plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles
Plate tectonics 2022-12-19
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- process that causes plates to move.
- against each other.
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- harsh plate movements.
- towards each other.
- away from each other.
- what is caused by the same desity convergent plates.
- a zone where a denser plate sinks.
- a spot under the crust where magma rises.
- land formation where magma rises to the surface.
9 Clues: towards each other. • against each other. • away from each other. • harsh plate movements. • a zone where a denser plate sinks. • process that causes plates to move. • a spot under the crust where magma rises. • land formation where magma rises to the surface. • what is caused by the same desity convergent plates.
Plate tectonics 2023-01-05
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- is the shortest mountain range in the world
- 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain
- longest mountain range in the world
- still growing mountain
- smallest mountain in the world
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- the mountain has killed the most climbers
- the mountain that has never been climbed
- The biggest mountain
- where two continental plates collide.
9 Clues: The biggest mountain • still growing mountain • smallest mountain in the world • longest mountain range in the world • 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain • where two continental plates collide. • the mountain that has never been climbed • the mountain has killed the most climbers • is the shortest mountain range in the world
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-05
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- tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
- the border between two plates
- where two plates slide past one another
- when one plate sinks under another
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
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- when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- when two plates come together
- long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another
- cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement
9 Clues: when two plates come together • the border between two plates • when one plate sinks under another • where two plates slide past one another • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-09
9 Clues: molten rock • slides apart • slides together • divergent plates move • plate tectonic _________ • slides next to each other • explodes and has a magma chamber • diveregnt plates move (in the ocean) • one plate is more dense then the other
Plate Tectonics 2025-09-17
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- Plate The denser it gets it is forced down to the mantel
- This is housed in the mantel
- Boundary When two plates are divided apart from each other
- When two plates collided together
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- When one convergent plate is more denser that the others
- floor Spreading When Earth is filling a gap and ocean floor crates this
- When two plates slide past each other
- ridge When this happens on a land mass it is created by this
- Valleys This occurs by the divergent boundaries
- This occurs at the divergent boundaries
10 Clues: This is housed in the mantel • When two plates collided together • When two plates slide past each other • This occurs at the divergent boundaries • Valleys This occurs by the divergent boundaries • When one convergent plate is more denser that the others • Plate The denser it gets it is forced down to the mantel • ...
Formation of The Grand Canyon 2024-03-19
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- What the bands of red rock are doing
- plate tectonics rocks high and flat
- What happened to the top layer of rock
- What the Grand Canyon is
- The river which helped form the Grand Canyon
- How many years ago the Grand Canyon start to form
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- Upper most layer of rock at the Grand Canyon
- Where the Grand Canyon formed
- Plateau The plate that caused the Grand Canyon
- What type of history is the Grand Canyon
10 Clues: What the Grand Canyon is • Where the Grand Canyon formed • plate tectonics rocks high and flat • What the bands of red rock are doing • What happened to the top layer of rock • What type of history is the Grand Canyon • Upper most layer of rock at the Grand Canyon • The river which helped form the Grand Canyon • Plateau The plate that caused the Grand Canyon • ...
TCAP review crossword 2025-04-07
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- an opening in the earths crust where molten rock comes out and forms new rocks
- rock formed when lava cools
- the semi fluid Layer of the mantle
- a group of the same species living in an area
- located between the lower mantle and outer core
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- Nome of the ancient super continent
- includes the crust and upper mantle
- instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
- new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
- hot materials rises, cooler material sinks. it drives plate tectonics
- made from high temperatures and pressure
- forms from weathering and erosion
- fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust
- formed at plate boundaries
- deep, elongated depressions in the ocean
15 Clues: formed at plate boundaries • rock formed when lava cools • forms from weathering and erosion • the semi fluid Layer of the mantle • Nome of the ancient super continent • includes the crust and upper mantle • made from high temperatures and pressure • deep, elongated depressions in the ocean • a group of the same species living in an area • ...
vocab 2024-03-27
7 Clues: joined together • crash collision • where tectonics plates meet • landmass that existed when all continents • boundary-boundary formed by collison of 2 • of fire- ring of volcanoes the pacific plate • plate-the broken up piece of the lithospehre
Plate Tectonics 2020-10-01
Plate Tectonics 2022-03-25
9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle
Plate Tectonics 2022-03-25
9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19
9 Clues: Henry Hess' theory • where plates collide • Alfred Wegener's theory • convergent plates form these • famous fault like in California • where plates slide next to each other • where plates move away from each other • __________ currents cause plates to move • when denser plates go under less dense plates
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-23
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- long crack in the surface on the earth, earthquakes usually occur
- tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses
- sea floor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
- when two plates move away from each other Ex: rift valley, mid ocean ridge
- when two tectonic plates move towards each other and collide Ex:uplift, mountains
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- parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- when two plates slide past each other Ex: fault lines
- when a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate, creates volcanoes
- tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean
9 Clues: tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses • tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • when two plates slide past each other Ex: fault lines • sea floor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries • long crack in the surface on the earth, earthquakes usually occur • when two plates move away from each other Ex: rift valley, mid ocean ridge • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-06-18
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- something that has changed of transformed.
- Innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
- sudden violent shaking of the ground
- lava like
- rock created from the cooling and solidified lava.
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- a rock created by the accumulation of other rocks.
- something that contains lava.
- the root or the strongest part of the earthquake.
- Big wave
9 Clues: Big wave • lava like • something that contains lava. • sudden violent shaking of the ground • something that has changed of transformed. • Innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • the root or the strongest part of the earthquake. • a rock created by the accumulation of other rocks. • rock created from the cooling and solidified lava.
Plate Tectonics 2017-02-21
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- surface along which rocks break and move
- plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
- all landmasses were connected then broke apart.
- surface along which rocks break and move
- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
- steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent
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- hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that the states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth
- vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
- rigid, outermost layer of Earth that is about 100km thick, and is composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle
- the outermost layer of a planet.
10 Clues: the outermost layer of a planet. • surface along which rocks break and move • plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • surface along which rocks break and move • all landmasses were connected then broke apart. • steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent • vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults • ...
Plate Tectonics 2014-11-04
9 Clues: Moving Away • Moves Along • Moving under • Lava come out of • 11-77 km in depth • A valley under water • When the ground shakes • Between the crust and the core • A large destructive wave of water
Plate Tectonics 2022-10-25
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- Occur at divergent boundaries
- openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
- Plates slide past each other
- Shaking of the Earth
- Plates move AWAY from each other
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- 1 convergent plate more dense than the other v<
- Molten rock
- Plates move TOWARD from each other
- What is Mt. Everest?
9 Clues: Molten rock • What is Mt. Everest? • Shaking of the Earth • Plates slide past each other • Occur at divergent boundaries • Plates move AWAY from each other • Plates move TOWARD from each other • 1 convergent plate more dense than the other v< • openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-28
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- when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
- extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
- the splitting apart of a single tectonic plate into two or more tectonic plates separated by divergent plate boundaries.
- an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
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- the border between two plates.
- A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. I
- places where plates slide sideways past each other.
- In the subduction zone where tectonic plates collide
- large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust,
9 Clues: the border between two plates. • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust, • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • In the subduction zone where tectonic plates collide • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. I • extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-10-01
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- When two tectonic plates slide past each other, the place where they meet is a transform or lateral fault. The San Andreas Fault is one of the best examples of lateral plate motion.
- tending to be different or develop in different directions.
- a crack, split, or break in something.
- a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.
- the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
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- coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
- massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle
- composed of the oceanic lithosphere and the thicker continental lithosphere
- hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
9 Clues: a crack, split, or break in something. • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line. • tending to be different or develop in different directions. • coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas. • composed of the oceanic lithosphere and the thicker continental lithosphere • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-01-06
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- The theory that earth is made of giant, moving slabs
- the process that creates new sea floor
- A system of ideas that explains many related observations.
- this prefix means under
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- Any movement of matter that results from differences in density
- the hypothesis that the continents were once part of a single land mass.
