plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Science Choiceboard 2024-04-12

Science Choiceboard crossword puzzle
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  1. Where tectonic plates slide pass each other
  2. Large, rigid pieces of the earths lithosphere that move and interact with each other along the plate boundaries
  3. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  4. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  5. located between the mantle and the outer core
  6. tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. Fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust
  8. new oceanic crustis formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  9. An opening in earths crust through when molten rock is pushed out and creates a new rock
  10. Hot material rises, cooler material sinks. It dives plate tectonics
  11. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one land mass
  12. Deep, elongated depessions in the ocean
  13. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
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  1. Sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  2. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  3. formed by plate countries usually when plates collide
  4. Tectonic plates that move toward each other
  5. Extinction events that occur over a long lime period
  6. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where the convection currents happen
  7. A group of the same species living in the same area
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement

21 Clues: Deep, elongated depessions in the ocean • tectonic plates move away from each other • Where tectonic plates slide pass each other • Sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Tectonic plates that move toward each other • located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • ...

Vocabulary Words 2022-02-09

Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
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  1. long,narrow depressions on the seafloor
  2. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  3. the quantity of matter in a physical body
  4. the most extensive chain of mountains on Earth
  5. a map intermediate between a general map and a plan on a scale large enough to show roads,plans of towns
  6. quantity of three-dimensional space
  7. mass of a unit volume of material substance
  8. the action or process of conveying
  9. sound navigation and ranging
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  1. the rate at which electrons flow past a point in a complete electrical circuit
  2. a geologic in which tentonic plates
  3. the action or process in plate tectonics of edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  4. one the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time
  5. the preserved remains,or traces of remains, of ancient organisms
  6. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth ´ s interior

15 Clues: sound navigation and ranging • the action or process of conveying • a geologic in which tentonic plates • quantity of three-dimensional space • long,narrow depressions on the seafloor • the quantity of matter in a physical body • the mostly-solid bulk of Earth ´ s interior • mass of a unit volume of material substance • the most extensive chain of mountains on Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-12

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Movement of plates
  2. Shaking of the ground
  3. Innermost layer of the Earth
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  1. Outermost layer of the Earth
  2. Earth's crust and upper mantle
  3. Segments of the Lithosphere
  4. Vent in the Earth's crust for eruption

7 Clues: Movement of plates • Shaking of the ground • Segments of the Lithosphere • Outermost layer of the Earth • Innermost layer of the Earth • Earth's crust and upper mantle • Vent in the Earth's crust for eruption

Test Crossword 2022-12-12

Test Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. friend or companion, usually negative connotation
  2. my_____, adolescent male slang, referring to close friends
  3. ______ tectonics, 7th grade science,think volcanoes
  4. the ____, dwayne johnson
  5. word for redhead, think carrot-top
  6. Nike shoe, c. 1973?
  7. ________ system, think medieval times, usually run by a knight or lord
  8. worldly event happening right now, in qatar
  9. Song by eminem, addressed to his daughter Haily
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  1. Holy land, under siege during the crusades
  2. has penguins?
  3. horse-like, in the wild
  4. talking aimlessly, slang
  5. towards a scapegoat
  6. well known on the internet as the worst state, as a meme
  7. reason for rating a move R,meaning violence usually

16 Clues: has penguins? • Nike shoe, c. 1973? • towards a scapegoat • horse-like, in the wild • the ____, dwayne johnson • talking aimlessly, slang • word for redhead, think carrot-top • Holy land, under siege during the crusades • worldly event happening right now, in qatar • Song by eminem, addressed to his daughter Haily • friend or companion, usually negative connotation • ...

Earth's Internal Heat Crossword Puzzle 2024-10-17

Earth's Internal Heat Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – Heat transfer through solid materials, key in the crust.
  2. – A surface feature that releases heat from magma.
  3. – Heat generated by tectonic plate movements.
  4. – Heat transfer that doesn't need a medium, less significant inside Earth.
  5. – The Earth's outermost layer, which traps internal heat.
  6. - Energy derived from the heat within the Earth.
  7. – A region where heat from deep within the Earth causes volcanic activity.
  8. – Heat left over from the Earth's formation.
  9. – The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
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  1. – Relating to hot water or steam from Earth's interior.
  2. - Heat transfer through fluid motion in Earth's mantle
  3. – Process where one tectonic plate moves under another, driving heat into the mantle.
  4. – The layer between the Earth's crust and core.
  5. – The Earth's innermost layer, generating most internal heat.
  6. – The study of Earth's structure and the movement of plates, which generates heat.

15 Clues: – Heat left over from the Earth's formation. • – Heat generated by tectonic plate movements. • – The layer between the Earth's crust and core. • - Energy derived from the heat within the Earth. • – A surface feature that releases heat from magma. • - Heat transfer through fluid motion in Earth's mantle • – Relating to hot water or steam from Earth's interior. • ...

Changing Earth's Surface 2019-05-05

Changing Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
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  1. creates a large depression in the center of the volcanic
  2. process of laying down eroded mineral in new location.
  3. is the repture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust
  4. the squeezing force at a convergent boundary
  5. the process of breaking rocks into small pices without changing the compostion of the rocks
  6. where two plates move apart from each other
  7. long streams of molten rocks
  8. refers to the processes that breaks down rockss, changing Earth's surface over time
  9. ash small pieces of lava
  10. the minerals and small pices of rocks
  11. where two plates move from toward each other
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  1. the area where one plate slides under another
  2. the pulling force at a divergent boundary
  3. the mountains that forms as this lava builds up and cools
  4. the process of changing the compostion of rocks and minerals by exposure to water and the atmosphere
  5. states that Earth's crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth's surface
  6. the hypothesis that continents move
  7. the surface along which the crust moves
  8. where plates slide horizontally past each other
  9. locations wheree volcanoes form far from plate boundaries
  10. the side-by-side dragging force at transform boundaries
  11. is the moving of waethered material, or sediment, from one location to another

22 Clues: ash small pieces of lava • long streams of molten rocks • the hypothesis that continents move • the minerals and small pices of rocks • the surface along which the crust moves • the pulling force at a divergent boundary • where two plates move apart from each other • the squeezing force at a convergent boundary • where two plates move from toward each other • ...

Crossword 2024-02-20

Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. describes the processes through which the three main rock types
  2. weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
  3. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  4. the equilibrium that exists between parts of the earth's crust
  5. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  6. types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface
  7. most extensive chain of mountains on Earth
  8. the deformation of a material from stress
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  1. geologic structure that is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent or folded
  2. the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth
  4. Drift the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  5. formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock
  6. the study of ancient pole positions
  7. planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  8. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous,
  9. long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries
  10. boundary when two plates come together
  11. boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  12. action of distorting

20 Clues: action of distorting • the rigid outer part of the earth • the study of ancient pole positions • boundary when two plates come together • the deformation of a material from stress • most extensive chain of mountains on Earth • weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle • places where plates slide sideways past each other • ...

Earth's Systems puzzle 2024-04-12

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

20 Clues: Sudden events that led to mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core. • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • A group of the same species living in the same area • Instrument used to measure and record seismic waves • Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide. • ...

Earth Systems TCAP Vocab Game 2024-04-12

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

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

Topic 4: Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Topic 4: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
  2. Magma that reaches Earth’s surface.
  3. An instrument used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
  4. Squeezes rock until it bends or breaks.
  5. A wave or series of waves produced by an earthquake or landslide.
  6. A single number geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on the earthquake’s size.
  7. An undersea valley that is the deepest part of the ocean.
  8. A dead volcano that poses very little threat of eruption.
  9. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle.
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  1. A structure that forms in Earth’s crust when molten material, or magma, reaches Earth’s surface.
  2. The shaking or trembling that results from plate movement.
  3. The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle.
  4. Pulls on Earth’s crust, stretching the rock to make it thinner.
  5. A sleeping volcano that poses little threat but could reawaken someday.
  6. A volcano that is currently erupting or erupted recently.
  7. When rock is being pushed in two opposite directions, to the point where it bends or breaks.
  8. A break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle.

17 Clues: Magma that reaches Earth’s surface. • Squeezes rock until it bends or breaks. • A break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle. • The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle. • A volcano that is currently erupting or erupted recently. • An undersea valley that is the deepest part of the ocean. • A dead volcano that poses very little threat of eruption. • ...

Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

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

18 Clues: sudden events that led to mass extinction • formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • located between the mantle and the outer core • a group of the same species living in the same area • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • formed a plate boundaries usually when plates collide • extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

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

18 Clues: sudden events that led to mass extinction • formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • located between the mantle and the outer core • a group of the same species living in the same area • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • formed a plate boundaries usually when plates collide • extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Plate Tectonics MAP Review 2023-04-19

Plate Tectonics MAP Review crossword puzzle
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  1. plates separate at this type of boundary.
  2. broken into plates that move.
  3. The name of the supercontinent thought to have existed before all of the plates separated.
  4. is divided into plates that slide around on top of the slowly moving mesosphere
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  1. occurs at divergent plate boundaries which subsequently create mid-ocean ridges.
  2. plates collide at this type of boundary.
  3. Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of ______ tectonics.
  4. Similar plant and animal fossils on the shores of distant _______.
  5. plates slide past each other at this type of boundary.
  6. the continents all seem to fit together like a

10 Clues: broken into plates that move. • plates collide at this type of boundary. • plates separate at this type of boundary. • the continents all seem to fit together like a • plates slide past each other at this type of boundary. • Similar plant and animal fossils on the shores of distant _______. • ...

Pangea & Contiental Drift 2022-12-01

Pangea & Contiental Drift crossword puzzle
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  1. A supercontinent
  2. Using your past knowledge and available facts to try and predict what might happen or come up with an explanation
  3. Records – The remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods
  4. When two plates collide
  5. Drift Describes one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time.
  6. Spreading – The formation of the new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of the magma at mid-ocean ridges
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  1. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. Tectonics Theory dealing with the earth’s dynamics of earth’s lithosphere and mantle to explain the change in continents over time
  3. One plate going under another
  4. device that measures movements of the ground
  5. When two plates separate
  6. Study of earth science
  7. When two plates slide

13 Clues: A supercontinent • When two plates slide • Study of earth science • When two plates collide • When two plates separate • One plate going under another • device that measures movements of the ground • The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle • Records – The remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods • ...

Nate Libby 2015-05-01

Nate Libby crossword puzzle
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  1. is a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  2. measurement instruments used for two general purposes: to measure the magnetization of a magnetic material like a ferromagnet, or to measure the strength and, in some cases, the direction of the magnetic field at a point in space.
  3. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
  4. , is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
  5. is the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  6. Ridge push or sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  7. is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other
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  1. is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal
  2. portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  3. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  4. Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle,
  5. a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
  6. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  7. he process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge.
  8. a supercontinent

15 Clues: a supercontinent • is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other • is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal • Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, • portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. • ...

