plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent boundaries can form underwater _______ ranges.
  2. What is the largest belt of active volcanos and earthquakes in the world?
  3. The zone where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.
  4. Once magma spills out onto the Earth’s surface it’s called
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
  6. The convection currents cause _______ of the tectonic plates.
  7. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
  8. What type of rock makes up continental crust?
  9. The surface along which rocks break and slide past each other.
  10. Scientist that came up with the theory of Pangaea?
Down
  1. What is the upper part of the mantle?
  2. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
  3. What kind of boundary involves plates moving apart?
  4. This core of the Earth is liquid.
  5. This core is the hottest
  6. The process of hot rock rising, cooling, and then sinking.
  7. What kind of boundary involves plates colliding?
  8. Molten rock inside the Earth
  9. What kind of boundary involves plates moving past each other?
  10. The_____tectonics cause earthquakes and volcanoes

20 Clues: This core is the hottest • Molten rock inside the Earth • This core of the Earth is liquid. • What is the upper part of the mantle? • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • What type of rock makes up continental crust? • What kind of boundary involves plates colliding? • The_____tectonics cause earthquakes and volcanoes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-04-27

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hanging wall goes down the footwall
  2. the center of the earth
  3. surfaces in rocks become curved
  4. third layer of the earth
  5. 2 lithospheric plates come together
  6. upper layer of Earth's mantle
  7. an explosion filled with hot lava
  8. lithosphere under ocean basins
  9. 2 tectonic plates move away
  10. can't travel through solids
  11. records details of earthquakes
  12. two opposite pulling forces
Down
  1. plates move sideways past each other
  2. between the core and crust
  3. famous theory in geology
  4. record produced by seismograph
  5. solid outer part of the Earth
  6. introduced continental drift theory
  7. travels through all layers
  8. fracture in between 2 blocks of rock

20 Clues: the center of the earth • famous theory in geology • third layer of the earth • between the core and crust • travels through all layers • 2 tectonic plates move away • can't travel through solids • two opposite pulling forces • upper layer of Earth's mantle • solid outer part of the Earth • record produced by seismograph • lithosphere under ocean basins • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-04-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  2. the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material
  3. the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core
  4. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  5. states that the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere
  6. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge
  7. the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
  8. the "middle sphere," the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  9. is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  10. the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
Down
  1. where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.
  2. is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed.
  3. a geologist and Navy submarine commander during World War II. Part of his mission had been to study the deepest parts of the ocean floor.
  4. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  5. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  6. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
  7. the solid, dense center of the Earth
  8. the thin, outermost layer of the Earth
  9. a German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher. In 1915 he published 'The Origin of Continents and Oceans', which outlined his theory of Continental Drift.
  10. the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle

20 Clues: the solid, dense center of the Earth • the thin, outermost layer of the Earth • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core • is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed • the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle • where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust that carries ocean
  2. a type of volcano that still erupts
  3. when two transform plates' stress breaks and the earth shakes
  4. where two plates rub against each other
  5. gigantic pieces of the earth's crust
  6. when one plate goes under another plate
  7. when lava spews out of a volcano
  8. top layer of earth
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  1. something that floats
  2. two plates move in opposite directions
  3. a mountain or hill that has a crater or hole that lava comes out of
  4. when two plates hit each other
  5. crust that carries a continent
  6. a volcano that no longer erupts
  7. where two plates collide
  8. hot fluid within the earth
  9. where seafloor spreading occurs
  10. measurement tool for earthquakes
  11. the hot molton maga that comes out of a volcano
  12. the study of earthquakes

20 Clues: top layer of earth • something that floats • crust that carries ocean • where two plates collide • the study of earthquakes • hot fluid within the earth • when two plates hit each other • crust that carries a continent • a volcano that no longer erupts • where seafloor spreading occurs • measurement tool for earthquakes • when lava spews out of a volcano • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A primary (compressional) earthquake wave that travels through the body of the earth, so named because it is the first wave to reach a seismograph station during an earthquake.
  2. Plate Boundary- when two tectonic plates slide past each other in such a way that it does not result in a new landform
  3. a powerful “river” of mud that forms when debris, such as ash from a volcanic eruption, moves into a stream or river.
  4. Plate Boundary- when two continental plates collide causing their edges to crumple and uplift to form mountains.
  5. A large, mobile segment of Earth’s lithosphere
  6. Drift- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth’s surface through geological time.
  7. Scale- the scale used to measure the magnitude (size and energy) of an earthquake
  8. Catastrophic Event- a powerful and often dramatic force of nature that changes the earth’s surface and atmosphere.
  9. Volcano- a volcano that forms from alternating eruptions of viscous lava and broken rock. It is steep near the summit (top) and flat toward the base.
  10. Wave- An earthquake wave that travels on or near the surface of earth.
  11. an instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake.
  12. occurs when loosely packed, water logged sediments at or near the surface lose their strength in response to an earthquake.
  13. the movement of a tectonic plate beneath another plate.
  14. A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move
  15. The Earth’s innermost layers, consisting of a liquid iron outer layer and a solid iron-nickel inner layer
  16. a deep gorge formed on the ocean floor when an oceanic plate moves beneath a continental plate.
  17. describes objects that break easily when a force is applied to them.
  18. A push or pull on an object.
  19. a scientist who studies the history and structure of the earth as it is recorded in rocks
  20. Mercalli Scale- the most common earthquake intensity scale used in the United States
  21. springs that spout water and steam
  22. Plate Boundary- the place where a continental plate splits and separates as molten rock flows to the surface.
  23. a small, bowl-shaped hole that forms when rock explodes from a volcano during an eruption.
  24. the cool, solid outer shell of the earth that consists of the crust and the ridged, uppermost part of the mantle and is broken into segments.
  25. the shaking of the ground during an earthquake caused by seismic waves.
  26. Rock- a solid earth material that forms when any rock type is changed by the earth’s high temperature and pressure
  27. the layer of the mantle that lies directly below the lithosphere and flows like taffy
  28. mudflow that occurs when rain falls through clouds of ash or when rivers become choked with falling volcanic debris.
  29. the record made by a seismograph; the paper on which earthquake waves are recorded.
  30. Igneous Rock- igneous rock that forms from magma cooling inside the earth
  31. the earth’s outer layer, the coolest and least dense layer of the earth
  32. to make something less severe, intense, or painful.
  33. a naturally occurring mineral containing valuable elements for which it is mined and worked.
  34. a series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes or, more rarely, by volcanoes.
  35. Spot- a localized zone of melting in the mantle that is fixed under a plate.
  36. Ridge- A mountain-like landform that develops when plates separate and new oceanic lithosphere forms.
  37. a representation that is used to study objects, ideas, or systems that are too complex, distant, large, or small to study easily firsthand.
  38. Ridge- A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity that runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
  39. A scientist who study earthquakes
  40. causing damage or injury
  41. A secondary earthquake wave; so named because they travel slower than a primary wave and it is the second wave to reach the seismograph station after an earthquake. It travels through the body of the earth as a series of crests and troughs.
  42. fragmented volcanic material with particles that measure less than 2mm in diameter.
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  1. the location where the rupture of an earthquake begins and energy is released.
  2. Lava- balloonlike mounds that form when lava flows underwater or into the ocean
  3. the measure of the total amount of energy release at the focus point of an earthquake.
  4. Flow- lava that flows quickly over the surface of earth and covers a wide area.
  5. a landform, usually cone-shaped, produced by a collection of erupted material around a vent, or opening, on the surface of the earth and through which gas and erupted materials pass.
  6. made of hot fragments from volcanic material
  7. A measure of the damage done by an earthquake, determined on the basis of the earthquake’s effect on people, structures, and the natural environment.
  8. Spreading- the theory that states a force within the earth drives the ocean floor apart and allows new oceanic crust to form.
  9. a traditional story of historical events that is created to understand the world from the view of the people and their beliefs.
  10. Dome- a bulbous, steep-sided dome that forms at the top of a volcano when thick, relatively “cold” magma emerges from the volcanic opening.
  11. an earthquake wave that follows the main shock of an earthquake.
  12. blobs of hardened lava
  13. Wave- A wave generated by earthquake vibrations
  14. of Fire- A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity that encircles the Pacific Ocean basin; also called the circum-pacific belt.
  15. Cycle- the process by which earth materials transform from one rock type into another
  16. Seismographic Network- a permanent set of more than 150 sensors that are placed around the world to monitor seismic activity.
  17. Tectonics- A theory that the lithosphere is broken into segments, or plates, that float on the asthenosphere, and that the interactions among these plates are associated with earthquakes and volcanic activity and form mid-ocean ridges, trenches, mountains, and chains of volcanic islands.
  18. Cell- a circulating flow of air or water resulting from temperature differences; also called a convection current.
  19. long cracks in the earth’s crust where lava gently erupts like a fountain
  20. a large, steep-sided, circular or oval volcanic depression that forms when magma retreats or erupts from a shallow underground magma chamber; with no magma to support the ground above it, the overlying rock collapses.
  21. Rock- a solid earth material that forms when magma or lava cools and crystallizes on or below the earth’s surface.
  22. Igneous Rock- igneous rock formed by lava cooling on the surface of the earth
  23. building up, beneficial
  24. boundary- A place where pieces of the broken lithosphere meet.
  25. a solid earth material made of various minerals.
  26. Wave- An earthquake waves that travel through the body of earth rather than on its surface
  27. the tendency to resist flowing; a property of liquids.
  28. Rock- a solid earth material composed of compacted and cemented sediments or of particles of various sizes
  29. the layer beneath the asthenosphere that is hot, convected, and on the move.
  30. Time- The time it takes an earthquake wave to travel from the epicenter of a quake to a location on the earth.
  31. the process by which heat moves efficiently through air or water.
  32. the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus point of an earthquake.
  33. magma that has reached the surface of earth
  34. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of, usually as a result of the movement of rocks along a fault.
  35. describes objects that bend, stretch, or flow when a force is applied to them
  36. hot, molten rock inside the earth.
  37. rough surfaces on a fault line that wear down and become smooth when it ruptures repeatedly.
  38. Time- the time between the arrival of P-waves and S-waves at a location where an earthquake occurs.
  39. the study of volcanoes
  40. a scientist who studies volcanoes and volcanic phenomena
  41. Hazard- the probability a volcanic eruption will occur in a given geographic area within a specific window of time.
  42. unit of force in the metric system
  43. a naturally formed, inorganic solid composed of one or more elements
  44. Fall- the ejection of volcanic materials into the atmosphere and the settling of these materials over a wide area of the surface of earth.
  45. A force that opposes the motion of objects
  46. Cone Volcano- a small, cone-shaped volcano made of broken rocks or cinders that accumulate around the volcanic vent.
  47. Volcano- a wide, broadly sloping volcano that forms from runny lava. It is the largest type of volcano
  48. a physical feature of the Earth’s surface, such as a mid-ocean ridge, a trench, or a mountain.
  49. layers of ore between layers of rock

91 Clues: blobs of hardened lava • the study of volcanoes • building up, beneficial • causing damage or injury • A push or pull on an object. • A scientist who study earthquakes • springs that spout water and steam • hot, molten rock inside the earth. • unit of force in the metric system • layers of ore between layers of rock • A force that opposes the motion of objects • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Long crack in the surface of the Earth. Where earthquakes usually occur. San Andreas Fault.
  2. When two tectonic plates move toards each other and collide. Equal density.
  3. 1st theory describing the history of Earth's surface. States that the continents were once connected and have drifted apart.
  4. When 2 plates slide past each other. Fault lines
  5. Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean.
  6. South America matches up with this continent.
  7. scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was.
  8. Parallel pattern of rock material found at indetical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Reveals rock of the same geological age.
  9. huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere. Consists of crusts and uppermost part of mantle.
  10. The scietist who is generally credited with the continental drift theory.
  11. When two plates move away from each other. Continental = rift valley. Ocean = mid ocean ridge.
Down
  1. When a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate. Occurs at a convergent boundary. Creates volcanoes and trenches.
  2. 2nd theory describing the history of Earth's surface. States that the lithosphere is divided into plates that are moving on top of the asthenosphere.
  3. rock formations, rivers, and lakes appear to match up on different continents due to this piece of evidence.
  4. seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
  5. The amount of matter in a given space of volume. Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
  6. Tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses.
  7. super continent that had most of the land masses before it seperated.
  8. evidence of dead plants and animals
  9. Circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid.

20 Clues: evidence of dead plants and animals • South America matches up with this continent. • scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was. • When 2 plates slide past each other. Fault lines • Tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses. • Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean. • seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  2. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  3. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  4. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  5. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  6. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  7. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  8. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
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  1. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  2. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.
  3. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  4. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
  5. WAVES, The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  6. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  7. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  8. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  9. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  10. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  11. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  12. A large break in a rock.
  13. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  14. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  15. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.

