plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Cross Test 2012-12-09

Cross Test crossword puzzle
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  1. A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water.
  2. A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period
  3. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
  4. A bend in a stratum of rock.
  5. A long, narrow elevation on the ocean floor.
  6. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress along geologic faults.
  7. The movement or formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics.
  8. Related to earthquake or earth vibration.
  9. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.
  10. A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
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  1. A long depression in the land surface formed by erosion in the earth's crust
  2. Geophysicist most remembered for advancing the theory of continental drift
  3. One of the sections of the earth's lithosphere, constantly moving in relation to the other sections.
  4. A geologic process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.
  5. A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor.
  6. A fracture in a rock formation caused by a shifting or dislodging of the earth's crust
  7. A mountain or hill with a crater through which lava, hot vapor, and gas are released
  8. The exertion of force by one body on the surface of another
  9. Resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust.
  10. A hypothetical landmass that broke up into North America, Europe, and Asia.

20 Clues: A bend in a stratum of rock. • Related to earthquake or earth vibration. • A long, narrow elevation on the ocean floor. • The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon. • A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor. • The exertion of force by one body on the surface of another • Resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust. • ...

Earthquake and Volcano Crossword 2013-03-25

Earthquake and Volcano Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Crater that forms when the ground sinks around a vent
  2. on Earth's surface directly above and earthquakes focus
  3. volcano that has explosive eruptions, a wide bass,steep slopes, and quiet flows
  4. Tectonics/The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere
  5. Wave/Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward of an earthquake
  6. boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. Spot/ A volcanically active area of Earth's surface far from a tectonic plate boundary
  8. caused by breaking rocks along faults.
  9. boundary between two tectonic plates, that are colliding
  10. Scale/Logarithmic increases by powers of ten, and is used to measure earthquakes
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  1. volcano built of layers of lava and have non explosive eruptions
  2. Cone/A volcano that has pyroclastic material,steep slopes, and moderately explosive
  3. vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  4. Chamber/The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano
  5. who studies earthquakes and seismic waves
  6. used by seismologists to record primary, surface and secondary waves
  7. opening at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes
  8. along which rocks break and move
  9. of Fire/An area of volcanic activity that borders the Pacific Plate
  10. an earthquake the point beneath Earth's surface
  11. funnel-shaped pit near the top of the central vent of a volcano

21 Clues: along which rocks break and move • caused by breaking rocks along faults. • who studies earthquakes and seismic waves • an earthquake the point beneath Earth's surface • Chamber/The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano • Crater that forms when the ground sinks around a vent • on Earth's surface directly above and earthquakes focus • ...

ES Vocab Review #1A 2017-10-18

ES Vocab Review #1A crossword puzzle
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  1. the biggest planet in our solar system
  2. the most dense layer of the Earth
  3. formed when magma melts through a part of the crust, not near a plate boundary
  4. the hottest planet in our solar system
  5. the explosion of a star is called a _____
  6. an explanation of something that occurs naturally; supported by a lot of evidence/data
  7. if a boundary has many volcanoes AND earthquakes, it is most likely a ____ boundary
  8. type of convergent boundary formed when two of the same type of plates collide; forms mountains
  9. type of boundary that causes earthquakes but not volcanoes
  10. landform created in the ocean by a hotspot
  11. type of boundary that is considered constructive
  12. the only liquid layer of the Earth
  13. the gas giant with retrograde rotation
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  1. when two ____ plates move apart, new crust is formed
  2. area of low elevation formed at a convergent boundary
  3. the type of variable that is changed by the person doing the experiment
  4. the layer of the Earth that the tectonic plates are made of
  5. a “belt” of these is located in the space between Mars and Jupiter
  6. type of convergent boundary formed when two different types of plates collide
  7. name for the process when one plate is pulled beneath the other
  8. plate tectonics occurs because of convection currents in this layer of the Earth
  9. the terrestrial planets are more ___ than the gas giants because they are made of rocky materials
  10. area of higher elevation formed at the center of a divergent boundary

23 Clues: the most dense layer of the Earth • the only liquid layer of the Earth • the biggest planet in our solar system • the hottest planet in our solar system • the gas giant with retrograde rotation • the explosion of a star is called a _____ • landform created in the ocean by a hotspot • type of boundary that is considered constructive • ...

vocab 2 2022-09-15

vocab 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. rebound the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  2. plates Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  3. is A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  4. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. reversal a switch in the direction of Earth's magnetic field so that the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole and the magnetic south pole becomes the magnetic north pole.
  6. The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates.
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  8. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  9. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  10. A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
  11. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  12. the bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
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  1. drift The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  2. spreading The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  3. A break in the earth's crust
  4. The central part of the earth below the mantle
  5. tectonics A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  6. current a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  7. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  8. earth'soutermostlayer
  9. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  10. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  11. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  12. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions

24 Clues: earth'soutermostlayer • A break in the earth's crust • The central part of the earth below the mantle • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. • boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics Assignment 2021-03-09

Plate Tectonics Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere
  2. the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock
  3. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  4. the solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
  5. hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
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  1. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  2. a long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center
  3. theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere
  4. the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  5. the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

10 Clues: the process by which new oceanic lithosphere • the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock • the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere • the solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere • the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-11-16

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. feature of a convergent boundary
  2. when two plates go toward each other
  3. caused by transform
  4. earths surface
  5. when two plates pass each other
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  1. when oceanic plates slide under a continental plate
  2. created the continental drift theory
  3. when two plates go the opposite of each other
  4. came up with sea floor spreading
  5. caused by a divergent boundary

10 Clues: earths surface • caused by transform • caused by a divergent boundary • when two plates pass each other • feature of a convergent boundary • came up with sea floor spreading • created the continental drift theory • when two plates go toward each other • when two plates go the opposite of each other • when oceanic plates slide under a continental plate

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-11-04

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found.
  2. The very slow, creeping motion of Earth's mantle caused by convection currents.
  3. The solid, innermost layer of Earth.
  4. Theory that the crust is divided into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantle.
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  1. Fossils that are widespread, have lived over a relatively short period of time and can be used to correlate rock strata.
  2. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
  3. The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
  4. Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the upper part of the mantle.
  5. The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth.
  6. The liquid layer that surrounds the inner core.

10 Clues: The solid, innermost layer of Earth. • The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth. • The liquid layer that surrounds the inner core. • The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core. • The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart. • Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the upper part of the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-11-04

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The solid, innermost layer of Earth.
  2. The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth.
  3. Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the upper part of the mantle.
  4. The very slow, creeping motion of Earth's mantle caused by convection currents.
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  1. Theory that the crust is divided into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantle.
  2. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
  3. Fossils that are widespread, have lived over a relatively short period of time and can be used to correlate rock strata.
  4. The liquid layer that surrounds the inner core.
  5. The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found.
  6. The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core.

10 Clues: The solid, innermost layer of Earth. • The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth. • The liquid layer that surrounds the inner core. • The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core. • The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart. • Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the upper part of the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-10-19

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary where earthquakes form (sliding)
  2. gap that formed from a subduction zone
  3. shaking on Earth from shifting plates
  4. valley formed at divergent boundaries
  5. layer of the Earth with convection currents
  6. currents that cause tectonic plates to shift
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  1. boundary where two plates drift apart
  2. zone where volcanoes form
  3. semi-molten rock found in the Earth's mantle
  4. boundary where two plates collide

10 Clues: zone where volcanoes form • boundary where two plates collide • boundary where two plates drift apart • shaking on Earth from shifting plates • valley formed at divergent boundaries • gap that formed from a subduction zone • boundary where earthquakes form (sliding) • layer of the Earth with convection currents • semi-molten rock found in the Earth's mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-10-19

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary where earthquakes form (sliding)
  2. gap that formed from a subduction zone
  3. shaking on Earth from shifting plates
  4. valley formed at divergent boundaries
  5. layer of the Earth with convection currents
  6. currents that cause tectonic plates to shift
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  1. boundary where two plates drift apart
  2. zone where volcanoes form
  3. semi-molten rock found in the Earth's mantle
  4. boundary where two plates collide

10 Clues: zone where volcanoes form • boundary where two plates collide • boundary where two plates drift apart • shaking on Earth from shifting plates • valley formed at divergent boundaries • gap that formed from a subduction zone • boundary where earthquakes form (sliding) • layer of the Earth with convection currents • semi-molten rock found in the Earth's mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-10-19

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary where earthquakes form (sliding)
  2. gap that formed from a subduction zone
  3. shaking on Earth from shifting plates
  4. valley formed at divergent boundaries
  5. layer of the Earth with convection currents
  6. currents that cause tectonic plates to shift
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  1. boundary where two plates drift apart
  2. zone where volcanoes form
  3. semi-molten rock found in the Earth's mantle
  4. boundary where two plates collide

10 Clues: zone where volcanoes form • boundary where two plates collide • boundary where two plates drift apart • shaking on Earth from shifting plates • valley formed at divergent boundaries • gap that formed from a subduction zone • boundary where earthquakes form (sliding) • layer of the Earth with convection currents • semi-molten rock found in the Earth's mantle • ...

Plate tectonics crossword 2023-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. plates when they get out of a toxic relationship
  2. what the old creapy man wants to do to children
  3. if only alfred wagner could could get it through there thick skulls
  4. Plates regretting a break up
  5. dont conFORM to soicety and supress being TRANS
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  1. one of the best parts of felix from stray kids
  2. I'm telling you, Im really good at jigsaw puzzles!
  3. pangeas faverite OG theory
  4. oh **** i turned up the hot tub too much, jeff is drowning!
  5. would anyone interested in sand care for a wich
  6. yoooooooooooooooo ? (jimmy)

11 Clues: pangeas faverite OG theory • yoooooooooooooooo ? (jimmy) • Plates regretting a break up • one of the best parts of felix from stray kids • what the old creapy man wants to do to children • would anyone interested in sand care for a wich • dont conFORM to soicety and supress being TRANS • plates when they get out of a toxic relationship • ...

Jeremy's crossword 2015-04-30

Jeremy's crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. measurement instruments used for two general purposes: to measure the magnetization of a magnetic material like a ferromagnet, or to measure the strength and, in some cases, the direction of the magnetic field at a point in space.
  2. that Earth's lithosphere is broken into many pieces—tectonic plates
  3. as a destructive plate boundary
  4. plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
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  1. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  2. the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  3. boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction.
  4. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.

9 Clues: as a destructive plate boundary • that Earth's lithosphere is broken into many pieces—tectonic plates • plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

GROUP 3 - CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2019-07-04

GROUP 3 - CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
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  1. the only astronomical object known to harbor life
  2. molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed
  3. Valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension or spreading apart of the surface
  4. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  5. is a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
  6. is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
  7. also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary
  8. kind of rock formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
  9. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  10. any break in a rock in which no significant movement has taken place
  11. rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit
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  1. a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet
  2. is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance
  3. is a graph output by a seismograph
  4. is an extremely thin layer of rock that makes up the outermost solid shell of our planet
  5. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  6. is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink due to gravity into the mantle
  7. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
  8. is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter
  9. the study of the Earth

20 Clues: the study of the Earth • is a graph output by a seismograph • the only astronomical object known to harbor life • rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit • is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes • a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma • is a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal • ...

Jessie Turpen 2015-05-01

Jessie Turpen crossword puzzle
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  1. proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  2. Places where plates slide past each other
  3. the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge
  4. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core
  6. measure the magnetization of a magnetic material like a ferromagnet, or to measure the strength and, in some cases, the direction of the magnetic field at a point in space.
  7. the study of magnetic record on rocks
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  1. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  2. an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  3. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems
  4. the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its seduction
  5. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times
  6. a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged
  7. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It formed approximately 300 million years ago and then began to break apart after about 100 million years
  8. the movement of the Earths continents relative to each other, thus appearing to drift

15 Clues: the study of magnetic record on rocks • process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • Places where plates slide past each other • proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its seduction • a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times • ...

Jayden Pinter 2015-04-30

Jayden Pinter crossword puzzle
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  1. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  3. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems
  4. changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time
  5. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined
  6. an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
  7. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times
  8. a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
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  1. the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates
  2. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  3. a fault zone where two plates slide past each other horizonatally
  4. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  5. the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
  6. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism
  7. the branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field at the time of their formation

15 Clues: a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • a fault zone where two plates slide past each other horizonatally • the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism • ...

Michaela Mall 2015-04-30

Michaela Mall crossword puzzle
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  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. an actively deforming region where two tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  3. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems
  4. andmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago
  5. a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction. Furthermore, transform faults end abruptly and are connected on both ends to other faults, ridges, or subduction zones
  6. branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks
  7. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces
  8. proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  9. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time.
  10. is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
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  1. gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  2. the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates
  3. an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  4. portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  5. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.

15 Clues: an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces • proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks • gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface • portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. • ...

Tim's Crossword 2015-05-01

Tim's Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
  2. are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  4. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  5. the branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field at the time of their formation
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
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  1. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  2. change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south, and the magnetic south being aligned with the geographic north
  3. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
  6. outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake
  7. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  8. measures small changes in magnetic fields
  9. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems

15 Clues: measures small changes in magnetic fields • proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • are places where plates slide sideways past each other • portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction • was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras • ...