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle 2024-03-26

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. plate the broken up pieces of the lithosphere
  2. boundary- boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (separate , divide )
  3. occurs when 2 tectonic plates collide, and one plate moves under the other & sinks into the mantle
  4. spreading the process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidfles
  5. boundary- boundary formed by collision of 2 plates ( collide, crash, collision)
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  1. drift hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to the present location
  2. boundary-boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape)
  3. the land mass that existed when all continents were joined together
  4. places where tectonic plates meet
  5. of plate tectonics- theory explaining how tectonic plates move and change shape

10 Clues: places where tectonic plates meet • plate the broken up pieces of the lithosphere • the land mass that existed when all continents were joined together • of plate tectonics- theory explaining how tectonic plates move and change shape • boundary- boundary formed by collision of 2 plates ( collide, crash, collision) • ...

L3 vocab 2024-02-09

L3 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. bondary 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.
  2. The lithosphere is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of up to thousands of years or more.
  3. tectonics Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of continental drift, an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century.
  4. boundary A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called the Wadati–Benioff zone.
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  1. In physics and continuum mechanics, deformation is the change in the shape or size of an object.a It has dimension of an length with SI unit of metre.
  2. The asthenosphere is the mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere, at a depth between ~80 and 200 km below the surface, and extends as deep as 700 km. However, the lower boundary of the asthenosphere is not well defined.
  3. boundary In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys.

7 Clues: In physics and continuum mechanics, deformation is the change in the shape or size of an object.a It has dimension of an length with SI unit of metre. • ...

lexy's friggen crossword puzzle 2015-04-30

lexy's friggen crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading.
  2. a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction.
  3. movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates.
  4. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
  5. a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
  6. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  7. change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south and vise versa
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  1. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  2. Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle.
  3. line on an isotope ratio diagram denoting a suite of rock or mineral samples all formed at the same time.slope of the line is related to the age of the rock or mineral suite
  4. an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  5. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. Because mid-ocean ridges lie at a higher elevation than the rest of the ocean floor, gravity causes the ridge to push on the lithosphere that lies farther from the ridge.
  7. pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  8. process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another, localized along the juncture (subduction zone) of two plates.

15 Clues: movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates. • a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight. • ...

Earth Science 2023-12-08

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. magma that is thick, will not flow easily, and has a great deal of gas
  2. proposed that continents all were once together in a supercontinent
  3. where magma thins the crust and comes closer to the surface
  4. large projectiles thrown through the air
  5. molten rock under Earth's surface
  6. large underground pool of molten rock sitting underneath Earth's surface
  7. large cone-shaped volcano
  8. small pieces of rock, minerals, and volcanic glass created during an eruption
  9. magma that flows easily and does not contain much gas
  10. baby batholith
  11. can create explosive eruptions
  12. an active volcanic region
  13. a large basin like depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano
  14. wide volcanoes with gentle slopes that do not erupt explosively
  15. large hardened magma pool
  16. forms on land when two continental plates diverge
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  1. small cone shaped volcano with steep sides
  2. when an oceanic plate slides under another tectonic plate
  3. colliding
  4. circular basin or depression
  5. molten rock above Earth's surface
  6. sliding
  7. dividing
  8. series of islands that form along a convergent boundary
  9. proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  10. horizontal intrusion
  11. fast-moving current of hot gas and rock that moves away from a volcano
  12. underwater mountain range where plates diverge
  13. vertical intrusion
  14. the large super-continent

30 Clues: sliding • dividing • colliding • baby batholith • vertical intrusion • horizontal intrusion • large cone-shaped volcano • an active volcanic region • the large super-continent • large hardened magma pool • circular basin or depression • can create explosive eruptions • molten rock above Earth's surface • molten rock under Earth's surface • proposed the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Changing Earth's Surface 2019-05-05

Changing Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
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  1. Spot/ locations wheree volcanoes form far from plate boundaries
  2. Weathering/ the process of changing the compostion of rocks and minerals by exposure to water and the atmosphere
  3. the squeezing force at a convergent boundary
  4. Boundary/ where two plates move from toward each other
  5. process of laying down eroded mineral in new location.
  6. Boundary/ where two plates move apart from each other
  7. the surface along which the crust moves
  8. is the repture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust
  9. Weathering/ the process of breaking rocks into small pices without changing the compostion of the rocks
  10. the pulling force at a divergent boundary
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  1. Ridges/ the mountains that forms as this lava builds up and cools
  2. Boundary/ where plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. Zone/ the area where one plate slides under another
  4. Flows/ long streams of molten rocks
  5. creates a large depression in the center of the volcanic
  6. Drift/ the hypothesis that continents move
  7. refers to the processes that breaks down rockss, changing Earth's surface over time
  8. the minerals and small pices of rocks
  9. the side-by-side dragging force at transform boundaries
  10. Ash/ small pieces of lava
  11. is the moving of waethered material, or sediment, from one location to another
  12. Tectonics/ states that Earth's crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth's surface

22 Clues: Ash/ small pieces of lava • Flows/ long streams of molten rocks • the minerals and small pices of rocks • the surface along which the crust moves • the pulling force at a divergent boundary • Drift/ the hypothesis that continents move • the squeezing force at a convergent boundary • Zone/ the area where one plate slides under another • ...

Changing Earth's Surface 2019-05-05

Changing Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the pulling force at a divergent boundary
  2. the mountains that forms as this lava builds up and cools
  3. is the repture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust
  4. where plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. the process of breaking rocks into small pices without changing the compostion of the rocks
  6. ash small pieces of lava
  7. is the moving of waethered material, or sediment, from one location to another
  8. long streams of molten rocks
Down
  1. the process of changing the compostion of rocks and minerals by exposure to water and the atmosphere
  2. the minerals and small pices of rocks
  3. process of laying down eroded mineral in new location.
  4. the hypothesis that continents move
  5. where two plates move apart from each other
  6. creates a large depression in the center of the volcanic
  7. states that Earth's crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth's surface
  8. refers to the processes that breaks down rockss, changing Earth's surface over time
  9. the area where one plate slides under another
  10. the squeezing force at a convergent boundary
  11. where two plates move from toward each other
  12. the side-by-side dragging force at transform boundaries
  13. locations wheree volcanoes form far from plate boundaries
  14. the surface along which the crust moves

22 Clues: ash small pieces of lava • long streams of molten rocks • the hypothesis that continents move • the minerals and small pices of rocks • the surface along which the crust moves • the pulling force at a divergent boundary • where two plates move apart from each other • the squeezing force at a convergent boundary • where two plates move from toward each other • ...

Restless Earth 2024-04-12

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

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

will b 2023-02-08

will b crossword puzzle
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  1. a sensitive device that detects the shaking of Earth's crust during a Earthquake
  2. the amount of energy released by an Earthquake
  3. a cone fromed from explosive eruptions of hot rocks follwed by a flow a lava, over and over
  4. a steep sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks
  5. hot molten rock below earths surface
  6. rides in the sea floor spreading apart the crust
  7. the central opening in a volcanic area through which magma may escape
  8. a cuplike hollow that froms at the top of the volcano arounf the vent
  9. volcano a wide, gently sloped cone that forms fron flowas of lava
  10. waves a vibration that spreads out away
  11. sliding of a denser ocean platen under another plate when they collide
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  1. A very hot part of Earth's mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it
  2. magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out a vent
  3. rocks form flat
  4. the point where the Earthquake starts as rocks begin to slide past each other
  5. super continent split apart into pieces
  6. the layer beneath Earth's crust
  7. solid rocky surface
  8. a huge crack in Earth's crust at or below the surface
  9. shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an Earthquake
  10. tectonics broken into plates that slide across the mantle
  11. the point on Earth's surface directly above Earth's surface

22 Clues: rocks form flat • solid rocky surface • the layer beneath Earth's crust • hot molten rock below earths surface • super continent split apart into pieces • waves a vibration that spreads out away • the amount of energy released by an Earthquake • rides in the sea floor spreading apart the crust • a huge crack in Earth's crust at or below the surface • ...

Changing Earth's Surface 2019-05-05

Changing Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weathering/ the process of breaking rocks into small pices without changing the compostion of the rocks
  2. the minerals and small pices of rocks
  3. Ridges/ the mountains that forms as this lava builds up and cools
  4. refers to the processes that breaks down rockss, changing Earth's surface over time
  5. Spot/ locations wheree volcanoes form far from plate boundaries
  6. is the moving of waethered material, or sediment, from one location to another
  7. Drift/ the hypothesis that continents move
  8. the side-by-side dragging force at transform boundaries
  9. Tectonics/ states that Earth's crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth's surface
  10. creates a large depression in the center of the volcanic
  11. Boundary/ where two plates move from toward each other
  12. Zone/ the area where one plate slides under another
Down
  1. process of laying down eroded mineral in new location.
  2. the pulling force at a divergent boundary
  3. Flows/ long streams of molten rocks
  4. Weathering/ the process of changing the compostion of rocks and minerals by exposure to water and the atmosphere
  5. is the repture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust
  6. Ash/ small pieces of lava
  7. the surface along which the crust moves
  8. the squeezing force at a convergent boundary
  9. Boundary/ where plates slide horizontally past each other
  10. Boundary/ where two plates move apart from each other

22 Clues: Ash/ small pieces of lava • Flows/ long streams of molten rocks • the minerals and small pices of rocks • the surface along which the crust moves • the pulling force at a divergent boundary • Drift/ the hypothesis that continents move • the squeezing force at a convergent boundary • Zone/ the area where one plate slides under another • ...

zkovelman@jlastudents.org 2024-01-16

zkovelman@jlastudents.org crossword puzzle
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  1. Long deep ditch on the seafloor
  2. process where sediments and other materials are added together to "build"
  3. Plate boundary where two lithospheric plates collide and destroy.
  4. Rupture in the crust that has magma inside and erupts hot lava.
  5. Naturally occurring, inorganic solid substance having a specific chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure, color, and hardness.
  6. cooled lava under the earth's surface.
  7. when the earth shakes
  8. process when bits of rock get broken down into small pieces.
  9. Crust and upper part of the mantle
  10. a type of rock made by cooled magma, which is molten rock melted from pressure and heat under earths crust.
  11. Plate bound
  12. Plate tectonics that go in opposite directions
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  1. type of volcano with deep cracks, when under tension they pull apart and lava comes out.
  2. the process when sediments turn into rocks
  3. a type of rock formed by small sediments cementing together.
  4. Upper layer of earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, very weak
  5. movement of sediments from one place to another
  6. Cracks in the earths crust
  7. the substance that comes out of volcanoes, the stage before magma cools is called...
  8. Outermost layer of the earth
  9. volcano and earthquake activity
  10. a type of rock formed by any type of existing rock, in which minerals are changed in structure of composition by pressure and heat.

