plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2017-06-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / the name of the super continent 200 million years ago
  2. / occurs when continental and oceanic plates converge creating pressure and heat erupting on the surface
  3. / huge amounts of water displaced onto land due to movement of plates carrying debris onto land
  4. / the malleable layer of which tectonic plates can drift above it
  5. / the name of the active volcano located in Italy Naples famous for the destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD
  6. / the earth is layered according to ____________
  7. / the boundary in which two plates move away from each other
  8. / the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  9. / the uppermost thinnest layer of the earth
  10. / the boundary in which earthquakes happen the most
Down
  1. / the name of the Californian fault line
  2. / the molten rock from beneath the surface of the earth within the asthenosphere
  3. / the number scale of how powerful or catastrophic an earthquake is
  4. / contains the crust and a part of the upper mantle
  5. / the boundary of which two tectonic plates move towards each other
  6. / the scientist who developed the theory of continental drift
  7. / the thickest layer of earth, contains the asthenosphere and part of the lithosphere
  8. / the process of the oceanic plate sliding under an continental plate
  9. / the very middle of the earth
  10. / _____________ waves measure the frequency of an earthquake

20 Clues: / the very middle of the earth • / the name of the Californian fault line • / the uppermost thinnest layer of the earth • / the earth is layered according to ____________ • / contains the crust and a part of the upper mantle • / the boundary in which earthquakes happen the most • / the name of the super continent 200 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor where an oceanic plate sinks beneath an overlying plate.
  2. One of Earth’s structural layers—a layer of weak, warm rock that flows slowly over geologic time.
  3. The shaking of the ground that results when rock under Earth’s surface moves or breaks.
  4. The process by which new lithosphere is created at midocean ridges as older lithosphere moves away.
  5. The thick layer of dense, hot rock between Earth’s crust and core.
  6. The study of the history, structure, and natural processes of planet Earth.
  7. The Earth science that is concerned with the composition and structure of Earth.
  8. Separate pieces of lithosphere that move on top of the asthenosphere.
  9. Places where tectonic plates pull apart.
  10. One of Earth’s structural layers—a shell of hot, liquid metal beneath the mantle and above the inner core.
  11. Earth’s innermost layer, which is mostly iron and includes the inner core and outer core.
  12. The region where an oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere at a convergent plate boundary.
  13. Earth’s outermost structural layer, consisting of cool, rigid rock.
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the world’s continents move slowly over Earth’s surface.
  2. Earth’s surface layer, consisting of oceanic and continental crust.
  3. The sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle.
  4. The process by which Earth formed layers according to density.
  5. Places where tectonic plates come together.
  6. Molten rock in Earth’s interior.
  7. One of Earth’s structural layers—a solid sphere of hot metal, mostly iron, at the center of Earth.
  8. The theory that Earth’s lithosphere is divided into large plates that move slowly around the globe.
  9. Places where tectonic plates slide along beside one another as they move.
  10. A global system of underwater mountains created by seafloor spreading.
  11. The study of seismic waves, waves that travel through Earth as a result of an earthquake or other disturbance.
  12. One of Earth’s structural layers—the lowest portion of the mantle, a zone of strong, rigid rock.

25 Clues: Molten rock in Earth’s interior. • Places where tectonic plates pull apart. • Places where tectonic plates come together. • The sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle. • The process by which Earth formed layers according to density. • The thick layer of dense, hot rock between Earth’s crust and core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates collide at a convergent boundary, and one plate is driven beneath the other back into the Earth’s interior
  2. This forms at the place when the plates collide
  3. Which state is the San Andreas fault located in
  4. Close to the mantle
  5. Split apart
  6. Continental Drift ______
  7. Plates slip sideways past each other creating...
  8. Oceanic is mainly made out of this rock
  9. Hard rock that makes up the Continental crust
  10. The _____ is the second layer of the Earth
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  1. This crust is very young
  2. Oceanic and Continental and two types of
  3. The top of the mantle
  4. Mountains are created at this type of boundary
  5. Two continental crusts diverge and create a ____ Valley
  6. This crust is very old
  7. The Rift Valley is located in the continent of ______
  8. This mountain range is located in Asia and was created by convergence
  9. Moving sideways causing earthquakes
  10. The most famous transform boundary is the San _______ fault in California

20 Clues: Split apart • Close to the mantle • The top of the mantle • This crust is very old • This crust is very young • Continental Drift ______ • Moving sideways causing earthquakes • Oceanic is mainly made out of this rock • Oceanic and Continental and two types of • The _____ is the second layer of the Earth • Hard rock that makes up the Continental crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2020-04-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Pacific _____ __ ______. Zone of volcanically active mountain chains resulting from subduction on margins of Pacific Ocean.
  2. Plate ___________.
  3. Scientist who formalized theory of seafloor spreading.
  4. Section of the Earth below the crust.
  5. Seafloor __________.
  6. Hawaiian Islands were formed by a stationary ___ _______.
  7. Places where new seafloor is created.
  8. where two plates move forward
Down
  1. Largest plate.
  2. The Earth's ___________ field reverses from time to time.
  3. ___________ are formed via the process of collision.
  4. where two plates move apart
  5. where one plate slips laterally past another
  6. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
  7. Fold in crust with an arch-like ridge.
  8. Earth's supercontinent 300 million years ago.
  9. ___________ continental margin does not coincide with a plate boundary.
  10. Solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  11. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
  12. ___________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.

20 Clues: Largest plate. • Plate ___________. • Seafloor __________. • where two plates move apart • where two plates move forward • Section of the Earth below the crust. • Places where new seafloor is created. • Fold in crust with an arch-like ridge. • where one plate slips laterally past another • Earth's supercontinent 300 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a part of the earth in between the crust and mantle.
  2. a theory that all continents were once joined.
  3. Alfred _______ had a theory that all continents were once joined.
  4. a part of the earth that forms the oceans.
  5. large mountain in which lava and gas can escape from.
  6. underground hot volcanic areas.
  7. a massive wave.
  8. when two plates gradually move away from each other.
  9. a collection of ideas used to explain something that has not been confirmed.
  10. a collection of trustworthy facts.
Down
  1. the slow, gradual movement of continents.
  2. a theory involving the movement and structure of plates.
  3. a part of the earth that is in between the core and the crust.
  4. when two continents slide across each other.
  5. a hot fluid occurring beneath the surface of earth.
  6. movement in plate tectonics causing a violent shaking.
  7. a naturally occurring land feature.
  8. what remains of a prehistoric animal or plant.
  9. a part of the earth that forms the land masses.
  10. when two plates gradually move towards each other.

20 Clues: a massive wave. • underground hot volcanic areas. • a collection of trustworthy facts. • a naturally occurring land feature. • the slow, gradual movement of continents. • a part of the earth that forms the oceans. • when two continents slide across each other. • a theory that all continents were once joined. • what remains of a prehistoric animal or plant. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent
  2. minor supercontinent in the south
  3. hottest layer
  4. seafloor spreading theory
  5. crack on crust
  6. harbor wave
  7. layer of mantle able to flow
  8. thicker type of crust
  9. evidence of Plate Tectonic Theory
  10. made up of crust and upper mantle
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  1. denser crust
  2. colliding plates
  3. plates moving apart
  4. narrow depression on the ocean floor
  5. minor supercontinent in the north
  6. plates sliding past each other
  7. remains of organisms
  8. proposed Continental Drift
  9. pieces of crust
  10. underwater mountain range
  11. heat transfer
  12. where oceanic crust sinks
  13. above focus
  14. earthquake
  15. layer underneath the crust

25 Clues: earthquake • above focus • harbor wave • denser crust • hottest layer • heat transfer • supercontinent • crack on crust • pieces of crust • colliding plates • plates moving apart • remains of organisms • thicker type of crust • underwater mountain range • seafloor spreading theory • where oceanic crust sinks • proposed Continental Drift • layer underneath the crust • layer of mantle able to flow • ...

plate tectonics 2020-10-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. another type of plate
  2. number of major plates
  3. when plate rub up against each other
  4. the crust and mantle together
  5. the second layer of earth from the outside
  6. expanding
  7. piece of land
  8. the study of earths landmasses and
  9. San Andreas
  10. the moving pieces of the lithosphere
  11. shakers
  12. surface
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  1. erupting mountains
  2. molten rock
  3. landmasses
  4. related to earthquakes
  5. one of the types of plates
  6. the man who first proposed plate tectonics
  7. explode lava
  8. zone of mantle below lithosphere
  9. slow movement

21 Clues: shakers • surface • expanding • landmasses • molten rock • San Andreas • explode lava • piece of land • slow movement • erupting mountains • another type of plate • related to earthquakes • number of major plates • one of the types of plates • the crust and mantle together • zone of mantle below lithosphere • the study of earths landmasses and • when plate rub up against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. name for the crust and the upper mantle together, earth's tectonic plates.
  2. transverse seismic wave that travels through earth
  3. molten rock that has erupted onto earth's surface.
  4. plate boundary where lithosphere is destroyed.
  5. the centre of earth.
  6. a zone where earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart.
  7. section of earth's crust that moves
  8. where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions.
  9. layer beneath earth's crust.
  10. the separating of continents by drifting across earth's surface.
  11. a layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle on which earth's tectonic plates move.
Down
  1. when one plate sinks below another plate during collision.
  2. a depression in the ocean floor.
  3. plate boundary where new crust is formed.
  4. a deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking downwards.
  5. patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries.
  6. crust that forms the ocean floor.
  7. earth's outermost solid layer.
  8. on earth's surface.
  9. the process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in water from the sea.
  10. molten rock below earth's surface.

21 Clues: on earth's surface. • the centre of earth. • layer beneath earth's crust. • earth's outermost solid layer. • a depression in the ocean floor. • crust that forms the ocean floor. • molten rock below earth's surface. • section of earth's crust that moves • plate boundary where new crust is formed. • plate boundary where lithosphere is destroyed. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Global Positioning System
  2. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  3. A thinner and denser crust than continental crust
  4. The central part of the Earth below the mantle
  5. When rocks are pushed together by compression
  6. The thin and solid outermost layer of he Earth above the mantle
  7. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  8. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  9. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  10. The bending of rock layers due to stress
  11. The rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
  12. A thicker and less dense crust than oceanic crust
  13. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
Down
  1. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  2. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  3. The process my which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma, and rises toward the surface and solidifies
  4. The sinking of regions of the of the Earth's crust to lower elevations
  5. Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  6. When rocks are pulled apart because of tension
  7. The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core

20 Clues: Global Positioning System • The bending of rock layers due to stress • When rocks are pushed together by compression • The central part of the Earth below the mantle • When rocks are pulled apart because of tension • A thinner and denser crust than continental crust • A thicker and less dense crust than oceanic crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. To bounce back from a surface.
  2. the part of the earth that surrounds the central core.
  3. A written record of an earthquake, recorded by a seismograph.
  4. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  5. forms when blobs of gas-charged lava are thrown into the air during an eruption and cool in flight, falling as dark volcanic rockcontaining cavities created by trapped gas bubbles.
  6. The opening at the Earth's surface through which volcanic materials (lava, tephra, and gases) erupt. Vents can be at a volcano's summit or on its slopes; they can be circular (craters) or linear (fissures).
  7. Used loosely as a collective term for all consolidated pyroclastic rocks.
  8. A steep-sided mount that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent.
  9. a linear zone where the Earth's crust.
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  1. the thin, almost liquid, layer under the hard rock that forms the outer layer of the earth.
  2. One of the huge sections which make up the Earth's crust. The plates are continuously moving.
  3. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.
  4. the solid outer layer of the earth.
  5. Pertaining to igneous rock bodies that form at great depth.
  6. To bend or change direction.
  7. the distance between the top and the bottom of a wave.
  8. the round hole at the top of a volcano, or a hole in the ground similar to this.
  9. That point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves.
  10. Term used to describe volcanic rock or magma composed chiefly of dark-colored, iron- and magnesium-rich minerals.
  11. a narrow hole that is dug into the ground.