Tectonic Crossword Puzzle by Kenneth Tom 2021-09-11

Tectonic Crossword Puzzle by Kenneth Tom crossword puzzle
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  1. When two plates slide past each other.
  2. Proposed the theory4 seafloor spreading hypothesis.
  3. Proposed an important earth theory in 1912.
  4. The result of differential heating when warm materials rise and cooler materials sink.
  5. Dense and young plates.
  6. The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  7. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  8. The outermost solid shell of a rocky planet.
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  1. A scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of the plates making up Earth's lithosphere.
  2. Consists of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. The length that plates travel a year.
  4. When enough magma builds up in the magma chamber.
  5. An action where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. The action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  7. The shaking of the surface from the Earth.
  8. Older and drier plates.
  9. An area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  10. Wark with or form into narrow raised bands.

18 Clues: Older and drier plates. • Dense and young plates. • The length that plates travel a year. • When two plates slide past each other. • Consists of the crust and upper mantle. • The shaking of the surface from the Earth. • Proposed an important earth theory in 1912. • Wark with or form into narrow raised bands. • The outermost solid shell of a rocky planet. • ...

Earth science 2023-02-01

Earth science crossword puzzle
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  1. rock formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  2. current movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the cooler parts move down
  3. Weathering the weakening of rock by plants, animals and microbes
  4. Weathering the process of rockes breaking apart without changing their chemical composition.
  5. a large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.
  6. rock formed from solidification of lava or magma.
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  1. rock that has undergone transformation by heat and pressure.
  2. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
  3. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on salts.
  4. plate plates which float on and travel in dependently over the earths mantle.
  5. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another

11 Clues: rock formed from solidification of lava or magma. • rock formed from sediment deposited by water or air. • rock that has undergone transformation by heat and pressure. • Weathering the weakening of rock by plants, animals and microbes • the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area • ...

Earth Science Lessons Review 5-8 2020-11-28

Earth Science Lessons Review 5-8 crossword puzzle
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  1. the movement of hot rock in earth’s mantle which drives plate tectonics.
  2. underwater mountain range formed as molten material rises from the mantle and drives seafloor spreading.
  3. the name of the supercontinent that once existed
  4. the theory that the lithosphere is broken into plates which are moving due to convection currents in the mantle.
  5. Alfred Wegener’s theory that the continents have moved from their current positions over time.
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  1. the action of new crust being created due to convection currents pulling the lithosphere apart at a divergent boundary
  2. the downward movement of the edge of one tectonic plate beneath another plate
  3. the type of evidence proving seafloor spreading due to reversed polarity found in rock samples from the ocean floor

8 Clues: the name of the supercontinent that once existed • the movement of hot rock in earth’s mantle which drives plate tectonics. • the downward movement of the edge of one tectonic plate beneath another plate • Alfred Wegener’s theory that the continents have moved from their current positions over time. • ...

Restless Earth Crosswords 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  2. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  3. Formed at the plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  4. A group of the same species living in the same area
  5. Includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  6. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within Earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  9. Sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  10. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  11. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
Down
  1. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  2. Cycles Hot material rises, cooler material sinks... it drives plate tectonics
  3. Where tectonic plates slide past each other.... Causes earthquakes
  4. Plates Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. Name of the ancient super-continent when it was all one landmass
  6. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  7. Deep elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  8. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  9. Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  10. Located Between the mantle and the outer core

21 Clues: Sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located Between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

GROUP 3 - CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2019-07-04

GROUP 3 - CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is an extremely thin layer of rock that makes up the outermost solid shell of our planet
  2. also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary
  3. a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet
  4. is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter
  5. is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink due to gravity into the mantle
  6. any break in a rock in which no significant movement has taken place
  7. is a graph output by a seismograph
  8. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  9. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  10. the only astronomical object known to harbor life
Down
  1. is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance
  2. kind of rock formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
  3. Valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension or spreading apart of the surface
  4. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  5. is a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
  6. molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed
  7. is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
  8. the study of the Earth
  9. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
  10. rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit

20 Clues: the study of the Earth • is a graph output by a seismograph • the only astronomical object known to harbor life • rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit • is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes • a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma • also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary • ...

Tectonic Plates 2013-09-30

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. reptile fossil found in South America and Africa
  2. earths biggest plate
  3. is a famous divergent boundary
  4. this is formed when two plates crash into each other and crumple
  5. fossil plant found in, Africa, Australia, India, South America, and Antartica
  6. this rigid layer is about 100m thick genrally is less dense than material underneath
  7. earths crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
  8. a version of this same process, occurring in the mantle, is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics
  9. suggested the theory of seafloor spreading
  10. plastic like layer of the mantle
  11. mountains similar to those in Greenland and Western Europe
Down
  1. __________Boundary; two plates are moving together, sometimes plates subduct under each other
  2. Hess's theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridge
  3. evidence that africa was once cold
  4. plates flout on the plastic like layer of the ______
  5. _________Boundary; two plates slide past each other, can move in opposite directions, can move in same direction at different rates
  6. Wegner's name for one large landmass
  7. the plastic like layer below the lithosphere
  8. slow movement of continents
  9. earthquakes are very common in this state

20 Clues: earths biggest plate • slow movement of continents • is a famous divergent boundary • plastic like layer of the mantle • evidence that africa was once cold • Wegner's name for one large landmass • earthquakes are very common in this state • suggested the theory of seafloor spreading • the plastic like layer below the lithosphere • ...

Movement of Plates p. 283-285 2019-12-04

Movement of Plates p. 283-285 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land mass about 225 million years ago
  2. This continent has been isolated by itself for a long period of geologic time
  3. word for the dozen or so “jigsaw” pieces that move around the surface of the Earth
  4. These become separated as plates move apart
  5. the slow movement of continents is called what drift
  6. Theory of plate what states the Earth’s plates move slowly on Earth
  7. Dinosaur fossil that has been found in Europe, Africa, and North America
Down
  1. marsupials carry their young in these
  2. this peninsula fits between Africa and Asia like a puzzle piece
  3. a type of rare animal found in Australia due to long periods of isolation
  4. This can change on a tectonic plate that moves from a northern hemisphere position towards the Equator
  5. on average tectonic plates move about 5 what a year
  6. as animals become separated for long periods of time, this will actually change due to evolution
  7. specific type of marsupial that lives in Australia

14 Clues: land mass about 225 million years ago • marsupials carry their young in these • These become separated as plates move apart • specific type of marsupial that lives in Australia • on average tectonic plates move about 5 what a year • the slow movement of continents is called what drift • this peninsula fits between Africa and Asia like a puzzle piece • ...

My Crossword 2022-11-15

My Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  2. Two plates sliding pass each other.
  3. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  4. the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid (liquid or gas) between areas of different temperatures.
  5. Two plates are moving apart.
  6. energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light.
  7. A boundary when plates shifts towards each other or collide.
Down
  1. Made of crust and upper portion of mantle
  2. forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth.
  3. formed when other rocks are affected by great temperatures and pressure.
  4. is Broken into plates that move with respect to one another.
  5. The process by which heat or electricity goes through a substance.
  6. rocks formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.
  7. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.

14 Clues: Two plates are moving apart. • Two plates sliding pass each other. • Made of crust and upper portion of mantle • forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth. • is Broken into plates that move with respect to one another. • A boundary when plates shifts towards each other or collide. • The process by which heat or electricity goes through a substance. • ...

Geology Review 2021-11-18

Geology Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fossil fuel formed in the swamps
  2. A resource that cannot be replaced in our lifetime
  3. This force builds up something
  4. This landform is created by sediments being deposited at the end of a river
  5. Breaks rocks down
  6. This forms a U-Shaped Valley
  7. the protection and saving of resources
  8. A fossil fuel formed in the ocean
Down
  1. This landform has steep sides and a river at the bottom of it
  2. This landform is created by plate tectonics
  3. What coal is made out of
  4. Sediments are dropped off in a new location
  5. This force destroys something
  6. A resource that can be replaced in our lifetime
  7. Movement of rocks to a new place
  8. Layers of Sediment cement together
  9. Layers of Sediment building up over time

17 Clues: Breaks rocks down • What coal is made out of • This forms a U-Shaped Valley • This force destroys something • This force builds up something • Movement of rocks to a new place • A fossil fuel formed in the ocean • A fossil fuel formed in the swamps • Layers of Sediment cement together • the protection and saving of resources • Layers of Sediment building up over time • ...

Movement of Plates p. 283-285 2020-01-23

Movement of Plates p. 283-285 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. specific type of marsupial that lives in Australia
  2. These become separated as plates move apart
  3. on average tectonic plates move about 5 what a year
  4. land mass about 225 million years ago
  5. Theory of plate what states the Earth’s plates move slowly on Earth
  6. as animals become separated for long periods of time, this will actually change due to evolution
  7. a type of rare animal found in Australia due to long periods of isolation
  8. word for the dozen or so “jigsaw” pieces that move around the surface of the Earth
Down
  1. marsupials carry their young in these
  2. the slow movement of continents is called what drift
  3. This can change on a tectonic plate that moves from a northern hemisphere position towards the Equator
  4. Dinosaur fossil that has been found in Europe, Africa, and North America
  5. this peninsula fits between Africa and Asia like a puzzle piece
  6. This continent has been isolated by itself for a long period of geologic time

14 Clues: marsupials carry their young in these • land mass about 225 million years ago • These become separated as plates move apart • specific type of marsupial that lives in Australia • on average tectonic plates move about 5 what a year • the slow movement of continents is called what drift • this peninsula fits between Africa and Asia like a puzzle piece • ...

Chapter 3 & 4 Vocab 2013-03-24

Chapter 3 & 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where the tactonic plates move away from eachother to form new crust
  2. boundary where the tectonic plates move toward eachother to form new mountains
  3. drift large-scale movement of the continents
  4. magnitude scale a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10
  5. to change somewhat the form or qualities
  6. Hypothetical land area believed to have once connected all of earths land masses
  7. Waves a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph
  8. spreading The divergence at mid-ocean ridges of the teectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earths interior of magma which solidifies and adds to the spreading plates
  9. fault Opposite of a gravity fault
  10. Scale Used to rank earthquakes
  11. any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
  12. Waves a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  13. Size; Extent
  14. a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
  15. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  16. plates sections of the earth where the crust is split
  17. Ridges an elecated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between 2 diverging tectonic plates
  18. boundary where the tectonic plates slide against eachother to create earthquakes
  19. fault Gravity fault
  20. Perserved from the past geological age
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  1. to cut or clip
  2. trenches a deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
  3. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance
  4. fault A geologic fault in which the blocks of rock on either side of the fault slide horizontally,
  5. the reduction in volume and increase of pressure of the air
  6. The act of stretching or straining
  7. Waves a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface
  8. valley a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge
  9. a series of vibrations caused by tectonic plates rubbing against eachother
  10. a record made by a seismograph.
  11. tectonics A dozen of so of plates that make up the earths surface
  12. Scale a measure of earthquake intensity with 12 divisions ranging from 1 to 10
  13. A defect or imperfection
  14. central point of attention

34 Clues: Size; Extent • to cut or clip • fault Gravity fault • A defect or imperfection • central point of attention • Scale Used to rank earthquakes • a record made by a seismograph. • fault Opposite of a gravity fault • The act of stretching or straining • Perserved from the past geological age • to change somewhat the form or qualities • drift large-scale movement of the continents • ...

Rock Cycle Review 2024-05-01

Rock Cycle Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lines present in the rock
  2. Materials in sedimentary rocks prone to evaporation
  3. Lines not present in rock; blurry
  4. The thickness or thinness of a liquid
  5. Heated material outside of the earth
  6. Formed inside the earth
  7. Heated material inside the earth
  8. Regional metamorphism is caused by heat and ___
Down
  1. A well-known type of foliated rock
  2. Molten rock comes in contact with older rock
  3. The thickening agent of igneous rock
  4. Reminants of organisms
  5. Crystalline textures; precipitation of minerals
  6. A vessel for intrusive rocks to be formed
  7. caused by pressure and heat near plate tectonics
  8. Low Viscosity, Low Silica; Magnesium, Iron
  9. Outside the earth
  10. Highest viscosity; Aluminium, Potassium
  11. Fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock
  12. Sedimentary rock used for oil
  13. Carbon atom with 3 oxygen atoms and some other elements
  14. Sedimentary rock with chunks in it

22 Clues: Outside the earth • Reminants of organisms • Formed inside the earth • Lines present in the rock • Sedimentary rock used for oil • Heated material inside the earth • Lines not present in rock; blurry • A well-known type of foliated rock • Sedimentary rock with chunks in it • The thickening agent of igneous rock • Heated material outside of the earth • ...

unit 8 vocab made by Joseph flake 2024-03-25

unit 8 vocab made by Joseph flake crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / ring shaped islands made from the build-up of coral
  2. / a unique part of a larger continent
  3. / social classes
  4. / rebirth of the soul in another body
  5. / a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth
Down
  1. tectonics / plates of the earth's surface
  2. / a company hires an outside company or individual to do work for them.
  3. / intense wind and powerful waves
  4. / seasonal wind patterns
  5. / one nation is able to take control of a weaker country
  6. / refusing to get or buy something from a certain brand or company

11 Clues: / social classes • / seasonal wind patterns • / intense wind and powerful waves • / rebirth of the soul in another body • / a unique part of a larger continent • tectonics / plates of the earth's surface • / ring shaped islands made from the build-up of coral • / one nation is able to take control of a weaker country • ...

