plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

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
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  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
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  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 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
Down
  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 2023-10-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the earth shakes
  2. a long cut in the ground
  3. sedimentary rocks typically occur in
  4. where heat rises under the earth crust
  5. a major fracture in the earths crust in North America
  6. the solid outer part of the earth
  7. a single supercontinent
  8. belt of volcanoes
  9. pieces of the earths crust
  10. preserved of plants and animals
Down
  1. elevated portion of the earth
  2. the layer of granitic and metamorphic rocks
  3. the layer of earth found under the oceans
  4. opening or vents where lava is
  5. horseshoe shape where the pacific plates meet the plate tectonics
  6. extensive systems of fractures and faults
  7. movement of continents
  8. glacial ice more than 50,000 square kilometers
  9. the denser,weaker layer of the earth
  10. the edge of a continent that lies under the ocean

20 Clues: belt of volcanoes • when the earth shakes • movement of continents • a single supercontinent • a long cut in the ground • pieces of the earths crust • elevated portion of the earth • opening or vents where lava is • preserved of plants and animals • the solid outer part of the earth • sedimentary rocks typically occur in • the denser,weaker layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer below Earth's crust made of molten rock/metal
  2. When two plates smash into each other
  3. The continents look like they fit together like a __________.
  4. Formed when plates collide on land
  5. Name for the area with lots of volcanic/earthquake activity
  6. North America is getting CLOSER to this continent, due to continental drift
  7. The name of the supercontinent, when all the continents were together
  8. A piece of Earth's crust that is broken
  9. __________ Wegner was the person who developed the Theory of Continental Drift
  10. Formed when divergent boundaries are on land
Down
  1. The name for the processes of Earth's crust moving; Plate ___________.
  2. Formed in subduction zones in the ocean (Marianas)
  3. __________ evidence tells us that the continents were together because of extinct plants/animals
  4. When one plate slides under another
  5. When who plates move away from each other
  6. Earth's outside layer
  7. North America is getting FURHTER from this continent, due to continental drift
  8. Formed when divergent boundaries are in the ocean
  9. ___________ feature evidence tells us that the continents were connected because of mountains or rock layers
  10. When two plates grind past each other
  11. Formed near subduction zones, can erupt

21 Clues: Earth's outside layer • Formed when plates collide on land • When one plate slides under another • When two plates smash into each other • When two plates grind past each other • A piece of Earth's crust that is broken • Formed near subduction zones, can erupt • When who plates move away from each other • Formed when divergent boundaries are on land • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rates small earthquakes based on its wave recorded
  2. the stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle part
  3. force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  4. where rocks on each side of the fault slip past eachother
  5. a point directly above the focus
  6. rates the total energy released in an earthquake
  7. a area beneath earths surface under stress
  8. seismic waves that move back and forth
  9. fault where a hanging wall moves up and a footwall moves down
  10. a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
Down
  1. rates the amount of shaking from an eartquake
  2. seismic waves that move in a cirle
  3. a single number that geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on the earthquakes size
  4. a fold in rock that bends upwards
  5. fault where rock is pulled apart by tension in earths crust
  6. seismic waves that vibrate side to side
  7. is an instrument that records earthquakes seismic waves
  8. is the record of earths seismic waves produced by an seismograph
  9. stress that pushes a mass of rock in two oppisite directions
  10. shaking of earths tectonic plates

20 Clues: a point directly above the focus • a fold in rock that bends upwards • shaking of earths tectonic plates • seismic waves that move in a cirle • seismic waves that move back and forth • seismic waves that vibrate side to side • a area beneath earths surface under stress • rates the amount of shaking from an eartquake • rates the total energy released in an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory about how the continents were once together but then drifted away from each other
  2. the longest mountain range in the world
  3. is formed when two continental plates collide
  4. Large pieces of Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  5. the rigid and outer layer of the earth
  6. it transfers heat using the movements of fluids
  7. the reason everyone believed in Alfred's theory
  8. Wegener His theory wasn't believed in his time
  9. a boundary that has two plates crash into another
  10. What plate is Russia located on
Down
  1. What plate is Philippine located on
  2. A boundary that has two plate push away from each other
  3. theory that plates move due to convection currents
  4. how volcanoes are formed
  5. the tectonic plate Colorado lies on
  6. A super continent
  7. is a path that volcanoes mostly occur at
  8. one of the evidence that Wegener used to try to prove his theory
  9. how many minor plates are on the earth
  10. how many major plates are on the earth

20 Clues: A super continent • how volcanoes are formed • What plate is Russia located on • What plate is Philippine located on • the tectonic plate Colorado lies on • the rigid and outer layer of the earth • how many minor plates are on the earth • how many major plates are on the earth • the longest mountain range in the world • is a path that volcanoes mostly occur at • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest layer of Earth's interior, making up approximately 84% of Earth's volume.
  2. Sometimes when an animal dies and its body decays, it can leave an imprint in the sediment. If this imprint fills in with minerals from sediment and groundwater, it can harden to form a fossil. This fossil is called a _____ fossil.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates are colliding.
  4. An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates are separating.
  6. An intense shaking of Earth's surface.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates are sliding past each other.
  8. The type the rock that is formed from lava or magma cooling.
  9. A large wave caused by movements in Earth's outer layer, or crust, which move ocean water.
  10. The type the rock that is formed through heat and pressure with going through a liquid state.
Down
  1. A zone in the upper mantle of the earth, consisting of hot, plastic rock, that underlies the solid lithosphere.
  2. A natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit.
  3. The type the rock that is composed of different sediments.
  4. The very hot, very dense center of our planet
  5. The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  6. Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age.
  7. An area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.
  8. The imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it.
  9. The rocky outer part of Earth. It is made up of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle.
  10. Geological records of the activities and behaviors of past life.

20 Clues: An intense shaking of Earth's surface. • The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • The very hot, very dense center of our planet • A plate boundary where two plates are colliding. • A plate boundary where two plates are separating. • The type the rock that is composed of different sediments. • The type the rock that is formed from lava or magma cooling. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most are underwater and form submarine mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges.
  2. Earthquakes and Tsunamis.
  3. Movement of magma in the mantle causing the crust to move/break making earthquakes.
  4. Earthquakes occur as new crust is created and other crust is pushed out.
  5. Linear valleys or broken stream beds.
  6. What is one piece of evidence of the CD?
  7. What is the first piece of evidence?
  8. What is a third piece of evidence of CD?
  9. Who came up with the idea of SFS
  10. What is a third piece of evidence?
Down
  1. Water displaced by an earthquake.
  2. Two plates come together or converge.
  3. What did scientists use to discover it.
  4. Trenches, volcanoes, and mountains
  5. Weak point in the crust where molten material or magma, comes to the surface.
  6. What is a second piece of evidence of CD?
  7. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  8. Two plates that move apart or diverge.
  9. Two plates slip past each other moving in the opposite direction.
  10. Earthquakes, large lateral displacement of rock, and a broad zone of crustal deformation.
  11. What is a second piece of evidence?
  12. Shaking/Trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  13. Who came up with the idea of the CD?