20 Clues: To bend or change direction. • To bounce back from a surface. • the solid outer layer of the earth. • a linear zone where the Earth's crust. • a narrow hole that is dug into the ground. • the part of the earth that surrounds the central core. • the distance between the top and the bottom of a wave. • Pertaining to igneous rock bodies that form at great depth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that are broken into pieces
  2. The scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  3. A deep valley formed when pieces of crust diverge on land
  4. Two plates slide against each other at
  5. A device that uses sound waves to measure the distance to an object
  6. A fernlike plant
  7. The longest mountain range in North America
  8. Two plates pull apart at
  9. The hypothesis that the continents once were joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart
Down
  1. The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  2. Underwater canyons
  3. The submarine used by scientists to explore the ocean floor
  4. When two plates collide and one is pushed under the other
  5. Underwater mountain ranges
  6. Two plates collide at
  7. Changes that affect the ocean floor
  8. The supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago
  9. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  10. The theory that the plates are in slow constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  11. The longest mountain range in South America
  12. A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other

21 Clues: A fernlike plant • Underwater canyons • Two plates collide at • Two plates pull apart at • Underwater mountain ranges • Changes that affect the ocean floor • Two plates slide against each other at • The longest mountain range in South America • The longest mountain range in North America • The supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. covers the earth surface
  2. Something formed from two plates converging.
  3. A event that happens when two plates Collide, transform, or diverge.
  4. This layer is the second hottest layer.
  5. This layer is made up of the crust and the mantle
  6. Two plates spreading apart
  7. The biggest layer of earth
  8. A supercontinent
  9. A person who studies rocks
  10. Hot substance that comes out of a volcano.
Down
  1. The innermost layer of the earth.
  2. A thing that you eat on
  3. what happens in the mantle
  4. A German scientist who came up with the idea of plate Techtonics.
  5. two plates colliding
  6. Two plates that slide against each other.
  7. The most common event during a diverging plate.
  8. There are 7 of them that make up the world
  9. Something that measures earthquakes.
  10. How gas and liquid inside the core

20 Clues: A supercontinent • two plates colliding • A thing that you eat on • covers the earth surface • what happens in the mantle • Two plates spreading apart • The biggest layer of earth • A person who studies rocks • The innermost layer of the earth. • How gas and liquid inside the core • Something that measures earthquakes. • This layer is the second hottest layer. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking
  2. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  3. outermost layer of the earth
  4. boundary between two colliding plates
  5. as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  6. a pulling force
  7. drift theory that continents drift apart
  8. layer between the crust and the core
  9. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  10. the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans
Down
  1. outer most, rigid layer of the Earth
  2. a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  3. a break in the Earth's crust
  4. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  5. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  6. the bending of rock layers
  7. soft layer of the mantle
  8. a squeezing force
  9. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlines the ocean basins
  10. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  11. new lithosphere is created here

21 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the earth • new lithosphere is created here • outer most, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • drift theory that continents drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary in which plates rub against each other
  2. The point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins
  3. A chain of mountains caused by convergent boundaries
  4. The movement of the Earth's crust
  5. Soil, sand and dirt are all s________
  6. Large waves in the water, often caused by underwater earthquakes
  7. Molten rock on the surface of Earth
  8. The outermost layer of the earth
  9. The study of the Earth
  10. A sudden intense shaking of the Earth's surface caused by transform boundaries
  11. A plate thinner than a continental plate
  12. A structure formed by convergent plate boundaries
  13. A scientist that formulated the theory of plate tectonics
  14. Molten rock under the surface of Earth
  15. The liquid layer of the earth
  16. Contain convection currents
  17. Waves that move through rocks and fluids
  18. An opening in the Earth's crust allowing magma to escape
  19. Creation of rotation in a liquid caused by rapid heating and cooling
  20. The world's greatest earthquake belt
  21. Quartz, marble and slate are all m_________
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  1. A tectonic plate _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  2. The rigid outer part of the earth made of the crust and upper mantle
  3. Plate boundary in which plates merge
  4. Plate boundary in which plates separate
  5. The study of earthquakes
  6. Scale to measure the intensity of earthquakes
  7. Numerical scale to express the magnitude of an earthquake
  8. A reservoir of magma under a volcano
  9. A plate that makes up the Earth's lithosphere
  10. When one plate moves under another and is forced to sink
  11. Granite,obsidian and basalt are all i_____
  12. The upper layer of the mantle under the lithosphere
  13. Long narrow chasms on the sea floor
  14. Hottest part of the earth made of solid nickel and iron
  15. Theory that the continents were all once united as one super continent
  16. Vibrations that only move along the surface of Earth
  17. Instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake
  18. Vibrations that travel through the earth's inner layers
  19. How three basic rock types relate to each other

40 Clues: The study of the Earth • The study of earthquakes • Contain convection currents • The liquid layer of the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • The movement of the Earth's crust • Molten rock on the surface of Earth • Long narrow chasms on the sea floor • A tectonic plate _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • Plate boundary in which plates merge • A reservoir of magma under a volcano • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
  2. Vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  3. A break or crack in the Earth's surface
  4. The branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  5. The soft layer of the mantle
  6. Molten rock in the Earth's crust
  7. The edges where two plates meet
  8. A crack in the Earth's crust through which gases escape
  9. The boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. Type of volcano that is the biggest and has large gentle slopes
  11. Type of volcano that is big, round and shaped like a cauldron
  12. The movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  13. Simplest type of volcano, conical with low, steep sides and often found on sides of other types of volcanoes
  14. The outermost layer of the Earth
  15. Region formed where two plates move apart and can be found on land or the bottom of the sea
  16. The study of the movement of Earth's crust
  17. The theory that continents drift apart
  18. Continental transform fault that extends through California
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  1. The science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  2. the layer between the crust and the core
  3. The boundary where two tectonic plates slide by each other
  4. The process that happens at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanoes and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  5. When magma erupts onto the surface it is called this
  6. Volcano that buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy
  7. A long, underwater ocean ridge created by divergent boundary
  8. The liquid layer of the Earth's core
  9. This is the region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
  10. The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  11. Mountains created where two or more continental plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountains are an example.
  12. Type of volcano that is large and has steep slopes, also called a composite volcano
  13. A long narrow depression in a surface

31 Clues: The soft layer of the mantle • The edges where two plates meet • Molten rock in the Earth's crust • The outermost layer of the Earth • The liquid layer of the Earth's core • A long narrow depression in a surface • The theory that continents drift apart • A break or crack in the Earth's surface • The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
  2. Vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  3. A break or crack in the Earth's surface
  4. The branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  5. The soft layer of the mantle
  6. Molten rock in the Earth's crust
  7. The edges where two plates meet
  8. A crack in the Earth's crust through which gases escape
  9. The boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. Type of volcano that is the biggest and has large gentle slopes
  11. Type of volcano that is big, round and shaped like a cauldron
  12. The movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  13. Simplest type of volcano, conical with low, steep sides and often found on sides of other types of volcanoes
  14. The outermost layer of the Earth
  15. Region formed where two plates move apart and can be found on land or the bottom of the sea
  16. The study of the movement of Earth's crust
  17. The theory that continents drift apart
  18. Continental transform fault that extends through California
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  1. The science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  2. the layer between the crust and the core
  3. The boundary where two tectonic plates slide by each other
  4. The process that happens at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanoes and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  5. When magma erupts onto the surface it is called this
  6. Volcano that buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy
  7. A long, underwater ocean ridge created by divergent boundary
  8. The liquid layer of the Earth's core
  9. This is the region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
  10. The outermost, rigid layer of the mantle
  11. Mountains created where two or more continental plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountains are an example.
  12. Type of volcano that is large and has steep slopes, also called a composite volcano
  13. A long narrow depression in a surface

31 Clues: The soft layer of the mantle • The edges where two plates meet • Molten rock in the Earth's crust • The outermost layer of the Earth • The liquid layer of the Earth's core • A long narrow depression in a surface • The theory that continents drift apart • A break or crack in the Earth's surface • the layer between the crust and the core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction
  2. the most outer layer of the earth
  3. a planar structure or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges
  5. a fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and geological history
  6. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  7. the splitting apart of a single tectonic plate into two or more tectonic plates separated by divergent plate boundaries.
  8. a stack of originally planar surfaces, that are bent or curved during permanent deformation
  9. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates
  10. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  11. the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other
  12. a mountain range resulting from dissection of a structure
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  1. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  2. a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  5. two plates are moving away from each other
  6. the quasi-periodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust
  7. the equilibrium that exists between parts of the earth's crust
  8. the process which affects the shape, size, or volume of an area of the crust of the earth
  9. a change in shape or size resulting from applied forces
  10. the central, innermost, or most essential part
  11. ancient super-continent that included most of earth's land mass

23 Clues: the most outer layer of the earth • two plates are moving away from each other • the central, innermost, or most essential part • a planar structure or discontinuity in a volume of rock • a change in shape or size resulting from applied forces • a mountain range resulting from dissection of a structure • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking of the surface of the earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves
  2. a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
  3. continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through california
  4. valley, a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
  5. magma rises on the sea floor causing it to spread
  6. heat energy transfer between two parts of a fluid of different temperatures. When hot fluids rise and cold fluids sink
  7. a feature of convergent plate boundaries, where two or more tectonic plates meet
  8. oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary
  9. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  10. convergent plate boundaries
  11. mountain range in asia
  12. earth’s crust located under the ocean
  13. the place where two lithospheric plates come together, one riding over the other
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  1. an area on earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. pieces of earths crust
  4. mid-ocean ridge located along the floor of the atlantic ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world
  5. a major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean
  6. a place where there is a significant change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate
  7. boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
  8. portion of the Earth’s crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and his 20-50 km thick

21 Clues: pieces of earths crust • mountain range in asia • convergent plate boundaries • earth’s crust located under the ocean • oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary • magma rises on the sea floor causing it to spread • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • a major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deep valley in an ocean subduction zone
  2. plates coming apart
  3. plates sliding against each other
  4. plates move on top of this plastic layer
  5. where convection currents happen
  6. innermost layer of the earth
  7. where two plates meet
  8. where hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts onto the surface of the earth
  9. one plate sinking below another
  10. divergent plate boundary on land
  11. convergent plate boundary
Down
  1. divergent plate boundary below water
  2. chunk of lithosphere that moves around
  3. molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  4. upper layer of earth
  5. plates coming together
  6. thinner and denser than continental
  7. thicker and less dense than Oceanic
  8. outermost layer of earth layers
  9. liquid layer of ion and nickel

20 Clues: plates coming apart • upper layer of earth • where two plates meet • plates coming together • convergent plate boundary • innermost layer of the earth • liquid layer of ion and nickel • outermost layer of earth layers • one plate sinking below another • where convection currents happen • divergent plate boundary on land • plates sliding against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heated lower rock that rises toward the top because it is less dense than the surrounding mantle rock.
  2. Greek for "All Land"
  3. cause the plates to move from the heat going up and cooling down
  4. lava flows underwater
  5. two plates slide past one another
  6. valley on the ocean floor
  7. - plates come together
  8. rock moving against rock along a fault causing the rock surface to become polished
  9. Idea that continents move around on Earth's Surface
Down
  1. theory explaining how the pieces of Earth's Surface move
  2. striped patterns that are formed in patterns as magnetic materials in the new rocks cool
  3. long chain of undersea mountains
  4. large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move other the asthenosphere
  5. plates move apart
  6. thin lithospheric plates that dense
  7. thick lithospheric plates that are less dense
  8. German Scientist and Arctic Explorer who suggested the concept of continental drift
  9. geophysicist and naval officer mapped the ocean floor
  10. hypothesis that new floor is created and continents are pushed apart from each other
  11. process that involves plates sinking into the mantle

20 Clues: plates move apart • Greek for "All Land" • lava flows underwater • - plates come together • valley on the ocean floor • long chain of undersea mountains • two plates slide past one another • thin lithospheric plates that dense • thick lithospheric plates that are less dense • Idea that continents move around on Earth's Surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1st landmasses
  2. Convergent boundaries cause
  3. Divergent boundaries cause
  4. When the plate splits
  5. Most Dense Layer of Earth
  6. Age of Continental
  7. Less dense layer
  8. Transform boundaries cause
  9. More dense layer
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  1. What is within the mantle?
  2. When the plates rub together
  3. Age of Oceanic
  4. causes collisions, to pull apart and/or scrape against
  5. Number of Layers of the earth
  6. When Plates Come together
  7. Refers to deformation of crust
  8. Events caused by plates
  9. Least Dense Layer of Earth
  10. Types of plates
  11. where we live

20 Clues: where we live • 1st landmasses • Age of Oceanic • Types of plates • Less dense layer • More dense layer • Age of Continental • When the plate splits • Events caused by plates • When Plates Come together • Most Dense Layer of Earth • What is within the mantle? • Divergent boundaries cause • Least Dense Layer of Earth • Transform boundaries cause • Convergent boundaries cause • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the most inner layer, it is made out of solid metal, and is surrounded by the Outer Core.
  2. The biggest layer of the Earth.
  3. This layer is molten metal surrounding the Inner Core.
  4. This theory explains the formation, movement, and subduction of The Earth's plates.
  5. The theory that stated that the current continents were once one whole super-continent.
  6. Convergent boundaries ______ crust.
  7. Transform boundaries ______ destroys or create crust.
  8. The person that made the Continental Drift Theory.
  9. Divergent boundaries ______ crust.
  10. The outer layer of the Earth.
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  1. The boundary that can make the plates collide or subsidize.
  2. The boundary that can make plates glide against each other.
  3. A landform made from the divergent boundary.
  4. The landform that is created from convergent boundaries.
  5. The process that occurs at the mid-ocean ridges (where new oceanic crust is formed by volcanoes)
  6. The thing that is created by the transform boundaries.
  7. When two plates collide and one plate goes under the other.
  8. These are in the mantle and they move the lithosphere in a constant slow motion.
  9. The name of the super-continent that was stated in the Continental Drift Theory.
  10. The boundary that can make the plates divide.