Shpelling Words 2013-08-27

Shpelling Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Easily set on fire.
  2. Loyalty.
  3. Rainfall.
  4. To free from blame.
  5. Happens when you are eg. on a deserted island.
  6. Experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present.
  7. Glee/Joy.
  8. A jet of liquid.
  9. A form of energy in a common household.
  10. Atomic.
  11. tectonics A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  12. Like a miracle.
  13. An unlucky accident.
  14. Stresses.
  15. The longer of saying fax.
  16. A feeling of great distress.
Down
  1. A dangerous situation.
  2. A mode of behavior peculiar to a individual.
  3. A raid by a large number of people into a place.
  4. The noun of misery.
  5. A mishap.
  6. A difficult situation.
  7. A periodical publication containing articles and pictures.
  8. Similar.
  9. A requirement.
  10. Defensive.
  11. Ensure.
  12. A very steep rock face.
  13. A dish in which small pieces of food are dipped into a hot sauce.

29 Clues: Atomic. • Ensure. • Loyalty. • Similar. • A mishap. • Rainfall. • Glee/Joy. • Stresses. • Defensive. • A requirement. • Like a miracle. • A jet of liquid. • Easily set on fire. • The noun of misery. • To free from blame. • An unlucky accident. • A dangerous situation. • A difficult situation. • A very steep rock face. • The longer of saying fax. • A feeling of great distress. • ...

Nutrient cycles 2023-04-24

Nutrient cycles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Performed by a living organism
  2. Formation of clouds, lightning, flow of water
  3. Chemical substances an organisms needs to live
  4. Large deposits of CO2 are burned to make these
  5. a type of bacteria that makes it so animals can use nitrogen
  6. An effect caused by too much CO2 in the air
  7. Animals use carbon dioxide in this process
  8. Occurs when acidic water falls to the ground
  9. main deposit of phosphorus
Down
  1. An important chemical that makes up DNA
  2. using fossil fuels, clearing land, fertilizers
  3. Amount of living tissue within a trophic level
  4. Volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics, etc.
  5. basins collect the phosphorus in the soil
  6. The main regulator of carbon dioxide
  7. The percent of nitrogen in the atmosphere
  8. Caused by too much phosphorus in the water
  9. mixture of floating algae
  10. used in the process of photosynthesis
  11. A smaller source of carbon dioxide

20 Clues: mixture of floating algae • main deposit of phosphorus • Performed by a living organism • A smaller source of carbon dioxide • The main regulator of carbon dioxide • used in the process of photosynthesis • An important chemical that makes up DNA • Volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics, etc. • The percent of nitrogen in the atmosphere • ...

Emily's Crossword 2023-12-11

Emily's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where rocks are deformed by enormous stresses
  2. energy travelling as waves passing through Earth, caused by a sudden shift along a fault line, or by
  3. oceanic goes under continential
  4. crack within Earth's rocky crust,where rock has been fractured, and where rocks move past each other
  5. tectonics the theory that the earths crust and upper mantle
  6. a mixture of minerals
  7. the layer of earth is liquid
  8. the upper layer of earths mantle
Down
  1. Alfred invented ...........
  2. a volcano that is going to erupt really soon
  3. a volcano that is going to take a long time to erupt
  4. slide past
  5. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  6. pull apart
  7. Shoots out lava
  8. a hot ball of mostly iron
  9. below the crust
  10. point on Earth's surface directly above the location of an Earthquake
  11. come together
  12. point within the Earth where an Earthquake took place

20 Clues: slide past • pull apart • come together • Shoots out lava • below the crust • a mixture of minerals • a hot ball of mostly iron • Alfred invented ........... • the layer of earth is liquid • oceanic goes under continential • the upper layer of earths mantle • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • a volcano that is going to erupt really soon • ...

Ainsley Wiers 2024-03-14

Ainsley Wiers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most organic material in soil
  2. The _____ core is after the outer core
  3. ________ drift is the theory that the continents were once together
  4. The _____ core is before the inner core
  5. Plates moving back and forth
  6. A ______ is any line of high land where rainwater or snowmelt runs down one side or the other
  7. Evidence that the continents have moved
  8. Rivers and sheets of year-round ice
  9. Plates moving away from each other
  10. The Earth’s outer layer
  11. The magma below the crust
  12. Violent shaking of Earth’s crust
Down
  1. Plates moving toward each other
  2. Pieces of rocks, minerals, and remains of living things
  3. ______ rocks forms from heat and pressure inside the Earth
  4. _____ rocks form when magma cools
  5. The movement of one plate going underneath the other
  6. Breaks up rocks into smaller pieces
  7. Naturally formed solid substance
  8. The underlying force of erosion and deposition

20 Clues: The Earth’s outer layer • The magma below the crust • Plates moving back and forth • Most organic material in soil • Plates moving toward each other • Naturally formed solid substance • Violent shaking of Earth’s crust • _____ rocks form when magma cools • Plates moving away from each other • Breaks up rocks into smaller pieces • Rivers and sheets of year-round ice • ...

dynamic earth 2024-05-14

dynamic earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics
Down
  1. spreading
  2. trench
  3. wave

4 Clues: wave • trench • spreading • tectonics

Geology 2017-02-21

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading, area where plates diverge and new lithosphere is created
  2. a large fracture in rock along which movement occurs
  3. transfer of heat through movement of magma in the mantle
  4. Waves, the fastest moving waves of earthquakes
  5. the movement of the ground that occurs when rock inside the Earth pass their elastic limit
  6. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  7. core, liquid layer of the Earth's core
  8. boundary, boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  9. waves, waves that move at right angles in the direction of movement
Down
  1. soft upper layer of the mantle
  2. layer between the crust and the core
  3. the bending of rock layers
  4. waves, earthquake waves, including primary waves, secondary waves and surface waves
  5. outermost layer of the Earth
  6. zone, a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  7. Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  8. boundary, boundary between two colliding plates
  9. a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times
  10. Drift, the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time as proposed by Alfred Wegener
  11. core, solid, dense center of the Earth

20 Clues: the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • soft upper layer of the mantle • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core, liquid layer of the Earth's core • core, solid, dense center of the Earth • Waves, the fastest moving waves of earthquakes • boundary, boundary between two colliding plates • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2014-10-15

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge and was discovered by Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen in 1953
  2. ____ are one result of the movement within the Earth's crust which causes violent shaking of the ground
  3. the theory of ____ explains the movement of the Earth's plates.
  4. ____ is the formation of the new areas of the oceanic crust
  5. convergent, divergent, and transform are 3 primary types of this
  6. a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
Down
  1. a tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other and a new crust forms from magma that rises to the Earth's surface
  2. the theory of ____ states within time, the continents, including the ocean, move around the Earth's surface
  3. a ____ is long, narrow steep-sided depression into the Earth's crust
  4. ____ boundaries is where two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion
  5. a ____ sometimes move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
  6. a high sea wave caused by submarine landscapes, earthquakes, or other disturbances is called a ____.
  7. the sideways and downwards motion of the edge of a plate of the Earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate is called ____
  8. transfer of heat by the circulation of the heated parts of a liquid or gas

14 Clues: ____ is the formation of the new areas of the oceanic crust • the theory of ____ explains the movement of the Earth's plates. • convergent, divergent, and transform are 3 primary types of this • a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other • a ____ is long, narrow steep-sided depression into the Earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossworld Puzzle 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics Crossworld Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates move sideways against eachother
  2. when two plates move away from each other
  3. theory that the continents move from plates moving
  4. transfer heat through liquids or gases
  5. a series of rift valleys underwater
  6. shaking and movement of the ground
  7. a huge ocean caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor
  8. the border between two tectonic plates
Down
  1. when two plates collide
  2. states that the earth's outer rlayer, lithosphere is broken into large slabs called plates
  3. movement of two oceanic plates away from each other at a divergent plate boundary
  4. theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates
  5. a valley
  6. when a plate sinks under another plate

14 Clues: a valley • when two plates collide • shaking and movement of the ground • a series of rift valleys underwater • transfer heat through liquids or gases • when a plate sinks under another plate • the border between two tectonic plates • when two plates move away from each other • when plates move sideways against eachother • theory that the continents move from plates moving • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another
  2. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. Makes up the crust and upper mantle; what the tectonic plates are composed of
  4. Caused when two transform plates slide past each other
  5. A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates
  6. Formed when two continental convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  7. Elevations along a contour line are ___.
Down
  1. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. Convection currents here cause the tectonic plates to move.
  2. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  3. A crack in the Earth's crust where rocks slide past one another
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  5. Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench.
  6. Forms above and near subduction zones.
  7. Supercontinent

14 Clues: Supercontinent • Forms above and near subduction zones. • Elevations along a contour line are ___. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide • A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent
  2. A crack in the Earth's crust where rocks slide past one another
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  4. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  5. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another
  6. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. Convection currents here cause the tectonic plates to move.
Down
  1. Formed when two continental convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  2. Makes up the crust and upper mantle; what the tectonic plates are composed of
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  4. Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench.
  5. Caused when two transform plates slide past each other
  6. A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates
  7. Elevations along a contour line are ___.
  8. Forms above and near subduction zones.

14 Clues: Supercontinent • Forms above and near subduction zones. • Elevations along a contour line are ___. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide • A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other • ...

Restless Earth Vocab List 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Vocab List crossword puzzle
Across
  1. elongated depressions in the ocean
  2. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  3. Extinction over a longer time
  4. ringed prices of the lithosphere
  5. fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  6. an opening in the crust which molten lava comes out
  7. semi-fliud area of the mantle
  8. forms after weathering and erosion
  9. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
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  1. crust and upper part of mantle
  2. A group of one species living in one area
  3. Hot material rises, cooler materials sink, drives plate tectonics
  4. plates moving away from one another
  5. result of high temp and pressure changing another rock
  6. between mantle and the outer core
  7. plates sliding on top of one another
  8. when plates collide
  9. plates going to one another making mountains
  10. plates pull apart and magma rises
  11. Rock when magma or lava cools
  12. when all plates where together

21 Clues: when plates collide • Extinction over a longer time • Rock when magma or lava cools • semi-fliud area of the mantle • crust and upper part of mantle • when all plates where together • ringed prices of the lithosphere • between mantle and the outer core • plates pull apart and magma rises • elongated depressions in the ocean • forms after weathering and erosion • ...

Grade 8 - Exam Review Unit 3 2022-01-17

Grade 8 - Exam Review Unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's thin outer shell. It is made primarily of low-density materials called silicates.
  2. The formation of the solar system was similar to the differentiation of Earth into layers because in both processes the densest materials moved to the _____.
  3. Cycling of material due to differences in density.
  4. The point of Earth's surface directly above the focus.
  5. Type of stress associated with transform boundaries.
  6. Type of boundary where plates slide past one another.
  7. The process of _____ decay generated heat during Earth's formation and is still a source of heat in Earth's interior.
  8. A break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move.
  9. A _____ boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  10. Type of stress associated with convergent boundaries.
  11. Type of stress associated with divergent boundaries.
  12. the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate.
Down
  1. _____ tectonics is the scientific theory explaining that the lithosphere is divided into moving slabs.
  2. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle is a _____ plate.
  3. Type of boundary where plates move toward each other.
  4. A change of the magnetic poles is a magnetic ___.
  5. The hypothesis that today's continents were once part of a single landmass, or supercontinent, called Pangaea is _____ drift.
  6. Ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy.
  7. The process by which new seafloor forms is seafloor ____.
  8. ___ is caused by stress and is the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock.
  9. At the center of Earth. Contains very dense elements, mainly iron and a small amount of nickel.
  10. A place within Earth along which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  11. The compositional layer below the crust. It contains silicate materials, but has more dense elements as well.

