plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

earthquake 2023-03-22

earthquake crossword puzzle
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  1. The point at the surface of the Earth above the focus
  2. The shaking and trembling that comes from the movement of rock beneath earths surface.
  3. rocks into large sections called plate tectonics.
  4. waves Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of
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  1. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up or down motion
  2. A break in earth's crust
  3. Tension forces in Earth’s crust cause normal faults. The fault
  4. Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of
  5. rocks into large sections called plate tectonics.
  6. fault Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of
  7. rocks into large sections called plate tectonics.

11 Clues: A break in earth's crust • Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of • rocks into large sections called plate tectonics. • fault Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of • rocks into large sections called plate tectonics. • rocks into large sections called plate tectonics. • waves Earth’s outermost layer which is made up of • ...

English 2013-12-16

English crossword puzzle
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  1. Prevent
  2. Greeting
  3. Disaster
  4. Afternoon
  5. Landslide
  6. Morning
  7. Disease
  8. series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, generally an ocean or a large lake
  9. opening, or rupture, in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object, which allows hot lava, volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface
  10. effect
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  1. Reaction
  2. Tornado
  3. Tectonics
  4. Wave
  5. Search And Rescue
  6. Earthquake
  7. Danger
  8. Earth
  9. a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
  10. overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry

20 Clues: Wave • Earth • Danger • effect • Prevent • Tornado • Morning • Disease • Reaction • Greeting • Disaster • Tectonics • Afternoon • Landslide • Earthquake • Search And Rescue • overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry • a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action. • ...

Earth & Space 2017-01-26

Earth & Space crossword puzzle
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  1. How many relatively large plates are there?
  2. body waves have _______ frequency than surface waves
  3. The lithosphere consists of the crust and ________ mantle
  4. Plate boundary formed between the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian Plate
  5. surface waves can only travel through the ______ of the Earth
  6. bending of the crust towards the mantle
  7. In which layer is the deepest exploration made by miners?
  8. soft, weak and plastic-like layer
  9. strong underwater earthquakes can cause a __________
  10. At least how many recording stations do we need to estimate the location of the epicenter?
  11. 40-50 million years ago, India and Eurasia collided which formed the _________
  12. type of wave that rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake or ocean
  13. energy radiates in all directions from the focus in the form of waves called _____ waves
  14. type of surface wave named after A. E. H. Love
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  1. Rayleigh wave was named after Lord Rayleigh or John William _______
  2. type of boundary where the crustal plates are moving apart
  3. a record made by a seismograph
  4. submarine valleys
  5. a break in a rock along which movement has occurred
  6. a device used to record earthquake waves
  7. Consequence of moving crustal plates
  8. surface waves arrive after the P and S waves are confined in the ____ layers of the Earth
  9. name of the large landmass from Wegener’s theory
  10. What do you call the slow and constant movement of plates?
  11. consolidated mixture of materials
  12. a break in a rock in which no significant movement has taken place
  13. type of waves that can travel through Earth’s inner layers
  14. most of the _______ felt from an earthquake is caused by the Rayleigh wave
  15. a large group of tall mountains is called a mountain ________
  16. underwater mountain ranges are called oceanic _______

30 Clues: submarine valleys • a record made by a seismograph • soft, weak and plastic-like layer • consolidated mixture of materials • Consequence of moving crustal plates • bending of the crust towards the mantle • a device used to record earthquake waves • How many relatively large plates are there? • type of surface wave named after A. E. H. Love • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-04-20

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The movement of the Earth’s crust resulting from the release of built up potential energy between two stuck tectonic plates
  2. A theory that explains how pieces of Earth’s surface (plates) move.
  3. A region on Earth’s surface that is broken and where movement occurs
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  1. The idea that continents move around on Earth’s surface
  2. Think tectonic plates that are made of basalt and form the ocean floor; denser than continental plates
  3. The point on Earth’s surface right above the focus of an Earthquake.
  4. An ancient huge landmass composed of earlier forms of today’s continents; an ancient supercontinent.
  5. Thick tectonic plates that are made from andesite and granite and form the continents; less dense than oceanic plates.

8 Clues: The idea that continents move around on Earth’s surface • A theory that explains how pieces of Earth’s surface (plates) move. • The point on Earth’s surface right above the focus of an Earthquake. • A region on Earth’s surface that is broken and where movement occurs • ...

the plate tectonics 2023-01-19

the plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. a supercontinent that form millions of years ago called the continental drift
  3. crust and upper mantle
  4. shifting of the tectonic plates felt on the crust
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  1. under the lithosphere and is full of convection
  2. the inside of the ear made out of nickel and iron
  3. liquid layer of the earth
  4. on top of the outercore and below the crust

8 Clues: crust and upper mantle • liquid layer of the earth • boundary where plates slide past each other • on top of the outercore and below the crust • under the lithosphere and is full of convection • the inside of the ear made out of nickel and iron • shifting of the tectonic plates felt on the crust • ...

Dynamic Earth Puzzle 2022-01-27

Dynamic Earth Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution
  2. Name of the Supercontinent?
  3. Which of the following is Earth's densest atmospheric layer?
  4. the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere
  5. the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
  6. the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium
  7. a green house gas
  8. Plate tectonics theory. Who proposed that?
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  1. Which layer is composed of Nickel and iron?
  2. The gas used up during photosynthesis
  3. The vibration caused by slippage along the fault is called
  4. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater
  5. the tool used to measure the atmospheric pressure.
  6. the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
  7. a green house gas
  8. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
  9. the lowest region of the atmosphere
  10. The gas produced during photosynthesis
  11. Surface ocean currents are driven by
  12. a greenhouse gas

20 Clues: a greenhouse gas • a green house gas • a green house gas • Name of the Supercontinent? • the lowest region of the atmosphere • Surface ocean currents are driven by • The gas used up during photosynthesis • The gas produced during photosynthesis • Plate tectonics theory. Who proposed that? • Which layer is composed of Nickel and iron? • ...

Plate Tectonics Pop Quiz 1 2020-04-26

Plate Tectonics Pop Quiz 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. _______-pull force is another reason why plates move
  2. This layer is made up of rocks that are deformed
  3. When plates move past each other
  4. Molten rocks beneath the earth's surface
  5. Process where the denser plate sinks
  6. The denser plate
  7. A country or island that rises along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  8. A ____________ ridge is an underwater mountain formed at divergent plate boundaries
  9. When plates move away from each other
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  1. When plates move towards each other
  2. The type of force at divergent plate boundary
  3. Molten rocks above the earth's surface
  4. The type of force at convergent plate boundary
  5. The ___________ current powers is the reason why plates move
  6. This layer is made up of the crust and the uppermost mantle
  7. ___________ spreading takes place at oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundaries

16 Clues: The denser plate • When plates move past each other • When plates move towards each other • Process where the denser plate sinks • When plates move away from each other • Molten rocks above the earth's surface • Molten rocks beneath the earth's surface • The type of force at divergent plate boundary • The type of force at convergent plate boundary • ...

Nautraul Disasters and Plate Tectonics 2023-12-06

Nautraul Disasters and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Tool that measures earthquakes.
  2. Magma that reaches the surface.
  3. Tool that measures the p wave, s wave, and surface wave.
  4. A point within the Earth where an earthquake took place.
  5. This plate boundary comes together.
  6. This layer is located between the crust and outer core.
  7. This layer is only liquid.
  8. Plates move do to _______ _______.
  9. This plate boundary pulls apart from each other.
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  1. A crack or break in the Earth's crust.
  2. This layer is as hot as the snow.
  3. Measures the intensity of volcanoes. (the answer is in its abbreviations)
  4. A type of volcano that is formed from volcanic cinders.
  5. This plate floats on top of the mantle.
  6. This plate boundary slides past each other.
  7. Volcanoes are ____ spots in Earth's crust.

16 Clues: This layer is only liquid. • Tool that measures earthquakes. • Magma that reaches the surface. • This layer is as hot as the snow. • Plates move do to _______ _______. • This plate boundary comes together. • A crack or break in the Earth's crust. • This plate floats on top of the mantle. • Volcanoes are ____ spots in Earth's crust. • ...

Tectonics 2023-10-03

Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Process in mantle that causes tectonic plates to move
  2. Top of mantle on which the lithosphere (tectonic plates) move
  3. The intensity of an earthquake is sometimes measured using this scale
  4. Property that makes ocean plates sink
  5. One of these is likely to happen at a strike-slip/transform boundary
  6. The process that occurs as an ocean plate diverges and new rock is formed at the rift and ridge (two words)
  7. P & S waves are these types of waves
  8. The process of a plate sinking under another
  9. He came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  10. The "Ring of Fire" surrounds this tectonic plate
  11. (T or F) Earthquakes are very predictable
  12. Ocean that formed as Pangea separated
  13. The number of seismic recordings needed to locate an earthquake's epicenter
  14. Tall folded mountains occur at location "J" where continental plates converge
  15. Hawaiian volcanoes from at one of these coming from a mantle plume (two words)
  16. A deep-sea depression formed at subduction zones
  17. Volcanic mountains that form at the center of a rift valley (usually in oceans)
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  1. Transform boundaries where plates slide past each other (two words)
  2. The layer of the Earth that is made up of ocean and continental plates
  3. Plate boundary where plates collide
  4. A mammal-like reptile whose fossils are great evidence for continental drift
  5. An instrument that records ground shaking
  6. The point on the surface directly above the Earthquake's focus
  7. You would find this type of volcano at divergent boundaries and hot spots
  8. Violent stratovolcanoes can be found at location "L" where plate subduction happens
  9. Plate boundary where plates divide
  10. An opening formed as plats diverge (two words)
  11. The point underground where the Earthquake's energy is released
  12. Fissure volcanoes at a mid ocean rift and ridge occur at location "F"
  13. Erosion from these match up on the Southern continents, providing climate evidence for cont.drift

30 Clues: Plate boundary where plates divide • Plate boundary where plates collide • P & S waves are these types of waves • Property that makes ocean plates sink • Ocean that formed as Pangea separated • An instrument that records ground shaking • (T or F) Earthquakes are very predictable • The process of a plate sinking under another • ...

Earth Science 2022-04-05

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. 225 million years ago, all continents were a part of this supercontinent
  2. ______ currents in the mantle drive plate movement
  3. Earthquakes are measured in magnitude according to the ______ scale.
  4. The outer layer of the earth, makes up less than 1% of the total volume of the earth
  5. A ________ boundary is when plates come together
  6. The last name if the scientist that first pursued the theory of continental drift
  7. The earth's crust is in two categories, the denser and thinner being _______ crust, made of basalt.
  8. This layer of the earth has a density of around 3.8g/cm³, and makes up about 80% of the total volume of the earth
  9. _______ waves are compression waves that are like the pulse that can travel along a stretched string
  10. The region around the rim of the Pacific Ocean where plate tectonics have created a series of subductions zones and many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes happen
  11. The portion of the outer mantle in which continental plates move
  12. One crust is destroyed as it dives under another
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  1. The surface of the earth directly above the source of an earthquake is called the _________.
  2. A location on the earth that appears to have continual volcanic or intense geothermic activity, but is not part of a plate boundary
  3. The crust and the uppermost portion of the mantle
  4. The earth's crust is in two categories, the less dense being _______ crust, made of granite.
  5. _______ waves are transverse waves, like waves produced when you wiggle one end of a rope
  6. The densest region of planet earth, in two layers: a liquid outer layer and solid inner layer
  7. The study of earthquakes using waves
  8. A ________ boundary is when new crust is generated as plates move apart from each other
  9. The theory that earth's crust and upper mantle are in sections that move
  10. A ________ boundary is when two plates slide horizontally past each other

22 Clues: The study of earthquakes using waves • A ________ boundary is when plates come together • One crust is destroyed as it dives under another • The crust and the uppermost portion of the mantle • ______ currents in the mantle drive plate movement • The portion of the outer mantle in which continental plates move • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword - ScienceSaurus Sections 181 to 186 2024-04-15

Plate Tectonics Crossword - ScienceSaurus Sections 181 to 186 crossword puzzle
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  1. A _________________ boundary forms when two plates move away from each other. (184)
  2. A __________________ boundary forms where two plates slide past each other. (184)
  3. Plate __________________ occur where the edges of plates meet. (184)
  4. Today's theory of plate __________________ is a more complete picture that includes all the evidence that the continents have moved and are still moving. (182)
  5. A ____________________ boundary forms where plates collide. (184)
  6. Colliding ocean and continental plates make mountains like the _____________. (184)
  7. Colliding continental plates make mountains like the ___________________________. (184)
  8. A violent shaking of Earth's crust. (186)
  9. The spot on Earth's surface directly above the focus. (186)
  10. Large cracks in Earth's crust are called _____________. (186)
  11. Uneven heating causes material in the mantle to constantly and slowly rise and fall in a _________________ current. (183)
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  1. Colliding ocean plates makes volcanic islands like the _________________________. (184)
  2. The strength , or _________________, of an earthquake can be measured using a seismograph. (186)
  3. The most common scale used to measure earthquake magnitude. (186)
  4. The movement of one plate under another is called ________________________. (184)
  5. The place in Earth's crust where the pressure was released is called the ____________. (186)
  6. Separating plates makes mid-ocean ridges like Mid-Atlantic ____________. (184)
  7. ___________________ waves (also called S-waves) move land side to side. (186)
  8. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of ___________________ drift. (182)
  9. The Ring of ________ is a ring-shaped belt of volcano and earthquake activity in the Pacific Ocean. (185)
  10. Earth's solid crust lies over a layer of melted material called the ________________. (183)
  11. __________________ waves (also called P-waves) stretch and compress land as they pass through. (186)
  12. Large portions of the crust, called _____________________ plates, ride on top across Earth's surface. (183)
  13. ________________ waves spread out in all directions from the focus like ripples in a pond. (186)
  14. Earth has two kinds of crust: Continental Crust and ___________________ Crust. (183)

25 Clues: A violent shaking of Earth's crust. (186) • The spot on Earth's surface directly above the focus. (186) • Large cracks in Earth's crust are called _____________. (186) • The most common scale used to measure earthquake magnitude. (186) • A ____________________ boundary forms where plates collide. (184) • ...