22 Clues: Plate bound • when the earth shakes • Cracks in the earths crust • Outermost layer of the earth • Long deep ditch on the seafloor • volcano and earthquake activity • Crust and upper part of the mantle • cooled lava under the earth's surface. • the process when sediments turn into rocks • Plate tectonics that go in opposite directions • ...

Earth's systems puzzle 2024-04-15

Earth's systems puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. rock formed from when lava or magma cools and hardens
  2. sudden events that led to mass extinction
  3. hot material rises, cool material sinks. It drives plate tectonics
  4. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  5. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, an is divided into tectonic plates
  6. deep, elongated depressions
  7. where tectonic plates slide past each other. causes earthquakes
  8. name of the ancient super-continent when it was all one land mass
  9. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle and the outer core.
Down
  1. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  2. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  3. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  4. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  5. large, rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  6. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  8. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  9. an opening in the earths crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  10. a group of the same species living in the same area
  11. fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust

20 Clues: deep, elongated depressions • sudden events that led to mass extinction • fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust • a group of the same species living in the same area • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • rock formed from when lava or magma cools and hardens • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Crust Movement Vocabulary 2024-01-19

Crust Movement Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the stress produced by two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally
  2. a deep underwater valley
  3. the theory that the continents can move apart from each other and have done so in the past
  4. the landmass below a fault
  5. the process of mountain formation
  6. the stress produced by two tectonic plates coming together
  7. the bending of rock layers from stress in the earth's crust
  8. the point at which one tectonic plate meets another
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  1. the stress produced by two tectonic plates moving apart
  2. the landmass above a fault
  3. a change in the shape or volume of rocks
  4. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed at an oceanic ridge as older materials are pulled away from the ridge
  5. the process of one tectonic plate being pushed under another tectonic plate
  6. the study of the movement and changes in the rocks that make up the earth's crust
  7. a mountain chain that forms on the ocean floor where tectonic plates pull apart
  8. the breaking of the earth's crust and the sliding of the blocks of crust along the break
  9. the equilibrium in the earth's crust maintained by a flow of rock material in the asthenosphere
  10. a large area of flat-topped rock high above sea level

18 Clues: a deep underwater valley • the landmass above a fault • the landmass below a fault • the process of mountain formation • a change in the shape or volume of rocks • the point at which one tectonic plate meets another • a large area of flat-topped rock high above sea level • the stress produced by two tectonic plates moving apart • ...

Vocab 2024-04-12

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

18 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • a group of the same species living in the same time • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Earthquakes 2012-01-19

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
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  1. Likeliness that something will happen
  2. Small units of measurements
  3. Related to the absence of earthquakes
  4. The point on the surface of the Earth at the center of the Earthquake.
  5. Vibrations traveling through the Earth's Crust.
  6. Keeping from harm
  7. An instrument used to measure the strength of earthquakes
  8. Easily noticed
  9. The size of something
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  1. Tools for precise and careful work
  2. Objects that revolve around the Earth
  3. Possibility
  4. A rapid movement back and force
  5. Scientists who study Earthquakes
  6. Large in amount
  7. Things that happen
  8. Tectonics A theory that says the Earth's crust is broken into moving plates.
  9. Scale A scale for showing the strength of earthquakes.
  10. A line that marks separation

19 Clues: Possibility • Easily noticed • Large in amount • Keeping from harm • Things that happen • The size of something • Small units of measurements • A line that marks separation • A rapid movement back and force • Scientists who study Earthquakes • Tools for precise and careful work • Likeliness that something will happen • Objects that revolve around the Earth • ...

Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics 2021-12-03

Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. trench found at approximately 20 degrees north and 150 degrees east
  2. this type of crust is less dense but thicker
  3. the process where one plate sinks under another
  4. type of boundary where two plates collide
  5. made up of the crust and rigid mantle together
  6. solid layer of earth made up of iron and nickel
  7. layer in the earth where convection occurs
  8. tectonic plate made up of only oceanic crust
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  1. layer found at a depth of 2000km
  2. layer of the earth that is liquid
  3. process that moves the tectonic plates
  4. boundary that separated the crust and rigid mantle
  5. type of boundary where two plate separate
  6. this type of crust is more dense and thin
  7. location on a tectonic plate where mantle rock is continually rising from deep within earth
  8. type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
  9. the Arabian plate shares a convergent boundary with this tectonic plate

17 Clues: layer found at a depth of 2000km • layer of the earth that is liquid • process that moves the tectonic plates • type of boundary where two plate separate • type of boundary where two plates collide • this type of crust is more dense and thin • layer in the earth where convection occurs • this type of crust is less dense but thicker • ...

Friday Review - Plate Tectonics! 2022-10-13

Friday Review - Plate Tectonics! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust at a convergent boundary
  2. a landform formed by the collision of continental and continental plates
  3. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  4. the solid part of Earth
  5. the currents responsible for plate movement
  6. a crack in the Earth's crust
  7. the layer of the stratosphere that protects us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation
Down
  1. the landmass that existed approximately 300 million years ago, when all continents were joined as one
  2. the crust and the upper mantle
  3. the strength of an earthquake
  4. the instrument that records earthquake data
  5. the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
  6. a steep volcano created by high-viscosity lava
  7. the point inside Earth's crust where an earthquake begins
  8. tectonic plates that move towards each other
  9. the plate boundary most responsible for earthquakes
  10. a wider, flatter volcano created by low-viscosity lava

17 Clues: the solid part of Earth • a crack in the Earth's crust • the strength of an earthquake • the crust and the upper mantle • the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere • the instrument that records earthquake data • the currents responsible for plate movement • tectonic plates that move towards each other • a steep volcano created by high-viscosity lava • ...

HOW EARTH WAS MADE 2025-09-10

HOW EARTH WAS MADE crossword puzzle
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  1. – Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  2. – A large crater formed after a volcano collapses.
  3. – The thick layer of rock beneath the crust.
  4. of Fire – Volcanic zone around the Pacific Ocean known for frequent eruptions and quakes.
  5. – A famous Indonesian volcano that erupted violently in 1883.
  6. – Natural features of the Earth’s surface like mountains, valleys, or plains.
  7. – Mountains that erupt molten rock and gases.
  8. boundaries – The edges where tectonic plates meet.
  9. zone – Place where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.
  10. – The hot, dense center of the Earth.
  11. – The planet we live on, home to volcanoes and earthquakes.
  12. – Energy that drives the movement of magma beneath Earth’s crust.
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  1. tectonics – The theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates.
  2. – Describes an extremely destructive natural event.
  3. – Related to Earth’s physical structure and processes.
  4. – Molten rock that flows on the surface after an eruption.
  5. – The Earth’s thin, outermost layer.
  6. – The sudden release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano.
  7. Ocean – Largest ocean, bordered by the Ring of Fire.
  8. – Shaking of the ground caused by sudden movements of Earth’s crust.

20 Clues: – The Earth’s thin, outermost layer. • – The hot, dense center of the Earth. • – Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface. • – The thick layer of rock beneath the crust. • – Mountains that erupt molten rock and gases. • – A large crater formed after a volcano collapses. • boundaries – The edges where tectonic plates meet. • ...

lanforms 2019-11-22

lanforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. low land between hills or mountains
  2. flat structure
  3. highest Landform (often made from plate tectonics)
  4. a large snow moving body of ice
  5. a very large hallow place in the ground
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  1. a triangle shaped land at the end of a river
  2. opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape
  3. valley with steep sides
  4. high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides
  5. high land above plains
  6. open space in rock structure

11 Clues: flat structure • high land above plains • valley with steep sides • open space in rock structure • a large snow moving body of ice • low land between hills or mountains • a very large hallow place in the ground • a triangle shaped land at the end of a river • high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides • opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape • ...

Plate Tectonics Dictionary - Alex Lee 2017-01-04

Plate Tectonics Dictionary - Alex Lee crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus.
  2. The shaking or sudden shock of the ground caused by the movement of the Earth’s outer surface called the crust.
  3. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.
  4. A proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  5. Forms when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate at a subduction zone.
  6. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
  7. The theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into enormous slabs, or plates, that are in motion.
  8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.
  9. Where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  10. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
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  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
  2. A device used by semiologists to record primary, secondary, surface waves from earthquakes.
  3. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  4. Convection currents in the mantle that occur because hot rock in the lower part of the mantle is less dense and rises, and cooler rock in the upper part of the mantle cools, becomes denser, and sinks.
  5. Where two tectonic plates move toward each other.
  6. Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquake's focus.
  7. The measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
  8. A break in rock along which rock slabs have moved. The shifting of Earth’s tectonic plates can produce a fault, along which earthquakes may occur.

18 Clues: Where two tectonic plates move toward each other. • The measure of the energy released by an earthquake. • Where two tectonic plates move away from each other. • A proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface. • An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced. • ...

Unit 4 Vocab 2025-11-05

Unit 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A type of seismic wave that moves the ground perpendicular
  2. Tectonics The scientific theory that Earth's outer layer is divided into large, moving stubs
  3. Spheroid A 3D shape created by rotating an eclipse around its minor axis, creating a shape that is flattened
  4. An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light
  5. A measure of mass per unit volume
  6. Effect The apparent deflection of a moving object
  7. Super Continent that existed 200 - 335 Million years ago
  8. Waves Vibrations of energy that travel the Earths layers
  9. A place where the crust is being pulled apart due to the movement of tectonic plates
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  1. A type of seismic wave that travels through the Earth's interior, first and fastest wave after an earthquake
  2. The geological process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate
  3. A layer of rock, situated between the crust and core
  4. Effect The natural Process when center gases in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun
  5. Decay The process where an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation to become a more stable nucleus
  6. The transfer of heat through the movement of fluid
  7. A layer of gases surrounding a celestial body, held in by gravity

16 Clues: A measure of mass per unit volume • Effect The apparent deflection of a moving object • The transfer of heat through the movement of fluid • A layer of rock, situated between the crust and core • An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light • Super Continent that existed 200 - 335 Million years ago • ...

Continental Drift 2025-08-28

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
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  1. The supercontinent that once contained all landmasses
  2. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. Scientist who proposed the continental drift hypothesis
  4. Remains of ancient plants and animals used as evidence for plate tectonics
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  1. The theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into moving sections
  2. Chain of mountains formed along the ocean floor where plates move apart
  3. A well-tested explanation supported by evidence
  4. The slow movement of continents across Earth’s surface

8 Clues: A well-tested explanation supported by evidence • The supercontinent that once contained all landmasses • The slow movement of continents across Earth’s surface • Scientist who proposed the continental drift hypothesis • Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • The theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into moving sections • ...

