how many waves pass a point per second • when tectonic plates move towards each other • when tectonic plates move away from each other • the length of the wave from one crest to another • ...

Disasters Revision 2021-06-02

Disasters Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mixture of hot rock fragments, gases, and entrapped air that moves at high speed in thick, dark, turbulent clouds after a volcanic eruption
  2. Human caused disaster
  3. The solid outer part of the earth.
  4. The action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  5. Cyclone formed in North Queensland during 2011 floods
Down
  1. A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain
  2. Lava under the earth
  3. An instrument designed to measure earthquakes
  4. Extreme scarcity of food
  5. Scale used to measure earthquakes
  6. Volcanoes made up of alternating layers of lava and ash
  7. A series of oceanic waves caused by an earthquake or other event
  8. Lithospheric plate

13 Clues: Lithospheric plate • Lava under the earth • Human caused disaster • Extreme scarcity of food • Scale used to measure earthquakes • The solid outer part of the earth. • An instrument designed to measure earthquakes • A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain • Cyclone formed in North Queensland during 2011 floods • ...

Disasters Revision 2021-06-02

Disasters Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mixture of hot rock fragments, gases, and entrapped air that moves at high speed in thick, dark, turbulent clouds after a volcanic eruption
  2. Human caused disaster
  3. The solid outer part of the earth.
  4. The action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  5. Cyclone formed in North Queensland during 2011 floods
Down
  1. A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain
  2. Lava under the earth
  3. An instrument designed to measure earthquakes
  4. Extreme scarcity of food
  5. Scale used to measure earthquakes
  6. Volcanoes made up of alternating layers of lava and ash
  7. A series of oceanic waves caused by an earthquake or other event
  8. Lithospheric plate

13 Clues: Lithospheric plate • Lava under the earth • Human caused disaster • Extreme scarcity of food • Scale used to measure earthquakes • The solid outer part of the earth. • An instrument designed to measure earthquakes • A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain • Cyclone formed in North Queensland during 2011 floods • ...

Plate Tectonics Review Crossword 2025-12-01

Plate Tectonics Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sudden shaking caused when two plates slide past each other, often at transform boundaries.
  2. Tectonics, The theory that the Earth is broken into plates that move due to convection currents in the mantle.
  3. Volcano, A volcano that is not currently active but could erupt again.
  4. Boundary, Boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. Basin, Low areas on Earth that contain oceans.
  6. Andreas Fault, A famous example of a transform boundary.
  7. Landform created when two continental plates collide.
  8. Crust, Earth's crust that forms the continents.
  9. Deep valley formed at a convergent boundary where one plate subducts.
  10. Current, Rising of heated (less dense) mantle material and sinking of cooled (denser) material that drives plate movement.
Down
  1. The rigid outer layer of the Earth made of crust and upper mantle.
  2. Spot, A location where magma rises through the mantle to create volcanoes, not at plate boundaries.
  3. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago before plate movement separated it.
  4. Property involving magnetic fields (appears in distractors).
  5. Boundary, Boundary formed by the collision of two plates.
  6. Vibrations that travel through the Earth during earthquakes (mentioned in distractors).
  7. Spreading, Process where new oceanic crust forms as magma rises and solidifies at mid-ocean ridges.
  8. When an ocean plate moves under a continental plate, often creating volcanoes.
  9. Boundary, Boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  10. The layer of Earth between the crust and core where convection currents occur.
  11. Drift, Early theory that continents move across Earth’s surface.
  12. Ridge, Area where two ocean plates move apart, creating new crust at a divergent boundary.
  13. Valley, Valley formed at divergent boundaries when plates pull apart.
  14. A mountain or opening that forms when magma reaches the surface (connected to subduction zones).

24 Clues: Basin, Low areas on Earth that contain oceans. • Crust, Earth's crust that forms the continents. • Landform created when two continental plates collide. • Andreas Fault, A famous example of a transform boundary. • Boundary, Boundary formed by the collision of two plates. • Property involving magnetic fields (appears in distractors). • ...

