plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics by Eemonie Moore 2016-03-29

Plate Tectonics by Eemonie Moore crossword puzzle
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  1. a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  2. The average amount of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance
  3. The transfer of heat by movements of a fluid
  4. two tectonic plates of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide,____ boundary
  5. the thickest layer of the earth
  6. the center of the earth. This is made out of iron and nickel
  7. this item contains ice and brought water to earth
  8. The process by which ocenic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  9. the thinnest layer of the earth
  10. has a sliding motion and causes a lot of earthquakes,______ boundary
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  1. A hot fluid below the earths crust which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
  2. The direct transfer of energy through empty space by electromagnetic wave
  3. exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other, _____boundary
  4. an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur
  5. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena
  6. when magma rises through the cracks of the earth and erupts it forms______
  7. Transfer of heat from one substance to another by direct contact of particles of matter
  8. The amount of mass in given space
  9. The amount of force pushing on a surface or area
  10. this is made from debris of the earth when another planet hit earth. It orbits the earth

20 Clues: the thickest layer of the earth • the thinnest layer of the earth • The amount of mass in given space • The transfer of heat by movements of a fluid • The amount of force pushing on a surface or area • this item contains ice and brought water to earth • the center of the earth. This is made out of iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics by Julia Collins 2017-01-30

Plate Tectonics by Julia Collins crossword puzzle
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  1. When a volcano is resting
  2. The man who discovered seafloor spreading.
  3. An abnormally up welling of molten material within the earth's crust.
  4. The slowest most destructive seismic waves.
  5. The heating and cooling of rock.
  6. When two plates move away from each other.
  7. Composed of silica and magnesium and makes up oceanic crust.
  8. A broad, flat volcano.
  9. A volcano with short, steep sides.
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  1. A block of rock that lies on the underside of an inclined fault.
  2. A large sea wave caused by earthquakes or underwater landslides.
  3. The seismic waves that arrive first.
  4. Alfred Wegener thought continents were pulled apart by a mechanism called?
  5. The name of the mountain that erupted in Pompeii, Italy.\
  6. There are three types of faults, normal, strike slip and?
  7. What seismic waves are measured by.
  8. The movement of the earth's crust resulting from the release of potential energy between two stuck tectonic plates.
  9. When two plates come together.
  10. A 12 step scale that measures the intensity of an earthquake
  11. The location on the earth's crust where the earthquake occurred.

20 Clues: A broad, flat volcano. • When a volcano is resting • When two plates come together. • The heating and cooling of rock. • A volcano with short, steep sides. • What seismic waves are measured by. • The seismic waves that arrive first. • The man who discovered seafloor spreading. • When two plates move away from each other. • The slowest most destructive seismic waves. • ...

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

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

20 Clues: outer most layer • Slide past each other • To move towards each other • To move away from each other • Is the upper part of the mantle • the thinnest layer of the earth • 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 • ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Earths structure and plate tectonics 2017-02-21

Earths structure and plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the belief that all the contents made one giant land mass
  2. this is the second layer of the earth
  3. _________ mantle
  4. these plates along with the mantle are located in the _________
  5. propoesed the theory of sea floor spreading
  6. the earths crust is made of _____________ plates
  7. when the earth "swallows" up the old crust
  8. a Rift Valley is formed when this boundary happends
  9. when magma reaches the earth surface
  10. flats are a result of this boundary
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  1. the person who cam up with the idea of Pangea
  2. the upper/lower mantle and the mantle is a part of the _______
  3. this is the third layer of earth
  4. the result of two plates rubbing against each other
  5. the mantle's state of mater a a solid with _______
  6. one of the two types of techtonic plates (land)
  7. the other type of techtonic plate (ocean)
  8. mountains, volcanoes and deep sea trenches form with this boundary
  9. the outermost layer of the earth
  10. _____core, the last layer

20 Clues: _________ mantle • _____core, the last layer • this is the third layer of earth • the outermost layer of the earth • flats are a result of this boundary • when magma reaches the earth surface • this is the second layer of the earth • the other type of techtonic plate (ocean) • when the earth "swallows" up the old crust • propoesed the theory of sea floor spreading • ...

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics 2018-01-03

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  2. Deep underwater canyons
  3. Plates come together,or converge
  4. Plates slip past each other
  5. Continually adding new materials to the ocean floor
  6. Results from a force pressing on an area
  7. Mountain ranges that ran along the middle of some ocean floors
  8. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
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  1. Part of the mantle that is less rigid than the rock above
  2. Theory that plates are in slow, constant motion
  3. Layer of molten metal materials
  4. Dark,fine-grained rock
  5. Part of the mantle that is strong hard and rigid
  6. Plates move apart, or diverge
  7. Dense ball of solid metal
  8. Landmass slowly moved over Earth's surface
  9. made of mostlty iron and nickel
  10. Breaks in Earths crust
  11. sections of Earth separated by cracks
  12. Rock usually with light colors and has coarse grains
  13. Any trace of an ancient organism
  14. single landmass, about 300 million years ago
  15. Part of the mantle that is hot but more rigid
  16. Is a large landmass

24 Clues: Is a large landmass • Dark,fine-grained rock • Breaks in Earths crust • Deep underwater canyons • Dense ball of solid metal • Plates slip past each other • Plates move apart, or diverge • Layer of molten metal materials • made of mostlty iron and nickel • Plates come together,or converge • Any trace of an ancient organism • sections of Earth separated by cracks • ...

Plate tectonics and Topographic maps. 2021-03-29

Plate tectonics and Topographic maps. crossword puzzle
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  1. Layers of this were used as evidence for Pangea
  2. A large piece of land ex.= Africa, Antarctica, ect
  3. The highest point of something
  4. This natural disaster can happen when two plates rub against eachother
  5. These are the remains of plants and animals that were found around the world proving that Pangea existed
  6. A view from the side
  7. This was the name of the supercontinent
  8. A view from the top
  9. a spot on a topographic map where the elevation dips
  10. this person named Pangea
  11. The movement of continents over time
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  1. Something that can be created when two plates collide
  2. The continent we live on
  3. Pictures of landmarks are taken by this
  4. how high something is
  5. The lines get closer on a topographic when an area is ___
  6. This comes out of a volcano
  7. The lines are farther apart on a topographic map when an are is ____
  8. The continents fit together like _____
  9. the lines on a topographic map

20 Clues: A view from the top • A view from the side • how high something is • The continent we live on • this person named Pangea • This comes out of a volcano • The highest point of something • the lines on a topographic map • The movement of continents over time • The continents fit together like _____ • Pictures of landmarks are taken by this • This was the name of the supercontinent • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #2 2023-01-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere.
  2. The Theory of Continental _____________.
  3. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  5. The layer just below the lithosphere.
  6. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt.
  7. The Earth's ______________ field reverses from time to time.
  8. Places where new seafloor is being created.
  9. The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift.
  10. Scientist who first proposed that thermal convection in the mantle causes continental drift.
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  1. Scientists study these in order to learn about the interior of the earth.
  2. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.
  3. Source of heat in the mantle.
  4. The cool, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.
  5. The core is made up mostly of these two elements.
  6. how many tectonic plates are there.
  7. ______________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
  8. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
  9. where everyone lives.
  10. gushing out hot liquid.

20 Clues: where everyone lives. • gushing out hot liquid. • Source of heat in the mantle. • how many tectonic plates are there. • The layer just below the lithosphere. • The Theory of Continental _____________. • Places where new seafloor is being created. • The core is made up mostly of these two elements. • Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt. • ...

Science 2017-12-04

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. The process of laying down of parallel bands of sediment often seen in sedimentary
  2. The breaking down of rocks
  3. Has been changed by extreme heat and pressure
  4. Formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
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  1. Solid fragmented material
  2. The movement of earths materials from one place to another
  3. Underneath a volcano that eventually erupts into
  4. Formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment
  5. Structure of the earths crust
  6. Rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object

10 Clues: Solid fragmented material • The breaking down of rocks • Structure of the earths crust • Has been changed by extreme heat and pressure • Rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object • Underneath a volcano that eventually erupts into • The movement of earths materials from one place to another • Formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment • ...

Science 2017-12-04

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. Underneath a volcano that eventually erupts into
  2. Formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment
  3. Structure of the earths crust
  4. The process of laying down of parallel bands of sediment often seen in sedimentary
  5. The movement of earths materials from one place to another
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  1. Solid fragmented material
  2. Has been changed by extreme heat and pressure
  3. Rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object
  4. The breaking down of rocks
  5. Formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava

10 Clues: Solid fragmented material • The breaking down of rocks • Structure of the earths crust • Has been changed by extreme heat and pressure • Rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object • Underneath a volcano that eventually erupts into • The movement of earths materials from one place to another • Formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment • ...

Weather Pt 1 2021-09-23

Weather Pt 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. collision of warm and cold front over water
  2. Clouds that have lightning,dark,forbodding
  3. Water Act law of the land to protect US water quality
  4. tool used to measure the amount of water in the air
  5. flips the weather along coast lines
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  1. wave that has been caused by any movement of plate tectonics
  2. wind wind that brings a storm
  3. a flow of water with speed and direction
  4. Clouds light and fluffy clouds
  5. caused by drought or aftermath of flooding

10 Clues: wind wind that brings a storm • Clouds light and fluffy clouds • flips the weather along coast lines • a flow of water with speed and direction • Clouds that have lightning,dark,forbodding • caused by drought or aftermath of flooding • collision of warm and cold front over water • tool used to measure the amount of water in the air • ...

Continental Drift 2023-09-11

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
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  1. What was not evidence of Continental Drift, Fossils,Continent's fit like puzzle pieces, or Videos
  2. Alfred Wegener died because he got lost in a ________
  3. who discovered Pangea
  4. which state does it look like South America fit together with
  5. how much does continents move per year
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  1. His Theory was called the ________________ Theory
  2. does continents still move
  3. People did not believe him because he was just a _______ man
  4. Continental Drift is caused by _____ tectonics
  5. What age did Alfred Wegener die (in words)

10 Clues: who discovered Pangea • does continents still move • how much does continents move per year • What age did Alfred Wegener die (in words) • Continental Drift is caused by _____ tectonics • His Theory was called the ________________ Theory • Alfred Wegener died because he got lost in a ________ • People did not believe him because he was just a _______ man • ...

Tic Tac Toe Board Crossword 2023-12-12

Tic Tac Toe Board Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The most violent volcano type.
  2. A Gaping hole made by a volcano
  3. A benefit of volcanism that boost the economy.
  4. The last name of the father of plate tectonics
  5. The last name of the father of Continental Drift
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  1. The place that holds the magma of a volcano
  2. Occurs when large amounts of magma cools inside the crust
  3. A Volcano type made by ejected pyroclastic material
  4. Number of about how many active volcanoes currently
  5. A wide dome shaped volcano type

10 Clues: The most violent volcano type. • A Gaping hole made by a volcano • A wide dome shaped volcano type • The place that holds the magma of a volcano • A benefit of volcanism that boost the economy. • The last name of the father of plate tectonics • The last name of the father of Continental Drift • A Volcano type made by ejected pyroclastic material • ...

Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-05-09

Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. plates move towards each other & collide
  2. a prediction or statement based on limited evidence that can be tested by observation and experimentation
  3. tectonics the scientific theory that the lithosphere is made up of rigid pieces, called tectonic plates, that move across Earth's surface
  4. the process by which a collision between two tectonic plates forces the denser plate under the less dense plate
  5. the requirement that must be met for an engineering solution to be successful
  6. the hypothesis that the continents slowly drifted to their current positions after having been part of a single, giant landmass that broke apart
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  1. a break in Earth's crust where the rocks on either side have moved
  2. theory a well-established group of ideas or models that is supported by a large amount of evidence and that can be used to explain many different phenomena
  3. plates move away from one another
  4. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature
  5. the process by which the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge slowly pull away from each other, allowing molten rock to rise, solidify, and form new seafloor
  6. plates slide past each and lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed
  7. the limitations on an engineering solution
  8. the solid crust and upper mantle of Earth's interior

14 Clues: plates move away from one another • plates move towards each other & collide • the limitations on an engineering solution • the solid crust and upper mantle of Earth's interior • the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature • a break in Earth's crust where the rocks on either side have moved • ...