Unit 4 Vocab 2025-11-06

Unit 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core
  2. the apparent deflection of objects moving across the Earth's surface
  3. churning motion resulting from the constant up welling of warm fluid
  4. effect the partial trapping of solar radiation
  5. the splitting of a single tectonic plate into two more tectonic plates
  6. the process used by plants, algae, and some bacteria to convert light energy to chemical energy
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  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the Earth's crust
  2. a super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  3. an elastic wave in earth produced by an earthquake or other means
  4. the 2 main types of seismic body waves produced by earthquakes
  5. tectonics large moving slabs that float on the semi-fluid layer beneath them
  6. a 3d shape that is flattened bat the poles and bulges at the equator
  7. event that occurs when atmospheric molecules are excited by incoming charged particles from the solar wind
  8. the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation
  9. the degree of compactness of a substance
  10. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet

16 Clues: the degree of compactness of a substance • effect the partial trapping of solar radiation • a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core • the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet • the 2 main types of seismic body waves produced by earthquakes • an elastic wave in earth produced by an earthquake or other means • ...

lanforms 2019-11-22

lanforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large snow moving body of ice
  2. high land above plains
  3. highest Landform (often made from plate tectonics)
  4. low land between hills or mountains
  5. valley with steep sides
  6. a very large hallow place in the ground
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  1. high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides
  2. open space in rock structure
  3. opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape
  4. a triangle shaped land at the end of a river
  5. flat structure

11 Clues: flat structure • high land above plains • valley with steep sides • open space in rock structure • a large snow moving body of ice • low land between hills or mountains • a very large hallow place in the ground • a triangle shaped land at the end of a river • high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides • opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-09-29

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a subduction zone forms these
  2. had the theory of plate tectonics
  3. these occur at divergent boundaries
  4. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  5. the layer below the crust
  6. the tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite directions
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  1. this makes the tectonic plates move
  2. when two tectonic plates come together and overlap
  3. a transform boundary makes these
  4. a convergent boundary forms these

10 Clues: the layer below the crust • a subduction zone forms these • a transform boundary makes these • had the theory of plate tectonics • a convergent boundary forms these • this makes the tectonic plates move • these occur at divergent boundaries • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • when two tectonic plates come together and overlap • ...

catastrophic events station lab 2023-04-04

catastrophic events station lab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a cavity in the ground
  2. destructive vortexes of violent winds
  3. huge sea wave caused by earthquake
  4. living organisms and nonliving components in the environment
  5. caused by plate tectonics, violent shaking
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  1. storms that farm over warm water (hint: florida)
  2. an effect that is permanent
  3. huge explosion of lava
  4. an effect that is temporary
  5. an (___) that causes damage that can be classified by damage caused

10 Clues: huge explosion of lava • a cavity in the ground • an effect that is permanent • an effect that is temporary • huge sea wave caused by earthquake • destructive vortexes of violent winds • caused by plate tectonics, violent shaking • storms that farm over warm water (hint: florida) • living organisms and nonliving components in the environment • ...

science test practice 2025-06-05

science test practice crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of rock
  2. tectonics
  3. movement
Down
  1. found underground from a long time ago
  2. this rock can contain fossils in them
  3. makes cracks

6 Clues: movement • tectonics • makes cracks • a type of rock • this rock can contain fossils in them • found underground from a long time ago

NERDS 2013-03-31

NERDS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Doctor whose life was saved by the NERDS
  2. Dental device that changed Jackson's life
  3. After Jackson disappointed the NERDS, he decided to do this...
  4. Food that inducted Jackson into the NERDS
  5. The NERDS were sent on these
  6. Who did Jackson pair up with to save the world?
Down
  1. Secret society that Jackson joined.
  2. Dr. Jigsaw caused these around the world
  3. Word that described Jackson before braces
  4. Scientific Theory: Plate ---------
  5. Protagonist of the story.
  6. Evil doctor who threatened the world

12 Clues: Protagonist of the story. • The NERDS were sent on these • Scientific Theory: Plate --------- • Secret society that Jackson joined. • Evil doctor who threatened the world • Doctor whose life was saved by the NERDS • Dr. Jigsaw caused these around the world • Dental device that changed Jackson's life • Word that described Jackson before braces • ...

lanforms 2019-11-22

lanforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape
  2. a triangle shaped land at the end of a river
  3. a large snow moving body of ice
  4. a very large hallow place in the ground
  5. highest Landform (often made from plate tectonics)
  6. high land above plains
Down
  1. high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides
  2. low land between hills or mountains
  3. flat structure
  4. open space in rock structure
  5. valley with steep sides

11 Clues: flat structure • high land above plains • valley with steep sides • open space in rock structure • a large snow moving body of ice • low land between hills or mountains • a very large hallow place in the ground • a triangle shaped land at the end of a river • high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides • opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape • ...

Earth's layers 2026-03-25

Earth's layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Segments of the lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere.
  2. Circular movements in the mantle caused by heat, driving plate tectonics.
  3. The rigid outer layer comprising the crust and uppermost mantle.
  4. The solid, plastic layer in the upper mantle below the lithosphere that flows, enabling plate movement.
Down
  1. energy waves from earthquakes used to analyze Earth's interior.
  2. The thin, rocky, outermost solid layer.
  3. Solid, extremely hot, and dense central layer
  4. The strong, lower part of the mantle

8 Clues: The strong, lower part of the mantle • The thin, rocky, outermost solid layer. • Solid, extremely hot, and dense central layer • Segments of the lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere. • energy waves from earthquakes used to analyze Earth's interior. • The rigid outer layer comprising the crust and uppermost mantle. • ...

Earth History 2021-12-06

Earth History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When sediments are deposited in flat, horizontal layers.
  2. Rocks that change due to heat and pressure.
  3. The final way landforms are shaped.
  4. __________ ________ allow rock layers to be correlated by age.
  5. One way landforms are shaped.
  6. ___________ ______ can reveal information about where a rock formed.
  7. Some examples of the word are the lithosphere and asthenosphere.
  8. Lower layers are older than higher layers due to this principle.
  9. Every place on Earth's surface has a unique geological ___________.
  10. Deposited over Earth's surface through wind, water, and/or ice.
  11. Changes rocks to other types of rocks using melting deposition, pressure, and other processes.
Down
  1. Drives plate tectonics.
  2. Allow us to infer events and environments on Earth.
  3. The way things are happening now has happened before and will continue that way.
  4. _______________ time extends from Earth's origin to modern times.
  5. Are formed by plate interactions.
  6. The _________ __________ represents what we know about ancient life.
  7. The relative ages of rocks can be determined by the _____________ of layers.
  8. Another way landforms are shaped.

19 Clues: Drives plate tectonics. • One way landforms are shaped. • Are formed by plate interactions. • Another way landforms are shaped. • The final way landforms are shaped. • Rocks that change due to heat and pressure. • Allow us to infer events and environments on Earth. • When sediments are deposited in flat, horizontal layers. • ...

Tectonic plates 2022-12-16

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves released when plate tectonics move
  2. The area around the pacific plate with lots of volcanic activity
  3. normal faults occur when rocks are
  4. the force causing the continents to move
  5. an ocean getting smaller because of subduction the process when old sea floor goes into the mantle from trenches and gets recycled
  6. a boundary where the plates come together
  7. liquid in the mantle
  8. a boundary where the tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. are like a mountain but sometimes magma will come out
Down
  1. the process in which new ocean crust is created at mid-ocean ridges
  2. is the name of the supercontinent that has over time come apart
  3. the fault line under Missouri
  4. Old ocean floor gets destroyed in
  5. the one who first discovered the continental drift
  6. The theory that the plates were once a large landmass that has moved to their current locations is known as
  7. a movement of the earth-shaking
  8. an ocean growing because of seafloor spreading
  9. cause volcanos, mountains, and hills to form
  10. a boundary where the plates rub against each other

19 Clues: liquid in the mantle • the fault line under Missouri • a movement of the earth-shaking • Old ocean floor gets destroyed in • normal faults occur when rocks are • waves released when plate tectonics move • the force causing the continents to move • a boundary where the plates come together • cause volcanos, mountains, and hills to form • ...

Continental drift 2025-02-04

Continental drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading
  2. man that created the theory of continental drift
Down
  1. zone when one plate moves under another making trenches
  2. supercontinent that existed millions of year age
  3. bounderies where plates slide against each other
  4. developed theory of Plate Tectonics

6 Clues: developed theory of Plate Tectonics • proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading • supercontinent that existed millions of year age • bounderies where plates slide against each other • man that created the theory of continental drift • zone when one plate moves under another making trenches

valcano AVAFRANZEN 2023-02-14

valcano AVAFRANZEN crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A geologic hazard in which molten rock- called magma or lava- gases, ash, and other material are released onto Earth’s surface and into the atmosphere.
  2. An opening at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes.
  3. A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph
  4. a theory in geology lithosphere of earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over a mantle and much of the earths seismic activity occurs at the boundres of these plates.
  5. the point on the earths surface directly above the place that an earthquake occurred
  6. molten rock/magma that reaches the earth's surface
  7. the place inside earths crust where an earthquake originates
  8. Molten rock BELOW the Earth’s surface
  9. A vent or fissure in the Earth’s surface through which magma and gases are expelled
Down
  1. Movement of the Earth’s crust that occurs when rocks suddenly break and release stored energy.
  2. Waves A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back and forth direction.
  3. An instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.
  4. The study of Earthquakes
  5. tectonics The theory that explains how large pieces of Earth’s outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape.
  6. Waves A wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions.
  7. Chamber The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano.
  8. Eruption A geologic hazard in which molten rock- called magma or lava- gases, ash, and other material are released onto Earth’s surface and into the atmosphere.

17 Clues: The study of Earthquakes • Molten rock BELOW the Earth’s surface • molten rock/magma that reaches the earth's surface • Chamber The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano. • the place inside earths crust where an earthquake originates • A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph • ...