20 Clues: The outer layer of the Earth. • The biggest layer of the Earth. • Divergent boundaries ______ crust. • Convergent boundaries ______ crust. • A landform made from the divergent boundary. • The boundary that can make the plates divide. • The person that made the Continental Drift Theory. • This layer is molten metal surrounding the Inner Core. • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rock or animal that was preserved in rock
  2. one of the types of evidence that Wegener used to prove the continents were together
  3. breaks in Earth's crust
  4. a boundary when two plates ram into each other
  5. a boundary where two plates separate
  6. the layer of mantle that the plates sit on
  7. Wegener's idea that the continents have moved
  8. the scientist who founded the idea of continental drift
Down
  1. a boundary when two plates run along each other
  2. the ocean continuously add new material to its floor
  3. rocks farther from the mid ocean ridge are denser/ less dense
  4. all of Earth's plate motion put into one theory
  5. when ocean floor is pushed below continental crust
  6. rocks fall into the mantle and are then heated and part of the mantle
  7. an tool that uses sound waves and time to map the ocean floor
  8. movement in this cause earths magnetic current
  9. a "mountain range" that rock comes out of from the mantle
  10. what is used to prove something
  11. where Earth’s crust diverges on land
  12. a supercontinent from around 300 million years ago
  13. rocks closer to the mid ocean ridge are warmer/ cooler

21 Clues: breaks in Earth's crust • what is used to prove something • a boundary where two plates separate • where Earth’s crust diverges on land • the layer of mantle that the plates sit on • a rock or animal that was preserved in rock • Wegener's idea that the continents have moved • a boundary when two plates ram into each other • movement in this cause earths magnetic current • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. At a _______ boundary, plates come together or converge.
  2. Earth’s plates are in slow constant motion
  3. Boundary where earthquakes happen
  4. The theory that the continents have moved
  5. Supercontinent
  6. Sea-floor ______
  7. Earth’s plates meet at ______.
  8. San Andreas is an example of a _____.
  9. Molten material that forms the ocean floor
  10. Magma close to the mid-ocean ridge is hotter and ________.
Down
  1. Deep valley formed from divergent plates
  2. The layers of magnetic fields that differ with each stripe
  3. This is created when an oceanic plate goes underneath a continental plate
  4. Boundary where plates move away from each other
  5. Cooled lava in pillow like shapes
  6. Magma on the ocean floor farther away from the mid-ocean ridge is _____ and denser.
  7. Underwater mountain ranges are also known as ________.
  8. When one plate goes under the other
  9. Drilling _____ Scientists collected from the ocean floor.
  10. Tool that helped scientists see map the ocean floor

20 Clues: Supercontinent • Sea-floor ______ • Earth’s plates meet at ______. • Cooled lava in pillow like shapes • Boundary where earthquakes happen • When one plate goes under the other • San Andreas is an example of a _____. • Deep valley formed from divergent plates • The theory that the continents have moved • Earth’s plates are in slow constant motion • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The remains of a prehistoric organism
  2. When plates come together
  3. When plates move away from each other
  4. Valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  5. When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land
  6. When molten material is added to make new oceanic crust
  7. The theory that Earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion
  8. How scientists study the inside of Earth since we can’t drill down that far
Down
  1. Produced when 2 continental plates collide
  2. Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift
  3. When oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. Causes the plates to move
  5. Theory of how the continents spread away from each other
  6. When plates slip past each other
  7. 3rd layer of Earth that is very hot, yet solid where convection currents are
  8. Where seafloor spreading begins
  9. Measure of how much mass there is in an object
  10. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slipped past each other
  11. Supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  12. What scientists use to explore the ocean floor

20 Clues: Causes the plates to move • When plates come together • Where seafloor spreading begins • When plates slip past each other • The remains of a prehistoric organism • When plates move away from each other • Produced when 2 continental plates collide • When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land • Measure of how much mass there is in an object • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate goes under the other, sinking into the mantle
  2. the outermost layer of the earths layers
  3. where magma comes out to form rocks
  4. the supercontinent formed 300 billion years ago
  5. used to reserch what you cant see in the depths of the ocean
  6. the scientist who discovered continental drift
  7. famous mountain ranges formed by convergent boundaries
  8. core the layer above the inner core
  9. when two plates collide
  10. a fault line in California
  11. when pieces of earth diverge on land
  12. a representation of an object or process
Down
  1. breaks in earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  2. the amount of space a object takes up
  3. earthquakes, erosion, and tornadoes are examples of these
  4. when two plates come apart
  5. the innermost part of earth
  6. when two plates slip past each other
  7. a ridged layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust
  8. the largest part of the earths layers
  9. very old rock

21 Clues: very old rock • when two plates collide • when two plates come apart • a fault line in California • the innermost part of earth • where magma comes out to form rocks • core the layer above the inner core • when two plates slip past each other • when pieces of earth diverge on land • the amount of space a object takes up • the largest part of the earths layers • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Idea that continents moved across the surface of Earth.
  2. The addition of new oceanic crust from mid-ocean ridges.
  3. A trace of an organism that has been preserved.
  4. A German scientist that had the idea of continental drift.
  5. These form when two plates collide and neither are dense enough to sink.
  6. The process oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle.
  7. Where pieces of Earth's crust move away from each other on land.
  8. Where plates move apart from each other.
  9. Where part of the oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle.
  10. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slid past each other.
Down
  1. Forms only when molten hardens quickly under water.
  2. Forms chains of mountains that rise upwards from the ocean floor.
  3. A natural disaster that occurs when plates suddenly slip on their boundary.
  4. The last supercontinent.
  5. Where plates move towards each other.
  6. Combined knowledge of sea-floor spreading, Earth’s plates, and plate motions.
  7. Where plates slip past each other.
  8. Where Earth's plates meet, there are three different types.
  9. Pieces of Earth's lithosphere separated by cracks.
  10. A device that uses sound to measure the distance to an object.

20 Clues: The last supercontinent. • Where plates slip past each other. • Where plates move towards each other. • Where plates move apart from each other. • A trace of an organism that has been preserved. • Pieces of Earth's lithosphere separated by cracks. • Forms only when molten hardens quickly under water. • The process oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle. • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-23

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how much mass there is in a given amount of volume
  2. a mountain that erupts
  3. underwater ocean ranges
  4. pieces of earth separated by cracks
  5. german scientist who discovered that the continents were together at one point
  6. the uppermost part of the mantle
  7. plates collide
  8. plates slip past eachother
  9. a large body of water
  10. forms when pieces of earth's crust diverge on land
  11. a process where the ocean floor sinks in the mantle
Down
  1. a supercontinent that existed 2 million years ago
  2. any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock
  3. - an idea that continents slowly move
  4. earth's plates that are in slow constant motion
  5. plates come together
  6. a process that adds new material to the ocean floor
  7. a layer of hot rock
  8. deep underwater canyons
  9. heat transfer from air currents
  10. breaks in the earth's crust

21 Clues: plates collide • a layer of hot rock • plates come together • a large body of water • a mountain that erupts • underwater ocean ranges • deep underwater canyons • plates slip past eachother • breaks in the earth's crust • heat transfer from air currents • the uppermost part of the mantle • pieces of earth separated by cracks • - an idea that continents slowly move • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-23

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mountain that erupts
  2. earth's plates that are in slow constant motion
  3. a process that adds new material to the ocean floor
  4. german scientist who discovered that the continents were together at one point
  5. a supercontinent that existed 2 million years ago
  6. heat transfer from air currents
  7. plates come together
  8. plates slip past eachother
  9. deep underwater canyons
  10. pieces of earth separated by cracks
Down
  1. a process where the ocean floor sinks in the mantle
  2. forms when pieces of earth's crust diverge on land
  3. a layer of hot rock
  4. underwater ocean ranges
  5. any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock
  6. the uppermost part of the mantle
  7. plates collide
  8. breaks in the earth's crust
  9. a large body of water
  10. - an idea that continents slowly move
  11. how much mass there is in a given amount of volume

21 Clues: plates collide • a layer of hot rock • plates come together • a large body of water • a mountain that erupts • underwater ocean ranges • deep underwater canyons • plates slip past eachother • breaks in the earth's crust • heat transfer from air currents • the uppermost part of the mantle • pieces of earth separated by cracks • - an idea that continents slowly move • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A chain of volcanic islands formed at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.
  2. A chain of volcanic mountains formed at an ocean-continental convergent boundary.
  3. Large supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago.
  4. The zone below the lithosphere.
  5. Places where new seafloor is being created.
  6. What pushes the rest of a plate away from the mid-ocean ridge?
  7. Two or more tectonic plates or fragments are near the end of their life cycle.
  8. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
Down
  1. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. The outer part of the Earth's crust.
  3. Credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics.
  4. Large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents.
  5. The process by which new organic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earths surface and solidifies.
  6. Plates slide sideways past each other.
  7. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  8. Area where magma from the mantle continually breaks through the crust.
  9. Credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  10. The process by which earths crust breaks apart.
  11. Depression formed at a subduction zone.
  12. Huge trenches on Earth's seafloor.

20 Clues: The zone below the lithosphere. • Huge trenches on Earth's seafloor. • The outer part of the Earth's crust. • Plates slide sideways past each other. • Depression formed at a subduction zone. • Places where new seafloor is being created. • Credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics. • Credited with the theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock, gases, and solid crystals and minerals
  2. Two plates sliding past each other
  3. Two plates pushing toward each other
  4. Two plates moving apart from each other
  5. Crust that underlies oceans
  6. A vent in the Earth' surface through which magma and gases erupt
  7. The innermost part of the Earth
  8. A sudden jerk of land of the release of tension
  9. The last supercontinent
  10. A dropped zone where plates are pulling apart
Down
  1. Two tectonic plates _____ past each other in a horizontal direction
  2. The collision between two continental plates form _________
  3. Located directly below the crust
  4. Directly underneath the Lithosphere
  5. Made up of crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
  6. Crust that underlies continents
  7. The border between two tectonic plates
  8. Deep ocean ______, or valley
  9. The topmost layer of the Earth
  10. A crack or fracture in the Earth's crust

20 Clues: The last supercontinent • Crust that underlies oceans • Deep ocean ______, or valley • The topmost layer of the Earth • Crust that underlies continents • The innermost part of the Earth • Located directly below the crust • Two plates sliding past each other • Directly underneath the Lithosphere • Two plates pushing toward each other • The border between two tectonic plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-04-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. remains of past life that is scattered throughout the continents which can prove the Continental Drift theory
  2. when two plates with oceanic crust at their edges converge and the denser of the two plates sinks under the other
  3. Wegener person who first discovered the Continental Drift theory
  4. shaking of Earth due to transform plate boundaries
  5. currents the most accepted theory on what makes the plates move
  6. plate boundary two plates collide by sliding past each other
  7. Earth 225 million years ago as one whole mass
  8. Arc when some magma breaks through Earth's solid surface and forms a series of volcanoes and volcanic islands
  9. Tectonics theory Theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken up into sections or pieces called plates and they cause major changes in Earth's surface
Down
  1. Puzzle the Continental Drift can be proven because the continents used to fit like a...
  2. plate boundary two plates separate
  3. plate boundary two plates collide
  4. Warped ocean Basin if there is a continent near the two converging plates with oceanic crust, the crust at the margin of the continent may become bent down
  5. trench the bending down of the subducting plate warps the crust, producing a long, steep, and narrow depression
  6. spots major regions of volcanic activity in the interior parts of plates away from plate boundaries
  7. plate convergence that results in the growth of young mountain ranges
  8. high land features that form due to converging plate boundaries
  9. the pieces Earth's lithosphere is broken up into are called...
  10. ocean ridge a balsaltic mountain range at the bottom of the ocean that is composed mostly is volcanoes and lava flows
  11. Wegener thought this separated the continents at first, but he was wrong