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. things that form on intrusive igneous rocks
  2. lava that cools underwater(looks like pillows)
  3. something that erupts lava/magma
  4. whats created when an oceanic and continental plate collide and create a subduction zone
  5. another word for molten rock
  6. What boundary is it when plates pull together
  7. the part of earth that is the closest to the core (its still called a core)
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  1. lava that is under ground
  2. magma that is above the surface
  3. what boundary is it when plates pull apart
  4. What is created when two continental plates collide and fold and build up
  5. the center of earth (Super hot)
  6. What time of boundary is it when two plates rub against each other.
  7. Something that happens when plates collide
  8. the levels of the mantle

15 Clues: the levels of the mantle • lava that is under ground • another word for molten rock • magma that is above the surface • the center of earth (Super hot) • something that erupts lava/magma • what boundary is it when plates pull apart • Something that happens when plates collide • things that form on intrusive igneous rocks • What boundary is it when plates pull together • ...

Philippines Crossword 2024-03-23

Philippines Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Molten rock and gas leave the volcano through an opening
  2. A volcano that may awaken in the future
  3. A bowl-shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent
  4. Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. Huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain
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  1. Occurs when an explosive eruption hurls out a mixture of hot gases, ash, cinders, and bombs
  2. The materials build up around the vent in a steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain
  3. Break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics
  4. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, as a result of movement within the earth's crust or volcanic action
  5. Process in which one edge of one lithosphere plate is forced below the edge of another
  6. Mixture of water and rock rushing down the volcano
  7. The area covered by lava as it pours out the vent

12 Clues: A volcano that may awaken in the future • The area covered by lava as it pours out the vent • Mixture of water and rock rushing down the volcano • Huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain • Molten rock and gas leave the volcano through an opening • Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • ...

Haze Crazy Natural Disaster Cross Word Askew 3rd Period 2023-12-05

Haze Crazy Natural Disaster Cross Word Askew 3rd Period crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core A hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron
  2. A smaller earthquake that follows after a large earthquake?
  3. The side way and downward movement?
  4. Tectonics The movement of the earth's crust?
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  1. The mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
  2. Crater A depression or the flanks of a volcano?
  3. The point on the earth's surface?
  4. Dome Type of volcano in the shape of a dome?

8 Clues: The point on the earth's surface? • The side way and downward movement? • Core A hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron • The mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • Tectonics The movement of the earth's crust? • Dome Type of volcano in the shape of a dome? • Crater A depression or the flanks of a volcano? • A smaller earthquake that follows after a large earthquake?

Science crossword puzzle 2023-10-24

Science crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. an example area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  2. Tectonic shift is the movement of the plates that make up Earth's crust.
  3. the denser crustal layer of Earth that makes up portions of tectonic plates in deep oceans.
  4. a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron.
  5. the denser crustal layer of Earth that makes up portions of tectonic plates in deep oceans.
  6. tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more
  7. an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt
  8. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
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  1. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. a large area of water between continents.
  3. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  4. the third layer of the Earth.
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
  7. the region 400 to 1,800 miles below the Earth's surface, made of solid rock.
  8. a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
  9. all of the continents were joined together as one large mass of land, then the land spread apart and drifted into their current positions.
  10. giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.
  11. Earth's thick outer shell of rock
  12. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.

20 Clues: the third layer of the Earth. • Earth's thick outer shell of rock • a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron. • a large area of water between continents. • a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. • ...

crossword by tri for choice board 2023-02-09

crossword by tri for choice board crossword puzzle
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  1. The name of the theorized supercontinent that landmasses were combined together
  2. The person who came up with the theory of plate tectonics
  3. This boundary causes faults, and earthquakes
  4. Two plates moving away from each other
  5. Lines that show the elevation of an object
  6. the process of dropping sediment
  7. This boundary causes mountains, volcanoes
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  1. a low area surrounded by mountains, usually a V or U shape
  2. breaking down of rock due to atmostphere
  3. the process of wearing away and transporting via natural proccess
  4. several rivers moving into a large body of water
  5. the theory of how landmasses moved
  6. study of the earths surface features
  7. the top of a mountain

14 Clues: the top of a mountain • the process of dropping sediment • the theory of how landmasses moved • study of the earths surface features • Two plates moving away from each other • breaking down of rock due to atmostphere • This boundary causes mountains, volcanoes • Lines that show the elevation of an object • This boundary causes faults, and earthquakes • ...

Earthquake Vocab 2023-03-21

Earthquake Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. rocks into large sections called plate tectonics.
  2. The shaking and trembling that comes from the
  3. direction.
  4. Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of
  5. rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up or
  6. of rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  7. Tension forces in Earth’s crust cause normal faults.
  8. Waves that transmit the energy released by an earthquake.
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  1. point at the surface of the Earth above the focus
  2. point inside the crust where the pressure is released.
  3. of Earth’s lithosphere move they cause stress on the crust.
  4. A break in Earth’s crust.
  5. same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the
  6. motion

14 Clues: motion • direction. • A break in Earth’s crust. • of rock beneath Earth’s surface. • Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of • The shaking and trembling that comes from the • point at the surface of the Earth above the focus • rocks into large sections called plate tectonics. • Tension forces in Earth’s crust cause normal faults. • ...

Earthquake Vocab 2023-03-21

Earthquake Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. rocks into large sections called plate tectonics.
  2. The shaking and trembling that comes from the
  3. direction.
  4. Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of
  5. rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up or
  6. of rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  7. Tension forces in Earth’s crust cause normal faults.
  8. Waves that transmit the energy released by an earthquake.
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  1. point at the surface of the Earth above the focus
  2. point inside the crust where the pressure is released.
  3. of Earth’s lithosphere move they cause stress on the crust.
  4. A break in Earth’s crust.
  5. same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the
  6. motion

14 Clues: motion • direction. • A break in Earth’s crust. • of rock beneath Earth’s surface. • Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of • The shaking and trembling that comes from the • point at the surface of the Earth above the focus • rocks into large sections called plate tectonics. • Tension forces in Earth’s crust cause normal faults. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

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

14 Clues: Supercontinent • forms above and near subduction zones. • elevations along a contour line are ___. • valley Caused by divergent continental plates • type of plate boundary where two plates collide • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossward Puzzle 2014-10-15

Plate Tectonics Crossward Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonic plate boundary where plates come together.
  2. a long, narrow ditch at the bottom of the ocean.
  3. vertical movement of currents caused by temperature difference in a fluid such as air.
  4. a high-energy wave caused by an earthquake, volcano, landslide or other natural event that displaces and distributes energy through the ocean waters.
  5. a sudden violent shake of the ground, a result of movements within the earth's crust.
  6. a deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary, extending the length of the Mid- Ocean Ridge and the site of frequent volcanic activity.
  7. tectonic plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  8. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  9. tectonic process where one plate is pulled beneath the other.
Down
  1. where two plates either come together, move away or slide past each other.
  2. the theory of ______________ is that Earth's continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart.
  3. interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains and oceanic trenches.
  4. tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
  5. The theory of ____________ is that Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move.

14 Clues: formation of new areas of oceanic crust • a long, narrow ditch at the bottom of the ocean. • tectonic plate boundary where plates come together. • tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other. • tectonic process where one plate is pulled beneath the other. • tectonic plate boundary where plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics / Earth's Layers 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics / Earth's Layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide past one another, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere
  2. 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
  3. heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another
  4. Theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper portion of the mantle) is divided into about 12 large plates and several small ones that float on and travel independently over the asthenosphere.
  5. 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
  6. a large sea wave caused by an earthquake, landslide or other disturbance under the ocean
Down
  1. two plates are moving towards one another
  2. the theory that the earth's continents move gradually over the surface of the planet on a substratum of magma
  3. tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  5. running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge, was discovered by Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen in 1953
  6. a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
  7. locations where two tectonic plates meet
  8. the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.

14 Clues: locations where two tectonic plates meet • two plates are moving towards one another • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • a large sea wave caused by an earthquake, landslide or other disturbance under the ocean • the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. • ...

plate tectonics chapter 8 2018-12-10

plate tectonics chapter 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. parallel forces acting in opposite directions
  2. zone an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  3. mountain parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  4. trench deep, underwater toughs created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  5. the upward vertical motion of Earth's surface
  6. is the equilibrium between continental crust the denser the magma below
  7. the downward motion of Earth's surface
  8. arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary
Down
  1. a change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  2. squeezing stress
  3. stress that pulls something apart
  4. mountain where large regions rise vertically with very little deformation
  5. fault where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  6. mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded

14 Clues: squeezing stress • stress that pulls something apart • the downward motion of Earth's surface • parallel forces acting in opposite directions • the upward vertical motion of Earth's surface • a change in the shape of rock caused by stress • mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded • fault where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Review 2020-10-18

Plate Tectonics Vocab Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lithosphere is broken into moving pieces called
  2. the thickest layer of the earth.
  3. where plates move apart; also called seafloor spreading.
  4. dense oceanic crust moves under less dense continental crust.
  5. where plates slide past each other.
  6. a combination of the crust and the uppermost mantle.
Down
  1. land under the continents.
  2. land under oceans.
  3. type of crust that is thicker and less dense.
  4. outermost layer of the earth.
  5. where two plates collide.
  6. innermost layer of the earth that is a solid metal ball.
  7. a layer of the mantle that has convection currents of rock that move in circles like an escalator.
  8. when plates collide and move up. Ex)Himalayas
  9. type of crust that is thinner and more dense.
  10. liquid layer of the earth made of melted rock.

16 Clues: land under oceans. • where two plates collide. • land under the continents. • outermost layer of the earth. • the thickest layer of the earth. • where plates slide past each other. • type of crust that is thicker and less dense. • when plates collide and move up. Ex)Himalayas • type of crust that is thinner and more dense. • liquid layer of the earth made of melted rock. • ...

Kate's Crossword 2015-05-01

Kate's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two or more tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  2. A line or a curve on a geological map connecting points of identical age
Down
  1. Proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
  2. The study of the magnetic record in rocks
  3. The movement of earths continents relative to each other
  4. A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earths crust

6 Clues: The study of the magnetic record in rocks • Proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • The movement of earths continents relative to each other • two or more tectonic plates move toward each other and collide • A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earths crust • A line or a curve on a geological map connecting points of identical age

Marianne's SEA Crossword 2022-04-28

Marianne's SEA Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. country where lots of new creatures are discovered
  2. belief that people who share a language, history, and culture should have a nation
  3. a crop that SEA grows
  4. the _______ War
  5. most populated island in SEA
  6. the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
  7. vietnam gov.
  8. which island country in Southeast Asia makes up the most territory?
Down
  1. devotion and loyalty to one's own nation and the interests of that nation
  2. the practices of extending a country's power through force (military or political) to grow that country's power
  3. largest country in SEA
  4. city but also a country
  5. four plate tectonics meet
  6. the ______ Theory
  7. a landlocked country in SEA

15 Clues: vietnam gov. • the _______ War • the ______ Theory • a crop that SEA grows • largest country in SEA • city but also a country • four plate tectonics meet • a landlocked country in SEA • most populated island in SEA • country where lots of new creatures are discovered • which island country in Southeast Asia makes up the most territory? • ...

Ocean 2022-05-05

Ocean crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The regular rise and fall of ocean currents
  2. formed by a build up of cooled lava, breaks the surface of the ocean
  3. The movement of fluid
Down
  1. A long, narrow deep depression in the ocean floor
  2. Determines the movement of ocean currents
  3. An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics
  4. The slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
  5. A force that pulls downward
  6. It can flow

9 Clues: It can flow • The movement of fluid • A force that pulls downward • Determines the movement of ocean currents • The regular rise and fall of ocean currents • A long, narrow deep depression in the ocean floor • An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics • formed by a build up of cooled lava, breaks the surface of the ocean • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-09-08

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Drift
  2. plates
Down
  1. tectonics theory
  2. fossils

4 Clues: Drift • plates • fossils • tectonics theory

Vocabulary Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2022-05-19

Vocabulary Puzzle for Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. being deformed without losing toughness
  2. a change in shape from stress or strain
  3. having two opposite tendencies
  4. the continent in pangaea
  5. hold back
  6. crash together with violent impact
  7. the center of earth
  8. a fold of a rock that goes upwards
  9. an anticlinal rock structure
  10. a sudden , violent shaking of the ground
  11. break or crack in the earth
Down
  1. one plate moves under another
  2. layer of earth that is closest to humans
  3. the region below the lithosphere
  4. becoming separated
  5. the reduction in volume
  6. pull or push forcibly at something
  7. when an intense force is on something
  8. rock cluster that shows above the crust
  9. all of the continents together as one

20 Clues: hold back • becoming separated • the center of earth • the reduction in volume • the continent in pangaea • break or crack in the earth • an anticlinal rock structure • one plate moves under another • having two opposite tendencies • the region below the lithosphere • pull or push forcibly at something • crash together with violent impact • a fold of a rock that goes upwards • ...