23 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.
  2. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  3. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  4. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
  5. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  6. WAVES The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  7. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  8. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  9. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  10. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  11. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
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  1. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  2. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  3. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  4. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  5. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  6. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  7. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  8. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  9. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  10. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  11. A large break in a rock.
  12. Deep valleys on the seafloor.
  13. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  2. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  3. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  4. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  5. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  6. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  7. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  8. A large break in a rock.
  9. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.
  10. Deep valleys on the seafloor.
  11. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.
  12. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  13. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
Down
  1. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  2. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  3. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  4. The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  5. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  6. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  7. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
  8. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  9. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  10. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  11. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  2. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  3. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  4. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  5. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  6. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  7. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  8. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  9. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  10. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  11. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
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  1. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  2. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.
  3. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  4. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  5. A large break in a rock.
  6. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  7. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  8. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
  9. The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  10. Deep valleys on the seafloor.
  11. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  12. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  13. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the oceanic crust made of
  2. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  3. what moves the crust
  4. plates are moving up and down each other
  5. has a greater density than continental crust
  6. has a less density than oceanic crust
  7. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  8. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  9. they are made by earthquakes
  10. what does a convergent plates make
  11. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
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  1. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  2. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  5. the primary source of the movement of plates
  6. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  7. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  8. plates are moving towards one another.
  9. two oceanic plates converge

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • the primary source of the movement of plates • has a greater density than continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What are Pangea and Godwana?
  2. Mostly liquid that makes up the space underneath the upper layer of the earth
  3. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust
  4. An eruption caused by carbon breaking through the crust
  5. The solid layer of Iron and Nickel
  6. Two tectonic plates that move away from each other
  7. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust which forms the large land masses.
  8. The place where two plates meet
  9. The plate Australia rests on
  10. The very center of the earth
  11. The horse shoe shaped ring that contains most of the earth volcanoes and earthquakes
  12. The number of major plates
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  1. The crusts segments that float on the mantle
  2. When two plate slide past each other
  3. When two plates come together and push together
  4. Liquid Iron and Nickel
  5. A giant wave that can be caused by an underwater volcano or earthquake
  6. The solid outer layer of the earth
  7. The super continent that incorporated most of the world modern continents
  8. One plate is pushed beneath the other
  9. The force on the plate overcomes the friction, that releases energy in waves through the crust
  10. The movie based on the theory continental drift

22 Clues: Liquid Iron and Nickel • The number of major plates • What are Pangea and Godwana? • The plate Australia rests on • The very center of the earth • The place where two plates meet • The solid layer of Iron and Nickel • The solid outer layer of the earth • When two plate slide past each other • One plate is pushed beneath the other • The crusts segments that float on the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock in the upper mantle
  2. Type of plate boundary where two plates move apart, causing magma to rise from the mantle and fill the gap
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plate slide laterally past each other
  4. The origin point of an earthquake
  5. ___________ zone: The place where one plate is getting bent and pulled under the edge of another plate
  6. Mid-ocean _________: A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed when magma fills the space between
  7. __________ scale: A 1 to 10 scale used to indicate an earthquake's intensity
  8. A supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago, where the continents were joined together
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  1. Natural disaster which occurs as a result of "slipping" at a transform boundary
  2. Layer of the earth that is divided into plates which float on top of the other layers
  3. ________ plate: a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere
  4. A dropped zone where two plates are pulling apart
  5. An instrument for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  6. Type of plate boundary where one plate slides under another when two plates are pushed together
  7. The border between two plates
  8. Molten rock that flows beneath the earth's surface
  9. A long, narrow, deep area on the ocean floor that is formed at a convergent plate boundary
  10. A massive ocean wave caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor
  11. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates meet
  12. A transference of energy

20 Clues: A transference of energy • The border between two plates • The origin point of an earthquake • A dropped zone where two plates are pulling apart • Molten rock that flows beneath the earth's surface • A massive ocean wave caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor • a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock in the upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-06-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface, averaging about 10 kilometers thick under the oceans and up to about 50 kms thick on the continents. This is the only layer of the Earth that humans have actually seen.
  2. A steep-sided mount that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent.
  3. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  4. The opening at the Earth's surface through which volcanic materials (lava, tephra, and gases) erupt. Vents can be at a volcano's summit or on its slopes; they can be circular (craters) or linear (fissures).
  5. The circular depression containing a volcanic vent.
  6. The innermost layers of the Earth. It is solid and has a radius of about 1300 kms. (The radius of the Earth is about 6371 kms.) The outer core is fluid and is about 2300 kilometers thick. S-waves cannot travel through the outer core.
  7. The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate and drawn back into the Earth's mantle.
  8. (Plate) The theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle (the lithosphere) is broken into a number of more or less rigid, but constantly moving, segments or plates.
  9. A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts; it is also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
  10. Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  11. A volcano that has erupted in the past, still active and is expected to erupt in the future.
  12. One of the huge sections which make up the Earth's crust. The plates are continuously moving.
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  1. (Plate) The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet.
  2. The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth. It is approximately 2900 kms thick and is the largest of the Earth's major layers.
  3. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped. Faults are caused by earthquakes, and earthquakes are likely to reoccur on pre-existing faults.
  4. (Volcano) A volcano that is not expected to erupt again.
  5. A risk. An object or situation that has the possibility of injury or damage.
  6. That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  7. (Drift) The theory, first advanced by Alfred Wegener, that they were originally one land mass. Pieces of the land mass split off and migrated to form the continents.
  8. (Volcano) A volcano that resembles an inverted warrior's shield. It has long gentle slopes produced by multiple eruptions of fluid lava flows.
  9. (Subduction) An elongated region along which a plate descends relative to another plate, for example, the descent of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate along the Peru-Chile Trench.
  10. A steep-sided volcano formed by the explosive eruption of cinders that form around a vent.
  11. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.

23 Clues: The circular depression containing a volcanic vent. • (Volcano) A volcano that is not expected to erupt again. • (Plate) The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet. • The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface. • A risk. An object or situation that has the possibility of injury or damage. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-09-28

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lithosphere broken into sections that move
  2. when all the continentals were one making a super continent
  3. 1 continental and oceanic plates colliding
  4. originator of continental drift hypothesis
  5. When two plates collide or converge
  6. divergent convergent and transform are know as
  7. Plastic layer below the lithosphere
  8. A place where folded and thrust faulted mountains form
  9. crust and upper part of mantle
  10. 2 continental plates colliding
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  1. where the less dense plate slides under the more dense plate
  2. found below the continent
  3. plates sliding past each other causing earthquakes
  4. 2 oceanic plates colliding
  5. heat rising and cooling causing it to sink and reheat again causing it to rise
  6. found below the ocean
  7. caused when 2 plates slide past each other
  8. sea floor spreading
  9. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  10. 2 plates separating rifting valley or widening of ocean basins

20 Clues: sea floor spreading • found below the ocean • found below the continent • 2 oceanic plates colliding • crust and upper part of mantle • 2 continental plates colliding • When two plates collide or converge • Plastic layer below the lithosphere • lithosphere broken into sections that move • 1 continental and oceanic plates colliding • caused when 2 plates slide past each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-09-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the crust made up of mostly granite
  2. heat transferred without contact
  3. Layer of the mantle that does not melt
  4. Mass per unit volume
  5. waves that are useful in analyzing the Earth's interior surface
  6. the second layer of the Earth
  7. The type of waves that move along the Earth's surface
  8. when ocean and continent come together at this boundary
  9. the reason boats float on top of the water and doesn't sink
  10. the lose of energy through radiation
  11. these plate boundaries slide past each other
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  1. Weak layer of the mantle that is partially melted
  2. the name of the super continent
  3. the theory that all the Earth's land was once joined into a super continent.
  4. cool and rigid outer layer of the mantle
  5. Ocean basins form at this
  6. uppermost layer of the Earth
  7. heat transferred by contact
  8. the reason the Lower mantle does not melt
  9. the crust that is made up of mostly basalt
  10. what is in the center of the Earth?

21 Clues: Mass per unit volume • Ocean basins form at this • heat transferred by contact • uppermost layer of the Earth • the second layer of the Earth • the name of the super continent • heat transferred without contact • the crust made up of mostly granite • what is in the center of the Earth? • the lose of energy through radiation • Layer of the mantle that does not melt • ...

plate tectonics 2023-11-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer layer of earth
  2. a single number that scientests assign to an earthquake based on the size
  3. a recored of sesmic waves
  4. a force on rock for change or volume
  5. when earths mantle rises through the crust and mets to form magma
  6. when magma reaches the surface
  7. energy that is carried in rays like light
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  1. the point on the surface directley above
  2. heat transfer by the movement of a fluid is called
  3. some of them become surface waves
  4. when two tectonic plates pull apart
  5. a mesure of how much mass there is in an given volume of substance
  6. the amount of space that occupies
  7. a large area of that land elivated high above sea level
  8. the measure of the amount of matter in an object
  9. a mountain that formes in earths crust
  10. to push or pull an object
  11. when two plates pull apart
  12. a moltin mixture of rock forming substances from the mantle
  13. the shaking that results in moving rock

20 Clues: the outer layer of earth • a recored of sesmic waves • to push or pull an object • when two plates pull apart • when magma reaches the surface • some of them become surface waves • the amount of space that occupies • when two tectonic plates pull apart • a force on rock for change or volume • a mountain that formes in earths crust • the shaking that results in moving rock • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-11-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  4. the molten mixture of rock forming, substaces, gases, and water from the mantle
  5. a device that uses sound waves to measure the distance to an object
  6. the force that two surfaces exert on each rock forming they rub against each other
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  8. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  9. the theory that pieces of earths lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  10. the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
Down
  1. stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  2. a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  3. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
  4. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  5. adds more crust to the ocean floor
  6. liquid magma that reaches the surface
  7. a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  8. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth
  9. a break in earths crust along which rocks move
  10. the layer of hot,solid material between earths crust and core

20 Clues: adds more crust to the ocean floor • liquid magma that reaches the surface • a break in earths crust along which rocks move • a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a process where one piece of rock goes under at a convergent boundary
  2. giant pieces of rock that make Earth's crust
  3. when magma reaches the surface of Earth
  4. the transfer of energy when two materials touch
  5. an unexpected, violent, shaking of the ground
  6. supercontinent that was on earth 200-300 million years ago
  7. a force that acts of rock to change its shape or volume
  8. any trace of an organism that is preserved in rock
  9. the transfer of energy in rays of light
  10. type of stress that squeezes rock
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  1. a mountain that is formed when magma reaches the surface
  2. a boundary where plates move together
  3. type of stress that pushes a rock in two opposite directions.
  4. a boundary where plates move apart
  5. the edges of Earth's plates
  6. the transfer of energy by the movement of fluids
  7. a boundary where plates slip past each other
  8. an instrument that measures earthquakes
  9. type of stress that pulls on the rock
  10. a measure of how much mass is in a given substance

20 Clues: the edges of Earth's plates • type of stress that squeezes rock • a boundary where plates move apart • a boundary where plates move together • type of stress that pulls on the rock • when magma reaches the surface of Earth • an instrument that measures earthquakes • the transfer of energy in rays of light • giant pieces of rock that make Earth's crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large dip in a mid ocean ridge
  2. a large range of mountains that spread across the ocean floor
  3. magma on the surface
  4. when one plate sinks below another
  5. transfering heat from materials that are touching
  6. plates that move towards each other
  7. a break in earth's crust
  8. the process in which hot fluids become LESS dense and rise and colder fluids become MORE dense and sink
  9. the process in which a mid ocean ridge releases magma onto the ocean floor making it expand
  10. plates that move away from each other
  11. the name of the super-continent
  12. traces of ancient organisms preserved in rock
  13. how much mass is measured to be in an object
Down
  1. heat being transfered by a fluid
  2. a string of islands created by volcanoes
  3. the idea that the continents slowly drift
  4. an area in earth's crust where material rises through and melts creating magma
  5. the large crack that runs through a mid ocean ridge
  6. a molten mixture of rock gases and water from the mantle
  7. plates that slide past each other

20 Clues: magma on the surface • a break in earth's crust • the name of the super-continent • heat being transfered by a fluid • a large dip in a mid ocean ridge • plates that slide past each other • when one plate sinks below another • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • a string of islands created by volcanoes • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory about all motion of plates
  2. A large well known belt of bubbles
  3. someone who studies seismic waves
  4. Long mountain range that forms underwater
  5. heated material melted to a liquid state underground
  6. An area where the ocean floor sinks into the mantle, forming a dipped area
  7. Scientist that discovered Pangea's existence and presented the idea of continental drift
  8. An area where Earth's crust diverges above water
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  1. The idea of the continents slowly gliding over Earth
  2. a cycle of heat in which the hotter something is, the more it rises, and the colder something is, the more it sinks
  3. a boundary where two plates split away from each other
  4. An area in earths crust where magma is able to form and seep through
  5. the super continent that existed more than 200 million years
  6. The process when Oceanic crust gets sucked underground into the mantle
  7. a boundary in which two plates scrape against each other in opposite direction
  8. Magma after it gets to the surface
  9. The solid parts of the Earth lithosphere that are broken into pieces
  10. a boundary in which two plates come together
  11. An ancient specimen secured in rock
  12. Breaks in the Earths crust

20 Clues: Breaks in the Earths crust • someone who studies seismic waves • A large well known belt of bubbles • Magma after it gets to the surface • An ancient specimen secured in rock • The theory about all motion of plates • Long mountain range that forms underwater • a boundary in which two plates come together • An area where Earth's crust diverges above water • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who studies geologic materials and features of Earth
  2. the layer of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks that forms land features and
  3. The woman who helped confirm the hypothesis of Continental Drift
  4. A mountain range formed by seams that are underwater and rises up from the ocean floor
  5. The process in which old crust sinks back into the mantle
  6. The transfer of heat from direct contact
  7. When two plates move apart from each other
  8. The device used to measure an objects distance
  9. The cracks in the lithosphere that separate pieces of the outer shell
Down
  1. The process that creates new ocean crust
  2. When two plates come together and collide
  3. A crack in the Earth's crust usually where earthquakes occur
  4. When two plates slip past each other in opposite directions
  5. A person who studies Earth's seismic waves in geologic materials
  6. Crust beneath the ocean floor made up of different types of basalts
  7. The transfer of heat that is carried in rays similar to light
  8. A deep underwater canyon where subduction usually occurs
  9. A shaking disruption in the Earth's crust caused by a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere which creates seismic waves
  10. A record of an earthquake created by a seismograph after the earthquake occurs
  11. Where pieces of Earth's crust are coming apart on land

20 Clues: The process that creates new ocean crust • The transfer of heat from direct contact • When two plates come together and collide • When two plates move apart from each other • The device used to measure an objects distance • Where pieces of Earth's crust are coming apart on land • A deep underwater canyon where subduction usually occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is constantly being moved out from the mid ocean ridge
  2. what is created when magma cools in water
  3. what is an area were material from the mantle rises through the crust and forms magma
  4. what forms where pieces of the earths crust diverge on land
  5. what is the theory that earths pates are constantly moving
  6. what plate boundary has two plates moving into each other?
  7. what was the supercontinent called
  8. Where does subduction occur
  9. What plate boundary has two plates sliding past each other?
  10. what is the transfer of heat through touch
  11. where is new parts of the ocean floor created
  12. what is the process were rock turns back into magma?
Down
  1. What is the process that makes more of the ocean floor
  2. breaks in the earths crust
  3. what shoots out lava?
  4. what is the transfer of heat through rays
  5. what are the pieces of the earths crust separated by cracks
  6. what is the transfer of heat through the movement of fluids
  7. What comes out of the mid ocean ridge to create the ocean floor
  8. What plate boundary has two plates moving out from each other?