- the outermost layer on the earth
- The change of the magnetic poles
- One plate's edge being pushed under another plate
9 Clues: this prefix means under • the outermost layer on the earth • The change of the magnetic poles • the process that creates new sea floor • One plate's edge being pushed under another plate • The theory that earth is made of giant, moving slabs • A system of ideas that explains many related observations. • Any movement of matter that results from differences in density • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14
Plate Tectonics 2022-09-15
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- boundaries divergent, convergent and transform fault boundaries
- cracks in the earth’s crust along there is movement
- boundary between two plates that are colliding
- plates sliding pass each other/causes earthquakes
- currents hot magma goes up cool magma goes down/causes plates to move
- boundary between to plates that are rifting
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- crust and upper mantle broke into parts
- plastic layer below the lithosphere
- crust and part of the mantle
9 Clues: crust and part of the mantle • plastic layer below the lithosphere • crust and upper mantle broke into parts • boundary between to plates that are rifting • boundary between two plates that are colliding • plates sliding pass each other/causes earthquakes • cracks in the earth’s crust along there is movement • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-09-14
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- Cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement.
- Currents- Drive the movement of Earth’s rigid tectonic plates in the planet’s fluid molten mantle.
- tectonics The theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into large slabs of solid rock called plates that glide over the mantle.
- Places where plates slide sideways past each other.
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- A boundary that is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates moving away from each other.
- An area on Earth where two or more plates collide. Eventually one slides beneath the other in a process known as subduction.
- 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.
- The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- long narrow depressions on the sea floor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed beneath another.
9 Clues: Places where plates slide sideways past each other. • Cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement. • The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Currents- Drive the movement of Earth’s rigid tectonic plates in the planet’s fluid molten mantle. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2025-02-03
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- major geological events the occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy
- occurs when one is denser than another and is forced below as the two plates converge at their boundary
- A vent or fissure in earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
- occurs when two plates slide past each other
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- the place where two different plates have
- huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere
- occurs when two techonics move away from each other
- the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 hundred million years ago
- occurs when two tectonics plates move toward each other and collide
9 Clues: the place where two different plates have • occurs when two plates slide past each other • occurs when two techonics move away from each other • huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere • occurs when two tectonics plates move toward each other and collide • A vent or fissure in earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled • ...
Plate Tectonics 2025-11-19
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- Makes up the topmost 100 Km of the earth, includes the upper mantle and the whole crust.
- A type of crust that carries land.
- Solid nickel and iron with very high temperature and pressure.
- Semi-molten rocks rich in magnesium and silicon up to 2900 km thick.
- Upper part of the mantle that is semi-molten.
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- A type of crust that carries water.
- Liquid nickel and iron that has high pressure and temp.
- The solid rock varying in thickness between 0-60 Km thick.
- Large sections of the Earths crust.
9 Clues: A type of crust that carries land. • A type of crust that carries water. • Large sections of the Earths crust. • Upper part of the mantle that is semi-molten. • Liquid nickel and iron that has high pressure and temp. • The solid rock varying in thickness between 0-60 Km thick. • Solid nickel and iron with very high temperature and pressure. • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2014-05-13
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- volcanoes allow ....... to escape the magma chamber
- includes both the crust and upper mantle (uppermost layer of the earth)
- objective measure of the strength of an earthquake
- scientist who studies earthquakes
- places where plates slide sideways past each other
- who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
- instrument that plots the intensity of earthquake waves
- type of volcano named for their broad shield-like profiles
- theory that explains how Earth's continents float slowly on the surface
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- places where one plate slides beneath the other
- break or separation in rock
- rupture on crust of Earth
- layer beneath the crust
- point directly above the source of the earthquake
- places where plates pull apart from each other
- amount of energy released from an earthquake
16 Clues: layer beneath the crust • rupture on crust of Earth • break or separation in rock • scientist who studies earthquakes • who proposed the theory of plate tectonics • amount of energy released from an earthquake • places where plates pull apart from each other • places where one plate slides beneath the other • point directly above the source of the earthquake • ...
The Bush 2016-05-20
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- mountain that shoots out lava
- organism that no longer lives
- amount of sediment a river can hold
- solid rock outer layer
- animal without backbone
- curve in a river
- land form with high elevation
- loose dead leaves
- proof for something
- a time period
- a living thing
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- Big Land Masses
- body of water
- studys fossils
- a destruction that shakes land by plate tectonics
- micheal jordans middle name
- planet we live on
- warm blooded animal
- large mass of moving ice
- water,wind,ice, and rock moves weathered rock and soil
- large channel in soil
21 Clues: body of water • a time period • studys fossils • a living thing • Big Land Masses • curve in a river • planet we live on • loose dead leaves • warm blooded animal • proof for something • large channel in soil • solid rock outer layer • animal without backbone • large mass of moving ice • micheal jordans middle name • mountain that shoots out lava • organism that no longer lives • ...
vocab 2024-03-27
7 Clues: joined together • crash collision • where tectonics plates meet • landmass that existed when all continents • boundary-boundary formed by collison of 2 • of fire- ring of volcanoes the pacific plate • plate-the broken up piece of the lithospehre
Earth Science 2024-11-15
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- Spots that are particularly hot in the mantle. They can melt the lithosphere and for volcanoes. They are referred to as mantle plumes.
- Part of the cause of mountains changing. It is the breaking down of rocks on the Earth's surface.
- What do you call the process of an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate?
- Tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide away from each other. This creates crust.
- The thickest layer of the Earth that creates convection currents.
- Tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
- The very center of the Earth with two layers (inner and outer).
- The thinnest layer of the Earth that holds all of the plates on which the continents and the ocean rest.
- The hottest part of the mantle that is in between the lithosphere and the lower mantle.
- A break in the Earth's crust.
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- Tectonic plate boundary where two plates crash into each other.
- Where the edge of plates meet.
- Deep holes underwater, formed from Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries.
- Liquids in the Earth that move tectonic plates.
- They are formed from plate tectonics pulling apart creating a crack in the Earth.
- Part of the cause of mountains changing. It is the movement of the sediments from where they were.
- The part of the Earth that is made up of the upper mantle and the crust.
- Things that float on the mantle and are the crust of the Earth broken up into many pieces.
- A sudden movement of sediments caused by gravity, such as a landslide.
- Large-scale uplift.
20 Clues: Large-scale uplift. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Where the edge of plates meet. • Liquids in the Earth that move tectonic plates. • Tectonic plate boundary where two plates crash into each other. • The very center of the Earth with two layers (inner and outer). • The thickest layer of the Earth that creates convection currents. • ...
15 terms and definitions 2021-12-15
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- zone/The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
- layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- boundary/A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
- Wegener/The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
- Drift/Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
- ridge/The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
- soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
- spreading/The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
- break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
- of Plate Tectonics/Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
- core/A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
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- boundary/A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- /The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
- boundary/A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
- currents/Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- core/Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth
- deep canyon on the ocean floor
- rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
- valley/A deep valley where two plates move apart
- layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
20 Clues: deep canyon on the ocean floor • valley/A deep valley where two plates move apart • layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • core/Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • Wegener/The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-11-13
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- Where two plates crash together, __ are pushed up.
- A __ valley forms at the place where two continental plates pull apart.
- The earth's landmasses and oceans sit on top of the tectonic plates.
- When two tectonic plates move away from each other, the boundary between them is called a __ boundary.
- Plate tectonics is the study of the movement of earth's __.
- What lies on top of the asthenosphere?
- A __ zone is where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide, forcing the oceanic plate under the less dense continental plate.
- A __ collision occurs when two continental plates collide, pushing the continental crust up to form mountains.
- Which type of scientist studies the Earth?
- Theory explains how _ drifted.
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- Is the layer of the Earth that is soft because it is almost, but not quite melted.
- When the molten magma meets the material of the lithosphere, it moves across the surface which way?
- Heat causes the magma to rise up in the __.
- Volcanoes and earthquakes occur at plate ___ too.
- What causes plates to move?
- New Crust is created when the seafloor moves apart. New magma continuously rises up to fill in the space. This process is called __ spreading.
- The lithosphere is __ and firm.
- Movement of plates changes the __ of the earth.