EARTH'S STRUCTURE 2015-08-21

EARTH'S STRUCTURE crossword puzzle
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  1. LAYER OF EARTH JUST BELOW THE CRUST
  2. TAKES PLACE WHEN ROCKS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES
  3. MOUNTAINS CREATED WHEN THE EARTH'S CRUST PUSHES AGAINST ITSELF
  4. THEORY THAT THE EARTH HAS MOVING LAND MASS PARTS ON THE CRUST LEVEL
  5. A ROCK TYPE RICH IN IRON AND ALUMINUM
  6. BLACK OR BROWN MATERIAL IN SOIL FORMED FROM DECAYED PLANTS AND ANIMALS
  7. CORE DEEPEST LAYER OF THE EARTH
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  1. ROCKS CREATED BY HEAT, PRESSURE, AND CHEMICAL PROCESS
  2. THREE WAYS ROCK CAN BE CREATED
  3. STUDY OF THE EARTH
  4. A SUPER CONTINENT THAT EXISTED DURING THE MESOZOIC ERA
  5. A FRACTURE OR BREAK IN THE EARTH'S CRUST THAT CAN MOVE CREATING EARTHQUAKES
  6. ROCKS CREATED BY HARDENING OF MELTED MATERIAL
  7. MOUNTAINS CREATED WHEN ONE SIDE OF A FAULT SLIDES OVER ANOTHER SIDE
  8. OUTTER MOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
  9. SEVEN LAND MASSES THAT FORM THE EARTHS CRUST
  10. ROCKS FORMED BY SEDIMENT DEPOSITED OVER TIME
  11. CORE LAYER OF EARTH SURROUNDING THE INNER CORE

18 Clues: STUDY OF THE EARTH • THREE WAYS ROCK CAN BE CREATED • OUTTER MOST LAYER OF THE EARTH • CORE DEEPEST LAYER OF THE EARTH • LAYER OF EARTH JUST BELOW THE CRUST • A ROCK TYPE RICH IN IRON AND ALUMINUM • SEVEN LAND MASSES THAT FORM THE EARTHS CRUST • ROCKS FORMED BY SEDIMENT DEPOSITED OVER TIME • ROCKS CREATED BY HARDENING OF MELTED MATERIAL • ...

Chapter 7 vocabulary Plate Tectonics 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 vocabulary Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. forms where two plates slide past each other
  2. occurs and magnetic fields reverse
  3. circulation of materials caused by differences in temperature and density
  4. ridged rock slabs or plates that make up earth surface
  5. magnetic objects reverse themselves and point south
  6. form where two plates collide
  7. new crust forms along mid-ocean ridge and old crust move away
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  1. mountain ranges in the ocean
  2. suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of the earth
  3. forms where two plates separate
  4. the cold and ridged outermost rock layer
  5. as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with force
  6. all the continents were one big continent
  7. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  8. where magnetized objects will point in the northern direction
  9. rising material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with force

16 Clues: mountain ranges in the ocean • form where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • occurs and magnetic fields reverse • the cold and ridged outermost rock layer • all the continents were one big continent • forms where two plates slide past each other • magnetic objects reverse themselves and point south • the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

Nature! 2020-05-04

Nature! crossword puzzle
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  1. action from plate tectonics pushes these up
  2. the start of school, changing colors of the trees
  3. this is made of decomposed trees, plants, worn down rocks
  4. the shine of the sun
  5. April showers bring May....
  6. sudden drop, or fall, of water down a hill
  7. i'm surrounded by water on every side
  8. hot weather, popsicles, vacations, sleeping-in
  9. what we call energy from oil, coal, and natural gas
  10. millions of years of crushed rock; we love to put our toes in it
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  1. you do this or you move, adapt, or die
  2. means heat of the earth
  3. some folks have millions of these tiny plants in their yard
  4. heavy condensation, sometimes falls in buckets! without it, we die
  5. warming of the earth's surface, too fast for adaptation
  6. blocked the Reeds and the Donners from Sutter's Fort
  7. needed to make a turbine move, when there's no water or steam
  8. caused by light traveling through tiny drops of water

18 Clues: the shine of the sun • means heat of the earth • April showers bring May.... • i'm surrounded by water on every side • you do this or you move, adapt, or die • sudden drop, or fall, of water down a hill • action from plate tectonics pushes these up • hot weather, popsicles, vacations, sleeping-in • the start of school, changing colors of the trees • ...

Unit 2 Review Crossword (Part 1) 2023-03-08

Unit 2 Review Crossword (Part 1) crossword puzzle
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  1. the development of this was important for the development of life on land
  2. a type of plate boundary formed when plates reverse direction
  3. the concept responsible for Earth's formation of layers
  4. Earth's early atmosphere is thought to be similar to gases produced by these
  5. this layer of the Earth creates a magnetic field, which protects the Earth from the Sun's harmful radiation and charged particles
  6. this number tells us how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus of an atom
  7. how much time it takes a radioactive isotope to decay by one half
  8. heat from the core of the Earth tranfers to the mantle, where this process takes plates that drives plate tectonics
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  1. fossil evidence of early life on Earth that produced oxygen and changed Earth's atmosphere
  2. the gas thought to be the most prevalent in Earth's early atmosphere
  3. Earth's early oceans were formed from the outgassing of volcanoes as well as the bombardment of Earth by these
  4. the Early Earth "grew" due to this process
  5. the second most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
  6. the presence of banded iron formations in the rocks from this era suggests that there was some oxygen present in the atmosphere
  7. the first ocean water formed from this process that is part of the water cycle
  8. along with hydrogen, formed Earth's earliest atmosphere
  9. a type of seismic wave that can only pass through solids

17 Clues: the Early Earth "grew" due to this process • the second most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere • the concept responsible for Earth's formation of layers • along with hydrogen, formed Earth's earliest atmosphere • a type of seismic wave that can only pass through solids • a type of plate boundary formed when plates reverse direction • ...

plate tectonics chapter 8 2018-12-10

plate tectonics chapter 8 crossword puzzle
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  1. the upward vertical motion of Earth's surface
  2. a change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  3. arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary
  4. fault where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. the downward motion of Earth's surface
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  1. stress that pulls something apart
  2. squeezing stress
  3. line an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  4. the equilibrium between continental crust the denser the magma below it
  5. parallel forces acting in opposite directions
  6. trench deep, underwater toughs created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary

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

Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Wegener's evidence for continental drift when he found remains of different plants and animals on different continents
  2. Wegener's evidence for continental drift was that the continents fit together like _____ _____
  3. large brittle pieces of Earth's outer shell
  4. long underwater mountain ranges where new seafloor is made
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  1. the idea that the continents move very slowly, over millions of years, parallel to Earth's surface
  2. rocks found directly at the mid-ocean ridges are the _____
  3. process by which new seafloor is continuously made at the mid-ocean ridges
  4. ancient supercontinent named by Wegener that later broke into the seven continents we have today
  5. Wegener's evidence for continental drift when he found rocks made by glaciers on currently warm continents was called ______ ______ evidence
  6. theory that explains how lithospheric plates move and cause major geologic features and events on Earth's surface
  7. the _____ rocks are pushed away from mid-ocean ridges as new rocks are formed

11 Clues: large brittle pieces of Earth's outer shell • rocks found directly at the mid-ocean ridges are the _____ • long underwater mountain ranges where new seafloor is made • process by which new seafloor is continuously made at the mid-ocean ridges • the _____ rocks are pushed away from mid-ocean ridges as new rocks are formed • ...

Plates & Layers 2020-11-15

Plates & Layers crossword puzzle
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  1. The _____ plate and the South American plate created the Andes Mountains
  2. The plate boundary where two plates are moving apart.
  3. Earthquakes are common in California because of the ______ plate boundary between the Pacific and North American plates.
  4. The Indian plate and Eurasian plate converged millions of years ago forming the _______ mountains.
  5. The Earth layer just below the crust
  6. People who live along the ____ __ ____ have to deal with the threat of volcanoes and earthquakes.
  7. The _____ Mountains were formed when the Nazca plate and South American plate converged
  8. The plate boundary where two plates are moving together
  9. The thin outer layer of Earth
  10. North America is located on the _____America plate.
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  1. The ______ plate is where the continent of Africa is located.
  2. The continents of Europe and Asia sit atop the _______ plate.
  3. The Pacific Ocean sits on top of the ______ plate.
  4. A ________ range is often formed when two continental plates converge
  5. A mid-____-ridge is usually formed when two oceanic plates diverge
  6. The liquid layer below the mantle
  7. The super-deep part of the ocean where two plates are converging
  8. The solid center of the Earth
  9. Converging ocean plates often create an _____ arc such as the Aleutians.
  10. The _____ American plate is where the continent of South America is located.

20 Clues: The solid center of the Earth • The thin outer layer of Earth • The liquid layer below the mantle • The Earth layer just below the crust • The Pacific Ocean sits on top of the ______ plate. • North America is located on the _____America plate. • The plate boundary where two plates are moving apart. • The plate boundary where two plates are moving together • ...

science 2015-02-23

science crossword puzzle
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  1. when plates collide
  2. an area where earthquakes cannot be detected
  3. a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake
  4. the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates.
  5. a longitudinal earthquake wavethat travels through the interiorof the earth and is usually thefirst conspicuous wave to berecorded by a seismograph
  6. an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption
  7. any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  8. the region between the ionosphere and the exosphere and is above the surface of the earth
  9. a small earthquake or tremor that follows a major earthquake
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  1. where the earthquake starts
  2. a series of vibrations induced inthe earth's crust by the abruptrupture and rebound of rocks inwhich elastic strain has beenslowly accumulating
  3. a theory of global tectonics inwhich the lithosphere is dividedinto a number of crustal plates,each of which moves on theplastic asthenosphere more orless independently to collidewith, slide under, or move pastadjacent plates.
  4. a plate boundary that moves apart and creates rifts
  5. caused by convergent plate boundaries and contains magma
  6. a measure of earthquake intensity with 12 divisions ranging from I to XII
  7. a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph
  8. the crust and the upper mantle oh the earth
  9. the sections that the crust is broken into
  10. the outer layer of the earth

19 Clues: when plates collide • where the earthquake starts • the outer layer of the earth • the sections that the crust is broken into • the crust and the upper mantle oh the earth • an area where earthquakes cannot be detected • a plate boundary that moves apart and creates rifts • caused by convergent plate boundaries and contains magma • ...

3-2 Plate Tectonics 2020-10-26

3-2 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When oceanic slab moves away from a mid-ocean ridge the slab becomes increasingly colder and denser
  2. The hypothesis that today’s continents were once part of a single landmass
  3. any movement of matter that results from differences in density
  4. The single landmass or supercontinent
  5. A change of the magnetic poles
  6. Causes rock near the crust of the mid-ocean ridge to slowly slide down the slope of the ridge, pushing older oceanic slab in front of it
  7. Earth’s surface is made up of giant, moving slabs
Down
  1. The process by which a new sea floor is formed. Magma rises to the surface and solidifies.
  2. The process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
  3. suggested that Pangaea first separated into Laurasia and Gondwana and then more pieces
  4. He first proposed the idea of Pangaea

11 Clues: A change of the magnetic poles • The single landmass or supercontinent • He first proposed the idea of Pangaea • Earth’s surface is made up of giant, moving slabs • any movement of matter that results from differences in density • The process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate • ...

Ocean Floor Features 2021-12-16

Ocean Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a broad, relatively shallow submarine terrace of continental crust forming the edge of a continental-landmass
Down
  1. flat seafloor area at an abyssal depth
  2. seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  3. a long, narrow ditch.
  4. areas where the volcano is rifting or splitting apart
  5. underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity

6 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • flat seafloor area at an abyssal depth • underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity • seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • areas where the volcano is rifting or splitting apart • a broad, relatively shallow submarine terrace of continental crust forming the edge of a continental-landmass

Tectonics 2024-02-08

Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. COLLIDE
  2. core liquid part of core
  3. crack in earth
  4. the mechanic model of earth
  5. we live on these
  6. boundary SEPARATE
  7. crust floats on this
  8. squishing with intense pressure
  9. lower level of mantle
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  1. two parts very hot
  2. developed by Alfred Wegener
  3. Alfred Wegener
  4. crust and uppermost part of mantle
  5. core solid part of core
  6. oceanic plate sinks
  7. thin layer of rock
  8. SLIDE PASS
  9. Harry Hess
  10. thickest layer 66% of earth

19 Clues: COLLIDE • SLIDE PASS • Harry Hess • Alfred Wegener • crack in earth • we live on these • two parts very hot • thin layer of rock • oceanic plate sinks • boundary SEPARATE • crust floats on this • lower level of mantle • core solid part of core • developed by Alfred Wegener • core liquid part of core • the mechanic model of earth • thickest layer 66% of earth • ...