23 Clues: A change of the magnetic poles is a magnetic ___. • Cycling of material due to differences in density. • Type of stress associated with transform boundaries. • Type of stress associated with divergent boundaries. • Type of boundary where plates move toward each other. • Type of boundary where plates slide past one another. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Charlie Moore 2023-03-05

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Charlie Moore crossword puzzle
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  1. when one plate moves under another
  2. a place where two plates start to move away from eachother
  3. A organic component of soil
  4. A shaking of the ground that releases seismic waves.
  5. the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth
  6. A natural material that can be hardened
  7. A type of wave produced by a earthquake, faster than seismic waves.
  8. a squeezing force
  9. when the continents move away from eachother
  10. waves created by a earthquake
  11. the process of creation of new plate material as part of plate tectonics
  12. The liquid layer between the inner core and the lower mantle.
  13. the place where two plates move past eachother
  14. A stretching force
  15. The layer that comes before the crust, it is still solid, just softer.
  16. The rough outer part of the earth
  17. a wave that travels parrallel to earths surface
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  1. the place where two plates move together
  2. A long, deep depression in the earth that form and the edges of tectonic plates.
  3. a supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  4. the lateral movement of one rock against another.
  5. a very large wave mostly caused by a underwater earthquake.
  6. A natural landform that rises high into the air, usually at a steep angle.
  7. a current in fluid, this causes tectonic plate movements
  8. the loose surface material on earth, made of organic materials
  9. A type of soil that is rich in organic matter.
  10. large pieces of earths crust that very slowly shift positions
  11. The hard, thin outer layer of earth.
  12. the softer outer layer of earths mantle
  13. The intersection of two plates
  14. A spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  15. a ring of subduction zones
  16. the second wave to hit a seismograph, caused by a earthquake
  17. the lower area of land between hills and/or mountains

34 Clues: a squeezing force • A stretching force • a ring of subduction zones • A organic component of soil • waves created by a earthquake • The intersection of two plates • The rough outer part of the earth • when one plate moves under another • The hard, thin outer layer of earth. • A natural material that can be hardened • the softer outer layer of earths mantle • ...

judas unit 5 vocab 2024-03-15

judas unit 5 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  2. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  3. The color of a mineral in powdered form
  4. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  5. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  6. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  7. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  9. the uneven breakage of a mineral
  10. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
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  1. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  2. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  4. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  7. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  8. The way a mineral reflects light from its surface
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  10. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  11. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  12. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  13. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  14. the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface
  15. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred

25 Clues: the uneven breakage of a mineral • magma that reaches Earth's surface • The color of a mineral in powdered form • The way a mineral reflects light from its surface • a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • ...

Science 2022-04-27

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. The top layer of the earth.
  2. GMO stands for genetically ________ organism
  3. Human tissue is made of a ton of these
  4. When your brain hits the inside of your skull, you can suffer a ________.
  5. _____ tectonics move and create earthquakes.
  6. The digestive system is an example of one of the _____ systems in our bodies.
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  1. Scientific tool used to zoom into a sample using a lens.
  2. Name of the last movie we watched in class
  3. Word for reusing materials which helps the environment.
  4. Mascot of the school
  5. Subject of this class
  6. Magma turns into this once it breaks through the earth's crust.
  7. Month school is out

13 Clues: Month school is out • Mascot of the school • Subject of this class • The top layer of the earth. • Human tissue is made of a ton of these • Name of the last movie we watched in class • GMO stands for genetically ________ organism • _____ tectonics move and create earthquakes. • Word for reusing materials which helps the environment. • ...

CROSSWORD LABS #2 (A VIEW OF THE EARTH): TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR SCREEN OR SCREENSHOT USING COMMAND-SHIFT-3 AND EMAIL TO heath.cooper@hickmanmills.org 2015-09-09

CROSSWORD LABS #2 (A VIEW OF THE EARTH): TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR SCREEN OR SCREENSHOT USING COMMAND-SHIFT-3 AND EMAIL TO heath.cooper@hickmanmills.org crossword puzzle
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  1. THE ATMOSPHERE PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN'S _____.
  2. PART OF THE EARTH LIKE THE YOLK (YELLOW) PART OF AN EGG.
  3. PART OF THE EARTH THAT IS LIKE THE SHELL OF AN EGG.
  4. PLATE TECTONICS IS A THEORY THAT EXPLAINS HOW THE _____ MOVE.
  5. A PERSON'S SMELLY FART WOULD BE PART OF THIS SPHERE...
  6. SHINY OBJECTS FOUND IN JEWELRY AND IN THE GEOSPHERE...
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  1. THICKEST LAYER OF THE EARTH.
  2. ARE EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES...
  3. EXAMPLE OF A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE.
  4. MAKE UP 97% OF ALL WATER...
  5. ATMOSPHERE PROVIDE HUMANS AND OTHER LIVING THINGS WITH THIS...
  6. PART OF THE HYDROSPHERE...
  7. A TURTLE IS PART OF THE BIOSPHERE, BECAUSE IT IS _____.

13 Clues: PART OF THE HYDROSPHERE... • MAKE UP 97% OF ALL WATER... • THICKEST LAYER OF THE EARTH. • EXAMPLE OF A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE. • ARE EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES... • THE ATMOSPHERE PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN'S _____. • PART OF THE EARTH THAT IS LIKE THE SHELL OF AN EGG. • A PERSON'S SMELLY FART WOULD BE PART OF THIS SPHERE... • ...

Chapter 3 & 4 Vocab 2013-03-24

Chapter 3 & 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. fault Gravity fault
  2. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  3. boundary where the tectonic plates move toward eachother to form new mountains
  4. to cut or clip
  5. the reduction in volume and increase of pressure of the air
  6. plates sections of the earth where the crust is split
  7. a series of vibrations caused by tectonic plates rubbing against eachother
  8. fault Opposite of a gravity fault
  9. trenches a deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
  10. Size; Extent
  11. central point of attention
  12. The act of stretching or straining
  13. spreading The divergence at mid-ocean ridges of the teectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earths interior of magma which solidifies and adds to the spreading plates
  14. A defect or imperfection
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  1. to change somewhat the form or qualities
  2. Scale a measure of earthquake intensity with 12 divisions ranging from 1 to 10
  3. a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
  4. boundary where the tactonic plates move away from eachother to form new crust
  5. tectonics A dozen of so of plates that make up the earths surface
  6. fault A geologic fault in which the blocks of rock on either side of the fault slide horizontally,
  7. boundary where the tectonic plates slide against eachother to create earthquakes
  8. valley a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge
  9. Ridges an elecated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between 2 diverging tectonic plates
  10. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance
  11. drift large-scale movement of the continents
  12. magnitude scale a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10
  13. Waves a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph
  14. Scale Used to rank earthquakes
  15. any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
  16. Waves a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  17. Hypothetical land area believed to have once connected all of earths land masses
  18. Perserved from the past geological age
  19. a record made by a seismograph.
  20. Waves a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface

34 Clues: Size; Extent • to cut or clip • fault Gravity fault • A defect or imperfection • central point of attention • Scale Used to rank earthquakes • a record made by a seismograph. • fault Opposite of a gravity fault • The act of stretching or straining • Perserved from the past geological age • to change somewhat the form or qualities • drift large-scale movement of the continents • ...

Challenge It! 2023-03-30

Challenge It! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the slope between the continental shelf and deep ocean floor
  2. movement of fluid
  3. a fissure in planets surface where heated water is released
  4. something that can flow
  5. temperature and salt content of water
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  1. formed by cooled lava and breaks through the ocean surface
  2. downward pulling force
  3. an underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics
  4. a large area of extremely flat or gently sloping ocean floor
  5. the area of seabed around a large landmass in shallow sea levels
  6. pattern of ocean water rising or falling
  7. a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor

12 Clues: movement of fluid • downward pulling force • something that can flow • temperature and salt content of water • pattern of ocean water rising or falling • a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor • an underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics • formed by cooled lava and breaks through the ocean surface • ...

AP ENVIRONMENTAL Unit 4 Crossword - Daniel Benoliel 2023-11-03

AP ENVIRONMENTAL Unit 4 Crossword - Daniel Benoliel crossword puzzle
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  1. a liquid found beneath the surface
  2. when humans remove forests
  3. where you'll find the very important ozone layer
  4. a patch of land that has been forced to become a desert because of mountain ranges
  5. places where the atmosphere is relatively thin
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  1. drive the movement of Earth's tectonic plates in the mantle
  2. where plate tectonics meet
  3. hottest of the four seasons
  4. occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun
  5. water in the equater becomes warmer and east winds blow weaker
  6. areas usually are areas of fair, settled weather

11 Clues: where plate tectonics meet • when humans remove forests • hottest of the four seasons • a liquid found beneath the surface • places where the atmosphere is relatively thin • areas usually are areas of fair, settled weather • where you'll find the very important ozone layer • occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun • ...

Tic-Tac Toe Crossword 2021-11-02

Tic-Tac Toe Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shelf
  2. Vent
  3. Tectonics
Down
  1. Boundary
  2. Drift
  3. Boundary
  4. Boundary

7 Clues: Vent • Drift • Shelf • Boundary • Boundary • Boundary • Tectonics

Module two vocab 2021-12-13

Module two vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dating
  2. age
Down
  1. Tectonics
  2. decay
  3. dating

5 Clues: age • decay • dating • dating • Tectonics

Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics 2015-04-27

Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  2. a break in the Earth's crust where rocks slip past each other
  3. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  4. the amount of mass in a given space
  5. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  6. the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
  7. the transfer of energy through space
  8. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
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  1. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere
  3. the transfer of heat with a material
  4. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  5. a usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
  6. the force exerted on a surface divided by the area over which the force is exerted

14 Clues: the amount of mass in a given space • the transfer of heat with a material • the transfer of energy through space • the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a break in the Earth's crust where rocks slip past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2014-10-15

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. ____ boundaries is where two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion
  2. convergent, divergent, and transform are 3 primary types of this
  3. a tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other and a new crust forms from magma that rises to the Earth's surface
  4. the theory of ____ explains the movement of the Earth's plates.
  5. transfer of heat by the circulation of the heated parts of a liquid or gas
  6. ____ is the formation of the new areas of the oceanic crust
  7. a ____ sometimes move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
Down
  1. runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge and was discovered by Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen in 1953
  2. a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  3. a high sea wave caused by submarine landscapes, earthquakes, or other disturbances is called a ____.
  4. the theory of ____ states within time, the continents, including the ocean, move around the Earth's surface
  5. the sideways and downwards motion of the edge of a plate of the Earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate is called ____
  6. ____ are one result of the movement within the Earth's crust which causes violent shaking of the ground
  7. a ____ is long, narrow steep-sided depression into the Earth's crust

14 Clues: ____ is the formation of the new areas of the oceanic crust • the theory of ____ explains the movement of the Earth's plates. • convergent, divergent, and transform are 3 primary types of this • a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other • a ____ is long, narrow steep-sided depression into the Earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Test Review 2023-03-10

Plate Tectonics Test Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where two lithospheric plates interact
  2. These volcanic islands formed due to a hot spot
  3. These occur at every plate boundary
  4. plate boundary where lithospheric plates slide against one another
  5. Province with rolling hills underlain by mostly ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks
  6. Province with coarse igneous and metamorphic rocks which are the oldest in the state
  7. Oceanic crust sinks below continental crust because it is more ______
  8. Pacific coastlines where the majority of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes are
Down
  1. Province that provides the majority of the state's coal resources
  2. In addition to the Crust, this layer of Earth is composed of solid material
  3. Currents in the mantle that are responsible for the movement of lithospheric plates
  4. Zone where one plate sinks below another due to relative density, returning to the mantle
  5. Ocean crust the same distance on either side of the Mid-Ocean Ride is ________
  6. plate boundary where new ocean crust is formed

14 Clues: These occur at every plate boundary • plate boundary where new ocean crust is formed • These volcanic islands formed due to a hot spot • The place where two lithospheric plates interact • Province that provides the majority of the state's coal resources • plate boundary where lithospheric plates slide against one another • ...

Earth Science Crossword 2021-10-28

Earth Science Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The _______ began with an oncrease in plant and animal species.
  2. Since Florida is low and flat, the ________ is near its surface.
  3. The oceans are only part of Earth's _______.
  4. _______ plays a role in the uplifting of mountains.
  5. The _______ charts the existence and extinction of dinosaurs.
  6. Studying ______, we infer how Pangea split into continents.
  7. Plate tectonics, subduction and erosion drive the _______.
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  1. The _______ charts the existence and extinction of dinosaurs.
  2. Latitude and altitude affect the ______ of a given region.
  3. During the _______, many animal species evolved.
  4. The ________ evaluates data collected from weather instruments.
  5. Dinosaurs lived in the _______ period.
  6. The _______ includes all layers from the core to the crust.
  7. During the _______, much of the Northern Hemisphere was frozen.

14 Clues: Dinosaurs lived in the _______ period. • The oceans are only part of Earth's _______. • During the _______, many animal species evolved. • _______ plays a role in the uplifting of mountains. • Latitude and altitude affect the ______ of a given region. • Plate tectonics, subduction and erosion drive the _______. • ...

earth puzzle 2022-03-31

earth puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shell on the outside of Earth,
  2. fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  3. innermost geologic layer of planet Earth
  4. surface that is attributed to plate tectonics.
  5. of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core.
  6. rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet or natural satellite
Down
  1. of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata
  2. third layer of the atmosphere,
  3. hypothesis that the Earth's continents
  4. where the volcano is rifting or splitting apart

10 Clues: third layer of the atmosphere, • shell on the outside of Earth, • hypothesis that the Earth's continents • innermost geologic layer of planet Earth • fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock • surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. • where the volcano is rifting or splitting apart • of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core. • ...