- When two tectonic plates push into each other, the place the two plates meet is called a __ boundary.
- When two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, the boundary between them is called a __ boundary.
- Geologists believe the Earth's plates move about on the asthenosphere like __ in a pan of hot water.
- Over __ of years, the plates change in size and shapes.
22 Clues: What causes plates to move? • Theory explains how _ drifted. • The lithosphere is __ and firm. • What lies on top of the asthenosphere? • Which type of scientist studies the Earth? • Heat causes the magma to rise up in the __. • Movement of plates changes the __ of the earth. • Volcanoes and earthquakes occur at plate ___ too. • ...
Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2023-01-10
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- ridge The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
- boundary A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it in different directions
- boundary A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
- zone The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
- A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
- A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
- boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
- Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- spreading The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
- The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
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- currents Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- Wegener German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
- core Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
- The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
- valley A deep valley where two plates move apart
- Drift Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
- A deep canyon on the ocean floor
- core A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
- of Plate Tectonics Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • valley A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • core Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...
Mountain crossword 2016-04-07
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- mountains: formed by the raising of huge blocks on Earth's surface relative to neighboring blocks
- spreading apart of the continents, formed mountain ranges
- help form mountains or are dormant and become one
- a place where sections of the crust of the Earth move relative to each other
- ranges: a group of mountains in a single area
- eroded remnants of this form mountains
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- tectonics: theory that the lithosphere is divided up into several several plates
- lowering of the Earth's crust
- push together to form mountains
- boundaries: plate boundary that causes mountains to from
- A large hill
- Olympus: tallest mountain in Greece
- Fuji: mountain in Japan
13 Clues: A large hill • Fuji: mountain in Japan • lowering of the Earth's crust • push together to form mountains • Olympus: tallest mountain in Greece • eroded remnants of this form mountains • ranges: a group of mountains in a single area • help form mountains or are dormant and become one • boundaries: plate boundary that causes mountains to from • ...
tectonic plate 2022-03-23
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- a fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and geological history.
- the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
- arcs/ a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin.
- when one tectonic plate moves under another.
- sudden movement along faults within the Earth.
- the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
- Earth's tectonic plates converge
- a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
- The heat from radioactive processes within the planet's interior
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- fault boundaries/ plates slide past one another without the production or destruction of crust.
- one of the large pieces of the surface of the earth that move separately.
- This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
- he rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
- break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.
- mountain ranges/ mid-ocean ridge.
16 Clues: Earth's tectonic plates converge • mountain ranges/ mid-ocean ridge. • when one tectonic plate moves under another. • sudden movement along faults within the Earth. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-18
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- Proposed the theory of continental drift
- When two plates slide past each other
- Moves the earth's crust
- The amount per unit volume
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- An area where two or more tectonic plates meet
- The transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
- When two plates go away from each other
- When two plates collide to make a mountain
- Proposed the theory of continental drift
- When a plate goes under another plate
10 Clues: Moves the earth's crust • The amount per unit volume • When a plate goes under another plate • When two plates slide past each other • When two plates go away from each other • Proposed the theory of continental drift • Proposed the theory of continental drift • When two plates collide to make a mountain • An area where two or more tectonic plates meet • ...
Layer of the Earth 2022-01-05
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- land or ground
- inner middle of the earth
- theory of the lithosphere
- plates pushing away from each other
- plates pulling away from each other
- the top part of the mantle
- oceanic crust
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- outer middle of the earth
- top layer
- the rigid outer part
- ridge system in the middle of the ocean
- seafloor
- the degree of compactness of a substance
- below the top layer
- super continent
- great depression in the ground
- sliding past each other
- the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
18 Clues: seafloor • top layer • oceanic crust • land or ground • super continent • below the top layer • the rigid outer part • sliding past each other • outer middle of the earth • inner middle of the earth • theory of the lithosphere • the top part of the mantle • great depression in the ground • plates pushing away from each other • plates pulling away from each other • ...
LOE 11C 2025-09-09
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- to build on
- to build together
- a person who creates with wood
- to strike ahead to go at
- a person who studies science
- to block building or get in the way
- to break into pieces or ruin
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- a person who speaks forth information
- to break apart or disturb
- a person who shops somewhere
- to push down or crush
- to break out
- to strike out or protect
- an effect of plate tectonics
- to break in between
15 Clues: to build on • to break out • to build together • to break in between • to push down or crush • to strike out or protect • to strike ahead to go at • to break apart or disturb • a person who shops somewhere • an effect of plate tectonics • a person who studies science • to break into pieces or ruin • a person who creates with wood • to block building or get in the way • ...
8.2 CW 1 2025-10-13
Across
- The eruption of magma from the Earth's interior, often associated with tectonic plate boundaries.
- An opening in the sea floor that releases heated water and minerals, typically found near tectonic plate boundaries.
- The theory that continents move slowly over the Earth's surface, changing their positions over time.
- A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates, often characterized by volcanic activity.
- The process by which one tectonic plate is forced under another plate, often leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.
- A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart, often resulting in seafloor spreading.
- The study of the magnetic properties of rocks to understand the historical movements of tectonic plates.
- Evidence from fossils that helps to determine historical biological distribution and support theories of plate movements.
- Plates Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.
- scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading
- The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and older crust is pushed away.
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- An underwater mountain range formed by seafloor spreading at a divergent boundary in the Atlantic Ocean.
- A location in the mantle where heat causes the melting of rock, leading to volcanic activity, independent of plate boundaries.
- The geographic spread of fossils found in different locations, which can provide evidence for historical plate movements.
- A series of volcanic islands formed at a convergent boundary, typically where an oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate.
- The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere where convection currents occur, allowing tectonic plates to move.
- The edges where two tectonic plates meet, where geological activity such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions often occur.
- A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults.
- Information about the Earth's past climate, inferred from geological records, which can support theories related to plate tectonics.
- A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, leading to the formation of mountains, trenches, or volcanic activity.
- The movement of molten rock in the mantle caused by heat from the Earth's interior, which drives plate movements.
- scientist that developed the idea of continental drift
- A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past one another, causing earthquakes.
- A change in Earth’s magnetic field recorded in rocks that provides evidence for seafloor spreading
- A major area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur due to tectonic activity.
- The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- A deep, narrow depression in the ocean floor formed at convergent plate boundaries where one plate subducts beneath another.
27 Clues: scientist that discovered sea-floor spreading • scientist that developed the idea of continental drift • The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates along faults. • A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past one another, causing earthquakes. • ...
UNIT 3 2018-04-18
Across
- related families
- A taxon composed of related phyla
- One or more kingdom
- smallest units of geological time
- scientist who studies fossil
- the grouping of objects or organisms
- related classes
- two or more periods
- a record of earths history
- similar related genera
- evidence of an organism
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- dating measure the age of rocks
- longest unit of geological time
- identifying species
- related orders
- the movement of several large plates
- a named group of organisms
- two or more epochs
- Groups of species closely related
- life the time it takes for half the isotope to decay
20 Clues: related orders • related classes • related families • two or more epochs • One or more kingdom • identifying species • two or more periods • similar related genera • evidence of an organism • a named group of organisms • a record of earths history • scientist who studies fossil • dating measure the age of rocks • longest unit of geological time • A taxon composed of related phyla • ...
Earthly Puzzle 2025-02-16
Across
- Large ocean wave.
- Deep gorge.
- Preserved remains of an organism.
- Landform at the mouth of a river.
- Tropical forest.
- Wearing away of land.
- Breaking down of rocks.
- Large mass of ice.
- Naturally occurring solid.
- Current: Flow of ocean water.
- Cycle: Process of rocks changing form.
- All living things on Earth.
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- Boreal forest.
- Grassland.
- Earth's water.
- Accumulation of sediment.
- Arid region.
- Layer of gases surrounding Earth.
- Treeless region.
- Mountain with molten rock.
- Reef: Underwater ecosystem.
- Tectonics: Theory of Earth's moving plates.
- Rise and fall of sea level.
- Sudden shaking of the ground.