20 Clues: plate boundary two plates collide • plate boundary two plates separate • Earth 225 million years ago as one whole mass • shaking of Earth due to transform plate boundaries • plate boundary two plates collide by sliding past each other • the pieces Earth's lithosphere is broken up into are called... • currents the most accepted theory on what makes the plates move • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an earthquake that measures 300 km or more.
  2. a wave that travels through the earth
  3. earthquake closest to the surface
  4. produces a print out
  5. also known as Secondary wave
  6. the strength of an earthquake
  7. a plate that moves side to side, up and down, underneath each other
  8. spot on surface abouve the focus
  9. a scale that measures more accurately
  10. the secondary wave travels through ___ only.
  11. a wave travels through liquids
Down
  1. location of the 1st motion in Earth
  2. also known as primary wave
  3. when the earth moves
  4. ____ zones-areaws where no body waves are detected.
  5. a wave that travels below ground
  6. rebound though to cause rocks to move
  7. 70-300 km
  8. amount of damage
  9. record vibrations in the ground
  10. a wave travels up and down, side to side
  11. oldest measurement scale

22 Clues: 70-300 km • amount of damage • produces a print out • when the earth moves • oldest measurement scale • also known as primary wave • also known as Secondary wave • the strength of an earthquake • a wave travels through liquids • record vibrations in the ground • a wave that travels below ground • spot on surface abouve the focus • earthquake closest to the surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weaker, upper portion of the Earth's mantle.
  2. The dense, innermost layer of the Earth.
  3. Can occur with lava from volcanoes.
  4. Combination of Earth's outermost layer and the upper mantle; is divided into tectonic plates.
  5. Can include bones, footprints, leaf prints, or being cast in a substance.
  6. Large section of hard, solid rock that make up earth's outermost layer.
  7. Hot liquid rock that is on Earth's surface.
  8. Underwater mountain range made by divergent plate boundaries.
  9. Northern continental mass formed when Pangaea broke apart approximately 180 million years ago.
  10. Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa.
  11. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, types include oceanic and continental.
  12. Two plates sliding past each other.
Down
  1. The large, single continental landmass that formed approximately 245 million years ago.
  2. Two plates moving away from each other.
  3. Process of one plate moving under another plate.
  4. A deep indentation in the ground that is made by convergent plate boundaries.
  5. Early idea that continents float on the mantle and moved relative to one another over geologic time.
  6. Commonly caused by transform plate boundaries.
  7. Hot liquid rock that is below Earth's surface.
  8. Southern continental mass formed when Pangaea broke apart approximately 180 million years ago.
  9. Mountains, channels, and sand dunes are an example of a _______.
  10. A layer of soft, solid rock under Earth's plates, serves as the middle layer of the Earth.
  11. Two plates moving towards each other.

23 Clues: Can occur with lava from volcanoes. • Two plates sliding past each other. • Two plates moving towards each other. • Two plates moving away from each other. • The dense, innermost layer of the Earth. • Hot liquid rock that is on Earth's surface. • Weaker, upper portion of the Earth's mantle. • Commonly caused by transform plate boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in oppsite directions
  3. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement fluid
  4. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  5. A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceaic plate benath a second oceanic plate
  6. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean treach and back into athe mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  7. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  8. The name of th esingle landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continenets
  9. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  10. A plate boundary where two platemove away from each other
  11. The molten mixture of rock forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  13. The transfer of thermal energy from one particleof matter to another
  14. A section of the lithospher that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
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  1. The process by which molten material adds nre oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. An area where magma from deep within the manlts through the crust above it
  3. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  5. Liquid magma that reaches the surface
  6. The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume
  7. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  9. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  10. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  11. A major belt of volcanes that rims the Pacific Ocean

25 Clues: Liquid magma that reaches the surface • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • The transfer of thermal energy by the movement fluid • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • A major belt of volcanes that rims the Pacific Ocean • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other
  2. Famous string of volcanoes
  3. A molten mixture of gases, water, and rock-forming substances from the mantle
  4. Crust that is on the land under mountains
  5. Valley where the sea floor subducts back into the mantle
  6. The process of continually adding new material to the ocean floor
  7. Liquid magma at the surface
  8. A process in which one plate goes under another at a convergent boundary
  9. The stress force that pulls on the crust, and thins rock in the middle
  10. Underwater mountain chain where sea floors are renewed
Down
  1. Plate boundary where two plates collide
  2. Crust under the ocean
  3. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  4. A curved chain of volcanoes located at the edge of a plate
  5. Forms where pieces of Earths crust separate
  6. The stress force that squeezes the crust, forming mountains
  7. A vent on the surface where magma escapes from the mantle
  8. The outer layer of Earth
  9. An area where magma melts through the crust above it
  10. Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

20 Clues: Crust under the ocean • The outer layer of Earth • Famous string of volcanoes • Liquid magma at the surface • Plate boundary where two plates collide • Crust that is on the land under mountains • Forms where pieces of Earths crust separate • Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other • An area where magma melts through the crust above it • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. consists of the upper mantle and lower crust
  2. supercontinent
  3. Earths longest mountain range
  4. measures earthquakes
  5. Results of a transform boundary
  6. Slides past each other
  7. Moves together
  8. Moves apart
  9. Where two plates move away from eachother
  10. Causes seafloor spreading
Down
  1. A person that studies plate tectonics
  2. The # of the major plates
  3. Comes from the mantle
  4. Came up with the Contintntal drift theory
  5. Where divergent boundries divide in the ocean
  6. Future Supercontinent
  7. Mountain that has magma in it
  8. A result of convergent boundaries
  9. the area below the lithosphere
  10. When one plate slides under another

20 Clues: Moves apart • supercontinent • Moves together • measures earthquakes • Comes from the mantle • Future Supercontinent • Slides past each other • The # of the major plates • Causes seafloor spreading • Mountain that has magma in it • Earths longest mountain range • the area below the lithosphere • Results of a transform boundary • A result of convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of Earth below the lithosphere that flows like a liquid
  2. pieces of rock that have been weathered
  3. the reason something has occurred or is occurring
  4. primary layer where plants and organisms live
  5. occur along plate boundaries
  6. the oceanic crust and the upper mantle
  7. type of crust that is made up mostly of granite and is less dense
  8. rock that requires heat and pressure
  9. rock that is formed when lava cools and hardens
  10. the only liquid layer of Earth
  11. Father of Continental Drift
  12. two events happening at the same time, but not causing one
Down
  1. largest layer of Earth
  2. large pieces of crust that are constantly moving
  3. natural process that breaks down rock
  4. Earth's supercontinent
  5. top layer of soil made up of living and decomposed materials
  6. the theory that the continents were once a giant landmass and have slowly drifted apart
  7. type of crust that is made up mostly of basalt and is more dense
  8. solid layer of rock
  9. can be found in sedimentary rock
  10. thinnest layer of Earth
  11. the center of the Earth
  12. process in which oceanic crust sinks below the less dense continental crust
  13. hot molten rock
  14. occurs along mid-ocean ridges
  15. cycle that occurs in the mantle, where heated material rises then cools and sinks
  16. tallest mountain in the Himalayas
  17. rock with many layers
  18. natural forces that move rocks

30 Clues: hot molten rock • solid layer of rock • rock with many layers • largest layer of Earth • Earth's supercontinent • thinnest layer of Earth • the center of the Earth • Father of Continental Drift • occur along plate boundaries • occurs along mid-ocean ridges • the only liquid layer of Earth • natural forces that move rocks • can be found in sedimentary rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins.
  2. hypothesis that said all present continents nice existed as a single supercontinent
  3. Process that deforms Earth’s Crust for structural features.
  4. Primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
  5. German Meteorologist and geophysicist
  6. trench a narrow and elongated depression of the seafloor
  7. when igneous rocks melt over a temp range.
  8. The name of the supercontinent including all of the existing continents
  9. Where two plates move apart.
  10. a boundary in which two plates more together.
  11. a hypothesis that said new ocean crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges.
Down
  1. a chain of volcanic islands
  2. Two ocean slabs converge.
  3. a boundary when two plates slide past one another.
  4. when two continental plates collide
  5. Largest plate
  6. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism.
  7. as tectonic forces continue to pull apart the crust, the fragments sink which causes this.
  8. linear zones of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor.
  9. Theory that says Earths outer shell consists of individual plates.

20 Clues: Largest plate • Two ocean slabs converge. • a chain of volcanic islands • Where two plates move apart. • when two continental plates collide • German Meteorologist and geophysicist • when igneous rocks melt over a temp range. • a boundary in which two plates more together. • a boundary when two plates slide past one another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that explains how large pieces of the earht crust move and change shape
  2. Harry Hess came up with this idea
  3. The center of the earth , like a ball of hot metal. is mostly iron and nickel
  4. The hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  5. the nature of somethings ingredients or constitutions
  6. soft plastic like layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  7. New seafloor, rift-valleys, Mid-Atlantic ridge
  8. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze and object
Down
  1. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  2. is solid but moving (magma, honey) Makes up 66% of the earth
  3. strong , lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  4. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  5. Mountains, Trenches, volcanoes, earthquakes, subduction zone
  6. The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the only liquid layer of the planet. it is iron and nickel
  8. The sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations
  9. Tectonic plates slide past each other resulting in earthquakes
  10. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  11. inner most layer of the earth. It is solid iron and nickel
  12. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of mantle

20 Clues: Harry Hess came up with this idea • New seafloor, rift-valleys, Mid-Atlantic ridge • The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of somethings ingredients or constitutions • the only liquid layer of the planet. it is iron and nickel • inner most layer of the earth. It is solid iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a form of volcano's shaped like a boot
  2. the thinnest layer
  3. the outer layer of Earth (Mantle,Crust)
  4. a piece of earth that sepereates
  5. part of earth
  6. 2 plates move away
  7. the inner part of the core
  8. the theory of a famous scientist
  9. a plate that has to do with land
  10. plates move together
  11. crack in earth
Down
  1. the sea floor moves
  2. discovered sea floor spreading
  3. a force that pushes together
  4. discovered continental drift
  5. plates move side by side
  6. hard
  7. layer of the atmosphere of the earth
  8. the hottest layer
  9. to plates collide to cause a shake
  10. shifting that moves Earth 2 cm a year
  11. the thickest layer
  12. a plate that has to do with water
  13. liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle

24 Clues: hard • part of earth • crack in earth • the hottest layer • the thinnest layer • 2 plates move away • the thickest layer • the sea floor moves • plates move together • plates move side by side • the inner part of the core • a force that pushes together • discovered continental drift • discovered sea floor spreading • a piece of earth that sepereates • the theory of a famous scientist • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer of the earth.
  2. The mechanical model; lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. (look at me on ice)
  3. a boundary where the plates move away from eachother
  4. the outer layer of the core.
  5. a divergent boundary where new crust is formed in the ocean
  6. the theory that the continents are always moving.
  7. the cracked-up parts of earths crust.
  8. when something is pressed together.
  9. the center of the earth.
  10. the 3rd mechanical layer
  11. the 1st mechanical layer
Down
  1. the theory of plates moving on the asthenosphere
  2. when the plates slide past eachother
  3. what something is composed of.
  4. when the plates come together.
  5. when one plate (usually the denser, oceanic plate) go under another.
  6. A long rigid crack in the earths surface.
  7. the inner layer of earths center
  8. the very outer layer of the earth.
  9. the 2nd mechanical layer

20 Clues: the 2nd mechanical layer • the center of the earth. • the 3rd mechanical layer • the 1st mechanical layer • the outer layer of the core. • the middle layer of the earth. • what something is composed of. • when the plates come together. • the inner layer of earths center • the very outer layer of the earth. • when something is pressed together. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. colliding
  2. makes up 66% of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener discovered what?
  4. soft plastic-like layer
  5. strong,lower part of the mantle
  6. made of iron and nickel
  7. hottest layer on Earth
  8. makes up 1% of the Earth
  9. a fracture or zone between 2 blocks
  10. Harry Hess discovered what?
  11. only layer which is liquid
  12. slide past each other
  13. explains how large pieces of the crust move
Down
  1. move away from each other
  2. rigd upper part of the mantle
  3. large pieces of Earth's crust
  4. the sinking regions of the Earths crust
  5. properties involve reaction to applied force
  6. act to squeeze an object
  7. nature of something's ingredients

20 Clues: colliding • slide past each other • hottest layer on Earth • soft plastic-like layer • made of iron and nickel • makes up 1% of the Earth • act to squeeze an object • move away from each other • makes up 66% of the Earth • only layer which is liquid • Harry Hess discovered what? • rigd upper part of the mantle • large pieces of Earth's crust • Alfred Wegener discovered what? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust.
  2. The center of the Earth and is mostly made up of iron and nickel.
  3. zone The sinking of regions.
  4. core The inner most layer of our planet
  5. Plate A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust.
  6. The soft plastic layer.
  7. The thinnest layer on Earth.
  8. Spreading The process by which thee new oceanic lithosphere forms.
  9. A break in the Earth's crust.
  10. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze.
  11. Drift The thinking that states that the continents moved once.
Down
  1. The nature of something's ingredient or constituents.
  2. Properties Properties that involve a reaction.
  3. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates slide past each other.
  4. core The only liquid layer of the planet.
  5. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates drift apart.
  6. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  7. Tectonic Theory The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's crust move.
  8. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates collide.
  9. The biggest layer and the middle layer of the Earth.