Ocean Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-15

Ocean Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : Build up of cooled lava, breaks the waters surface
  2. has to do with the temperature and salt content of water.
  3. : movement of fluid
  4. : large area of extremely flat or gently sloping ocean floor just offshore from a continent
  5. : can flow
  6. : slope between outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
Down
  1. : a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water is released
  2. : underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics
  3. rise and fall of ocean levels
  4. : force that pulls downward

10 Clues: : can flow • : movement of fluid • : force that pulls downward • rise and fall of ocean levels • : Build up of cooled lava, breaks the waters surface • : underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics • has to do with the temperature and salt content of water. • : slope between outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor • ...

Continental Drift 2023-09-11

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were was Alfred Wegener born
  2. As a piece of evidence the continents fit together like ______ pieces
  3. The continents move how much per year
  4. It looked like South America fit into which state
  5. Who discovered Pangea?
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  1. _____ tectonics caused Continental Drift
  2. Alfred Wegener died because he got lost in a ________
  3. People did not believe Alfred Wegener because he was just a __________
  4. Was the continental Drift theory proven correct
  5. What is not evidence of the Continental Drift Theory Fossils,Continents fit like puzzle pieces,or Videos

10 Clues: Who discovered Pangea? • were was Alfred Wegener born • The continents move how much per year • _____ tectonics caused Continental Drift • Was the continental Drift theory proven correct • It looked like South America fit into which state • Alfred Wegener died because he got lost in a ________ • As a piece of evidence the continents fit together like ______ pieces • ...

Science: A Changing Earth 2024-08-20

Science: A Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientists that study the movement of the earth
  2. pieces that float on melted rock in earths mantle
  3. waves vibrations during the beginning of an earthquake
  4. a sudden release of stored energy
  5. boundaries places where plates meet
  6. of tectonics the idea that earth crust is made of plates
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  1. the beginning point of an earthquake
  2. the crust and upper area of the mantle
  3. the point of the surface of the earth above the focus
  4. breaks in the earths surface along which rock can move

10 Clues: a sudden release of stored energy • the beginning point of an earthquake • boundaries places where plates meet • the crust and upper area of the mantle • scientists that study the movement of the earth • pieces that float on melted rock in earths mantle • the point of the surface of the earth above the focus • breaks in the earths surface along which rock can move • ...

Lesson 10 Spelling L2 2022-11-30

Lesson 10 Spelling L2 crossword puzzle
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  1. I can never ________ to plug my chromebook in.
  2. I have no _______ for running.
  3. Many students have family who served in the ______.
  4. When I played soccer, my _______ hurt her ankle.
  5. Cheesecake and cookies are some of my favorite ______.
  6. The paper has a horizontal ___________.
  7. Having a real tree is not very ____, it takes up too much room.
  8. Our _____ anthem is very beautiful.
  9. When I had the flu, I was in _______.
  10. I was _____ at how many people forgot their times tables.
  11. I will have to _______ which is the best option.
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  1. Your _____ in math paid off, and you got an A.
  2. Most farmers are very ______ to their animals.
  3. When an animal goes extinct, they are no longer in _______.
  4. Many people get ______ at St. Mary Church.
  5. The play was _____.
  6. My favorite ______ is Cheerios.
  7. I won't _______ that I forgot my homework.
  8. The ______ of plate tectonics proves continental drift.
  9. He reads mostly historic _______.

20 Clues: The play was _____. • I have no _______ for running. • My favorite ______ is Cheerios. • He reads mostly historic _______. • Our _____ anthem is very beautiful. • When I had the flu, I was in _______. • The paper has a horizontal ___________. • Many people get ______ at St. Mary Church. • I won't _______ that I forgot my homework. • ...

tectonics plates 2022-05-25

tectonics plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate that's not on a table
  2. the place betweern 2 plates before the move
  3. when 2 plates crash into each other
  4. when 2 plates slide next too each other
  5. when a certain part of the earth shakes
Down
  1. when 2 plates slide away from each other
  2. when an earthquake occurs underwater

7 Clues: a plate that's not on a table • when 2 plates crash into each other • when an earthquake occurs underwater • when 2 plates slide next too each other • when a certain part of the earth shakes • when 2 plates slide away from each other • the place betweern 2 plates before the move

Aliyah D1 - 3 2023-02-08

Aliyah D1 - 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A very hot part of the Earth's mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it.
  2. Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent
  3. waves A vibration that spreads out away from a focus when and earthquake happens
  4. The central opening in a volcanic area through which magma may escape
  5. The amount of energy released by an earthquake
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  7. floor spreading The idea that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor, spreading apart the crust on either side of the ridges
  8. A sensitive device that detects the shaking of Earth's crust during an earthquake
  9. horizontality The idea that many kinds of rock form flat, horizontal layers
  10. tectonics The idea that Earth's surface is broken into plates that slide slowly across the
  11. drift The idea that a supercontinent split apart into pieces, the continents, which drifted in time to their present location
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  1. volcano A cone formed from explosive eruptions of hot rocks followed by a flow of lava, over and over
  2. A huge crack in Earth's crust at or below the surface, the sides of which may show evidence of motions
  3. Shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake
  4. A cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent
  5. The sliding of a denser ocean plate under another plate when they collide
  6. Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface
  7. energy Heat from below Earth's surface
  8. Earth's solid, rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
  9. cone volcano A steep sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders.
  10. The point where an earthquake starts as rocks begin to slide past each other
  11. volcanoes A wide, gently sloped cone forms from flows of lava
  12. The layer beneath Earth's crust

23 Clues: The layer beneath Earth's crust • Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface • energy Heat from below Earth's surface • The amount of energy released by an earthquake • Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent • Shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake • A cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent • ...

Jessie's Crossword 2015-04-30

Jessie's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  2. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading.
  3. theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates.
  4. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  5. a line on an isotope ratio diagram denoting a suite of rock or mineral samples all formed at the same time. The slope of the line is related to the age of the rock or mineral suite
  6. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. Plate motion is partly driven by the weight of cold, dense plates sinking into the mantle at trenches.
  7. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
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  1. a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  2. a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  3. A change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south, and the magnetic south being aligned with the geographic north.
  4. a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
  5. the process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another, localized along the juncture of two plates.
  6. the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates.
  7. an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  8. the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault.

15 Clues: the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates. • a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault. • a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Ocean 2017-10-19

Ocean crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pillow lava that has solidified as rounded masses, characteristic of eruption under wate
  2. plates tectonic plate. noun. the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches. Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon.
  3. ridge forms long chains of mountains.
  4. crust the relatively thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  5. Drift Gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  6. Valley a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  7. coming closer together
  8. make a thorough or dramatic change
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  1. Floor spreading the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  2. Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  3. tectonics States that Earth’s plate are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  4. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  5. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  6. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  7. tending to develop different or be different
  8. trench any long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom in which occur the maximum oceanic depths, approximately 7,300 to more than 11,000 metres (24,000 to 36,000 feet). They typically form in locations where one tectonic plate subducts under another.
  9. hypothetical super continent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.

17 Clues: coming closer together • make a thorough or dramatic change • ridge forms long chains of mountains. • tending to develop different or be different • Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other • pillow lava that has solidified as rounded masses, characteristic of eruption under wate • ...

Mountains 2023-10-30

Mountains crossword puzzle
Across
  1. located in Asia
  2. located in South America
  3. active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshū,
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  1. located in Southern Asia
  2. northeastern portion of India
  3. a scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created
  4. highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level
  5. highest mountain in Greece

8 Clues: located in Asia • located in Southern Asia • located in South America • highest mountain in Greece • northeastern portion of India • active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshū, • a scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created • highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level

Plate Tetonic Crossword 2013-03-11

Plate Tetonic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is formed while it moltens into cracks or between other layers.
  2. Describes rock formed from molten material.
  3. The process where rock form in Earth.
  4. Pressure from layers above pushed down on lower layers.
  5. Peices of lithosphere that map around on the asthenosphere.
  6. Large sediments guled together by minerals.
  7. Where the plates slid past one another.
  8. The minerals changed, grown, and rearranged (do not form bands).
  9. When plates come together.
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  1. The mineral grains flatten and lined up in parallel bands.
  2. When plates split apart.
  3. Rise through cracks in ridges, it cools to make new crust.
  4. Theory explaning large peices of lithosphere, moving and changing.

13 Clues: When plates split apart. • When plates come together. • The process where rock form in Earth. • Where the plates slid past one another. • Describes rock formed from molten material. • Large sediments guled together by minerals. • Pressure from layers above pushed down on lower layers. • The mineral grains flatten and lined up in parallel bands. • ...

Plate Tectonics CROSS/SEARCH 2023-01-10

Plate Tectonics CROSS/SEARCH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when parallel rays of light hit a smooth surface
  2. a measure of how much a ray of light bends when it enters a new material
  3. the bending of light rays resulting from the change in speed of the light that travels through more than one medium
  4. the idea that the angle of light reflection equals the angle of incidence
  5. a material that reflects or absorbs all of the light that strikes it
  6. A relative expression of the intensity of the energy output of a visible light source
  7. a material that scatters light as the light passes through
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  1. when light rays are scattered by reflecting off of a bumpy surface
  2. lenses that bend light toward a central focal point
  3. the part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that can be sensed with the human eye.
  4. a material that transmits light
  5. lenses that bend light outward away from a focal point
  6. when light does not pass through or reflect from material, but remains in the material as energy
  7. colors that when combined in equal amounts produce white light

14 Clues: a material that transmits light • when parallel rays of light hit a smooth surface • lenses that bend light toward a central focal point • lenses that bend light outward away from a focal point • a material that scatters light as the light passes through • colors that when combined in equal amounts produce white light • ...

Earth's Crust 7th grade Science 2021-03-11

Earth's Crust 7th grade Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dioxide this is made when volcanoes erupt
  2. earth this is what Pangea means in Latin
  3. continent that led to Plate Tectonics Theory
  4. thin layer of solid rock around the Earth's mantle
  5. the earth's core is made mostly of this
  6. Crust an egg shell is like this
  7. will Mt. St. Helen erupt again
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  1. let us know what state of matter Earth is in
  2. most of the earth is made of rock in this matter
  3. these are formed when plates come together
  4. the whole earth is generally this
  5. Mt. St. Helen is this kind of volcano

12 Clues: will Mt. St. Helen erupt again • Crust an egg shell is like this • the whole earth is generally this • Mt. St. Helen is this kind of volcano • the earth's core is made mostly of this • earth this is what Pangea means in Latin • dioxide this is made when volcanoes erupt • these are formed when plates come together • let us know what state of matter Earth is in • ...

River's Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2012-12-03

River's Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. to change in form, appearance of structure
  2. hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or surface
  3. hit with force
  4. is the place where two plates meet
  5. that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
  6. the strength and vitality required for sustaining physical or mental activity
  7. solid sphere in the middle of the fluid core such as the iron-nickel core of the Earth
  8. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense to rise
  9. vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals
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  1. a large natural elevation of the earths surface
  2. limit
  3. sub sea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwelling that accompany seafloor spreading
  4. upper layer of earth's mantel
  5. hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor
  6. rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions
  7. long mountain range on the ocean floor
  8. the crust and upper mantel of the earth
  9. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  10. trench long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust
  11. merging

20 Clues: limit • merging • hit with force • upper layer of earth's mantel • is the place where two plates meet • long mountain range on the ocean floor • the crust and upper mantel of the earth • to change in form, appearance of structure • a large natural elevation of the earths surface • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • ...

Ch.8 / Plate Tectonics Crossword 2013-03-07

Ch.8 / Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the three long units between Precambrian Time and now
  2. the pieces that make up Earth's outer layer
  3. magma that has pushed itself into rock that cooled and hardened
  4. study of the structure of Earth and the forces that make and shape Earth
  5. the very slow movement of plates
  6. molten material under Earth's surface
  7. states that Earth's plates move slowly in various directions
  8. break in Earth's crust
  9. warm blooded vertebrate that feeds its young milk
  10. series of processes that builds, destroys, and changes rocks
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  1. what magma becomes when it reaches Earth's surface
  2. the breaking down of rocks
  3. lava that cools and hardens on a rock surface
  4. tiny particles of matter
  5. record of life forms and geologic events in Earth's history
  6. an animal that lives of both land and water
  7. subdivision of eras
  8. half the time it takes for radioactive atoms to decay
  9. organisms with scaly skin and lay tough, leathery eggs
  10. piece of rock contained in another rock

20 Clues: subdivision of eras • break in Earth's crust • tiny particles of matter • the breaking down of rocks • the very slow movement of plates • molten material under Earth's surface • piece of rock contained in another rock • the pieces that make up Earth's outer layer • an animal that lives of both land and water • lava that cools and hardens on a rock surface • ...

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics 2017-10-07

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge / where plates move apart
  2. Spot / an area of intense volcanic activity
  3. / this confirmed the existing of sea-floor spreading
  4. plate / large mobile slab of crust
  5. / combines magnitude and intensity of an eruption
  6. / man is the main driver
  7. trench / deep, go in to here at your peril in your submarine
  8. spreading / lateral movement of new oceanic crust
  9. zone / the dynamic zone of subduction
  10. / a volcanic peak rising steeply from the sea floor
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  1. / between crust and mantle
  2. / below the lithosphere
  3. arc / a line of islands
  4. / another word for convergent plate margins
  5. / another word for divergent plate margins
  6. / he worked on his idea from 1912 until his death in 1930
  7. plain / the deepest part of the ocean covering a vast area.
  8. basalt / The Deccan traps are evidence of this.
  9. / where the plates are
  10. drift / the changing face of planet Earth
  11. / the downfolded section of a rift valley
  12. / vertical movement in the Earth's crust
  13. / type of volcano with wide and gently sloping flanks

23 Clues: / where the plates are • / below the lithosphere • / man is the main driver • arc / a line of islands • / between crust and mantle • ridge / where plates move apart • plate / large mobile slab of crust • zone / the dynamic zone of subduction • / vertical movement in the Earth's crust • / the downfolded section of a rift valley • ...