24 Clues: Grassland. • Deep gorge. • Arid region. • Boreal forest. • Earth's water. • Treeless region. • Tropical forest. • Large ocean wave. • Large mass of ice. • Wearing away of land. • Breaking down of rocks. • Accumulation of sediment. • Mountain with molten rock. • Naturally occurring solid. • Reef: Underwater ecosystem. • Rise and fall of sea level. • All living things on Earth. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18
Across
- Created Continental drift theory
- Currents in the mantle that move the crust
Down
- Form when convergent boundaries collide
- Plates that split apart
- Plates that collide
- Created sea floor spreading theory
- Plates that slide past one another
- When older crust falls under new crust
- Created when transform boundaries slide
9 Clues: Plates that collide • Plates that split apart • Created Continental drift theory • Created sea floor spreading theory • Plates that slide past one another • When older crust falls under new crust • Form when convergent boundaries collide • Created when transform boundaries slide • Currents in the mantle that move the crust
Plate Tectonics 2013-01-15
Across
- ______boundaries Forms when two (crustal) Lithospheric Plates move apart
- theory of the formation and movement of the plates that cover the Earth's surface.
- _____spreading. states that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at diverging boundaries, moving outward.
- The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart
- The partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere.
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- ______boundaries Forms when two (crustal) Lithospheric plates slide past each other
- The outer shell of Earth that extends to a depth of 100km.
- a number of rigid, but moving, pieces of the Earth's surface
- ______boundaries Forms when two (Crustal) Lithospheric Plates come together
9 Clues: The outer shell of Earth that extends to a depth of 100km. • a number of rigid, but moving, pieces of the Earth's surface • The partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere. • ______boundaries Forms when two (crustal) Lithospheric Plates move apart • The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-01-05
Across
- is the shortest mountain range in the world
- 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain
- longest mountain range in the world
- still growing mountain
- smallest mountain in the world
Down
- the mountain has killed the most climbers
- the mountain that has never been climbed
- The biggest mountain
- where two continental plates collide.
9 Clues: The biggest mountain • still growing mountain • smallest mountain in the world • longest mountain range in the world • 0.03% chance of dying on the mountain • where two continental plates collide. • the mountain that has never been climbed • the mountain has killed the most climbers • is the shortest mountain range in the world
plate tectonics 2023-01-06
9 Clues: mass • temperatures • transferring particles • transfer thermal energy • mantle rises forms magma • Hess researched sea floor • underwater mountain chains • movement of a fluid caused by • a process of how the ocean crust sinks
Plate Tectonics 2017-02-21
Across
- surface along which rocks break and move
- plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
- all landmasses were connected then broke apart.
- surface along which rocks break and move
- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
- steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent
Down
- hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that the states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth
- vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
- rigid, outermost layer of Earth that is about 100km thick, and is composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle
- the outermost layer of a planet.
10 Clues: the outermost layer of a planet. • surface along which rocks break and move • plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • surface along which rocks break and move • all landmasses were connected then broke apart. • steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent • vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults • ...
Plate tectonics 2020-03-31
Across
- the boundary when plates move along each other
- the boundary when plates move away from each other
- a former supercontinent
- the part of earth which consists of molten rock
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- the solid part in the centre of the earth
- the boundary when one plate slides under another
- the thin outer part of the earth floating on molten lava
- a scientist studying earthquakes
- a moving fluid mass composed of volcanic debris and lava
9 Clues: a former supercontinent • a scientist studying earthquakes • the solid part in the centre of the earth • the boundary when plates move along each other • the part of earth which consists of molten rock • the boundary when one plate slides under another • the boundary when plates move away from each other • the thin outer part of the earth floating on molten lava • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-09-16
Across
- The crust and part of the upper mantle are known as the ________.
- Just below the Earth's crust is the _______.
- Continental plates move on the plastic-like layer of Erath's surface called the _________.
- The hypothesis that continents move slowly is called continental ________.
- Hot magma forced upward at mid-ocean ridges produces seafloor _______.
Down
- The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is a ________ current.
- The theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are in sections that move is called plate __________.
- Sections of the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are called ________.
- All continents once might have been connected in a large landmass called _______.
9 Clues: Just below the Earth's crust is the _______. • The crust and part of the upper mantle are known as the ________. • Hot magma forced upward at mid-ocean ridges produces seafloor _______. • The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is a ________ current. • The hypothesis that continents move slowly is called continental ________. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-04-20
Across
- where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other
- When forces are parallel but moving in opposite directions
- composed of the oceanic crust and the continental crust
- where two lithosphere plates come together
- continents have moved over geological time
- two or more lithosphere plates collide
Down
- linear feature between two plates that are moving
- squeezes rocks together making them fold or fracture
- a fault along a plate boundary of molten rock
9 Clues: two or more lithosphere plates collide • where two lithosphere plates come together • continents have moved over geological time • a fault along a plate boundary of molten rock • linear feature between two plates that are moving • squeezes rocks together making them fold or fracture • composed of the oceanic crust and the continental crust • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-10-08
Across
- molten rocks
- occurs at different divergent boundaries
- two plates that push together
- two plates that move apart from each other
Down
- caused by convergent boundary
- what causes tectonic plates to move
- two plates that move in opposite directions of each other
- when one convergent plate is more dense than the other
- formed by transform boundary
9 Clues: molten rocks • formed by transform boundary • caused by convergent boundary • two plates that push together • what causes tectonic plates to move • occurs at different divergent boundaries • two plates that move apart from each other • when one convergent plate is more dense than the other • two plates that move in opposite directions of each other
Plate tectonics 2025-03-06
Across
- The crust and part of the upper part of the mantle
- Boundaries between two plates that are colliding
- Currents Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools then sinks again.
- Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
Down
- Tectonics The earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates
- boundary between two plates that slide past each other with only a small component of subduction.
- The plastic layer below the lithosphere
- The spreading of the seafloor
- boundary between two plates that slide past each other with only a small component of subduction.
- Boundary between two plates that are sliding past eachother
10 Clues: The spreading of the seafloor • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Boundaries between two plates that are colliding • The crust and part of the upper part of the mantle • Boundary between two plates that are sliding past eachother • Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting • ...
Plate tectonics 2025-08-13
Plate Tectonics 2025-06-29
Across
- What is a borderline?
- the vibration of the Earth due to the release of tremendous energy
- crust that is thinner but denser
- Mount Kanlaon is an example of
- The outermost rigid layer of the earth consists of the crust and upper mantle
Down
- molten rocks
- the movement of the lithospheric plate
- the innermost layer of the earth
- The break in a rock along which movement have occurred
9 Clues: molten rocks • What is a borderline? • Mount Kanlaon is an example of • the innermost layer of the earth • crust that is thinner but denser • the movement of the lithospheric plate • The break in a rock along which movement have occurred • the vibration of the Earth due to the release of tremendous energy • ...
Science Vocabulary 2025-02-12
Across
- Ocean Ridge A line of underwater mountains in the middle of the ocean.
- A crack in the lithosphere
- The measure of an earthquake’s strength.
- Spot A region of volcanic activity in the middle of a plate.
- Drift Wegener’s theory that a supercontinent split apart and the pieces drifted to their present location.
- A shaking of the ground.
- tectonics Earth’s surface is made of plates that move slowly across the mantle.
- Molten rock in the mantle.
- magma on the Earth’s surface.
- The point on Earth's Surface just above the focus.
- one plate sinking beneath another.
Down
- amount of energy released in an earthquake.
- Andreas Fault The boundary between the north American and pacific plates.
- Wave A vibration that travels through Earth.
- Scale A way to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.
- Trench A long, deep undersea valley.
- Scale A way to measure the intensity of an earthquake.
- Cycle The process by which one kind of rock is changed into another.
- rocks in the rust attached to the upper mantle.
- the point below Earth's surface where an earthquake occurred.
- A crack in the crust through which magma flows.
21 Clues: A shaking of the ground. • A crack in the lithosphere • Molten rock in the mantle. • magma on the Earth’s surface. • one plate sinking beneath another. • The measure of an earthquake’s strength. • Trench A long, deep undersea valley. • amount of energy released in an earthquake. • Wave A vibration that travels through Earth. • ...