20 Clues: The soft plastic layer. • The thinnest layer on Earth. • A break in the Earth's crust. • zone The sinking of regions. • The strong lower part of the mantle. • core The inner most layer of our planet • Boundary Where Tectonic Plates collide. • core The only liquid layer of the planet. • Solid outer layer that consists of the crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The longest mountain chain in the world
  2. This type of plate boundary forms folded mountains
  3. This type of boundary forms trenches and volcanoes
  4. This type of boundary contains both collision and subduction boundaries
  5. Mount Saint Helens, part of this mountain range, erupted in 1980
  6. This boundary forms fault lines
  7. This boundary type forms when plates move apart
  8. Harry Hess's theory
  9. This hot spot lies in the Pacific Ocean
  10. The tallest folded mountains in the world
  11. These occur at ALL plate boundaries
  12. The deepest feature in the world
  13. Iceland is a hot spot that lies along this feature
Down
  1. The Nazca and S. American plates form this feature
  2. A theory that precedes plate tectonics
  3. Wegener's evidence for continental drift
  4. This plate subducts under North America in the Pacific Northwest
  5. These are present at ALL divergent boundaries and subduction boundaries
  6. This feature formed by a continental-continental divergent boundary
  7. These form when two continental plates converge
  8. This feature causes severe earthquakes in California
  9. This technology was used to map the seafloor

22 Clues: Harry Hess's theory • This boundary forms fault lines • The deepest feature in the world • These occur at ALL plate boundaries • A theory that precedes plate tectonics • The longest mountain chain in the world • This hot spot lies in the Pacific Ocean • Wegener's evidence for continental drift • The tallest folded mountains in the world • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. atlantic ocean hot spot
  2. plate boundary that results in shallow earthquakes and no volcanoes
  3. pacific ocean hot spot
  4. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  5. plate boundary found at midocean ridges
  6. rock that makes up oceanic plates
  7. the study of prehistoric Earth's magnetic fields recorded in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  8. the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of up to thousands of years or more.
  9. plate boundary that results in subduction
  10. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
Down
  1. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  2. ocean with a midocean ridge going down the center, broke up Pangaea, expanding over time.
  3. rock that makes up continental plates
  4. long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along ocean-oceanic convergent tectonic plate boundaries.
  5. Earth's largest ocean, surrounded by convegergent boundaries, getting smaller over time
  6. a buoyant mass of material in the mantle, which rises because of its buoyancy
  7. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. This feature is where seafloor spreading takes place along a divergent plate boundary.
  8. geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries
  9. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  10. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another.
  11. layer of earth that generates earth's magnetic field
  12. volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously high temperature compared with the surrounding mantle.
  13. the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. It is usually distinguished from the underlying mantle by its chemical makeup

23 Clues: pacific ocean hot spot • atlantic ocean hot spot • rock that makes up oceanic plates • rock that makes up continental plates • plate boundary found at midocean ridges • plate boundary that results in subduction • layer of earth that generates earth's magnetic field • plate boundary that results in shallow earthquakes and no volcanoes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  2. - type of boundary between two colliding plates
  3. -currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. - when two plates move away from each other
  5. - South America matches up with this continent.
  6. - the other result of plate tectonics
  7. - the scientist who is most known for the continental drift theory
  8. - the outer most layer of earth
  9. - the lithosphere is divided into...
  10. - what element makes up most of the Earth's core
Down
  1. - the Earth is made up of these and they are constantly moving along above the mantle.
  2. - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core.
  3. - evidence of dead plants and animals
  4. - this idea developed in the 20th century
  5. - result of plate tectonics
  6. - the Earth's crust is divided into plates that shift over time.
  7. - this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions
  8. - continents fit together like_______ pieces
  9. - the super continent was called
  10. - the layer of Earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement

20 Clues: - result of plate tectonics • - the outer most layer of earth • - the super continent was called • - the lithosphere is divided into... • - evidence of dead plants and animals • - the other result of plate tectonics • - this idea developed in the 20th century • - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core. • - when two plates move away from each other • ...

Evolution and Geologicic time 2023-01-09

Evolution and Geologicic time crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics caused when continents collided or
  2. clues to how organisms lived in different times
  3. their environment to survive
  4. plate tectonics caused collision and
  5. major divisions of Earth's history
  6. major division may be divided into these
  7. Cenozoic Era is divided by these
  8. major changes in Earth's environments, either
Down
  1. out or:
  2. what happened to species that couldn't adapt
  3. of these
  4. group of organisms that normally produce among
  5. different surroundings for organisms
  6. selection organisms' w/traits that are suited

14 Clues: out or: • of these • their environment to survive • Cenozoic Era is divided by these • major divisions of Earth's history • different surroundings for organisms • plate tectonics caused collision and • major division may be divided into these • tectonics caused when continents collided or • what happened to species that couldn't adapt • ...

plate tectonics 2012-09-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridgs moving apart
  2. the crust forming on the ocean floor
  3. how many extremly large plates are there
  4. the evidence of the north and soth poles changing places
  5. the centre layer of the earth
  6. a mountain range is formed by the collision of plates
  7. the continents moving apart
  8. the crust sinking down
Down
  1. ridges moving togeather
  2. a ocean ridge in the atlantic ocean
  3. all the continents combined
  4. where the crust has sunk into the ground
  5. a plate in the pacific ocean
  6. the crust forming on the continents
  7. what we live on
  8. what island is located on the mid-atlantic ridge
  9. what land features are made from converging plates
  10. what is the top layer of the world
  11. the semi rock layer of the earth
  12. plates sliding past each other

20 Clues: what we live on • ridgs moving apart • the crust sinking down • ridges moving togeather • all the continents combined • the continents moving apart • a plate in the pacific ocean • the centre layer of the earth • plates sliding past each other • the semi rock layer of the earth • what is the top layer of the world • a ocean ridge in the atlantic ocean • ...

PLATE TECTONICS! 2013-03-05

PLATE TECTONICS! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most interior part of the earth
  2. Plates move towards each other creating seduction zones
  3. The crust under land masses
  4. Flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  5. Plates slide past each other creating...
  6. Really deep sections of the sea floor that come from seafloor spreading
  7. Name of the supercontinent from 200 million years ago.
  8. Middle section of the earth
  9. Sound waves that are used to measure earthquake intensity
Down
  1. when magma comes up and cools, then spreads out.
  2. When 2 plates move away from each other on the seafloor
  3. Movement of plates that shakes the ground
  4. Came up with the idea of continental drift
  5. Ridges Under Water Mountains
  6. Magma and ash erupts from under the surface through a mountain
  7. Plates move due to magma flow.
  8. Outermost layer of the earth
  9. One plate slides under another when colliding
  10. Crust in the section of the plates under the ocean
  11. Hot stuff that flows causing continental drift.

20 Clues: The crust under land masses • Middle section of the earth • Outermost layer of the earth • Ridges Under Water Mountains • Plates move due to magma flow. • Most interior part of the earth • Flow that transfers heat within a fluid • Plates slide past each other creating... • Movement of plates that shakes the ground • Came up with the idea of continental drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten mixture of rock forming substances
  2. under continents
  3. valley that runs along the crest of mid ocean ridge
  4. when molten mixture reaches surface
  5. theroy that pieces of Earth's lithosphere(plates) have moved.
  6. flowing liquids(in the core)
  7. transfer of heat through solid matter as one atom strikes another
  8. Earth's surface or outermost layer
  9. plates under oceans
  10. Earth's moving section we call plates
Down
  1. transfer of heat by flowing materials such as liqud or gas
  2. system of underwater mountain ranges
  3. Earth's thickest and heaviest layer found just below crust
  4. a weak spot in the crust where molten material comes to the surface
  5. Earth's center made of mostly metals
  6. scientists who study earth
  7. a technology way that mapped the ocean floor
  8. solid(in the core)
  9. geologist Harry Hess sugested sea floor spreading in this year
  10. super mass of all of the continents

20 Clues: under continents • solid(in the core) • plates under oceans • scientists who study earth • flowing liquids(in the core) • Earth's surface or outermost layer • when molten mixture reaches surface • super mass of all of the continents • system of underwater mountain ranges • Earth's center made of mostly metals • Earth's moving section we call plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a system that determines the distance of an object under water.
  2. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 225million years ago
  3. a vibration that travels through Earth carrying energy released in an earthquake (2 wds)
  4. a soft layer which floats on the lithosphere
  5. the movement of a fluid caused by difference in temperature (2wrds)
  6. a ridge layer made up in the upper most part of the mantle
  7. a boundary where 2 plates move toward each other
  8. the layer of hot solid material between the core and crust
  9. the layer of rock that forms Earths outer core
  10. the amount of mass in a given space
  11. a break in the lithosphere
Down
  1. amount of force pushing on an area
  2. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth (2wrds)
  3. a boundary that moves away from each other
  4. a boundary where 2 plates slide past each other
  5. a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  6. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved across the Earth’s surface
  7. where the oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
  8. a deep valley that forms where 2 plates move away from each other
  9. a layer of molten iron and nickel(2wrds0

20 Clues: a break in the lithosphere • amount of force pushing on an area • the amount of mass in a given space • a layer of molten iron and nickel(2wrds0 • a boundary that moves away from each other • a soft layer which floats on the lithosphere • the layer of rock that forms Earths outer core • a boundary where 2 plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created when the ocean floor plunges into deep under-water canyons
  2. Process where the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  3. Greek word meaning 'all lands'
  4. waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of an earthquake
  5. Dark rock with a fine texture
  6. Heat transfer through space
  7. Flow that transfers heat within a liquid
  8. Heat transfer within a material or between materials that are touching
  9. Continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  10. A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
Down
  1. Earth's layer of hot rock
  2. Made mostly of metals, irons and nickel; consists of two parts-outer core and inner core
  3. radiation, conduction and convection
  4. Transfer by movement or fluids
  5. Amount of force surrounding an area
  6. Earth's soft layer below the Lithosphere
  7. A device that bounces waves off of underwater objects
  8. Upper layer of the mantle
  9. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  10. Layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and ocean floor

20 Clues: Earth's layer of hot rock • Upper layer of the mantle • Heat transfer through space • Dark rock with a fine texture • Transfer by movement or fluids • Greek word meaning 'all lands' • Amount of force surrounding an area • radiation, conduction and convection • Earth's soft layer below the Lithosphere • Flow that transfers heat within a liquid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who made the hypothesis of continents plowed across the ocean floors?
  2. the ocean floor plunging into deep under water canyons called
  3. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved across Earth's surface.
  4. What often occur along the transform boundaries?
  5. the ocean floor is renewed every
  6. is a place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions
  7. adds new material to the ocean floor.
  8. where two plates move apart, or diverge
  9. a deep valley
  10. a fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  11. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is called
Down
  1. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
  2. in a process taking tens of millions of years, part of the sinks back into the mantle at deep ocean trenches
  3. where two plates come together, or converge is called a
  4. breaks in the earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other to form along these boundaries
  5. is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  6. pieces of the earths lithosphere are in a slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  7. The continents drifting together to form the supercontinent
  8. the lithosphere broken into separate sections is called
  9. Any Trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  10. a device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and then records the echoes of these soundwaves.