23 Clues: Earthquakes and Tsunamis. • Who came up with the idea of SFS • Water displaced by an earthquake. • Trenches, volcanoes, and mountains • What is a third piece of evidence? • What is a second piece of evidence? • What is the first piece of evidence? • Who came up with the idea of the CD? • Two plates come together or converge. • Linear valleys or broken stream beds. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in the Earth’s crust due to movement
  2. A crack in the surface of the Earth
  3. The hypothesis that states the continents broke up and drifted
  4. Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface
  5. A solid outer layer on Earths consisting if crust and mantle
  6. The amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock
  7. The process where new oceanic seafloor forms as magma rises
  8. The process that affects the Earth and changes appearance
  9. A spot in Earth’s mantle where hot magma rises to the surface
  10. The bending, tilting, and break up of Earth’s crust
  11. Type of boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  12. A form of ductile strain where rock layers bend
Down
  1. Liquid rock under the Earth’s surface
  2. Ground vibrations caused by Earth’s crust moving
  3. Below the lithosphere
  4. Super continent containing all the Earth’s landmass
  5. two plates that slide together
  6. Type of boundary between two plates sliding past each other
  7. large pieces of lithosphere that separate the Earth's crust.
  8. Below the lithosphere
  9. occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.
  10. Any change in a rock’s shape or volume caused by stress
  11. Break away caused by plate tectonics
  12. A vent or fissure in the Earth’s surface where magma and gasses are expelled

24 Clues: Below the lithosphere • Below the lithosphere • two plates that slide together • A crack in the surface of the Earth • Break away caused by plate tectonics • Liquid rock under the Earth’s surface • Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface • A break in the Earth’s crust due to movement • A form of ductile strain where rock layers bend • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move due to convection currents
  2. the innermost layer of the earth
  3. the outer part of the layer under the mantle
  4. the inner part of the layer under the mantle
  5. what something is made up of
  6. the biggest layer of the earth
  7. theory of plates moving because of convection currents
  8. 1% of the earth
  9. when multiple things are getting pushed against each other with force
Down
  1. A convergent boundary when the denser plate slides under the other plate
  2. founded by Alfred Wegener
  3. the outermost layer of the earth
  4. when 2 plates slide side ways past eachother
  5. how plates move and interact with eachother
  6. layer under mantle
  7. when 2 plates move away from each other
  8. founded by Harry Hess
  9. the layer that is under the lithosphere
  10. when 2 plates collide
  11. crack in the earth

20 Clues: 1% of the earth • layer under mantle • crack in the earth • founded by Harry Hess • when 2 plates collide • founded by Alfred Wegener • what something is made up of • the biggest layer of the earth • the outermost layer of the earth • the innermost layer of the earth • when 2 plates move away from each other • the layer that is under the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plastic-like layer of the Earth
  2. the way it is put together
  3. thin, outer layer
  4. lower mantle
  5. innermost layer
  6. thickest layer of the Earth
  7. presented by Alfred Wegner
  8. crack on the Earth's surface
  9. how layers move and behave
  10. coming together
  11. presented by Harry Hess
Down
  1. sliding past each other
  2. how the plates move
  3. pieces of the crust
  4. moving apart
  5. pressed down on
  6. split into 2 parts
  7. crust+upper mantle
  8. going under another plate
  9. fully liquid layer

20 Clues: lower mantle • moving apart • innermost layer • pressed down on • coming together • thin, outer layer • split into 2 parts • crust+upper mantle • fully liquid layer • how the plates move • pieces of the crust • sliding past each other • presented by Harry Hess • going under another plate • the way it is put together • presented by Alfred Wegner • how layers move and behave • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example of this is the San Andreas blank
  2. the outermost layer of the earth
  3. how dense, hard, liquid or solid and object is
  4. the layer after the crust but before the core
  5. when plates are moving twoard each other
  6. pressure in rocks that can cause them to fold or
  7. the theory that the plates are moving
  8. an area where volcanos re common
  9. the second to last layer of the earth
  10. the layer that is the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. a procces that occurs deep in the ocean where new crust is made
  2. when plates are moving away from each other
  3. a layer of earth making up the core
  4. when rocks bend under pressure but dont break
  5. the theory that plates move over the mantle
  6. when plates are sliding past each other
  7. the hotest and most pressureized layer of the earth
  8. the innermost layer of earth
  9. the layer that is under the lithosphere
  10. the rocks that cover earth

20 Clues: the rocks that cover earth • the innermost layer of earth • the outermost layer of the earth • an area where volcanos re common • a layer of earth making up the core • the theory that the plates are moving • the second to last layer of the earth • when plates are sliding past each other • the layer that is under the lithosphere • when plates are moving twoard each other • ...

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. a theory that proves Alfred Wegners theory of continental drift. Made by Harry Hess
  2. a theory made by Alfred Wegner
  3. the earths crust is split into different parts of these
  4. The way the earth is set up
  5. squeezing stuff
  6. the innermost part in the earths composition and is solid due to immense
  7. Strong lower part of mantle
  8. the biggest part in the earths composition
  9. coming together and folding makes mountains and volcanos
  10. a boundary meaning moving apart
Down
  1. the outer part of the core
  2. it is all San Andreas Fault! A crack in the crust when a transform boundary takes place.
  3. a boundary where the heavier oceanic crust sinks under the lighter continental crust
  4. plates move side by side
  5. the innermost part of earth
  6. this mechanical properity includes the crust and upper mantle
  7. the earth is split into this way(lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere core)
  8. a theory making fact that the tectonic plates are moving everyday
  9. The outer layer that we live on
  10. soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth

20 Clues: squeezing stuff • plates move side by side • the outer part of the core • the innermost part of earth • The way the earth is set up • Strong lower part of mantle • a theory made by Alfred Wegner • The outer layer that we live on • a boundary meaning moving apart • the biggest part in the earths composition • soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer part of the core
  2. the innermost layer of the earth
  3. the inner part of the core
  4. first mechanical layer of the earth
  5. squeezing together
  6. top layer of the earth
  7. created the idea of continental drift
  8. the super-continent that was made up of the continents we know today
  9. 2nd layer of the earth
  10. two plates come together
Down
  1. tectonic plates split apart on the seafloor
  2. the creator of the theory seafloor spreading
  3. plates move away from each other
  4. the slow moving away of the continents
  5. the plates that make up the crust of the earth
  6. plates slide past each other
  7. 3rd mechanical layer of the earth
  8. Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  9. fracture in the earth's crust
  10. second mechanical layer of the earth

20 Clues: squeezing together • top layer of the earth • 2nd layer of the earth • two plates come together • the outer part of the core • the inner part of the core • plates slide past each other • fracture in the earth's crust • plates move away from each other • the innermost layer of the earth • 3rd mechanical layer of the earth • first mechanical layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  2. The thin layer/surface of our planet that we live on.
  3. The very hot and dense center of our planet made of iron and nickel.
  4. The inner most layer of the earth made up of solid iron and nickel.
  5. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load.srength,ductiily,impact resistance,and toughness.
  6. The only liquid layer of the planet that was discovered by seismic activity.
  7. The nature of something's ingredients or constituents.
  8. The plastic like layer of the mantle.
  9. When 2 tectonic plates go the opposite direction of each other.
Down
  1. A theory proposed by Alfred Wegner that pieces of the earths crust moves.
  2. Broken up parts of the Lithosphere.
  3. The process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the earths surface and solidifies.
  4. Tectonic plates that move which Alfred Wegener suggested and how that was Pangea was seperated.
  5. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object.
  6. The sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations.
  7. The middle layer of the earth which is the largest and makes up 66 percent of the earth.
  8. A large crack in the earth's surface.
  9. When 2 plates slide past each other.
  10. When 2 tectonic plates push together.
  11. The layer that is composed of the crust and the upper mantle.