Gael Duran 2023-03-06
Across
- plate boundary is a linear feature that exists
- plate tectonics
- andreas a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers
- large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
- a landform that rises at least 1,000 feet
- A planet with life
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- This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
- an opening in a planet or moon's crust through which molten rock
- of fire a string of volcanoes or earthquakes.
- floor The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor.
- transform fault
- line a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
12 Clues: plate tectonics • transform fault • A planet with life • a landform that rises at least 1,000 feet • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust • plate boundary is a linear feature that exists • of fire a string of volcanoes or earthquakes. • floor The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • ...
plate boundaries 2023-02-13
Across
- rive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle
- pulls apart
- long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin
- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Down
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- lava/magma
- ground shaking
- different segments of the earth
- collide into each other
- slides past each other
10 Clues: lava/magma • pulls apart • ground shaking • slides past each other • collide into each other • different segments of the earth • rive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle • long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin • ...
week 6 2017-09-19
10 Clues: A duty • Not acting normal • breaks in earth crust • When two plates silp apart • Were two plates come apart • Destoying chemicals slowly • When two playtes come apart • A young kid with grate skill • Preventing sothing that will go wrong • tectonics The theory Their are picies in the earth
vocab 2024-03-27
7 Clues: joined together • crash collision • where tectonics plates meet • landmass that existed when all continents • boundary-boundary formed by collison of 2 • of fire- ring of volcanoes the pacific plate • plate-the broken up piece of the lithospehre
Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2020-05-21
Across
- theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces that move relative to each other
- process by which denser sections of crust are pushed under less dense sections of crust
- large blocks of Earth's broken lithosphere
- a large wave generated by a sudden displacement of water, often resulting from an undersea earthquake
- tectonic plate boundary resulting from two tectonic plates that move away from each other
- process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed at a divergent boundary
- area of Earth's surface that rises abruptly and reaches an elevation greater than that of a hill
Down
- process by which Earth's magnetic poles switch positions
- an area away from a plate boundary where magma has created a hole through Earth's lithosphere
- the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single large landmass and slowly moved to their current positions
- tectonic plate boundary resulting from two tectonic plates that collide with each other
- tectonic plate boundary resulting from two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally
- a crack in Earth's crust typically associated with tectonic plate movement
- mountain surrounding a hole in Earth's crust and formed from the build-up of lava and other eruption materials
14 Clues: large blocks of Earth's broken lithosphere • process by which Earth's magnetic poles switch positions • a crack in Earth's crust typically associated with tectonic plate movement • process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed at a divergent boundary • process by which denser sections of crust are pushed under less dense sections of crust • ...
Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2021-02-28
Across
- Thin, fractured layer of rock on Earth's surface.
- Largest plate of ocean crust.
- One plate is shoved under another at a convergent boundary.
- Our "home" plate (where the U.S. sits).
- Boundary where plates are sliding past each other.
- Super-continent that existed 250 million years ago.
- German scientist who developed Continental Drift theory.
Down
- Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent boundary
- Deep ocean valley formed by subduction.
- Boundary where plates are pushing together.
- Boundary where plates are pulling apart
- Thick layer of molten rock beneath the crust.
- Earth's center, made of iron.
- American geologist who discovered "sea floor spreading".
14 Clues: Largest plate of ocean crust. • Earth's center, made of iron. • Deep ocean valley formed by subduction. • Boundary where plates are pulling apart • Our "home" plate (where the U.S. sits). • Boundary where plates are pushing together. • Thick layer of molten rock beneath the crust. • Thin, fractured layer of rock on Earth's surface. • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-11-06
Across
- an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
- a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
- a break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move.
- a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- the theory that pieces of earth’s lithosphere are constantly moving, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
- the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
- boundary- a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
Down
- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
- a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.
- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
- the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary.
- the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
14 Clues: a break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move. • a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other. • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. • ...
Vocab list 3 2022-03-02
Across
- pyramid a graph showing how many people are females and males in a specific area
- organization amazon
- area
- --- day friday
- region
- feature rivers,mountains,peninsulas on a map
- resource oil
- helps with pricing of things the u.s gets from places like china
- Coordinates
- hazard natural disasters
- nuclei model cities are typically built like this
- power over places like canada and mexico
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- the upper most portion of Earth
- townships
- map in your head,not on paper
- birds do this
- destiny similar to population
- the kids who do science olympiad needed to gather there ------
- process alters earths physical system
- a government organization
- tectonics earths rigid slabs
- similar to cultural aspects
22 Clues: area • region • townships • Coordinates • resource oil • birds do this • --- day friday • organization amazon • hazard natural disasters • a government organization • similar to cultural aspects • tectonics earths rigid slabs • map in your head,not on paper • destiny similar to population • the upper most portion of Earth • process alters earths physical system • ...
Owen’s Plate Tectonics Crossword 2024-02-22
Across
- 2 plates moving apart
- Plates under the ocean
- The theory that continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.
- Where the less dense plate slides under the mor dense plate
- Hot magma rises to the surface then cools and falls back down to the core
- An underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics where new oceanic crust is created through volcanic activity
- The denser layer below the Lithosphere
- Parts of the earth that come up and create large masses of land
- 2 plates merging together
- what comes out of a volcano
Down
- Plates under the continents
- The deepest points in the ocean
- Boundary between 2 plates sliding past each other which causes…
- The Earths upper mantle and crust
- Lava comes from a certain mountain with a big hole on top
- A linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a divergent boundary
- Cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement
- 2 plates sliding against each other and creates friction
- The broken up lithosphere, moving around and shifting
- 2 oceanic plates moving apart
20 Clues: 2 plates moving apart • Plates under the ocean • 2 plates merging together • Plates under the continents • what comes out of a volcano • 2 oceanic plates moving apart • The deepest points in the ocean • The Earths upper mantle and crust • The denser layer below the Lithosphere • The broken up lithosphere, moving around and shifting • ...
Vocab Crossword 2025-10-30
Across
- Earth's outermost layer
- the process by which a collision between two tectonic plates forces the denser plate under the less dense plate
- drift the hypothesis that the continents slowly drifted to their current positions
- a break in Earth's crust
- Earths layer between crust and core
- the removal of rock
- a prediction or statement based on limited evidence
- the upward movement of large areas of Earth's crust
- the transfer of energy as light through space or transparent objects
- the transfer of energy between objects that are touching
- a property of matter that is equal to the amount of mass in a certain volume
Down
- the transfer of energy caused by a circulation of matter
- spreading the process by which the rocks on either side of the mid ocean ridge slowly pull away from each other
- tectonics the scientific theory that the lithosphere is made up of rigid pieces
- the accumulation of eroded rock material transported
- Earths innermost layer
- theory a good group of ideas or models that are supported with evidence
- the physical breakdown of rock on Earth's surface
- the requirements that must be met
- the limitations on an engineering solution
20 Clues: the removal of rock • Earths innermost layer • Earth's outermost layer • a break in Earth's crust • the requirements that must be met • Earths layer between crust and core • the limitations on an engineering solution • the physical breakdown of rock on Earth's surface • a prediction or statement based on limited evidence • the upward movement of large areas of Earth's crust • ...
Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2017-02-09
Across
- magnetic field that is the same right now
- made of layers of rocks that are folded
- of continents
- curved line of volcanoes
- underwater mountain chain
Down
- area of many fractured pieces of crust
- deep, under water trough created by one plate sub-ducting
- tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
- in direction or orientation of the magnetic field
- magnetic field to the opposite polarity
- of crust move up or down against faults
- material adds new oceanic crust
- large regions rise vertically
- continent
14 Clues: continent • of continents • curved line of volcanoes • underwater mountain chain • large regions rise vertically • material adds new oceanic crust • area of many fractured pieces of crust • made of layers of rocks that are folded • magnetic field to the opposite polarity • of crust move up or down against faults • magnetic field that is the same right now • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-05-04
Across
- any continuous mass of land
- a narrow ditch
- Earth's top layer
- an elevated portion of Earth's surface
- an area's limit
- Earth's lower layer
- large sections of Earth's crust that move
- a supercontinent from 250 mil years ago
- a narrow hilltop
Down
- boundaries that drift apart
- a large expanse of sea
- boundaries that come closer together
- series of waves that cause water displacement
- a sudden shaking of the ground
14 Clues: a narrow ditch • an area's limit • a narrow hilltop • Earth's top layer • Earth's lower layer • a large expanse of sea • boundaries that drift apart • any continuous mass of land • a sudden shaking of the ground • boundaries that come closer together • an elevated portion of Earth's surface • a supercontinent from 250 mil years ago • large sections of Earth's crust that move • ...