Vocabulary Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2022-05-19

Vocabulary Puzzle for Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. being deformed without losing toughness
  2. a change in shape from stress or strain
  3. having two opposite tendencies
  4. the continent in pangaea
  5. hold back
  6. crash together with violent impact
  7. the center of earth
  8. a fold of a rock that goes upwards
  9. an anticlinal rock structure
  10. a sudden , violent shaking of the ground
  11. break or crack in the earth
Down
  1. one plate moves under another
  2. layer of earth that is closest to humans
  3. the region below the lithosphere
  4. becoming separated
  5. the reduction in volume
  6. pull or push forcibly at something
  7. when an intense force is on something
  8. rock cluster that shows above the crust
  9. all of the continents together as one

20 Clues: hold back • becoming separated • the center of earth • the reduction in volume • the continent in pangaea • break or crack in the earth • an anticlinal rock structure • one plate moves under another • having two opposite tendencies • the region below the lithosphere • pull or push forcibly at something • crash together with violent impact • a fold of a rock that goes upwards • ...

Vocabulary - Plate Tectonics - Part 1 2023-02-02

Vocabulary - Plate Tectonics - Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  2. Contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava underwater, or subaqueous extrusion.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. Relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean, especially between about 10,000 and 20,000 feet (3,000 and 6,000 m) down.
  5. The widest layer of the Earth, and it lies between the thin outer layer, the crust, and the super-heated outer core. It’s made of a semi-molten rock called magma.
  6. A device for determining the depth of the seabed or detecting objects in water by measuring the time taken for sound echoes to return to the listener.
  7. Extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface. When it flows onto Earth's surface, it is called lava.
  8. A supercontinent that formed during the late Neoproterozoic and began to break up, involving the separation of Antarctica from South America and Australia.
  9. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  10. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.
  11. The hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
  12. Great flat sediment-covered areas of ocean floor.
  13. 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.
  14. Typically form along the mid-ocean ridges, such as the East Pacific Rise and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. These are locations where two tectonic plates are diverging, and new crust is being formed.
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed.
  2. The ancient remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  3. The relatively thin part of the Earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  4. Extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock that is low in silica content, dark in color, and comparatively rich in iron and magnesium.
  5. A hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia.
  6. Magma, molten rock, emerging as a liquid onto Earth's surface.
  7. Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole. This is how the magnetic field is aligned today.
  8. Where the magnetic north points in the opposite direction, and the north end of the magnetic field is close to the present-day south pole.
  9. An instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  10. Zone of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.
  11. A long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading.

25 Clues: Great flat sediment-covered areas of ocean floor. • Magma, molten rock, emerging as a liquid onto Earth's surface. • The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. • The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • An instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • ...

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes 2023-02-08

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 plates collide and one ends up bellow the other
  2. openings in the earths crust that when erupting spews out molten rock
  3. volcano that is unlikely to erupt again
  4. when 2 plates move away
  5. volcano that erupted in the last 2000 years/ sleeping
  6. instrument used to track eartquakes
  7. when 2 plates collide but slide past each other horizontally
  8. volcano that erupted recently in the last 50 years
  9. molten rock once outside of the volcano
Down
  1. continents moving slowly
  2. point where 2 or more plates meet
  3. causes continental drift
  4. shaking and vibration of the earths crust due to plates moving
  5. the point inside crust where the pressure is released
  6. earth's 4th layer
  7. the Earth's first layer
  8. earth's 3rd layer
  9. the earth's 2nd layer
  10. molten rock inside the crater of the volcano
  11. Pangaea continent

20 Clues: earth's 4th layer • earth's 3rd layer • Pangaea continent • the earth's 2nd layer • the Earth's first layer • when 2 plates move away • continents moving slowly • causes continental drift • point where 2 or more plates meet • instrument used to track eartquakes • volcano that is unlikely to erupt again • molten rock once outside of the volcano • ...

Ch 8 Plate Tectonics Review 2023-03-02

Ch 8 Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bends in rock that form when compression shortens and thickens earth's crust
  2. magma that exits a volcano and is exposed to air or water
  3. the sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
  4. the boundary at which plates slip past each other
  5. a single number that geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on the earthquake's size
  6. long, zipperlike chains of undersea mountains
  7. an opening in the earth's crust through which material is forced upwards during a volcanic eruption
  8. traces of organisms preserved in rock
  9. a triangle shaped hill formed as material from volcanic eruptions piles up around the volcanic vent
  10. He developed the continental drift hypothesis
  11. undersea valleys that are the deepest parts of the ocean
  12. a volcano that poses little threat of eruption but could reawaken someday
  13. a break in the rock of earth's crust or mantle
  14. a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  15. a cyclical movement of fluid in the mantle
  16. a volcano that poses very little threat of eruption
Down
  1. seismic waves produced by earthquakes are measured by this device
  2. a structure that forms in earth's crust when molten material, or magma, reaches earth's surface
  3. the supercontinent that broke up into the continents we know today
  4. vibrations that travel through earth carrying energy released by earthquakes and volcanoes
  5. the most dangerous volcanoes that could erupt at any moment
  6. the hypothesis that all of the continents had once been together and drifted apart
  7. scientists use these to measure plate motions
  8. the boundary at which plates come together
  9. the process by which molten rock flows up through a crack in earth's crust and hardens into solid strips of new rock on both sides of the crack
  10. the boundary at which plates move apart
  11. the shaking and trembling that results from plate movements
  12. the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

28 Clues: traces of organisms preserved in rock • the boundary at which plates move apart • the boundary at which plates come together • a cyclical movement of fluid in the mantle • scientists use these to measure plate motions • long, zipperlike chains of undersea mountains • He developed the continental drift hypothesis • a break in the rock of earth's crust or mantle • ...

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

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

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

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 • an animal that lives of both land and water • the pieces that make up Earth's outer layer • lava that cools and hardens on a rock surface • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior 2014-01-03

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outer layer of Earth composed of thin hard rock
  2. Thick dense layer of rock under the crust
  3. Earth's only liquid layer
  4. Created when one plate slides under another plate
  5. An example of a divergent boundary
  6. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago that consisted of all present continents
  7. States that continents have moved slowly into their present locations
  8. The plastic-like layer of Earth below the lithosphere
  9. Plates below continents
  10. A German meteorologist who presented the theory of continental drift in 1912
Down
  1. An example of a subduction zone
  2. Made up of the crust and upper part of upper mantle
  3. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  4. Magma in the Earth rises when hot and sinks when cool
  5. Boundary between two plates that are moving towards each other
  6. Boundary between two plates that are moving away from each other
  7. An example of a convergent boundary
  8. An example of a transform boundary
  9. Plates below oceans
  10. Innermost layer of Earth composed of solid iron and nickel

20 Clues: Plates below oceans • Plates below continents • Earth's only liquid layer • An example of a subduction zone • An example of a divergent boundary • An example of a transform boundary • An example of a convergent boundary • Thick dense layer of rock under the crust • Outer layer of Earth composed of thin hard rock • Created when one plate slides under another plate • ...

Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics 2018-01-04

Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Continually adding new materials to the ocean floor
  2. Deep underwater canyons
  3. Breaks in Earths crust
  4. Layer of molten metal materials
  5. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
  6. Is a large landmass
  7. Part of the mantle that is strong hard and rigid
  8. Plates slip past each other
  9. sections of Earth separated by cracks
  10. Dark,fine-grained rock
  11. Mountain ranges that ran along the middle of some ocean floors
  12. made of mostlty iron and nickel
  13. Dense ball of solid metal
  14. Any trace of an ancient organism
  15. single landmass, about 300 million years ago
Down
  1. Plates move apart, or diverge
  2. Plates come together,or converge
  3. Ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  4. Rock usually with light colors and has coarse grains
  5. Landmass slowly moved over Earth's surface
  6. Part of the mantle that is less rigid than the rock above
  7. Theory that plates are in slow, constant motion
  8. Part of the mantle that is hot but more rigid
  9. Results from a force pressing on an area

24 Clues: Is a large landmass • Breaks in Earths crust • Dark,fine-grained rock • Deep underwater canyons • Dense ball of solid metal • Plates slip past each other • Plates move apart, or diverge • Layer of molten metal materials • made of mostlty iron and nickel • Plates come together,or converge • Any trace of an ancient organism • sections of Earth separated by cracks • ...

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. causes sea floor spreading
  2. supercontinent
  3. crust of the upper mantle
  4. no one believed wegener
  5. ocean floor
  6. two plates slip past eachother
  7. two plates moving apart
  8. proposed the theory of continental drift
  9. top layer
Down
  1. wegeners theory
  2. 1912
  3. ocean floor moving
  4. remains of animals
  5. deepest place on earth
  6. longest mountain range
  7. one plate gets sucked under another
  8. theory of the plates
  9. two plates come together
  10. discovered sea floor spreading
  11. changed as north amerca drifted
  12. 1940's

21 Clues: 1912 • 1940's • top layer • ocean floor • supercontinent • wegeners theory • ocean floor moving • remains of animals • theory of the plates • deepest place on earth • longest mountain range • no one believed wegener • two plates moving apart • two plates come together • crust of the upper mantle • causes sea floor spreading • two plates slip past eachother • discovered sea floor spreading • ...

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy
  2. Earth's deepest layer
  3. A mountain or hill, which is usually conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas that have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. Hot semisolid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  5. When two plates push together
  6. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth
  7. The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  9. Earth's second deepest layer
  10. When two plates pull apart
Down
  1. Below the Crust, the third deepest layer.
  2. Earth's most outer layer
  3. Under the lithosphere, the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  4. When one plate gets pulled under another
  5. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
  6. When two plates slide next to each other
  7. Made up of the crust, this zone is divided into several constantly moving plates of solid rock that hold the continents and oceans.
  8. Cracks in the Earth's crust where there is movement
  9. Little particles blown from the eruption of a volcano
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.

20 Clues: Earth's deepest layer • Earth's most outer layer • When two plates pull apart • Earth's second deepest layer • When two plates push together • The border between two tectonic plates. • When one plate gets pulled under another • When two plates slide next to each other • Below the Crust, the third deepest layer. • a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock • ...

Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics 2024-03-19

Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed in the interior of Earth
  2. When one tectonic plate slides under another
  3. An orderly arrangement of atoms and molecules with a specific shape determined by its chemical composition
  4. An opening in Earth’s crust where lava, cinders, ash, and gases come to the surface
  5. A rock that has changed from another rock because of heat, pressure, or a chemical reaction
  6. (2 words) A theory that says Earth’s outer layers are made of moving plates
  7. (2 words) Transformation that changes one type of rock into another
  8. A section of Earth’s lithosphere
  9. The heat transfer in a fluid in which hot fluid rises and cold fluid sinks, setting up a cycle
  10. Molten rock under the surface of Earth
  11. The fluid portion of the mantle that has special properties
  12. Formed on the exterior of Earth
Down
  1. A fault where two plates slide past each other
  2. A rock that forms when melted rock (magma or lava) hardens
  3. Earth’s water, both in the seas and on land
  4. The hard outer layer of Earth made of crust and hard, upper mantle; broken into tectonic plates
  5. A sudden movement of plates within Earth’s crust
  6. The layer of Earth below the crust; upper part is solid and lower part is semisolid
  7. A scientist who studies earth
  8. To come together
  9. Molten rock on the surface of Earth
  10. (2 words) Sections of the lithosphere that move on top of the fluid asthenosphere; composed of Earth’s crust and the hard top layer of the mantle
  11. The rigid outer layer of earth
  12. The air that surrounds earth
  13. All the living things on earth
  14. (2 words) The area along an edge of Earth’s plates

26 Clues: To come together • The air that surrounds earth • A scientist who studies earth • The rigid outer layer of earth • All the living things on earth • Formed in the interior of Earth • Formed on the exterior of Earth • A section of Earth’s lithosphere • Molten rock on the surface of Earth • Molten rock under the surface of Earth • Earth’s water, both in the seas and on land • ...

science vocab 2021-03-04

science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. middle of earth
  2. the outermost rigid layer of earth
  3. the strong lower part of mantle
  4. tectonics- theory that states Earths outer layer is broken into large ,slowly moving pieces
  5. top layer of earth
  6. boundaries- form when two plates move away from each other
  7. the 2nd layer of earth
Down
  1. the movement of matter results from density caused by variations in temp.
  2. the process by which rocks change shape when under stress
  3. boundaries- a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally
  4. layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly
  5. floor spreading- molten rock rises through cracks along mid ocean ridges
  6. boundaries- form when two plates collide
  7. plates- each piece of lithosphere
  8. super continent

15 Clues: middle of earth • super continent • top layer of earth • the 2nd layer of earth • the strong lower part of mantle • plates- each piece of lithosphere • the outermost rigid layer of earth • boundaries- form when two plates collide • the process by which rocks change shape when under stress • boundaries- form when two plates move away from each other • ...