21 Clues: a deep valley • the ocean floor is renewed every • adds new material to the ocean floor. • where two plates move apart, or diverge • What often occur along the transform boundaries? • a fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago. • where two plates come together, or converge is called a • the lithosphere broken into separate sections is called • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic crust is destroyed
  2. Earths crust and upper mantle are broken into sections
  3. Less dense than oceanic crust
  4. Plates that slide past each other
  5. Thin layer in comparison to other three layers
  6. Theory that combined continental drift and seafloor spreading
  7. A movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside the Earth break suddenly
  8. Continents have slowly moved to their current locations
  9. Theory that hot less dense below Earths crust rises toward the surface at the mid ocean ridges
  10. The crust and upper mantle are combined
  11. Plates that come together or collide
  12. When rock breaks and moves along surfaces
Down
  1. Plastic like layer below the lithosphere
  2. Largest layer of the Earth
  3. They occur when hot magma, solids,and gas erupt onto Earths surface
  4. Plates that move or pull apart from each other
  5. Cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
  6. Portion of the Earths crust that lies beneath ocean waters
  7. All land
  8. Rock, basalt under the ocean

20 Clues: All land • Largest layer of the Earth • Oceanic crust is destroyed • Rock, basalt under the ocean • Less dense than oceanic crust • Plates that slide past each other • Plates that come together or collide • The crust and upper mantle are combined • Plastic like layer below the lithosphere • When rock breaks and moves along surfaces • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic
  2. The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
  3. vibrations that carry the energy released in an earthquake
  4. Valley that forms where plates move apart.
  5. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock
  6. A single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago
  7. Layer of hot,solid material between Earth's crust and core
  8. Layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  9. Hypothesized that Earths continents moved
  10. A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echos of sound waves
Down
  1. carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  2. The amount in a given space
  3. sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  4. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the
  5. Transfer of heat between a material
  6. Rigid layer made up of the upper part of the mantle and crust
  7. A break in Earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other
  8. A dense sphere of iron and nickel at the middle of earth
  9. force pressing on an area
  10. Transfer of heat through space

20 Clues: force pressing on an area • The amount in a given space • The process by which oceanic • Transfer of heat through space • Transfer of heat between a material • Hypothesized that Earths continents moved • Valley that forms where plates move apart. • The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid • carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convection currents in the mantle produce a force that causes motion called _____.
  2. As a slab sink, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called _____.
  3. The theory of ____ drift suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.
  4. The layer that is so hot that it behaves like plastic material.
  5. Continents fit like pieces of a..
  6. The plate tectonics move several ____ each year.
  7. Wegener needed more scientific _____ to support his theory.
  8. A state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north is called ____ polarity.
  9. A _____ plate boundary forms where two plates collide.
  10. Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called ____ ridges.
Down
  1. The ____ of Plate Tectonics states that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to each other.
  2. Denser plate sinks below buoyant plate
  3. Cold, rigid outermost rock layer
  4. _____ on seafloor contains iron-rich minerals that are magnetic.
  5. A _____ plate boundary forms where two plates separate.
  6. Process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  7. Depth of the ocean determined by an ____ sounder.
  8. Rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force called ____.
  9. Wegener could not explain ___ the continents moved.
  10. A state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south is called ____ polarity.
  11. _____ crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
  12. Supercontinent.
  13. A _____ plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other.
  14. Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  15. _____ reversal occurs when the magnetic field reverses direction.
  16. ____ lava forms when lava cools rapidly since it erupts in water.

26 Clues: Supercontinent. • Cold, rigid outermost rock layer • Continents fit like pieces of a.. • Denser plate sinks below buoyant plate • _____ crust forms at mid-ocean ridges. • The plate tectonics move several ____ each year. • Depth of the ocean determined by an ____ sounder. • Wegener could not explain ___ the continents moved. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch
  2. a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
  3. stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  4. a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain
  5. a fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley
  6. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. is a rock that usually is a light color and has a coarse texture
  8. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions
  9. supercontinent
  10. layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
Down
  1. a layer of hot rock in the earth's interior
  2. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  3. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
  4. the molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  5. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  6. when magma reaches the surface
  7. a weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes o the surface
  8. a device that records ground movement caused by seismic waves as they move through earth
  9. a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor
  10. a fountain of water and steam the erupts from the ground

20 Clues: supercontinent • when magma reaches the surface • a layer of hot rock in the earth's interior • layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin • a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • a fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley • a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-22

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. There is approximately 12 major ______
  2. A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
  3. A deep valley along the ocean floor
  4. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  5. A supercontinent
  6. A large steep hill.
  7. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  8. Sliding by each other
  9. _______ is where new ocean floor is produced
  10. Opposite of a normal fault
Down
  1. The process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface
  2. The ______ is between the crust and core
  3. ___________ happens when continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
  5. __________ often occur when transform plates slide past each other
  6. Moving away from each other
  7. Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing _______
  8. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location
  9. The center of the earth
  10. Pushing against or going toward each other
  11. Moves fragments of rock and soil

21 Clues: A supercontinent • A large steep hill. • Sliding by each other • The center of the earth • Opposite of a normal fault • Moving away from each other • Moves fragments of rock and soil • A deep valley along the ocean floor • There is approximately 12 major ______ • The ______ is between the crust and core • Pushing against or going toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location
  3. A supercontinent
  4. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
  5. The center of the earth
  6. _______ is where new ocean floor is produced
  7. Pushing against or going toward each other
  8. The process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface
  9. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  10. Sliding by each other
Down
  1. Moving away from each other
  2. ___________ happens when continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  3. __________ often occur when transform plates slide past each other
  4. A deep valley along the ocean floor
  5. Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing _______
  6. A large steep hill.
  7. A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
  8. Moves fragments of rock and soil
  9. There is approximately 12 major ______
  10. Opposite of a normal fault
  11. The ______ is between the crust and core

21 Clues: A supercontinent • A large steep hill. • Sliding by each other • The center of the earth • Opposite of a normal fault • Moving away from each other • Moves fragments of rock and soil • A deep valley along the ocean floor • There is approximately 12 major ______ • The ______ is between the crust and core • Pushing against or going toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth's outermost layer,
  2. rigid,outermost layer of Earth that is about 100km thick, and is composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle
  3. dating method to determine the order of events and relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence
  4. core very dense, solid center od the Earth that is made of mostly iron with smaller amounts of oxygen, silicon, sulfur, or nickel
  5. drift hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that the states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth
  6. plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
  7. fossil formed when an organism is buried, decays, and leaves behind a hollow place in rock
  8. tectonics theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle
  9. time needed for one half-life the mass of a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay
  10. decay release of nuclear particles and energy from unstable atomic nuclei
  11. dating process that uses the properties of atoms in rocks and other objects to determine their exact ages, in years
  12. largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core and that is made mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron
  13. core liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core, and that is made mostly of iron to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving
  14. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  15. remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock pertified remains/fossils that form when some or all of the original materials that made up the organisms are replaced with minerals
Down
  1. fossil formed when sediments fill in a mold and harden into rock\
  2. current cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking that is thought to be the force behind plate tectioncs
  3. fossil fossil of a species that existed on Earth for only a short time, were abundant, and were widespread geographically
  4. states that Earth processes happening today are similar to those that happened in the past
  5. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  6. film fossil formed when the remains of a once living organism are subjected to heat and pressure, leaving only a thin film of carbon behind
  7. dating process to determine the absolute ages of rocks by measuring the amounts of parent and daughter materials in a rock
  8. superposition states that for undisturbed layers of rock, older rocks lie underneath younger and younger rocks
  9. spreading theory that magma from below Earth's crust is forced upward toward the surface at a mid-ocean ridge, flows from the cracks as the seafloor spreads apart and bcomes solid as it cools, forming new seafloor

24 Clues: earth's outermost layer, • plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • measure of the energy released by an earthquake • fossil formed when sediments fill in a mold and harden into rock\ • decay release of nuclear particles and energy from unstable atomic nuclei • time needed for one half-life the mass of a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of fault a tension force makes
  2. type of boundary a tension force makes
  3. currents that cause the asthenosphere to flow
  4. what a volcano is when it adds new land
  5. type of boundary a shearing force makes
  6. example of a hot spot
  7. type of mountains that a tension force makes
  8. type of mountains that a compression force makes
  9. type of fault a compression force makes
  10. area in the Pacific where volcanoes are common
Down
  1. area of land that has abruptly risen
  2. what a volcano is when it explodes and changes the landscape
  3. type of boundary a compression force makes
  4. what happens when one plate slides under another
  5. theory that led to plate tectonics
  6. what lava is called when it is underground
  7. where magma rises through the crust
  8. type of fault a shearing force makes
  9. what magma is called when it reaches the surface
  10. what the magma flows out of in a volcano

20 Clues: example of a hot spot • theory that led to plate tectonics • type of fault a tension force makes • where magma rises through the crust • area of land that has abruptly risen • type of fault a shearing force makes • type of boundary a tension force makes • what a volcano is when it adds new land • type of boundary a shearing force makes • ...

Plate tectonics 2014-12-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. current/is the flow that transfer wheat within a fluid
  2. transfer of energy through space
  3. spreading/the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added
  4. a measure of how much mass there is in a volume in a substance
  5. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rocks
  6. layer of the mantle that is soft
  7. uppermost and rigid layer of the mantle
  8. a rock that usually is a lights color and course grained texture
  9. layer of hot rock
Down
  1. heat transfer by the movement of currents within a fluid
  2. rock with a fine texture
  3. from a force pressuring on an area
  4. core/dense ball of solid metal
  5. core/is a layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core
  6. the continents drifted together it formed a supercontinent known as
  7. drift/an idea that the continents slowly moved over Earths surface
  8. transfer within a material or between materials that are touching
  9. wave/Scientists infer earths inner structure by studying these
  10. process by which ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
  11. of rock that forms Earths outer skin

20 Clues: layer of hot rock • rock with a fine texture • core/dense ball of solid metal • transfer of energy through space • layer of the mantle that is soft • from a force pressuring on an area • of rock that forms Earths outer skin • uppermost and rigid layer of the mantle • current/is the flow that transfer wheat within a fluid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Currents/Heat from the core causes the mantle to move the lithospheric plates
  2. Hess/An American geologist, who studied mid-ocean ridges.
  3. of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  4. mantle just below the lithosphere
  5. have only been found in South America and Africa
  6. of this tropical tree are found in South America, Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica!
  7. Wegener/German scientist who proposed (in 1915) that the continents were slowly drifting apart (the theory of continental drift)
  8. Spreading/The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges
  9. Earth's layer between the core and crust of the earth.
  10. transfers by touching (within a material or between materials)
  11. transfers through space
  12. Tectonics/A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  13. Drift/The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
Down
  1. said that all of the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent
  2. of the Continents/The coastlines of Africa and South America looked like they fit together.
  3. of this creature are found in Africa and South America
  4. Evidence/Fossils of the same plants and animals are found today on widely separated continents (including Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Asia – India)
  5. scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that have shaped it.
  6. up of the earth's crust and the upper portion of the mantle
  7. transfers by movement of currents in liquids and gases; caused by differences in temperature and density
  8. Evidence/Evidence of glaciers on the equator and tropical forests in the arctic

21 Clues: transfers through space • mantle just below the lithosphere • have only been found in South America and Africa • of this creature are found in Africa and South America • Earth's layer between the core and crust of the earth. • Hess/An American geologist, who studied mid-ocean ridges. • up of the earth's crust and the upper portion of the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid rock layer.
  2. A electronic machine that records seismic waves.
  3. a long narrow depression on the bottom of the ocean.
  4. A long chain of volcanoes.
  5. A word that describes past periods of extensive glaciations.
  6. molten layer of the upper mantle.
  7. Energy wave that transfer into space.
Down
  1. A release of energy in the earth;s crust.
  2. Earth's thickest layer.
  3. somewhere inside the earth where the earthquake starts.
  4. The focus where the earthquake starts.
  5. A break or Fracture in a rock layers.
  6. measurement of the average kinetic energy.
  7. An opening in the earth's surface that can spew melted rocks and gases.
  8. Land that is made up of more than one continent.
  9. Crust and upper potion of the earth's mantle.
  10. Ground that is usually frozen from year to year.
  11. Tectonic plates that are pushing under another tectonic plate.
  12. Below earth's mantle which contains nickel and iron.
  13. An amount of Force in an area.

20 Clues: Solid rock layer. • Earth's thickest layer. • A long chain of volcanoes. • An amount of Force in an area. • molten layer of the upper mantle. • A break or Fracture in a rock layers. • Energy wave that transfer into space. • The focus where the earthquake starts. • A release of energy in the earth;s crust. • measurement of the average kinetic energy. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An opening in the earth's surface that can spew melted rocks and gases.
  2. Crust and upper potion of the earth's mantle.
  3. the amount of mass contained in a given volume.
  4. Land that is made up of more than one continent.
  5. somewhere inside the earth where the earthquake starts.
  6. Tectonic plates that are pushing under another tectonic plate.
  7. Energy wave that transfer into space.
  8. average kinetic energy.
  9. Earth's thickest layer.
  10. location of excess radioactivity.
Down
  1. An amount of Force in an area.
  2. A break or Fracture in a rock layers.
  3. A long chain of volcanoes.
  4. molten layer of the upper mantle.
  5. The focus where the earthquake starts.
  6. A release of energy in the earth;s crust.
  7. Solid rock layer.
  8. AN amount or thermal energy that transfers from a area or a object.
  9. Below earth's mantle which contains nickel and iron.
  10. a long narrow depression on the bottom of the ocean.
  11. Ground that is usually frozen from year to year.