Earth's Layers and Plate tectonics 2016-12-08

Earth's Layers and Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outer most layer
  2. the crust is different from the mantle and it moves like crust
  3. Slide past each other
  4. Layer of the mantle that comes with the liquid outtercore
  5. Layer of Earth that lies above the inner core
  6. Is an energy that through the earth
  7. To move away from each other
  8. Is the largest layer of the earth
  9. The thickest part of the tectonics plates
  10. Its an underground water where the sea spreading takes place
  11. The mass that compare the size and the volume of it
  12. Dense layer composed of mostly sold iron
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  1. Is an oceanic fault between two plates
  2. Its like plastic below the lithosphere
  3. Its an instrument that make vibration happen
  4. It makes a new oceanic lithosphere and it forms a magma
  5. The thinnest layer of the earth
  6. Is the upper part of the mantle
  7. Release the Earth's crust causing the earth to shake
  8. To move towards each other

20 Clues: Outer most layer • Slide past each other • To move towards each other • To move away from each other • The thinnest layer of the earth • Is the upper part of the mantle • Is the largest layer of the earth • Is an energy that through the earth • Is an oceanic fault between two plates • Its like plastic below the lithosphere • Dense layer composed of mostly sold iron • ...

Quiz#: 4 VOLCANOES & PLATE TECTONICS 2021-04-28

Quiz#: 4 VOLCANOES & PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An example of early stages of island arc are the
  2. magma that flows onto Earth's surface; the rock that forms when it cools and solidifies
  3. A vent or fissure in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  4. small tubular plutons; may be only a few centimeters wide
  5. Scientists can learn more about volcanic eruptions by studying ____________ within the Earth
  6. large plutons that cover an area of at least 100 km2 when exposed on Earth's surface
  7. rocks that form when magma cools
  8. Any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto Earth's surface
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  1. large formation of igneous rocks, created by magma that does not reach Earth's surface, but cools and solidifies inside the crust
  2. Sometimes Earth's solid mantle and crust melt to form
  3. as hot bodies of magma rise toward the surface and melt surrounding rock they become
  4. Cause of many volcanic eruptions is the movement of
  5. the islands that make up ______ are island arcs that have joined to form one landmass
  6. Volcanic eruptions can be more powerful than a(n)
  7. lava flows from an opening in Earth's surface called
  8. many volcanoes are located along _______ zones
  9. combined temperature & pressure in the lower part of Earth's mantle keeps rocks below their
  10. the movement of tectonic plates is driven by Earth's internal
  11. The pacific ring of fire is also one of Earth's major __________ zones
  12. When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere, magma rises to the surface to form a(n)

20 Clues: rocks that form when magma cools • many volcanoes are located along _______ zones • An example of early stages of island arc are the • Volcanic eruptions can be more powerful than a(n) • Cause of many volcanic eruptions is the movement of • lava flows from an opening in Earth's surface called • Sometimes Earth's solid mantle and crust melt to form • ...

Plate tectonics By Million Roberts 2022-05-17

Plate tectonics By Million Roberts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a specialist in the history of the earth recorded in rocks
  2. with respect to chemistry
  3. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
  4. use again after processing
  5. a search of knowledge
  6. having undergone transformation by pressure,heat,etc.
  7. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  8. relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
  9. a rigid layer of the earths crust
  10. a single thickness of some substance or material
  11. a large continuous extent of land
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  1. of or relating to or based on geology
  2. a fissure in the earth crust
  3. the branch and geology studying the folding and the faulting
  4. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  5. characteristic of a stage performance
  6. recognize as being
  7. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
  8. of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth and the moon
  9. of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon

20 Clues: recognize as being • a search of knowledge • with respect to chemistry • use again after processing • a fissure in the earth crust • a rigid layer of the earths crust • a large continuous extent of land • of or relating to or based on geology • characteristic of a stage performance • one of the large landmasses of the earth • a single thickness of some substance or material • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #1 2023-01-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid.
  2. Word used to describe the state of the mantle.
  3. Scientist that proposed Earth's continents were once joined together in one single land mass
  4. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions. This can be found at transform boundaries and results in faults.
  5. Layer of earth with the lowest temperature.
  6. This is the process of creating new oceanic crust.
  7. Earths thickest layer.
  8. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation.
  9. This is a type of heat transfer (hint: lava lamp). Some scientist believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plates.
  10. The bending and crumpling of rock. This happens at continental vs. continental convergent boundaries and results in the tallest mountains.
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  1. Theory that the continents were once as one large, single land mass.
  2. Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid.
  3. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite.
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart.
  5. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries.
  6. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this.
  7. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in Eastern Africa.
  8. Areas along the transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a famous one in California.
  9. These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new ocean crust is formed.
  10. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide.

20 Clues: Earths thickest layer. • Layer of earth with the lowest temperature. • Word used to describe the state of the mantle. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide. • Type of crust that is thick and contains granite. • This is the process of creating new oceanic crust. • Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid. • ...

tectonics plates 2022-05-25

tectonics plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate that's not on a table
  2. the place betweern 2 plates before the move
  3. when 2 plates crash into each other
  4. when 2 plates slide next too each other
  5. when a certain part of the earth shakes
Down
  1. when 2 plates slide away from each other
  2. when an earthquake occurs underwater

7 Clues: a plate that's not on a table • when 2 plates crash into each other • when an earthquake occurs underwater • when 2 plates slide next too each other • when a certain part of the earth shakes • when 2 plates slide away from each other • the place betweern 2 plates before the move

Earth Vocabulary List 2021-06-14

Earth Vocabulary List crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the Earth’s crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
  2. boundary - Boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  3. - is when plate tectonics from one crustal plate is descending below the other plate
  4. - a very hard, igneous rock
  5. - The hydrosphere includes all the water on Earth. This includes all the water on the surface such as clouds and vapour
  6. - was a supercontinent
  7. - violent shaking of the ground which is caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  8. - the structure and properties of Earths crust
  9. - a massive slab of rock which is mostly composed of continentals and oceanic lithosphere
  10. - an ancient supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic and began to break up during the Jurassic period
  11. - a high sea waves that are caused by an earthquake and other disturbance in the ocean
  12. currents - is a current that is inside the fluid which results in convection
  13. boundary - boundaries between two plates that are sliding past each other
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  1. boundary - Boundaries between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
  2. - all plants and animals that live on Earth
  3. - a point on the surface of Earth that is vertically above the centre of the earthquake
  4. - This part consists of the crust and upper mantle. It is the rigid outer part of the Earth
  5. - Molten rock that has come out of the interior of a terrestrial planet or moon
  6. - the study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth
  7. - The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
  8. - it is the upper layer of the Earth’s mantle but it is below the lithosphere
  9. - is inside of the Earth’s crust where the earthquake originates
  10. - is a fine-grained volcanic rock
  11. - fractures of two block of rock

24 Clues: - was a supercontinent • - a very hard, igneous rock • - fractures of two block of rock • - is a fine-grained volcanic rock • - all plants and animals that live on Earth • - the structure and properties of Earths crust • boundary - Boundaries between two plates that are colliding • - The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet • ...

Aliyah D1-3 2023-02-09

Aliyah D1-3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. floor spreading The idea that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor, spreading apart the crust on either side of the ridges
  2. The central opening in a volcanic area through which magma may escape
  3. The point where an earthquake starts as rocks begin to slide past each other
  4. Earth's solid, rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
  5. volcano A cone formed from explosive eruptions of hot rocks followed by a flow of lava, over and over
  6. cone volcano A steep sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders.
  7. A sensitive device that detects the shaking of Earth's crust during an earthquake
  8. The sliding of a denser oceanic plate under another plate when they collide
  9. energy Heat from below Earth's surface
  10. tectonics The idea that Earth's surface is broken into plates that slide slowly across the
  11. Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent
  12. The amount of energy released by an earthquake
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  1. Shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake
  2. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  3. waves A vibration that spreads out away from a focus when and earthquake happens
  4. A cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent
  5. volcanoes A wide, gently sloped cone forms from flows of lava
  6. drift The idea that a supercontinent split apart into pieces, the continents, which drifted in time to their present location
  7. horizontality The idea that many kinds of rock form flat, horizontal layers
  8. A huge crack in Earth's crust at or below the surface, the sides of which may show evidence of motions
  9. Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface
  10. A very hot part of the Earth's mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it.
  11. The layer beneath Earth's crust

23 Clues: The layer beneath Earth's crust • Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface • energy Heat from below Earth's surface • The amount of energy released by an earthquake • Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent • volcanoes A wide, gently sloped cone forms from flows of lava • Shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake • ...

unit 5 vocab collin 2023-10-12

unit 5 vocab collin crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface
  2. The color of a mineral in powdered form
  3. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  4. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  6. resource A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  7. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. The way a mineral reflects light from its surface
  10. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  11. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  12. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  13. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
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  1. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  2. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  3. the uneven breakage of a mineral
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  6. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  7. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  8. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  9. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  11. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  12. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges

25 Clues: the uneven breakage of a mineral • magma that reaches Earth's surface • The color of a mineral in powdered form • The way a mineral reflects light from its surface • a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • ...

cici unit 5 vocab 2024-03-15

cici unit 5 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  2. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  3. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  4. the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface
  5. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  6. The way a mineral reflects light from its surface
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  11. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  4. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  5. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  6. the uneven breakage of a mineral
  7. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  8. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  9. The color of a mineral in powdered form
  10. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  11. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  12. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  13. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  14. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake

25 Clues: the uneven breakage of a mineral • magma that reaches Earth's surface • The color of a mineral in powdered form • The way a mineral reflects light from its surface • a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • ...

MIND BENDER 2023-03-24

MIND BENDER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. state is solid and granite is the rock type.
  2. Introduce the idea of plate tectonics
  3. Thickest layer, made of hot heavy rock (silica)
  4. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle
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  1. layer of the Earth that has the greatest temperature, pressure, and density
  2. Deepest part of the mantle rising being less dense, then cooling becoming more dense and sinking again.
  3. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  4. Supercontinent
  5. Solid sphere made mostly of iron and has Nickel
  6. Common tectonic hazard

10 Clues: Supercontinent • Common tectonic hazard • Thinnest layer of the Earth • Introduce the idea of plate tectonics • The crust and the upper layer of the mantle • state is solid and granite is the rock type. • Solid sphere made mostly of iron and has Nickel • Thickest layer, made of hot heavy rock (silica) • ...

Challenge it! Crossword 2022-04-16

Challenge it! Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. introduction of harmful materials into the environment
  2. the movement of fluid
  3. the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation
  4. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
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  1. It can flow (all liquids and gasses are this)
  2. a group of materials either synthetic or naturally occurring, that may be shaped when soft
  3. circular pattern of currents in an ocean basin
  4. thermo-temperature haline-salty/saline
  5. the regular rise and fall of ocean levels
  6. A force that pulls downward

10 Clues: the movement of fluid • A force that pulls downward • thermo-temperature haline-salty/saline • the regular rise and fall of ocean levels • It can flow (all liquids and gasses are this) • circular pattern of currents in an ocean basin • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • introduction of harmful materials into the environment • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-03-14

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  2. of Plate Tectonics A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that change in size over time and move due to convection currents in the mantle
  3. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses; generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. Drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  6. the thinner, younger, and more dense portion of Earth's crust that is below the oceans
  7. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other in Different Directions
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  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to movement and convection currents occur causing the shifting of the lithosphere
  2. large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together
  3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  4. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates Collide, Come together, or Crash into each other.
  5. breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.

12 Clues: breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. • large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally • the thinner, younger, and more dense portion of Earth's crust that is below the oceans • ...

Continental Drift vs Plate Tectonics 2021-12-01

Continental Drift vs Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vibrations in the ground caused by Earths crust moving
  2. A lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift
  3. Evidence in the changing climates during the past
  4. The liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core
  5. Earth's lithosphere is broken up into how many major plates
  6. When one plate gets pushed under another and where volcanoes form
  7. The place where two plates move apart or diverge
  8. The soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move
  9. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
Down
  1. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth
  2. Molten rock in the Earth's crust
  3. Evidence in the layers of rocks across continents
  4. How many main pieces of evidence did Wegener find to support his theory
  5. The cause of seafloor spreading
  6. The theory that continents can drift apart form on another and have in the past
  7. How many people believed Wegener's theory when he was alive?
  8. Was the first person to propose the theory of continental drift
  9. The movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  10. The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  11. The solid, dense center of the Earth
  12. Wegener's name for the super continent that existed over 250 million years ago

21 Clues: The cause of seafloor spreading • Molten rock in the Earth's crust • The solid, dense center of the Earth • The thin, outermost layer of the Earth • The place where two plates move apart or diverge • Evidence in the layers of rocks across continents • Evidence in the changing climates during the past • Vibrations in the ground caused by Earths crust moving • ...