20 Clues: Broken up parts of the Lithosphere. • The strong lower part of the mantle. • When 2 plates slide past each other. • A large crack in the earth's surface. • When 2 tectonic plates push together. • The plastic like layer of the mantle. • The thin layer/surface of our planet that we live on. • The nature of something's ingredients or constituents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Below the asthenospere
  2. Is a force that squeezes something together
  3. There are 7 major and 8 minor of these
  4. Two plates come together
  5. What we live on
  6. Is the crust and upper part of the mantle
  7. When two plates move away from each other
  8. The San Andreas _____ is one of the most famous examples of this
  9. _____ model of the earth
  10. The ______ ______ of the asthenosphere is like plastic
  11. Alfred Wegener is called the father of _____ ______
Down
  1. The asthenosphere makes up part of this
  2. Denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle
  3. _____ is solid because of pressure
  4. The San Andreas fault was created by this
  5. _____ is liquid
  6. The Ring of Fire was made near ______ _____
  7. Harry Hess came up with this concept
  8. Alfred Wegener was the first to think of this
  9. The center of our planet

20 Clues: _____ is liquid • What we live on • Below the asthenospere • Two plates come together • _____ model of the earth • The center of our planet • _____ is solid because of pressure • Harry Hess came up with this concept • There are 7 major and 8 minor of these • The asthenosphere makes up part of this • Denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-25

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

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 • one plate sinking below another • outermost layer of earth layers • where convection currents happen • divergent plate boundary on land • plates sliding against each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-27

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates sliding past each other
  2. evidence for Wegeners hypothesis, scattered throughout the continents
  3. A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  4. The ancient landmass of all the continents
  5. very hot liquid rock under the earth
  6. a place where magma rises through the earths crust and forms a volcano
  7. two plates moving away from each other
  8. boundary causes mountain building
  9. a ———— valley is formed by a divergent boundary
  10. shake in the ground caused by the earth’s plates
Down
  1. spots where magma erupts from earths surface sometimes leading to destruction
  2. one plate going under the other
  3. The outermost layer of the earth
  4. What makes the plates move
  5. a long break in the rock where earthquakes happen
  6. thousand and four the year that the wave shook the world
  7. large caverns in the sea floor made by subduction
  8. are you enjoying this crossword
  9. One of the scientists who thought the continents were once connected
  10. the innermost layer of the earth made of metals

20 Clues: What makes the plates move • one plate going under the other • are you enjoying this crossword • The outermost layer of the earth • boundary causes mountain building • two plates sliding past each other • very hot liquid rock under the earth • two plates moving away from each other • The ancient landmass of all the continents • A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The upper layer of the earths interior, including the crust and the brittle portion at the top of the mantle
  2. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material.
  3. The phenomenon associated with volcanic activity
  4. An area of fracturing rocks
  5. Large, movable segments of the lithosphere
  6. The chemistry of the earths crust
  7. A specialist in the history of the earth recorded in rocks
  8. A split between two previously joined bodies
  9. The region's of the earth where living organisms exist
  10. A form of stress resulted from an equal and opposite force that does not act along the same line
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  1. The deformation of the lithosphere
  2. The centre of the earth
  3. Coming closer together.
  4. To undergo condensation
  5. The study of tectonism including its cause and effects
  6. An area of rock that has been bent by stress
  7. A brach of earth science that involves geology and physics
  8. To be different or develop in different directions.
  9. The top layer of solid earth
  10. The longest unit of geological time

20 Clues: The centre of the earth • Coming closer together. • To undergo condensation • An area of fracturing rocks • The top layer of solid earth • The chemistry of the earths crust • The deformation of the lithosphere • The longest unit of geological time • Large, movable segments of the lithosphere • An area of rock that has been bent by stress • ...

plate tectonics 2023-02-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer most solid shell
  2. highly active divergent boundaries
  3. continental rift and mid-ocean rift
  4. super continent
  5. lave erupted
  6. study of magnetic field frozen within rocks
  7. right lateral fault
  8. high sea wave
  9. believed continents were all together once
  10. map of ocean floor
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  1. two or more plates move toward one another
  2. when a dense oceanic plate meets a more buoyant one
  3. lots of fault zones over a wide area
  4. when subducting plate becomes liquid magma
  5. plates slide past horizontally to each other
  6. left lateral fault
  7. solid bulk of Earth's crust
  8. first scientist to put it together
  9. solid rock that moves
  10. proposed sea floor was spreading

20 Clues: lave erupted • high sea wave • super continent • left lateral fault • map of ocean floor • right lateral fault • solid rock that moves • outer most solid shell • solid bulk of Earth's crust • proposed sea floor was spreading • highly active divergent boundaries • first scientist to put it together • continental rift and mid-ocean rift • lots of fault zones over a wide area • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  2. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  3. earth's outermost layer of rock made up of both dry land and ocean floor ocean
  4. A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  5. a split, break, or breach
  6. Places where tectonic plates slide along beside one another as they move
  7. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet earth
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  1. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  2. Lie beneath landmasses. Contains more silicon dioxide. Plates less dense than oceanic.
  3. North American, South American, Pacific, African, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, and Antarctica
  4. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant
  5. A German scientist
  6. the edges of tectonic plates.
  7. One plate going under another plate
  8. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone
  11. Thin plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates.

20 Clues: A German scientist • a split, break, or breach • the edges of tectonic plates. • One plate going under another plate • A major belt of volcanoes that rims the • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rocks break down
  2. every 5th lines drawn labeled with elevation
  3. landform created in convergent boundary
  4. When plates were all together
  5. landform created in divergent boundary
  6. earths __ made of plates that move
  7. rocks laying down
  8. rocks moving
  9. Plate tectonics fit like a __
Down
  1. difference in elevation between lines
  2. map used in space
  3. what causes volcanoes and trenches in convergent boundary
  4. lines that connect points of equal elevation
  5. plates colliding
  6. two plates move away
  7. landform created in transform boundary
  8. Scientist that discovered seafloor spreading
  9. Plates that move past each other
  10. large land masses moving
  11. map representing different elevations

20 Clues: rocks moving • rocks break down • plates colliding • map used in space • rocks laying down • two plates move away • large land masses moving • When plates were all together • Plate tectonics fit like a __ • Plates that move past each other • earths __ made of plates that move • difference in elevation between lines • map representing different elevations • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two continents' plates drift away from each other
  2. Something to measure earthquakes with
  3. A plate relationship that form trenches
  4. A constant ____
  5. When mantle rises up above the crust
  6. Something happening over and over again
  7. A tear in the Earth's plates
  8. A wedge between two converging plates
  9. When all continents were connected
  10. A plate relationship that forms mid-ocean ridges
  11. People who study the Earth
  12. ________ plates
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  1. The crust and mantle
  2. The substance beneath the Earth's crust
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  4. The cycle that brings hot mantle up towards the crust.
  5. Rift valleys where the crust has been stretched and _____ed
  6. When Africa,Antarctica,India,and South America were connected
  7. Happens at plate boundaries
  8. What's between two plates.

20 Clues: A constant ____ • ________ plates • The crust and mantle • What's between two plates. • People who study the Earth • Happens at plate boundaries • A tear in the Earth's plates • The outermost layer of the Earth. • When all continents were connected • When mantle rises up above the crust • Something to measure earthquakes with • A wedge between two converging plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has a greater density than continental crust
  2. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. has a less density than oceanic crust
  4. two oceanic plates converge
  5. plates are moving up and down each other
  6. they are made by earthquakes
  7. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  8. what moves the crust
  9. the primary source of the movement of plates
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  1. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  2. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  3. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  4. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  5. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  6. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  7. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  8. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  9. what does a convergent plates make
  10. what is the oceanic crust made of
  11. plates are moving towards one another.