Tectonics 2024-02-08

Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. COLLIDE
  2. core liquid part of core
  3. crack in earth
  4. the mechanic model of earth
  5. we live on these
  6. boundary SEPARATE
  7. crust floats on this
  8. squishing with intense pressure
  9. lower level of mantle
Down
  1. two parts very hot
  2. developed by Alfred Wegener
  3. Alfred Wegener
  4. crust and uppermost part of mantle
  5. core solid part of core
  6. oceanic plate sinks
  7. thin layer of rock
  8. SLIDE PASS
  9. Harry Hess
  10. thickest layer 66% of earth

19 Clues: COLLIDE • SLIDE PASS • Harry Hess • Alfred Wegener • crack in earth • we live on these • two parts very hot • thin layer of rock • oceanic plate sinks • boundary SEPARATE • crust floats on this • lower level of mantle • core solid part of core • developed by Alfred Wegener • core liquid part of core • the mechanic model of earth • thickest layer 66% of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-07

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tallest mountain range in the world formed at the boundary between the Eurasian and Indian plates
  2. The rising and sinking of a fluid due to temperature; creates waves which move tectonic plates
  3. Landform created at a convergent boundary
  4. Formed at a transform boundary
  5. A fracture line where two plates slide past each other
  6. when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate
Down
  1. Layer of the Earth consisting of the crust
  2. A steep depression formed at a convergent boundary
  3. A type of boundary where two plates move towards each other
  4. The supercontinent which existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras
  5. Molten rock below Earth’s surface

11 Clues: Formed at a transform boundary • Molten rock below Earth’s surface • Landform created at a convergent boundary • Layer of the Earth consisting of the crust • A steep depression formed at a convergent boundary • when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate • A fracture line where two plates slide past each other • ...

Pioneers of Plate Tectonics 2022-11-04

Pioneers of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Continental Drift was not a theory, it was a _____
  2. Alfred Wegener's middle name
  3. A fern-like fossil that helped support Wegener
  4. The name of Wegener's proposed supercontinent
  5. Evidence of these very cold structures has been found in warm places such as southern Africa
  6. Mid-ocean ridges are where the _____est rock on Earth is forming
Down
  1. Harry _____.Geology professor at Princeton who discovered seafloor spreading
  2. Harry Hess discovered _________ points in the middle of the ocean
  3. Iron in basaltic ocean crust points towards magnetic north
  4. A fossil fuel that is formed in tropical rainforest climates/environments
  5. Harry Hess discovered that the _____est points of the ocean were close to land

11 Clues: Alfred Wegener's middle name • The name of Wegener's proposed supercontinent • A fern-like fossil that helped support Wegener • Continental Drift was not a theory, it was a _____ • Iron in basaltic ocean crust points towards magnetic north • Mid-ocean ridges are where the _____est rock on Earth is forming • ...

Chapter 4 Plate Tectonics 2023-11-08

Chapter 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which plate type is heavier and denser
  2. under crust lava
  3. The other word for a divergent boundary
  4. the surface point above focus
Down
  1. - a famous hot spot volcanic island
  2. Which plate type does not sink during subduction
  3. the line of the plate boundaries
  4. the plate boundaries which make fold mountains
  5. the type of current in magma which help pull and drag plates
  6. The volcano type found at subduction zones
  7. a feature that happens during sea floor spreading

11 Clues: under crust lava • the surface point above focus • the line of the plate boundaries • - a famous hot spot volcanic island • Which plate type is heavier and denser • The other word for a divergent boundary • The volcano type found at subduction zones • the plate boundaries which make fold mountains • Which plate type does not sink during subduction • ...

Tectonics 2024-02-08

Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. COLLIDE
  2. core liquid part of core
  3. crack in earth
  4. the mechanic model of earth
  5. we live on these
  6. boundary SEPARATE
  7. crust floats on this
  8. squishing with intense pressure
  9. lower level of mantle
Down
  1. two parts very hot
  2. developed by Alfred Wegener
  3. Alfred Wegener
  4. crust and uppermost part of mantle
  5. core solid part of core
  6. oceanic plate sinks
  7. thin layer of rock
  8. SLIDE PASS
  9. Harry Hess
  10. thickest layer 66% of earth

19 Clues: COLLIDE • SLIDE PASS • Harry Hess • Alfred Wegener • crack in earth • we live on these • two parts very hot • thin layer of rock • oceanic plate sinks • boundary SEPARATE • crust floats on this • lower level of mantle • core solid part of core • developed by Alfred Wegener • core liquid part of core • the mechanic model of earth • thickest layer 66% of earth • ...

Tectonics 2024-02-08

Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. COLLIDE
  2. core liquid part of core
  3. crack in earth
  4. the mechanic model of earth
  5. we live on these
  6. boundary SEPARATE
  7. crust floats on this
  8. squishing with intense pressure
  9. lower level of mantle
Down
  1. two parts very hot
  2. developed by Alfred Wegener
  3. Alfred Wegener
  4. crust and uppermost part of mantle
  5. core solid part of core
  6. oceanic plate sinks
  7. thin layer of rock
  8. SLIDE PASS
  9. Harry Hess
  10. thickest layer 66% of earth

19 Clues: COLLIDE • SLIDE PASS • Harry Hess • Alfred Wegener • crack in earth • we live on these • two parts very hot • thin layer of rock • oceanic plate sinks • boundary SEPARATE • crust floats on this • lower level of mantle • core solid part of core • developed by Alfred Wegener • core liquid part of core • the mechanic model of earth • thickest layer 66% of earth • ...

Vocab 6 2023-10-26

Vocab 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  2. Tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  3. The name of the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  4. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  5. Oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  6. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  7. Drift Hypothesis that continents slowly move across Earth's surface
Down
  1. A mass of hot rock that has melted into a liquid/fluid
  2. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  3. Spreading When molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. Current The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  5. Plates a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle

12 Clues: The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • A mass of hot rock that has melted into a liquid/fluid • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core • Drift Hypothesis that continents slowly move across Earth's surface • ...

Science Vocab #2 2022-09-12

Science Vocab #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary, A boundary between two or more plates.
  2. The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
  3. drift, The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates. Plate Tectonics, A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created.
  4. boundary, Where the new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. Convergent boundary, This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
  5. boundary, Causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another. Tectonic plate is, Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
  6. is the layer of the earth that lies below the lithosphere. Mesosphere, The highest layer of the atmosphere.
  7. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Elastic rebound, What happens to the crustal material on either side of a fault during an earthquake.
Down
  1. A carefully thought out explanation for observations using the scientific method. Sea-floor spreading, A geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other.
  2. current, The result of differential heating. Deformation, Modifications of the shape or size of an object due to applied forces or a change in temperature.
  3. What happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. Epicenter, The point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), the point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
  4. the outermost shell of the earth. Mantle, the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. Magnetic reversal, A change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite polarity.
  6. is the extremely hot center of the earth. Lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the earth.

13 Clues: plate boundary, A boundary between two or more plates. • The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates. • the outermost shell of the earth. Mantle, the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • is the extremely hot center of the earth. Lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the earth. • ...

Earthquakes 2022-10-31

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mountain or hill that contains magma
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
  2. each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface.
  3. the point above the centre of the earthquake

5 Clues: a mountain or hill that contains magma • the point above the centre of the earthquake • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust. • each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface. • ...

Earth Science Terms 2019-02-10

Earth Science Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The positive charge in an atom
  2. The imaginary line in England that has a degree of 0
  3. The emission of ionizing radiation
  4. The theory of continents splitting apart
  5. The neutral charge in an atom
  6. The negative charge in an atom
  7. Coordinate lines that run east to west and are parallel with each other
Down
  1. Coordinate lines that run north and south
  2. The arrangement of elements on a table by their atomic number
  3. An extended break in a body of rock
  4. The basic unit of a chemical element
  5. A mountain or hill that is full of lava that could burst at any time
  6. A sudden shake in the earth's ground caused by a shift in plate tectonics
  7. The arrangement of natural and artificial physical features of an area
  8. The imaginary line that splits the earth into north and south halves

15 Clues: The neutral charge in an atom • The positive charge in an atom • The negative charge in an atom • The emission of ionizing radiation • An extended break in a body of rock • The basic unit of a chemical element • The theory of continents splitting apart • Coordinate lines that run north and south • The imaginary line in England that has a degree of 0 • ...

Plate tectonic crossword Stella 2021-12-13

Plate tectonic crossword Stella crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth
  2. a layer of the earth between the crust and core
  3. a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another
  4. a massive shaped slab of solid rock
  5. large scale process affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  6. where two tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  7. V-shaped valleys that are the deepest part of the oceans where subduction occurs
  8. a boundary where two plates move toward each other
  9. a shaking in the earth's surface
Down
  1. the theory of how major landforms are created.
  2. the supercontinent that split apart millions of years ago
  3. ocean bottom mountain ranges split down the middle by a deep crack
  4. cracks in the earth's crust which there is movement
  5. a boundary where two plates move away from each other
  6. a boundary where two plates move side by side

15 Clues: a shaking in the earth's surface • the rigid outer part of the earth • a massive shaped slab of solid rock • a boundary where two plates move side by side • the theory of how major landforms are created. • a layer of the earth between the crust and core • a boundary where two plates move toward each other • cracks in the earth's crust which there is movement • ...

Cross Word! 2012-09-11

Cross Word! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lake Water does not flow out
  2. group, chain or cluster of islands surrounded by a large body of water
  3. wearing away of the surface of the earth
  4. small stream or body of water that flows into a larger body of water.
  5. occurs where rock strata tilt toward a common center.
  6. process by which materials are broken down either physically or chemically
  7. Tectonics study of the individual large masses of material on the surface of the earth.
Down
  1. deposit at the end of a river.
  2. A break in the earths rock
  3. Drift movements in the earth
  4. mass of land that is surrounded on three sides by bodies of water.
  5. A lowly elevated, flat surface.
  6. narrow strip of water and land surrounded on two sides of it
  7. A body of water that is surrounded by water
  8. narrow strip of land that connects two larger strips of land.

15 Clues: A break in the earths rock • Lake Water does not flow out • Drift movements in the earth • deposit at the end of a river. • A lowly elevated, flat surface. • wearing away of the surface of the earth • A body of water that is surrounded by water • occurs where rock strata tilt toward a common center. • narrow strip of water and land surrounded on two sides of it • ...

Geography Review 2014-11-15

Geography Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / It begins in the mountains and flows into lakes and oceans
  2. / Piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
  3. / When the plates and the continents move it’s called _______ drift
  4. / River that goes through Peru and Brazil flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
  5. / The body of salt water that covers ¾ of the Earth.
  6. / Large mass of compacted snow and ice
  7. / A fracture in earth. The most famous is the San Andreas _______
  8. / Is the point within Earth where the earthquakes start.
Down
  1. / We use 22% of the freshwater in _______
  2. / The 29% of the fresh water comes from
  3. / A long, low area of land between hills or ranges of mountains.
  4. / Magma is to inside as ____ is to outside.
  5. / The plate tectonics movements are: divergent, convergetn and _______
  6. / A large area of flat land that is higher than the surrounding land
  7. / Is the cool, solid, outer layer of the Earth.

15 Clues: / Large mass of compacted snow and ice • / The 29% of the fresh water comes from • / We use 22% of the freshwater in _______ • / Magma is to inside as ____ is to outside. • / Is the cool, solid, outer layer of the Earth. • / The body of salt water that covers ¾ of the Earth. • / Piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides. • ...

Geology 2021-03-09

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. North America is located on the ___ plate
  2. When one tectonic plate goes under another
  3. Tectonic plates are on top of earths ____
  4. Tectonic plates only ____ a few centimetres a year
  5. Africa is located on the ____ plate
  6. ____ Plate
  7. Erupts
  8. When the ground moves
  9. Hawaii was created by the ____ plate
  10. South America is located on the ___ plate
  11. There are ____ tectonic plates
Down
  1. Asia is located on the ____ plate
  2. Antarctica is located on the ____ plate
  3. Australia is located on the ____ plate
  4. The part of earth that tectonic plates are on
  5. When tectonic plates ____ it can cause earthquakes
  6. The earth's crust is also called the ____
  7. When plates shift, they can cause a ___
  8. Tectonic plates can ____
  9. Tectonic plates are ____ like a puzzle

20 Clues: Erupts • ____ Plate • When the ground moves • Tectonic plates can ____ • There are ____ tectonic plates • Asia is located on the ____ plate • Africa is located on the ____ plate • Hawaii was created by the ____ plate • Australia is located on the ____ plate • Tectonic plates are ____ like a puzzle • Antarctica is located on the ____ plate • When plates shift, they can cause a ___ • ...