21 Clues: Solid rock layer. • average kinetic energy. • Earth's thickest layer. • A long chain of volcanoes. • An amount of Force in an area. • molten layer of the upper mantle. • location of excess radioactivity. • A break or Fracture in a rock layers. • Energy wave that transfer into space. • The focus where the earthquake starts. • A release of energy in the earth;s crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plume : is believed to be the center of vertically rising convect cells assumed to be deep Earth's surface
  2. / supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras
  3. / a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  4. ridge / a mountain range at the bottom of the ocean composed mostly of volcanoes and lava flows
  5. : Theory of continental drift
  6. drift / the gradual moment of the continents across the earths surface through geological time
  7. spreading : the principle that the oceanic lithosphere spreads outward
  8. plate boundary / the boundary between two colliding plates often associated with mountain building ocean trenches and volcanic island arcs
  9. scale / a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake
  10. section of the lithosphere that moves around Earths solid surface
  11. mountains / mountains that are presently rising because they are at location of converging plates or at the site of a hot spot
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  1. tectonic theory /states that Earths lithosphere is divided into sections called that can move
  2. plate boundary / a boundary at which plated slide by each other
  3. plate boundary / the boundary between two plates that are spreading apart at a mid-ocean ridge or at continental rift zone
  4. : the plate tectonic process in which one of the plates at a convergent boundary sinks under the other plate and eventually melts into the asthenosphere
  5. spot : the site of volcanic activity
  6. / a submarine mountain
  7. waves /the energy waves given off by an earthquake
  8. : an instrument used to detect and record seismic or earthquake
  9. / Mountain or hill typically conical having a crater or vent through which lava rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust

20 Clues: / a submarine mountain • : Theory of continental drift • spot : the site of volcanic activity • / a sudden violent shaking of the ground • waves /the energy waves given off by an earthquake • plate boundary / a boundary at which plated slide by each other • : an instrument used to detect and record seismic or earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process by which rocks,sediment or bits of soil are carried away
  2. openings in the crust where magma can reach the surface
  3. broken into pieces called tectonic plates
  4. soft upper layer of the mantle below the lithosphere
  5. tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. the denser plate is pushed beneath the other
  7. such as a cave or the top of a volcano
  8. the steepness or flatness of Earth's surface
  9. all Earth
  10. process by which rocks are borken down
  11. tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  12. to react chemically with oxygen
Down
  1. sediment carried by erosion settle out in a new location
  2. solid, yet soft enough to flow
  3. hypothesized that all the continents were once connected
  4. land retile
  5. tectonic plates move toward each other
  6. freshwater reptile
  7. layer beneath the crust
  8. breaking apart of the crust

20 Clues: all Earth • land retile • freshwater reptile • layer beneath the crust • breaking apart of the crust • solid, yet soft enough to flow • to react chemically with oxygen • tectonic plates move toward each other • such as a cave or the top of a volcano • process by which rocks are borken down • broken into pieces called tectonic plates • tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A change of the magnetic poles
  2. When two tectonic plates move away from one another or diverge
  3. The outermost physical layer of Earth
  4. Changes the chemical makeup of a rock
  5. Two tectonic plates can move past one other in opposite directions
  6. The bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
  7. Wegner called it the huge landmass or supercontinent
  8. The process by which rock breaks down into smaller pieces or changes in composition
  9. System of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world
  10. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a particular area
Down
  1. The procces by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
  2. Lays down rock, sediment, and soil
  3. Procces by which new sea floor forms
  4. States that Earth's surface is made up of giant, moving slabs
  5. Hypothesis that todays's continents were once part of a single landmass
  6. Also called mechanical weathering, the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces
  7. When tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  8. Shows the shape of Earth's surface with lines that represent different elevations
  9. The layer immediately below the lithoshpere
  10. The shape and size of the land features on Earth's surface
  11. Transports rock, sediment, and soil from one place to another

21 Clues: A change of the magnetic poles • Lays down rock, sediment, and soil • Procces by which new sea floor forms • The outermost physical layer of Earth • Changes the chemical makeup of a rock • The bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • The layer immediately below the lithoshpere • Wegner called it the huge landmass or supercontinent • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. both ends folding horizontally
  2. set of cracks that form between two tectonic plates
  3. type of stress when a object is stretched
  4. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  5. theory of how the continents moved apart
  6. upward arching folding
  7. bending of rock layers
  8. rising of Earth's surface
  9. a machine that measures the times of seismic waves
  10. places where sea-floor spreading takes place
  11. when Earth's magnetic poles change
  12. thinnest layer of Earth
  13. name of the super continent
  14. theory that the continents were together
  15. system of satellites
  16. made of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle
  17. solid layer of Earth's core
Down
  1. type of stress when a object is squeezed
  2. when melted rock rises up to Earth's surfaceand erupts
  3. surface that rocks break and slide past eachother
  4. when two tectonic plates separate
  5. plastic layer of the mantle
  6. when tension causes larger blocks of Earth's crustto drop down on others
  7. center of Earth
  8. type of fault when hanging wall moves up
  9. change of shape of a rock caused by stress
  10. sinking of Earth's crust
  11. process of new oceanic lithosphere forming
  12. when two tectonic plates collide
  13. downward throughlike folds
  14. produced when there's a Earthquake
  15. amount of force
  16. blocks of crust on each side of the fault
  17. type of fault when the hanging wall moves down

34 Clues: center of Earth • amount of force • system of satellites • upward arching folding • bending of rock layers • thinnest layer of Earth • sinking of Earth's crust • rising of Earth's surface • downward throughlike folds • plastic layer of the mantle • name of the super continent • solid layer of Earth's core • both ends folding horizontally • when two tectonic plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  2. crash together with violent impact
  3. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
  4. subject to or caused by an earth vibration
  5. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  6. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  7. a crack in the earth's crust
  8. the chemistry of the earth's crust
  9. a geological process where one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward
  10. molten rock in the earth's crust
Down
  1. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge
  2. igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface
  3. a branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  4. a grouping of a number of similar things
  5. incapable of or resistant to bending
  6. relating to based on geology
  7. having undergone transformation by pressure, heat, etc.
  8. the longest unit of geological time
  9. relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  10. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanoes

20 Clues: relating to based on geology • a crack in the earth's crust • molten rock in the earth's crust • crash together with violent impact • the chemistry of the earth's crust • the longest unit of geological time • incapable of or resistant to bending • a grouping of a number of similar things • one of the large landmasses of the earth • subject to or caused by an earth vibration • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where two plates slide by each other
  2. Thin, dense lithospheric plates
  3. Lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle
  4. Boundary where two plates move apart
  5. Top layer of the mantle
  6. A vent in the earths surface where magma and gases erupt
  7. Valley in the ocean created where one lithospheric plate suducts another
  8. Movements within the earth's surface
  9. Long chains of undersea mountains
  10. Layer of earth under the crust
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  1. Molten rock that is beneath the earths surface
  2. Supercontinent
  3. Where most earthquakes and volcanoes happen
  4. Lower layer of the mantle
  5. Theory on how the pieces of the earth's surface move
  6. Cooled lava
  7. A break in the earth's crust
  8. Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes
  9. Boundary where two plates come together
  10. Thick, less dense lithospheric plates

20 Clues: Cooled lava • Supercontinent • Top layer of the mantle • Lower layer of the mantle • A break in the earth's crust • Layer of earth under the crust • Thin, dense lithospheric plates • Long chains of undersea mountains • Boundary where two plates move apart • Movements within the earth's surface • Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes • Thick, less dense lithospheric plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-04-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. capable of being molded or changing shape
  2. hypothesis that continents are in constant motion
  3. magnets that orient themselves to point north
  4. circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  5. mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean
  6. where two plates collide
  7. new oceanic crust that forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
  8. force created by the sinking of a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate
  9. ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms today's continents
  10. cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth
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  1. sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary
  2. where two plates slide by each other
  3. theory that Earth's surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other
  4. standard; or at a regular pattern
  5. naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms
  6. event in which the magnetic field reverses direction
  7. where two plates separate
  8. magnets that orient themselves to point south
  9. force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge
  10. middle layer of Earth;between the crust above and the core below

20 Clues: where two plates collide • where two plates separate • standard; or at a regular pattern • where two plates slide by each other • capable of being molded or changing shape • cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth • magnets that orient themselves to point north • magnets that orient themselves to point south • hypothesis that continents are in constant motion • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two tectonic _______ collide they can cause earthquakes.
  2. The area where two plates collide and one goes beneath the other and is destroyed.
  3. These are mainly formed from transform boundaries.
  4. Formed from Cementation and Compaction
  5. A crack in the earth, found at subduction zones.
  6. The Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into many _____________.
  7. Melted rock above ground.
  8. An action that occurs at all boundaries.
  9. This can cause subduction zones.
  10. This is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
Down
  1. Formed from cooling magma.
  2. Two plates moving apart makes a ______ boundary.
  3. The _____ is denser than the continental plates.
  4. The less dense plate.
  5. This is the thickest layer of the Earth.
  6. The first hundred kilometers of the Earth is called ______.
  7. Formed from heat and pressure.
  8. A formation where two plates fold
  9. Spews ash and magma.
  10. Earthquakes and faults are mainly made at this boundary.

20 Clues: Spews ash and magma. • The less dense plate. • Melted rock above ground. • Formed from cooling magma. • Formed from heat and pressure. • This can cause subduction zones. • A formation where two plates fold • Formed from Cementation and Compaction • This is the thickest layer of the Earth. • An action that occurs at all boundaries. • This is the thinnest layer of the Earth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  4. A book published by Alfred Wegener.
  5. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  6. A supercontinent or single landmass.
  7. Another reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.
  8. Mid-Ocean ridges that are continually adding new material to the ocean floor.
  9. German scientist who became curious about why some continents look as though they could fit together.
  10. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
Down
  1. The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  3. A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other.
  4. The theory that the continents slowly drifted over Earth's surface.
  5. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move.
  6. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  7. Reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.
  8. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  9. A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  10. Mountain ranges that run along the middle of some ocean floors.

20 Clues: A book published by Alfred Wegener. • A supercontinent or single landmass. • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move. • A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other. • The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.
  2. A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  3. The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s.
  4. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  5. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  7. A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other.
  8. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  9. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move.
  10. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  11. German scientist who became curious about why some continents look as though they could fit together.
  12. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
Down
  1. A book published by Alfred Wegener.
  2. Mid-Ocean ridges that are continually adding new material to the ocean floor.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  4. A supercontinent or single landmass.
  5. Mountain ranges that run along the middle of some ocean floors.
  6. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  7. The theory that the continents slowly drifted over Earth's surface.
  8. Another reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.

20 Clues: A book published by Alfred Wegener. • A supercontinent or single landmass. • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move. • A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other. • The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
  2. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  3. Happens at subduction zones where one plate is pulled down into the mantle
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  5. Outermost layer of a planet
  6. The process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  7. Hypothesis which suggests that the continents are in constant motion
  8. Mountain range on the ocean floor, formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
  9. The boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  10. Supercontinent
  11. Heat is higher up, cold sinks
  12. When one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
Down
  1. Second to last layer of the Earth
  2. Innermost part of a core
  3. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  4. When magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  5. The person who proposed that continents move
  6. Part of the Earth between the core and the crust
  7. Earth's surface is divided into large pieces of rigid rock which move over Earth's hot and semi-plastic mantle
  8. When magnetized objects orient themselves to point north

20 Clues: Supercontinent • Innermost part of a core • Outermost layer of a planet • Heat is higher up, cold sinks • Second to last layer of the Earth • The person who proposed that continents move • Part of the Earth between the core and the crust • When magnetized objects orient themselves to point north • An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-07-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a rock with movement
  2. concentration of heat in the mantle
  3. device for recording waves
  4. a break in a rock without movement
  5. outer portion of the earth
  6. two plates slide past
  7. science that study the earth
  8. central part of the earth
  9. chain of volcanoes
  10. denser and thin crust
  11. group of mountains
  12. less dense and thicker crust
  13. The outer part of the Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  14. two plates move apart
  15. first type of seismic wave
  16. center point of the earthquake
Down
  1. part of the earth between the core and the the crust
  2. shaking of the surface of the Earth
  3. process or the bending of crust towards mantle
  4. consolidated mixture of minerals
  5. method uses distance to locate epicenter
  6. theory as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly
  7. upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  8. central valley on an ocean floor
  9. geologic feature in convergent
  10. A long, narrow valley lying between two normal geologic faults
  11. two plates collide
  12. second type of seismic wave
  13. molten rock
  14. depression in the seafloor produced by subduction
  15. transfer of energy that travels through a medium