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • has a greater density than continental crust • the primary source of the movement of plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what moves the crust
  2. plates are moving towards one another.
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  5. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  6. what is the oceanic crust made of
  7. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  8. what does a convergent plates make
  9. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  10. has a less density than oceanic crust
  11. plates are moving up and down each other
  12. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  13. two oceanic plates converge
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  1. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  2. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  3. they are made by earthquakes
  4. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  5. the primary source of the movement of plates
  6. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  7. has a greater density than continental crust

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • the primary source of the movement of plates • has a greater density than continental crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they move apart
  2. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  3. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  4. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 500 to 5,000 km (300-3,000 miles)
  5. a hypothesis first proposed in the 1960’s by Harry Hess
  6. can widen to form a narrow sea and eventually a new ocean basin
  7. a hypothesis which suggested that all present continents once existed as a single supercontinent Further, beginning about 200 million years ago
  8. linear zones of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor that follows transform faults and their int active extensions
  9. they slide past each other
  10. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another
  11. heat is continuously flowing outward from Earth’s interior causing convection in mantle
  12. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
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  1. there is evidence of a glacial period dating to the locate Paleozoic era in Southern Africa South America Australia and India
  2. coastlines look like they fit together like a puzzle
  3. a wll tested theory proposing that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes volcanoes mountains and the crust itself
  4. has a grater density than continental crust because it is mainly composed of dense ferromagnesian-rich mineral
  5. they move together
  6. continental crust is less likely to subduction due to its buoyancy
  7. Wegener documented several cases in which the same fossil organism is found only on landmasses that are now widely separated even though it is unlikely the organism could have crossed the ocean
  8. processes processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, mountains, continents, and ocean basins
  9. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents
  10. elevated areas of the sea floor

22 Clues: they move apart • they move together • they slide past each other • elevated areas of the sea floor • a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • coastlines look like they fit together like a puzzle • a hypothesis first proposed in the 1960’s by Harry Hess • supercontinent containing all of the existing continents • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The less dense plate slides under the more dense plate creating a subduction zone
  2. Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
  3. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  4. The plastic layer below the lithosphere
  5. Causes sea floor spreading
  6. Where the less dense plate slides under the more dense plate
  7. The earths crust and upper mantle are broken into section called plates
  8. Extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under earths surface
  9. The crust and part of the upper mantle
Down
  1. Divergent, convergent, transform boundary
  2. boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  3. hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again
  4. Plates below the continents
  5. Occurs at subduction zones
  6. fault
  7. Collision zones
  8. Happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  9. Moving past each other
  10. Plates below the ocean
  11. Hitting each other

20 Clues: fault • Collision zones • Hitting each other • Moving past each other • Plates below the ocean • Occurs at subduction zones • Causes sea floor spreading • Plates below the continents • The crust and part of the upper mantle • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Divergent, convergent, transform boundary • boundaries between two plates that are colliding • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extremely hot liquid/rock under the earth's surface
  2. lowlands where plates move away from each other
  3. the theory that the continents moved away from each other
  4. who came up with the plate tectonic theory?
  5. The moving of the plate tectonics can cause _______ to erupt.
  6. natural elevation of the earth's core
  7. a large wave caused by the displacement of water or underwater earthquakes
  8. also known as a continental glacier
  9. the outermost layer of of the earth
  10. a inner layer of the earth that is below the crust and is the largest inner layer
Down
  1. When plates collide/rub against each other it can cause…
  2. the zone where one plate goes under a different plate
  3. What is the name of “the supercontinent”?
  4. The place where there are many active volcanoes is called…
  5. a hot area found under the earth's crust
  6. when two plates move away from each other
  7. dence ice that slowly
  8. layer a layer that contains liquid iron and nickel
  9. ancient remains that helps support the continental drift theory
  10. Alfred Wegener says that the plates are always...

20 Clues: dence ice that slowly • also known as a continental glacier • the outermost layer of of the earth • natural elevation of the earth's core • a hot area found under the earth's crust • What is the name of “the supercontinent”? • when two plates move away from each other • who came up with the plate tectonic theory? • lowlands where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a plate moves under another
  2. lowland area where plates move apart
  3. supercontinent
  4. break in the earths crust from plate movement
  5. how many plates are there
  6. where most divergent boundries are found
  7. evidence of a supercontinent from ice covering the earth
  8. evidence of a supercontinent that comes from animals
  9. occur when the earths crust cracks and magma rises up
  10. longest fault line in the world
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  1. 90% of the worlds eathquakes
  2. two plates move away from each other
  3. plate tectonics theory was develped ___ years ago
  4. happens when plates move (converging or diverging)
  5. layer of earth where convection currents occur
  6. type of map that shows plate outlines
  7. plate canada makes up
  8. theory created by alfred wegener in 1912
  9. outer layer of earth including the crust and upper mantle
  10. when plates move towards each other

20 Clues: supercontinent • plate canada makes up • how many plates are there • 90% of the worlds eathquakes • longest fault line in the world • when a plate moves under another • when plates move towards each other • two plates move away from each other • lowland area where plates move apart • type of map that shows plate outlines • where most divergent boundries are found • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-20

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 3 types
  2. tectonics The Earth’s crust and upper mantle(lithosphere )are broken into sections that have movement
  3. causes the plates to move
  4. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other (EARTHQUAKES along faults)
  5. Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again.
  6. Feature of Divergent Boundary
  7. Lithosphere broken into sections called
  8. Boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  9. “2 fat people walk down the hallway,stomachs rub against each others/ causing earthquakes or___”
  10. The Earth’s crust and upper
Down
  1. A continental plate colliding with another continental plate( occurs at this collision zone)
  2. is caused by rifting
  3. The plates of the lithosphere _______ on the asthenosphere
  4. plates below the ocean
  5. Ocean plate colliding with a less dense continental plate(occur at this subduction zone)
  6. plates below the continents
  7. zone below lithosphere and is more dense
  8. Plates move around on top of the mantle like____
  9. feature of a divergent boundary
  10. Ocean plate colliding with another ocean plate(occurs at this subduction zone)
  11. Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting

21 Clues: 3 types • is caused by rifting • plates below the ocean • causes the plates to move • plates below the continents • The Earth’s crust and upper • Feature of Divergent Boundary • feature of a divergent boundary • Lithosphere broken into sections called • zone below lithosphere and is more dense • Plates move around on top of the mantle like____ • ...

plate tectonics 2024-02-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by divergent plate boundaries underwater
  2. outer layer of earth
  3. the gradual movement and formation of continents
  4. movement of one tectonic plate going under another
  5. mountain caused by plate tectonics that can spew magma
  6. cracks in earths crust where there is movement
  7. drives the movement of earths tectonic plates in the molten mantle.
  8. violent shaking caused by movement of plates
  9. lower layer of earths crust
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  1. hard part of earth containing crust and outer mantle
  2. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  3. a change is shape due to force
  4. amount per unit size
  5. formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis
  6. Transfer of heat caused by molecular motion
  7. a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth
  8. large hills caused by tectonic plates hitting eachother
  9. a slab made of earths crust
  10. molten rock in earths crust that can come out through volcanoes
  11. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

20 Clues: outer layer of earth • amount per unit size • a slab made of earths crust • lower layer of earths crust • a change is shape due to force • Transfer of heat caused by molecular motion • violent shaking caused by movement of plates • cracks in earths crust where there is movement • caused by divergent plate boundaries underwater • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the study of vibrations within Earth.
  2. a crack, split, or break in something.
  3. is a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains that encircles the globe almost entirely underwater.
  4. is made of solid rocks and minerals.
  5. forms as magma deep inside the Earth pushes toward the surface but fails to break through the crust.
  6. is the rocky outer part of Earth.
  7. is any of several large geographical regions.
  8. are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
  9. molten or partially molten rock from which igneous rocks form.
  10. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
Down
  1. (Spreading):This is where two plates move away from each other.
  2. is the shaking caused by the rupture (breaking) and subsequent displacement of rocks (one body of rock moving with respect to another) beneath Earth’s surface.
  3. occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
  4. is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates.
  5. marks the position at which the flexed, subducting slab begins to descend beneath another lithospheric slab.
  6. an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
  7. are The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  9. are openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
  10. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

20 Clues: is the rocky outer part of Earth. • is made of solid rocks and minerals. • occurs at divergent plate boundaries. • a crack, split, or break in something. • is the study of vibrations within Earth. • are The border between two tectonic plates. • is any of several large geographical regions. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • ...