Science Vocab #2 2022-09-12

Science Vocab #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary, A boundary between two or more plates.
  2. The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
  3. drift, The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates. Plate Tectonics, A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created.
  4. boundary, Where the new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. Convergent boundary, This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
  5. boundary, Causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another. Tectonic plate is, Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
  6. is the layer of the earth that lies below the lithosphere. Mesosphere, The highest layer of the atmosphere.
  7. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Elastic rebound, What happens to the crustal material on either side of a fault during an earthquake.
Down
  1. A carefully thought out explanation for observations using the scientific method. Sea-floor spreading, A geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other.
  2. current, The result of differential heating. Deformation, Modifications of the shape or size of an object due to applied forces or a change in temperature.
  3. What happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. Epicenter, The point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), the point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
  4. the outermost shell of the earth. Mantle, the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. Magnetic reversal, A change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite polarity.
  6. is the extremely hot center of the earth. Lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the earth.

13 Clues: plate boundary, A boundary between two or more plates. • The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates. • the outermost shell of the earth. Mantle, the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • is the extremely hot center of the earth. Lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the earth. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2014-11-27

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wave a seismic wave that travels along the surface of the earth in the crust
  2. molten that has erupted onto the earths surface
  3. the point on the Earth surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  4. : the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and fourth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  5. trench: a deep trench in the ocean floor that us much deeper then the rest of the ocean floor
  6. drift :the separating of continents by drifting across oceans
  7. crust: the crust that forms the continents
Down
  1. a molten rock below the earths surface
  2. the process of continent's breaking up, subsiding and allowing the sea in
  3. spreading : the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  4. crust : the crust that forms the ocean floor
  5. an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  6. when oceanic crust collides with continental crust, and the oceanic plates then sink below the continental plate
  7. tectonics: the theory that the earths crust is cracked into large pieces that move on the atmosphere
  8. a huge wave in ocean cause by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  9. a place were extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface

16 Clues: a molten rock below the earths surface • crust: the crust that forms the continents • crust : the crust that forms the ocean floor • molten that has erupted onto the earths surface • drift :the separating of continents by drifting across oceans • an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake • ...

Natural Disasters 2023-05-28

Natural Disasters crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanos occur when tectonic plates move
  2. molten rock that cools on the Earths surface.
  3. crust is usually about 30km thick.
  4. is the centre of the Earth made up of two parts.
  5. crust is thinner than continental crust that is less than 10km thik.
  6. fire direct result of plate tectonics
Down
  1. floods can damage people’s homes and therefore they have to
  2. Earthquake that occurred in the January of 2010.
  3. occur when there is an overflow of a large amount of water, beyond its normal limits.
  4. tectonic currents create and destroy the Earths crust.
  5. an opening, or rupture, in a plates surface or crust which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

11 Clues: crust is usually about 30km thick. • fire direct result of plate tectonics • volcanos occur when tectonic plates move • molten rock that cools on the Earths surface. • Earthquake that occurred in the January of 2010. • is the centre of the Earth made up of two parts. • tectonic currents create and destroy the Earths crust. • ...

Puttin' it Together 2020-08-12

Puttin' it Together crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this plate boundary is sometimes called a strike-slip fault
  2. without this ductile zone of earth's mantle the lithosphere would not have something to slide on
  3. lithospheric crust is created at this type of margin
  4. new crust forms out of this at divergent plate boundaries
  5. this is the smallest tectonic plate on earth
  6. the highest mountains in the world are formed as a result of this type of crust coming together
  7. these result at transform plate boundaries as a result of crustal plates moving against each other
  8. the only tectonic plate situated completely in south of the equator
  9. the youngest rocks on earth can be found here - like the one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  10. volcanoes can be formed at convergent plate boundaries and above these
Down
  1. this margin is also called a convergent plate boundary
  2. this is part of the world's longest (underwater) mountain range
  3. this is the thinnest portion of the lithosphere - located beneath the ocean's water
  4. this plate boundary is responsible for mountain building
  5. the portion of earth made up earth's crust and upper most solid mantle
  6. this mountain range exists as a result of the Indian Plate subducting underneath the Eurasian Plate
  7. this plate is subductin underneath the North American Plate
  8. these type of igneous mountains are caused at convergent plate boundaries
  9. an example of a transform plate boundary
  10. sometimes called a ridge -this topographic feature is formed at convergent plate boundaries

20 Clues: an example of a transform plate boundary • this is the smallest tectonic plate on earth • lithospheric crust is created at this type of margin • this margin is also called a convergent plate boundary • this plate boundary is responsible for mountain building • new crust forms out of this at divergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-21

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the process of melting and going beneath each other.
  2. This happens after an earthquake
  3. The first layer of the earth
  4. To explode
  5. This is also called the asthenosphere
Down
  1. It can errupt they are is built by other eruptions.
  2. Some people call it the supercontinent
  3. Rocks that make up a layer of the earth's surface.
  4. The plates are moving together.
  5. A person that studies science
  6. It is right inbetween the earth's core and crust.

11 Clues: To explode • The first layer of the earth • A person that studies science • The plates are moving together. • This happens after an earthquake • This is also called the asthenosphere • Some people call it the supercontinent • It is right inbetween the earth's core and crust. • Rocks that make up a layer of the earth's surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 1 2023-10-31

Plate Tectonics Review 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Relative dating principle that states younger rock layers form on top of older rock layers
  2. Differences in temperature causing movement of fluid as heat transfers to cooler areas. Contributes to plate movement on Earth's surface.
  3. The volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Also, where most volcanic/earthquake activity is found.
  4. The theory that states that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that move over the Earth's mantle
  5. Layers of rock that have fragments of other rock layers is younger
  6. When plates move in opposite directions and away from each other
  7. Any layer that cuts through another layer is younger
Down
  1. When plates come together and collide with each other
  2. Where does the source of material come from to form new tectonic plates?
  3. The theory proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 that states continents slowly move across the Earth's surface
  4. When plates rub as they slide past each other

11 Clues: When plates rub as they slide past each other • Any layer that cuts through another layer is younger • When plates come together and collide with each other • When plates move in opposite directions and away from each other • Layers of rock that have fragments of other rock layers is younger • ...

Essential Science Topics of Study 2023-08-31

Essential Science Topics of Study crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crucial liquid in the environment and our bodies, needs to be clean
  2. all of the stars and galaxies, beginning of everything
  3. mountains, plate tectonics, layers of the earth, study of the planet
  4. how organisms interact with each other to survive, food chains and energy transfer
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  1. what surrounds the earth and where weather happens
  2. what we all need to survive, renewable and nonrenewable sources
  3. change in organisms over a long period of time

7 Clues: change in organisms over a long period of time • what surrounds the earth and where weather happens • all of the stars and galaxies, beginning of everything • what we all need to survive, renewable and nonrenewable sources • crucial liquid in the environment and our bodies, needs to be clean • mountains, plate tectonics, layers of the earth, study of the planet • ...

lesson 2 vocab 2021-09-10

lesson 2 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics a process involving huge blocks of crust and upper mantle are called plates
  2. period during which hours of daylight are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other hemisphere
  3. process by which water, ice, or wind remove rock and soil
  4. period during which hours of daylight and hours of darkness are of equal length everywhere on earth
  5. molten rock found under Earths surface
Down
  1. process of dropping eroded material in a new place
  2. crack in earths crust
  3. process that breaks down rocks into tiny pieces

8 Clues: crack in earths crust • molten rock found under Earths surface • process that breaks down rocks into tiny pieces • process of dropping eroded material in a new place • process by which water, ice, or wind remove rock and soil • tectonics a process involving huge blocks of crust and upper mantle are called plates • ...

earth 1 2024-05-17

earth 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock
  2. Tectonics The theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates
  3. The Earth's outermost layer
  4. A fracture in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred
  5. A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition
  6. The process of wearing away rocks and soil
  7. A large sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
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  1. Particles of rock and soil that are transported and deposited by wind, water, or ice
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt
  3. The thick layer between the Earth's crust and core
  4. Rock formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava
  5. The innermost layer of the Earth
  6. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  7. Molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface
  8. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes

15 Clues: The Earth's outermost layer • The innermost layer of the Earth • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • The process of wearing away rocks and soil • The thick layer between the Earth's crust and core • Rock formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava • Molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface • ...

Tectonics 2024-02-08

Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. COLLIDE
  2. core liquid part of core
  3. crack in earth
  4. the mechanic model of earth
  5. we live on these
  6. boundary SEPARATE
  7. crust floats on this
  8. squishing with intense pressure
  9. lower level of mantle
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  1. two parts very hot
  2. developed by Alfred Wegener
  3. Alfred Wegener
  4. crust and uppermost part of mantle
  5. core solid part of core
  6. oceanic plate sinks
  7. thin layer of rock
  8. SLIDE PASS
  9. Harry Hess
  10. thickest layer 66% of earth

19 Clues: COLLIDE • SLIDE PASS • Harry Hess • Alfred Wegener • crack in earth • we live on these • two parts very hot • thin layer of rock • oceanic plate sinks • boundary SEPARATE • crust floats on this • lower level of mantle • core solid part of core • developed by Alfred Wegener • core liquid part of core • the mechanic model of earth • thickest layer 66% of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-21

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the process of melting and going beneath each other.
  2. This happens after an earthquake
  3. The first layer of the earth
  4. To explode
  5. This is also called the asthenosphere
Down
  1. It can errupt they are is built by other eruptions.
  2. Some people call it the supercontinent
  3. Rocks that make up a layer of the earth's surface.
  4. The plates are moving together.
  5. A person that studies science
  6. It is right inbetween the earth's core and crust.

11 Clues: To explode • The first layer of the earth • A person that studies science • The plates are moving together. • This happens after an earthquake • This is also called the asthenosphere • Some people call it the supercontinent • It is right inbetween the earth's core and crust. • Rocks that make up a layer of the earth's surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics Station Lab 2022-01-19

Plate Tectonics Station Lab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object
  2. one convergent plate is more dense than other
  3. lowland region that forms where earth’s tectonic plates
  4. two plates moving away
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  1. transfer heat from one place to another
  2. two plates slide past each other
  3. created by a divergent boundary
  4. two plates moving together
  5. sudden release of energy in the earth
  6. type of excavation or depression in the ground
  7. molten rock

11 Clues: molten rock • two plates moving away • two plates moving together • created by a divergent boundary • two plates slide past each other • sudden release of energy in the earth • transfer heat from one place to another • one convergent plate is more dense than other • type of excavation or depression in the ground • rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object • ...

Dynamic Earth Crossword Vocabullary 2017-10-30

Dynamic Earth Crossword Vocabullary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fault that moves up instead of down
  2. when a wall geologically moves down creating a fault
  3. things in between the tectonic plates
  4. a method to convert a unit to another unit
  5. made by all earthquakes, it is when the pressure breaks rocks and other things
  6. the outer part of the earth's core
  7. a change in weather making currents in the ocean to come up if warm and comedown if cold and vice versa
  8. maps that gives you the height of the sea level and other units of measure for land
  9. measures earthquakes
Down
  1. the second wave that comes after the p wave
  2. when the plates diverge from each other going apart from each other
  3. when the plates slide on to each other
  4. the higher part of the mantle in the earth
  5. underwater mountain ranges made by plate tectonics
  6. a fracture in earth's crust

15 Clues: measures earthquakes • a fracture in earth's crust • the outer part of the earth's core • a fault that moves up instead of down • things in between the tectonic plates • when the plates slide on to each other • a method to convert a unit to another unit • the higher part of the mantle in the earth • the second wave that comes after the p wave • ...

Earth: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 2013-04-14

Earth: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mantle the upper part of the mantle
  2. the crust and upper mantle of the earth
  3. the outer layer of the earth
  4. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
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  1. the angular distance of a place east or west of the merdian
  2. tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and associating phenomena
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground causing damage

7 Clues: the outer layer of the earth • mantle the upper part of the mantle • the crust and upper mantle of the earth • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground causing damage • the angular distance of a place east or west of the merdian • the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator • ...

science vocabulary 2022-09-14

science vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. plate A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  2. The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of and earthquake occurs.
  3. drift The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations
  4. reversal The process by which earth's magnetic north pole magnetic south pole switch positions periodically, a change in the direction in which earth's magnetic field points.
  5. The point on earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.
  6. The solid, outer layer of earth that consist of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  7. tectonics The theory that earth's outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called tectonic plates, the theory explains how plates interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain building
  8. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
  9. spreading The process by which new oceanic lithosphere
  10. The theory that earth's outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called tectonic plates, the theory explains how plates interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain building
  11. current Any movement of matter that results from differences in density, may be vertical, circular, or cyclical.
  12. The layer of rock between the earth's crust and core
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  1. boundary The boundary between tectonic plates are colliding.
  2. boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. rebound The sudden return elastically deformed rock to is undeformed shape
  4. plate boundary The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates.
  5. plate boundary The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates.
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  7. The bending, tilting, and breaking of earth's crust, the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.
  8. The thin and solid outermost layer of earth
  9. The process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces.
  10. boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  11. The strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  12. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another.

24 Clues: The thin and solid outermost layer of earth • The layer of rock between the earth's crust and core • spreading The process by which new oceanic lithosphere • boundary The boundary between tectonic plates are colliding. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move • rebound The sudden return elastically deformed rock to is undeformed shape • ...