What happens at different types of plate boundaries? 2017-06-02

What happens at different types of plate boundaries? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A pulling force forming trenches
  2. underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  3. transform boundary in California
  4. Shear stress boundary
Down
  1. A continental-continental boundary that push together
  2. Compressing force forming mountains
  3. Found where subduction is occurring

7 Clues: Shear stress boundary • A pulling force forming trenches • transform boundary in California • Compressing force forming mountains • Found where subduction is occurring • underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics • A continental-continental boundary that push together

Kamdyn: V & E 2023-02-14

Kamdyn: V & E crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the
  2. in the surface or a planet
  3. tectonics: a theory in geology: the lithosphere of
  4. on and travel independently over the mantle and
  5. eruption: when a
Down
  1. of these plates
  2. earth is divided into a small number of plates which
  3. erupt
  4. molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a
  5. a fissure in the earth's crust through which
  6. molten rock in the earth's crust

11 Clues: erupt • of these plates • eruption: when a • in the surface or a planet • molten rock in the earth's crust • a fissure in the earth's crust through which • of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the • on and travel independently over the mantle and • molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a • tectonics: a theory in geology: the lithosphere of • ...

lanforms 2019-11-21

lanforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. flat structure
  2. opening in the earth's crust where lava can escape
  3. high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides
  4. low land between hills or mountains
  5. high land above plains
Down
  1. a triangle shaped land at the end of a river
  2. valley with steep sides
  3. highest Landform (often made from plate tectonics)
  4. a very large hallow place in the ground
  5. a large snow moving body of ice
  6. open space in rock structure

11 Clues: flat structure • high land above plains • valley with steep sides • open space in rock structure • a large snow moving body of ice • low land between hills or mountains • a very large hallow place in the ground • a triangle shaped land at the end of a river • high land mass with sharp drop off on the sides • highest Landform (often made from plate tectonics) • ...

Ged Miller Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-11-10

Ged Miller Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary in which two plates slide past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere
  2. a destructive plate margin where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate
  3. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  4. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000 to 4000 kilometers
Down
  1. the permanent magnetization acquired by rock that can be used to determine the location of the magnetic poles at the time it became magnetized
  2. a boundary in which two plates move together
  3. a region where the rigid plates are moving apart,typified by the oceanic ridges
  4. It involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge under the pull of gravity
  5. super continent that 200 million years ago began to break apart and form the present landmasses
  6. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries

10 Clues: a boundary in which two plates move together • deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries • a region where the rigid plates are moving apart,typified by the oceanic ridges • the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When plates slide past each other and rub together
  2. Slide past each other
  3. Collide and come together
  4. Slide past each other
Down
  1. Formed by convergent boundary pushing up
  2. Divide and pull apart
  3. Plate _____
  4. Formed by subduction zone in convergent boundary

8 Clues: Plate _____ • Divide and pull apart • Slide past each other • Slide past each other • Collide and come together • Formed by convergent boundary pushing up • Formed by subduction zone in convergent boundary • When plates slide past each other and rub together

vocab crossword 2023-03-06

vocab crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths thin outer shell broken into big pieces
  2. a current in the fluid that results in convection
  3. the process that destroys old lithosphere
  4. molten natural material which all igneous rocks are from
Down
  1. a rupture in the crust of a planetary
  2. when two plates collide
  3. a long narrow ditch
  4. a break apart through faulting caused by plate tectonics
  5. when two plates slide
  6. when two playes divide

10 Clues: a long narrow ditch • when two plates slide • when two playes divide • when two plates collide • a rupture in the crust of a planetary • the process that destroys old lithosphere • earths thin outer shell broken into big pieces • a current in the fluid that results in convection • a break apart through faulting caused by plate tectonics • ...

Unit 5: Intro to Plate Tectonics Crossword 2020-10-18

Unit 5: Intro to Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
  2. The thinnest and coolest layer of the Earth, on which we currently live
  3. Plate ____________: the theory that the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into parts, called plates, that move on top of the mantle
  4. Molten material that has come out of a volcano
  5. The thickest layer of the Earth, it sits below the crust contains the layer known as the lithosphere
  6. The sudden shaking of the ground along a fault that is the result of movement within the Earth's crust
  7. When a denser, heavier oceanic plate slips below a lighter continental plate, it is called ___________
Down
  1. The name of the landmass that existed when all continents were joined as one
  2. The layer of the Earth that consist of the crust and the upper mantle, it is responsible for the movement of the plates
  3. Inner ___________ the inner most layer of the Earth where temperatures are about as hot as the surface of the sun
  4. Seafloor ______________: the theory that continents are moving apart due to the movement of heat and less dense material along faults in the oceans/seas creating mid-ocean ridges and other under water features.
  5. ________________ currents: the cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking which propels plate movement
  6. Molten material inside the Earth
  7. Continental ___________: the hypothesis that states that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations

14 Clues: Molten material inside the Earth • Molten material that has come out of a volcano • A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle • The thinnest and coolest layer of the Earth, on which we currently live • The name of the landmass that existed when all continents were joined as one • ...

Review 2026-05-13

Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crack in Earth's crust
  2. are rivers, lakes and glaciers
  3. tectonics, is the theory that Earth's crust is made of moving plates
  4. is the layer below the crust
Down
  1. is an opening in Earth's crust
  2. is the center part of the Earth
  3. rocky layer of Earth's surface
  4. are the gases around the Earth
  5. spot, a fixed pool of magma

9 Clues: crack in Earth's crust • spot, a fixed pool of magma • is the layer below the crust • is an opening in Earth's crust • rocky layer of Earth's surface • are the gases around the Earth • are rivers, lakes and glaciers • is the center part of the Earth • tectonics, is the theory that Earth's crust is made of moving plates

Ged Miller Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-11-10

Ged Miller Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  2. a destructive plate margin where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate
  3. the permanent magnetization acquired by rock that can be used to determine the location of the magnetic poles at the time it became magnetized
  4. a boundary in which two plates move together
  5. a region where the rigid plates are moving apart,typified by the oceanic ridges
  6. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries
Down
  1. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000 to 4000 kilometers
  2. It involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge under the pull of gravity
  3. a boundary in which two plates slide past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere
  4. super continent that 200 million years ago began to break apart and form the present landmasses

10 Clues: a boundary in which two plates move together • deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries • a region where the rigid plates are moving apart,typified by the oceanic ridges • the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges • ...

Ged Miller Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-11-10

Ged Miller Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the permanent magnetization acquired by rock that can be used to determine the location of the magnetic poles at the time it became magnetized
  2. super continent that 200 million years ago began to break apart and form the present landmasses
  3. It involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge under the pull of gravity
  4. a region where the rigid plates are moving apart,typified by the oceanic ridges
  5. a boundary in which two plates move together
  6. deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries
Down
  1. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000 to 4000 kilometers
  2. a destructive plate margin where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate
  3. a boundary in which two plates slide past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere
  4. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges

10 Clues: a boundary in which two plates move together • deep faulted structure found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries • a region where the rigid plates are moving apart,typified by the oceanic ridges • the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges • ...

Module 2 Vocab 2023-12-05

Module 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. species that affect each other's evolution
  2. plates that slide past each other
  3. living organisms
  4. map with features of the land
  5. the time required for half of something to undergo a process
  6. forces that destroy Earth's features
Down
  1. transfer of heat through heated fluids
  2. boundary plates that collide
  3. dating used on non-living materials
  4. theory on how plates move

10 Clues: living organisms • theory on how plates move • map with features of the land • boundary plates that collide • plates that slide past each other • dating used on non-living materials • forces that destroy Earth's features • transfer of heat through heated fluids • species that affect each other's evolution • the time required for half of something to undergo a process

Earth Science 2026-05-26

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The thick layer beneath the crust
  2. – Breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
  3. – Movement of Earth’s plates and processes inside Earth
  4. – The thin outer layer of Earth
Down
  1. – Crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs
  2. – Dropping sediments in a new place
  3. – Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
  4. – Movement of sediment from one place to another
  5. – Large pieces of Earth’s surface that move
  6. – The hot center of Earth

10 Clues: – The hot center of Earth • – The thin outer layer of Earth • – Dropping sediments in a new place • – The thick layer beneath the crust • – Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface • – Large pieces of Earth’s surface that move • – Breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces • – Crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs • – Movement of sediment from one place to another • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the act of changing
  2. a plate going under another plate
  3. the largest land rodent
  4. The person who came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  5. The theory that the world is made up of plates
  6. Tending to be different or develop in different direction.
Down
  1. the weight of something compared to its size
  2. a food made usually made of two pieces of bread
  3. Warm air cooling down, sinking, warming back up, rising, and repeat
  4. Relating to convergence
  5. A cucumber that has been soaked in vinegar

11 Clues: the act of changing • the largest land rodent • Relating to convergence • a plate going under another plate • A cucumber that has been soaked in vinegar • the weight of something compared to its size • The theory that the world is made up of plates • a food made usually made of two pieces of bread • Tending to be different or develop in different direction. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-02-09

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An extended break in a body of rock
  2. The second layer of the earth
  3. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  4. Heat transferring through empty space
  5. a colorful rock found on the crust
  6. super continents
Down
  1. A black volcanic rock
  2. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  3. third layer of the earth
  4. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  5. first layer of the earth

11 Clues: super continents • A black volcanic rock • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • Heat transferring through empty space • The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle • Heat transferred through contact with matter

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-04-19

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate Boundaries where plates slide past each other causing faults and earthquakes
  2. Plate Boundaries where plates move towards each other creating mountains, volcanoes, and trenches
  3. Rocks that form when rocks underground are subjected to intense heat and pressure
  4. Plate Boundaries where plates move away from each other, creating rifts
  5. The Upper crust and mantle that is broken up into tectonic plates
Down
  1. zones where the heavier plate goes underneath the less heavy plate.
  2. The plasticky layer beneath the lithosphere that moves tectonic plates
  3. Rocks that form when lava or magma cools
  4. A major event where plates shift rapidly and release stored energy. Can happen at all plate boundaries, but mostly transform boundaries.
  5. Rocks that form when sediments compact and are cemented together
  6. The Theory that all of Earth used to be one big continent

11 Clues: Rocks that form when lava or magma cools • The Theory that all of Earth used to be one big continent • Rocks that form when sediments compact and are cemented together • The Upper crust and mantle that is broken up into tectonic plates • zones where the heavier plate goes underneath the less heavy plate. • ...