Earth Science Review: wave erosion and Pangaea 2022-10-25

Earth Science Review: wave erosion and Pangaea crossword puzzle
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  1. The continents appear to fit together like a ...
  2. This occurs when two plates converge.
  3. This occurs when two plates rub against each other.
  4. steep face of rock eroded by waves.
  5. Long sandbars connected to the shoreline.
  6. What the continents are floating on
  7. Heat transfer causes the continents to move.
  8. The continents are moving about ___ centimeters a year.
  9. Columns of rock that stand a short distance offshore
  10. Supercontinent
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  1. Occur when waves hollow out soft rock in a sea cliff
  2. Where the land meets the water
  3. Covered by sand or large particles such as pebbles.
  4. Explains why the continental plates are moving.
  5. This occurs when two plates diverge or separate from each other.

15 Clues: Supercontinent • Where the land meets the water • steep face of rock eroded by waves. • What the continents are floating on • This occurs when two plates converge. • Long sandbars connected to the shoreline. • Heat transfer causes the continents to move. • Explains why the continental plates are moving. • The continents appear to fit together like a ... • ...

Natural Systems Crossword 2013-11-04

Natural Systems Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Ice River.
  2. Glacier Glacier occupying one or more valleys in a mountain region.
  3. Rock Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments.
  4. volcanoes, and earthquakes.
  5. Glacier Glaciers that spread out a large part of the climate.
  6. Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  7. Hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
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  1. Season The average period of the year during which temperatures are higher than 6’C (the temperature at which plants grow).
  2. A large geographical area in which human activities interact with the natural world.
  3. Rock Rock formed by the solidification of molten magma.
  4. Tectonics The study of plate movement to understand the formation of
  5. Rock Rock altered by pressure and heat.
  6. The daily conditions of temperature, Precipitation, Wind, Humidity, and cloud in the atmosphere.
  7. was a super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  8. Weather conditions at a certain place or region averaged over a long period of time.

15 Clues: Ice River. • volcanoes, and earthquakes. • Rock Rock altered by pressure and heat. • Rock Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments. • Rock Rock formed by the solidification of molten magma. • Glacier Glaciers that spread out a large part of the climate. • Glacier Glacier occupying one or more valleys in a mountain region. • ...

. Make a crossword puzzle in relation to the 4 theories listed above 2022-09-29

. Make a crossword puzzle in relation to the 4 theories listed above crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process or the state of changing place or position of the body or a body part from one position to another
  2. Isostasy is the rising or settling of a portion of the Earth's lithosphere that occurs when weight is removed or added in order to maintain equilibrium between buoyancy forces that push the lithosphere upward, and gravity forces that pull the lithosphere downward.
  3. fused or liquefied by heat
  4. Sea-floor spreading is what happens at the mid-oceanic ridge where a divergent boundary is causing two plates to move away from one another resulting in spreading of the sea floor.
  5. The seabed is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as 'seabeds'.
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  1. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  2. Continental drift is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed.
  3. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
  4. the substance of the land surface;
  5. In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
  6. A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite.
  7. A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

12 Clues: fused or liquefied by heat • the substance of the land surface; • A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. • The seabed is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as 'seabeds'. • A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. • ...

the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent 2022-12-07

the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth
  2. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
  3. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  4. the part of a continent that is stable
  5. geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways
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  1. drift gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
  2. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
  3. the outer layer of the Earth

8 Clues: the outer layer of the Earth • the part of a continent that is stable • a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth • the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle • a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill • geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways • ...

Mr. Nitzky's Science Class 2021-05-25

Mr. Nitzky's Science Class crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How old is Mr. Nitzky's son, Blaine?
  2. The iconic Mario character, Princess Peach, was originally named Princess ____________.
  3. Mr. Nitzky plays this instrument.
  4. A water __________ is made up of 2 Hydrogen and 1 Oxygen atoms.
  5. Mr. Nitzky's favorite sports team.
  6. ___________ currents in the Earth's mantle drive plate tectonics.
  7. ___________ Dioxide is a greenhouse gas that is released into the air when burning fossil fuels.
  8. This son of Goku ended the Cell Saga.
  9. According to Hubble's Law, the universe is ____________.
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  1. Protons and __________ make up the nucleus of an atom.
  2. _____________ have a negative charge.
  3. Our solar system is located in the ____________ galaxy.
  4. From Pikachu to Magikarp.
  5. The primary driver of climate change is the _________ effect.
  6. Pepsi is one; Coke is another.

15 Clues: From Pikachu to Magikarp. • Pepsi is one; Coke is another. • Mr. Nitzky plays this instrument. • Mr. Nitzky's favorite sports team. • How old is Mr. Nitzky's son, Blaine? • _____________ have a negative charge. • This son of Goku ended the Cell Saga. • Protons and __________ make up the nucleus of an atom. • Our solar system is located in the ____________ galaxy. • ...

Forces that Change the Earth 2024-02-01

Forces that Change the Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. Reversal The Poles reverse
  2. A layer of the Earth bounded by the crBoundariescore
  3. Valley A low region where tectonic plates move apart
  4. Current Heat cycles in the air, ocean, and the mantle
  5. Boundaries 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other
  6. Valley A low region where tectonic plates converge
  7. Core The inside part of the Earth
  8. Drift The movement of continents because tectonic plates are moving
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  1. A supercontinent that included all the land on Earth
  2. plates are pieces of the Earth's crust and mantle.
  3. 2 tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary
  4. spot An area of Earth's mantle where plumes rise
  5. Boundaries 2 tectonic plates coming together
  6. Boundaries 2 tectonic plates separating
  7. Ocean Range A seafloor mountain created by plate tectonics
  8. Outermost layer of the Earth

16 Clues: Outermost layer of the Earth • Reversal The Poles reverse • Core The inside part of the Earth • Boundaries 2 tectonic plates separating • 2 tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary • Boundaries 2 tectonic plates coming together • A supercontinent that included all the land on Earth • A layer of the Earth bounded by the crBoundariescore • ...

Olgies 2023-11-01

Olgies crossword puzzle
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  1. study of mammals
  2. study of life in the ocean
  3. study of heredity
  4. the study of all types of animals and everything about them
  5. study of freshwater systems, such as lakes, ponds, and lakes
  6. study of the bones and the disorders and diseases of the skeletal;l system
  7. study of animals without a backbone
  8. study of volcanoes and volcano related phenomena
  9. the study of living things and everything about it
  10. study of the properties of matter and how matter changes into new substances
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  1. study of fish
  2. study of the geologic features of the ocean floor including plate tectonics of the ocean
  3. study of viruses and viral diseases
  4. study of worms particularly parasite forms such as tapeworm
  5. study of fungi and yeast

15 Clues: study of fish • study of mammals • study of heredity • study of fungi and yeast • study of life in the ocean • study of viruses and viral diseases • study of animals without a backbone • study of volcanoes and volcano related phenomena • the study of living things and everything about it • study of worms particularly parasite forms such as tapeworm • ...

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, And Plate Tectonics 2017-04-08

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, And Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago.
  2. A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph.
  3. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano.
  4. Very dense, solid center of the Earth that is made of mostly iron with smaller amounts of oxygen, silicon, sulfur, or nickel.
  5. Cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics.
  6. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
  7. An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area.
  8. Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward fro the earthquakes focus.
  9. Largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core and that is made mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron.
  10. An opening on Earth's surface where magma is forced up and flows out as lava.
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  1. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
  2. Point in Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus.
  3. Point at the depth where the rocks ruptured to produce earthquakes; places were quake waves originate.
  4. Bits of rock or solified lava dropped from the air.
  5. hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that the states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth.
  6. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere.
  7. Earths outermost layer.
  8. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
  9. Remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock.
  10. Surface along which rocks break and move.

20 Clues: Earths outermost layer. • Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. • Surface along which rocks break and move. • Measure of the energy released by an earthquake. • Bits of rock or solified lava dropped from the air. • Remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock. • Point in Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus. • ...

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics 2018-01-03

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Breaks in Earths crust
  2. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
  3. Is a large landmass
  4. Deep underwater canyons
  5. Results from a force pressing on an area
  6. Landmass slowly moved over Earth's surface
  7. Any trace of an ancient organism
  8. Plates move apart, or diverge
  9. Theory that plates are in slow, constant motion
  10. Plates slip past each other
  11. Dark,fine-grained rock
  12. made of mostlty iron and nickel
  13. Rock usually with light colors and has coarse grains
  14. Layer of molten metal materials
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  1. Ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  2. Plates come together,or converge
  3. Mountain ranges that ran along the middle of some ocean floors
  4. Continually adding new materials to the ocean floor
  5. Part of the mantle that is hot but more rigid
  6. Part of the mantle that is less rigid than the rock above
  7. Dense ball of solid metal
  8. Part of the mantle that is strong hard and rigid
  9. sections of Earth separated by cracks
  10. single landmass, about 300 million years ago

24 Clues: Is a large landmass • Breaks in Earths crust • Dark,fine-grained rock • Deep underwater canyons • Dense ball of solid metal • Plates slip past each other • Plates move apart, or diverge • made of mostlty iron and nickel • Layer of molten metal materials • Plates come together,or converge • Any trace of an ancient organism • sections of Earth separated by cracks • ...

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics 2018-01-03

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is a large landmass
  2. Part of the mantle that is less rigid than the rock above
  3. Any trace of an ancient organism
  4. Mountain ranges that ran along the middle of some ocean floors
  5. made of mostlty iron and nickel
  6. Deep underwater canyons
  7. Theory that plates are in slow, constant motion
  8. Plates move apart, or diverge
  9. Plates slip past each other
  10. Ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  11. Layer of molten metal materials
  12. single landmass, about 300 million years ago
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  1. Dense ball of solid metal
  2. sections of Earth separated by cracks
  3. Breaks in Earths crust
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
  5. Plates come together,or converge
  6. Part of the mantle that is strong hard and rigid
  7. Landmass slowly moved over Earth's surface
  8. Continually adding new materials to the ocean floor
  9. Rock usually with light colors and has coarse grains
  10. Part of the mantle that is hot but more rigid
  11. Dark,fine-grained rock
  12. Results from a force pressing on an area

24 Clues: Is a large landmass • Breaks in Earths crust • Dark,fine-grained rock • Deep underwater canyons • Dense ball of solid metal • Plates slip past each other • Plates move apart, or diverge • made of mostlty iron and nickel • Layer of molten metal materials • Plates come together,or converge • Any trace of an ancient organism • sections of Earth separated by cracks • ...

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics 2013-01-24

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  2. Type of fault where two plates move apart from one another.
  3. A scale measuring the intensity of an earthquake, ranging from 1-10.
  4. Outer most layer of the Earth's surface which floats on the mantle and is made up of tectonic plates.
  5. A type of fault where two plates collide with each other.
  6. Volcano which has more violent, deadly eruptions which mainly contain ash and heated gas.
  7. Another name for the crust and the upper mantle.
  8. Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
  9. Volcano built up by layers of lava emissions.
  10. Instrument which measures and records the intensity of earthquakes.
  11. What happens when one plate slides under another.
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  1. A fracture in the Earth's crust caused when two plates move apart from each other.
  2. Solid portion of the center of the Earth.
  3. A narrow raised portion of land where two plates come together.
  4. A wave of energy released when two plates slide against or past each other.
  5. Area in which the plates first break or slide across each other.
  6. Type of fault characterized by two plates sliding against each other (ex- One moving north, the other moving south).
  7. Another name for the mantle.
  8. Transfer of heat in a circular motion.
  9. Hot rock, ash, or gases released by the eruption of a composite volcano.
  10. Theory which states that the earth is made up of moving plates.
  11. Oceanic crust which slides beneath another plate.
  12. An opening in the Earth's surface which allows heat, gas or lava to escape.
  13. More fluid yet solid portion of the center of the Earth.
  14. Portion of the earth made up of molten rock/magma beneath the crust but outside of the core and comprises 70% of Earth's volume.