Plate Tectonics~Vidhi Mendpara 2013-03-15

Plate Tectonics~Vidhi Mendpara crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
  2. Divergent, Convergent, Transform
  3. A depression in the ocean floor
  4. Under the Oceans, Thin, Dense, Heavy.
  5. Alfred Wegner hypothesized the theory of _______________
  6. Movement of Earth's litosphere
  7. The transfer of energy through space.
  8. Granite is a light-colored rock and has coarse grain while______ is a dark rock with a fine texture.
  9. A large landmass that connected all the continents.
  10. Scientists who study the Earth.
Down
  1. ________rocks are located at mid-ocean ridges
  2. Sea-floor spreading causes _____________ zones near the edge.
  3. with subduction
  4. Under Continents, Thick, Lighter.
  5. System of underwater mountain ranges
  6. Located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  7. The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust together form a rigid layer.
  8. Formed when the Indian Subcontinent collided with the Eurasian Plate.
  9. There are__________ plate tectonics.
  10. with sea-floor spreading

20 Clues: with subduction • with sea-floor spreading • Movement of Earth's litosphere • A depression in the ocean floor • Scientists who study the Earth. • Divergent, Convergent, Transform • Under Continents, Thick, Lighter. • System of underwater mountain ranges • There are__________ plate tectonics. • Under the Oceans, Thin, Dense, Heavy. • The transfer of energy through space. • ...

Layers of the earth 2012-11-11

Layers of the earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Huge underwater mountain ranges
  2. A ball of hot, solid metals
  3. A boundary where plates push together
  4. One of the metals found in the core
  5. A gap in the middle of a mid ocean ridge
  6. A boundary where plates scrape past each other
  7. Earths outer layer
  8. When one plate sinks beneath another it is called __________
  9. The crust and the top part of the mantle
  10. The man who introduced the theory of plate tectonics
Down
  1. Huge plates in the earths lithosphere
  2. A super continent that contained all of the current continents
  3. Currents in the mantle that move the tectonic plates
  4. What happens when earths magnetic poles switch
  5. A place where new crust is formed
  6. A theory that the continents move over time
  7. Earths thickest layer
  8. A boundary where plates move apart
  9. Convergent, divergent and transform
  10. A place where heated rock rises in plumes, often creating volcanoes

20 Clues: Earths outer layer • Earths thickest layer • A ball of hot, solid metals • Huge underwater mountain ranges • A place where new crust is formed • A boundary where plates move apart • One of the metals found in the core • Convergent, divergent and transform • Huge plates in the earths lithosphere • A boundary where plates push together • A gap in the middle of a mid ocean ridge • ...

Chapter 5 Science Vocab 2022-03-08

Chapter 5 Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scientist who created the Theory of the Continental Drift
  2. Squeezing of Earth's crust
  3. all the gases around earth
  4. Map that uses shading to show elevations
  5. deep cracks within Earth's crust
  6. layer that is made of liquid metal
  7. maps that use lines to show elevation
  8. underwater mountain that rises from the ocean floor
  9. Canyon Steep sided valley in a continental slope
Down
  1. Theory to explain how forces within Earth move
  2. The ocean floor along the coast of a continent
  3. Layer of Earth's interior
  4. All of Earth's Liquid
  5. layer made out of solid metal
  6. Physical feature on Earth's Surface
  7. when the continental plate is compressed and the ground is forced upward
  8. Hot melted rock
  9. A wide flat area of ocean floor
  10. Deepest part of the ocean floor
  11. scientist who examines rocks
  12. rocky layer of Earth's Surface

21 Clues: Hot melted rock • All of Earth's Liquid • Layer of Earth's interior • Squeezing of Earth's crust • all the gases around earth • scientist who examines rocks • layer made out of solid metal • rocky layer of Earth's Surface • A wide flat area of ocean floor • Deepest part of the ocean floor • deep cracks within Earth's crust • layer that is made of liquid metal • ...