20 Clues: what shoots out lava? • breaks in the earths crust • Where does subduction occur • what was the supercontinent called • what is created when magma cools in water • what is the transfer of heat through rays • what is the transfer of heat through touch • where is new parts of the ocean floor created • what is the process were rock turns back into magma? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The earth's crust being pushed back into the mantle due to new material forming
  2. A valley caused by two tectonic plates diverging
  3. A deep part of the ocean that pulls down the old seafloor into the mantle
  4. A cycle of liquids where the cold liquid sinks, reheats, and then rises to cool back down.
  5. A break in the earth's crust that usually results as a center for seismic activity
  6. A boundary that consists of pulling away from each other
  7. A pocket of magma that forms under the surface to later form a volcano
  8. Molten rock (after it reaches surface)
  9. The movement of liquid in the earth that drives the plates to move
  10. The major circle of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
  11. A massive chunk of the earths crust that are moved by convection currents
  12. A natural event that occurs when two plates collide
  13. Molten rock (below the surface)
Down
  1. The idea that says that all continents are slowly moving back together
  2. A string of islands formed by convergent boundaries
  3. The process of the seafloor being replaced by a new layer
  4. A split in the sea floor that forms between two plates. They push out new material constantly and are the reason sea floor spreading occurs
  5. A boundary that consists of pushing together
  6. A pattern of magnetic fields in strips of rock
  7. A mountain that forms when magma reaches the su
  8. A boundary that consists of sliding against each other horizontally
  9. A preserved piece of bone or plant encased in rock or clay
  10. A supercontinent originally thought of by Alfred Wegener

23 Clues: Molten rock (below the surface) • Molten rock (after it reaches surface) • A boundary that consists of pushing together • A pattern of magnetic fields in strips of rock • A mountain that forms when magma reaches the su • A valley caused by two tectonic plates diverging • A string of islands formed by convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The earth's crust being pushed back into the mantle due to new material forming
  2. A valley caused by two tectonic plates diverging
  3. A deep part of the ocean that pulls down the old seafloor into the mantle
  4. A cycle of liquids where the cold liquid sinks, reheats, and then rises to cool back down.
  5. A break in the earth's crust that usually results as a center for seismic activity
  6. A boundary that consists of pulling away from each other
  7. A pocket of magma that forms under the surface to later form a volcano
  8. Molten rock (after it reaches surface)
  9. The movement of liquid in the earth that drives the plates to move
  10. The major circle of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
  11. A massive chunk of the earths crust that are moved by convection currents
  12. A natural event that occurs when two plates collide
  13. Molten rock (below the surface)
Down
  1. The idea that says that all continents are slowly moving back together
  2. A string of islands formed by convergent boundaries
  3. The process of the seafloor being replaced by a new layer
  4. A split in the sea floor that forms between two plates. They push out new material constantly and are the reason sea floor spreading occurs
  5. A boundary that consists of pushing together
  6. A pattern of magnetic fields in strips of rock
  7. A mountain that forms when magma reaches the su
  8. A boundary that consists of sliding against each other horizontally
  9. A preserved piece of bone or plant encased in rock or clay
  10. A supercontinent originally thought of by Alfred Wegener

23 Clues: Molten rock (below the surface) • Molten rock (after it reaches surface) • A boundary that consists of pushing together • A pattern of magnetic fields in strips of rock • A mountain that forms when magma reaches the su • A valley caused by two tectonic plates diverging • A string of islands formed by convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rates small earthquakes based on its wave recorded
  2. the stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle part
  3. force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  4. where rocks on each side of the fault slip past eachother
  5. a point directly above the focus
  6. rates the total energy released in an earthquake
  7. a area beneath earths surface under stress
  8. seismic waves that move back and forth
  9. fault where a hanging wall moves up and a footwall moves down
  10. a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
Down
  1. rates the amount of shaking from an eartquake
  2. seismic waves that move in a cirle
  3. a single number that geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on the earthquakes size
  4. a fold in rock that bends upwards
  5. fault where rock is pulled apart by tension in earths crust
  6. seismic waves that vibrate side to side
  7. is an instrument that records earthquakes seismic waves
  8. is the record of earths seismic waves produced by an seismograph
  9. stress that pushes a mass of rock in two oppisite directions
  10. shaking of earths tectonic plates

20 Clues: a point directly above the focus • a fold in rock that bends upwards • shaking of earths tectonic plates • seismic waves that move in a cirle • seismic waves that move back and forth • seismic waves that vibrate side to side • a area beneath earths surface under stress • rates the amount of shaking from an eartquake • rates the total energy released in an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slide past each other
  2. Alfred Wegner came up with this
  3. Zone Sniking of regions
  4. Liquid layer of the planet
  5. Property that involves reaction
  6. The nature of something constitutes
  7. Theory that explains how large pieces move together
  8. Alomost 10 major plates in it
  9. Makes 66% of the earth
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  1. Harry Hess came up with this
  2. Break in body of rock
  3. Soft plastic-like layer of the Mantle
  4. Thin, solid, rigid layer of earth.
  5. Stress occurs when forces squeeze object
  6. Crust and Mantle combined
  7. Move apart
  8. Solid iron and nickel
  9. Innermost layer of the earth
  10. Move to together
  11. Makes 33% of the earth

20 Clues: Move apart • Move to together • Break in body of rock • slide past each other • Solid iron and nickel • Makes 33% of the earth • Makes 66% of the earth • Zone Sniking of regions • Crust and Mantle combined • Liquid layer of the planet • Harry Hess came up with this • Innermost layer of the earth • Alomost 10 major plates in it • Alfred Wegner came up with this • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together
  3. where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle,
  4. core about 1300 miles (2092 km) thick.
  5. the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
  6. When two plates come together
  7. planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
  8. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
  9. lies between the thermosphere and the stratosphere
  10. zone of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.
  11. a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron
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  1. very hot, very dense center of our planet.
  2. plates gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  3. application of balanced inward forces
  4. most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener
  5. physical properties that a material exhibits upon the application of forces
  6. Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.
  7. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  8. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

20 Clues: When two plates come together • a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron • application of balanced inward forces • core about 1300 miles (2092 km) thick. • very hot, very dense center of our planet. • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener • places where plates slide sideways past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory that proves Alfred Wegners theory of continental drift. Made by Harry Hess
  2. a theory made by Alfred Wegner
  3. the earths crust is split into different parts of these
  4. The way the earth is set up
  5. squeezing stuff
  6. the innermost part in the earths composition and is solid due to immense
  7. Strong lower part of mantle
  8. the biggest part in the earths composition
  9. coming together and folding makes mountains and volcanos
  10. a boundary meaning moving apart
Down
  1. the outer part of the core
  2. it is all San Andreas Fault! A crack in the crust when a transform boundary takes place.
  3. a boundary where the heavier oceanic crust sinks under the lighter continental crust
  4. plates move side by side
  5. the innermost part of earth
  6. this mechanical properity includes the crust and upper mantle
  7. the earth is split into this way(lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere core)
  8. a theory making fact that the tectonic plates are moving everyday
  9. The outer layer that we live on
  10. soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth

20 Clues: squeezing stuff • plates move side by side • the outer part of the core • the innermost part of earth • The way the earth is set up • Strong lower part of mantle • a theory made by Alfred Wegner • The outer layer that we live on • a boundary meaning moving apart • the biggest part in the earths composition • soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory that proves Alfred Wegners theory of continental drift. Made by Harry Hess
  2. a theory made by Alfred Wegner
  3. the earths crust is split into different parts of these
  4. The way the earth is set up
  5. squeezing stuff
  6. the innermost part in the earths composition and is solid due to immense
  7. Strong lower part of mantle
  8. the biggest part in the earths composition
  9. coming together and folding makes mountains and volcanos
  10. a boundary meaning moving apart
Down
  1. the outer part of the core
  2. it is all San Andreas Fault! A crack in the crust when a transform boundary takes place.
  3. a boundary where the heavier oceanic crust sinks under the lighter continental crust
  4. plates move side by side
  5. the innermost part of earth
  6. this mechanical properity includes the crust and upper mantle
  7. the earth is split into this way(lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere core)
  8. a theory making fact that the tectonic plates are moving everyday
  9. The outer layer that we live on
  10. soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth

20 Clues: squeezing stuff • plates move side by side • the outer part of the core • the innermost part of earth • The way the earth is set up • Strong lower part of mantle • a theory made by Alfred Wegner • The outer layer that we live on • a boundary meaning moving apart • the biggest part in the earths composition • soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Below the asthenospere
  2. Is a force that squeezes something together
  3. There are 7 major and 8 minor of these
  4. Two plates come together
  5. What we live on
  6. Is the crust and upper part of the mantle
  7. When two plates move away from each other
  8. The San Andreas _____ is one of the most famous examples of this
  9. _____ model of the earth
  10. The ______ ______ of the asthenosphere is like plastic
  11. Alfred Wegener is called the father of _____ ______
Down
  1. The asthenosphere makes up part of this
  2. Denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle
  3. _____ is solid because of pressure
  4. The San Andreas fault was created by this
  5. _____ is liquid
  6. The Ring of Fire was made near ______ _____
  7. Harry Hess came up with this concept
  8. Alfred Wegener was the first to think of this
  9. The center of our planet

20 Clues: _____ is liquid • What we live on • Below the asthenospere • Two plates come together • _____ model of the earth • The center of our planet • _____ is solid because of pressure • Harry Hess came up with this concept • There are 7 major and 8 minor of these • The asthenosphere makes up part of this • Denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone- area where one plate is being pulled under the edge of another.
  2. A high, large mass of earth and rock that rises above the earth's surface with steep or sloping sides.
  3. - two plates slide past each other.
  4. Hard and rigid, it's the earth's outermost and thinnest layer
  5. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth
  6. Subdivided into two regions, upper and lower, this dense layer made of hot, semisolid rock is located directly below the crust
  7. earth's continents were once joined together in one large mass
  8. noticed that the coastlines of Africa and South America looked like they might fit together
  9. The sudden movement is what we feel as the shaking and trembling
  10. dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart
Down
  1. The earth's crust found underneath the oceans.
  2. - two plates that are moving apart from each other.
  3. only liquid layer of the earth – a sea of mostly iron and nickel.
  4. The earth's crust that makes up the continents.
  5. A vent in the earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt.
  6. A hot, semiliquid zone on which the tectonic plates float.
  7. A arc-shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone.
  8. Rigid outer layer of the earth broken up into the tectonic plates.
  9. - two plates are pushing toward each other
  10. a crack or fracture in the earth's crust that is associated with this movement

20 Clues: - two plates slide past each other. • - two plates are pushing toward each other • The earth's crust found underneath the oceans. • The earth's crust that makes up the continents. • dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart • - two plates that are moving apart from each other. • A hot, semiliquid zone on which the tectonic plates float. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Ring of Fire circles what ocean?
  2. Plates move over a layer of _______ rock
  3. An area of magma under the Earth that's hotter than the surrounding magma
  4. What country collided with Asia to create the Himalayas?
  5. Came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
  6. The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust create this layer
  7. The top layer of the Earth
  8. This is what the super-continent was called
  9. An area where two plates move horizontally along each other
Down
  1. Created from continents slamming into each other
  2. An area where two or more plates collide
  3. The mechanically weak layer of the upper mantle
  4. A piece of evidence from animals that supports the super continent theory
  5. The Theory of Continental Drift stated that the continents were ________
  6. The second to top layer of the Earth
  7. The Earth is made up of many ______
  8. An area where two plates move away from each other
  9. Plates rubbing into each other cause _______
  10. These are formed by rising magma erupting through cracks in the Earth
  11. South America and _______ fit together

20 Clues: The top layer of the Earth • The Earth is made up of many ______ • The Ring of Fire circles what ocean? • The second to top layer of the Earth • South America and _______ fit together • An area where two or more plates collide • Plates move over a layer of _______ rock • This is what the super-continent was called • Came up with the Theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what plates are made of
  2. where plates slide past each other
  3. the layer of earth we live on
  4. the amount of layers Earth is made up of
  5. areas where no body waves are detected
  6. slower waves that travel through solids only
  7. how many types of surface waves
  8. caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks move along a fault.
  9. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
  10. the theory that proposes that Earths outer shell consist of individual plates that interact in various ways
Down
  1. small earthquakes that precede a large earthquake
  2. areas of low earthquake activity
  3. fastest waves that travel through liquids or gases
  4. spot on surface above the focus
  5. slowest moving waves
  6. location of first motion in Earth
  7. the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates
  8. refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction
  9. measures ground motion and can be used to determine determine the distance seismic waves travel
  10. the strength of an earthquake

20 Clues: slowest moving waves • what plates are made of • the layer of earth we live on • the strength of an earthquake • spot on surface above the focus • how many types of surface waves • areas of low earthquake activity • location of first motion in Earth • where plates slide past each other • areas where no body waves are detected • the amount of layers Earth is made up of • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-01-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fracture in earths crust
  2. Places where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. It occurs as tectonic plates are pushed together and the crust becomes shorter and thicker
  4. When two plates come together
  5. It can be emitted from the core mantle boundary region to reach the Earth's crust
  6. When a plate moves slowly across a hot spot
  7. The liquid shell made up of iron and nickel
  8. Caused when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault
  9. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates
  10. Earth's outermost layer, or lithosphere made up of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. It is part of the upper mantle
  2. Heat driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle
  3. It creates deep cracks in the crust of the Earth where the two plates split.
  4. A layer of the interior of the Earth
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  6. When two plates are moving away
  7. Divergent, convergent, and transform
  8. It is the solid, outer part of Earth, it includes the upper part of the mantle and the crust.
  9. It is one produced by the movement of Earth's continental plates
  10. The most dense shell of the earth

20 Clues: A fracture in earths crust • When two plates come together • It is part of the upper mantle • When two plates are moving away • The most dense shell of the earth • A layer of the interior of the Earth • Divergent, convergent, and transform • When a plate moves slowly across a hot spot • The liquid shell made up of iron and nickel • ...

tectonic plates 2013-05-30

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land form
  2. climate
  3. rocks
  4. continental drift
  5. mantel
  6. fossils
  7. core
  8. seismologist
  9. volcano
  10. crust
Down
  1. sea floor
  2. shake
  3. molten
  4. rift
  5. earthquake
  6. plate tectonics
  7. pressure
  8. trench
  9. tsunami
  10. plates
  11. move
  12. magnetic

22 Clues: rift • move • core • shake • rocks • crust • molten • trench • plates • mantel • climate • tsunami • fossils • volcano • pressure • magnetic • sea floor • land form • earthquake • seismologist • plate tectonics • continental drift

Plate motion 2023-10-24

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate.
  2. Plates move at a rate about 2?
  3. Where did Alfred Wegener die?
  4. What are the plate tectonics made of?
Down
  1. Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as?
  2. Crystals that point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole are made of
  3. The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the?
  4. Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?
  5. Which piece of evidence indicates that the South America and Africa?
  6. Deepest part of the sea.

10 Clues: Deepest part of the sea. • Where did Alfred Wegener die? • Plates move at a rate about 2? • What are the plate tectonics made of? • The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the? • Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere? • Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as? • The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are created when magma cools immediately once erupted from the ridge.
  2. Movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the cooler parts move down.
  3. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  4. What landform is made when two continental plates collide?
  5. This part of the Earth contains our crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  6. ________ theorized the continents moved.
  7. What did scientists use to map out the sea floor?
Down
  1. A break in the Earth's crust.
  2. ______ dense materials rise.
  3. Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor.
  4. This boundary slides.
  5. Changes in what affect the ocean floor?
  6. The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years.
  7. The supercontinent that formed about 200 million years ago.
  8. Subduction and seafloor spreading act like a ______.
  9. Energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.
  10. The _______ has convection currents which cause continental drift.
  11. The crust is ________ dense farther from the mid- ocean ridge.
  12. Where does oceanic crust bend downward in the ocean floor?
  13. This boundary divides.