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.
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  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 2023-06-22

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

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • 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 2023-06-22

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

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • 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 2023-06-29

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

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • 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 2022-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of plate boundary formed when plates slide past each other
  2. Molten rock found on Earth's surface
  3. This zone is created when two of the same types of plates hit each other
  4. The fold mountain range found in North America
  5. One of the plates found SW of the Caribbean Plate
  6. The type of currents found in the mantle
  7. This feature, found at a divergent boundary, runs almost the full length of the Atlantic Ocean
  8. These features can be formed at both convergent and divergent plate boundaries
  9. The innermost layer of Earth
  10. The type of plate boundary formed when plates pull apart
  11. Molten rock found underground
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  1. This describes a line of volcanic islands created at a convergent boundary
  2. This Ring of Fire has many active volcanoes and earthquakes
  3. The fold mountain range found in South America
  4. The thinnest layer of Earth
  5. The largest fold mountain range on the planet
  6. The kind of zone created when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate
  7. This massive fault line is found at the transform boundary in California
  8. This is created when the sea floor plunges down to really deep depths
  9. The type of plate boundary formed when plates collide
  10. The largest of the Earth's concentric layers
  11. The name of the supercontinent that drift apart over millions of years
  12. A really big crack
  13. This is found in East Africa, created by plates pulling apart
  14. The fold mountain range found in Europe

25 Clues: A really big crack • The thinnest layer of Earth • The innermost layer of Earth • Molten rock found underground • Molten rock found on Earth's surface • The fold mountain range found in Europe • The type of currents found in the mantle • The largest of the Earth's concentric layers • The largest fold mountain range on the planet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example of a convergent boundary
  2. convection currents move through it to power tectonic plates
  3. top layer of the tectonic plates it has a high density and results from the cooling of magma
  4. earths largest plate and formed a part of a series of islands near North America
  5. transform boundaries cause when energy is released
  6. it is a plate that covers the entirety of a country, and it also covers a part of Asia
  7. lies above the fault plane
  8. Earth's lithosphere is recycled into earths mantle at convergent boundaries
  9. break in earth's crust
  10. are mostly found underwater
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth
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  1. can be between continental plates
  2. occurs at mid-ocean ridges,new oceanic crust is formed
  3. is the most important source of magma and is directly below the lithosphere
  4. it is a layer of rock that forms below the continents, and has a low density
  5. form deep trenches
  6. Earth's thin outer shell of rock
  7. drive the movement of tectonic plates
  8. two tectonic plates collide to form
  9. the theory that earth's continents moved over time, but they were on tectonic plates so they slowly moved away
  10. ocean to continent example of a transform boundary

21 Clues: form deep trenches • break in earth's crust • lies above the fault plane • are mostly found underwater • Earth's thin outer shell of rock • can be between continental plates • the rigid outer part of the earth • an example of a convergent boundary • two tectonic plates collide to form • drive the movement of tectonic plates • transform boundaries cause when energy is released • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The physical layer of the earth that is made of solid rock that slowly flows and that tectonic plates move on.
  2. the outermost physical layer of the earth.
  3. What is the mantle mostly made of?
  4. The part of the Earth on which the tectonic plates move is the
  5. What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
  6. What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
  7. This process moves layers of rock by heating and cooling
  8. The type of boundary that is formed when plates slide past each other?
  9. Where does seafloor spreading take place?
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  1. the thin and solid outermost above the mantle.
  2. What crustal features might you find at a transform boundary?
  3. Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory?
  4. the strong, lower part of the mantle is a physical layer called what?
  5. by using...?
  6. The type tectonic plate boundary that form from a collision between two tectonic plates is a.
  7. What type of boundary occurs when one plate slides UNDER another?
  8. Who came up with the idea of Sea-floor Spreading?
  9. The compositional layer of the earth that comprises of 67% of the Earth's mass.
  10. the deep interior of the earth can be
  11. The liquid layer of the earth?

20 Clues: by using...? • The liquid layer of the earth? • What is the mantle mostly made of? • Where does seafloor spreading take place? • the outermost physical layer of the earth. • the thin and solid outermost above the mantle. • Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory? • the deep interior of the earth can be • Who came up with the idea of Sea-floor Spreading? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Area of land that existed 245 million years ago
  2. Zones where mass of the crust is moving under another
  3. A scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  4. Incapable of or resistant to bending
  5. Pushes magma up through a thin hole
  6. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  7. Plates that push together
  8. Caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  9. A large continuous extent of land
  10. Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  11. A single thickness of some substance or material
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  1. One of the large landmasses of the earth
  2. Cause to change; make different
  3. Of a feature that helps to identify a person or thing
  4. The practical application of science to commerce or industry
  5. Plates that pull apart
  6. Knowledge on which to base belief
  7. Long narrow depression on the sea floor
  8. The bottom of a sea or ocean
  9. Crash together with violent impact

20 Clues: Plates that pull apart • Plates that push together • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Cause to change; make different • Knowledge on which to base belief • A large continuous extent of land • Crash together with violent impact • Pushes magma up through a thin hole • Incapable of or resistant to bending • Long narrow depression on the sea floor • ...

plate tectonics 2022-10-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a new seafloor is formed
  2. all of or continents today connected
  3. to change shape or distort
  4. decrease in size of an object
  5. upper layer of earths mantle
  6. the center of the earth materials matter of which a thing is made by
  7. area on earth where 2 plates colide
  8. one plate pushed beneath another
  9. current that results from convection
  10. wave produced by earthquake
  11. zone of fractures between two rocks
  12. when 2 plates move away from another
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  1. state of being stretched tight
  2. theory states earth has moving plate
  3. when north and south poles switch
  4. connects to another plate boundary
  5. consists of crust and upper mantle
  6. the layer beneath the crust
  7. outermost layer of earth
  8. giant slabs of rock in core
  9. something thats in flattened state
  10. theory that states earth once fused
  11. third layer of atmosphere

23 Clues: outermost layer of earth • third layer of atmosphere • to change shape or distort • the layer beneath the crust • giant slabs of rock in core • wave produced by earthquake • upper layer of earths mantle • when a new seafloor is formed • decrease in size of an object • state of being stretched tight • one plate pushed beneath another • when north and south poles switch • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid material that is moved to a new location
  2. A displacement of rock
  3. Where one plate slides under another
  4. Plates going towards each other
  5. Process that turns any rock into magma
  6. Breaking apart due to faulting
  7. where two or more plates meet
  8. Liquified rock that is underground
  9. naturally occurring elements or compounds
  10. Earths outerlayer divided into plates
  11. The thick part of the Earth's crust that forms large landmasses
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  1. The formation of new oceanic crust
  2. Plates rubbing against each other
  3. Plates moving away from each other
  4. movement of continents spreading apart from each other
  5. a giant supercontinent
  6. A zone formed by the boundary between two tectonic plates
  7. hardens magma and turns it into igneous rock
  8. Molten rock that breaks through Earth's surface
  9. The rigid outer part of the Earth

20 Clues: A displacement of rock • a giant supercontinent • where two or more plates meet • Breaking apart due to faulting • Plates going towards each other • Plates rubbing against each other • The rigid outer part of the Earth • The formation of new oceanic crust • Plates moving away from each other • Liquified rock that is underground • Where one plate slides under another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  2. plate ‐ a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere.
  3. ‐ A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  4. trench ‐ a long, narrow, deep area on the ocean floor that is formed at a convergent plate boundary.
  5. spot ‐ is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  6. ‐ Part of a grid used for describing positions on the earth's surface, consisting of half circles
  7. boundary ‐The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other.
  8. boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  9. ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  10. ‐ The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  11. ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  12. ‐ a straight line of travel where data is being collected.
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  1. ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake
  2. at the poles
  3. plate.
  4. landslide, or volcanic eruption.
  5. ‐ the outermost layer of Earth.
  6. ‐ a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  7. ‐ the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  8. ‐ A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea
  9. Scale ‐ A logarithmic scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake
  10. - melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  11. ‐ A transference of energy
  12. Tectonics Vocabulary
  13. ‐ The distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference

25 Clues: plate. • at the poles • Tectonics Vocabulary • ‐ A transference of energy • ‐ the outermost layer of Earth. • landslide, or volcanic eruption. • ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface. • ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake • - melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates crashed together forming -------
  2. if simaler fosile are seen all around the world that means that the world may have been --------
  3. plates that are under the ocean
  4. was a theory in 1912
  5. how many major plates are there
  6. ice sheets,mountains,fosils and contanets fitting together is -------- that the theory of continental drift may be true
  7. plates crashed together
  8. what plate is the ring of fire mainly located
  9. was a theory 50 years ago
  10. what is the first layer of the earth called
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  1. plates that are under the continents
  2. which ocean is the fire located
  3. where is 90% of the world earthquakes
  4. a plates slides under anouther plate
  5. what is the center of the earth called
  6. move on the liquid layer
  7. south America and Africa --- together
  8. where does earthquakes happen on plates
  9. how minor plates are there
  10. mega continent

20 Clues: mega continent • was a theory in 1912 • plates crashed together • move on the liquid layer • was a theory 50 years ago • how minor plates are there • which ocean is the fire located • plates that are under the ocean • how many major plates are there • plates that are under the continents • a plates slides under anouther plate • where is 90% of the world earthquakes • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves. Vibrations caused by release of energy during an earthquake
  2. plates parts of the crust and uppermost mangle that move on the earth's surface
  3. plate boundary where two tectonic plates collide
  4. push new material pushes older material aside, causing tectonic plates to move apart
  5. deep valleys in the ocean
  6. Location in earth where an earthquake starts
  7. of plate tectonics the theory of the lithosphere being broken up into different pieces
  8. pull. Pulling of a tectonic plate due to gravity and subduction
  9. plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  10. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength
  11. convection. Current in the Mantle where cooler, denser material sinks and warmer less dense material rises
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  1. Point on earths surface above where an earthquake starts
  2. Instrument that measure and record ground vibration
  3. plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart
  4. Large break in rock
  5. a destructive event that results from geological processes
  6. ridges mountains along ocean
  7. ground shaking energy when a break in the crust occurs
  8. Opening in earth's surface where magma and other materials are released
  9. floor spreading. Magma rising to create new oceanic plates

20 Clues: Large break in rock • deep valleys in the ocean • ridges mountains along ocean • Location in earth where an earthquake starts • plate boundary where two tectonic plates collide • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength • Instrument that measure and record ground vibration • plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2025-03-06

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. They move 5-10cm a year
  2. Mountain that spews out lava
  3. Makes plates "float" on the asthenosphere
  4. Boundary where plates move apart
  5. Top layer of Earth's surface
  6. Formed where there is a convergent boundary
  7. Happens usually along a Transform Boundary
  8. Largest mountain range
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  1. Middle layer of Earth's surface
  2. Scale that measures damage in an earthquake
  3. Holds the asthenosphere, crust, and upper mantle
  4. Plate we live on
  5. The theory scientists use to expain plate movement
  6. Made of liquid metals
  7. Boundary where plates grind past each other
  8. Boundary where plates collide
  9. Scale that measures energy in an earthquake
  10. Made of iron and nickel
  11. Wears down Earth's surface
  12. Mega Continent

20 Clues: Mega Continent • Plate we live on • Made of liquid metals • Largest mountain range • They move 5-10cm a year • Made of iron and nickel • Wears down Earth's surface • Mountain that spews out lava • Top layer of Earth's surface • Boundary where plates collide • Middle layer of Earth's surface • Boundary where plates move apart • Makes plates "float" on the asthenosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics. 2025-03-21

Plate Tectonics. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where magma comes to the surface
  2. Fractures between two plates
  3. A layer of rock that is made up of ocean and continents
  4. Molten rock above the Earths surface
  5. A ring of volcanoes in a ocean
  6. When tectonic plates move away from eachother
  7. Liquid metal layer
  8. Molten rock below the earths surface
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  1. A long mountain range on the oceans floor
  2. The super continent
  3. The theory that the lithosphere is divided into various peices
  4. Outer part of mantle, layer that floats on liquid metal
  5. Currents caused by difference in temperature
  6. Carries the edge of one plate under another plate
  7. When plates move towards each other
  8. Place where lots of volcanic activities occur
  9. The theory that tectonic plates drift over time
  10. When tectonic plates rub against eachother
  11. The center of the Earth
  12. Uppermost layer of the earth

20 Clues: Liquid metal layer • The super continent • The center of the Earth • Fractures between two plates • Uppermost layer of the earth • A ring of volcanoes in a ocean • Where magma comes to the surface • When plates move towards each other • Molten rock above the Earths surface • Molten rock below the earths surface • A long mountain range on the oceans floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate moving under another plate
  2. Layer of melted rock
  3. Most famous plate boundary that has the most seismic activity
  4. Melted rock on the Earth’s surface
  5. The solid outer part of the Earth that includes the Crust and the Mantle
  6. Name of supercontinent
  7. A type of seismic activity that is caused by pressure building up in plates and quickly releasing
  8. Boundary where plates pull apart
  9. Boundary where plates slide past each other
  10. Natural mass that is formed when plates split underneath one another
  11. Largest continental plate
  12. Large wave created by underwater earthquakes
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  1. Name of machine that measure and records seismic activity
  2. What car enthusiasts and the continental plates do
  3. Boundary where plates push together
  4. The man who came up with the Plate Tectonics Theory
  5. The uppermost layer of the earth
  6. A crack or fracture in the earth's crust
  7. Natural mass formed when plates push up against each other
  8. Melted rock beneath the Earth’s surface

20 Clues: Layer of melted rock • Name of supercontinent • Largest continental plate • The uppermost layer of the earth • Boundary where plates pull apart • Melted rock on the Earth’s surface • Boundary where plates push together • Melted rock beneath the Earth’s surface • A crack or fracture in the earth's crust • Boundary where plates slide past each other • ...

plate tectonics 2025-03-31

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thickest layer of earth
  2. core what is the liquid layer of the earth
  3. what is it called when two plates collide horizontally
  4. what is the outermost layer of the earth called
  5. the breaking down of rock is called
  6. what is Pangaea
  7. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries
  8. cracks in earth's crust
  9. what element makes up most of the earth's core
Down
  1. melted rock inside of earth
  2. Word used to describe the state of the mantle.
  3. who is alfred wegener
  4. the border between two tectonic plates is called
  5. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite.
  6. two plates collide they make...
  7. these shake the earth
  8. when two plates move away from each other
  9. what is it called when two plates collide vertically
  10. large solid area of land
  11. in earth's crust where magma comes out
  12. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this.

21 Clues: what is Pangaea • who is alfred wegener • these shake the earth • thickest layer of earth • cracks in earth's crust • large solid area of land • melted rock inside of earth • two plates collide they make... • the breaking down of rock is called • in earth's crust where magma comes out • when two plates move away from each other • core what is the liquid layer of the earth • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid part of the earth in between the crust and the upper mantle
  2. the layer of soft, rock underneath Earths plates
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. the last name of the person that came up with continental drift
  5. Earths outer layer
  6. what they call the “plastic” layer
  7. moving apart in different directions
  8. a sudden shaking of Earths surface
  9. Earths innermost layer
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  1. a landform that forms when plates move apart
  2. the sudden pushing out of something
  3. the element that makes up most of Earths core
  4. to examine in detail for a purpose
  5. how often of fast something is moving
  6. the process in plate tectonics of the edge of one plate descending below the edge of another plate
  7. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock, that make up Earths outer layer
  8. an long deep indentation in the ocean floor form when 2 plates move together
  9. moving towards the same place
  10. the number of main plates on earth
  11. the thing that increases the further down you go in the earth

