plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Quiz#: 4 VOLCANOES & PLATE TECTONICS 2021-04-28

Quiz#: 4 VOLCANOES & PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
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  1. An example of early stages of island arc are the
  2. magma that flows onto Earth's surface; the rock that forms when it cools and solidifies
  3. A vent or fissure in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  4. small tubular plutons; may be only a few centimeters wide
  5. Scientists can learn more about volcanic eruptions by studying ____________ within the Earth
  6. large plutons that cover an area of at least 100 km2 when exposed on Earth's surface
  7. rocks that form when magma cools
  8. Any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto Earth's surface
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  1. large formation of igneous rocks, created by magma that does not reach Earth's surface, but cools and solidifies inside the crust
  2. Sometimes Earth's solid mantle and crust melt to form
  3. as hot bodies of magma rise toward the surface and melt surrounding rock they become
  4. Cause of many volcanic eruptions is the movement of
  5. the islands that make up ______ are island arcs that have joined to form one landmass
  6. Volcanic eruptions can be more powerful than a(n)
  7. lava flows from an opening in Earth's surface called
  8. many volcanoes are located along _______ zones
  9. combined temperature & pressure in the lower part of Earth's mantle keeps rocks below their
  10. the movement of tectonic plates is driven by Earth's internal
  11. The pacific ring of fire is also one of Earth's major __________ zones
  12. When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere, magma rises to the surface to form a(n)

20 Clues: rocks that form when magma cools • many volcanoes are located along _______ zones • An example of early stages of island arc are the • Volcanic eruptions can be more powerful than a(n) • Cause of many volcanic eruptions is the movement of • lava flows from an opening in Earth's surface called • Sometimes Earth's solid mantle and crust melt to form • ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plate Tectonics Vocab (Unit 6) 2025-04-07

Plate Tectonics Vocab (Unit 6) crossword puzzle
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  1. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core, broken up into 3 distinct parts: rigid (upper) mantle , asthenosphere and rigid (lower) mantle
  2. An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed, found at DIVERGENT boundaries
  3. A rigid layer made up of the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  4. an instrument that records earthquake waves in the from of a seismogram
  5. formed at a divergent boundary on continental crust- could lead to the formation of new oceans
  6. potentially giant wave caused by an underwater earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  7. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  8. Liquid layer of the core: molten iron and nickel. Movement in this layer combined with the Coriolis effect creates Earth's magnetic fields.
  9. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth- solid due to the crazy high pressure levels.
  10. where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust- convection currents are moving away from each other
  11. amount of time between the arrival of the P-wave and the arrival of the S-wave at a given location
  12. underground location where an earthquake originates (occurs)
  13. time it takes a seismic wave to get from the epicenter to a given location
  14. A narrow, deep trough parallel to an CONVERGENT oceanic and continental plate boundary .
  15. A plate boundary where two plates move or slide past each other in opposite directions- San Andreas Fault is a famous one
  16. all waves of energy released from an earthquakes focus and traveling outward in all directions
  17. The vibrations and shaking of earth's crust caused by the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  18. the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge- rocks on opposite sides are mirror images of each other- sharing the same age and magnetic polarity
  19. a volcanically active area of Earth's surface, often far from a tectonic plate boundary- Example: the Hawaiian Islands
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  1. faster moving, seismic waves that can travel through liquids, solids and gasses
  2. The felsic (granite) crust that is found under the continents: thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust
  3. Polarity Patterns Magnetic minerals line up with Earth's magnetic poles when new ocean crust is formed, creating a mirror record of Earth's polarity changes on either side of a mid-ocean ridge
  4. occurs as less dense, hotter material rises from within the mantle and cooler, more dense material sinks in a continuous cycle, thought out the asthenosphere
  5. The idea that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface- provided the basis for the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  6. Distance of a given location from the epicenter of an Earthquake
  7. Measure of the energy released during an earthquake
  8. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other causing the destruction of crust, convection currents are coming together and sinking here
  9. The mafic (basalt) crust is found under the oceans : thinner and more dense than the continental crust
  10. A vent in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt
  11. the plastic-like layer of the mantle below the lithosphere where convection occurs (this layer is the reason we have plate tectonics)
  12. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  13. slower moving seismic waves that can only travel through solids (absorbed by liquid)
  14. The time a P or S wave gets to another location after an earthquake occurs (clock time)
  15. Area on Earth's surface where NO seismic waves are detected during an Earthquake

34 Clues: Measure of the energy released during an earthquake • underground location where an earthquake originates (occurs) • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • Distance of a given location from the epicenter of an Earthquake • A vent in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt • ...