Kennedy Mecum 2015-04-30

Kennedy Mecum crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a line or curve on a geological map or cross section connecting points of identical age
  2. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. actively deforming region where two tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  6. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
Down
  1. heory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
  2. linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. where two tectonic plates side alongside each other.
  4. the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  5. proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  6. continents moving away from each other
  7. A change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south, and the magnetic south being aligned with the geographic north.
  8. study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  9. supercontinent that existed long ago

15 Clues: supercontinent that existed long ago • continents moving away from each other • where two tectonic plates side alongside each other. • proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-03-31

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. semisolid located in the upper part of the mantle
  2. Only liquid layer made out of mostly iron and nickel
  3. Go apart
  4. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  5. the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other
Down
  1. the rigid outer part of earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. Most dense layer on earth
  3. occurs when two plates collide at a convergent boundary and one plate is beneath the other
  4. Thinnest layer on Earth
  5. Thickest layer
  6. Come together

11 Clues: Go apart • Come together • Thickest layer • Thinnest layer on Earth • Most dense layer on earth • semisolid located in the upper part of the mantle • Only liquid layer made out of mostly iron and nickel • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • the rigid outer part of earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by Divergent Boundary in Oceanic Crust
  2. Formed by Divergent Boundary in Continental Crust
  3. Pieces of the Earth's crust and upper-most mantle that shift forming the continents
  4. Plates collide
  5. The process of hotter magma in the mantle rising and cooler magma falling
Down
  1. Formed by Convergent Boundary
  2. Plates slide past each other
  3. Plates pull apart
  4. Formed by Divergent Boundary
  5. German scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift
  6. American Geologist who discovered sea floor spreading

11 Clues: Plates collide • Plates pull apart • Plates slide past each other • Formed by Divergent Boundary • Formed by Convergent Boundary • Formed by Divergent Boundary in Oceanic Crust • Formed by Divergent Boundary in Continental Crust • American Geologist who discovered sea floor spreading • German scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-02-09

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An extended break in a body of rock
  2. The second layer of the earth
  3. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  4. Heat transferring through empty space
  5. a colorful rock found on the crust
  6. super continents
Down
  1. A black volcanic rock
  2. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  3. third layer of the earth
  4. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  5. first layer of the earth

11 Clues: super continents • A black volcanic rock • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • The second layer of the earth • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • Heat transferring through empty space • The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle • Heat transferred through contact with matter

Plate Tectonics crossword 2014-05-20

Plate Tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  2. series of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. a supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago
  5. these form at divergent or convergent boundaries, and spit out molten rock
  6. these form at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. a type of plate boundary where the plates slide together
  2. the outer layer of the Earth's crust
  3. these form at convergent boundaries
  4. these form at transform boundaries
  5. a type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other

11 Clues: the place where two plates meet • these form at transform boundaries • these form at divergent boundaries • these form at convergent boundaries • the outer layer of the Earth's crust • series of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean • a supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago • a type of plate boundary where the plates slide together • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2024-04-03

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary between plates that are moving away from each other
  2. an area in a convergent boundary where two continents are colliding
  3. rocky outer layer of Earth
  4. shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface
Down
  1. boundary between plates that are sliding past one another
  2. a boundary between plates that are moving toward each other
  3. a convergent boundary where one plate is sliding beneath another
  4. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  5. the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface
  6. an opening in Earth’s crust from which lava, gas, and ash erupt
  7. a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly

11 Clues: rocky outer layer of Earth • shaking and vibration of Earth’s surface • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core • the movement of plates that make up Earth’s surface • a rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly • boundary between plates that are sliding past one another • a boundary between plates that are moving toward each other • ...

Seafloor Spreading Vocabulary 2023-10-14

Seafloor Spreading Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melted or molten rock material beneath Earth's surface; cools slowly to form rocks with larger crystals
  2. The process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  3. A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the upper part of the mantle
  5. A depression of Earth's surface in which an ocean lies
  6. A phenomenon by which magma from Earth's mantle comes up at the mid-ocean ridge and creates new oceanic crust
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  1. Molten rock, or magma, that has reached Earth's surface by volcanic action
  2. An underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics; the largest single volcanic feature on Earth
  3. The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth; is either continental (landmasses) or oceanic (ocean floors)
  4. Deep and narrow depression in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere

10 Clues: A depression of Earth's surface in which an ocean lies • A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other • Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the upper part of the mantle • Molten rock, or magma, that has reached Earth's surface by volcanic action • ...

Plate Tectonics Nail 2021-11-28

Plate Tectonics Nail crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock layers are usually arched downward
  2. An example of a hot spot
  3. Rock layers are usually arched upward
  4. What happens when a fault slips
  5. When all 7 continets came together
  6. The man who proposed seafloor spreading
  7. The amount of force per unit area
Down
  1. The earth is 4.6...... years old
  2. The man proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics

9 Clues: An example of a hot spot • What happens when a fault slips • The earth is 4.6...... years old • The amount of force per unit area • When all 7 continets came together • Rock layers are usually arched upward • Rock layers are usually arched downward • The man who proposed seafloor spreading • The man proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics

Motion 2015-02-28

Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unit of speed
  2. Calculated by distance/time
  3. The slowest substance we observed
  4. The speed of plate tectonics is very _______ motion
Down
  1. The name of the point used to identify motion
  2. The speed of light it very ______ motion
  3. Unit of distance
  4. Reference point for Earth's motion
  5. Described by the changing of distance in relation to another object or place

9 Clues: Unit of speed • Unit of distance • Calculated by distance/time • The slowest substance we observed • Reference point for Earth's motion • The speed of light it very ______ motion • The name of the point used to identify motion • The speed of plate tectonics is very _______ motion • Described by the changing of distance in relation to another object or place

Plate Tectonics Theory 2021-04-30

Plate Tectonics Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock
  2. the idea that earth is broken into pieces that move, creating earthquakes, mountains, and volcanoes
  3. occurs at all plate boundaries
  4. the process in which more dense oceanic crust is recycled into the mantle
  5. the landform created in the ocean when new crust is made
  6. the landmass or supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Down
  1. a deep crack in the earth where earthquakes occur
  2. boundary where 2 plates move away from each other
  3. boundary where 2 plates slide past each other
  4. chunks of lithosphere
  5. boundary where 2 plates move towards each other

11 Clues: molten rock • chunks of lithosphere • occurs at all plate boundaries • boundary where 2 plates slide past each other • boundary where 2 plates move towards each other • a deep crack in the earth where earthquakes occur • boundary where 2 plates move away from each other • the landform created in the ocean when new crust is made • ...

GEO: Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

GEO: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary, When plates separate, e.g. Mid Atlantic Ridge.
  2. Type of convergent plate boundaries, two ocean plates colide.
  3. Plate boundary, When plates colide. e.g. Himalayas.
  4. Type of crust, Thick (40km), Made up of light rocks, Made from silica and aluminia(SIAL).
  5. Plate boundary, When plates slide past eachother, e.g. San Andres Fault.
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  1. Type of convergent plate, Two continental plates collide.
  2. Line between the liquid lower mantle and solid.
  3. Type of convergent plate boundaries, ocean and continental plates colide.
  4. Earths crust and solid upper mantle.
  5. Boundary between earths crust and mantle.
  6. Thinner (3-10km), Made up of heavy rocks, Also made from silica and magnesium (SIMA).

11 Clues: Earths crust and solid upper mantle. • Boundary between earths crust and mantle. • Line between the liquid lower mantle and solid. • Plate boundary, When plates colide. e.g. Himalayas. • Type of convergent plate, Two continental plates collide. • Type of convergent plate boundaries, two ocean plates colide. • ...

Plate Tectonics #1 2022-05-12

Plate Tectonics #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How deep down into the earth an earthquake is occurring.
  2. The height of an object above sea level.
  3. A tall rocky area of land.
  4. The point above where an earthquake happened.
  5. Low land between hills and mountains.
  6. The reason something occurred.
  7. The size of something.
Down
  1. Violent shaking of the ground.
  2. Two things/events happening at the same time.
  3. A raised area of land. Smaller than a mountain.
  4. Different shapes of land on earth.

11 Clues: The size of something. • A tall rocky area of land. • Violent shaking of the ground. • The reason something occurred. • Different shapes of land on earth. • Low land between hills and mountains. • The height of an object above sea level. • The point above where an earthquake happened. • Two things/events happening at the same time. • ...

Review Plate Tectonics 2026-03-20

Review Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zone An area where one tectonic plate is forced under another plate into the mantle.
  2. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement in the Earth’s crust.
  3. plate boundary A place where two plates move away from each other.
  4. convection The slow movement of heat and rock in the mantle that helps move tectonic plates.
  5. A way scientists make images of the inside of the Earth using data (kind of like a CT scan for the planet).
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  1. plate boundary A place where two plates move toward each other, sometimes causing one to go under the other.
  2. spots Areas deep in the Earth where heat rises and creates volcanoes, even away from plate boundaries.
  3. plate boundary A place where two plates slide past each other.
  4. An opening in the Earth’s surface where lava, gas, and ash come out.
  5. plates Large pieces of Earth’s surface that move slowly over time.
  6. The study of earthquakes and how energy moves through the Earth.

11 Clues: plate boundary A place where two plates slide past each other. • The study of earthquakes and how energy moves through the Earth. • plates Large pieces of Earth’s surface that move slowly over time. • plate boundary A place where two plates move away from each other. • An opening in the Earth’s surface where lava, gas, and ash come out. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2025-01-29

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A hypothesis that states that the landmasses on Earth are always moving due to convection currents in the mantle
  2. Tectonic plates that come together or collide because of convection currents moving them together
  3. A 225 million year old landmass containing all of our present continents combined into one
  4. A theory that said the continental plates were once all combined as one supercontinent, until they drifted apart
  5. The place where one tectonic plate goes under another in when boundaries converge.
  6. The name of the scientist that founded the theory of plate tectonics
Down
  1. The border between two continental plates where they can move past each other
  2. The scientists that created the theory of the sea floor spreading.
  3. Tectonic plates that come apart or separate because of convection currents moving them apart
  4. A process that creates new areas of the oceanic crust, destroys old ones, and makes deep sea trenches.
  5. Circular currents caused by changes in heat in places like the mantle.

11 Clues: The scientists that created the theory of the sea floor spreading. • The name of the scientist that founded the theory of plate tectonics • Circular currents caused by changes in heat in places like the mantle. • The border between two continental plates where they can move past each other • ...

Tsunamis 2024-03-05

Tsunamis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is at the center of of a plate boundary
  2. tectonics _______ converge to make a tsunami
  3. ocean where did this tsunami occur
Down
  1. what is the natural disaster called?
  2. line what is the line called where plates converge
  3. along with a tsunami converging plates can cause

6 Clues: ocean where did this tsunami occur • what is the natural disaster called? • what is at the center of of a plate boundary • tectonics _______ converge to make a tsunami • along with a tsunami converging plates can cause • line what is the line called where plates converge

plate tectonicts 2017-10-17

plate tectonicts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fetchers a convergent boundary continental,continental
  2. the crust is broken into pieces
  3. bends downwards
  4. a break in earths crust
  5. tectonics states that earth's plates are in slow constant motion
  6. boundary plates collide
  7. ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
  8. current the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  9. German scientist
Down
  1. boundary plates divide
  2. where seafloor spreading begins
  3. a super continent
  4. adds new material to the ocean floor
  5. drift the continents are in slow constant motion
  6. part if the earth between the earth and crust
  7. is the measure of how much mass is in a given volume
  8. boundary plates slide past each other
  9. pieces of earth diverge on land
  10. a region with particular prevailing weather conditions
  11. helped scientist explore the ocean floor

20 Clues: bends downwards • German scientist • a super continent • boundary plates divide • a break in earths crust • boundary plates collide • where seafloor spreading begins • the crust is broken into pieces • pieces of earth diverge on land • adds new material to the ocean floor • boundary plates slide past each other • helped scientist explore the ocean floor • ...