20 Clues: This boundary slides. • This boundary divides. • ______ dense materials rise. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Changes in what affect the ocean floor? • ________ theorized the continents moved. • Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor. • What did scientists use to map out the sea floor? • The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years. • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock on earth's outer skin
  2. coarse grains with a light color
  3. Boundary plates come together
  4. a group of crust and the uppermost mantle in a single layer
  5. dark, fine, rock
  6. Boundary plates move apart
  7. a supercontinent
  8. Floor Spreading mid ocean ridges add new material all the time and it spreads
  9. an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  10. a layer of hot rock
Down
  1. Core molten metal around the inner core
  2. Core dense ball of hard metal
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  4. Drift movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  5. a break in earths crust where rocks go past each other
  6. locating objects underwater and measuring the water's depth by sound
  7. Ocean Ridge mountain ranges
  8. Boundary plates slip past each other
  9. Valley pieces of earths crust come together to form a deep valley
  10. Ocean Trench ocean floor goes into the floor into underwater canyons

20 Clues: dark, fine, rock • a supercontinent • a layer of hot rock • Boundary plates move apart • Ocean Ridge mountain ranges • Core dense ball of hard metal • Boundary plates come together • coarse grains with a light color • layer of rock on earth's outer skin • Boundary plates slip past each other • Core molten metal around the inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any trace of anything ancient
  2. a rock that is normally light colored
  3. supercontinent
  4. outer skin of the earth
  5. when somthing goes back into the mantle
  6. the last layer in our earth
  7. a deep valley
  8. the pieces called what?
  9. wegeners idea that the continents move is called
  10. mountains under water
  11. colliding of the plates
Down
  1. a dark fined grained rock
  2. generates earthquakes
  3. force pressing on something
  4. the earth's motion into a single theory
  5. separating of the plates
  6. when the oceanic crust bends down
  7. a part of the earths inner
  8. breaks in earths crust
  9. a device that shows us down far below the ocean

20 Clues: a deep valley • supercontinent • generates earthquakes • mountains under water • breaks in earths crust • outer skin of the earth • the pieces called what? • colliding of the plates • separating of the plates • a dark fined grained rock • a part of the earths inner • force pressing on something • the last layer in our earth • any trace of anything ancient • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest plate in the world.
  2. A tectonic process when plates move toward each other.
  3. Boundaries between plates.
  4. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  5. Soft layer of the mantle.
  6. Sub marine mountain ridges where new sea floor is created by sea floor spreasing.
  7. The slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and teh deep ocean floor.
  8. A rock formation that is broken.
  9. When one tectonic plate slides under another causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  10. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
  11. Outermost layer of earth.
Down
  1. A layer of earth that is between the crust and the core.
  2. A tectonic process when plates move away from each other.
  3. Super continent.
  4. A form of pressure.
  5. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and the upper matle.
  6. German scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift.
  7. The theory that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  8. The center of earth.
  9. Underwater landmass which extends from a continent.

20 Clues: Super continent. • A form of pressure. • The center of earth. • Soft layer of the mantle. • Outermost layer of earth. • Boundaries between plates. • Largest plate in the world. • A rock formation that is broken. • Large movable segments of the lithosphere. • An area of rock that has been bent by stress. • Underwater landmass which extends from a continent. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the chemistry of the earth's crust
  2. evidence
  3. the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
  4. the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
  5. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
  6. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  7. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
  8. molten rock in the earth's crust
  9. the longest unit of geological time
  10. relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
  11. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
Down
  1. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
  2. relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
  3. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  4. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  5. use again after processing
  6. a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons
  7. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  8. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
  9. relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  10. atom with same atomic number, different number of neutrons

21 Clues: evidence • use again after processing • molten rock in the earth's crust • the chemistry of the earth's crust • the longest unit of geological time • a salt or ester derived from silicic acid • the phenomena associated with volcanic activity • relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters • the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  2. the outermost layer of Earth.
  3. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  4. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. separate
  7. one plate going under another
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  10. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
Down
  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  2. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  3. The border between two tectonic plates
  4. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  6. collide
  7. molten hot rock
  8. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  9. two plates slide against each other
  10. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust

20 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • the outermost layer of Earth. • one plate going under another • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  2. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  3. one plate going under another
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  6. molten hot rock
  7. collide
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  10. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  11. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
Down
  1. The border between two tectonic plates
  2. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  3. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  4. separate
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  8. two plates slide against each other
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a thicker but less dense crust making up the earth's land
  2. a supercontinent that existed about 550 milion years ago
  3. the rising of oceanic crust caused by a convergent boundary
  4. an invisible field surrounding the earth which is responsible for electromagnetic activity on the planet
  5. the second and thickest layer of the earth which is made up of magma
  6. a common metal believed to be found inside of the earth's outer core
  7. a common metal found inside of the earth's cores
  8. molten rock found upon the earth's surface
  9. the final and innermost layer of the earth which is made up of solid metals
  10. a type of volcano distinguised by a large and flat dome-like base
  11. the shaking of the earth's crust due to tectonic movements
  12. a type of volcano distinguished by a standard base but cone-shaped peak
  13. molten rock found within the earth's crust and mantle
  14. the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth which is made up of solid rocks
  15. a boundary in which two tectonic plates collide
  16. the area between two tectonic plates
  17. a large and devastating wave caused by tectonic activity
  18. the separation and spreading of oceanic crust found upon a divergent boundary
Down
  1. a boundary in which two tectonic plates move apart
  2. a thin and dense crust found below the earth's oceans
  3. a boundary in which two tectonic plates slide against eachother
  4. a supercontinent that existed about 335 million years ago
  5. a fracture between sets of rock or plates
  6. the movement of earth's crust due to the movement of tectonic plates
  7. large rocks that move around underneath the earth's crust
  8. a scale to measure the severity of an earthquake
  9. the upper section of the earth's mantle and the crust
  10. a type of volcano distuinguished by a recognisable and extremely tall cone shape
  11. currents found within the mantle caused by the rising and falling of heat in the magma
  12. the third layer of the earth which is made up of liquid metals
  13. a mountainous-like mound of varying shapes and sizes that connect to magma chambers below the earth through vents
  14. a lowland often found between montainous regions at divergent boundaries
  15. an event in which crust or a tectonic plate slides underneath another

33 Clues: the area between two tectonic plates • a fracture between sets of rock or plates • molten rock found upon the earth's surface • a boundary in which two tectonic plates collide • a scale to measure the severity of an earthquake • a common metal found inside of the earth's cores • a boundary in which two tectonic plates move apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates.
  2. the broken crustal fragments sink, generating an elongated depression.
  3. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in widths from 500 to 5,000km.
  4. Divergent plate boundary can also be called this.
  5. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents.
  6. a hypothesis which suggested that all
  7. Ascends through the crust
  8. a boundary in which two plates move together, resulting in oceanic lithosphere being thrust beneath an overriding plate.
  9. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess, which suggested that new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges, which are the sites of divergence.
  10. a narrow, elongated depression of the sea floor.
  11. a chain of cola nice islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another.
  12. Less likely to subduct due to it’s buoyancy.
Down
  1. a well-tested theory proposing that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself.
  2. Along the crest of some ridge segments is a deep canyon like structure called what?
  3. Linear zones of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor that follows transform faults and their inactive extensions.
  4. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent.
  5. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range.
  6. German meteorologist and geophysicist
  7. a boundary in which two plates move aboard, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new sea floor.
  8. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, such as mountains, continents, and ocean basins.
  9. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism.
  10. continents once existed as a single supercontinent.

22 Clues: Ascends through the crust • German meteorologist and geophysicist • a hypothesis which suggested that all • Less likely to subduct due to it’s buoyancy. • a narrow, elongated depression of the sea floor. • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range. • Divergent plate boundary can also be called this. • continents once existed as a single supercontinent. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic plate covering most of North America
  2. made from transform plate boundaries
  3. a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica
  4. the crust and the uppermost mantle into a rigid layer
  5. Forms when two plates separate
  6. forms where 2 plates collide
  7. the denser plate sinks below the other plate
  8. made from convergent plate boundaries
  9. forms where two plates slide past each other
  10. Earths surface, made of rigid slabs of rocks or plates.
Down
  1. a tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia
  2. plastic layer in the mantle
  3. a major tectonic plate in the eastern and, largely, southern hemispheres.
  4. made of lithosphere and asthenosphere
  5. formed by divergent plate boundaries
  6. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
  7. a major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America
  8. a major tectonic plate straddling the Equator as well as the prime meridian.
  9. As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  10. The least dense layer

20 Clues: The least dense layer • plastic layer in the mantle • forms where 2 plates collide • Forms when two plates separate • made from transform plate boundaries • formed by divergent plate boundaries • made of lithosphere and asthenosphere • made from convergent plate boundaries • the denser plate sinks below the other plate • forms where two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The regions of Earth where living organisms exist
  2. Science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  3. Molten rock in the Earth's surface
  4. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  5. A geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the Earth
  6. The phenomena associated with volcanic activity
  7. The movement or study of the movement of earth's crust
  8. Of or relating to or characteristics of the crust or moon
  9. Having undergone transformation by pressure, heat, etc.
  10. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
Down
  1. Organisms interacting with their physical environment
  2. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting open ocean
  3. Crash together with violent impact
  4. Use again after processing
  5. A specialist in the history
  6. The chemistry of the Earth's crust
  7. A rigid layer of Erath's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  8. The bottom of a sea or ocean
  9. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or Erath vibration
  10. A celestial body that revolves around the sun

20 Clues: Use again after processing • A specialist in the history • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Crash together with violent impact • Molten rock in the Earth's surface • The chemistry of the Earth's crust • A celestial body that revolves around the sun • The phenomena associated with volcanic activity • The regions of Earth where living organisms exist • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most central part of the Earth
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. The most upper part of the mantle, but it is below the lithosphere
  4. A high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  5. Relating to earthquakes and other vibrations
  6. When two plates collide
  7. An instrument that measures the details of an earthquake
  8. The very top of Earth's crust
  9. A mountain created by convergent plates that erupts with magma
  10. wegener A german climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
Down
  1. The ground turns to quicksand due to the shaking of the Earth
  2. scale A numerical scale that expresses the magnitude of an earthquake
  3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  4. The supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
  5. When two plates move past each other
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
  7. Seismic waves that move up and down through solids, liquids, and gases
  8. Seismic waves that move side to side only through solids
  9. The place in Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
  10. The layer between the core and the crust

20 Clues: When two plates collide • The very top of Earth's crust • The most central part of the Earth • When two plates move past each other • The layer between the core and the crust • When two plates move away from each other • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Relating to earthquakes and other vibrations • A high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  2. solid rock that flows slowly.
  3. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. outer layer.
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  8. two plates that move apart or rift.
  9. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  10. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  11. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
Down
  1. the collision of two plates.
  2. rigid outer layer (crust).
  3. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  4. liquid layer.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  7. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  8. solid very dense.
  9. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of plate boundary in which two plates are sliding against each other
  2. The layer below the Asthenosphere, and encompasses the Outer and Inner Core, and is responsible for the Magnetic Field.
  3. The process in which when two plates collide, the more dense plate will sink beneath the other less dense plate.
  4. A large wave of energy in the water released by an earthquake underwater
  5. A vent in which molten rock will erupt from the vent due to pressure from the mantle.
  6. A layer of the crust and small part of the mantle in which tectonic plates are.
  7. A vent in the Earth's crust in which hot water is being erupted due to pressure in the crust.
  8. A type of Plate boundary in which two plates are colliding into each other, causing one to subduct.
  9. The movement of Tectonic Plates on the Athenosphere
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  1. molten rock
  2. The innermost layer of the Earth
  3. The energy released from movement of plates sliding against each other.
  4. The largest layer of the Earth, and is mostly liquid with a solid part at the very top.
  5. A hole or opening in the crust
  6. A type of plate boundary in which two plates are spreading apart from each other
  7. The cycle of heated rock in the Mantle.
  8. liquid magma above the surface
  9. The only liquid layer of the Earth
  10. The outermost/thinnest layer of the Earth
  11. A seismic event in which pressure from a magma/steam chamber is being released through a vent
  12. The layer which includes the upper mantle and the lithosphere floats on and is responsible for tectonic plates.

21 Clues: molten rock • A hole or opening in the crust • liquid magma above the surface • The innermost layer of the Earth • The only liquid layer of the Earth • The cycle of heated rock in the Mantle. • The outermost/thinnest layer of the Earth • The movement of Tectonic Plates on the Athenosphere • The energy released from movement of plates sliding against each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earthquakes occur along _____ _____, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
  2. As the plates continue to _____, mountains will get taller and taller.
  3. Earths' crust and upper part of the mantle are broken into large pieces called _____ _____.
  4. Magma that has cooled on the surface is known as _____ rock.
  5. _____ rocks are formed by magma from the molten interior of the Earth.
  6. Most limestone is obtained by _____, where the rock is blasted out of the ground in huge pits.
  7. The theory of continental drift was proposed by the German scientist _____.
  8. Scientists describe the intensity of an earthquake using the _____ _____.
  9. Earth's _____ is the rigid outer layer that is made up of the crust and the part of the mantle just below it.
  10. An _____ is the sudden movement of Earth's crust.
  11. _____ trapped in the rocks in this plate gets squeezed out. This causes some of the rocks to melt. The melted rock, or magma, is lighter than the surrounding rock and rises up.
  12. What sedimentary rock is a valuable resource from the Earth's crust?
  13. _____ are vents, or openings in Earth's crust, that release ash, gases and steam, and hot liquid rock called lava.
Down
  1. The deposited rocks build up in layers, called sediments. This process is called _____.
  2. _____ _____ cause the tectonic plates to move.
  3. When enough _____ builds up in the magma chamber, it forces its way up to the surface and erupts, often causing volcanic eruptions.
  4. In the ocean, volcanoes erupt along cracks that are opened in the ocean floor by the spreading of two plates called a _____ _____ _____.
  5. _____ is a large circle of explosive volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean.
  6. _____form where two continental plates collide.
  7. Innermost layer of Earth.
  8. What was the supercontinent called?