Science Vocabulary 2022-06-06

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A rock formation growing from the floor of a cave
  2. A rock formation growing from the roof of a cave
  3. The second layer of the Earth's crust
  4. Rocks changed by heat and pressure
  5. The movement of weathered rock
  6. The weathering of rock by wind, water, ice, or heat
  7. A combination of liquid rock material and dissolved gases
  8. The area where one plate a convergent boundary sinks into the mantle
  9. Two plates push together
  10. Fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust
  11. The rocky top layer of the mantle where earthquakes occur and where mountains and volcanos are formed
  12. A mountain made from magma that has emerged from inside the Earth
  13. The thin solid outermost layer of the Earth
  14. The creation of mountains when tectonic plate tectonics collide
  15. Landforms created by the material deposited by rivers
  16. Super continent
  17. The folding and fault lines created by the compression or stretching of rocks
  18. Currents form deep in the Earth's interior and bring heated material upwards while pulling cooler material down towards the interior of the Earth
  19. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  20. The wholes in top of the volcano
  21. The physical process of turning liquid into a solid
  22. Crust found beneath oceans
  23. Rocks formed from magma beneath the Earth's surface
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  1. The wind erosion created by poor farming practices in the Midwest in the 1920's
  2. Magma on the surface of the Earth
  3. Divergent Boundaries on the ocean floor that fill with magma which cools into new oceanic crust
  4. Two plate move apart from each other
  5. The layer of the mantle where the Eartth's plate float
  6. Weathering caused by chemical reactions that cause chemical changes in the minearals that make up rocks
  7. The process of minerals suspended in fluid being deposited in layers as a solid
  8. Two plates slide apart
  9. Weathering caused by living organisms
  10. Breaking down rocks into smaller peices
  11. The depositing of eroded soil
  12. Rocks forms from deposited and compressed sediments
  13. An opening in the Earth's surface through which magma erupts
  14. Processes that contribute to the formation or reshaping of landforms
  15. When water carries eroded material

38 Clues: Super continent • Two plates slide apart • Two plates push together • Crust found beneath oceans • The depositing of eroded soil • The movement of weathered rock • The wholes in top of the volcano • Magma on the surface of the Earth • Rocks changed by heat and pressure • When water carries eroded material • Two plate move apart from each other • ...

8 GEO Landforms - Emily Phu:) 2015-04-16

8 GEO Landforms - Emily Phu:) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Life
  2. A man-made barrier that juts out from a beach into the water, made to prevent erosion of the beach from the power of destructive waves and longshore drift
  3. A curved build-up of eroded material that forms at the mouth of a river
  4. A point on a plate boundary where there is tectonic activity
  5. The circular movements of water beneath the surface creating waves
  6. Plates moving past each other
  7. A wall built close to or along a shoreline to prevent erosion or damage by destructive waves
  8. Process of large-scale movement of the Earth's crust
  9. A deposit of sand linking an island to the mainland, formed by longshore drift
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  1. Plates moving apart, with new crust formed
  2. Water
  3. Rocks formed from magma
  4. The soft layer of hot rock between the crust and the core of the Earth
  5. Air
  6. Rocks changed through the heat and pressure of the Earth's crust

15 Clues: Air • Life • Water • Rocks formed from magma • Plates moving past each other • Plates moving apart, with new crust formed • Process of large-scale movement of the Earth's crust • A point on a plate boundary where there is tectonic activity • Rocks changed through the heat and pressure of the Earth's crust • The circular movements of water beneath the surface creating waves • ...

Evolution 2021-11-10

Evolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Location where Charles Darwin studied finches
  2. Known as the father of the theory of evolution
  3. a structure found in 2 different species that have the same function but evolved differently
  4. States that Earth’s crust is broken into large plates that move over the asthenosphere (liquid part of the mantle)
  5. Beaks were different based on what food type they were eating
  6. Species changes over time
  7. the study of the development of an embryo
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  1. a structure that has evolved to no longer be used by an organism
  2. The last known supercontinent
  3. the study of the distribution of life forms in past and present geologic time
  4. example of homologous structure; 5-digit limb system
  5. change in the genetic sequence of an organism
  6. similar body part found in 2 different species
  7. process of adjusting behavior, physiology, or structure to become more suited to an environment
  8. Original proponent of the theory of plate tectonics

15 Clues: Species changes over time • The last known supercontinent • the study of the development of an embryo • Location where Charles Darwin studied finches • change in the genetic sequence of an organism • Known as the father of the theory of evolution • similar body part found in 2 different species • Original proponent of the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Volcanoes 2024-03-04

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot, liquefied rock that flows from a volcano or other opening in the surface of the earth
  2. a volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt
  3. sudden shaking of the earth
  4. the movement of gas particles through a small hole
  5. volcano erupting at the summit from September 10-16th
  6. have not erupted in the last 10,000 years and not expected to erupt again
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  1. a mountain or hill having a crater which lava and gases have been erupted from
  2. volcanoes can occur in which ocean
  3. become active and eject lava and gases
  4. tectonics where the two plates come together
  5. a person who studies volcanoes
  6. hole at the top of the volcano
  7. a jet of lava sprayed into the air by gas bubbles in the molten rock
  8. the place at the earths surface where lava flows
  9. what first come out of a volcano

15 Clues: sudden shaking of the earth • a person who studies volcanoes • hole at the top of the volcano • what first come out of a volcano • volcanoes can occur in which ocean • become active and eject lava and gases • tectonics where the two plates come together • the place at the earths surface where lava flows • the movement of gas particles through a small hole • ...

earth vocab 2024-04-19

earth vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  2. located between the mantle and the outer core
  3. includes he crust and upper park of the mantle,and divided into tectonic plates
Down
  1. hot material rises, cooler materials sink. it drives plate tectonics
  2. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  3. a group of the same species living in the same area
  4. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  5. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  6. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within the earth changing a rock that already existed
  7. extinction events extinction events that occur over a longer time period

10 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • a group of the same species living in the same area • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen • ...

Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2017-11-12

Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
  2. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge
  3. the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  4. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  5. a piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent
  6. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  7. the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
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  1. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up beginning 250 million years ago
  2. the process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  3. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  4. the process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust
  5. the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  6. the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broken up, and drifted to their present locations
  7. the solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  8. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed

15 Clues: the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • the process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally • ...

plate tectonics and earth dynamics 2022-09-13

plate tectonics and earth dynamics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes uppermost mantle and crust.
  2. super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago
  3. the circulation of particles within a material caused by difference in thermal energy and density
  4. the pulling force at a divergent boundary
  5. a change in the shape of rack caused by stress
  6. deep underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another at a convergent boundary
  7. an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  8. fault that forms where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
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  1. parallel forces acting in opposite direction at a transform boundary
  2. the squeezing force at a convergent boundary
  3. the downward vertical motion of Earth's surface
  4. a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary
  5. the process that moves large bodies of Earth's materials to higher elevations
  6. the equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it
  7. the process that occurs when a tectonic plate moves under another

15 Clues: the pulling force at a divergent boundary • the squeezing force at a convergent boundary • a change in the shape of rack caused by stress • the downward vertical motion of Earth's surface • super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago • an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault • ...

The Continental Drift Theory Vocabulary Words 2021-01-26

The Continental Drift Theory Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Evidence-erratics provide evidence of glacial flow lines.
  2. Wegener-continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth
  3. convention rather than any strict criteria
Down
  1. apart about 175 million years ago.
  2. Tectonics- rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

5 Clues: apart about 175 million years ago. • convention rather than any strict criteria • Evidence-erratics provide evidence of glacial flow lines. • Wegener-continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth • Tectonics- rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

The Continental Drift Theory Vocabulary Words 2021-01-26

The Continental Drift Theory Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. apart about 175 million years ago
  2. convention rather than any strict criteria
Down
  1. Wegener-continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth
  2. Tectonics- rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  3. Evidence-erratics provide evidence of glacial flow lines.

5 Clues: apart about 175 million years ago • convention rather than any strict criteria • Evidence-erratics provide evidence of glacial flow lines. • Wegener-continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth • Tectonics- rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

Plate Tectonics! 2022-07-05

Plate Tectonics! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A study that's focused around something that rhymes with birthcakes
  2. scientist that study magnetism in rocks are called?
  3. What are sliding around on the earths crust?
Down
  1. A kind of heat transfer
  2. Another word for p and s waves

5 Clues: A kind of heat transfer • Another word for p and s waves • What are sliding around on the earths crust? • scientist that study magnetism in rocks are called? • A study that's focused around something that rhymes with birthcakes

PLATE TECTIONICS 2013-10-08

PLATE TECTIONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. IF THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS WERE FOOD THEY WOULD BE SITTING ON?
  2. WHEN THE CONTINENTS WERE IN PANGAEA THEY MOVED IN SUCH AWAY KNOW AS?
  3. THE MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH?
  4. A THEORY THAT WAS PROPOSED BY HESS THAT MAGMA ROSE THEREFOR SPREADING THE SEAFLOOR?
  5. UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGES FORM?
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  1. OCCURS IN THE MANTLE AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PLATE TECTONICS?
  2. THIS LAYER IS USUALLY LESS SENSE THEN THE LAYER BENEATH IT?
  3. AN IDEA OR BELIEF BUT NOT ALWAYS LAW?
  4. THE REMAINS OF A SPECIES THAT WAS WIDESPREAD GEOGRAPHICALLY AND WAS VERY ABUNDANT?
  5. THE THEORY WHERE ALL OF THE CONTINENTS WERE TOGETHER?

10 Clues: THE MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH? • UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGES FORM? • AN IDEA OR BELIEF BUT NOT ALWAYS LAW? • THE THEORY WHERE ALL OF THE CONTINENTS WERE TOGETHER? • THIS LAYER IS USUALLY LESS SENSE THEN THE LAYER BENEATH IT? • IF THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS WERE FOOD THEY WOULD BE SITTING ON? • WHEN THE CONTINENTS WERE IN PANGAEA THEY MOVED IN SUCH AWAY KNOW AS? • ...

senicse tic tac toe 2023-01-06

senicse tic tac toe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink.
  2. Tectonics A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  3. A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  5. an area where plates move toward one another and collide
  6. mass/volume
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  1. the boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  2. plates a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  3. A break in the earth's crust
  4. a valley formed by the separation

10 Clues: mass/volume • A break in the earth's crust • a valley formed by the separation • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • an area where plates move toward one another and collide • the boundary between two plates that slide past each other • A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past. • ...

Plate Tectonics! 2022-07-05

Plate Tectonics! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A study that's focused around something that rhymes with birthcakes
  2. scientist that study magnetism in rocks are called?
  3. What are sliding around on the earths crust?
Down
  1. A kind of heat transfer
  2. Another word for p and s waves

5 Clues: A kind of heat transfer • Another word for p and s waves • What are sliding around on the earths crust? • scientist that study magnetism in rocks are called? • A study that's focused around something that rhymes with birthcakes

Rock Cycle Crossword 2020-02-25

Rock Cycle Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The elevation of the earth's surface
  2. The thinnest layer of the earth
  3. What is sandstone
  4. Placing one thing on or above another
  5. The center of the earth
  6. The largest layer of the earth
  7. Involving or causing sudden great damage
  8. composition The ratio of atoms and molecules
  9. The release of energy
  10. Disrupting layers of rocks
  11. chain A connected series of mountains
  12. Came from the core
  13. Arranging something in layers
  14. fossil A fossil that is useful in dating time periods
  15. tectonics What we stand on is moving
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  1. Layers of rock
  2. Being covered by glaciers or ice sheets
  3. strata Layers of rock
  4. Rocks formed by heat and pressure
  5. Vertical layers of rock
  6. The theory of changes in the earth's crust
  7. History of life documented by fossils
  8. The scale of time periods
  9. A crack
  10. fossil Things that lived 3.5 billion years ago
  11. Crystalized rock
  12. The degree of compactness of a substance
  13. density A ratio of the density

28 Clues: A crack • Layers of rock • Crystalized rock • What is sandstone • Came from the core • strata Layers of rock • The release of energy • Vertical layers of rock • The center of the earth • The scale of time periods • Disrupting layers of rocks • Arranging something in layers • The largest layer of the earth • density A ratio of the density • The thinnest layer of the earth • ...

Review- Landforms/Physiographic Regions 2018-09-28

Review- Landforms/Physiographic Regions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scientist who developed the theory of Continental Drift.
  2. Common human activity in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands.
  3. Process by which sediment is compacted and cemented into sedimentary rock.
  4. The removal of bits of rock due to wind, rain
  5. Largest of the Great Lakes.
  6. This landform region contains eroded, rounded mountains.
  7. One of the most common economic activities in the Interior Plains.
  8. Largest city in the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands.
  9. The largest of Canada's landform regions
  10. These “currents” help explain the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
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  1. This landform contains Canada's youngest mountains.
  2. This eroded mountain range in Quebec are the remains of the 1 billion yr. old mountains.
  3. The metamorphic equivalent of limestone.
  4. This is an important economic activity in the Western Cordillera, thanks to its majestic landforms.
  5. Canadian shield is mostly made of this rock.
  6. This happens when plates move quickly.
  7. Supercontinent that broke apart 200 million yrs. Ago.
  8. An example of igneous rock
  9. This "human activity" is common in the Appalachian Region.
  10. This category of minerals are typically found in igneous rock.