Volcanoes- Week 30 2023-03-20

Volcanoes- Week 30 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cloud of extremely hot ash and rock fragments
  2. a result of plate tectonics
  3. scientist who studies volcanoes
  4. large volcanic crater
Down
  1. movement and collision of Earth's plates
  2. layer of Earth below the crust
  3. mountains or hills which lava erupts
  4. crack in the Earth's surface that can erupt lava

8 Clues: large volcanic crater • a result of plate tectonics • layer of Earth below the crust • scientist who studies volcanoes • mountains or hills which lava erupts • movement and collision of Earth's plates • cloud of extremely hot ash and rock fragments • crack in the Earth's surface that can erupt lava

Mason's Puzzle 2015-05-01

Mason's Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. is the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archaeological materials.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  5. known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  6. A change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south, and the magnetic south being aligned with the geographic north
  7. is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed.
Down
  1. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  2. Places where plates slide past each other
  3. outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.
  4. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  5. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  6. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  7. or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  8. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.

15 Clues: Places where plates slide past each other • sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • ...

Unit 2 - The Changing Earth 2013-05-16

Unit 2 - The Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The oceanic crust is the crust that forms the ocean floor, for example, the Pacific Plate.
  2. The Sea Floor Spreading is the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards, for example, this happens at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  3. The crust that forms the continents, for example, the Eurasian Plate.
  4. A focus is the place below the ground where an earthquake starts
  5. A convection current is a current caused by hot magma in the mantle rising, cooling, sinking and heating in a process that happens again, for example, convection currents occur in the mantle
  6. Subduction is when a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, and the oceanic plate then sinks below the continental plate because it is more dense.
  7. A volcano is a place where extremely hot material from the Earth erupts at the surface, for example, Iceland is made up of volcanoes.
  8. of magnesium-iron silicate minerals.
  9. A divergent boundary is where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions, for example, The North American Plate and The Eurasian Plate.
  10. A seismometer is an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  11. The core is the central or innermost portion of the Earth, lying below the mantle and probably consisting of iron and nickel.
  12. Plate tectonics is a theory that’s the Earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces that move on the asthenosphere, for example, the Pacific Plate.
  13. The mantle is the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core that consists
  14. A earthquake is the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates, for example, many earthquakes occur in New Zealand.
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  1. A transform boundary is where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions, for example, San Andrea's Fault line.
  2. A convergent boundary is where plates are colliding with each other, for example, The Pacific plate and the North American Plate.
  3. An ecosystem is a group of plants, animals and bacteria that work together to remain healthy.
  4. A secondary wave is a transverse seismic wave that travels through the earth.
  5. The continental drift is the separating of continents by drifting across the oceans, for example, Australia was once attached to Antarctica.
  6. Magnetic Striping is the patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries.
  7. A tsunami is a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor.
  8. An ocean trench is a deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the ocean floor, for example, The Philippine Trench.
  9. The asthenosphere is a layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle.
  10. A primary wave is a longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through the earth.
  11. A seismic wave is the skaing, wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake.
  12. An epicentre is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

26 Clues: of magnesium-iron silicate minerals. • A focus is the place below the ground where an earthquake starts • The crust that forms the continents, for example, the Eurasian Plate. • A secondary wave is a transverse seismic wave that travels through the earth. • The asthenosphere is a layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle. • ...

Earthcano 2020-05-03

Earthcano crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma turns into what at the earths surface
  2. what is the hot molten material in the earth
  3. what else comes out of a volcano besides lava
  4. unique place for a volcano
  5. a break in a body of rock
  6. where the most damage can be from an earthquake
  7. one of the earths main layers
  8. the top layer of earth
  9. earth moving during earthquake
  10. how many layers does the earth have
  11. a line that marks the limit of land area
Down
  1. what has lava
  2. what causes tsunami
  3. lava is very
  4. one of the main types of faults
  5. long narrow ditch
  6. crack split or break
  7. part of earth consisting of crust and upper mantle
  8. plate tectonics can form these
  9. state that has a volcano

20 Clues: lava is very • what has lava • long narrow ditch • what causes tsunami • crack split or break • the top layer of earth • state that has a volcano • a break in a body of rock • unique place for a volcano • one of the earths main layers • plate tectonics can form these • earth moving during earthquake • one of the main types of faults • how many layers does the earth have • ...

plate tectonicts 2017-10-17

plate tectonicts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bends downwards
  2. boundary plates slide past each other
  3. a super continent
  4. helped scientist explore the ocean floor
  5. boundary plates collide
  6. boundary plates divide
  7. pieces of earth diverge on land
  8. the crust is broken into pieces
  9. tectonics states that earth's plates are in slow constant motion
  10. ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
Down
  1. current the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  2. drift the continents are in slow constant motion
  3. German scientist
  4. where seafloor spreading begins
  5. adds new material to the ocean floor
  6. a region with particular prevailing weather conditions
  7. part if the earth between the earth and crust
  8. is the measure of how much mass is in a given volume
  9. fetchers a convergent boundary continental,continental
  10. a break in earths crust

20 Clues: bends downwards • German scientist • a super continent • boundary plates divide • boundary plates collide • a break in earths crust • where seafloor spreading begins • pieces of earth diverge on land • the crust is broken into pieces • adds new material to the ocean floor • boundary plates slide past each other • helped scientist explore the ocean floor • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-03-07

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The coast of South America seemed to fit into this continent
  2. The deepest part of the ocean
  3. Plate
  4. Causes earthquakes
  5. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates
  6. The outer part of the earth’s crust
  7. The separating of plates
  8. Seafloor _____
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  1. ____ Current
  2. core The liquid layer of the Earth’s core
  3. These were found to be the same on different continents even though there separated by oceans
  4. Source of heat in the mantle
  5. The most outer solid portion of the earth
  6. Colliding Plates
  7. The Earth’s ____ field reverses from time to time
  8. Below the Earth’s crust
  9. The Theory of Continental _____
  10. The zone below the lithosphere
  11. A break in the earth’s crust
  12. Scientist who first proposed that thermal convection in the mantle causes continental drift

20 Clues: Plate • ____ Current • Seafloor _____ • Colliding Plates • Causes earthquakes • Below the Earth’s crust • The separating of plates • Source of heat in the mantle • A break in the earth’s crust • The deepest part of the ocean • The zone below the lithosphere • The Theory of Continental _____ • The outer part of the earth’s crust • core The liquid layer of the Earth’s core • ...

Jayden Velasquez 2022-05-18

Jayden Velasquez crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a revolutionary theory explaining that continents shift position on Earth's surface.
  2. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  3. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
  4. relating to or involving volcanic processes.
  5. make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character.
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  1. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  2. tending to be different or develop in different directions.
  3. a change in the constitution of rock
  4. relating to sediment.

9 Clues: relating to sediment. • a change in the constitution of rock • relating to or involving volcanic processes. • matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid • tending to be different or develop in different directions. • make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character. • ...

The Dynamic Earth 2017-12-05

The Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  2. / A shaking or sliding of the ground. It is caused by the sudden movement of masses of rock along a fault or by changes in the size and shape of masses of rock far beneath the earth's surface.
  3. Boundary / The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  4. / extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate
  5. Boundary / The boundary formed by the collision of two plates
  6. / process in which two plates collide and the denser ocean plate descends below the other
  7. current / this type of energy transfer is believed to drive plate movement
  8. / The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  9. spreading / The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies
  10. of Fire / a major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean
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  1. / Magma that flows onto Earth's surface; the rock that forms when lava cools and solidifies
  2. Tectonics / The theory that the earth is broken into plates and are in motion due to convection currents in the asthenosphere
  3. ridge / an underwater mountain range made at divergent plate boundaries
  4. Spot / An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
  5. / The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  6. valley / long, narrow depression formed at divergent boundaries
  7. Drift / The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  8. / the term for the supercontinent which contained all the plates together
  9. / A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  10. Boundary / The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  11. / The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  12. Wegener / Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s

22 Clues: / molten rock beneath the earth's surface • Wegener / Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s • Boundary / The boundary formed by the collision of two plates • / A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • / The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move • ...

Continental Drift Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-25

Continental Drift Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener German meteorologist and geophysicist who is best known for developing the theory of continental drift.
  2. time.
  3. process where a continent is slowly splitting apart or pulling away from itself.
  4. horizontal movement of continents across Earth's surface.
  5. The edges where Earth's tectonic plates meet and interact.
  6. Time Scale framework used by scientists to divide Earth's history into distinct time intervals based on major geological and biological events.
  7. Crust outermost layer of the Earth
  8. flow of magma in the earth's mantle.
Down
  1. process of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as liquids and gases, where warmer material rises and cooler material sinks due to differences in density.
  2. Refers to the largest land masses that have ever existed on Earth, which have formed and broken up over the course of geological time.
  3. a large landmass that forms when multiple continents come together and merge into a single, massive landmass.
  4. study of the Earth's lithosphere and the movement and deformation of the Earth's crust.
  5. is the bottom of the world's oceans and seas.
  6. Tectonics theory that explains the movement and interaction of the Earth's lithospheric plates.
  7. preserved remains or traces of ancient plants, animals, or other organisms,
  8. gradual shifting and relocation of continents over

16 Clues: time. • Crust outermost layer of the Earth • flow of magma in the earth's mantle. • is the bottom of the world's oceans and seas. • gradual shifting and relocation of continents over • horizontal movement of continents across Earth's surface. • The edges where Earth's tectonic plates meet and interact. • ...

unit 4a vocab 2017-01-08

unit 4a vocab 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. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level.
  4. are formed by the movement of large crustal blocks when forces in the Earth's crust pull it apart.
  5. form mainly by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust.
Down
  1. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  3. is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief
  4. height above a given level, especially sea level.
  5. is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  6. is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  7. is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal, in either a sinistral or dextral direction

12 Clues: height above a given level, especially sea level. • is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. • rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-03-02

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.
  2. Currents, A cyclical motion occurs because of density differences in the mantle. Heated, less dense lower regions of the fluid mantle rise, and denser, cooler regions sink due to gravity. The combined motions serve as the engine for crustal plate movement.
  3. Boundary, The boundary between two plates that slide past one another.
  4. The process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge.
  5. Boundary, The boundary between two tectonic plates moving toward each other.
  6. Outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonic plates; consists of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle.
Down
  1. The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates “float” and move on this layer.
  2. Boundary, Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. Drift, The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
  4. Striping, A parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations on each side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge reveals rock of the same geologic age and polarity.
  5. Trench, Deep and narrow depressions in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere.