MineCraft Plate Tectonics 2024-11-12
Across
- this is the treat that Mr.Abecassis the minecraft NPC gave you when you talked to him
- the deposition and movement of sand by wind that creates hills.
- is different from erosion because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ involves no movement.
- also known as the beach, this word describes the edge of the land mass touching a body of water.
- the explanation for how continents have moved over long periods of time.
- the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
- something crater-like that is caused by the slow weathering and erosion that causes the collapse of a cavern roof or aquafer.
- when two plates converge and one or both plates flows under
Down
- The Secret Password on level one
- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
- this Minecraft Education activity was made by Mr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
- is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that originates on land and moves down slope under the influence of its own weight and gravity.
- when plates move in this manor, they move toward eachother.
- the number of cakes Mr.Abecassis the NPC gave you when you talked to him.
- when two plates converge and cause a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, they can form mountains.
15 Clues: The Secret Password on level one • when plates move in this manor, they move toward eachother. • when two plates converge and one or both plates flows under • the deposition and movement of sand by wind that creates hills. • this Minecraft Education activity was made by Mr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. • ...
Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2021-12-16
Across
- A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
- A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- A deep canyon on the ocean floor
- The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
- A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
- The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
- A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
- A deep valley where two plates move apart
- Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth
- A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
- Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
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- The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
- German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
- The undersea mountain chain where the new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
- The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
- Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
- A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
- Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge landmass but have since then drifted apart
- A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...
vocabulary 2025-08-22
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- vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks
- crater a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or
- ridge long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma
- with respect to each other.
- magma that erupts onto Earth's surface.
- tectonics theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that
- plate at a convergent plate boundary.
- a break or a crack in Earth’s crust.
- drift Wegener’s hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a
- molten rock stored below Earth's surface.
- drifted slowly to their current positions.
- the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under
- a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
- space object by the impact of a meteorite.
- a crack or a fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement
- rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
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- and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
- boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
- large landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago
- name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart
- boundary the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
- spreading the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean
- volume of water.
- tectonic plate.
- a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a
- trench a deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under
- divergent plate boundaries.
- 200 million years ago.
- boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
- zone an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
- the mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth’s surface
- arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
32 Clues: tectonic plate. • volume of water. • 200 million years ago. • with respect to each other. • divergent plate boundaries. • a break or a crack in Earth’s crust. • plate at a convergent plate boundary. • drifted slowly to their current positions. • space object by the impact of a meteorite. • magma that erupts onto Earth's surface. • ...
Earth Science 2012-11-14
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- by magma pushing through the the crust
- current of which hot air rises and cool air falls
- giant wave of which is caused by movement of the Earth underwater
- of North America, Europe and Asia
- scientist who had the theory of continental drift Alfred *******
- name of the single continent
- layer of which is approximatley 100km thick that convers the Earth
- type of movement where tectonic plates collide
- denser of the two crusts
- LINESCracks in the Earth's crust caused by plates sliding together
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- process of which the forces of gravity pull the oceanic plate under the continential plate
- TECTONICS/The theory of the formation and movement of the plates that cover the Earth's surface
- by rapid movement of the ground and a rpaid release of energy as plates move
- type of movement where tectonic plates move away from each other
- instrument capable of of detecting plate movement not perciptible to humans
- layer of hot semi-solid rock material that the crust of the Earth floats on
- light crust made from aluminium and silicon
- continent of which South America, Australia, Antarctica and Africa once consisted of
- ******* magnitude scale was developed by Charles F *******
- DRIFT/The theory that the continents are all part of the single continent Pangeae
20 Clues: denser of the two crusts • name of the single continent • of North America, Europe and Asia • by magma pushing through the the crust • light crust made from aluminium and silicon • type of movement where tectonic plates collide • current of which hot air rises and cool air falls • ******* magnitude scale was developed by Charles F ******* • ...
Earth Science 2023-05-24
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- The mud flow from a volcano.
- Tectonic plates float on this layer of molten rock.
- Boundaries that occur when two plates pull apart.
- Rocks that are formed from magma.
- The height of the zig-zag line on a seismograph.
- Solid rock layer that we live on.
- AN instrument used to record an earthquake or the shaking of the ground.
- When a volcano has not recently erupted but could erupt again.
- Large portions of land on the earths surface.
- In the North Island this plate is subducting under the Australian plate.
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- The first person to propose the theory of plate tectonics.
- Molten rock on the surface.
- This crust is dense and is found under the sea floor.
- These rocks form from grains of eroded rock or undecomposed plant or animal parts.
- Sticky airborne solids from explosive eruptions like a lava bomb.
- Wave that is caused by an earthquake.
- The inner and outer core are made up of molten iron and.
- This current is in the mantle and is caused by difference in temperature.
- The first landmass that existed.
- Crack formed when part of the crust breaks as it shifts.
20 Clues: Molten rock on the surface. • The mud flow from a volcano. • The first landmass that existed. • Rocks that are formed from magma. • Solid rock layer that we live on. • Wave that is caused by an earthquake. • Large portions of land on the earths surface. • The height of the zig-zag line on a seismograph. • Boundaries that occur when two plates pull apart. • ...
plate boundaries 2023-02-13
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- rive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle
- pulls apart
- long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin
- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
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- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- lava/magma
- ground shaking
- different segments of the earth
- collide into each other
- slides past each other
10 Clues: lava/magma • pulls apart • ground shaking • slides past each other • collide into each other • different segments of the earth • rive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle • long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin • ...
Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features 2023-10-26
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- Originator of Continental Drift theory
- a long cut in the ground : ditch
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
- occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows.
- places where plates slide sideways past each other
- the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates
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- a tectonic plate that consists primarily of continental crust
- a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
- the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe
- an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
- the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved closer together over time
- a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
15 Clues: a long cut in the ground : ditch • Originator of Continental Drift theory • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust • places where plates slide sideways past each other • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a tectonic plate that consists primarily of continental crust • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-06-22
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- (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake)
- (an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt)
- Waves (an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means)
- Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other)
- (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor)
- (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus)
- (a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements)
- Convection (Mantle convection describes the movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere)
- (the great size or extent of something)
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- (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.)
- ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) floor spreading (process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other)
- of Plate Tectonic (Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the Earth's rocky inner layer above the soft core)
- Plate Boundary (when two plates come together)
- Push (The newly-formed plates slide sideways off these high areas, pushing the plate in front of them resulting in a _____-____ mechanism)
- Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another)
- (the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts)
- Pull (The force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate it is attached to)
17 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake) • ...
Tectonic Plates 2022-04-12
7 Clues: magma • Molten rock • boundaries Two tectonic plates moving away • boundaries Two plates slide past each other • boundaries Two tectonic plates come together • zone One convergent plate is more dense than the other • ocean ridge A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
Dynamic Planet Unit Test Review 2022-04-29
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- The point on the surface above the source of an earthquake is called the:
- Heat convection in the mantle is responsible for breaking the ___ up into plates.
- The Hawaiian Islands are ___ volcanoes.
- The Hawaiian Islands are a chain of volcanic islands that have formed as the Pacific Ocean plate has moved over a mantle plume. What type of volcano are they? They are ___ volcanoes.
- The Earth's ___ heat is the source of the energy that drives plate tectonics.
- Earth's ___ crust is the most density.
- In addition to forming ore deposits, the ancient failed rift also caused undersea volcanic eruptions. Evidence for this can be found along highways near Marquette in the basalt ___ lavas that formed as lava erupted into the ancient seas.