21 Clues: Innermost layer of Earth. • What was the supercontinent called? • _____ _____ cause the tectonic plates to move. • _____form where two continental plates collide. • An _____ is the sudden movement of Earth's crust. • Magma that has cooled on the surface is known as _____ rock. • What sedimentary rock is a valuable resource from the Earth's crust? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oceanic
  2. granite
  3. lava
  4. convergent
  5. mesosphere
  6. asthenosphere
  7. continental
Down
  1. outercore
  2. volcano
  3. earthquakes
  4. lithosphere
  5. crust
  6. fossils
  7. divergent
  8. iron
  9. pacificplate
  10. Wegener
  11. puzzles
  12. richter
  13. normal

20 Clues: lava • iron • crust • normal • volcano • oceanic • granite • fossils • Wegener • puzzles • richter • outercore • divergent • convergent • mesosphere • earthquakes • lithosphere • continental • pacificplate • asthenosphere

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The scientist who invented the theory of plate tectonics.
  2. the dense central region of a planet, especially the nickel-iron inner part of the earth.
  3. when a section of land has too much pressure, it might...
  4. 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.
  5. sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  6. the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, especially the part of the earth above the mantle.
  7. a long, narrow ditch.
  8. (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults.
  9. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  10. In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. A synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria) is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds.
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat
  3. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  5. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  7. the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite).
  8. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  10. large landmass

20 Clues: large landmass • a long, narrow ditch. • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults. • The scientist who invented the theory of plate tectonics. • when a section of land has too much pressure, it might... • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates slide past each other
  2. the largest measurement of time
  3. the preserved remains of an organism
  4. when the faults halves move away from each other
  5. when scientists measure the levels of an isotopic element in an object
  6. The large supercontinent that was made up of all our contienets
  7. The theory that all the continents used to be together
  8. the area with active volcanoes being common,
  9. footprints, claw marks
  10. the principle that states that the newer rock layers will be on the top
Down
  1. when halves of a fault move towards each other
  2. when the faults halves slide past each other
  3. happens in the asthenosphere below the surface
  4. every fossil we have discovered
  5. when two plates move towards one another
  6. old seafloor in destroyed in a
  7. seafloor spreading begins at
  8. an animal that appeared for a short time but was widespread
  9. WHen two plates move away from each other
  10. the time scale that is smaller that periods era and eons

20 Clues: footprints, claw marks • seafloor spreading begins at • old seafloor in destroyed in a • every fossil we have discovered • the largest measurement of time • the preserved remains of an organism • when two plates slide past each other • when two plates move towards one another • WHen two plates move away from each other • when the faults halves slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  2. Name of the giant supercontinent
  3. normal faults occur when rocks are
  4. The Hawaiian Islands formed over a
  5. The name of the fault in Missouri
  6. The process by which new ocean crust is being formed
  7. Sea Floor Spreading begins at
  8. Reverse faults occur when rocks are
  9. Plates spread apart at what boundaries
  10. Who created the theory of continental drift
Down
  1. The driving force behind plate tectonics
  2. Plates collide at what boundaries
  3. The theory that the plates were once a large landmass that has moved to where they are now
  4. old ocean floor gets destroyed in
  5. A break in the Earth’s crust
  6. Can form at convergent boundaries
  7. Whats happening to the size of the Pacific ocean
  8. What can occur from earthquakes in the ocean
  9. The area around the Pacific Ocean plate known for its volcanic activity is the
  10. What caused the Mississippi river to flow backwards

20 Clues: A break in the Earth’s crust • Sea Floor Spreading begins at • Name of the giant supercontinent • Plates collide at what boundaries • old ocean floor gets destroyed in • Can form at convergent boundaries • The name of the fault in Missouri • normal faults occur when rocks are • The Hawaiian Islands formed over a • Reverse faults occur when rocks are • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-02

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The deepest parts of the oceans.
  2. In this boundary plates slide past each other.
  3. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
  4. The most outer solid portion of the planet Earth.
  5. Plate _____________.
  6. alfred Wegener noticed that the coast of South America seemed to fit into the coast of this continent, just like a jigsaw puzzle.
  7. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift.
  8. Seafloor ______________.
  9. The zone below the lithosphere. It is more 'plastic' than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move.
  10. The Theory of Continental _____________.
Down
  1. The outer part of the Earth's crust. it is composed of solid rock.
  2. Places where new seafloor is being created.
  3. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust
  4. The Earth's ______________ field reverses from time to time.
  5. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape the topography of the earth.
  6. Source of heat in the mantle.
  7. A _____ boundary creates mountains.
  8. Section of the Earth below the crust.
  9. ______________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
  10. A _____ boundary creates new ocean floor.
  11. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.

21 Clues: Plate _____________. • Seafloor ______________. • Source of heat in the mantle. • The deepest parts of the oceans. • A _____ boundary creates mountains. • Section of the Earth below the crust. • The Theory of Continental _____________. • A _____ boundary creates new ocean floor. • Places where new seafloor is being created. • In this boundary plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates.
  2. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand by making it simpler or easier to see
  3. hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
  4. moving towards the same place
  5. an underwater mountain formed when two plate's move apart
  6. something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  7. moving apart in different directions
Down
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints or leaf prints
  2. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement.
  3. Activity any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, and lava and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  4. Section- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  5. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  6. - to examine in detail for a purpose
  7. A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.
  8. the sudden pushing out of something such as lava from a volcano
  9. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole into the ground.
  10. how often or fast something happens
  11. layer Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation, and water
  12. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  13. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plate moves together

20 Clues: moving towards the same place • how often or fast something happens • - to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole. • something we observe to be similar over and over again. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land.
  2. The name for the Continents before they were seperated.
  3. 2 plates move away from each other.
  4. A landmass consisting of the continents, Europe & Asia.
  5. 2 plates slide/move past each other.
  6. A tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa.
  7. 2 plates collide and one goes under the other plate.
  8. Occurs when two plates collide.
  9. Occurs when two plates collide & lava erupts.
  10. A line of mountains connected by high ground.
  11. A mountain range or long narrow hilltop.
  12. Movements in the earth's crust mostly by transform boundary.
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  1. An individual part of the Earth's Crust.
  2. One of three plates colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
  3. The movement of tectonic plates.
  4. Created the Theory of Continental Drift.
  5. Located under the continents.
  6. Located under the ocean floor.
  7. The outermost rough shell of Earth.
  8. A line that marks the limits of an area.

20 Clues: Located under the continents. • Located under the ocean floor. • Occurs when two plates collide. • The movement of tectonic plates. • 2 plates move away from each other. • The outermost rough shell of Earth. • 2 plates slide/move past each other. • An individual part of the Earth's Crust. • Created the Theory of Continental Drift. • A mountain range or long narrow hilltop. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2013-08-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
  2. an earthquake wave in which rock particles vibrate at right angles to the direction of wave travel. It can travel through solids but not through liquids
  3. denoting a region free of earthquakes
  4. vibrations caused by breaking rocks along fault lines
  5. plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
  6. large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses
  7. a scientist who studies earthquakes
  8. an earthquake wave in which rock particles vibrate parallel to the direction of wave travel. It can travel through solids and liquids
  9. the dynamics of plate movement/theory of how continental drift happened
  10. an earth vibration generated by an earthquake or explosion
  11. thickest layer of the Earth
  12. Earths inner layer
  13. an earthquake which follows a larger earthquake or main shock and originates in or near the rupture zone of the larger earthquake
  14. steep-walled depression around a volcanoes vent
  15. cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking
  16. an area of intense heat, radiation, or activity
  17. measure of energy released by an earthquake
  18. the fine material that is generated by a pyroclastic flow and rises above it
  19. a device used to record earthquake waves
  20. an opening in the Earths surface where magma flows out as lava
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  1. largest intrusive igneous rock bodies/formed from cooled magma
  2. a rock body formed when magma is squeezed into a horizontal crack
  3. bits of rock or solified lava dropped from the air
  4. break in rock due to compression forces
  5. point where energy release occurs
  6. a steep-sided mount that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent
  7. lava fragments around 1 centimetre in diameter
  8. magma forced upwards, cracking and making a new seafloor
  9. waves of energy that reach the Earths surface
  10. point of Earths centre above earthquakes focus
  11. rigid outermost layer/composed of the crust and mantle
  12. most common volcano
  13. a power seismic sea wave thats born from an earthquake
  14. earths outermost layer
  15. surface along which rocks break and move
  16. movement of the continents
  17. break in rock due to tension forces
  18. liquid layer surrounding the inner core
  19. gaps in the rock layers due to erosion, nondeposition, or both
  20. surface along which rocks break and move
  21. a rock formed when magma is squeezed into a vertical crack
  22. landmass 200 million years ago

42 Clues: Earths inner layer • most common volcano • earths outermost layer • movement of the continents • thickest layer of the Earth • landmass 200 million years ago • point where energy release occurs • a scientist who studies earthquakes • break in rock due to tension forces • denoting a region free of earthquakes • break in rock due to compression forces • ...

plate tectonics 2014-01-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of rock between earths crust and core
  2. rising of regions of earts crust to higher elevations
  3. the strong lower part of mantle between asthenosphere and outer core
  4. drift the hypothesis that states that continents once formed a single landmass broke up and drifted to their present locations
  5. the central part of earth below the mantle
  6. the solid outer layer of earth that consists of the crust and rigid upper part of mantle
  7. boundary the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  8. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  9. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  10. boundary the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  11. floor spreading the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
Down
  1. boundary the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  2. tectonics the theory that explains how large pieces of earths outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape
  3. the sinking of regions of earths crust to lower elevations
  4. the soft layer on which the tectonic plates move
  5. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  6. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  7. the thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle.
  8. plate a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and rigid outermost par of mantle
  9. stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object

20 Clues: the bending of rock layers due to stress • the central part of earth below the mantle • the layer of rock between earths crust and core • the soft layer on which the tectonic plates move • rising of regions of earts crust to higher elevations • stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object • stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
  2. a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans
  3. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  4. a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust
  5. the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by continental currents in the mantle
  6. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  8. the amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume
  9. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  10. the direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it's touching
  11. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's surface and core
Down
  1. the hypothesis that the continent slowly move across Earth's surface
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move away
  3. the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquacke
  6. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  8. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and broke into today's continents
  9. a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  10. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface

21 Clues: a plate boundary where two plates move away • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans • the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transfers by movement of currents in liquids and gases; caused by differences in temperature and density
  2. Plate Boundary that spreads apart or goes opposite directions
  3. a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, generally an ocean or a large lake.
  4. A shaking of a part of the earth's surface that often causes great damage
  5. Plate Boundary that come together
  6. Evidence that fossils of the same plants and animals are found today on widely separated continents (including Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Asia - India)
  7. Plate Boundary that rub together, they do not go up in elevation but slide opposite directions
  8. Heat transfers through space
  9. Evidence of glaciers on the equator and tropical forests in the Arctic Ocean
  10. Wegener German scientist who proposed (in 1915) that the continents were slowly drifting apart
  11. Hess American geologist, was a scientist who studied mid-ocean ridges
Down
  1. Heat transfers by touching (within a material or between materials)
  2. The mantle just below the lithosphere
  3. Tectonics A scientific theory that the Earth's surface is made of very large sections that move very slowly; also the movements of the large sections that form the Earth's surface
  4. Wegener said that all of the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent
  5. An area of land that rises very high above the land around it and that is higher than a hill
  6. Science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks
  7. in Continents The coastline of Africa and South America looked like they fit together
  8. Molten rock from a volcanic flowing on Earth's surface
  9. spreading The divergence at mid-ocean ridges of the tectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earth's interior of magma which solidifies and adds to the spreading plates
  10. Molten rock beneath earth's surface

21 Clues: Heat transfers through space • Plate Boundary that come together • Molten rock beneath earth's surface • The mantle just below the lithosphere • Molten rock from a volcanic flowing on Earth's surface • Plate Boundary that spreads apart or goes opposite directions • Heat transfers by touching (within a material or between materials) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-01-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. usually occur at transform boundaries
  2. outer shell of earth
  3. place between plates
  4. ridgid but moving pieces of the earths surface
  5. broken parts of the upper mantle
  6. very center of earth
  7. plates coming together
  8. earth before continents moved
  9. suggested seafloor spreading
  10. rocks in crust move and break
Down
  1. layer of mantel that underlies the lithosphere
  2. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  3. plates pulling apart
  4. theory of formation and movment of the earths plates
  5. plates sliing past one another
  6. evidence of continental drift- ________ fit of all continents
  7. theory that all continents are fragments of pangaea
  8. came up with theory of continental drift
  9. on earths surface
  10. inside earth

20 Clues: inside earth • on earths surface • outer shell of earth • place between plates • plates pulling apart • very center of earth • plates coming together • suggested seafloor spreading • earth before continents moved • rocks in crust move and break • plates sliing past one another • broken parts of the upper mantle • usually occur at transform boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The deformation of the lithosphere
  2. Margins/ boundaries between plates
  3. thick dense layer of rock, 1,429 miles thick, between earth's crust and its core
  4. abbreviation used by earth scientists, meaning "million years"
  5. a region of extremely high pressure underlying the lithosphere, where rocks are deformed by enormous stress
  6. and area of rock that has been bent by stress
  7. a split between two bodies, (two plates), that once were joined
  8. the upper layer of earth's interior, including the crust and the brittle portion at the top of the mantle
  9. the uppermost division of the solid earth
  10. The study of tectonism, including its causes and effects, most notably mountain building
  11. Large movable segments of the lithosphere
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  1. Trench/ a deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate
  2. Geology/ the study of earth's physical history
  3. A general statement derived from a hypothesis that has withstood sufficient testing
  4. an area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress
  5. a branch of the earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics
  6. a form of stress produced by the action of equal and opposite forces, the effect of which is to reduce the length of a material
  7. Ridges/ sub marine mountain ridges where new seafloor is created by seafloor spreading
  8. a depression in earth's crust
  9. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material

20 Clues: a depression in earth's crust • The deformation of the lithosphere • Margins/ boundaries between plates • the uppermost division of the solid earth • Large movable segments of the lithosphere • and area of rock that has been bent by stress • Geology/ the study of earth's physical history • an area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______________________ are also created from tectonic plates coliding.
  2. It records #4
  3. The number of major tectonic plates
  4. A vibrant moving of the ground caused by tectonic plates
  5. If 2 tectonic plates collide theseare created
  6. The ____________________ plate is what plate Antartica is on
  7. The theroy all the tectonic plates and continents were once joined together as one
  8. The topic of this puzzle
  9. _____________________ create new land
  10. The tectonic plates are in the _____________________ (a layer in the mantle)
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  1. _____________ plates slide past eachother
  2. The _______________________ plate is where Australia is on
  3. ____________________ plates move away from eachother
  4. ______________________ is the creation of new oceanic crust
  5. If #8 is created underwater, and becomes tall enough it will create these
  6. The plate America's on:__________________ plate
  7. Oceananic plates are more __________________ than Continental plates
  8. The plate most of Europe is on
  9. _________________ plates move towards eachother
  10. What #6 writes up

20 Clues: It records #4 • What #6 writes up • The topic of this puzzle • The plate most of Europe is on • The number of major tectonic plates • _____________________ create new land • _____________ plates slide past eachother • If 2 tectonic plates collide theseare created • The plate America's on:__________________ plate • _________________ plates move towards eachother • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Volcanoes make these
  2. lava that is in the volcano
  3. a theory that the earth's plates shift over time
  4. plates that come apart from each other
  5. A mountain range that stretches from India, Tibet and China
  6. A super volcano in this very region
  7. a mountain that spews lava
  8. A planet with water and land and life
Down
  1. California has lots of these
  2. these form from Convergent plates
  3. plates that come together
  4. an idea without a real evidence
  5. Kids still sat in their desks when this happened
  6. Convection ________
  7. A GIGANTIC body of saltwater
  8. a place where one plate is forced below another
  9. Cooled lava/magma is this kind of rock
  10. plates that rub against each other
  11. the location where 2 tectonic plates meet
  12. Molten rock that is out of the volcano