River's Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2012-12-03

River's Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large natural elevation of the earths surface
  2. sea trench hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor
  3. crust that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
  4. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense to rise
  5. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  6. the crust and upper mantel of the earth
  7. sub sea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwelling that accompany seafloor spreading
  8. rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions
  9. is the place where two plates meet
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  1. hit with force
  2. merging
  3. upper layer of earth's mantel
  4. vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals
  5. long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust
  6. hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or surface
  7. long mountain range on the ocean floor
  8. the strength and vitality required for sustaining physical or mental activity
  9. to change in form, appearance of structure
  10. core solid sphere in the middle of the fluid core such as the iron-nickel core of the Earth
  11. limit

20 Clues: limit • merging • hit with force • upper layer of earth's mantel • is the place where two plates meet • long mountain range on the ocean floor • the crust and upper mantel of the earth • to change in form, appearance of structure • a large natural elevation of the earths surface • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • ...

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 2012-12-04

The Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break along which the surrounding rock moves.
  2. Any change in a rocks shape or volume caused by stress.
  3. The single large ocean that surrounded Pangaea.
  4. The theory explaining why and how continents move and is the study of formation of features in Earth's crust.
  5. The theory that explains why and how continents move and is the study of the formation of features in Earth's crust.
  6. The process by which Earth's crust breaks apart.
  7. The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago.
  8. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by the sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
  9. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
  10. Undersea mountain ranges through the center of which run steep, narrow valleys.
  11. The layer of “plastic rock” just below the lithosphere.
Down
  1. The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust.
  2. An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently, but where strong earthquakes are known to have occurred in the past.
  3. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises to Earth's surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge.
  4. The boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away form each other.
  5. The solid outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  6. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  7. A bend in rock layers that results from stress.
  8. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  9. The amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock.

20 Clues: A break along which the surrounding rock moves. • The single large ocean that surrounded Pangaea. • A bend in rock layers that results from stress. • The process by which Earth's crust breaks apart. • The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust. • The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago. • The amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock. • ...

Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14

Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rising columns of hot mantle rock.
  2. The vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy within the lithosphere.
  3. Where two plates grind past each other.Lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed.
  4. thin, rocky outer layer of Earth.
  5. The central valley of a mid-ocean ridge resembling a long canyon.
  6. The continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent.
  7. Theory of Earth’s lithospheric plates move slowly relative to each other, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  8. New ocean floor forms along Earth’s mid-ocean ridges and slowly moves outward across ocean basins.
  9. A soft, weak layer beneath the lithosphere.
  10. The continuous circular flow that occurs in a fluid because of differences in density.
  11. solid innermost layer of the Earth.
  12. A cool, rigid shell consisting of Earth’s outermost layers of crust and uppermost mantle.
  13. Where two plates move together. Lithosphere can be destroyed.
Down
  1. Rocks that acquire the polarity of Earth’s magnetic field at that time.
  2. Range of volcanic mountains within a continent produced in part by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere.
  3. Ocean floor returns to the mantle as it sinks beneath a deep ocean trench.
  4. liquid layer beneath the mantle containing liquid iron and generating Earth’s magnetic field.
  5. Long, steep valleys along the ocean floor.
  6. Fractures in Earth where movement has occurred.
  7. An arc-shaped chain of small volcanic islands.
  8. solid, rocky shell beneath the crust that extend to a depth of 2890 kilometers.
  9. Gravity pulls dense oceanic lithosphere down into the deep mantle.
  10. Where two of Earth’s plates move apart. Oceanic lithosphere is created here.
  11. Lithosphere is broken into several huge pieces.
  12. A system that uses sound waves to calculate the distance of an object.
  13. the boundary that separates the crust from the underlying mantle.
  14. The oceanic lithosphere slides down the asthenosphere that is elevated near mid-ocean ridges.
  15. A supercontinent meaning “all land”.
  16. A long chain of mountains extending throughout all the oceans. The longest feature on Earth’s surface.

29 Clues: thin, rocky outer layer of Earth. • Rising columns of hot mantle rock. • solid innermost layer of the Earth. • A supercontinent meaning “all land”. • Long, steep valleys along the ocean floor. • A soft, weak layer beneath the lithosphere. • An arc-shaped chain of small volcanic islands. • Fractures in Earth where movement has occurred. • ...

PLate Tectonics Earthquake Quiz Review 2022-05-13

PLate Tectonics Earthquake Quiz Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long mountain chain on the ocean floor at divergent boundaries created by sea floor spreading
  2. Giant wave caused by and undersea Quake
  3. the large single landmass which existed about 250 million years ago
  4. The boundary where plates move away from each other;mainly under the ocean
  5. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
  6. the underground origin of the Earthquake
  7. the magma layer below the crust where convection current occur
  8. the outermost rock layer of the Earth
  9. circular flow of energy in the mantle caused by hot rock near the core rising towards the crust, and cooler rock near the crust sinks towards the core
  10. When plate collide creating trenches volcanoes and mountains
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  1. deepest part of the ocean; in the subduction zone
  2. the theory that states Earth was comprised of one giant landmass which has slowly drifted apart
  3. scientific theory that states the Earth's lithosphere to comprise a number of large tectonic plates which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago
  4. at a divergent boundary where the ocean floor spreads apart
  5. the place on a convergent boundary where one plate is subducted beneath the other plate
  6. waves of energy that radiate in every direction coming from an Earthquake
  7. sudden movement of the Earth's crust causing the Earth to shake
  8. plate boundary where the plates move in opposite directions; Example San Andreas Fault
  9. a scale from 1- 10 that tells us the magnitude or intensity of the Earthquake.
  10. the area where two tectonic plates meet; earthquakes happen here

20 Clues: the outermost rock layer of the Earth • Giant wave caused by and undersea Quake • the underground origin of the Earthquake • deepest part of the ocean; in the subduction zone • the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus • at a divergent boundary where the ocean floor spreads apart • When plate collide creating trenches volcanoes and mountains • ...

Plate Tectonics By Katalina Xayavong 2018-02-19

Plate Tectonics By Katalina Xayavong crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area of rock bent by stress
  2. Boundaries between plates
  3. A deep depression in the ocean floor
  4. Where plates move toward each other
  5. Where plates slide past each other
  6. The theory that seafloors crack open
  7. Split between two bodies once joined
  8. The upper layer of Earth's interior
  9. large Movable segments of the lithosphere
  10. The last layer of the earth
  11. The first layer of the earth
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  1. Super continent
  2. Where plates split
  3. The study of Earth's physical history
  4. A form of stress produced by a force
  5. The third layer of the earth
  6. Theory about the earth's surface
  7. General statement made by a hypothesis
  8. The second layer of the earth
  9. An area of fracturing between rocks

20 Clues: Super continent • Where plates split • Boundaries between plates • The last layer of the earth • The third layer of the earth • The first layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • An area of rock bent by stress • Theory about the earth's surface • Where plates slide past each other • Where plates move toward each other • An area of fracturing between rocks • ...

Earth layers and Plate Tectonics 2018-10-04

Earth layers and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates meet one plates bends and slides underneath the other
  2. a valley with very steep sides formed by the moving of the earth’s surface
  3. image 3 on page 3
  4. a process in were new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in places between plates or ridges and spreads out
  5. when two tectonic plates collide
  6. a chain of volcanic islands by a deep oceanic crust
  7. when all of the continents were once joined as a super continents or a single landmass
  8. a deep narrow hole in the ground
  9. image 1 on page 1
  10. when two oceanic plates converge/collide one is usually sub-ducted under the other forming an underwater trench
  11. image 4 on page 4
  12. where the continental plate and the oceanic plate meet
  13. movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  14. theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle
  15. image 2 on page 2
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  1. a small area with hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings
  2. an underwater mountain range
  3. the lithosphere is divided into a small number of plates which float over the mantle
  4. when two continents meet head-on and collide the cruse tends to fold and be pushed upward
  5. the earths crust is divided into a large set of moving plates or when the plates meet
  6. image 5 on page 5
  7. when two tectonic plates slide or scrape past each other

22 Clues: image 3 on page 3 • image 5 on page 5 • image 1 on page 1 • image 4 on page 4 • image 2 on page 2 • an underwater mountain range • when two tectonic plates collide • a deep narrow hole in the ground • a chain of volcanic islands by a deep oceanic crust • movement of the continents across the earth's surface • where the continental plate and the oceanic plate meet • ...

6th- topic 4 Plate Tectonics 2023-11-08

6th- topic 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how closely packed particles are in something
  2. scientists that study volcanoes and predict eruptions
  3. the paper showing the lines that were recoded during an earthquake
  4. this evidence for seafloor spreading shows repeating patterns of earth’s magnetic signature in the rocks
  5. Wegener thought all the continents moved apart in a process called __ __
  6. the place on the surface of earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  7. in the ocean, at divergent boundaries, this land feature forms
  8. if the plate densities are similar along a convergent boundary, ___ may form as they crush together
  9. magma that has reached the surface is called this
  10. the forces of ___ movement cause earthquakes
  11. this scientist prosed the idea of sea floor spreading
  12. this volcano type is cone shaped and tall
  13. eruptions of a volcano where magma has a lot of silica- high silica is thick and sticky so it collects and move slowly and pressure builds up
  14. name for a collapsed volcano
  15. volcano that poses little threat but could become active
  16. stress that compresses rock
  17. this, in the mantle, is what is causing the plates to move
  18. when a rock folds and curves down like a U or V
  19. fine particles from the explosion of a volcano
  20. when is lava flowing out cracks over many years it forms this
  21. this fault is formed from shearing stress
  22. a fold in the rock that arches up
  23. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  24. this part of the earth is liquid nickel and iron
  25. this is the wall that is always on top in a fault
  26. this part of the earth is solid nickel and iron
  27. he proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  28. __ ___ ___ can form along a convergent boundary where subduction is happening
  29. Hess saw ___ ___ at mid-ocean ridge sites, they form when molten material cools quickly in water
  30. these waves during an earthquake are the most destructive- they are slow moving and a combination of P and S waves
  31. the crust is broken into pieces called ___ ___
  32. many did not believe Wegener because he couldn’t explain how the continents _____
  33. this volcanism happens when plates move and the volcanoes move with them and new ones form where the crust is still melting and rising
  34. the many plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean and lots of volcanic activity give the area this name
  35. fault that happened when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall
  36. also called the hypocenter- the place where an earthquake happens underground
  37. the process of one plate moving down under another because it is more dense
  38. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move in opposite directions from each other with little up and down movement
  39. this volcano type is where lava comes out of new vents
  40. the Theory of Plate Tectonics states that the plates are floating and moving along the ___
Down
  1. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move apart
  2. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates come together
  3. the instrument that can detect earthquakes
  4. this volcano type has slow steady eruptions- lava flows out and builds up over a broad area
  5. this scale rates the magnitude of earthquakes from 0-10
  6. this can form on land at a divergent boundary
  7. during an earthquake, these waves are the first to arrive and compress the land
  8. where magma collects in a volcano
  9. this type of mountain forms when 2 pieces of rock on either side of it slip down (normal fault) and the mountain is left behind
  10. the lower part of the mantle
  11. when subduction occurs, it is because one plate is more ___ than the other
  12. Wegener’s supercontinent was called this
  13. in a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves ___ relative to the foot wall
  14. this is the wall that is always on the bottom in a fault
  15. stress that scrapes against rock as it moves side by side in opposite directions
  16. any place where there is a crack in the crust
  17. cooling lava forms this type of rock
  18. because this is so high, the molten material near the core heats and rises
  19. one of Wegener’s evidence was that ____ of animals were found on different continents today
  20. Wegener looked at maps and thought the continents could fit together like a jigsaw ____
  21. the thin outer most layer of the earth- the layer on which we live
  22. stress that stretches rock
  23. volcano that is an immediate threat for eruption
  24. during an earthquake these waves are the second to arrive and move the land up and down like ripples
  25. the layer in the Earth that has the most volume- composed of molten rock
  26. you need seismic recording from at least ____ different seismographs to locate the epicenter
  27. volcano that has little threat of eruption
  28. these cause the plates to move
  29. Hess showed from drilling samples that the further you get from mid-ocean ridges, the ___ the rock is
  30. this is an instrument used to detect changes in the tilt of a volcano’s slope
  31. the upper part of the mantle
  32. this scientist thought all the continents were once together
  33. these can forms leading away from the pipe in a volcano
  34. a ___ ___ is where 2 plates meet
  35. pebble like magma thrown from a volcanic explosion
  36. eruptions where lava is thin and runny- gases bubble out quietly
  37. a single area of flat rock that can be pushed up due to forces underground
  38. this technology uses sound waves to map the ocean floor
  39. the channel through which magma flows to the surface in a volcano
  40. another of Wegener’s evidence was that ___ tracks have been found in Africa and __ fossils in Antarctica- showing climate change
  41. this transform fault is a famous one running through California

81 Clues: stress that stretches rock • stress that compresses rock • the lower part of the mantle • name for a collapsed volcano • the upper part of the mantle • these cause the plates to move • a ___ ___ is where 2 plates meet • where magma collects in a volcano • a fold in the rock that arches up • cooling lava forms this type of rock • Wegener’s supercontinent was called this • ...