25 Clues: Another name for the mantle. • Magma that reaches Earth's surface. • Transfer of heat in a circular motion. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • Solid portion of the center of the Earth. • Volcano built up by layers of lava emissions. • Another name for the crust and the upper mantle. • Oceanic crust which slides beneath another plate. • ...

Earths structure and plate tectonics 2015-03-09

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

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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Choice Board Activity 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics Choice Board Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. the idea of all different landmasses once being connected
  2. the layer that floats on the lithosphere
  3. the crust found under oceans
  4. greek for weak
  5. layer that is divided into several very slowly moving plates that hold the oceans and continents together
  6. scientist who originally thought of the idea of Pangaea
  7. several large slabs
  8. tectonic plates are moving away from each other
  9. the belief of how the mantle flows
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  1. tectonic plates are colliding
  2. the process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is known as
  3. the process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  4. tectonic plates are sliding past each other
  5. outermost layer
  6. all tectonic plates can create this natural disaster
  7. the crust that underlies continents
  8. the only liquid layer
  9. the border between two tectonic plates
  10. the thickest layer
  11. greek for stone

20 Clues: greek for weak • outermost layer • greek for stone • the thickest layer • several large slabs • the only liquid layer • the crust found under oceans • tectonic plates are colliding • the belief of how the mantle flows • the crust that underlies continents • the border between two tectonic plates • the layer that floats on the lithosphere • tectonic plates are sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy
  2. Earth's deepest layer
  3. A mountain or hill, which is usually conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas that have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. Hot semisolid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  5. When two plates push together
  6. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth
  7. The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  9. Earth's second deepest layer
  10. When two plates pull apart
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  1. Below the Crust, the third deepest layer.
  2. Earth's most outer layer
  3. Under the lithosphere, the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  4. When one plate gets pulled under another
  5. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
  6. When two plates slide next to each other
  7. Made up of the crust, this zone is divided into several constantly moving plates of solid rock that hold the continents and oceans.
  8. Cracks in the Earth's crust where there is movement
  9. Little particles blown from the eruption of a volcano
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.

20 Clues: Earth's deepest layer • Earth's most outer layer • When two plates pull apart • Earth's second deepest layer • When two plates push together • The border between two tectonic plates. • When one plate gets pulled under another • When two plates slide next to each other • Below the Crust, the third deepest layer. • a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock • ...

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 • ...

Geography, (Population, Settlement, Plate tectonics) 2020-11-19

Geography, (Population, Settlement, Plate tectonics) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year).
  2. In a convergent plate boundary, the oceanic plate is _______ under the continental plate.
  3. Circular depression at the peak of a volcano.
  4. Increasing population in towns and cities as a result of more rural to urban migration.
  5. The point within the Earth where an earthquake originates.
  6. When a city or part of the city falls into decrepitude and is no longer suitable for work.
  7. Number of children dead before reaching 1 year of age.
  8. The distance a person is willing to travel to access a service.
  9. The movement from one place to another in search of work, better life, shelter.
  10. Volcanoes attract many ________.
  11. To predict earthquakes we can monitor ______ behavior.
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  1. People who cannot fend for themselves usually of ages below 15 and above 65. Relies on others.
  2. In order to reduce the damages of an earthquake, we can follow. Predict, Protect, ______
  3. Natural Change + Net Migration.
  4. Many in number, Small population, Less services.
  5. Main commercial area of a city.
  6. Fissures on the crust of the Earth that expel magma.
  7. Reasons attracting people to a country or place.
  8. A volcano that has erupted in the last 80 years is referred to as _____.
  9. China's major anti natal policy to combat their exploding growth.
  10. The average number of children born per woman.
  11. Number of immigrants - Number of emigrants.

22 Clues: Natural Change + Net Migration. • Main commercial area of a city. • Volcanoes attract many ________. • Number of immigrants - Number of emigrants. • Circular depression at the peak of a volcano. • The average number of children born per woman. • Many in number, Small population, Less services. • Reasons attracting people to a country or place. • ...

Plate Tectonics and Natural Disaster 2023-01-04

Plate Tectonics and Natural Disaster crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Under the crust, a layer made of melted rock.
  2. A type of rock formed when sediments that were deposited in ancient times were pressed together and became hard.
  3. Rock (or sediment) stop at a new spot to form new landform.
  4. The outer layer of the earth.
  5. When water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams.
  6. Two continental plates move together towards each other.
  7. A mass movement of material, such as rock, earth or debris, down a slope.
  8. To change from a liquid into a gas, water becoming water vapor.
  9. A shaking of a part of the Earth's surface that often causes great damage.
  10. Two continental plates slide past each other in different directions.
  11. Magma that comes out of the earth.
  12. Natural processes that break rocks into smaller pieces.
  13. Hot, melted rocks from the mantle of Earth.
  14. An extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm that occurs especially in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea.
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  1. when magma or lava cools, this kind of rock forms.
  2. Water falling in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  3. Natural processes that move rock (or sediment) from one place to another.
  4. To change from a gas into a liquid, water vapor becoming clouds.
  5. A mountain with a hole in the top or side that sometimes sends out rocks, ash, lava, etc., in a sudden explosion (called an eruption).
  6. The super continent.
  7. The act or result of cutting down or burning all the trees in an area.
  8. Heat and heavy pressure cause the rock to change into a marble.
  9. Two continental plates move away or apart.
  10. A very high, large wave in the ocean that is usually caused by an earthquake under the sea and that can cause great destruction when it reaches land.

24 Clues: The super continent. • The outer layer of the earth. • Magma that comes out of the earth. • Two continental plates move away or apart. • Hot, melted rocks from the mantle of Earth. • Under the crust, a layer made of melted rock. • when magma or lava cools, this kind of rock forms. • Natural processes that break rocks into smaller pieces. • ...

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics 2023-11-03

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Middle layer of the Earth's interior making up 70% of Earth's mass
  2. thin layer of rock at the Earth's surface
  3. A soft upper layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere moves on
  4. A plate boundary where to plates crash into each other
  5. The molten liquid metal layer of the Earth's interior
  6. A theory stating that present day continents drifted
  7. The radio devise that sends signals from a satellite to the ground station on plate movement below Earth's surface
  8. A plate boundary when two plate slide past each other
  9. When two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and mountains are formed.
  10. A scientist who studies Earth's structure
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  1. A German geologist who proposed the Continental Drift theory
  2. The driving force of all plate movement located in the mantle
  3. A theory explaining the structure of the Earth's crust
  4. The solid metal layer of Earth's interio
  5. A lithospheric block of earths crust
  6. Giant landmass that included all of earths present day continents
  7. The remains of plants and animals that lived millions of yeas ago
  8. A plate boundary where to plates slide away from each other
  9. The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma rises to the surface forming new oceanic crust
  10. An instrument that records vibrations caused by movements within the crust
  11. A listhospheric block of the crust and upper mantle that shape Earth's surface
  12. Inner most layer of the Earth compose mostly of Nickle and Iron
  13. When one plate goes under another plate sinking back into the mantle
  14. The study of Earth's surface structure

24 Clues: A lithospheric block of earths crust • The study of Earth's surface structure • The solid metal layer of Earth's interio • thin layer of rock at the Earth's surface • A scientist who studies Earth's structure • A theory stating that present day continents drifted • The molten liquid metal layer of the Earth's interior • ...

earthquakes & volcanoes 2022-01-14

earthquakes & volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock that issues from a volcano.
  2. a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
  3. a large underground pool of molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth
  4. the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other
  5. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  6. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  7. a giant wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  8. he is most notable for his theory of continental drift
  9. a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
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  1. an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
  2. the sudden movement or trembling of the Earth's tectonic plates.
  3. the study of earthquakes
  4. an underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
  5. a tectonic plate at the bottom of the oceans.
  6. instrument used to measure earthquakes

15 Clues: the study of earthquakes • instrument used to measure earthquakes • molten rock that issues from a volcano. • a tectonic plate at the bottom of the oceans. • he is most notable for his theory of continental drift • an underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics. • a giant wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...

EARTHQUAKES 2022-11-02

EARTHQUAKES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Likes to chase mice
  2. TECTONICS, ARE WHERE CONTINENTS MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT THAT BRAKE APART CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER
  3. Large marsupial
  4. IS WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE STARTS BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
  5. WAVES, SHOCK WAVES FROM AN EARTHQUAKE THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE GROUND
  6. Has a trunk
  7. Man's best friend
  8. SCALE MESSURE, THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTHQUAKE
  9. Flying mammal
  10. TELLS WHAT SIZE THE WAVE IS
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  1. SMALLER EARTHQUAKE THAT HAPPENS AFTER A LARGE EARTHQUAKE
  2. CAN TRAVEL THROUGH BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID
  3. HAD THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE
  4. SMALLER EARTHQUAKES THAT HAPPENS BEFORE LARGE EARTHQUAKE
  5. MAGNITUDE SCALE, TELLS THE STRENGHT OF AN EARTHQUAKE
  6. PLACE DIRECTLY AOUVE THIS ONTHE SURFACE IS CALLED, EPICENTER
  7. LINES, ARE AREAS OF STRESS IN THE EARTH
  8. IS A MACHINE USED TO MEASURE STRENGTH AND LENGTH OF AN EATHQUAKE
  9. ARE SUDDEN AND QUICK SHOCK OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE
  10. RING OF FIRE IS THE, HOTZONE

20 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • TELLS WHAT SIZE THE WAVE IS • RING OF FIRE IS THE, HOTZONE • HAD THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE • LINES, ARE AREAS OF STRESS IN THE EARTH • CAN TRAVEL THROUGH BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID • SCALE MESSURE, THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTHQUAKE • ARE SUDDEN AND QUICK SHOCK OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE • ...

Ch 21 Handout 2023-05-24

Ch 21 Handout crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The man who came up with the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  2. Fault where the hanging wall is pushed down
  3. Earthquakes are measured by this
  4. The fast seismic wave
  5. The largest layer of the Earth
  6. A seismic sea wave
  7. Boundary where two plates slide side by side
  8. What is created when compression causes the rock to form an upfold
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  1. This seismic wave can travel through liquid
  2. Boundary where the crust is being pulled apart
  3. Boundary where two plates collide
  4. This is caused by a sudden release of stress within the crust
  5. Stress where things are pulled apart
  6. The point on the surface of the Earth above an earthquake
  7. Fault where the hanging wall is pushed up

15 Clues: A seismic sea wave • The fast seismic wave • The largest layer of the Earth • Earthquakes are measured by this • Boundary where two plates collide • Stress where things are pulled apart • Fault where the hanging wall is pushed up • This seismic wave can travel through liquid • Fault where the hanging wall is pushed down • Boundary where two plates slide side by side • ...

Earth Systems TCAP Vocab Game 2024-04-12

Earth Systems TCAP Vocab Game crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  2. sudden events that led to a mass extincti
  3. located between the mantle and the outer core
  4. a group of the same species living in the same area
  5. where tectonic plates slide past each other. causes earthquakes
  6. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  7. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  8. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
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  1. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  2. extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  3. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  4. hot material rises, cooler materials sink. it drives plate tectonics
  5. large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundries
  6. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  7. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  8. the semi-fluid layer of of the mantle where convection currents happen
  9. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates

17 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extincti • 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 • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Earth Science 2024-05-15

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the leaves of a tree
  2. what is a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals.
  3. a u shaped valley formed by large blocks of ice
  4. where a river meets the ocean
  5. what is the name for the interaction of plates moving on the mantle
  6. two plates move toward each other
  7. a fracture or zone of fractures between to plates
  8. gasses that make the atmosphere heat up
  9. what is a naturally occurring substance with distinctive chemical and physical properties, composition and atomic structure
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  1. the downward movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle
  2. the percentage of void space in a material, such as soil or rock
  3. non renewable energy source like gasoline
  4. a rupture in the Earth's crust that allows lava, ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
  5. a fluid's resistance to flowing.
  6. when two plates move away form each other
  7. a sudden, violent shaking of the Earth's surface that occurs when two tectonic plates move past each other along a fault line
  8. where streams come together to form a river

17 Clues: the leaves of a tree • where a river meets the ocean • a fluid's resistance to flowing. • two plates move toward each other • gasses that make the atmosphere heat up • non renewable energy source like gasoline • when two plates move away form each other • where streams come together to form a river • a u shaped valley formed by large blocks of ice • ...