20 Clues: Convection ________ • Volcanoes make these • plates that come together • a mountain that spews lava • lava that is in the volcano • California has lots of these • A GIGANTIC body of saltwater • an idea without a real evidence • these form from Convergent plates • plates that rub against each other • A super volcano in this very region • A planet with water and land and life • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when denser plate is pushed under less dense plate
  2. thinnest layer of Earth
  3. proposed continental drift theory in 1900s
  4. formed at divergent boundaries
  5. theory of tectonics plate movement and shape changes
  6. name of single landmass 245 million years ago
  7. formed from movement and slips of boundaries
  8. deepest part of Earth's layers
  9. 2 plates going in different directions
  10. hot fluid within or below Earth's crust
  11. movement of continents across Earth's surface
  12. found mostly in the core
  13. formed at ocean-ocean boundaries
Down
  1. 2nd layer of Earth doing down
  2. consists of the crust and upper mantle
  3. process where magma rises to surface and solidify
  4. 2 plates moving towards each other
  5. name of many volcanoes surrounding the Pacific plate
  6. formed at continental-continental boundaries
  7. formed at continental-ocean boundaries
  8. 3rd layer of Earth doing down
  9. 2 plates sliding pass each other

22 Clues: thinnest layer of Earth • found mostly in the core • 2nd layer of Earth doing down • 3rd layer of Earth doing down • formed at divergent boundaries • deepest part of Earth's layers • 2 plates sliding pass each other • formed at ocean-ocean boundaries • 2 plates moving towards each other • consists of the crust and upper mantle • formed at continental-ocean boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sliding by each other
  2. The process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle
  3. A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
  4. The center of the Earth
  5. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location
  6. A German scientist that noticed that the continents were once connected
  7. It is between the core and the crust
  8. New crust is being made at the __________
  9. The outer layer of the Earth
Down
  1. Pushing against each other
  2. A device that scientists use to map the ocean floor
  3. The super continent
  4. There are 12 major _____
  5. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
  6. The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil
  7. A _________ has the same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the opposite direction
  8. Is the process that allows plates to be in motion
  9. The physical or chemical process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface
  10. Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing a ________
  11. Moving away from each other
  12. A _______ often occur when transform plates slide past each other

21 Clues: The super continent • Sliding by each other • The center of the Earth • There are 12 major _____ • Pushing against each other • Moving away from each other • The outer layer of the Earth • It is between the core and the crust • New crust is being made at the __________ • Is the process that allows plates to be in motion • A device that scientists use to map the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-01-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a volcano erupts frequently it is _____
  2. Large pieces of rock that float on the mantle and form Earth's crust
  3. A destructive volcanic landslide or mudflow.
  4. When energy is released from the earthds crust in the form of S and P waves.
  5. the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities.
  6. _______ ________ due to radioactive decay in the mantle causes plates to move.
  7. The action of one plate sliding beneath another due to a difference in densities.
  8. A logarithmic scale used to measure the impact of earthquakes.
  9. A boundary in which plates move away from each other.
  10. The most amazing, beautiful person that you have ever met.
  11. A boundary in which plates move towards each other.
  12. When a volcano is temporarily inactive but isn't fully extinct.
Down
  1. The point inside the crust where the pressure is released from an earthquake.
  2. The point directly above the focus, on the surface, of an earthquake.
  3. A mixture of hot steam, ash, rock and dust.
  4. Small tremors or mini earthquakes that follow from a major earthquake.
  5. A boundary in which plates slide past each other.
  6. A machine that measures seismic waves
  7. A region under earths surface where hot magma collects.
  8. Molten rock

20 Clues: Molten rock • A machine that measures seismic waves • A mixture of hot steam, ash, rock and dust. • When a volcano erupts frequently it is _____ • A destructive volcanic landslide or mudflow. • A boundary in which plates slide past each other. • A boundary in which plates move towards each other. • A boundary in which plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-11-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  2. The place within the crust where the energy of an earthquake is centred.
  3. A place where extremely hot material from within the Earth erupts to the surface.
  4. The process whereby continents break up, subside, and eventually form a new sea.
  5. The crust that forms the continents.
  6. A transverse seismic wave that fails to pass through the outer-core of the Earth.
  7. A seismic wave that travels along the surface of the Earth.
  8. Molten rock that has erupted onto the surface of the Earth.
  9. Where plates are sliding parallel to each other.
  10. Molten rock below the surface of the Earth.
  11. The separating and combining of continents by movement across the surface of the Earth.
  12. A chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding plates where one plate subducts.
  13. A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is forced downwards.
  14. The theory that the crust of the Earth exists as many large pieces that move on the asthenosphere.
  15. A layer of plastic semi-solid rock in the lower mantle.
  16. The movement of kinetic energy through the Earth.
Down
  1. An instrument that measures the seismic waves.
  2. The process by which new crust forms to give ocean ridges.
  3. Where plates are moving apart from each other.
  4. A longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through the Earth.
  5. Isolated areas away from plate boundaries where magma collects within the upper crust.
  6. The rapid back-and-forth movement of the ground.
  7. Where plates are colliding with each other.
  8. A receiver that can detect satellite signals and calculate its position on the Earth's surface.
  9. Alternating patterns of magnetism set within rocks.
  10. When one plate is forced below another plate during a collision.
  11. The crust that forms the ocean floor.
  12. A huge wave in the ocean caused by the sudden movement of the sea floor.

28 Clues: The crust that forms the continents. • The crust that forms the ocean floor. • Where plates are colliding with each other. • Molten rock below the surface of the Earth. • An instrument that measures the seismic waves. • Where plates are moving apart from each other. • The rapid back-and-forth movement of the ground. • Where plates are sliding parallel to each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hard, outermost layer of the earth
  2. an act of changing physical location
  3. a line that marks the limits of an area
  4. region of the interior of the earth between the core and the crust
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a thin, flat sheet or strip of a material
  7. a section of the crust of the earth that moves relative to each other
  8. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  9. a system of ideas intended to explain something
  10. a mountain or hill having a vent which lava is being erupted from the earth's crust
Down
  1. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
  2. to go in a different direction
  3. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined
  4. oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
  5. to slide past
  6. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  7. coming closer together
  8. long, narrow hilltop, or mountain range
  9. the remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form
  10. the central portion of the earth

20 Clues: to slide past • coming closer together • to go in a different direction • the central portion of the earth • upper layer of the earth's mantle • hard, outermost layer of the earth • an act of changing physical location • a line that marks the limits of an area • long, narrow hilltop, or mountain range • a thin, flat sheet or strip of a material • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When oceanic plate subducts under continental plate
  2. One of the two original continents that Pangaea split into.
  3. Innermost layer of Earth.
  4. Waves that are sent out and are timed coming back to map out objects
  5. Longest mountain chain
  6. The valley between two diverging plates
  7. Chunks of the Earth that float on the lithosphere.
  8. The other of the two continents that Pangaea split into.
  9. It means “millions of years ago”
  10. When two plates float toward each other.
  11. Melted rock
  12. Outer layer of Earth.
  13. Fault the runs through California.
  14. Layer of molten metal that covers the inner core.
  15. Crust that makes up the continents.
  16. smaller, less important plates
  17. Thickest layer of Earth.
  18. The seven major land masses on the planet Earth.
  19. Where hot rocks rise, and cool rocks fall creating a flowing circle
  20. First living organism
  21. When a divergent boundary occurs and the magma helps create a new part of the plate.
  22. String of mountains
  23. Produced by the inner core spinning within the outer core.
  24. Molten rock.
  25. Created theory of continental drift
  26. Immense forces that are sent up through the Earth.
  27. Solid ball of iron in the center of the Earth.
Down
  1. Earth’s supercontinent from over 200 MYA.
  2. Amount of force pressing on an object.
  3. Deepest trench in the world.
  4. One who studies geology.
  5. When two plates float apart.
  6. Upper layer of the mantle.
  7. Where lava erupts of out the earth
  8. Crust located under the ocean.
  9. Lower layer of the mantle.
  10. The study of tectonic plates.
  11. Forces that destroy landmasses.
  12. Forces that build landmasses.
  13. The study of the planet Earth.
  14. When two plates grind against each other.
  15. The landmass that is created when two plates come together along a Upper
  16. When one plate slides underneath the other.
  17. The theory of how the continents got where they are today.
  18. Vibrations that travel through the Earth.
  19. Where geology was first founded
  20. Larger, more important plate
  21. Magma that has come out of the earth
  22. A place where move relative to each other

49 Clues: Melted rock • Molten rock. • String of mountains • Outer layer of Earth. • First living organism • Longest mountain chain • One who studies geology. • Thickest layer of Earth. • Innermost layer of Earth. • Upper layer of the mantle. • Lower layer of the mantle. • Deepest trench in the world. • When two plates float apart. • Larger, more important plate • The study of tectonic plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Deepest trench in the world.
  2. The seven major land masses on the planet Earth.
  3. The landmass that is created when two plates come together along a Upper
  4. Forces that build landmasses.
  5. A place where move relative to each other
  6. Lower layer of the mantle.
  7. Where hot rocks rise, and cool rocks fall creating a flowing circle
  8. Crust located under the ocean.
  9. When a divergent boundary occurs and the magma helps create a new part of the plate.
  10. Solid ball of iron in the center of the Earth.
  11. One of the two original continents that Pangaea split into.
  12. When two plates float toward each other.
  13. Produced by the inner core spinning within the outer core.
  14. Waves that are sent out and are timed coming back to map out objects
  15. Fault the runs through California.
  16. Layer of molten metal that covers the inner core.
  17. Outer layer of Earth.
  18. The study of tectonic plates.
  19. Where geology was first founded
  20. Amount of force pressing on an object.
  21. Longest mountain chain
  22. Created theory of continental drift
  23. Earth’s supercontinent from over 200 MYA.
  24. When oceanic plate subducts under continental plate
  25. Molten rock.
Down
  1. One who studies geology.
  2. String of mountains
  3. When two plates float apart.
  4. Where lava erupts of out the earth
  5. Innermost layer of Earth.
  6. Crust that makes up the continents.
  7. The valley between two diverging plates
  8. Melted rock
  9. Larger, more important plate
  10. Thickest layer of Earth.
  11. Forces that destroy landmasses.
  12. The theory of how the continents got where they are today.
  13. Immense forces that are sent up through the Earth.
  14. When two plates grind against each other.
  15. Upper layer of the mantle.
  16. When one plate slides underneath the other.
  17. Vibrations that travel through the Earth.
  18. Chunks of the Earth that float on the lithosphere.
  19. smaller, less important plates
  20. First living organism
  21. The study of the planet Earth.
  22. The other of the two continents that Pangaea split into.
  23. Magma that has come out of the earth
  24. It means “millions of years ago”

49 Clues: Melted rock • Molten rock. • String of mountains • Outer layer of Earth. • First living organism • Longest mountain chain • One who studies geology. • Thickest layer of Earth. • Innermost layer of Earth. • Lower layer of the mantle. • Upper layer of the mantle. • Deepest trench in the world. • When two plates float apart. • Larger, more important plate • Forces that build landmasses. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction
  2. a long elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly faults or fault systems
  3. thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large land masses
  4. thin part of the earth's crust that underlines the ocean basins
  5. continental transform fault that extends roughly 1300 km through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the pacific-plate and the north american plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike slip
  6. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates when new crust forms from upwelling magma
  7. Fracture in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock mass movement
  8. Theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other
  9. a mountain or hill, having a crater or vent through which lava and gas are being erupted from the earth's crust
  10. two or more tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. layer of hot rock material that is located beneath the crust
  2. an area in the basin of the pacific ocean whee a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur
  3. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  4. mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the atlantic ocean and part of the longest mountain range in the world
  5. two or more tectonic plates move towards each other
  6. a long, narrow ditch
  7. a line of mountains connected by high ground
  8. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  9. layer of earth that forms the outer skin
  10. Currents current in a fluid that results from convection

20 Clues: a long, narrow ditch • layer of earth that forms the outer skin • a line of mountains connected by high ground • places where plates slide sideways past each other • two or more tectonic plates move towards each other • two or more tectonic plates move away from each other • Currents current in a fluid that results from convection • ...

Plate tectonics 2016-03-31

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long, narrow hole that is dug in the ground; ditch
  2. a mountain with a hole in the top or side that sometimes sends out rocks,ash,lava, etc.
  3. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  4. actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates more toward one another and collide
  5. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  6. a long, steep valley formed when two parallel rift form in the Earth's crust and the land between them sink
  7. when 2 plates slide or move away from one another
  8. a divergent tectonic plate located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean
  9. a shaking of a part of the Earth's surface that often causes great damage
  10. relatively thick part of the Earth's crust that forms the large landmasses
Down
  1. a super continent that exist during the early ages
  2. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. a split or crack in the ground
  4. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust is formed
  5. theory that states the lithosphere of the Earth is divided into small numbers of plates
  6. a line of mountains connected by high grounds
  7. each of several large landmasses thought to have divided to form the present continent
  8. an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where several of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occurs
  9. an active strike-slip fault in West U.S. extending from San Franciso to South California
  10. relatively thin part of the Earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins

20 Clues: a split or crack in the ground • a line of mountains connected by high grounds • a current in a fluid that results from convection • when 2 plates slide or move away from one another • a super continent that exist during the early ages • places where plates slide sideways past each other • a long, narrow hole that is dug in the ground; ditch • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-07-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : old inert volcano
  2. : push pull waves that travel in the directon that the waves travel
  3. : the supercontinent
  4. : a source of unpredictable, unplanned danger to people
  5. : how thick a substance is
  6. : the southern half of pangea
  7. : what magma becomes once it reaches the earths surface
  8. : lava with a rope like surface
  9. : a form of closed lava tube that flows into water
  10. : a channel that conveys a fluid
  11. : A physical quantity characterized by measurement of both magnitude and direction.
  12. : the boundries between plates
  13. : a spot in the earth where volcanoes are more likely to form
  14. : a fracture in the earths curst
  15. : shows P waves, S waves and surface waves
  16. : hottest layers of the earth
  17. : the general term for all pyroclastic material
  18. : cracks in the volcanoes crust
  19. : non explosive eruptions volcano
  20. : semi-rigid part of the middle mantle
  21. : a tube formed by lava cooling and solidifying
  22. : lava with a blocky rough surface
  23. : top layer of the earth
  24. : the point a earthquake originates from
  25. : A black or dark-colored volcanic glass, usually of rhyolitic (felsic) composition.
  26. : what happens when the earth plates move
  27. : debris formed by a volcanic eruption
  28. : what is made form melted rock
  29. : plates pushing together
  30. : where a plate sinks and slide under another plate
  31. : crust and upper layer of the mantle
  32. : the measure of the strength of and earthquake
  33. : a volcano that is not active or inactive
  34. : Roman God of fire and the forge, after whom volcanoes are named.
  35. : Fine grained, dark, mafic igneous rock composed largely of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene.
Down
  1. : plates sliding horizontally past each other
  2. : A large, circular depression in a volcanic area formed by eruption or collapse.
  3. : 'lava' inside the volcano
  4. : used to measure shaking amplitude of earth quakes
  5. : most common type of volcano
  6. : plates moving apart
  7. : the study of earthquakes, seismic waves, and their propagation through the Earth.
  8. : what comes after a earthquake
  9. : The shape of the land surface.
  10. : The pattern of elevation of the land surface.
  11. : the gradual movement of earth continents
  12. : the state a volcano erupts regularly
  13. : the movement of a fluid, caused by different temperatures
  14. : the northern half of pangea
  15. : seismic waves that travel along the earth crust
  16. : what the earth crust is sitting on
  17. : A depression between two plates
  18. ; moderately explosive volcano
  19. : Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus.
  20. : areas of earths surface that magma and volcanic gasses pass through
  21. : Solidified mass of rock where lava has cooled in vent
  22. : bigger layer of the earth