Cool science crossword trust 2026-02-05

Cool science crossword trust crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Continental-continental
  2. Sliding past each other
  3. Opposite of continental crust
  4. the line where two tectonic plates meet
  5. Going away from each other
  6. Continental-oceanic
Down
  1. Going towards each other
  2. Opposite of oceanic crust
  3. When all continents were one
  4. Plate tectonics result

10 Clues: Continental-oceanic • Plate tectonics result • Continental-continental • Sliding past each other • Going towards each other • Opposite of oceanic crust • Going away from each other • When all continents were one • Opposite of continental crust • the line where two tectonic plates meet

Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2021-10-13

Chapter 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift which suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth
  2. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects
  3. tectonics is Earth's surface that us made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to eachother
  4. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  5. ridges are longer than any mountaint range on land
  6. spreading is the process by which new oceanic forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  7. push the rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
Down
  1. is the denser plates that sink below the more buoyant plate in a process
  2. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  3. plate boundaries form where two plates collide
  4. reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
  5. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past eachother
  6. idea that all of the continents were part of a supercontinent
  7. is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  8. pull a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  9. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south

16 Clues: is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • plate boundary forms where two plates separate • plate boundaries form where two plates collide • polarity is a state in which magnetized objects • ridges are longer than any mountaint range on land • reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction • plate boundary forms where two plates slide past eachother • ...

Chapter 1 test review 2023-09-02

Chapter 1 test review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heating up material that rises, expands, cools, and sinks
  2. earths outer layer, its crust
  3. as you move toward the core the temperature
  4. Pressure in the inner core of the earth has caused it to be this state of matter.
  5. instrument used to detect small changes in earth's magnetic fields
  6. Heat transfer by wave motion
  7. supercontinent made from all the continents 250 million years ago
  8. these plate boundaries move toward each other and create subduction zones
  9. plate boundaries that move past each other and create faults such as the San Andreas fault line
  10. The Hawaiian islands were formed by
  11. used climate, fossil and rock data to support theory of continental drift
  12. Aristotle is the father of _______.
Down
  1. Increasing the temperature of a material will cause its density to ____.
  2. a change in earth's magnetic field
  3. this layer of earth is liquid and where Earth's magnetic field is generated
  4. the amount of matter in an object
  5. sound waves used to measure water depth
  6. This scientist was known as the father of deductive reasoning
  7. This part of the mantle is like putty, it is one reason for plate tectonics
  8. This scientist discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (last name)
  9. over 60% of earth is this
  10. True or False: Tectonic plates interact at plate BOUNDARIES

22 Clues: over 60% of earth is this • Heat transfer by wave motion • earths outer layer, its crust • the amount of matter in an object • a change in earth's magnetic field • The Hawaiian islands were formed by • Aristotle is the father of _______. • sound waves used to measure water depth • as you move toward the core the temperature • ...

Dynamic Earth Review 2021-10-12

Dynamic Earth Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Underground sources of water
  2. Came up with the idea of plate tectonics
  3. Process that creates volcanoes
  4. Landform created by divergent boundaries
  5. The outermost layer of the Earth
  6. A gas that makes up about 20% of the atmosphere
  7. Always goes down as altitude increases
Down
  1. A type of plate boundary
  2. Location of a famous transform boundary fault
  3. Almost all water on Earth is this
  4. The process of water moving through soil
  5. A gas that is depleting the ozone layer
  6. The part of the atmosphere that stops space objects from hitting the Earth
  7. The process where solids turn directly into gas

14 Clues: A type of plate boundary • Underground sources of water • Process that creates volcanoes • The outermost layer of the Earth • Almost all water on Earth is this • Always goes down as altitude increases • A gas that is depleting the ozone layer • Came up with the idea of plate tectonics • The process of water moving through soil • Landform created by divergent boundaries • ...

Chapter 7 Vocab 2021-10-21

Chapter 7 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away.
  2. Which suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  3. A state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  4. A state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north.
  5. Moutain ranges in the middle of the ocean.
  6. States that earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates that move with respect to each other.
  7. Rising mantle material at mid ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force called.
  8. forms where two plates slide past each other.
Down
  1. Continents were once a part of a supercontinent called.
  2. form where two plates collide.
  3. Occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction.
  4. The denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process called.
  5. Forms where two plates separate when the seafloor spreads at a mid ocean ridge, lava erupts, cools, and forms new oceanic crust.
  6. As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called.
  7. The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.
  8. The cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called the.

16 Clues: form where two plates collide. • Moutain ranges in the middle of the ocean. • forms where two plates slide past each other. • Occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction. • The cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called the. • Continents were once a part of a supercontinent called. • As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called. • ...