11 Clues: Boundary, Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • Boundary, The boundary between two plates that slide past one another. • Boundary, The boundary between two tectonic plates moving toward each other. • Drift, The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-03-02

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary between two tectonic plates moving toward each other.
  2. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates “float” and move on this layer.
  4. The process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge.
Down
  1. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
  2. Outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonic plates; consists of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle.
  3. a parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations on each side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge reveals rock of the same geologic age and polarity.
  4. The boundary between two plates that slide past one another.
  5. A cyclical motion occurs because of density differences in the mantle. Heated, less dense lower regions of the fluid mantle rise, and denser, cooler regions sink due to gravity. The combined motions serve as the engine for crustal plate movement.
  6. Deep and narrow depressions in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere.
  7. The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.

11 Clues: Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • The boundary between two plates that slide past one another. • The boundary between two tectonic plates moving toward each other. • The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics Project 2022-02-28

Plate Tectonics Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the biggest plate
  2. Boundary where two plates move apart from each other
  3. state of matter of the outer core
  4. Boundary where two plates slide past each other
  5. the type of current that moves plates
Down
  1. this occurs at a convergent boundary/continental and oceanic plates
  2. the first name of the man that proposed continental drift
  3. the plate that is under water
  4. The rate that plates move per year
  5. How many major plates
  6. Boundary where two plates move toward each other

11 Clues: the biggest plate • How many major plates • the plate that is under water • state of matter of the outer core • The rate that plates move per year • the type of current that moves plates • Boundary where two plates slide past each other • Boundary where two plates move toward each other • Boundary where two plates move apart from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Opening on the Earth's surface through which molten rock, ash, and gases are ejected.
  2. When snow, ice, and rock debris rapidly fall down a slope.
  3. plates The sections of rock which Earth's crust is made of.
  4. When rock, soil, and debris rapidly fall down a slope.
  5. Molten rock deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Down
  1. A boundary between tectonic plates which appears as cracks on the Earth's surface.
  2. Molten rock that pours out of a volcano onto the Earth's surface.
  3. The process by which sediments are carried away from their original location.
  4. The process by which rock break down into smaller pieces.
  5. A huge ocean wave cause by an underwater earthquake.
  6. A shaking movement of the ground caused by a sudden shift of the Earth's crust.

11 Clues: Molten rock deep beneath the Earth's surface. • A huge ocean wave cause by an underwater earthquake. • When rock, soil, and debris rapidly fall down a slope. • The process by which rock break down into smaller pieces. • When snow, ice, and rock debris rapidly fall down a slope. • plates The sections of rock which Earth's crust is made of. • ...

Science plate tectonics 2024-12-11

Science plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mountain chain forming in ocean where tectonic plates pull apart
  2. one tectonic plates being pushed under another
  3. theory that the continents can move apart from each other and have done so in the past
  4. the study of the movement and changes in the rocks that make up the earth's crust
  5. stress produced by 2 tectonic plates moving apart
Down
  1. stress produced by 2 tectonic plates coming together
  2. a deep underwater valley
  3. rhymes with sore,and the center of earth
  4. stress produced by 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other hotizontally
  5. the equilibrium in the earth's crust maintained by a flow of rock material in the asthenosphere
  6. the bending of rock layers from stress in the earth's crust

11 Clues: a deep underwater valley • rhymes with sore,and the center of earth • one tectonic plates being pushed under another • stress produced by 2 tectonic plates moving apart • stress produced by 2 tectonic plates coming together • the bending of rock layers from stress in the earth's crust • Mountain chain forming in ocean where tectonic plates pull apart • ...

Exogenetic Processes and Landforms 2024-12-16

Exogenetic Processes and Landforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of the Earth beneath the crust, involved in convection currents that drive plate tectonics.
  2. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that causes seismic waves.
  3. A vent in the Earth’s surface where magma erupts as lava.
  4. Small particles of rock or organic matter deposited by water, wind, or ice.
  5. Movement of the Earth's plates that causes earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Down
  1. The breaking down of rocks by physical, chemical, or biological processes.
  2. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that can form volcanoes.
  3. The geological process by which Earth's crust is raised.
  4. The process by which rock and soil are worn away by natural forces like wind and water.
  5. The accumulation of particles from water or wind, forming layers of sediment.

10 Clues: The geological process by which Earth's crust is raised. • A vent in the Earth’s surface where magma erupts as lava. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that can form volcanoes. • The breaking down of rocks by physical, chemical, or biological processes. • A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that causes seismic waves. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-08-15

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A boundary where 2 tectonic plates push together
  2. one of the slabs of rock that Earth's lithospere is broken up into
  3. Earth's crust and very top of the mantle combined
  4. the preserved remains, or traces of remains, of ancient organisms
  5. a boudary where 2 tectonic plates scrape past each other
  6. the huge supercontinent that once included all of the landmasses on Earth; proposed by Alfred Wegener
  7. The layer of hotter, softer rock in the upper mantle, under the lithosphere
  8. the process where an oceanic tectonic plate sinks under another plate
Down
  1. a boundary where 2 tectonic plates move apart
  2. A motion where material is heated and rises in one area, then cools and sinks in another
  3. The hypothesis that Earth's continents were once joined together but have gradually moved apart
  4. a ball of hot, solid metals at Earth's center
  5. Earth's thickest layer, found between outer core and crust
  6. The thin layer of rock that surrounds Earth; outermost layer
  7. a layer of liquid metals that surrounds Earth's inner core
  8. the process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge

16 Clues: a boundary where 2 tectonic plates move apart • a ball of hot, solid metals at Earth's center • A boundary where 2 tectonic plates push together • Earth's crust and very top of the mantle combined • a boudary where 2 tectonic plates scrape past each other • Earth's thickest layer, found between outer core and crust • ...

Rocks and Plate Tectonics 2024-09-06

Rocks and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the teams playing in the football today
  2. A type of metamorphic rock that is the 'parent rock' of marble
  3. The process of breaking down rocks into smaller particles through chemical or biological means
  4. An engineering design created to protect places from devastating Tsunamis
  5. The reason why tectonic plates stick together to cause earthquakes
  6. The hardest substance on the Mohs Scale
  7. What convection currents cause at divergent boundaries
  8. The last name of my teacher today
Down
  1. Where two tectonic plates meet and interact
  2. What sandstone can turn into under large amounts of heat.
  3. The height of a tsunami wave is also known as
  4. The two factors that cause metamorphic rocks to form
  5. The types of crystals that form in intrusive igneous rocks
  6. Igneous rocks that are formed below the surface of the Earth
  7. The first name of Wegener who proposed continental drift.
  8. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

16 Clues: The last name of my teacher today • The hardest substance on the Mohs Scale • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • Where two tectonic plates meet and interact • The height of a tsunami wave is also known as • One of the teams playing in the football today • The two factors that cause metamorphic rocks to form • ...

Plate Tectonics CROSS/SEARCH 2023-01-29

Plate Tectonics CROSS/SEARCH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Circulation of water from the land to the air and back again
  2. Something that can be used repeatedly because it is replaced naturally
  3. Water containing less than 1% salinity
  4. Water that contains a relatively high concentration of salt
  5. Basin-like land formation defined by highpoints and divides that descends into lower elevations
  6. Underground formation of permeable rock or loose material which can produce useful quantities of water when tapped by a well
  7. General term used to describe all water found underground in cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock
  8. An excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, which accesses groundwater in an aquifer
  9. Naturally occurring substances
Down
  1. General term used to describe all water on the surface of Earth
  2. Region in the ground in which the pore spaces are filled with water
  3. A place in the ground where water flows up to the surface because of natural pressure
  4. contains around a 3% salt concentration
  5. Region between the earth’s surface and the water table
  6. The upper surface of the Zone of Saturation
  7. Another name of the water cycle

16 Clues: Naturally occurring substances • Another name of the water cycle • Water containing less than 1% salinity • contains around a 3% salt concentration • The upper surface of the Zone of Saturation • Region between the earth’s surface and the water table • Water that contains a relatively high concentration of salt • ...

Plate tectonics Key words 2025-10-26

Plate tectonics Key words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the slow, cyclic movement of Earth's semi-solid mantle rock, driven by heat from the core. These currents drive the movement of tectonic plates.
  2. when two plate boundaries slide horizontally past each other.
  3. when two plate boundaries move toward each other.
  4. part of the solid lithosphere, the thinnest, outermost layer of the earth’s structure.
  5. layer of the Earth’s structure between the outer core and crust. It is very hot and acts like a slow-moving liquid.
  6. a sudden shaking of the ground caused by the release of strain energy in the Earth’s crust. They typically occur at transform boundaries.
  7. when two plate boundaries move away from each other.
  8. the supercontinent proposed by continental drift theory to have existed around 300 to 175 million years ago, where all of Earth’s present-day landmasses were joined together.
Down
  1. a geological process in which one tectonic plate slides beneath another at a convergent boundary; it explains the formation of mountain ranges and volcanoes.
  2. (2 words) the process that happens at mid-ocean ridges, forming new oceanic crusts at a divergent boundary.
  3. Typically forms at convergent boundaries between continental and continental crusts.
  4. a vent in the Earth's crust where molten rock (magma) erupts onto the surface as lava. They can form along convergent and divergent plate boundaries, as well as at hotspots.
  5. (2 words) an updated theory to explain many phenomena as a result of slow plate movements over a semi-fluid mantle.
  6. a graph that records seismic wave caused by an earthquake; it can help determine the epicentre of an earthquake.
  7. (2 words) an early theory that proposed continents moved over time from a supercontinent to where they are today.
  8. (2 words) is like an underwater mountain range, typically form at divergent boundaries between oceanic and oceanic crusts.

16 Clues: when two plate boundaries move toward each other. • when two plate boundaries move away from each other. • when two plate boundaries slide horizontally past each other. • Typically forms at convergent boundaries between continental and continental crusts. • part of the solid lithosphere, the thinnest, outermost layer of the earth’s structure. • ...

Plate tectonics and Earthquakes 2018-04-09

Plate tectonics and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer most earth layer
  2. the amount of major plates that make up earth's crust
  3. inner most earth layer
  4. boundary where ocean plate goes under continental plate
  5. rises to form the ocean floor
  6. form when two plates collide
  7. found below lithosphere
  8. found at transform boundaries
  9. moving away from each other
  10. found out diverging boundaries
Down
  1. found at converging boundaries
  2. sliding past each other
  3. the type of crust that is less dense
  4. the type of crust that is more dense
  5. another name for the earth's crust
  6. moving toward each other

16 Clues: outer most earth layer • inner most earth layer • sliding past each other • found below lithosphere • moving toward each other • moving away from each other • form when two plates collide • rises to form the ocean floor • found at transform boundaries • found at converging boundaries • found out diverging boundaries • another name for the earth's crust • ...