Naz FunPuzzle 2023-08-31

Naz FunPuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Substances like, Liquid, Solid,and Gas.
  2. A Boundary that moves apart
  3. Someone who test theories
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  1. What you call Plate tectonics that move apart past, and towards one another
  2. Deals with testing theories
  3. Cycle Change of rock is called

6 Clues: Someone who test theories • Deals with testing theories • A Boundary that moves apart • Cycle Change of rock is called • Substances like, Liquid, Solid,and Gas. • What you call Plate tectonics that move apart past, and towards one another

Puzzle of earth 2024-01-11

Puzzle of earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. daughter of the parent isotope
  2. the absolute center of our earth
  3. two tectonic plates sliding against each other
  4. decay the transformation of a parent isotope to a daughter isotope
  5. tectonic plates coliding
  6. the half of the mantle closer to the core
  7. the Earth's thickest layer
  8. the half of the mantle closer to the crust
  9. the Earth's crust continents and country's eddition
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  1. the transfer of heat within the mantle that moves plate tectonics
  2. sandwiched between the inner core and the mantle
  3. shoot off a neutrino decaying
  4. when a meteor lands on the earth
  5. using radioactive decay to find the exact age of an object
  6. parent of the daughter isotope
  7. the Earth's crust where boats roam
  8. what we use to find how dense the Earth's core is
  9. tectonicv plates move apart
  10. crust of the earth

19 Clues: crust of the earth • tectonic plates coliding • the Earth's thickest layer • tectonicv plates move apart • shoot off a neutrino decaying • daughter of the parent isotope • parent of the daughter isotope • when a meteor lands on the earth • the absolute center of our earth • the Earth's crust where boats roam • the half of the mantle closer to the core • ...

Unit 5 Crossword 2023-02-08

Unit 5 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the height of land above a given level, generally sea level
  2. used by Hess as evidence for plate tectonics
  3. one type of evidence used by Wegener to support continental drift
  4. a theory that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that move slowly over time
  5. bold or thicker lines that generally occur every fifth contour line
  6. the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  7. an aerial map that shows the physical features of an area including elevation
  8. A large, broke section of Earth's lithosphere that can carry continental or oceanic crust
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  1. the theory that states the continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface
  2. feature formed by an ocean-to-ocean divergent boundary
  3. a landmass that existed when all continents were joined together over 200 million years ago
  4. connect points of equal elevation on a topographic map
  5. the San Andreas Fault is a popular one of these types of boundaries
  6. the continuous heating and cooling of magma in the Earth's mantle,driving force behind the movement of plates
  7. feature formed by a continent-to-continent convergent boundary

15 Clues: used by Hess as evidence for plate tectonics • feature formed by an ocean-to-ocean divergent boundary • connect points of equal elevation on a topographic map • the height of land above a given level, generally sea level • the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next • feature formed by a continent-to-continent convergent boundary • ...

Scientific Terminology 2023-09-05

Scientific Terminology crossword puzzle
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  1. The ability to do work or cause change
  2. Vast system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
  3. Tiny living organism, often invisible to the naked eye
  4. Community of living organisms and their environment
  5. Force that attracts or repels objects with magnetic properties
  6. Tectonics Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates
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  1. Process by which plants convert sunlight into energy
  2. Force that attracts objects with mass
  3. Anything that has mass and takes up space
  4. Gradual change in species over time
  5. System Sun and all celestial objects orbiting around it
  6. Molecule carrying genetic instructions
  7. Change Long-term alteration of Earth's temperature and typical weather patterns
  8. Reaction Process where substances transform into new ones
  9. Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
  10. The smallest unit of matter

16 Clues: The smallest unit of matter • Gradual change in species over time • Force that attracts objects with mass • The ability to do work or cause change • Molecule carrying genetic instructions • Anything that has mass and takes up space • Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms • Community of living organisms and their environment • ...

Vocab Puzzle 2022-10-25

Vocab Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or other defect in an electrical circuit or piece of machinery
  2. A series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line. a series of mountains, or of more or less parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin.
  3. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  4. long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.
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  1. The central point of something, typically a difficult or unpleasant situation.
  2. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. The mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles.
  4. something that is shaking the earth.
  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.

9 Clues: something that is shaking the earth. • The mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles. • A break or other defect in an electrical circuit or piece of machinery • The central point of something, typically a difficult or unpleasant situation. • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary 2019-10-14

Unit 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Event in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, and gases; major geological event that occurs when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate
  2. Earth material that is broken down by processes of weathering; can be eroded and deposited by the agents of water, wind, ice, and gravity
  3. The temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation in the atmosphere
  4. Forces resulting from processes occurring within Earth's crust
  5. A prediction or estimate of future events, especially of weather
  6. Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries
  7. Waves of energy that travel through Earth and are the result of an earthquake, volcano, or explosion
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  1. Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes; classified by the extent and intensity of their impact on the ecosystem
  2. Any process that happens on Earth, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics
  3. Occurs when solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded (moved) and then dropped into a new place by wind, water, ice, and gravity
  4. Events in nature that may have a negative effect
  5. Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
  6. the process by which water, ice, and gravity remove and transport sediment from one place to another
  7. A rising body of water that submerges normally dry land
  8. the mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces and sometimes change the chemical composition

15 Clues: Events in nature that may have a negative effect • A rising body of water that submerges normally dry land • Forces resulting from processes occurring within Earth's crust • A prediction or estimate of future events, especially of weather • The temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation in the atmosphere • ...

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2019-03-19

CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CRUST
  2. PLATES
  3. KELVIN
  4. ELEMENTS
  5. PANGEA
  6. CELSUIS
  7. TECTONICS
  8. LODSTONE
  9. FRICTIONS
  10. VOLTAGE
  11. EARTHQUAKE
  12. ELECTRON
  13. MAGNETS
  14. CEREBELLUM
  15. VELOCITY
  16. BATTERY
  17. FARADAYLAW
  18. PROTONS
  19. MEIOSIS
  20. SEISMOLOGY
  21. TEMPERATURE
  22. FAHRENHEIT
  23. HEART
  24. FOSSILS
  25. MITOSIS
  26. MANTLE
  27. FOCUS
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  1. MAGNESIA
  2. SPERM
  3. UTERUS
  4. MAGNITUDE
  5. EPICENTER
  6. BLOOD
  7. TSUNAMI
  8. DNA
  9. NEUTRONS
  10. VOLCANO
  11. BOYLESLAW
  12. NERVES
  13. SCIENCE
  14. GRAVITY
  15. ELECTRICITY
  16. CELLS
  17. BRAIN
  18. RESISTANCE
  19. OVARIES
  20. GENES
  21. HORMONES
  22. TRENCH
  23. FAULT

50 Clues: DNA • SPERM • CRUST • BLOOD • CELLS • BRAIN • GENES • HEART • FAULT • FOCUS • UTERUS • PLATES • KELVIN • PANGEA • NERVES • TRENCH • MANTLE • TSUNAMI • VOLCANO • CELSUIS • SCIENCE • VOLTAGE • GRAVITY • MAGNETS • BATTERY • PROTONS • MEIOSIS • OVARIES • FOSSILS • MITOSIS • MAGNESIA • NEUTRONS • ELEMENTS • LODSTONE • ELECTRON • VELOCITY • HORMONES • MAGNITUDE • EPICENTER • BOYLESLAW • TECTONICS • FRICTIONS • EARTHQUAKE • CEREBELLUM • FARADAYLAW • RESISTANCE • SEISMOLOGY • FAHRENHEIT • ...

CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY 2024-09-08

CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of continents over time, according to the theory of continental drift.
  2. Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift in the early 20th century.
  3. Name of the supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  4. Large landmasses that drift apart according to the theory of continental drift.
  5. Landforms that align across continents, providing evidence of past continental connections.
  6. How the shapes of continents match up when placed together, supporting the theory of continental drift.
  7. Remains or impressions of prehistoric organisms used as evidence for continental drift.
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  1. Large, slow-moving masses of ice that provide evidence of past climates on continents now separated by oceans.
  2. The scientific study of fossils, which supports the theory of continental drift.
  3. A type of puzzle illustrating how continents fit together, similar to the theory of continental drift.
  4. Grooves carved into rock surfaces by glaciers, providing evidence of past glacial activity.
  5. Solid mineral material from which continents are formed, showing similarities across continents.
  6. An extinct reptile whose fossil evidence supports the theory of continental drift.
  7. Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact, contributing to the theory of plate tectonics.
  8. The branch of geology that deals with the movement and deformation of Earth's crust.

15 Clues: Large landmasses that drift apart according to the theory of continental drift. • The scientific study of fossils, which supports the theory of continental drift. • Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift in the early 20th century. • An extinct reptile whose fossil evidence supports the theory of continental drift. • ...

Scince 2023-03-08

Scince crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.
  2. Process: Any natural process that happens to Earth’s surface, including weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics.
  3. Relating to the entire world
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  1. A Major geological event that occurs when plates sUDDDENLY shift and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries..
  2. relating to something so small that it can be seen only with a microscope
  3. Plate: A large piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper part of the mantle

6 Clues: Relating to the entire world • relating to something so small that it can be seen only with a microscope • Plate: A large piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper part of the mantle • A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole. • ...

Scince 2023-03-08

Scince crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.
  2. Process: Any natural process that happens to Earth’s surface, including weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics.
  3. Relating to the entire world
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  1. A Major geological event that occurs when plates sUDDDENLY shift and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries..
  2. relating to something so small that it can be seen only with a microscope
  3. Plate: A large piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper part of the mantle

6 Clues: Relating to the entire world • relating to something so small that it can be seen only with a microscope • Plate: A large piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper part of the mantle • A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate - What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior
  2. drift - What is it? Who proposed it? Evidence of support?
  3. -- What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior
Down
  1. plate - What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior
  2. - What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior
  3. tectonics - What is it? Evidence of support?

6 Clues: tectonics - What is it? Evidence of support? • drift - What is it? Who proposed it? Evidence of support? • - What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior • -- What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior • plate - What is it? thickness and matter state, density, behavior • ...

tectonic plates 2023-05-17

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large, powerful ocean wave generated by the vertical motions of the seafloor during an earthquake
  2. point on earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  3. a dropped zone were two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  4. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of earth's crust
  5. spot unusually hot area in earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface
  6. ancient landmass made up of all continents that began to break apart about 200 mya
  7. boundary place where two tectonic plates are moving apart
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  1. boundary place where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
  2. plate massive slab of solid rock made up of earth's lithosphere
  3. made up of crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
  4. fracture or system of fractures in earths crust that occurs when stress is applied too quickly or stress is too great
  5. boundary place where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  6. boundary where two tectonic plates meet

13 Clues: boundary where two tectonic plates meet • made up of crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle • a dropped zone were two tectonic plates are pulling apart • boundary place where two tectonic plates are moving apart • plate massive slab of solid rock made up of earth's lithosphere • point on earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake • ...