Chapter 7 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The main heat transfer mechanism in the Earth's mantle is convection, a thermally driven process
  3. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Magnetic minerals in the rock having the same polarity as the Earth's present magnetic field
Down
  1. The layers on the floor that if they open up they let out lava and earthquakes
  2. A elevated area that spews lava
  3. When the tectonic plates large slabs of the lithosphere split apart.
  4. when two tectonic plates collide
  5. a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite
  6. a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. The moving of the continent
  8. when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  9. slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate
  10. What was before the continents split up
  11. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate

16 Clues: The moving of the continent • A elevated area that spews lava • when two tectonic plates collide • What was before the continents split up • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two plates slide past each other, horizontally • slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate • a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite • ...

Chapter 7 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The main heat transfer mechanism in the Earth's mantle is convection, a thermally driven process
  3. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Magnetic minerals in the rock having the same polarity as the Earth's present magnetic field
Down
  1. The layers on the floor that if they open up they let out lava and earthquakes
  2. A elevated area that spews lava
  3. When the tectonic plates large slabs of the lithosphere split apart.
  4. when two tectonic plates collide
  5. a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite
  6. a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. The moving of the continent
  8. when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  9. slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate
  10. What was before the continents split up
  11. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate

16 Clues: The moving of the continent • A elevated area that spews lava • when two tectonic plates collide • What was before the continents split up • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two plates slide past each other, horizontally • slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate • a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite • ...

Earthquakes 2022-10-24

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics explaining earths crust
  2. comes after an earthquake
  3. magnitude of an earthquake
  4. where an earthquake originates
  5. second wave causes more damage
  6. point of the earthquake
  7. pulling apart
Down
  1. describes the size of an earthquake
  2. fastest wave causes less damage
  3. shaking of the ground
  4. produced by earthquakes
  5. coming together with force
  6. sliding past each other
  7. measures force and duration of an earthquake

14 Clues: pulling apart • shaking of the ground • produced by earthquakes • sliding past each other • point of the earthquake • comes after an earthquake • magnitude of an earthquake • coming together with force • where an earthquake originates • second wave causes more damage • fastest wave causes less damage • tectonics explaining earths crust • describes the size of an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-15

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

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

Chapter 7 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The main heat transfer mechanism in the Earth's mantle is convection, a thermally driven process
  3. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Magnetic minerals in the rock having the same polarity as the Earth's present magnetic field
Down
  1. The layers on the floor that if they open up they let out lava and earthquakes
  2. A elevated area that spews lava
  3. When the tectonic plates large slabs of the lithosphere split apart.
  4. when two tectonic plates collide
  5. a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite
  6. a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. The moving of the continent
  8. when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  9. slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate
  10. What was before the continents split up
  11. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate

16 Clues: The moving of the continent • A elevated area that spews lava • when two tectonic plates collide • What was before the continents split up • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two plates slide past each other, horizontally • slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate • a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite • ...

Plate Tectonic crossword 2025-05-12

Plate Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
  2. boundary: A convergent boundary between two continental plates with no subduction, causing tall mountain ranges
  3. One plate going under another plate
  4. with major effects on the global climate and ecosystem.
  5. the crust to form a volcano.
  6. boundary: A plate boundary where two plates move away from each
  7. boundary: A collision between an oceanic plate and a
  8. the mantle in that region to melt. The molten magma rises up and breaks
  9. landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  10. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing
  11. volcano: an unusually large volcano having the potential to produce an
  12. of Fire: the chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific ocean at subduction
  13. boundary: occurs where two oceanic plates collide. Usually
  14. together, or crash into each other.
  15. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
Down
  1. A scientist who studies fossils
  2. plate pushes the oceanic plate into and under the continental plate.
  3. destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic
  4. spreading: The process that creates new sea floor as plates move
  5. crust: the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the
  6. in the older plate being subducted under the younger plate.
  7. Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other
  8. boundary: A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide,
  9. Distribution: Evidence that fossils of the same species show up in areas
  10. an intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust. This heat
  11. years ago.
  12. theory: A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that
  13. Wegner: The first scientist to suggest Pangaea existed
  14. crust: thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor
  15. tectonics: Pieces of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  16. by large oceans today
  17. A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.
  18. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225