57 Clues: : old inert volcano • : the supercontinent • : plates moving apart • : top layer of the earth • : plates pushing together • : how thick a substance is • : 'lava' inside the volcano • : bigger layer of the earth • : most common type of volcano • : the southern half of pangea • : the northern half of pangea • : hottest layers of the earth • : the boundries between plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-06-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Astronomer who discovered continental drift theory
  2. Outermost layer of the Earth
  3. Layer beneath the mantle
  4. The region where two tectonic plates come into contact
  5. Type of plate boundary that the plates push against eachother
  6. Area where molten rock rises to the Earths surface
  7. Earth's thickest layer
  8. Partly molten layer in the upper mantle
  9. A sudden ground breaking release of built up energy under the Earths surface
  10. Type of evidence that supported Wegener's theory involving types of animals that lived there
Down
  1. Earths centre, that has a radius of about 1200km
  2. Opening in Earths surface that when active spews out gases chunks of rock and melted rock
  3. Deep underwater valley formed when an oceanic plates subduct under a continental
  4. Type of plate boundary that the plates push away from eachother
  5. Plates that move and then re-join on the lithosphere
  6. The big wave that is caused by the displacement of water after an earthquake
  7. Type of plate boundary that the plates slide by eachother
  8. formed by plate tectonics in the crust and upper mantle
  9. Wegener's name for the "super continent"
  10. Transform fault in California

20 Clues: Earth's thickest layer • Layer beneath the mantle • Outermost layer of the Earth • Transform fault in California • Partly molten layer in the upper mantle • Wegener's name for the "super continent" • Earths centre, that has a radius of about 1200km • Astronomer who discovered continental drift theory • Area where molten rock rises to the Earths surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-02-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created when two continental plates hit each other
  2. Area under the crust
  3. This tectonic plate holds North America
  4. Thin crust under the ocean
  5. Plates move apart
  6. Rocky,rigid upper mantle
  7. Outermost layer of the Earth
  8. Thick layer of the Earth's suface
  9. Collide to create volcanoes and mountain ranges
  10. Plates scrape against each other
  11. A peson who specializes in rocks
  12. This tectonic plate holds india
  13. Gaps between tectonic plates
  14. Caused by seismic activity
  15. It is formed when one plate slips under another and there is a dip
  16. Below the lithosphere and it is more fluid
  17. Ring of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean
  18. This tectonic plate holds the Pacific ocean and island too
Down
  1. Current carrying the heat from the inside of the Earth to the Crust
  2. Creates trenches and underwater volcanoes
  3. A group of continents
  4. A rupture in the Earth's surface
  5. Two plates meet and one slides under
  6. Plates push into each other
  7. This tectonic plate holds South America
  8. This tectonic plate holds Austrialian
  9. This tectonic plate has Antarctica on it
  10. It disassembled Pangea
  11. Downward pull on a plate because it has heated up
  12. This tectonic plate has Europe and Asia on it
  13. Discovered tectonic plates
  14. When something is pushed together
  15. This tectonic plate holds Africa
  16. Friction between Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

34 Clues: Plates move apart • Area under the crust • A group of continents • It disassembled Pangea • Rocky,rigid upper mantle • Thin crust under the ocean • Discovered tectonic plates • Caused by seismic activity • Plates push into each other • Outermost layer of the Earth • Gaps between tectonic plates • This tectonic plate holds india • A rupture in the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-03-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Property, a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity
  2. remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock
  3. Waves, waves that travel outward from an earthquake's focus and move through Earth by causing particles in rocks to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave
  4. Core, liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core, and that is made mostly of iron
  5. fossil formed when an organism is buried, decays, and leaves behind a hollow place in rock
  6. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  7. Waves, energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquake's focus
  8. surface along which rocks break and move
  9. Core, very dense, solid center od the Earth that is made of mostly iron with smaller amounts of oxygen, silicon, sulfur, or nickel
Down
  1. opening in Earth's surface that often forms a mountain when layers of lava and volcanic ash erupt and build up
  2. Waves, waves that travel outward from an Earthquake's focus and cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving
  3. powerful seismic sea wave that can travel thousands of kilometers in all directions and that begins over an earthquake focus
  4. vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
  5. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  6. intrusive igneous rock body formed when magma is squeezed into a horizontal crack that cuts across rock layers and hardens
  7. fossil formed when sediments fill in a mold and harden into rock
  8. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  9. Earth's outermost layer, which varies in thickness from about 5km to 60km and is separated from the mantle by the Moho Discontinuity
  10. in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs
  11. Tectonics, branch of geology studying the earth's crust

20 Clues: surface along which rocks break and move • measure of the energy released by an earthquake • vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults • Tectonics, branch of geology studying the earth's crust • remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock • fossil formed when sediments fill in a mold and harden into rock • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  2. what moves the crust
  3. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  4. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  5. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  6. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  7. what is the oceanic crust made of
  8. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
Down
  1. what does a convergent plates make
  2. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. has a greater density than continental crust
  4. plates are moving towards one another.
  5. plates are moving up and down each other
  6. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  7. two oceanic plates converge
  8. the primary source of the movement of plates
  9. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  10. has a less density than oceanic crust
  11. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  12. they are made by earthquakes

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • has a greater density than continental crust • the primary source of the movement of plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lava that forms tubes,smooth and ropy
  2. where geological feature is cut in half
  3. most dangerous volcano
  4. type of lava that erupts underwater
  5. large but not steep volcano
  6. plates that come towards each other
  7. used to create first detailed ocean floor map
  8. releasing bend,can form depressions
  9. developed continental drift theory
  10. zone where plates split apart
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  1. volcano,felsic to intermediate rock
  2. less deadly type of eruption
  3. scientist that first looked at ridge patterns, 1959
  4. compression added to shearing motion
  5. study of magnetic fields frozen in rocks
  6. most typical volcano
  7. measure of strength of earthquake
  8. more dangerous volcanic eruption
  9. molten rock found within volcanic chambers
  10. plates that spread away from each other

20 Clues: most typical volcano • most dangerous volcano • large but not steep volcano • less deadly type of eruption • zone where plates split apart • more dangerous volcanic eruption • measure of strength of earthquake • developed continental drift theory • volcano,felsic to intermediate rock • type of lava that erupts underwater • plates that come towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. lava that forms tubes,smooth and ropy
  2. where geological feature is cut in half
  3. most dangerous volcano
  4. type of lava that erupts underwater
  5. large but not steep volcano
  6. plates that come towards each other
  7. used to create first detailed ocean floor map
  8. releasing bend,can form depressions
  9. developed continental drift theory
  10. zone where plates split apart
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  1. volcano,felsic to intermediate rock
  2. less deadly type of eruption
  3. scientist that first looked at ridge patterns, 1959
  4. compression added to shearing motion
  5. study of magnetic fields frozen in rocks
  6. most typical volcano
  7. measure of strength of earthquake
  8. more dangerous volcanic eruption
  9. molten rock found within volcanic chambers
  10. plates that spread away from each other

20 Clues: most typical volcano • most dangerous volcano • large but not steep volcano • less deadly type of eruption • zone where plates split apart • more dangerous volcanic eruption • measure of strength of earthquake • developed continental drift theory • volcano,felsic to intermediate rock • type of lava that erupts underwater • plates that come towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. lava that forms tubes,smooth and ropy
  2. where geological feature is cut in half
  3. most dangerous volcano
  4. type of lava that erupts underwater
  5. large but not steep volcano
  6. plates that come towards each other
  7. used to create first detailed ocean floor map
  8. releasing bend,can form depressions
  9. developed continental drift theory
  10. zone where plates split apart
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  1. volcano,felsic to intermediate rock
  2. less deadly type of eruption
  3. 1959, used ridge patterns
  4. compression added to shearing motion
  5. study of magnetic fields frozen in rocks
  6. most typical volcano
  7. measure of strength of earthquake
  8. more dangerous volcanic eruption
  9. molten rock found within volcanic chambers
  10. plates that spread away from each other

20 Clues: most typical volcano • most dangerous volcano • 1959, used ridge patterns • large but not steep volcano • less deadly type of eruption • zone where plates split apart • more dangerous volcanic eruption • measure of strength of earthquake • developed continental drift theory • volcano,felsic to intermediate rock • type of lava that erupts underwater • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. where magma comes to the surface
  2. one plate going under another
  3. where we first feel an earthquake on the surface
  4. the crust of the ocean floor
  5. fastest seismic wave
  6. created by a divergent boundary on land
  7. created by a divergent boundary under the ocean
  8. plates that move away from each other
  9. plates moving past each other
  10. the place underground where an earthquake begins
  11. a peice of Earth's lithosphere
  12. a break in the Earth's crust
  13. slower seismic wave
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  1. where 2 plates meet
  2. the crust of the land
  3. wave created by earthquakes underwater
  4. deep canyon on the ocean floor where subduction occurs
  5. plates that move toward each other
  6. currents in the mantle that move the plates
  7. earthquake waves
  8. the solid crust and upper mantle
  9. pushed up when continents collide
  10. type of volcanoe that created Hawaii
  11. energy released from plate movement

24 Clues: earthquake waves • where 2 plates meet • slower seismic wave • fastest seismic wave • the crust of the land • the crust of the ocean floor • a break in the Earth's crust • one plate going under another • plates moving past each other • a peice of Earth's lithosphere • where magma comes to the surface • the solid crust and upper mantle • pushed up when continents collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A powerful and often dramatic force of nature that changes the earth’s surface and atmosphere; includes earthquakes, volcanoes, and intense storms such as hurricanes and Volcano A landform, usually cone-shaped, produced by a collection of erupted material around a vent, or opening, on the surface of the earth and through which gas and erupted material pass.
  2. A wave generated by earthquake vibrations.
  3. The tendency to resist flowing; a property of liquids.
  4. A small (less than 400 meters high), cone-shaped volcano made of broken rocks or blobs of hardened lava, called “cinders,” that accumulate around the volcanic vent.
  5. Magma that has reached the surface of the earth.
  6. A solid earth material that forms when magma or lava cools and crystallizes on or below the earth’s surface.
  7. A theory that the lithosphere is broken into segments, or
  8. The cool, solid outer shell of the earth. It consists of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle and isbroken up into segments, or plates.
  9. A primary (compressional) earthquake wave that travels through the body of the earth; so named because it is the first wave to reach a seismograph station during an earthquake.
  10. A series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes or, more rarely, by volcanoes.
  11. The earth’s outer layer; the coolest and least dense layer of the earth.
  12. A mountain-like landform that develops when plates separate and new ocean lithosphere forms.
  13. The process by which earth materials transform from one rock type into another.
  14. that “float” on the asthenosphere, and that interactions among these plates are associated with earthquakes and volcanic activity and form mid-ocean ridges, trenches, mountains, and chains of volcanic
  15. An earthquake wave that travels on or near the surface of the earth
  16. A wide, broadly sloping volcano that forms from runny lava. It is the largest of volcanoes.
  17. Describes objects that bend, stretch, or flow when a force is applied to them.
  18. A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity that encircles the Pacific Ocean basin; also called the Circum-PacificBelt.
  19. A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity that runsdown the middle of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
  20. A deep, narrow depression in the seafloor.
  21. A place where pieces of the broken lithosphere meet. Boundary types include convergent, divergent, and
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  1. A circulating flow of air or water resulting from temperature differences; also called a convection current.
  2. A solid earth material that forms when any rock type is changed by the earth’s high temperature and pressure.
  3. A scientist who studies volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
  4. The layer of the mantle that lies directly below the lithosphere and flows, like taffy.
  5. An instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake.
  6. The movement of a tectonic plate beneath another plate.
  7. Igneous rock that forms from magma cooling inside the earth.
  8. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of the movement of rocks along a
  9. A physical feature of the earth’s surface, such as a mid-ocean ridge, a trench, or a mountain.
  10. An earthquake wave that travels on or near the surface of the earth.
  11. A volcano that forms from alternating eruptions of viscous lava and broken rock. It is steep near the summit and flat toward the base.
  12. The layer of the earth beneath the crust. It is about 2900 km thick, and it makes up about 83 percent of the earth’s
  13. A scientist who studies earthquakes.
  14. The time between the arrival of P-waves and S-waves at a location where an earthquake occurs.
  15. An earthquake wave that follows the main shock of an earthquake.
  16. The earth’s innermost layers, consisting of a liquid iron outer core and a solid iron-nickel inner core.
  17. A large, mobile segment of the earth’s lithosphere.
  18. The process by which heat moves efficiently through air or water.
  19. A localized zone of melting in the mantle that is fixed under a plate.
  20. A solid earth material composed of compacted and cemented sediments or of particles of various sizes.
  21. A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move.
  22. A secondary earthquake wave; so named because it travels slower than a primary wave and is the second wave to reach the seismograph station after an earthquake. It travels through the body of the earth as a series of crests and troughs.
  23. A deep gorge formed on the ocean floor when an oceanic plate moves beneath a continental plate.
  24. Hot, molten rock inside the earth.