31 Clues: molten rock • chain of volcanoes • two plates collide • group of mountains • two plates slide past • denser and thin crust • two plates move apart • central part of the earth • device for recording waves • outer portion of the earth • first type of seismic wave • second type of seismic wave • science that study the earth • less dense and thicker crust • geologic feature in convergent • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where part of the ocean floor goes into the mantle and creates new ocean material
  2. the theory that the continents once were together and the drifted apart
  3. where new ocean floor material comes up from the mantle
  4. slide past
  5. breaks in earths crust, San Andreas _____
  6. supercontinent 300 million years ago
  7. result of a force pushing on an object
  8. the act of material spreading out from the mid ocean ridges
  9. divide
  10. an instrument used to locate mid ocean ridges
  11. underwater canyons
  12. part of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. in the mantle, warms the earth
  2. where pieces of land diverges
  3. has the convection current
  4. force that builds up, volcanoes
  5. collide
  6. earthquakes
  7. pieces on the lithosphere that are broken into pieces
  8. organism preserved in rock

20 Clues: divide • collide • slide past • earthquakes • underwater canyons • has the convection current • organism preserved in rock • where pieces of land diverges • in the mantle, warms the earth • force that builds up, volcanoes • part of the crust and upper mantle • supercontinent 300 million years ago • result of a force pushing on an object • breaks in earths crust, San Andreas _____ • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How scientists study the inside of Earth since we can’t drill down that far
  2. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slipped past each other
  3. Where seafloor spreading begins
  4. When molten material is added to make new oceanic crust
  5. Valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  6. When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land
  7. Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift
  8. What scientists use to explore the ocean floor
  9. The theory that Earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion
  10. Produced when 2 continental plates collide
Down
  1. The remains of a prehistoric organism
  2. Causes the plates to move
  3. When oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. Theory of how the continents spread away from each other
  5. When plates move away from each other
  6. 3rd layer of Earth that is very hot, yet solid where convection currents are
  7. Supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  8. When plates come together
  9. Measure of how much mass there is in an object
  10. When plates slip past each other

20 Clues: Causes the plates to move • When plates come together • Where seafloor spreading begins • When plates slip past each other • The remains of a prehistoric organism • When plates move away from each other • Produced when 2 continental plates collide • When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land • Measure of how much mass there is in an object • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. remnant of something that existed long ago; preserved in rock
  2. where the Earth’s crust has broken
  3. supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  4. measures distance to an object through sound waves
  5. causes the Earth’s plates to move
  6. seperating plates
  7. forms faults
  8. theory of the slow, constant motion of Earth’s plates
  9. forms when crust diverges on land
  10. underwater mountain range
  11. mass divided by volume
  12. theorized that the continents slowly moved over the surface of Earth
  13. outer shell of the lithosphere
Down
  1. higher density crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench
  2. new crust pushes old rock further from mid-ocean ridges
  3. when molten material hardens quickly, these form
  4. plates come together
  5. the continents have moved over earth’s surface
  6. where oceanic crust bends downward
  7. 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock

20 Clues: forms faults • seperating plates • plates come together • mass divided by volume • underwater mountain range • outer shell of the lithosphere • 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock • causes the Earth’s plates to move • forms when crust diverges on land • where the Earth’s crust has broken • where oceanic crust bends downward • supercontinent formed 300 million years ago • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the types of evidence that Wegener used to prove the continents were together
  2. movement in this cause earths magnetic current
  3. Wegener's idea that the continents have moved
  4. rocks farther from the mid ocean ridge are denser/ less dense
  5. a supercontinent from around 300 million years ago
  6. a "mountain range" that rock comes out of from the mantle
  7. a boundary when two plates ram into each other
  8. when ocean floor is pushed below continental crust
  9. rocks closer to the mid ocean ridge are warmer/ cooler
  10. the layer of mantle that the plates sit on
Down
  1. all of Earth's plate motion put into one theory
  2. breaks in Earth's crust
  3. an tool that uses sound waves and time to map the ocean floor
  4. what is used to prove something
  5. rocks fall into the mantle and are then heated and part of the mantle
  6. the scientist who founded the idea of continental drift
  7. a boundary where two plates separate
  8. the ocean continuously add new material to its floor
  9. where Earth’s crust diverges on land
  10. a boundary when two plates run along each other
  11. a rock or animal that was preserved in rock

21 Clues: breaks in Earth's crust • what is used to prove something • a boundary where two plates separate • where Earth’s crust diverges on land • the layer of mantle that the plates sit on • a rock or animal that was preserved in rock • Wegener's idea that the continents have moved • movement in this cause earths magnetic current • a boundary when two plates ram into each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat transfer through touching materials
  2. result of a force pushing on an object
  3. earthquakes
  4. in the mantle, warms the earth
  5. heat transfer through movement of liquid
  6. organism preserved in rock
  7. collide
  8. slide past
  9. heat transfer by sun
  10. an instrument used to locate mid ocean ridges
  11. has the convection current
  12. part of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. pieces on the lithosphere that are broken into pieces
  2. force that builds up, volcanoes
  3. supercontinent 300 million years ago
  4. breaks in earths crust, San Andreas _____
  5. the act of material spreading out from the mid ocean ridges
  6. divide
  7. the theory that the continents once were together and the drifted apart
  8. layer of gas that gives us weather

20 Clues: divide • collide • slide past • earthquakes • heat transfer by sun • organism preserved in rock • has the convection current • in the mantle, warms the earth • force that builds up, volcanoes • layer of gas that gives us weather • part of the crust and upper mantle • supercontinent 300 million years ago • result of a force pushing on an object • heat transfer through touching materials • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the temperature of older crust is ______ than newer crust.
  2. when the mid-ocean ridge adds more sea floor.
  3. new crust is ____ ______ than old crust.
  4. a system for the detection of objects under water and for measuring the water's depth by radiating waves is called a?
  5. older crust is ____ _____ than newer crust.
  6. pieces separated by cracks.
  7. when plates move away from each other.
  8. when the ocean floor goes into a canyon, what are the canyons called?
  9. peices of Earth’s crust diverge on land.
  10. the name of the most popular supercontinent.
  11. When continents moved slowly over Earth's surface is called?
Down
  1. the remains of a historic thing molded in a form or as a mold in rock?
  2. a scientist who discovered pangea
  3. when plates slide on top or past each other.
  4. Where the ocean spreads.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate is called what?
  6. when plates come together.
  7. the temperature of newer crust is _____ than older crust.
  8. plates movement into a theory.
  9. a break in the Earth's crust where sediment (rock and other things) have slipped past each other.

20 Clues: Where the ocean spreads. • when plates come together. • pieces separated by cracks. • plates movement into a theory. • a scientist who discovered pangea • when plates move away from each other. • new crust is ____ ______ than old crust. • peices of Earth’s crust diverge on land. • older crust is ____ _____ than newer crust. • when plates slide on top or past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
  2. Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  3. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  5. drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
  6. core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  7. tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  8. floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  9. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  10. middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
Down
  1. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  2. core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
  3. Fractures in rock
  4. solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  5. ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
  6. plates that rub against each other
  7. the outer layer of the Earth
  8. - plates collide together to make mountains
  9. A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
  10. ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.

20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-20

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  2. the continents have moved over earth’s surface
  3. theory of the slow, constant motion of Earth’s plates
  4. seperating plates
  5. 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock
  6. higher density crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench
  7. where the Earth’s crust has broken
  8. forms when crust diverges on land
  9. new crust pushes old rock further from mid-ocean ridges
Down
  1. theorized that the continents slowly moved over the surface of Earth
  2. underwater mountain range
  3. remnant of something that existed long ago; preserved in rock
  4. forms faults
  5. plates come together
  6. causes the Earth’s plates to move
  7. when molten material hardens quickly, these form
  8. mass divided by volume
  9. where oceanic crust bends downward
  10. outer shell of the lithosphere
  11. measures distance to an object through sound waves

20 Clues: forms faults • seperating plates • plates come together • mass divided by volume • underwater mountain range • outer shell of the lithosphere • 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock • causes the Earth’s plates to move • forms when crust diverges on land • where oceanic crust bends downward • where the Earth’s crust has broken • supercontinent formed 300 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Remains from an organism that was once living
  2. States that things happened today are the same as the past
  3. largest layer in the earth
  4. large opening in a collapsed volcano
  5. opening in a volcano that lets magma go through it
  6. an area in the mantle that is hotter than other parts in the mantle
  7. theory proven by alrfred wagner that rocks break and move
  8. area below the lithosphere
  9. Bits of rock or solidified lava that fall from the sky
Down
  1. scientist who studies seismic waves
  2. thin fossil made out of carbon
  3. Big waves in the ocean caused by seismic waves
  4. directly above an earthquake's focus
  5. release of nuclear particles from an unstable nuclei
  6. area that is in the upper mantle and the crust
  7. surface where rocks break and move
  8. the point under earth's surface where energy release happens
  9. measuring devise for volcanoes
  10. large landmass where all seven continents were together
  11. earth's outermost layer

20 Clues: earth's outermost layer • largest layer in the earth • area below the lithosphere • thin fossil made out of carbon • measuring devise for volcanoes • surface where rocks break and move • scientist who studies seismic waves • directly above an earthquake's focus • large opening in a collapsed volcano • Remains from an organism that was once living • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  2. outermost layer of the Earth
  3. a pulling force
  4. drift theory that continents drift apart
  5. a break in the Earth's crust
  6. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  7. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  8. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  9. current The pathway along which energy travels through a fluid.
  10. trench linear depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.
Down
  1. boundary between two colliding plates
  2. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  3. soft layer of the mantle
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  6. a squeezing force
  7. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  8. ridge A chain of mountains on the ocean floor where the sea floor is spreading.
  9. the bending of rock layers
  10. core liquid layer of the Earth's core

20 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • core solid, dense center of the Earth • spreading new lithosphere is created here • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-02-27

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2016-02-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
  2. The outermost, ridged layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the ridged upper part of the mantle.
  3. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  4. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older material is pulled away from the ridge
  5. "Middle Sphere" the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  6. The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary.
  7. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
  8. The amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material
  9. The liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
  10. The bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust.
Down
  1. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of the Lithosphere.
  2. The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
  3. The soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.
  4. The central spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.
  5. A fault in which the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally.
  6. The solid, dense center of the Earth.
  7. A break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another.
  8. The type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  9. A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere.
  10. The type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed.

20 Clues: The solid, dense center of the Earth. • The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. • The central spherical part of the Earth below the mantle. • The type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed. • The bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust. • The amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The pieces of earth’s lithosphere
  2. The part of the crust made of basalt
  3. When subduction takes place it happens at a __________ boundary
  4. One of the items in the earth that helped prove that Pangea existed
  5. The idea that continents slowly move over the Earth’s surface
  6. What happens at a transform boundary
  7. The one continent that existed millions of years ago
  8. What oceanic and continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  9. Cracks in Earth’s crust after plates rub against each other
  10. This boundary can form a rift valley
  11. A deep valley formed by plates moving away from each other
  12. The process of one plate sinking underneath another
Down
  1. Type of plate boundary that destroys things
  2. What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle
  3. The part of the crust made of granite
  4. The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans
  5. Part of the pattern created on the ocean floor
  6. A theory about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates and the plates motion
  7. The part of the ocean floor that lava comes out of
  8. What two continental plates create on a convergent boundary

20 Clues: The pieces of earth’s lithosphere • The part of the crust made of basalt • What happens at a transform boundary • This boundary can form a rift valley • The part of the crust made of granite • The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans • Type of plate boundary that destroys things • What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of plate boundary that destroys things
  2. This boundary can form a rift valley
  3. Part of the pattern created on the ocean floor
  4. The part of the crust made of basalt
  5. What oceanic and continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  6. What happens at a transform boundary
  7. One of the items in the earth that helped prove that Pangea existed
  8. When subduction takes place it happens at a __________ boundary
  9. Cracks in Earth’s crust after plates rub against each other
  10. A deep valley formed by plates moving away from each other
  11. The one continent that existed millions of years ago
Down
  1. The process of one plate sinking underneath another
  2. What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle
  3. What two continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  4. A theory about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates and the plates motion
  5. The part of the ocean floor that lava comes out of
  6. The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans
  7. The part of the crust made of granite
  8. The idea that continents slowly move over the Earth’s surface
  9. The pieces of earth’s lithosphere

20 Clues: The pieces of earth’s lithosphere • This boundary can form a rift valley • The part of the crust made of basalt • What happens at a transform boundary • The part of the crust made of granite • The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans • Type of plate boundary that destroys things • What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-01-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a layer of molten iron and nickle that surrounds the inner core of earth
  2. the transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching
  3. a break in the earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other
  4. the layer of hot, solid material between earths crust and core
  5. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  6. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
  8. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite direction
  9. a rigid layer made up of the upper most part of the mantle and the crust
  10. the name of the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
Down
  1. the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  2. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  3. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  4. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface
  5. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of earth
  6. a undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  7. the region between the inonosphere and the exosphere
  8. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  9. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  10. the soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere floats

20 Clues: the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • the region between the inonosphere and the exosphere • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • the soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...