2023 LBMS Plate Tectonics 2023-03-01

2023 LBMS Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. causes earthquakes
  2. Man's best friend
  3. can cause mountains if the density if the same
  4. causes rift valleys, volcanoes, and mid ocean trenches
Down
  1. when a convergent boundary is more dense than the other boundary it runs into, can cause volcanoes
  2. this mascot's team won the NCAA Football Championship this year!
  3. credited with the theory of plate tectonics

7 Clues: Man's best friend • causes earthquakes • credited with the theory of plate tectonics • can cause mountains if the density if the same • causes rift valleys, volcanoes, and mid ocean trenches • this mascot's team won the NCAA Football Championship this year! • when a convergent boundary is more dense than the other boundary it runs into, can cause volcanoes

Science 2020-05-11

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory that plates move land at the speed that your fingernails grow
  2. An underwater mountain range
  3. Land going into the ground
Down
  1. Very deep areas in the ocean
  2. The slow movement of continents
  3. A large supercontinent from long ago
  4. Tectonic plates at the bottom of the ocean

7 Clues: Land going into the ground • Very deep areas in the ocean • An underwater mountain range • The slow movement of continents • A large supercontinent from long ago • Tectonic plates at the bottom of the ocean • The theory that plates move land at the speed that your fingernails grow

ES - Unit 1 Review 2020-09-19

ES - Unit 1 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. units used when measuring liquids in graduated cylinder
  2. ______ forests have trees that lose their leaves
  3. typically the first step in scientific investigations is background _______
  4. the layer of the Earth with the most volume and mass
  5. _____ disease is caused by infected ticks
  6. a subduction ______ is where one tectonic plate moves under another
  7. _______ in the lab is not permitted
  8. a control is necessary to have something to _______ the experimental group with
  9. first step in treating a bee sting is to remove the _______
  10. biome that contains cone-bearing trees
  11. the ______ variable being tested and measured in an experiment
  12. one of the four spheres in the Earth system that includes all living organisms
  13. ______ can be found in the hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere
  14. only ________ labs can be performed
  15. tool scientists use to layer different maps to show meaningful data
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  1. ______ are likely to be found at plate boundaries
  2. Tropical Rainforests have the highest rate of _________, how their flora creates food.
  3. a well tested explanation of a phenomena
  4. vibrations of the Earth produced by rapid releases of energy are called
  5. _____ chewing is not allowed in laboratory
  6. A planned procedure to test a hypothesis is called an
  7. a testable, possible explanation to an observation
  8. ______ rainforest is the most biodiverse biome
  9. biome vegetation varies according to _______ and altitude
  10. clammy skin, heavy sweating and ______ are all symptoms of heat exhaustion
  11. the ring of _____ is the area of the Pacific with a large number of volcanoes and earthquakes
  12. tool used to find specific locations
  13. plate _____ explain mountains, earthquakes and the movement of Earth's plates
  14. used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation

29 Clues: _______ in the lab is not permitted • only ________ labs can be performed • tool used to find specific locations • biome that contains cone-bearing trees • a well tested explanation of a phenomena • _____ disease is caused by infected ticks • _____ chewing is not allowed in laboratory • ______ rainforest is the most biodiverse biome • ...

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle 2012-09-22

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, that behaves as a strong layer
  2. and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself
  3. the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to the rock below
  4. two plates grind past each other without harming the lithosphere
  5. in which rocks are physically or chemically broken down by air, water, and living things
  6. magma that reaches earth's surface
  7. molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface
  8. any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter that occurs naturally as part of our planet
  9. a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat
Down
  1. destructive plate margins where the oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle
  2. a reverse fault with a dip less than 45°, normally about 10-15°
  3. a result in which the material above the fault plane moves up in relation to the material below
  4. interactions among earth's water, air, and land that can cause rocks to change from one type to another
  5. two plates move together
  6. a theory that proposes earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various
  7. process in which plate tectonics form a new oceanic lithosphere
  8. a surface feature in the sea floor produced by a descending plate during subduction
  9. weathered earth materials
  10. two plates move apart
  11. forms when magma cools and hardens underneath earth's surface or as a result from a volcanic eruption
  12. a fault along which the movement is horizontal and and parallel to the trend of the fault
  13. forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented

22 Clues: two plates move apart • two plates move together • weathered earth materials • magma that reaches earth's surface • molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface • forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented • a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat • a reverse fault with a dip less than 45°, normally about 10-15° • ...

Continental drift 2023-09-06

Continental drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The continent that Wegener suggested was once connected to South America due to matching geological features.
  2. The process by which continents move over geological time.
  3. The process that occurs when tectonic plates separate, forming a gap in the sea.
  4. The theory of Continental Drift is a fundamental concept in the field of ______________.
  5. The layer of Earth beneath the lithosphere that behaves in a plastic, ductile manner over long periods of time.
  6. The boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
  7. The largest tectonic plate on Earth that includes much of the Pacific Ocean.
  8. The name of the scientist who developed the theory of Continental drift.
  9. These features found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean were key evidence for Wegener's theory.
  10. The scientist who independently proposed a similar theory of continental motion, supporting Wegener's ideas.
Down
  1. The mountain range that runs along the mid-Atlantic Ridge, providing evidence for plate movement.
  2. The name of the fossil plant that was crucial in supporting Wegener's theory.
  3. The supercontinent that Wegener believed once existed, which he called "_____________."
  4. The layer of Earth's structure made of hot dense silicate rocks.
  5. The process by which Earth's plates were broken apart and drifted to their current positions.
  6. The process by which tectonic plates collide and one is forced beneath the other.
  7. The type of crust formed when plates push into each other.
  8. Wegener's idea that continents were once connected but drifted apart was initially met with ______________ from the scientific community.
  9. The ocean that separates Europe and North America.
  10. The mechanism believed to drive plate tectonics, caused by heat from Earth's interior.

20 Clues: The ocean that separates Europe and North America. • The process by which continents move over geological time. • The type of crust formed when plates push into each other. • The layer of Earth's structure made of hot dense silicate rocks. • The boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other. • ...

Natural Systems Crossword 2013-11-04

Natural Systems Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock Rock altered by pressure and heat.
  2. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago.
  3. A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains.
  4. The daily conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, and cloud in the atmosphere.
  5. Rock Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
Down
  1. The average period of the year during in which temperatures are higher than 6 Celsius (the temperature at which plants grow)
  2. Hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano.
  3. Weather conditions at a certain place or region averaged over a long period of time.
  4. Glacier A glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice.
  5. Tectonics The study of plate movements to understand the formation of mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
  6. Glacier A glacier that moves down from a high valley.
  7. Rock Rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
  8. A large geographical area in which human activities interact with the natural world.

13 Clues: Rock Rock altered by pressure and heat. • Rock Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • Hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano. • Glacier A glacier that moves down from a high valley. • Rock Rock formed by the solidification of molten magma • Glacier A glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice. • ...

8th Grade Academic Competition 2013-01-18

8th Grade Academic Competition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When plates move away from each other
  2. Current in Earth’s mantle that transfer heat in Earth’s interior and is the driving force for the plate tectonics
  3. Efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
  4. Continents have moved slowly to their current locations
  5. An action word
  6. Giving nonhuman or nonliving things human or lifelike qualities
  7. A large section of Earth’s oceanic or continental crust and rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere
  8. Period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production
  9. Theory that the Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle
  10. Comparing two unlike things using like, as, than or resembles
  11. Describes when, where, how or how much
  12. People, places, things or events that have meaning in themselves, but also stand for something beyond themselves
  13. Compares two unlike things directly
Down
  1. Groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions
  2. The way an author uses language
  3. When one plate goes underneath another
  4. Strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks
  5. When plates collide with each other
  6. All land
  7. False thinking
  8. Workers refuse to work until employers meet their demands
  9. Parts of a machine that are identical
  10. Punctuation that hooks together two independent clauses
  11. Theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridge
  12. Believing all members of a group share a certain characteristic
  13. Cloth items
  14. The tools used to produce items or to do work
  15. When plates slide past each other
  16. Based on water powered mills that employed young unmarried girls from local farms

29 Clues: All land • Cloth items • An action word • False thinking • The way an author uses language • When plates slide past each other • When plates collide with each other • Compares two unlike things directly • When plates move away from each other • Parts of a machine that are identical • When one plate goes underneath another • Describes when, where, how or how much • ...

CST Earth Science Terms 2013-04-29

CST Earth Science Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stars begin their life cycle in a
  2. The fact that Saturn is a ________ planet
  3. Which of the following energy sources is most likely abundant due to its postion on a plate boundary
  4. The most massive stars will end their lives as _________ stars
  5. Ocean surface currents are created by __________ with winds
  6. Most of the matter in the universe consisted of these atoms
  7. In the Milky Way galaxy is described as a ________ galaxy
  8. When a layer of cool air at the surface of Earth is the result best known as the
  9. Scientific evidence suggests that magnesium is formed by stars during
  10. Earthquake vibrations are detected, measured, and recorded by instruments called
  11. The planet that was formed from the light gases of the solar nebula
  12. The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically located near what feature?
  13. The oldest rock layer is most likely to by the layer that is _____ the other layers
  14. A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary
Down
  1. The Ritcher scale measures which of the following earthquake characteristics
  2. This extreme temperature difference is primarily due to the Moon's
  3. Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics ___-_______ topography
  4. Geothermal energy is possible where there is
  5. The convergence of two continental plates would produce
  6. What is the average global temperature use of increased
  7. What is the source of energy for the Sun
  8. Which industry's water requirement is the greatest burden on California's fresh water supply
  9. The least explosive volcano
  10. The driving force for surface ocean currents is
  11. Relative cooling rates of igneous intrusive rocks can be estimated by comparing rocks

25 Clues: The least explosive volcano • Stars begin their life cycle in a • What is the source of energy for the Sun • The fact that Saturn is a ________ planet • Geothermal energy is possible where there is • The driving force for surface ocean currents is • The convergence of two continental plates would produce • What is the average global temperature use of increased • ...

Chapter 7 Crossword 2015-11-16

Chapter 7 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What machine measures and records earthquakes?
  2. What is a substance composed of two or more elements?
  3. waves/ What kind of waves are produced during an earthquake?
  4. Wegener/ Who was the scientist who created the hypothesis of continental drift?
  5. tectonics/ What is they theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the asthenosphere?
  6. What is the solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid, upper mantle?
  7. spreading/ the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies?
  8. Pangaea split in two big pieces called Gondwana and what?
  9. What layer of the Earth is 5-100 kilometers thick?
Down
  1. reversals/ When the Earth's magnetic poles change places, what is the change called?
  2. layer of the Earth is made of solid rock that flows very slowly?
  3. What layer of the Earth is 2,550 kilometers thick?
  4. drift/ What is the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke apart, and drifted to their present location?
  5. What layer of the Earth is mainly iron?
  6. What layer of the Earth is the largest?
  7. boundary/ Which boundary is formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates?
  8. What was the name of the landmass that was made of all of our present day continents?
  9. plate/ What is a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the outer most part of the mantle?(hint: floats on top of the astenosphere)
  10. positioning unit/ What system is used for measuring the rate of tectonic plate movement?
  11. ridge/Where is the place where sea-floor spreading takes place?

20 Clues: What layer of the Earth is mainly iron? • What layer of the Earth is the largest? • What machine measures and records earthquakes? • What layer of the Earth is 2,550 kilometers thick? • What layer of the Earth is 5-100 kilometers thick? • What is a substance composed of two or more elements? • Pangaea split in two big pieces called Gondwana and what? • ...

Tectonic Plates 2020-10-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary the boundary between two colliding tectonic plates.
  2. core the solid, dense center of the Earth.
  3. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
  4. A scientist who studies matter that constitutes the Earth and other terrestrial planets.
  5. the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.
  6. zone the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere.
  7. tectonics the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.
  8. a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another.
  9. boundary the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  10. the soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.
  11. spreading the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.
Down
  1. the "middle sphere," the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  2. the phenomena associated with volcanic activity.
  3. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  4. plate a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top the asthenosphere.
  5. boundary the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. drift the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have in the past.
  7. core the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
  8. the thin, outermost layer of the Earth.
  9. Wagener German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist.

20 Clues: the thin, outermost layer of the Earth. • core the solid, dense center of the Earth. • the phenomena associated with volcanic activity. • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core. • the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle. • boundary the boundary between two colliding tectonic plates. • ...

Vocab bingo 2023-09-21

Vocab bingo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin
  2. form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  5. a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties.
  6. a geologic structure that is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent or folded.
  7. formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.
  8. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. the study of magnetic fields recorded in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  10. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  11. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust and mantle.
Down
  1. form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  2. the change of shape of objects due to physical forces acting upon them.
  3. occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
  4. an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. the force acting on the unit area of a material.
  7. The idea that the Earth's continents move in relation to each other
  8. used as a convenient way to help identify minerals.
  9. When two plates come together
  10. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
  11. openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
  12. the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.
  13. the deformation of a material from stress.

25 Clues: When two plates come together • occurs at divergent plate boundaries. • the deformation of a material from stress. • the force acting on the unit area of a material. • used as a convenient way to help identify minerals. • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. • ...

Part two 2024-01-11

Part two crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence that fossils are real
  2. the boundary between magnetic plates that are moving away from each other
  3. is a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges
  4. is the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface
  5. the study of alignmentof magnetic minerals in rock
  6. is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  7. is the shaking of the surface of Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity
  8. large-scale horizontal movements of continents relative to one another
  9. zone of Earth’s mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere
  10. is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object
  11. a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate
Down
  1. a long undersea mountain range
  2. is a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  3. is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart
  4. a supercontinent
  5. the solid outer layer of earth that consists of the crust
  6. is the quasi-periodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust
  7. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  8. was the vast superocean that encompassed planet Earth and surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea
  9. theory dealing with the dynamics of Earth’s outer shell

20 Clues: a supercontinent • a long undersea mountain range • evidence that fossils are real • a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate • the study of alignmentof magnetic minerals in rock • is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object • theory dealing with the dynamics of Earth’s outer shell • the solid outer layer of earth that consists of the crust • ...