45 Clues: Hot, molten rock inside the earth. • A scientist who studies earthquakes. • A wave generated by earthquake vibrations. • A deep, narrow depression in the seafloor. • Magma that has reached the surface of the earth. • A large, mobile segment of the earth’s lithosphere. • The tendency to resist flowing; a property of liquids. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-08-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus
  2. This occur when water mix with volcanic materials
  3. The smallest and finest fragments of lava or rock that are ejected by volcanic eruptions
  4. A scale that measures the damage caused by an earthquake
  5. The zone where plates meet is called plate ...
  6. The broken pieces of earth's crust
  7. Constant rising and sinking of magma results in convection current causing plates to move is called plate ...
  8. A lava that has high temperature, cools and solidifies slowly, has low viscosity and low silica content. So the lava flows quickly
  9. A lava that has low temperature, cools and solidifies quickly, has high viscosity and high silica content. So the lava flows slowly
  10. A plate boundary when two plates move away from each other
  11. A plate boundary when two plates slide past each other
  12. Plates move as a result of ... current generated in the mantle
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  1. A crack in the earth's crust where the rock stressed by plate movements breaks and moves
  2. A volcano that has a broad base with gentle slopes formed from basic lava
  3. This flow occurs when gases mix with volcanic materials
  4. A sudden vibration or tremor of the earth's surface
  5. A volcano that consists of alternating layers of lava, ash and cinder. It has gentle slopes at its base and steeper slopes near its top
  6. A machine used to detect and record earthquake
  7. The source of the earthquake
  8. A scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake
  9. A plate boundary when two plates move towards each other

21 Clues: The source of the earthquake • The broken pieces of earth's crust • The zone where plates meet is called plate ... • A machine used to detect and record earthquake • This occur when water mix with volcanic materials • A sudden vibration or tremor of the earth's surface • A scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Knowledge on which to base belief
  2. The bottom of a sea or ocean
  3. Cause to change; make different
  4. Plates that pull apart
  5. Zones where mass of the crust is moving under another
  6. A single thickness of some substance or material
  7. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  8. Area of land that existed 245 million years ago
  9. A large continuous extent of land
  10. One of the large landmasses of the earth
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  1. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  2. A scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  3. Crash together with violent impact
  4. Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  5. Long narrow depression on the sea floor
  6. Incapable of or resistant to bending
  7. Plates that push together
  8. Of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  9. Pushes magma up through a thin hole
  10. Caused by an earthquake or earth vibration

20 Clues: Plates that pull apart • Plates that push together • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Cause to change; make different • Knowledge on which to base belief • A large continuous extent of land • Crash together with violent impact • Pushes magma up through a thin hole • Incapable of or resistant to bending • Long narrow depression on the sea floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. an example of a convergent boundary
  2. convection currents move through it to power tectonic plates
  3. top layer of the tectonic plates it has a high density and results from the cooling of magma
  4. earths largest plate and formed a part of a series of islands near North America
  5. transform boundaries cause when energy is released
  6. it is a plate that covers the entirety of a country, and it also covers a part of Asia
  7. lies above the fault plane
  8. Earth's lithosphere is recycled into earths mantle at convergent boundaries
  9. break in earth's crust
  10. are mostly found underwater
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth
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  1. can be between continental plates
  2. occurs at mid-ocean ridges,new oceanic crust is formed
  3. is the most important source of magma and is directly below the lithosphere
  4. it is a layer of rock that forms below the continents, and has a low density
  5. form deep trenches
  6. Earth's thin outer shell of rock
  7. drive the movement of tectonic plates
  8. two tectonic plates collide to form
  9. the theory that earth's continents moved over time, but they were on tectonic plates so they slowly moved away
  10. ocean to continent example of a transform boundary

21 Clues: form deep trenches • break in earth's crust • lies above the fault plane • are mostly found underwater • Earth's thin outer shell of rock • can be between continental plates • the rigid outer part of the earth • an example of a convergent boundary • two tectonic plates collide to form • drive the movement of tectonic plates • transform boundaries cause when energy is released • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the center of the earth
  2. the only habitable planet
  3. Appears when continental plates collide
  4. the rock material which lies below the fault plane
  5. a fracture between two blocks of rock
  6. A process moving around rocks and minerals below earth's surface
  7. when two sides of a fault slide into each other
  8. the bottom of the sea
  9. A long narrow ditch
  10. slabs of oceanic lithosphere descend into the mantle
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  1. when two plate move towards each other
  2. A mountain or hill that erupts
  3. the mostly solid bulk of the earth's interior
  4. a very very large mass of land
  5. moltin rock and earths crust
  6. when two plates move away from each other
  7. Alfred Wegner came up with this theory
  8. when plates slide past each other
  9. the outer layer of the earth
  10. a person who studies rocks and earth's landforms

20 Clues: A long narrow ditch • the bottom of the sea • the center of the earth • the only habitable planet • moltin rock and earths crust • the outer layer of the earth • A mountain or hill that erupts • a very very large mass of land • when plates slide past each other • a fracture between two blocks of rock • when two plate move towards each other • Alfred Wegner came up with this theory • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-12-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a horse shaped area of volcanoes across the continents
  2. the rock material which lies below the fault plane
  3. the direction the hanging block wall moves in a normal fault
  4. type of convergent boundary the Ring of fire is
  5. the rock material which lies above the fault plane
  6. when two plates move towards each other
  7. type of convergent boundary left after the other questions
  8. the plane along which the the rock or crustal material has fractured
  9. a _______ is a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of crust slip past each other
  10. created by shearing along transform boundaries
  11. two plates sliding past each other
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  1. _________ are formed by divergent boundaries
  2. type of convergent boundary that the Andes mountains is.
  3. best known example of a divergent boundary
  4. Earthquakes, Trenches,Mountains, and _________ are results of convergent boundaries
  5. the direction the hanging block wall moves in a reverse fault
  6. Caused by tension forces where plates diverge
  7. ___________ is formed by transform Boundaries
  8. Caused by compression forces along convergent plates boundaries
  9. When two plates move away from each other

20 Clues: two plates sliding past each other • when two plates move towards each other • When two plates move away from each other • best known example of a divergent boundary • Caused by tension forces where plates diverge • ___________ is formed by transform Boundaries • created by shearing along transform boundaries • type of convergent boundary the Ring of fire is • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  2. Current, the driving force of plate tectonics in which hot plastic like material sinks back to the mantle
  3. breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  4. a deep valley in a wide area
  5. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  6. part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle
  7. created by two pieces of continental crust converging or coming together
  8. continents were once joined together in a single landmass andhave slowly moved apart
  9. Founded PANGEAE
  10. the boundaries between two plates that are diverging
  11. older strips or rock move outward from either side of the ridge
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  1. the idea that the Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates that move around on the mantle
  2. the boundaries between two plates that are sliding
  3. caused by plate tectonics
  4. the crust and part of the upper mantle
  5. the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
  6. all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
  7. the boundaries between two plates that are converging
  8. major tectonic plates in pieces
  9. ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into themantle again

20 Clues: Founded PANGEAE • caused by plate tectonics • a deep valley in a wide area • major tectonic plates in pieces • the crust and part of the upper mantle • the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • the boundaries between two plates that are sliding • part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle • the boundaries between two plates that are diverging • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. ridge The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  2. boundary A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  3. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. zone The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  6. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  9. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. spreading The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  11. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
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  1. currents Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. Wegener German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  3. core Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  4. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  5. valley A deep valley where two plates move apart
  6. Drift Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  8. core A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  9. 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 • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  2. is the phenomenon associated with volcanic activity
  3. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  4. a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  5. crash together with a violent impact
  6. use again after processing
  7. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  8. is the chemistry of the earth's crust
  9. is the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  10. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  11. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
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  1. is a person with advanced knowledge of empirical fields
  2. any state or process known through the senses
  3. molten rock in the earth's crust
  4. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
  5. a scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  6. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
  7. relating to eruptions of gas and lava from the earth's crust
  8. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
  9. organisms interacting with their physical environment
  10. science of the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

21 Clues: use again after processing • molten rock in the earth's crust • crash together with a violent impact • is the chemistry of the earth's crust • any state or process known through the senses • a scientist devoted to systematic investigation • rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos • is the phenomenon associated with volcanic activity • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. seafloor spreading
  2. when two plates move away from each other
  3. Hot magma rises and cool magma sinks
  4. happens during transform boundaries
  5. when a oceanic and a continental plate collide
  6. there are 3 types of these
  7. caused by a transform boundary
  8. when two oceanic plates collide
  9. when two continental plates collide
  10. Part of the lithosphere that breaks down
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  1. plates that chill under the continent
  2. Below the lithosphere
  3. every type of convergent boundary has one
  4. the thing that rises in a convection current
  5. two plates sliding past each other
  6. the upper mantle and crust
  7. what every convergent boundary does
  8. the plates that chill under the ocean
  9. when two plates collide
  10. the thing that sinks in a convection current

20 Clues: seafloor spreading • Below the lithosphere • when two plates collide • the upper mantle and crust • there are 3 types of these • caused by a transform boundary • when two oceanic plates collide • two plates sliding past each other • what every convergent boundary does • happens during transform boundaries • when two continental plates collide • Hot magma rises and cool magma sinks • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Below the Lithosphere in the mantle
  2. When two plates slide past each other and release energy
  3. A ridge in the middle of the ocean
  4. A super continent that split apart over time
  5. Where you live in the solar system
  6. Right below the crust
  7. Movment causes within a liquid
  8. The bottom of the ocean
  9. A super continent
  10. What is motion
  11. A high piece of land
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  1. A large land form that is connected
  2. A part of land going under another
  3. In the mantle and above the asthenosphere
  4. A plate that is under a large body of water
  5. Lava before it reaches the surface
  6. The study of earth
  7. Causes earthquakes
  8. Controls earths crust structure
  9. A rock that has been displaced

20 Clues: What is motion • A super continent • The study of earth • Causes earthquakes • A high piece of land • Right below the crust • The bottom of the ocean • Movment causes within a liquid • A rock that has been displaced • Controls earths crust structure • A part of land going under another • Lava before it reaches the surface • A ridge in the middle of the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Below the Lithosphere in the mantle
  2. When two plates slide past each other and release energy
  3. A ridge in the middle of the ocean
  4. A super continent that split apart over time
  5. Where you live in the solar system
  6. Right below the crust
  7. Movment causes within a liquid
  8. The bottom of the ocean
  9. A super continent
  10. What is motion
  11. A high piece of land
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  1. A large land form that is connected
  2. A part of land going under another
  3. In the mantle and above the asthenosphere
  4. A plate that is under a large body of water
  5. Lava before it reaches the surface
  6. The study of earth
  7. Causes earthquakes
  8. Controls earths crust structure
  9. A rock that has been displaced

20 Clues: What is motion • A super continent • The study of earth • Causes earthquakes • A high piece of land • Right below the crust • The bottom of the ocean • Movment causes within a liquid • A rock that has been displaced • Controls earths crust structure • A part of land going under another • Lava before it reaches the surface • A ridge in the middle of the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.
  2. A depression in the earths crust
  3. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate
  4. A tectonic process that results when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into Earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting
  5. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  6. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  7. An abrupt movement of soil and bedrock downhill in response to gravity. Landslides can be triggered by an earthquake or other natural causes. Undersea landslides can cause tsunamis.
  8. A form of stress resulting from equal and opposite forces that do not act along the same line. If a thick, hard-bound book is lying flat and one pushes the front cover from the side so that the covers and pages are no longer perfectly aligned, this is an example of shear.
  9. The uppermost division of the solid earth, representing less than 1% of its volume and varying in depth from 3-37 mi.(5-60 km). Below the crust is the mantle.
  10. The center of Earth, an area constituting about 16% of the planet's volume and 32% of its mass. Made primarily of iron and another, lighter element (possibly sulfur), it is divided between a solid inner core with a radius of about 760 mi.(1,220 km) and a liquid outer core about1,750 mi. (2,820 km) thick.
  11. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
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  1. An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress.
  2. The thick, dense layer of rock, approximately 1,429 mi. (2,300 km) thick, between Earth's crust and its core.
  3. Fragments less than 2 millimeters (about 1/8 inch) in diameter of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions.
  4. A form of stress produced by the action of equal and opposite forces, the effect of which is to reduce the length of a material. Compression is a form of pressure.
  5. One or a series of huge sea waves caused by earthquakes or other large-scale disturbance of the ocean floor. (Referred to incorrectly by many as a tidal wave, but these waves have nothing to do with tides.) The word tsunami is Japanese, meaning "harbor wave."
  6. The flowing mixture of water and debris (intermediate between a volcanic avalanche and a water flood) that forms on the slopes of a volcano.
  7. The theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today; that some of the individual landmasses of today once were joined in other continental forms; and that these landmasses later separated and moved to their present locations.
  8. A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts; it is also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
  9. An earthquake which follows a larger earthquake or main shock and originates in or near the rupture zone of the larger earthquake. Generally, major earthquakes are followed by a larger number of aftershocks, decreasing in frequency with time.
  10. In general terms, any attempt to deform a solid. Types of stress include-tension, compression, and shear. More specifically, stress is the ratio of force to unit area F/A, where F is force and A area. A tectonic process that results when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into Earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting
  11. split between two bodies (for example, two plates) that once were joined.

22 Clues: A depression in the earths crust • Large movable segments of the lithosphere. • An area of rock that has been bent by stress. • An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress. • The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface. • split between two bodies (for example, two plates) that once were joined. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This effects how uch something weighs with the same voume and surface area
  2. What average americans have a lot of
  3. pizza or maggie
  4. The sinking of continents below sea level
  5. one of the plate boundaries that creates crust
  6. has riz
  7. 0
  8. Everybody SHOULD have this (not everyone has it)
  9. Liquid flow that cirrculates and is affected by heat
  10. The guy that is famous for a theory that then was used to make another thory by a different group of guys because the original theory didn't work
  11. The theory that was based on the thory by Wegner.
  12. korean
  13. what americans don't have a lot of
Down
  1. what asians have
  2. Something that americans like to eat by itself and usually comes in jars
  3. Large rodent that swims
  4. Plate boundary that neither desroys crust or generates crust
  5. what americans don't have
  6. The plate boundary that desroys crust
  7. dissapointment\
  8. Asian
  9. The theory proposed by Allfred Wegner (V-e-gn-r)
  10. healthier version than burger (the thing amercans eat a lot of)
  11. Large rodent that issimilar to mouse

24 Clues: 0 • Asian • korean • has riz • pizza or maggie • dissapointment\ • what asians have • Large rodent that swims • what americans don't have • what americans don't have a lot of • What average americans have a lot of • Large rodent that issimilar to mouse • The plate boundary that desroys crust • The sinking of continents below sea level • one of the plate boundaries that creates crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-05-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process of gaining lithospheric bits
  2. Important fossil
  3. Opened during break up of Pangaea
  4. rides over asthenosphere
  5. Pangaea
  6. Volcanic chain formed by Subduction
  7. Name of navy oceanographer discovered seafloor spreading
  8. Divergent boundary in East Africa
  9. Plate motion along San Andreas Fault
  10. Plate motion at subduction zone
Down
  1. Geologically unique pieces of lithosphere
  2. Found at the center of a midocean ridge
  3. Primary rock of oceanic crust
  4. Study of Earth's ancient magnetic field
  5. Primary rock of continental crust
  6. Process taking place at deep ocean trenches
  7. Father of Continental Drift
  8. plastic layer of upper mantle
  9. Responsible for Hot Spots like Hawaii/Yellowstone
  10. Formed by continental collision
  11. Plate motion at midocean ridges
  12. Lassen Peak and Shasta are part of this volcanic arc

22 Clues: Pangaea • Important fossil • rides over asthenosphere • Father of Continental Drift • Primary rock of oceanic crust • plastic layer of upper mantle • Formed by continental collision • Plate motion at midocean ridges • Plate motion at subduction zone • Primary rock of continental crust • Opened during break up of Pangaea • Divergent boundary in East Africa • ...