20 Clues: Earths outer layer • Earths innermost layer • moving towards the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • what they call the “plastic” layer • the number of main plates on earth • a sudden shaking of Earths surface • the sudden pushing out of something • moving apart in different directions • how often of fast something is moving • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melted rock on the earths surface
  2. The spot when one plate moves under another
  3. The degree of hotness in a place
  4. The thick shell that surrounds the earths core
  5. The study of history as recorded in rocks
  6. Melted rock under the earths surface
  7. an unusual rise of water
  8. The ground does this when an earthquake happens
  9. The outer layer of the earth
  10. To be put underwater
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  1. Believed to be the original shape of the earth
  2. A lava spewing mountain
  3. Crash together
  4. A huge wave caused by an earthquake
  5. Relating to the internal heat of the earth
  6. The branch of geology studying the folding of the earths crust
  7. When rubbing plates causes the ground to shake
  8. A volcano is considered a natural ________
  9. The shore of a sea or ocean
  10. A hot spring that sends water into the air

20 Clues: Crash together • To be put underwater • A lava spewing mountain • an unusual rise of water • The shore of a sea or ocean • The outer layer of the earth • The degree of hotness in a place • Melted rock on the earths surface • A huge wave caused by an earthquake • Melted rock under the earths surface • The study of history as recorded in rocks • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is formed when the old crust melts in the subduction zone forming a magma chamber, which eventually finds its way to the surface
  2. The Earth's crust is broken up into plates made up of continental and oceanic rock
  3. when plates slide past each other they form this kind of boundary
  4. the magma causes this in the athenosphere
  5. this is when two oceanic plates come together and one slides down under the other
  6. these are formed at a subduction zone
  7. these ride on convection currents
  8. this age of rocks are found closest to the ridge (hint: oldest or youngest)
  9. when plates come together they form these
  10. --------margin is found at the edge of the continent and is made up of the shelf, slope, and rise
  11. rises up at the mid-ocean ridge causing the seafloor to split
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  1. when plates move away from each other they form this kind of boundary
  2. this kind of continental margin happens when the edge of the continent is in the middle of the plate
  3. when plates come together this kind of boundary forms
  4. this is made up of plates that float on the athenosphere
  5. this is a fault in California that has a transform boundary
  6. the chains of mountain ranges found on the bottom of the oceans
  7. this kind of continental margin occurs when plates meet at the edge of a continent
  8. This age of rocks are found at the trenches (hint:oldest or youngest)
  9. an active continental margin causes this kind of activity
  10. when a continental plate and an oceanic plates collide, this plate goes underneath the other one

21 Clues: these ride on convection currents • these are formed at a subduction zone • the magma causes this in the athenosphere • when plates come together they form these • when plates come together this kind of boundary forms • this is made up of plates that float on the athenosphere • an active continental margin causes this kind of activity • ...

plate tectonics 2025-03-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart, allowing magma to rise and form new crust, creating features like mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.
  2. an area where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  3. the third layer of Earth's atmosphere, located above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
  4. a geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart, allowing molten magma to rise and solidify
  5. the characteristics of rocks and soils that describe their behavior and resistance to forces
  6. that Earth's rigid outer shell (the lithosphere) is divided into several large, moving plates that interact, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building.
  7. performing two or more transformations as the same shape
  8. a convergent plate boundary where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, typically the denser oceanic plate diving under a lighter continental or oceanic plate, into the Earth's mantle.
  9. he metaphorical shrinking of the world due to advancements in technology
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  1. large, irregularly shaped slabs of Earth's solid outer layer
  2. a liquid, spherical layer of primarily iron and nickel, located between the solid inner core and the mantle
  3. the theory that Earth's continents were once joined in a single landmass
  4. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. a hard or brittle external coat or covering
  6. the mechanically weak, ductile region of the Earth's upper mantle, located below the lithosphere
  7. a branch of mathematics that explores the properties, relationships,
  8. tectonic plate margin where two plates slide horizontally past each othe
  9. a fracture or discontinuity in rock where there has been significant displacement due to rock-mass movements, often leading to earthquakes.
  10. the solid, innermost layer of the Earth, composed primarily of iron and nicke
  11. the rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, encompassing the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.

20 Clues: the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • a hard or brittle external coat or covering • an area where two or more lithospheric plates collide • performing two or more transformations as the same shape • large, irregularly shaped slabs of Earth's solid outer layer • a branch of mathematics that explores the properties, relationships, • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer part of the Mechanical Layers
  2. What the lithosphere is split into
  3. Mechanical properties describe a materials response to something
  4. The last layer of the Mechanical Layers of the Earth
  5. The inner part of the Earth
  6. How something is made up
  7. When the continents move
  8. When two plates slide past each other
  9. The theory that tectonic plates moved and was once a super continent called Pangaea
  10. When two plates come apart
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  1. A semi-solid layer of the Mechanical Layers
  2. When two things are pushed together
  3. The third layer of the mechanical layers of the Earth
  4. A fracture in the Earth´s surface
  5. When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate
  6. When Oceanic Crust is formed at ridges
  7. Where the convection currents are
  8. The outer part of the earth
  9. When two plates collide
  10. The outer part of the core

20 Clues: When two plates collide • How something is made up • When the continents move • The outer part of the core • When two plates come apart • The outer part of the earth • The inner part of the Earth • A fracture in the Earth´s surface • Where the convection currents are • What the lithosphere is split into • When two things are pushed together • When two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a thick layer of hot, slow-moving, solid rock
  2. the jigsaw-like fit of continents
  3. layers of the earth
  4. a plate with thinner oceanic crust descends beneath a plate with thicker continental crust
  5. the outer layer of the earth
  6. Earth's moving puzzle pieces
  7. its liquid state is composed of nickel and iron
  8. symmetrical magnetic stripes on either side of mid-ocean ridges
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  1. primarily composed of silicate rocks like granite and basalt
  2. mountain formation
  3. outermost rigid layer
  4. innermost part composed of iron and nickel
  5. coldest part of atmosphere where meteors burn up
  6. place where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other
  7. crack or fracture
  8. matching shapes and rock formations of continents that once fit together
  9. area where tectonic plates move apart
  10. hot,solid, metal ball
  11. plates collide
  12. located below the lithosphere

20 Clues: plates collide • crack or fracture • mountain formation • layers of the earth • outermost rigid layer • hot,solid, metal ball • the outer layer of the earth • Earth's moving puzzle pieces • located below the lithosphere • the jigsaw-like fit of continents • area where tectonic plates move apart • innermost part composed of iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves of energy that travel through Earth's crust and interior
  2. a long area where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another
  3. the process by which ocean crust spreads apart along each side of a mid-ocean ridge
  4. the gradual movement of the continents across Earth’s surface over time
  5. a puzzle piece-like section of the lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  6. the outermost layer of Earth that forms Earth's surface
  7. a trace of an ancient organism preserved within a layer or rock
  8. the movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature
  9. an area where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  10. a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle
  11. the place on Earth's surface directly over the focus of an earthquake
  12. the place deep inside Earth where a shift in Earth's crust occurs, causing an earthquake
Down
  1. an area where two or more tectonic plates move toward one another and collide
  2. the downward movement of one of Earth's plates beneath another plate
  3. an area in the ocean that has an upwelling of molten material associated with seafloor spreading
  4. the layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. an area where two or more tectonic plates move away from one another
  6. a crack and Earth's crust
  7. an area of lowland with steep walls formed at divergent boundaries
  8. the theory that pieces of the lithosphere are constantly moving due to convection currents in Earth's mantle
  9. a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle
  10. the thick region between Earth's core and crust
  11. a well-tested, widely accepted explanation that combines several hypotheses and observations