Science Crossword 2022-10-05

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
  3. Boundary- Convergent (Colliding): This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. When a continental plate meets an oceanic plate, the thinner, denser, and more flexible oceanic plate sinks beneath the thicker, more rigid continental plate.
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  5. Crust- the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  6. spot- In geology, hotspots are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle. Examples include the Hawaii, Iceland, and Yellowstone hotspots.
  7. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  8. Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  9. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  10. Boundaries- A plate boundary is a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate.
  11. Boundary- A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. It ends abruptly where it connects to another plate boundary, either another transform, a spreading ridge, or a subduction zone.
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  1. Boundary- where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. Convergent boundaries -- where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. Transform boundaries -- where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny.
  4. a straight line or narrow section through an object or natural feature or across the earth's surface, along which observations are made or measurements taken.
  5. Tectonics- a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  6. Ranges- 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.
  7. The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
  8. Crust- the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  9. Waves- an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
  10. a long, narrow ditch.

21 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • Waves- an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means. • Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • ...

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle 2012-09-22

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter that occurs naturally as part of our planet
  2. a result in which the material above the fault plane moves up in relation to the material below
  3. a surface feature in the sea floor produced by a descending plate during subduction
  4. process in which plate tectonics form a new oceanic lithosphere
  5. weathered earth materials
  6. two plates grind past each other without harming the lithosphere
  7. a fault along which the movement is horizontal and and parallel to the trend of the fault
  8. molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface
  9. and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself
  10. interactions among earth's water, air, and land that can cause rocks to change from one type to another
  11. destructive plate margins where the oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle
Down
  1. two plates move together
  2. the uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, that behaves as a strong layer
  3. in which rocks are physically or chemically broken down by air, water, and living things
  4. forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented
  5. two plates move apart
  6. a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat
  7. a reverse fault with a dip less than 45°, normally about 10-15°
  8. the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to the rock below
  9. magma that reaches earth's surface
  10. a theory that proposes earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various
  11. forms when magma cools and hardens underneath earth's surface or as a result from a volcanic eruption

22 Clues: two plates move apart • two plates move together • weathered earth materials • magma that reaches earth's surface • molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface • forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented • a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat • process in which plate tectonics form a new oceanic lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle 2012-09-22

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a reverse fault with a dip less than 45°, normally about 10-15°
  2. two plates move together
  3. process in which plate tectonics form a new oceanic lithosphere
  4. interactions among earth's water, air, and land that can cause rocks to change from one type to another
  5. a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat
  6. magma that reaches earth's surface
  7. molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface
  8. the uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, that behaves as a strong layer
  9. two plates move apart
  10. in which rocks are physically or chemically broken down by air, water, and living things
  11. a theory that proposes earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various
  12. the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to the rock below
Down
  1. two plates grind past each other without harming the lithosphere
  2. any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter that occurs naturally as part of our planet
  3. a result in which the material above the fault plane moves up in relation to the material below
  4. a surface feature in the sea floor produced by a descending plate during subduction
  5. and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself
  6. destructive plate margins where the oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle
  7. a fault along which the movement is horizontal and and parallel to the trend of the fault
  8. forms when magma cools and hardens underneath earth's surface or as a result from a volcanic eruption
  9. forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented
  10. weathered earth materials

22 Clues: two plates move apart • two plates move together • weathered earth materials • magma that reaches earth's surface • molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface • forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented • a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat • a reverse fault with a dip less than 45°, normally about 10-15° • ...

Science 2015-01-23

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that squeezes between horizontal rock layers
  2. Large flat land
  3. Lithosphere that slowly moves over the bottom layer
  4. Volcano Tall, cone shaped mountain
  5. A mass of rock formed
  6. A supercontinent
  7. Fault Slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
  8. Magma that forces itself across rock layers
  9. Stress that squeezes a rock until it folds or breaks even
  10. Boundary Plates converge or come together
  11. Current Cool fluid
  12. Stress that pushes a rock in two opposite directions
  13. A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  14. Spreading Material add the the ocean floor
  15. Fault Faults cut through rocks at an angle
Down
  1. Ancient organism that has been found as a rock
  2. Hole left when a volcano collapses
  3. Neck Forms when magma hardens
  4. Tectonics Plate movement
  5. Fault Has the same structure as a normal fault
  6. Oceans rocks sink beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the deep mantle
  7. Boundary Plates slide past each other
  8. Ridge Earths longest mountain ranges
  9. Volcano wide gently sloping mountain
  10. Middle or region
  11. drift Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved
  12. Transfers heat by the movement of liquid
  13. Trench Under water canyons
  14. The stress force that pulls on the crust and thin rock in the middle
  15. Cone Cone shaped hill or small mountain
  16. Boundary Plates move apart or diverge
  17. Breaking in the rocks 's crust then rock's surfaces slip past each other

32 Clues: Large flat land • A supercontinent • Middle or region • Current Cool fluid • A mass of rock formed • Tectonics Plate movement • Trench Under water canyons • Neck Forms when magma hardens • Hole left when a volcano collapses • Volcano Tall, cone shaped mountain • Ridge Earths longest mountain ranges • Volcano wide gently sloping mountain • Boundary Plates slide past each other • ...

Volcano/Tectonics Puzzle 2022-01-14

Volcano/Tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Earth literally trembling or shaking from underground activity or volcanic activity
  2. The layer of the Earth that contains magma
  3. A type of plant boundary where the tectonic plates split apart and away from each other
  4. What lava and magma are in terms of temperature
  5. What happens when lava cools down and the mass of the volcanic island or area expands
  6. This volcano destroyed Pompeii
  7. This island is famous for volcanoes and is also a popular travel destination
  8. A chemical reaction within the volcano, to explode
  9. The plates below the Earth's crust that collide and diverge to create land forms and earthquakes
  10. This land form can be created by convergent plate boundaries and it shoots out lava
  11. What the Earth does during an earthquake or volcanic eruption
  12. boundary This is when two or more tectonic plates collide, also called a destructive plate boundary
Down
  1. Another name for a convergent plate boundary
  2. This is what spews out of a volcano along with ash and smoke
  3. This is the molten rock inside of a volcano
  4. The general layer of Earth that contains the crust and most of the mantle
  5. A word for any type of the Earths activity in relation to the crust, earthquakes, etc.
  6. In scientific terms meaning to be consumed by fire
  7. Famous ridge formed by divergent boundaries
  8. A rock type that is the product of cooled molten magma
  9. A smog that comes out of a volcano, along with ash and lava
  10. A rock type formed by the fast cooling of lava
  11. The substance from a volcano that is said to resemble snow that comes out with lava and smoke

23 Clues: This volcano destroyed Pompeii • The layer of the Earth that contains magma • This is the molten rock inside of a volcano • Famous ridge formed by divergent boundaries • Another name for a convergent plate boundary • A rock type formed by the fast cooling of lava • What lava and magma are in terms of temperature • In scientific terms meaning to be consumed by fire • ...

GBorgia Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-01

GBorgia Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a medium
  2. Measures vibrations that travels through the interior of Earth or any other object; on Earth, these are generally caused by earthquakes.
  3. A Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind
  4. Sedimentary or igneous rocks that are altered by pressure or density
  5. Class of silicates (made of silicon and granite)
  6. The zone within which the Earth’s magnetic field dominates over the interplanetary magnetic field that extends outward from the Sun
  7. The sideways and downward motion of the edge of a plate pf earth’s crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. plate tectonics spreading away from each other.
  9. making up about 6 kilometers of the crust.
Down
  1. The motion of segments or plates of the outer layer of a planet over the underlying mantle.
  2. Rocks made up of igneous rock or decomposed living organisms
  3. clashing against each other.
  4. a vibration that travels through the interior of Earth or any other object; on Earth, these are generally caused by earthquakes.
  5. The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona
  6. sliding against each other.
  7. Spots area far from the border of tectonic that are hot because of center of the earth
  8. Largest part of solid Earth, from base of crust to a depth of 2900 kilometers
  9. Any rock that has cooled from a molten state

18 Clues: sliding against each other. • clashing against each other. • making up about 6 kilometers of the crust. • Any rock that has cooled from a molten state • plate tectonics spreading away from each other. • Class of silicates (made of silicon and granite) • Rocks made up of igneous rock or decomposed living organisms • ...

plate tectonics stations 2020-12-04

plate tectonics stations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Upper layer of the mantle below the Lithosphere
  2. Rigid outer part of Earth the crust and upper mantle
  3. Movement of continents across the Earth's surface
  4. Magma at mid ocean ridges causing movement on either side
Down
  1. Thick fluid layer mostly iron and nickel above the core
  2. Active submarine Ridge in the middle of the ocean
  3. Mostly solid bulk between the core and the crust
  4. All the continents together as one Mass.
  5. outermost solid shell of a rocky planet

9 Clues: outermost solid shell of a rocky planet • All the continents together as one Mass. • Upper layer of the mantle below the Lithosphere • Mostly solid bulk between the core and the crust • Active submarine Ridge in the middle of the ocean • Movement of continents across the Earth's surface • Rigid outer part of Earth the crust and upper mantle • ...

CST Earth Science 2013-04-29

CST Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The fact that Saturn is a ________ planet
  2. The oldest rock layer is most likely to by the layer that is _____ the other layers
  3. The least explosive volcano
  4. Geothermal energy is possible where there is
  5. Earthquake vibrations are detected, measured, and recorded by instruments called
  6. The convergence of two continental plates would produce
  7. The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically located near what feature?
  8. What is the source of energy for the Sun
  9. The planet that was formed from the light gases of the solar nebula
  10. Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics ___-_______ topography
  11. Relative cooling rates of igneous intrusive rocks can be estimated by comparing rocks
Down
  1. Scientific evidence suggests that magnesium is formed by stars during
  2. Which of the following energy sources is most likely abundant due to its postion on a plate boundary
  3. This extreme temperature difference is primarily due to the Moon's
  4. Most of the matter in the universe consisted of these atoms
  5. What is the average global temperature use of increased
  6. The Ritcher scale measures which of the following earthquake characteristics
  7. The driving force for surface ocean currents is
  8. The most massive stars will end their lives as _________ stars
  9. Which industry's water requirement is the greatest burden on California's fresh water supply
  10. A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary
  11. Stars begin their life cycle in a
  12. When a layer of cool air at the surface of Earth is the result best known as the
  13. In the Milky Way galaxy is described as a ________ galaxy
  14. Ocean surface currents are created by __________ with winds

25 Clues: The least explosive volcano • Stars begin their life cycle in a • What is the source of energy for the Sun • The fact that Saturn is a ________ planet • Geothermal energy is possible where there is • The driving force for surface ocean currents is • What is the average global temperature use of increased • The convergence of two continental plates would produce • ...

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle 2012-09-22

Plate Tectonic/Rock Cycle Crossward Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat
  2. any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter that occurs naturally as part of our planet
  3. two plates grind past each other without harming the lithosphere
  4. magma that reaches earth's surface
  5. a result in which the material above the fault plane moves up in relation to the material below
  6. a theory that proposes earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various
  7. forms when magma cools and hardens underneath earth's surface or as a result from a volcanic eruption
  8. molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface
  9. interactions among earth's water, air, and land that can cause rocks to change from one type to another
  10. a reverse fault with a dip less than 45°, normally about 10-15°
Down
  1. destructive plate margins where the oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle
  2. two plates move together
  3. forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented
  4. two plates move apart
  5. a fault along which the movement is horizontal and and parallel to the trend of the fault
  6. process in which plate tectonics form a new oceanic lithosphere
  7. weathered earth materials
  8. the uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, that behaves as a strong layer
  9. and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself
  10. in which rocks are physically or chemically broken down by air, water, and living things
  11. a surface feature in the sea floor produced by a descending plate during subduction
  12. the rock above the fault plane has moved down relative to the rock below

22 Clues: two plates move apart • two plates move together • weathered earth materials • magma that reaches earth's surface • molten material that forms deep beneath earth's surface • forms when sediment is eventually compacted and cemented • a sedimentary rock that goes under extreme pressure and heat • process in which plate tectonics form a new oceanic lithosphere • ...