Oceanography Unit #4: Plate Tectonics 2023-11-26

Oceanography Unit #4: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one part of the lithosphere goes under another plate
  2. an enormous wave produced by seismic activity
  3. a process by which new rock is added to the ocean floor along the boundary between diverging plates
  4. a major advance in floor mapping that uses sound waves
  5. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  6. rocks and crust that are produced at the MidAtlantic Ridge
  7. tiny algae and animals that float in the ocean the water and are carried currents
  8. scientist who theorized continental drift
  9. a steep sided canyon in the ocean floor
  10. the rocky surface layer of the Earth
  11. organisms that inhabit the ocean floor
  12. Earth's molten inner most layer
  13. the way the continents fit together - like a...
  14. gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
Down
  1. smooth nearly flat region of the ocean floor
  2. Boundary type where two plates ram at each other
  3. hot liquid-solid form of the Earth's inner core
  4. the one-world ocean that existed millions of years ago
  5. Earth's plate moving away in opposite directions
  6. a type of underwater vehicle used for exploration and to take samples from very deep places
  7. Squid these animals dive between 90 - 300 meters
  8. the point in the mantle where an earthquake begins
  9. the layer of the Earth right under the crust
  10. the most dense type of crust under sea water
  11. what flows through a food web or food chain
  12. all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
  13. study of the features and measurement of the seafloor

27 Clues: Earth's molten inner most layer • the rocky surface layer of the Earth • organisms that inhabit the ocean floor • a steep sided canyon in the ocean floor • scientist who theorized continental drift • what flows through a food web or food chain • smooth nearly flat region of the ocean floor • the layer of the Earth right under the crust • ...

Plate tectonics and Geosphere crossword 2024-01-11

Plate tectonics and Geosphere crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates
  2. natural circulation patterns of fluids. Warmer, less dense fluid rises while colder, denser fluid sinks, creating circular motions or loops.
  3. the upper layer of the Earth's mantle, beneath the lithosphere, which is composed of solid rock.
  4. the upper part of the mantle
  5. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. Earthquakes, Tsunamis, volcanoes
  7. a geological process that occurs when one plate is forced beneath another plate
  8. hot, narrow columns of rising material originating from deep within the Earth's mantle
Down
  1. the layer just outside the inner core, consisting primarily of molten iron and nickel mixed with small amounts of other elements.
  2. A________is a geological feature formed when magma from within the Earth erupts onto the surface
  3. Where plates meet
  4. A____ is a crack in earth's crust
  5. the very center of our planet, composed mainly of hot and dense iron and nickel.
  6. When oceanic crust collides with a continent, an ___________ convergent boundary forms
  7. where two tectonic plates collide with one another
  8. when the ground shakes or moves due to the shifting of tectonic plates under the Earth's surface
  9. where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  10. _______ is the Outermost layer of the earth
  11. __________ is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  12. when somthing is pushed or crushed together

20 Clues: Where plates meet • the upper part of the mantle • Earthquakes, Tsunamis, volcanoes • A____ is a crack in earth's crust • _______ is the Outermost layer of the earth • when somthing is pushed or crushed together • where two tectonic plates collide with one another • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics & Geology Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-18

Plate Tectonics & Geology Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent that all the continents once formed
  2. The preserved remains of a plant or animal that has been hardened into a rock
  3. Plate Boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. When plates move and cause shaking on the Earth
  5. A break in the Earth's crust
  6. The slope of an area
  7. The science that deals with the Earth's physical structure
  8. A line that connects points of equal temperature on a topographic map
  9. Plate Boundary where plates come together
  10. Plate Boundary where plates move apart
Down
  1. The Process of one plate going under another
  2. The Ocean in which the Ring of Fire is located
  3. Big slabs of crust that the Earth is broken into
  4. A large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  5. A big wave that is capable of taking over an entire town
  6. A large mountain that erupts with lava and magma
  7. The rigid outer part of the Earth
  8. A line that connects points of equal pressure on a topographic map
  9. A line that connects points of equal value on a topographic map
  10. An indentation or break in the ocean floor

20 Clues: The slope of an area • A break in the Earth's crust • The rigid outer part of the Earth • Plate Boundary where plates move apart • Plate Boundary where plates come together • An indentation or break in the ocean floor • The Process of one plate going under another • The Ocean in which the Ring of Fire is located • When plates move and cause shaking on the Earth • ...

Earth's Life 2020-11-27

Earth's Life crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process where one plate sinks beneath the other
  2. a deeper depression in the ground
  3. type of boundary that move towards each other
  4. fastest type of seismic waves
  5. aside from earthquake,divergent boundary will produce
  6. FORMED WHEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE
  7. the shockwaves of released energy that shakes the Earth
  8. type of boundary that slide past each other
  9. boundary between two or more plates
  10. proponent of The Continental Drift Theory
  11. the outer part of the Earth
  12. only p-waves can travel along the,
  13. occurs in all types of boundaries
  14. a supercontinent that broke apart and the continents drifted to their present positions.
  15. continental-oceanic convergence forms,
  16. used to determine the distance of the epicenter from each station
Down
  1. layer of the Earth that consists of crust and upper mantle
  2. seismic wave that travels through the Earth rather than across its surface.
  3. type of boundary that moves away from each other
  4. crust under continents and other land masses
  5. type of convergence where continental and oceanic plates collide
  6. underwater mountain range that is formed by plate tectonics
  7. is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed
  8. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  9. states that the Eartgh's surface or the lithosphere is divided into plates that constantly move
  10. middle layer of the Earth
  11. landmass existed 200 million years ago
  12. composed of land,water and air
  13. slowest kind of seismic waves
  14. part of the upper mantle that is made up of solid rocks that are able to flow.
  15. crust that is under the world's oceans
  16. the inside layer of the Earth
  17. a chain of volcanoes that is formed parallel to a trench
  18. type of seismic wave that arrives second
  19. type of convergence where two thick continental plates collide
  20. type of convergence where convergent boundary occurs between two oceanic plates
  21. a geological process that forms new areas of oceanic crust
  22. the movement of the plates
  23. Greek word for "earthqake"
  24. surface seismic waves that has "shearing nature"

40 Clues: middle layer of the Earth • the movement of the plates • Greek word for "earthqake" • the outer part of the Earth • fastest type of seismic waves • slowest kind of seismic waves • the inside layer of the Earth • composed of land,water and air • a deeper depression in the ground • occurs in all types of boundaries • only p-waves can travel along the, • ...

Plate Tectonics Brandon Divelbess Block 1 2015-03-20

Plate Tectonics Brandon Divelbess Block 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. silicon aluminum What is crust made out off?
  2. What is the Greek word for tectonics
  3. Drift What is the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations?
  4. current What type of energy transfer is believed to drive plate movement?
  5. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  6. A trace of an ancient Human/Animal that has been preserved in rock.
  7. million years ago Pangea split apart again
  8. Layer of Earth between the crust and the core, contains much of earth's mass.
  9. What was the earth called when the plates didn't split
  10. sea floor spreading been proposed at what age
  11. outer layer that consists of crust and rough part of the mantle.
  12. waves vibrations that travel through the Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  13. Boundary What is the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates?
  14. tension in the earth
  15. Plates slide relative to each other.
  16. America, Africa, Antarctica and Australia What Continents formed Gondwanaland.
  17. million years ago How long was pangea?
  18. Outermost Layer
  19. to One Hundred km How thick is the crust?
  20. Whats located below the mantle and to the center of the earth?
  21. The core is made out of what?
Down
  1. convergent boundary What is created at this type of boundary
  2. Tectonics Pieces on the lithosphere that move around
  3. core: A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the middle of the Earth is called what?
  4. Force extreme pressure squeezing on an object,
  5. convergent boundary What volcanic mountain ranges are formed at these types of boundaries?
  6. boundary San Andreas Fault, sliding past each other horizontally.
  7. valley long, narrow depression formed at divergent boundaries is called what?
  8. America, Europe, and Asia What Continents formed Laurasia.
  9. The soft layer which tectonic plates move.
  10. Hess Who Proposed sea-floor spreading as a mechanism for continental drift?
  11. Boundary What are the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other?
  12. spreading What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies?
  13. What occurs where plates collide and the more dense plate is pushed down under the less dense plate?
  14. Which scientist who studies the force that make and shape planet earth are called what
  15. Discontinuity What is the boundary between the crust and the mantle
  16. University Which school was seafloor spreading come from.
  17. trench The process of subduction creates this at an oceanic oceanic convergent boundary makes what?
  18. Lift up of reigns to a higher elevation.
  19. Wegner Who thought of the continental drift theory?
  20. Bending rock layers from stress.

41 Clues: Outermost Layer • tension in the earth • The core is made out of what? • Bending rock layers from stress. • What is the Greek word for tectonics • The strong lower part of the mantle. • Plates slide relative to each other. • million years ago How long was pangea? • Lift up of reigns to a higher elevation. • The soft layer which tectonic plates move. • ...

volcanoes, plate tectonics, and earthquakes 2012-02-01

volcanoes, plate tectonics, and earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface
  2. point under the surface of the Earth where an earthquake originate
  3. wave which causes rock particles to move in a backward rolling and side to side swaying motion
  4. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  5. harry hess's theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at a mid-ocean ridge
  6. a wave produced by an earthquake
  7. ocean wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  8. breaking in rock caused by tension forces, where rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface
  9. the largest intrusive igneous rock bodies are ____________
  10. the worlds most active volcano, located in Hawaii
  11. a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move
  12. break in rock caused by shear forces
  13. when magma reaches earth's surface and flows out through an opening called a _________
  14. breaking in earth's crust along which movement occurs
  15. large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together
  16. when rocks break they move along surfaces called _____________
  17. an opening in Earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava.
  18. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
Down
  1. seismic wave that moves rock particles back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels
  2. sections of the Earth's upper mantle and crust that move slowly
  3. bits of rock or solidified lava dropped from the air are called___________
  4. current a current in the asthenosphere caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid.
  5. the process by which an earthquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud
  6. Alfred wegener's theory that continents can drift apart from one another
  7. an instrument that records earthquake waves
  8. break in rock caused by compressive forces
  9. Hot rock at these areas is forced toward the crust where it melts partically to form a __________
  10. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  11. a broad volcano with gently slipping sides
  12. the steep-walled depression around the vent is the _________
  13. seismic wave that moves rock particles at right angles to the direction of the wave
  14. when oceanic and continental plates collide
  15. plastic-like layer of the lower mantle on which the lithosphere move

33 Clues: a wave produced by an earthquake • break in rock caused by shear forces • break in rock caused by compressive forces • a broad volcano with gently slipping sides • an instrument that records earthquake waves • when oceanic and continental plates collide • measure of the energy released by an earthquake • the worlds most active volcano, located in Hawaii • ...

Plate Tectonics by Emily Grugan 2013-05-08

Plate Tectonics by Emily Grugan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in the Earth's crust
  2. Point of Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  3. Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  4. Boundary between two colliding plates
  5. The bending of rock layers
  6. Theory that continents drift apart
  7. Single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  8. Piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  9. Outermost layer of the Earth
  10. Boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  11. Device used by seismologists to record primary, secondary, suface waves from earthquakes
Down
  1. Layer between the crust and the core
  2. new lithosphere is created here
  3. Soft layer of the mantle
  4. A region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  5. Solid, dense center of the Earth
  6. Liquid layer of the Earth's core
  7. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  8. A squeezing force
  9. A pulling force

20 Clues: A pulling force • A squeezing force • Soft layer of the mantle • The bending of rock layers • A break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth • new lithosphere is created here • Solid, dense center of the Earth • Liquid layer of the Earth's core • Theory that continents drift apart • Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • Layer between the crust and the core • ...

Earths structure and plate tectonics 2015-03-09

Earths structure and plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any remains trace or imprint of an animal preserved in Earths crust
  2. between the crust and outer core
  3. part of the Earths lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins
  4. Earths innermost part
  5. heat that originates within the Earth
  6. a large elongated depression with steep walls
  7. planar fracture
  8. underwater mountain system
  9. included all present continents which broke up and drifted apart
  10. liquid layer above solid inner layer
  11. pertaining to the structure or movement of the Earths crust
  12. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
Down
  1. intrusive igneous rock
  2. process that occurs mid ocean ridges
  3. rigid outermost part of the Earth
  4. large rigid slab of rock
  5. energy that travels through Earths layers
  6. mountain that opens downward to molten rock
  7. quake,tremor,trembler
  8. long high sea wave

20 Clues: planar fracture • long high sea wave • Earths innermost part • quake,tremor,trembler • intrusive igneous rock • large rigid slab of rock • underwater mountain system • between the crust and outer core • rigid outermost part of the Earth • process that occurs mid ocean ridges • liquid layer above solid inner layer • heat that originates within the Earth • ...