33 Clues: years ago. • by large oceans today • the crust to form a volcano. • A scientist who studies fossils • One plate going under another plate • together, or crash into each other. • from each other at the mid-ocean ridges • A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor. • boundary: A collision between an oceanic plate and a • ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-15

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

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

Brennan's Crossword 2015-03-19

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

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

Plate Tectonic Key Words 2021-06-17

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

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

Wegener crossword puzzle 2023-09-29

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

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

Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2026 2025-01-21

Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2026 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. undersea mountain range formed at diverging oceanic plates
  2. a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  3. an ancient landmass which separated into present-day continents
  4. type of crust that is thinner and more dense
  5. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  6. Magma that reaches Earth's surface
  7. extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate
  8. well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
  9. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  10. areas that are below sea level
  11. a supercontinent that existed 300–200 million years ago, made up of all the continents on Earth
  12. a chain of islands formed over a hotspot
  13. A break in the earth's crust
  14. a branch of geology concerned with the structure of the crust of a planet and the formation of folds and faults in it
  15. a supervolcano formed over a hotspot in the western United States
  16. scientist that proposed Earth's continents were once joined together in a single land mass
  17. One plate going under another plate
  18. a volcanically active area of Earth's surface far from a tectonic plate boundary
  19. theory that Earth's continents move or drift relative to each other over geologic time
  20. this island in the chain will be closest to the hotspot that formed it
  21. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  22. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents in the mantle
Down
  1. type of crust that is thicker and less dense
  2. faults and volcanoes are most often found here
  3. formed where oceanic and continental crust converge
  4. this island in the chain will be furthest from the hotspot that formed it
  5. a geologic process that creates new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridges
  6. Massive volcano that can produce unbelievably enormous, but rare, eruptions.
  7. how often supervolcanoes erupt
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  9. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  11. formed at converging continental plates
  12. describes the location of hotspots in the mantle
  13. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  14. a principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
  15. formed from diverging continental plates
  16. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  17. A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
  18. convection currents here cause plate tectonics

40 Clues: A break in the earth's crust • how often supervolcanoes erupt • areas that are below sea level • Magma that reaches Earth's surface • One plate going under another plate • Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • formed at converging continental plates • a chain of islands formed over a hotspot • formed from diverging continental plates • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-11-05

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

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

Geography - Plate Tectonics 2018-03-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-10-11

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

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

Plate Tectonics Review 2025-04-21

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. reversal happens when the flow in the outer core changes, and Earth's magnetic field changes direction
  2. When two plates collide, the denser plate eventually descends below the other, less-dense plate in a process called subduction
  3. sreading the theory that explains how new oceanic crust is formed at ocean ridges
  4. a technological advance that was used to study the ocean floor
  5. of plate Tectonics Which states the Earth's Crust and rigid per mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates
  6. push As the older portion of the seafloor sinks, the weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push the oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone in a process called ridge push
  7. boundary A region where two plates slide horizontally past each other
Down
  1. name of the super continent
  2. boundaries Where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
  3. the study of the history of Earth's magnetic
  4. valley When continental crust beings to separate, the stretched crust forms a long narrow depression
  5. an imaginary line on a map that shows points that have the same age
  6. boundaries Regions where two tectonic plates are moving apart
  7. pull Determines the movement of tectonic plates
  8. drift a theory that states all the continents were once one big land mass, called "Pangea"

15 Clues: name of the super continent • the study of the history of Earth's magnetic • pull Determines the movement of tectonic plates • boundaries Regions where two tectonic plates are moving apart • a technological advance that was used to study the ocean floor • boundaries Where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other • ...