- What type of volcano tends to have explosive eruptions due to having lots of dissolved gasses in the magma?
- Our planet's magnetic field is generated by Earth's:
- Plates come together at ___ boundaries.
- Island arcs – like Alaska’s Aleutian Islands – form at what type of plate boundary?
- New oceanic crust forms at divergent plate boundaries. The crust moves ___ the ridge that runs along the center of the divergent boundary.
- Alaska's Aleutian Islands are what type of volcano?
- An earthquake’s magnitude is a measure of the size of seismic waves it produces.
- This type of seismic wave cannot pass through liquids, like our planet's liquid outer core.
- The first ___ waves to arrive at a seismograph station, like ours at CHMI, are called P waves.
- The ___ magnitude scale is the scale used today to indicate the size of an earthquakes waves,
- Africa is splitting apart along the Great Rift Valley. What type of plate boundary is found here?
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- The oldest ocean crust is found farthest from mid-ocean ___.
- Elastic ___ causes earthquakes.
- The lithosphere is Earth's outermost solid layer. It includes the crust and the upper ___
- A volcano that is fairly symmetrical and has both layers of lava and pyroclastic deposits is a ___ cone volcano.
- The study of the behavior of earthquake waves is called:
- The Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific Plate moved over a ____.
- The point underground where stored energy in a fault is first released - causing an earthquake.
- S waves travel ___ than P waves.
- Our planet's magnetic field protects us from dangerous ___ radiation.
- ___ reversals provide strong evidence for seafloor spreading
- Earthquakes are usually associated with ____.
- High silica content and dissolved gases contribute to the ___ eruptions of stratovolcanoes.
- Most earthquakes occur along plate ___.
- The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of Earth called the ____.
- A chain of hot spot volcanoes forms when oceanic crust moves over a mantle ___.
- The theory of plate___ helps scientists explain how earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
- Both the crust and mantle are made up mostly of ___ minerals.
- What metal ore deposits in our Upper Peninsula formed on the bottom of an ancient sea when North America almost split apart along a divergent plate boundary?
- Earth's inner core is ___
37 Clues: Earth's inner core is ___ • Elastic ___ causes earthquakes. • S waves travel ___ than P waves. • Earth's ___ crust is the most density. • The Hawaiian Islands are ___ volcanoes. • Most earthquakes occur along plate ___. • Plates come together at ___ boundaries. • Earthquakes are usually associated with ____. • Alaska's Aleutian Islands are what type of volcano? • ...
Layer Of The Earth 2022-03-03
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- means A Massive irregularly shaped slab of solid rock. Generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.
- means are caused by the very hot material at the deepest part of the mantle rising then cooling and sinking again repeating this cycle over and over again.
- means this occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
- means the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in wich there is relatively low convection is thought to occur.
- Means a lowland region that forms where earth's tectonic plates move apart or rift.
- means the formation of an new area of oceanic crust.
- Means Though Outer Part Of A Loaf Of Bread.
- Means That He Is A Science And Meteorogist and geophysicist.
- means ___________ Is defined as the rock and crust surface that covers the earth.
- Is A liquid That Is Call ____ And Its Hot When It Fells To The Water Starts Creating A New Island Made Of Extrusive rocks And The Lava Comes From The Layers Of The Earth.
- means an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between between two diverging tectonics plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma.
- The ______ is the mostly solid bulk of the earth's interior the ______ Lies between earth's dense,super heated core and it's thin outer layer.
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- means A plate boundary along wich relative motion between the two plates is parallel to the strike of the fault.
- means a scientific theory that explains how major lands forms are created as a result of earth's subterranean movements.
- Means _____ also _______ In Early Geologic Time, A Super Continent that incorporated almost all the land masses on earth's.
- Means Is A Liquid And It's hot by inner core heat.
- boundary means occurs when two tectonics plates move away each other.
- means the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonics plates.
- Means The Solid Material Found In The Center Of The Earth And It Has High Temperature and Pressure, distinct from the liquid outer core.
- means A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks or rocks.
- means Molten Rock that's is underground.
21 Clues: means Molten Rock that's is underground. • Means Though Outer Part Of A Loaf Of Bread. • Means Is A Liquid And It's hot by inner core heat. • means the formation of an new area of oceanic crust. • Means That He Is A Science And Meteorogist and geophysicist. • means this occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-10-26
9 Clues: Push together • the top layer • hot liquid in mantle • 2 plates over lapping • layer under the crust • fractures between 2 rocks • Move away from each other • mountain with magma in it • rubbing creates earthquakes
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Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18
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- Plates moving apart from each other
- Crust that carries water
- One plate moving under the other one because it is more dense
- Occurs when plates move apart
- Crust that carries land/continents
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- Molten rock in the mantle
- Plates sliding by each other
- Created when plates move by each other and bump into one another
- Plates moving together to form mountains
9 Clues: Crust that carries water • Molten rock in the mantle • Plates sliding by each other • Occurs when plates move apart • Crust that carries land/continents • Plates moving apart from each other • Plates moving together to form mountains • One plate moving under the other one because it is more dense • Created when plates move by each other and bump into one another
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19
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- This boundary creates mountain ranges.
- This boundary separate from each other.
- The part of the crust that is moving.
- This boundary is what causes earthquakes by sliding together.
- The area where a convergent plate is pulled.
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- What rises and cools in the mantle.
- This is what moves the tectonic plates.
- Caused by oceanic and continental plates in a convergent boudary.
- The theory that the crust is separated into plates that move around.
9 Clues: What rises and cools in the mantle. • The part of the crust that is moving. • This boundary creates mountain ranges. • This is what moves the tectonic plates. • This boundary separate from each other. • The area where a convergent plate is pulled. • This boundary is what causes earthquakes by sliding together. • ...
plate tectonics 2023-02-06
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- it's located at the center of a planet called earth
- when two plates separate from each other
- it was a super continent that got separated 175 million years ago
- when one plate goes under and the other one goes on top
- it is located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
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- when two plates crash into each other
- what is between 2 plates
- it's located under earths crust
- its located over the inner core but it is under the mantle
9 Clues: what is between 2 plates • it's located under earths crust • when two plates crash into each other • when two plates separate from each other • it is located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. • it's located at the center of a planet called earth • when one plate goes under and the other one goes on top • its located over the inner core but it is under the mantle • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-01
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- fossils that are widespread come from organisms that lived over a short period of time
- the thin,solid,outermost layer of the earth
- the theory that the crust is divided into large pieces that are called tectonic plates that move
- two part layer of the earth below the mantle with a liquid outer core and and solid inner core
- Huge pieces of crust that slowly moves on the upper;delicate part of the mantle
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- is the theory that continents were connected but have been drifted apart
- the mineralized remains of organisms to show how long they lived and there bodies were structured
- the solid layer of earth between the crust and the core: made of dense silicates
- the top of the mantle
9 Clues: the top of the mantle • the thin,solid,outermost layer of the earth • is the theory that continents were connected but have been drifted apart • Huge pieces of crust that slowly moves on the upper;delicate part of the mantle • the solid layer of earth between the crust and the core: made of dense silicates • ...
Plate Tectonics 2014-02-10
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- Cold, rigid outermost rock layer
- A state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north is called ____ polarity.
- Magnetic ____ occurs when the magnetic field reverses direction.
- Continents fit like pieces of a..
- Denser plate sinks below buoyant plate
- Supercontinent.
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- Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called ____ ridges.
- Process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
- Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
9 Clues: Supercontinent. • Cold, rigid outermost rock layer • Continents fit like pieces of a.. • Denser plate sinks below buoyant plate • Magnetic ____ occurs when the magnetic field reverses direction. • Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called ____ ridges. • Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density • ...
plate tectonics 2021-12-10
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- What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes?
- What type of plate boundary is it if the plates are pulling apart?
- what in the mantle causes the plates to move?
- What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones?
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- What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto?
- What is formed when a plate goes under another plate?
- What forms from subduction zones in the ocean?
- What type of plate boundary is it if the plates push together?
- What type of plate boundary is it if the plates slide pas each other?