20 Clues: An example of igneous rock • Largest of the Great Lakes. • This happens when plates move quickly. • The metamorphic equivalent of limestone. • The largest of Canada's landform regions • Canadian shield is mostly made of this rock. • The removal of bits of rock due to wind, rain • This landform contains Canada's youngest mountains. • ...

Ecology Crossword 2021-03-29

Ecology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An organism that hunts another organism.
  2. Living factors in the environment.
  3. Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis.
  4. Contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts.
  5. A type of consumer that consumes secondary consumers.
  6. Animal that gets it's energy from other organisms.
  7. An organism that ONLY gains energy from plants.
  8. Amount of organisms in one species.
  9. Complex combination of food chains.
  10. A type of consumer that consumes primary consumers.
  11. An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.
Down
  1. Nonliving factors in the environment.
  2. A type of consumer that consumes producers.
  3. The variety of species in an ecosystem.
  4. A type of environmental change like droughts, floods, hurricanes and pollution
  5. Organism that eats BOTH meat and plants.
  6. A process where radiant energy is converted to chemical energy (glucose)
  7. An organism that is hunted by a predator.
  8. A type of environmental change like global warming, extinction, deforestation and plate tectonics.
  9. An organism that ONLY gains energy from other animals.

20 Clues: Living factors in the environment. • Amount of organisms in one species. • Complex combination of food chains. • Nonliving factors in the environment. • The variety of species in an ecosystem. • An organism that hunts another organism. • Organism that eats BOTH meat and plants. • An organism that is hunted by a predator. • A type of consumer that consumes producers. • ...

Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-02

Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub together to form earthquakes
  2. when two or more species affect each others evolution
  3. where Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  4. Piece of debris from space
  5. the study of magnetic fields
  6. using oxygen to live
  7. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  8. stable part of the continental lithosphere
  9. something that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  10. pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. not having to use oxygen to live
  2. The study of earthquakes
  3. the time required for the radioactivity of an isotope to fall to half its original value
  4. determining the relative order of past events
  5. a technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon
  6. a wave of energy that travels through the Earth
  7. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. two or more types of atoms
  9. living organisms in the ecosystem
  10. motion in a liquid which the warmer portions rise and the lower portions sink

20 Clues: using oxygen to live • The study of earthquakes • two or more types of atoms • Piece of debris from space • the study of magnetic fields • not having to use oxygen to live • living organisms in the ecosystem • pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle • stable part of the continental lithosphere • plates that rub together to form earthquakes • ...

Nutrient Cycle 2023-04-21

Nutrient Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere can cause the _____ effect
  2. This is essential to life on earth
  3. Animal _____ is returned to the soil in a part of the nitrogen cycle
  4. The water cycle consists of precipitation, evaporation, and this
  5. volcanic eruptions, rock formations, and plate tectonics
  6. the process by which plants use CO2 to make sugar and oxygen
  7. Our ____ is 78% nitrogen gas
  8. Phosphorus makes up this important chemical
Down
  1. nutrient whose supply limits productivity
  2. activities performed by living organisms
  3. Animals in plants use this found in the atmosphere
  4. ____ is found in rocks and minerals
  5. chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life
  6. This can run off into water ways
  7. The water cycle is powered by the ____
  8. formation of clouds, lightning, flow of water
  9. This is another source of CO2
  10. Higher organisms use nitrogen to make their _____
  11. Decayed plants and animals can be burned as fossils fuels to make ____, coal, and natural gas
  12. mining and burning of fossil fuels, clearing of land, and use of fertilizer

20 Clues: Our ____ is 78% nitrogen gas • This is another source of CO2 • This can run off into water ways • This is essential to life on earth • ____ is found in rocks and minerals • The water cycle is powered by the ____ • activities performed by living organisms • nutrient whose supply limits productivity • Phosphorus makes up this important chemical • ...

ISCrossword 2024-04-27

ISCrossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New Zealand
  2. average bed time for ISP students
  3. a well-liked professor on the ISP Committee
  4. the old name for the basement
  5. lambda
  6. the most useless programming language
  7. a group with a lot of elements
  8. a department that has a lot of premeds, and not a lot of math
  9. the department with the most depressed students
  10. the street we are on
  11. the study of the movement of heat
  12. a type of mechanics that is not classical
  13. hua's favorite place to visit, but he doesn't know why
  14. a previous ISP director from the chemistry department
Down
  1. another word for symmetrical, but not for lay people
  2. plate ________, taught by Prof. Bina before he retired
  3. study of separations
  4. a quantum mechanicist's inner product
  5. Hermione Granger form of Northwestern
  6. ISP requires a lot of ______ classes, and a lot of people don't like that
  7. something bad in the basement
  8. transform, but not Fourier
  9. integration, but in a different context
  10. total energy
  11. occasion to go to locy

25 Clues: lambda • New Zealand • total energy • study of separations • the street we are on • occasion to go to locy • transform, but not Fourier • the old name for the basement • something bad in the basement • a group with a lot of elements • average bed time for ISP students • the study of the movement of heat • a quantum mechanicist's inner product • Hermione Granger form of Northwestern • ...

History (Pt1) Early History 2024-08-28

History (Pt1) Early History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proved all oceans were connected by being the first to circumvent the world
  2. Country Christopher Columbus explored for
  3. Another term for Earth's crust
  4. This scientist proposed the continental drift theory
  5. The Earth's _______ field has been changing much over the course of history
  6. These people picked up sea exploration after the Dark Ages
  7. First ocean drilling vessel for scientific research
  8. The expedition in which they measured the depth of the sea by throwing a weight overboard attached to miles of rope
  9. The ship Darwin was on
  10. A group of Pacific Islanders that are knowledgeable about the marine life and navigation
Down
  1. First accomplished Western navigators
  2. The first ship specialized for oceanographic research
  3. First marine biologist
  4. Mid-ocean ridges were created by underwater ______
  5. The person that created the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  6. Ocean research declined from the early times until this time
  7. Study of both contemporary cultures and their historical origins
  8. Also known as the Challenger Deep
  9. Combined the continental drift and seafloor spreading hypotheses to make the Theory of _______
  10. Technology used to detect sound transmitted through water

20 Clues: First marine biologist • The ship Darwin was on • Another term for Earth's crust • Also known as the Challenger Deep • First accomplished Western navigators • Country Christopher Columbus explored for • Mid-ocean ridges were created by underwater ______ • First ocean drilling vessel for scientific research • This scientist proposed the continental drift theory • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2020-11-30

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a layer inside a planetary body
  2. crust, is the crust that is ender the world
  3. lithosphere, Divided into several parts
  4. drift, Slow movement of continents
  5. spreading, The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  6. is a record written by a seismograph
  7. relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it
  8. The central or innermost portion of the Earth
  9. Center of an earthquake
  10. Andreas Fault, It is one of the most famous transform fault
  11. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  12. current, The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is
  13. push, Possible causes of plate movements are
  14. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  15. is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic
  16. boundary, type of boundary do plates moves away from each other
  17. is extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface
  18. Forms from the mantle and its recycled back into the mantle
  19. Wegener, is the scientist who made the theory on continental drift
  20. Hess, The seafloor spreading theory was proposed by
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  1. deposits, Evidence that Africa was once cold
  2. range, Series of mountains
  3. Form mostly at converging and diverging plate boundaries
  4. is the instrument used to mapped the mid-ocean ridges
  5. Reptile fossil found in South America and Africa
  6. plumes, is an upwelling of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's mantle
  7. is the outermost layer of a planet
  8. spot, a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  9. ridge, is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  10. where one plate moves under another
  11. boundary, Mountains are formed at
  12. Island arc, a chain of volcanoes that develop parallel to a trench
  13. form the longest mountain ranges on the earth
  14. are long, narrow depressions on the seafloor
  15. Occur at all three types of boundaries
  16. is the mineral that's a major component or continental crust
  17. trenches, narrow basins which extend 8-11 km below sea level
  18. waves, Move faster through denser or move rigid materials
  19. boundary, Two plates sliding past each other

39 Clues: Center of an earthquake • range, Series of mountains • boundary, Mountains are formed at • is a layer inside a planetary body • drift, Slow movement of continents • is the outermost layer of a planet • where one plate moves under another • is a record written by a seismograph • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • Occur at all three types of boundaries • ...

Tectonic Plates 2017-02-28

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of molten rock located beneath the Earth's crust
  2. a large elevation on the Earth's surface
  3. the centere of the earth
  4. a fracture in rock where the tectonic plates have moved
  5. the current or flow of air or liquid that results from the transfer of thermal energy through convection
  6. a supercontinent millions of years ago that split up into the continents we know today
  7. are underwater vents in the Earth’s surface which magma can erupt and they are mostly found near areas of tectonic movement known as mid-ocean ridges
  8. a hot substance that turns into rocks when it cools down
  9. semiliquid rock found beneath the Earth's surface
  10. a deep valley that forms as a result of tectonic plates moving apart on land
  11. the boundary between two tectonic plates
  12. the transfer thermal energy by the movement of molecules in air or liquid from one place to another
  13. a theory that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, forming new oceanic crust
  14. a large layer of solid rock that covers part of the Earth's surface
  15. a series of underwater Mountains that formed as a result of tectonic plates moving apart and allowing magma to rise to the surface
  16. when the plates collide and cause the ground to shake vigorously
  17. the movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate
Down
  1. the crust in the ocean
  2. the theory that the surface of the Earth is divided into a series of plates that are continually moving
  3. the geologist which discovered the plate tectonics theory
  4. a place in the mantle where it melts rock into magma
  5. underwater cliffs between the beach and the ocean
  6. something that acts like a liquid but is a solid
  7. the continual movement of the continents over time
  8. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
  9. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving apart
  10. a series of large waves that result from an underwater earthquakes
  11. lithosphere; the outer layer of earth
  12. a deep ditch under the ocean along a plate tectonic boundary
  13. a crater that has lava in it

30 Clues: the crust in the ocean • the centere of the earth • a crater that has lava in it • lithosphere; the outer layer of earth • a large elevation on the Earth's surface • the boundary between two tectonic plates • something that acts like a liquid but is a solid • underwater cliffs between the beach and the ocean • semiliquid rock found beneath the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics - Ruhi 3-23 2017-06-13

Plate Tectonics - Ruhi 3-23 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate or when an oceanic plate slides under an oceanic plate
  2. layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel
  3. shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy
  4. location on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. plate boundaries that move away from each other as magma rises
  6. crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle
  7. layer of the earth, mostly solid iron at tremendous temperature and pressure.
  8. the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate
  9. thickest layer of the earth, mostly solid like "thick toothpaste"
Down
  1. outermost layer of the earth, granite on land and basalt in oceans
  2. molten layer of the upper mantle
  3. plate boundaries that come together
  4. the study of seismic waves
  5. supercontinent believed to have been before they broke apart
  6. area where molten rock rises to the surface

15 Clues: the study of seismic waves • molten layer of the upper mantle • plate boundaries that come together • area where molten rock rises to the surface • crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle • layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel • the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate • ...

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 2017-11-21

The Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a layer of a sedimentary rock or soil, or igneous rock where formed at the earth's surface.
  2. makes up the most of the ocean floor and is the most common type of lava.
  3. volcanic activity or phenomena.
  4. the outer rigid layer of the earth.
  5. topographic depressions of the seafloor.
  6. consisting of a chain of mountains or hills.
  7. the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving one another.
  8. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on earth.
  9. arc curved line of islands.
Down
  1. plural form of stratum.
  2. a break or fracture in the ground that occurs when the Earth's tectonic plates move.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. a portion of the Earth's surface which experiences volcanism.
  5. a continuous circulation of material and transfer of heat.
  6. the degree of compactness of a substance.

15 Clues: plural form of stratum. • arc curved line of islands. • volcanic activity or phenomena. • the outer rigid layer of the earth. • topographic depressions of the seafloor. • the degree of compactness of a substance. • consisting of a chain of mountains or hills. • a continuous circulation of material and transfer of heat. • ...

Level 1: Earth Changes 2023-02-24

Level 1: Earth Changes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. build-up features on the surface of the Earth
  2. is a rocky terrestrial planet
  3. is a process that lowers or tears down the surface features of the Earth
  4. As glaciers move across a landscape, they alter the terrain and carve out unique formations
  5. is solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location.
Down
  1. processes interactions among plants, animals and the environment
  2. process Natural forces that shape the surface of the earth
  3. range long chains or groups of mountains.
  4. a naturally-formed features on the Earth's surface, often with a recognizable shape like a valley or mountain.
  5. tectonics The Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces

10 Clues: is a rocky terrestrial planet • range long chains or groups of mountains. • build-up features on the surface of the Earth • process Natural forces that shape the surface of the earth • tectonics The Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces • processes interactions among plants, animals and the environment • ...