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN 2022-05-09

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

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

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN 2022-05-09

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

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

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

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

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

plate boundaries 2022-11-01

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

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

ALEJANDRO BELTRAN 2022-05-09

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

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

8th Grade Science Review - 2025-05-05

8th Grade Science Review - crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate _____, the theory that explains how Earth's lithosphere moves and interacts
  2. plates that move apart
  3. _____ spreading, the process of older crust being pushed farther away from a rift
  4. shaking of the crust / lithosphere
  5. name of theorized supercontinent
  6. landform created at a subduction zone
Down
  1. Continental ____, the theory that explains what happened to the lithosphere over time
  2. side-by-side plate movement
  3. landform created over continental crust near a subduction zone
  4. one piece of evidence gathered by Alfred Wegener
  5. plates that move together

11 Clues: plates that move apart • plates that move together • side-by-side plate movement • name of theorized supercontinent • shaking of the crust / lithosphere • landform created at a subduction zone • one piece of evidence gathered by Alfred Wegener • landform created over continental crust near a subduction zone • ...

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

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-15

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

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

Plate 2021-03-30

Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trench
  2. Interval
  3. tectonics
  4. crust
  5. lines
Down
  1. Crust
  2. Line
  3. Drift
  4. View

9 Clues: Line • View • Crust • Drift • crust • lines • trench • Interval • tectonics

EarthScience Crossword 2024-10-16

EarthScience Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. HEAT
  2. SPREADING
  3. GRADIENT
  4. ZONES
Down
  1. ENERGY
  2. HEAT
  3. TECTONICS

7 Clues: HEAT • HEAT • ZONES • ENERGY • GRADIENT • TECTONICS • SPREADING

M2 Summative Assessment 2022-12-07

M2 Summative Assessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forces
  2. Tectonics
  3. Forces
Down
  1. Plates
  2. Zone
  3. Boundary
  4. Wave
  5. Boundary
  6. Boundary

9 Clues: Zone • Wave • Plates • Forces • Forces • Boundary • Boundary • Boundary • Tectonics

Tectonic plate 2026-03-19

Tectonic plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Waves: Waves of energy that travel through the Earth as a result of an earthquake.
  2. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  3. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  4. Drift: The theory that the continents were once part of a single landmass that drifted apart.
  5. Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface.
  6. The upper layer of the Earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, where the rock is more fluid.
  7. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
  8. The point within the Earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
  9. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates collide.
Down
  1. The process where one tectonic plate slides under another.
  2. Ridge: An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
  3. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
  4. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  5. Boundaries: The edges of tectonic plates where most of the geological activity occurs.
  6. The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  8. Plates: Large, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock that make up the Earth's lithosphere.
  9. A fracture in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred.
  10. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, from which the present continents separated.
  11. A long, narrow depression in the ocean floor, often formed at subduction zones.

20 Clues: Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface. • Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates collide. • Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates move apart. • The process where one tectonic plate slides under another. • A fracture in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred. • ...

vocab list 2024-04-12

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

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

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

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

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

Destructive and Constructive Forces 2017-06-01

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plate Tectonic Key Words 2021-06-18

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

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

Landforms and Bodies of Water! 2025-02-13

Landforms and Bodies of Water! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides, such as the state of Florida
  2. a large body of frozen ice
  3. an extremely large body of water, there are 5 of them on the Earth
  4. a large body of water, smaller than an ocean
  5. an area of high flat land
  6. a large piece of land, mostly made of rock, pushed high into the air usually by plate tectonics
  7. a very very large piece of land, we have 7 of them
  8. a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
  9. a 'V' or 'U' shaped area made by rivers or erosion
  10. a small body of water surrounded on all sides by land
Down
  1. a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides
  2. a big flowing body of water, sometimes fed by smaller streams, that usually end in a ocean, lake, or sea
  3. a thin strip of land with water on 2 sides, such as the country of Panama
  4. a group of islands
  5. a small flowing body of water that usually flows into a river
  6. a large flat area with few trees
  7. a deep area of land made by rivers, sometimes with a river flowing through it
  8. a smaller piece of land pushed up in the sky by plate tectonics, or made by mountains breaking down
  9. a large dry area that receives little rain
  10. a mountain where lava erupts out of it

20 Clues: a group of islands • an area of high flat land • a large body of frozen ice • a large flat area with few trees • a mountain where lava erupts out of it • a large dry area that receives little rain • a large body of water, smaller than an ocean • a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides • a very very large piece of land, we have 7 of them • ...

Geology Plate Tectonics 2021-02-02

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

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

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-10

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

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