9 Clues: what in the mantle causes the plates to move? • What forms from subduction zones in the ocean? • What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto? • What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes? • What is formed when a plate goes under another plate? • What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones? • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-04-20
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- The rising and falling of material fluid
- The gigantic slabs that make up the earths outer layer
- Able to carry an electric current
- an area around the pacific oceans edge where volcanoes are
- The Study of Earth
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- The study of massive peices that make up earth
- an area where tectonic plates move past each other
- the process which tectonic plates sink or slide back
- the process by which material rises from the earths middle layer.
9 Clues: The Study of Earth • Able to carry an electric current • The rising and falling of material fluid • The study of massive peices that make up earth • an area where tectonic plates move past each other • the process which tectonic plates sink or slide back • The gigantic slabs that make up the earths outer layer • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-03-07
9 Clues: means to slide • means to move away • the layer that moves • means to move together • hot lava will do this action • cool lava will do this action • materials in the middle mantle • convection currents moves in this shape • the layers where convection currents are
PLATE TECTONICS 2023-12-18
9 Clues: Like white snow • Second layer of the earth • the study of planet earth • Like a big Triangle on earth • outer most layer of the earth, • the rocky outer part of our earth • Liquid that comes out of a volcano • what makes the world go shaky shake • When 2 plates separate from each other,
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-25
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- occurs on land at divergent boundaries
- A type of plate boundary where plates come together
- a type of plate boundary where the plates slip past each other
- How do the plates move?
- Occurs on the ocean floor of convergent boundaries
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- Occurs on land at convergent boundaries
- occurs on the ocean floor at divergent boundaries
- a type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
- what layer of the Earth do convection currents come from?
9 Clues: How do the plates move? • occurs on land at divergent boundaries • Occurs on land at convergent boundaries • occurs on the ocean floor at divergent boundaries • Occurs on the ocean floor of convergent boundaries • A type of plate boundary where plates come together • what layer of the Earth do convection currents come from? • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08
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- when two tectonic plates collide
- created by continental divergent boundary
- the thickest layer of the earth
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- when the ocean plate goes underneath the continental plate when colliding
- when something presses together
- Harry Hess came up with this theory
- made up of mostly iron and nickel
- the hottest layer of earth
- 1 percent of the earth is _______
9 Clues: the hottest layer of earth • when something presses together • the thickest layer of the earth • when two tectonic plates collide • made up of mostly iron and nickel • 1 percent of the earth is _______ • Harry Hess came up with this theory • created by continental divergent boundary • when the ocean plate goes underneath the continental plate when colliding
Tectonic Plates 2021-12-17
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- Plates that collide into one another
- A scientist who proposed the theory of plates tectonics
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- Plates that separate from one another
- The theory that tectonic plates drift
- Plates that slide across each other
- Broken parts of the lithosphere
- A super continent that is formed when the continents are together
7 Clues: Broken parts of the lithosphere • Plates that slide across each other • Plates that collide into one another • Plates that separate from one another • The theory that tectonic plates drift • A scientist who proposed the theory of plates tectonics • A super continent that is formed when the continents are together
Geology 2025-04-27
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- The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance 1 to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur. 2
- The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
- The process by which one tectonic plate slides beneath another at a convergent boundary.
- The process that A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, with ranges that match across separated continents.
- A long, narrow elevation on the seafloor, marking a divergent plate boundary where new crust is formed.
- The single, enormous ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea.
- The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, containing all of Earth's landmasses.
- A long, narrow, and deep depression on the ocean floor, typically formed at a convergent boundary where subduction occurs.
- A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
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- A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock, allowing the blocks to move relative to each other, common at all plate boundaries.
- A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.
- A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
- A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, often occurring at plate boundaries.
- The outermost solid shell of the Earth
- The transfer of heat by the movement of fluids (like the mantle), driving plate tectonics.
- The large, continuous masses of land on the Earth's surface.
- The southern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea.
- A rupture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape, often found at convergent or divergent boundaries.
- Preserved remains or traces of ancient life, used as evidence for continental drift.
- A large, rigid slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.
- The innermost layer of the Earth, divided into a liquid outer part and a solid inner part.
22 Clues: The outermost solid shell of the Earth • The large, continuous masses of land on the Earth's surface. • The southern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea. • The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • The single, enormous ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea. • ...
day 2 crossword 2024-06-14
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- an animal or plant that lived many thousands of years ago and that has been preserved
- invisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope
- Gram-negative prokaryotic microorganisms that were originally referred to as the 'blue-green algae'
- the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
- originator of continental drift hypothesis
- supercontinent named by Alfred wagner
- cells that have specific structures and functions in the body
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- bizarre fossils whose biological origins were debated until only a few decades ago
- that is found in small quantities in the atmosphere
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
- he bottom of the ocean.
- the long-term, predictable atmospheric conditions of a specific area
- a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
- an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
14 Clues: he bottom of the ocean. • supercontinent named by Alfred wagner • originator of continental drift hypothesis • that is found in small quantities in the atmosphere • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. • cells that have specific structures and functions in the body • ...
marlee chapter 7 2021-10-14
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- was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic
- drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
- proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
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- the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder
- he sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
- tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
- proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
7 Clues: was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic • proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • ...
Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-26
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- the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved closer together over time
- large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
- a tectonic plate that consists primarily of continental crust
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
- a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
- Originator of Continental Drift theory
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- an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows.
- an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
- a long cut in the ground : ditch
- the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates
- places where plates slide sideways past each other
- occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe
15 Clues: a long cut in the ground : ditch • Originator of Continental Drift theory • large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust • places where plates slide sideways past each other • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a tectonic plate that consists primarily of continental crust • ...
Tectonics, weathering and erosion! 2018-02-12
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- Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted. Al _ _ _ _ Wegner.
- _____________________ weathering is the type of weathering that occurs when roots, ice or other hard object break down rock.
- The type of plate boundary when two tectonic plates push against each other and cause mountains or volcanoes.
- The name of the tectonic plate boundary when two continents slide against each other. ____________ fault.
- The name of the tectonic plate boundary when the plates move apart and cause rifts and valleys.
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- Alfred Wegener noticed that the coast of South America seemed to fit the coast of _________.
- The movement of weathered materials. Can be through water, wind or gravity.
- The process that occurs when bedrock breaks down into finer dust
- The name of the very centre core of Earth
- Plate _____________.
- The Theory of Continental _____________.
11 Clues: Plate _____________. • The Theory of Continental _____________. • The name of the very centre core of Earth • The process that occurs when bedrock breaks down into finer dust • The movement of weathered materials. Can be through water, wind or gravity. • Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted. Al _ _ _ _ Wegner. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2013-04-21
Across
- A popular example of a hot spot forming a volcanic island.
- Powers continental drift.
- Floats on top of the Asthenosphere.
- Occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
Down
- Made at a convergent plate boundary.
- Crust is made of it.
- The islands of New Zealand were created by these means.
- Created the theory of continental drift.
- Original supercontinent.
9 Clues: Crust is made of it. • Original supercontinent. • Powers continental drift. • Floats on top of the Asthenosphere. • Made at a convergent plate boundary. • Occurs at divergent plate boundaries. • Created the theory of continental drift. • The islands of New Zealand were created by these means. • A popular example of a hot spot forming a volcanic island.
Plate Tectonics 2021-09-16
Across
- Zone where one plate is denser than the other
- Created by convergent boundaries
- left after divergent boundary seperates plates
- created by transform faults
- Magma that fills a divergent boundary gap in land
Down
- Something tectonic plates ride along
- Boundary where plates go away from each other
- Boundary where plates slide past each other
- fills in the gap created at a divergent boundary
9 Clues: created by transform faults • Created by convergent boundaries • Something tectonic plates ride along • Boundary where plates slide past each other • Zone where one plate is denser than the other • Boundary where plates go away from each other • left after divergent boundary seperates plates • fills in the gap created at a divergent boundary • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-03-25
9 Clues: Move apart • moves under • Slide past each other • Below the lithosphere • the plates all together • One plate goes under another • what transform boundaries make • intense shaking of Earth's surface • apart of the crust and uppermost mantle