Africa Notes Review 2023-01-04

Africa Notes Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An artifact discovered that allowed for hieroglyphs to be translated
  2. The most famous pharaoh in The New Kingdom of Egypt
  3. The first Western African kingdom
  4. The landform that protected Egypt from invasion to the north
  5. These landforms are created by plate tectonics
  6. This landform has less than 10 inches of rain
  7. The method villages and traders used to trade with each other in the Western African kingdoms
  8. Grand city of learning in the Western African kingdoms
  9. The third and final Western African kingdom
Down
  1. Indiana has this type of climate
  2. Another name for a cliff
  3. Africa does not have this type of climate
  4. Famous ruler during the Kingdom of Mali
  5. An area of water in a desert
  6. This is another name for The Old Kingdom of Egypt
  7. A technique where one wraps the dead in linens after taking out their organs
  8. The longest river in Africa and the world
  9. The two resources that allowed the Western African kingdoms to flourish
  10. The type of government Ancient Egypt had
  11. The second Western African Kingdom

20 Clues: Another name for a cliff • An area of water in a desert • Indiana has this type of climate • The first Western African kingdom • The second Western African Kingdom • Famous ruler during the Kingdom of Mali • The type of government Ancient Egypt had • Africa does not have this type of climate • The longest river in Africa and the world • ...

Introducing Earth 2019-01-09

Introducing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves earthquakes produce these waves
  2. dark fine-grained rock
  3. thickest layer
  4. most mass
  5. outermost layer
  6. most water in the hydrosphere is
  7. crust crust that forms the continents
  8. four main systems are ______ of one another
  9. heat transfer when you touch a hot object
  10. earth's highest mountains
  11. rocks are melted and flow here
  12. light colored rock that has coarse grains
  13. different layers have different _____
  14. samples direct evidence provided by
  15. results as liquid movement in outer core
  16. currents heat transfer within a fluid
  17. shape land's surface by building landmasses
  18. glaciers are part of
Down
  1. all living things
  2. tectonics theory that earth's plates move very slowly
  3. layer of gasses surround Earth
  4. main elements in earth's crust
  5. erosion and weathering are examples
  6. water vapor is water in what form
  7. transfer of energy through empty space
  8. crust and upper mantle
  9. cover 75% of Earth's surface
  10. ability to do work
  11. group of parts that work together as a whole
  12. earth's core is mostly this metal
  13. core made of liquid iron and nickel, produces magnetic field

31 Clues: most mass • thickest layer • outermost layer • all living things • ability to do work • glaciers are part of • dark fine-grained rock • crust and upper mantle • earth's highest mountains • cover 75% of Earth's surface • layer of gasses surround Earth • main elements in earth's crust • rocks are melted and flow here • most water in the hydrosphere is • water vapor is water in what form • ...

Earth's Layers and Drifting Continents 2018-10-15

Earth's Layers and Drifting Continents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the super continent that exited about 300 million years ago.
  2. Valley A deep valley is also called a.
  3. Tectonics Slow motion driven by the convection current makes.
  4. Boundary The plates are sliding.
  5. The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle.
  6. Core This is the 3rd layer from the top to the bottom.
  7. These land feature form at a Convergent Boundary.
  8. There are convection currents in this layer.
  9. Trench Under water canyons, sea-floor spreading ends here.
  10. 2nd layer of Earth from the top, very hot & solid.
Down
  1. Spreading New crust is being added and older crust is being pushed outward
  2. Crust This crust lies beneath the ocean floor.
  3. These create cracks in the crust.
  4. Sits on top of the mantle, 100 km thick.
  5. Boundary The plates collide.
  6. Drift The continents slowly move about 2 centimeters per year.
  7. Boundary The plates are dividing.
  8. Ridge Sea-Floor Spreading begins here.
  9. 5-80 km thick, top layer.
  10. Core Solid metal, mostly iron & nickel, 1,200 km thick.

20 Clues: 5-80 km thick, top layer. • Boundary The plates collide. • Boundary The plates are sliding. • These create cracks in the crust. • Boundary The plates are dividing. • Valley A deep valley is also called a. • Ridge Sea-Floor Spreading begins here. • Sits on top of the mantle, 100 km thick. • The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle. • ...

Earth Science 2023-10-30

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

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

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics 2022-02-06

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Landform that forms when plates move away or separate.
  2. Scientists believe all the continents were once a supercontinent called ____________.
  3. When plates come together.
  4. The boundaries between plates.
  5. We live on the __________. It is Earth's thinnest layer.
  6. The inner core is a ________ ball of iron.
  7. Earth's thickest layer.
Down
  1. Landform that forms when plates come together.
  2. When plates move past one another.
  3. When plates move away or separate.
  4. The moving and shifting of the large plates that make up land on earth.
  5. Natural disaster that occurs when plates move past one another.
  6. Made of molten (liquid) iron and nickel.
  7. Earth is made up of _______ layers.
  8. Temperature and pressure ______________ the further into Earth's layers you go.

15 Clues: Earth's thickest layer. • When plates come together. • The boundaries between plates. • When plates move past one another. • When plates move away or separate. • Earth is made up of _______ layers. • Made of molten (liquid) iron and nickel. • The inner core is a ________ ball of iron. • Landform that forms when plates come together. • ...

Plate tectonics project crossword puzzle 2022-02-20

Plate tectonics project crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains
  2. upper layer of earths mantle
  3. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. third layer of earth
  5. the theory that all plates used to be connected but drifted away from each other over time
  6. when two plates come together
  7. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole
Down
  1. drive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle (think hot)
  2. outer most layer of earth
  3. crust and upper most-solid mantle
  4. second layer of earth
  5. an intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust
  6. center of earth
  7. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. places where plates slide sideways past each other

15 Clues: center of earth • third layer of earth • second layer of earth • outer most layer of earth • upper layer of earths mantle • when two plates come together • crust and upper most-solid mantle • a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains • places where plates slide sideways past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Tectonic plates 2023-02-20

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is the process of creating new oceanic crust
  2. type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  3. operation needing consent for tin tectonic plate
  4. layer of earth with the lowest temperature
  5. type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move aparte
  6. Earth thickest layer
  7. tectonic slab
  8. these form under water at most convergent boundaries
  9. this is a type of heat transfer some scientist believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plate
  10. result of tectonic plate movement
Down
  1. the…valley was caused by the separation of the African and Arabian tectonic plate{5,4}
  2. crack or joint between tectonic plates along which earthquakes
  3. layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid
  4. this forms on land at divergent plate boundaries is a great one in Eastern Africa
  5. scientific study of earthquakes and tectonic movement
  6. upheaval caused by the collision of tectonic plate
  7. these are formed under water at divergent boundaries they are areas where new ocean crust if formed
  8. tectonic plate jumped suddenly
  9. tectonic plate material
  10. moved as tectonic plates

20 Clues: tectonic slab • Earth thickest layer • tectonic plate material • moved as tectonic plates • tectonic plate jumped suddenly • result of tectonic plate movement • layer of earth with the lowest temperature • type of plate boundary where two plates collide • operation needing consent for tin tectonic plate • this is the process of creating new oceanic crust • ...

6th Grade Science 2024-09-07

6th Grade Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics the theory explaining the movement of large sections of the Earth’s crust
  2. a type of rock formed by the accumulation of small particles
  3. the layer of gases surrounding the Earth
  4. the breakdown of rocks, soil, and minerals through contact with the Earth’s atmosphere
  5. a large sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
Down
  1. a mountain or hill that forms when magma reaches the Earth’s surface
  2. an instrument used to measure and record earthquake activity
  3. the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth’s surface by wind or water flow
  4. preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
  5. molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface

10 Clues: molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface • the layer of gases surrounding the Earth • preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms • an instrument used to measure and record earthquake activity • a type of rock formed by the accumulation of small particles • a mountain or hill that forms when magma reaches the Earth’s surface • ...

Earth's Layers and Drifting Continents 2018-10-15

Earth's Layers and Drifting Continents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 5-80 km thick, top layer.
  2. Spreading New crust is being added and older crust is being pushed outward
  3. Core Solid metal, mostly iron & nickel, 1,200 km thick.
  4. Ridge Sea-Floor Spreading begins here.
  5. These land feature form at a Convergent Boundary.
  6. Valley A deep valley is also called a.
  7. Crust This crust lies beneath the ocean floor.
  8. Drift The continents slowly move about 2 centimeters per year.
  9. Sits on top of the mantle, 100 km thick.
  10. Trench Under water canyons, sea-floor spreading ends here.
  11. Core This is the 3rd layer from the top to the bottom.
  12. 2nd layer of Earth from the top, very hot & solid.
Down
  1. Boundary The plates are sliding.
  2. These create cracks in the crust.
  3. Boundary The plates are dividing.
  4. The name of the super continent that exited about 300 million years ago.
  5. There are convection currents in this layer.
  6. The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle.
  7. Boundary The plates collide.
  8. Tectonics Slow motion driven by the convection current makes.

20 Clues: 5-80 km thick, top layer. • Boundary The plates collide. • Boundary The plates are sliding. • These create cracks in the crust. • Boundary The plates are dividing. • Ridge Sea-Floor Spreading begins here. • Valley A deep valley is also called a. • Sits on top of the mantle, 100 km thick. • The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle. • ...

Crossword 2023-11-28

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. planet that is the third in order from the sun
  2. openings where lava comes out of
  3. a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements
  4. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by crust
  5. large natural elevation of earths surface rising abruptly
  6. a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  7. moving towards each other
  8. study of structure and behavior of the physical and natural world
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth
  10. innermost part of the earth
Down
  1. deformation of the rocks that make up earths crust and the forces that produce such deformation
  2. downward movement of the edge of a plate of earths crust
  3. got fluid or semi fluid material within earths crust
  4. outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  5. moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  6. flat elevated land form that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side
  7. to change in composition or structure
  8. atmosphere at a given time and place
  9. an expert in geology
  10. continuous body of salt water

20 Clues: an expert in geology • moving towards each other • innermost part of the earth • continuous body of salt water • openings where lava comes out of • the rigid outer part of the earth • atmosphere at a given time and place • to change in composition or structure • a sudden violent shaking of the ground • outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • ...

rivers 2023-02-14

rivers crossword puzzle
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  1. where river meets sea
  2. where two rivers meet
  3. water falling from a height
  4. (wearing away) of their channels and valleys by the water and materials it is carrying (stones and rocks)
  5. movement of water and load particles (silt, sand, stones and rocks)
  6. load particles get deposited on banks
  7. bend of a river
  8. area of high land forming the edge of a river basin
  9. the study of the Earth´s natural features and climates e.g. plate tectonics, river valleys, tropical rainforests
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  1. the study of the impacts that human beings have on the planet´s environments, habitats and natural processes
  2. where river flows
  3. a cut off of a river
  4. basin area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
  5. the study of the planet´s man-made features e.g. cities, transport, trade and population change
  6. where a river begins
  7. small river that eventually joins a larger river
  8. fast flowing water over exposed rock from erosion

17 Clues: bend of a river • where river flows • a cut off of a river • where a river begins • where river meets sea • where two rivers meet • water falling from a height • load particles get deposited on banks • small river that eventually joins a larger river • fast flowing water over exposed rock from erosion • area of high land forming the edge of a river basin • ...

volcanoes 2018-10-03

volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. very small fragments of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions.
  2. term for a volcano that has erupted thousands of years ago, no possibility of eruption.
  3. a light, porous volcanic rock that forms during explosive eruptions.
  4. volcano steep-sided volcanoes composed of many layers of volcanic rocks, usually made from high-viscosity lava, ash and rock debris.
  5. term for a volcano that has recently erupted and there is a possibility that it may erupt soon.
  6. of fire area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
  7. liquid rock (magma) that flows out of a volcano.
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  1. tectonics The theory that explains process of plate movement that creates friction and causes volcanoes is called?
  2. occurs when pressure builds up.
  3. term for a volcano that has not erupted in a long time, possibility it can erupt in the future.
  4. cones circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single vent that have been blown into the air, cooled and fallen around the vent.
  5. volcano volcanoes shaped like a bowl in the middle with long gentle slopes made by basaltic lava flows.
  6. the liquid rock inside a volcano.

13 Clues: occurs when pressure builds up. • the liquid rock inside a volcano. • liquid rock (magma) that flows out of a volcano. • a light, porous volcanic rock that forms during explosive eruptions. • very small fragments of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions. • term for a volcano that has erupted thousands of years ago, no possibility of eruption. • ...

Science thingy 2024-05-03

Science thingy crossword puzzle
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  1. Any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks.
  2. The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates.
  3. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere
  4. A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. It helps make life possible by providing us with air to breathe
  5. When two plates come together, it is known as
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  1. The action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  2. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. A fluid layer about 1,400 miles thick, composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core
  4. The mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. The solid, outer part of Earth,bounded by the atmosphere above and the asthenosphere
  6. The innermost layer of the Earth and is located at the direct center of the Earth below the outer core.
  7. A logarithmic scale used to rate the strength or total energy of earthquakes. The scale has no upper limit but usually ranges from 1 to 9.
  8. The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.

13 Clues: The mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • When two plates come together, it is known as • Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere • Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates. • ...