23 Clues: a crack and Earth's crust • the thick region between Earth's core and crust • the layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • the outermost layer of Earth that forms Earth's surface • a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle • a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-03-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many boundaries are
  2. When two plates blank
  3. The earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken
  4. The less dense plate slides under the more dense plate
  5. When two oceanic plates are pulling apart
  6. plates Found at the bottom of the ocean
  7. it never stops moving
  8. Sliding past each other
  9. plates found at the bottom of a continents
  10. the plastic layer
Down
  1. The famous trench in the western pacific
  2. The famous fault
  3. A hot area in the Earth's mantle
  4. When ocean plates colliding
  5. How many plates are there
  6. Two plates continental plates colliding
  7. the earth’s crust and upper mantle
  8. A oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding
  9. When two continental plates slide
  10. Something that cracks the earth

20 Clues: The famous fault • the plastic layer • When two plates blank • it never stops moving • How many boundaries are • Sliding past each other • How many plates are there • When ocean plates colliding • Something that cracks the earth • A hot area in the Earth's mantle • When two continental plates slide • the earth’s crust and upper mantle • Two plates continental plates colliding • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountain or hill, typically conical, has a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  2. bigger eruption then a normal volcano and way bigger too
  3. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks
  4. the location where two plates meet
  5. the first layer of earths layers
  6. the fourth and final layer in earths layers
  7. crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
  8. the pull away between two plates
  9. formed over convergent boundaries
  10. the second layer in earths layers
  11. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. a supercontinent
  13. an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
Down
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. when two plates rub against each other
  3. the third layer in earths layers
  4. the push against two plates
  5. is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  6. tectonics a plate underneath earths surface
  7. formed when divergent boundaries erupt in the ocean

20 Clues: a supercontinent • the push against two plates • the third layer in earths layers • the first layer of earths layers • the pull away between two plates • formed over convergent boundaries • the second layer in earths layers • the location where two plates meet • when two plates rub against each other • crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-12-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sliding down of rock or earth from a cliff or mountain
  2. earthquakes under the ocean cause this
  3. Coming together
  4. When stress builds, then releases, violently shaking the plates
  5. Magma exploding through the surface
  6. Super continent
  7. When lots of stress builds up, causing rock to break
  8. A massive slide of mud and earth
  9. An above average sized volcano
  10. Dividing
  11. A force that acts on rock to change shape or volume
Down
  1. The size of an earthquake or other things
  2. A big plume of hot mantle, rising from deep in the earth
  3. Vibrations traveling through earth, carrying energy.
  4. Volcanoes that are constantly erupting or are going to in the furture
  5. Magma once it reaches the earths surface
  6. The point on earths surface directly above the focus of the earthquake
  7. Melted rock beneath the earths surface
  8. under water, where 2 plate diverge create this
  9. Sliding

20 Clues: Sliding • Dividing • Coming together • Super continent • An above average sized volcano • A massive slide of mud and earth • Magma exploding through the surface • earthquakes under the ocean cause this • Melted rock beneath the earths surface • Magma once it reaches the earths surface • The size of an earthquake or other things • under water, where 2 plate diverge create this • ...

plate tectonics 2024-12-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by all types of faults
  2. coming together
  3. how earthquakes are measured
  4. when a supervolcano erupts leaving this because it blew it's top off
  5. formed by a hotspot with plate shifting
  6. mountain of lava
  7. the law that states that older rock is found below younger rock
  8. plates what all continents and oceans sit on
Down
  1. super volcano found in Montana+Wyoming
  2. south America looks like it could fit into this continent
  3. ocean crust
  4. caused by underwater earthquake
  5. waves some energy released from earthquakes
  6. volcano very very big volcano
  7. supercontinent
  8. dividing
  9. plume of magma in the ground
  10. how volcanoes are measured
  11. sliding
  12. land crust

20 Clues: sliding • dividing • land crust • ocean crust • supercontinent • coming together • mountain of lava • how volcanoes are measured • how earthquakes are measured • plume of magma in the ground • caused by all types of faults • volcano very very big volcano • caused by underwater earthquake • super volcano found in Montana+Wyoming • formed by a hotspot with plate shifting • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continental crust containing silica and aluminum
  2. a sudden violent shaking of the crust
  3. a vent or opening in the crust from which magma can reach the surface
  4. a more specific term for the subduction zone
  5. oceanic crust containing silica and magnesium
  6. landforms created when continental plates collide
  7. a force causing plate movement as plates are pulled into subduction zones
  8. the supercontinent that existed billions of years ago
  9. scientist who first proposed theory of plate tectonics
  10. the central layer of the earth formed of iron and nickel
  11. a layer of the earth containing the crust
  12. the longest mountain range in the world
  13. a force causing plates to move away from ocean ridges
  14. a deep sea landform located where subduction occurs
  15. the act of one plate being forced under another due to higher density
Down
  1. an intense area of heat in the mantle that burns through the lithosphere
  2. Hess' theory that was proved by paleomagnetism
  3. a ductile layer of the earth in which convection occurs
  4. a landform created by oceanic-oceanic subduction
  5. the magnetic alignment of minerals
  6. the study of ancient magnetism in rock
  7. a plate boundary where plates move parallel to one another
  8. found at right angles to ocean ridges- like discs in a spine
  9. when a recumbent fold collapses on itself
  10. a landform created when continental plates diverge
  11. valleys found between horsts
  12. a large wave caused by underwater tectonic activity
  13. a block shaped landform created as plates separate

28 Clues: valleys found between horsts • the magnetic alignment of minerals • a sudden violent shaking of the crust • the study of ancient magnetism in rock • the longest mountain range in the world • when a recumbent fold collapses on itself • a layer of the earth containing the crust • a more specific term for the subduction zone • oceanic crust containing silica and magnesium • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. massive slabs of rock that form the Earth's outer shell
  2. A long, narrow depression on the seafloor formed due to subduction.
  3. Where the edge of one plate slides under another denser plate
  4. a weak to violent shaking of the ground due to tectonic plate movements
  5. an opening in the Earth's crust where magma, ash, and gas escape from deep within the planet
  6. the rigid, outermost layer of Earth
  7. linear zone where the Earth's lithosphere is being pulled apart
  8. Two plates collide
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where there has been displacement between two blocks of rock
  10. Large waves of water due to tectonic plate movements.
Down
  1. Two plates moving away from each other
  2. the slow, circular movement of hot rock in the Earth's mantle that drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  3. Two plates slide beside each other
  4. A thick layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core that drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. The central part of the Earth
  6. The supercontinent
  7. a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes
  8. Molten rock that has erupted on to earth's surface
  9. a theory that the continents were together in a supercontinent, but drifted to different places overtime.
  10. the molten rock mixture found beneath the Earth's surface
  11. the solid, rocky outer shell of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates

21 Clues: The supercontinent • Two plates collide • The central part of the Earth • Two plates slide beside each other • the rigid, outermost layer of Earth • Two plates moving away from each other • a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes • Molten rock that has erupted on to earth's surface • Large waves of water due to tectonic plate movements. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  2. boundary where plates slide past each other
  3. these cause earthquakes
  4. the layer that s-waves stop at
  5. when oceanic plate plunges underneath continental crust
  6. Earth's supercontinent
  7. boundary where plates move apart
  8. pipes of hot rock that rise through mantle
  9. movement of the plates over earth's surface
Down
  1. the outermost mechanical layer
  2. caused by convection currents in the mantle
  3. the first supercontinent
  4. the layer that makes up 68% of earth's mass
  5. the layer that makes up less than 1% of Earth's mass
  6. heat is transferred through rapid collisions of atoms
  7. Activity that occurs within a plate
  8. Waves that cannot travel through liquid
  9. worlds most notorious transform fault
  10. boundary where plates collide
  11. Fastest waves that move at 4 miles per second

20 Clues: Earth's supercontinent • these cause earthquakes • the first supercontinent • boundary where plates collide • the outermost mechanical layer • the layer that s-waves stop at • boundary where plates move apart • Activity that occurs within a plate • worlds most notorious transform fault • proposed the theory of plate tectonics • Waves that cannot travel through liquid • ...