Science crossword ting 2017-10-17

Science crossword ting crossword puzzle
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  1. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  2. formation on the ocean floor that creates land
  3. Process that occurs in the mantle, in it the magma rotates like a conveyor belt
  4. Earths second layer, it’s part of the lithosphere
  5. type of boundary that involves two plates Colliding together
  6. pieces separated by cracks on Earths crust
  7. Theory that plates are moved by convection current in the mantle
  8. Weak spot in the crust where magma has come to surface
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  1. process where land sinks down into the mantle
  2. Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  3. formation on the ocean floor that creates faults
  4. type of boundary that involves two plates spreading apart from eachother
  5. Earths middle and bottom layer
  6. first theorized plate tectonics
  7. Theory that continents slowly drift across Earths surface
  8. type of boundary that involves two plates rubbing together
  9. Earths top layer
  10. Areas where Earths crust diverges on land
  11. Breaks in Earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  12. device used to see what the bottom of the ocean looks like

20 Clues: Earths top layer • Earths middle and bottom layer • first theorized plate tectonics • Areas where Earths crust diverges on land • pieces separated by cracks on Earths crust • process where land sinks down into the mantle • formation on the ocean floor that creates land • formation on the ocean floor that creates faults • Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • ...

Science crossword ting 2017-10-17

Science crossword ting crossword puzzle
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  1. Weak spot in the crust where magma has come to surface
  2. pieces separated by cracks on Earths crust
  3. formation on the ocean floor that creates faults
  4. Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  5. Process that occurs in the mantle, in it the magma rotates like a conveyor belt
  6. device used to see what the bottom of the ocean looks like
  7. first theorized plate tectonics
  8. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. type of boundary that involves two plates rubbing together
  10. Breaks in Earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other
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  1. type of boundary that involves two plates Colliding together
  2. Areas where Earths crust diverges on land
  3. Theory that plates are moved by convection current in the mantle
  4. formation on the ocean floor that creates land
  5. type of boundary that involves two plates spreading apart from eachother
  6. Theory that continents slowly drift across Earths surface
  7. process where land sinks down into the mantle
  8. Earths middle and bottom layer
  9. Earths top layer
  10. Earths second layer, it’s part of the lithosphere

20 Clues: Earths top layer • Earths middle and bottom layer • first theorized plate tectonics • Areas where Earths crust diverges on land • pieces separated by cracks on Earths crust • process where land sinks down into the mantle • formation on the ocean floor that creates land • formation on the ocean floor that creates faults • Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • ...

PlateTectonics Cross Word Puzzle 2022-05-13

PlateTectonics Cross Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
  2. atom with the same atomic number, different numbers of neutrons
  3. a specialist in the history of the earths recorded in rocks
  4. a large continuous extent of land
  5. relating to or occurring living in or frequenting the ocean
  6. a flat mass of ice drifting at sea
  7. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
  8. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  9. rigid layer of the earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  10. the organs in a body, collectively
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  1. the movement or study of the movement of earth's crust
  2. the chemistry if the earth's crust
  3. the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
  4. the bottom of a sea or ocean
  5. undergo condensation
  6. of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  7. use again after processing
  8. molten rock in the earth's crust
  9. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  10. the largest unit of geological time

20 Clues: undergo condensation • use again after processing • the bottom of a sea or ocean • molten rock in the earth's crust • a large continuous extent of land • the chemistry if the earth's crust • a flat mass of ice drifting at sea • the organs in a body, collectively • the largest unit of geological time • relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters • ...

WA State Geography Review 2022-10-17

WA State Geography Review crossword puzzle
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  1. WA has _ geological regions
  2. The ability of a nation to govern itself.
  3. The _ mountain range splits WA into east and west.
  4. is a major industry in WA state and also a primary food source for Native tribes in WA.
  5. The _ mountain range is in NW WA state.
  6. what borders WA to the east?
  7. The name of a tribe in Eastern WA and also the name of one of the largest cities in WA.
  8. _ is the study of landforms and human interactions with the land.
  9. Seattle's geological region is the Puget Sound _.
  10. The US government upheld _ treaties with Native tribes.
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  1. A contract or formal agreement between two or more nations.
  2. WA has _ volcanoes.
  3. What borders WA to the south?
  4. To take care of something
  5. the Native tribe closest to Seattle
  6. What borders WA to the north?
  7. plate _ is the movement of the Earth's crust.
  8. This tribe has territory in southeast WA.
  9. _ is the study of the Earth's solid structure.
  10. The two major rivers in WA are the Columbia and the _.

20 Clues: WA has _ volcanoes. • To take care of something • WA has _ geological regions • what borders WA to the east? • What borders WA to the south? • What borders WA to the north? • the Native tribe closest to Seattle • The _ mountain range is in NW WA state. • The ability of a nation to govern itself. • This tribe has territory in southeast WA. • ...

Are you a Tectonicologist? 2013-04-10

Are you a Tectonicologist? crossword puzzle
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  1. What type of plate boundary slides past one another?
  2. What is made on the ocean floor that has land features of ocean ridges, and deep sea trenches?
  3. What happens when a denser plate slides under a less dense plate?
  4. Who proposed the idea of continental drift?
  5. What do we call the land that was one big continent?
  6. What plate has South America in it?
  7. What plate has Europe in it?
  8. What type of plate bondary made the Himalayan Mountains?
  9. What is the name of the biggest plate?
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  1. A convergent plate boundary can make a volcanic arcs, mountain ranges, and ________.
  2. Who discovered that the sea floor is spreading?
  3. What is the name of the plate that has Africa in it?
  4. What plate has North America in it?
  5. What is the name of the Earth's layer that is semi-solid, and has the plates float on it?
  6. Where is the San Andreas Fault line? ______ America.
  7. In every type of plate boundary what can be caused by all of the boudaries?
  8. What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Washington State on May 18th?
  9. What is the name of the smallest plate?
  10. What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
  11. What is made by a convergent boundary, and spews lava at the top?

20 Clues: What plate has Europe in it? • What plate has North America in it? • What plate has South America in it? • What is the name of the biggest plate? • What is the name of the smallest plate? • Who proposed the idea of continental drift? • Who discovered that the sea floor is spreading? • What type of plate boundary slides past one another? • ...

Nail Anatomy, Diseases and Disorders Crossword 2021-01-23

Nail Anatomy, Diseases and Disorders Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
  2. living skin around the nail plate splits or tears
  3. nail __________ can beautify the bitten nail
  4. the nail plate is the most ______ and functional of the nail
  5. another name for the nail groove
  6. hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the nail bed
  7. attach the nail bed and martix bed to underlying bone
  8. slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate
  9. area where the nail plate cells are formed
  10. green, yellow, or black discoloration on a nail bed due to bacterial infection
  11. dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
  12. lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding
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  1. if you cut deeply into the eponychium,it will____
  2. living skin bordering the root and sides of a fingernail or toenail
  3. folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate
  4. if a hangnail is ________, refer client to a physician
  5. living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering the matrix area
  6. also known as bitten nails; the habit of chewing the nail or hardened, damged skin surrounding the nail plate
  7. affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate
  8. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge

20 Clues: another name for the nail groove • area where the nail plate cells are formed • nail __________ can beautify the bitten nail • if you cut deeply into the eponychium,it will____ • living skin around the nail plate splits or tears • folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate • attach the nail bed and martix bed to underlying bone • ...

Plate Tectonics by Raya Ramon 2016-01-05

Plate Tectonics by Raya Ramon crossword puzzle
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  1. Time marked with colder temperature
  2. Time marked with warmer temperature
  3. Earth's fifth layer, mechanically
  4. Circulatory motion of heated material
  5. Earth's fourth layer, mechanically
  6. Our home planet
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  1. Earth's second layer, mechanically
  2. Earth's third layer, mechanically
  3. Giant landmass, broken into continents
  4. Earth's second layer, chemically
  5. Earth's third layer, chemically
  6. Body temperature raised in one place
  7. Earth's first layer, mechanically
  8. Earth's first layer, chemically
  9. Study of the flow of matter

15 Clues: Our home planet • Study of the flow of matter • Earth's third layer, chemically • Earth's first layer, chemically • Earth's second layer, chemically • Earth's third layer, mechanically • Earth's first layer, mechanically • Earth's fifth layer, mechanically • Earth's second layer, mechanically • Earth's fourth layer, mechanically • Time marked with colder temperature • ...

Plate Tectonics by Chris :D 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics by Chris :D crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the shaking of the ground called?
  2. What is the hottest layer of the earth?
  3. What is the type of boundary when plates slide past each other?
  4. What is the type of boundary when plates move towards each other?
  5. What type of rock forms from melting and hardening again?
  6. What kind of Igeous rock hardens underground?
  7. What type of rock forms from sediments hardening?
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  1. What is it called when new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  2. What is a rupture in the crust that allows lava and ash to escape from a magma chamber below the surface?
  3. What is the densest plate?
  4. What is the type of boundary when plates move apart?
  5. What type of rock forms from heating up and pressure?
  6. What kind of Igeous rock hardens above ground?
  7. What is the super continent that existed around 335 million years ago?
  8. What layer of the earth do plates rest on?

15 Clues: What is the densest plate? • What is the hottest layer of the earth? • What is the shaking of the ground called? • What layer of the earth do plates rest on? • What kind of Igeous rock hardens underground? • What kind of Igeous rock hardens above ground? • What type of rock forms from sediments hardening? • What is the type of boundary when plates move apart? • ...

Joshua's Cross-Word Puzzle 2017-10-02

Joshua's Cross-Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. an island sitting on top of a huge molten rock
  2. a device used to measure tremors in the earth
  3. an earthquakes fastest waves
  4. our planet
  5. an island made from a volcano
  6. a form of chemical weathering
  7. an organism that grows on rocks and slowly breaks them apart
  8. the process in which rocks transform into different rocks
  9. this happens to sedimentary rock when pressed together
  10. a layer of solid, unbroken rock that separates soil and rock
  11. Mauna loa is an example of a _______ volcano
  12. rock cooled from magma
  13. this layer of soil is made up of materials such as leaves that keep the surface damp
  14. this plate is a mix of Europe and Asia
  15. the center of an earthquake underground
  16. a shaking of the ground, caused by shifting tectonics plates
  17. a hole in the earth that allows magma to escape by erupting
  18. when a igneous rock solidifies below the earths surface
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  1. a rock that changes under intense heat and pressure
  2. this is the largest tectonic plate
  3. the slowest and most powerful earthquake wave
  4. a major fault line in California
  5. this common igneous rock floats on water
  6. the center of an earthquake on the surface
  7. this layer of soil consists of decaying plant and animal matter called humus
  8. crystals found inside of rocks
  9. rock made from tiny particles of sand or rock
  10. this layer of soil consists of chunks of rock and clay
  11. when a igneous rock solidifies above the earths surface
  12. the wearing away of rock

30 Clues: our planet • rock cooled from magma • the wearing away of rock • an earthquakes fastest waves • an island made from a volcano • a form of chemical weathering • crystals found inside of rocks • a major fault line in California • this is the largest tectonic plate • this plate is a mix of Europe and Asia • the center of an earthquake underground • ...

Landforms 2023-01-23

Landforms crossword puzzle
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  1. Layer of melted iron and nickel
  2. Causes Earthquakes also called slip and slide boundary's
  3. wegener Proposed the idea that continents sat on large crustal plates
  4. An example is Lemonade
  5. most form on ocean floors, causing magma to rise up, cool and form ridges
  6. An example is Salt and pepper
  7. Cooling magma becomes rock
  8. Is most commonly found in sedimentary rock sedimentary Rock made by sediment under immense pressure metamorphic Rock made by heat, pressure, and mineral rich liquids
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  1. Most earthquakes and volcanoes are here
  2. This is where the rocks moved by erosion is deposited
  3. these happen when two plates push against each other
  4. This prosses breaks down rocks
  5. Earths first layer innercore iron and nickel thought to be solid because of pressure
  6. Causes mountains on land
  7. tectonics The scientific theory that Earth’s crust is divided up into massive plates that float on top of the mantle and can move around
  8. This prosses moves broken down rocks
  9. the thickest layer

17 Clues: the thickest layer • An example is Lemonade • Causes mountains on land • Cooling magma becomes rock • An example is Salt and pepper • This prosses breaks down rocks • Layer of melted iron and nickel • This prosses moves broken down rocks • Most earthquakes and volcanoes are here • these happen when two plates push against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics: Pick a Project 2013-03-18

Plate Tectonics: Pick a Project crossword puzzle
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  1. how many plate boundaries are there.
  2. geological theory that states that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are constant, slow motion.
  3. a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
  4. where 2 plates come together.
  5. SUPERcontinent.
  6. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
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  1. a place where 2 plates slip past each other, moving opposite directions.
  2. when 2 plates carrying oceanic crust meet at a trench, the plate that is less dense dives under the other plate and returns to the mantle.
  3. Earth's lithosphere is broken into separate sections.
  4. breaks in the Earth's crust.
  5. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  6. Heat is transferred from 1 particle of matter to another w/o movement of the matter itself.
  7. a deep valley on land that forms along a divergent boundary.
  8. where 2 plates move apart.
  9. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

15 Clues: SUPERcontinent. • where 2 plates move apart. • breaks in the Earth's crust. • where 2 plates come together. • how many plate boundaries are there. • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. • Earth's lithosphere is broken into separate sections. • a deep valley on land that forms along a divergent boundary. • ...