Plate Tectonics and Geologic Time 2025-03-26

Plate Tectonics and Geologic Time crossword puzzle
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  1. Earth is approximately 4.6 _____________ years old
  2. This type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries
  3. The idea of continental drift began when people noticed South America and Africa looked like they fit together like pieces of a _________
  4. Subdivisions of eras
  5. A zipper-like chain of undersea mountains
  6. the shaking that results from the movement of Earth's plates
  7. The geologic time scale is constantly being _________, or made more accurate
  8. This class of volcano is currently erupting or shows signs of erupting soon
  9. The name given to a "sleeping" volcano
  10. The ring of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean
  11. This type of stress occurs at transform boundaries
  12. This mountain range was created as a result of India colliding with Asia
  13. A place where lava frequently erupts onto Earth's surface independent of a plate boundary
  14. This is a gap in the geologic record where rock layers have been lost due to erosion
  15. The geologic time scale is divided into the Precambrian time and the three major _____
  16. This chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean formed as a result of a hot spot
  17. Magma that has reached Earth's surface
  18. This method of aging compares rocks by looking at the layers above or below it
  19. Mass _______________ mark when one era ends and another begins
  20. This type of crust is larger and less dense than oceanic crust
  21. A fern like plant found on five different continents used as evidence for continental drift
  22. The record of geologic events and the evolution of life on Earth
  23. Waves produced by an earthquake
  24. This boundary sees two plates moving towards each other
  25. Tectonic plates are said to move at the same rate as your ___________ grow
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  1. This type of volcano is made of alternating layers of hardened lava and ash
  2. The method of determining the absolute age of rocks
  3. This law states that in undisturbed, horizontal sedimentary rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest rocks are at the top.
  4. Alfred __________ claimed the continents "drift" around the glove very slowly
  5. Molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases and water from the mantle
  6. This occurs when dense oceanic crust sinks under less dense crust
  7. The farther you are from the mid ocean ridge, the ________ the rocks get
  8. This type of boundary sees two plates moving away from each other
  9. When atoms of an unstable element break down to form atoms of a more stable element
  10. Undersea valleys that are the deepest parts of the ocean floor
  11. The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of this type of boundary
  12. The remains or traces of things that used to be alive
  13. This type of volcano is made of only hardened lava
  14. This type of volcano is made of ash, cinders and bombs
  15. This volcanic mountain range formed as the Juan de Fuca plate subducts under the north american plate
  16. The age of rock given as a number of years since that rock formed
  17. The force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  18. This type of crust converges with oceanic crust to create a volcanic island arc
  19. A break in the rock that creates an earthquake
  20. The structure that forms when magma reaches Earth's surface
  21. This is where the magma collects under a volcano before an eruption
  22. The name of the supercontinent that broke apart about 200 million years ago
  23. This type of stress occurs at convergent boundaries
  24. This is what drives plate tectonics
  25. The name given to a volcano that is "dead" and will likely never erupt again

50 Clues: Subdivisions of eras • Waves produced by an earthquake • This is what drives plate tectonics • The name given to a "sleeping" volcano • Magma that has reached Earth's surface • A zipper-like chain of undersea mountains • A break in the rock that creates an earthquake • Earth is approximately 4.6 _____________ years old • This type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries • ...

Plate tectonics and continental drift 2025-06-01

Plate tectonics and continental drift crossword puzzle
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  1. The theory that Alfred Wegener Proposed
  2. rock that is transformed from one rock type to another
  3. Molten material found on the surface of the Earth.
  4. The supercontinent
  5. A rock that forms through the cooling of molten material
  6. When plates move apart
  7. Formed when two plates collide together
  8. Mountains that have the capacity to shoot out molten material
  9. The distribution of fossils was one of Wegener's evidence
  10. rock that forms from the accumulation of sediment
  11. When plates come together
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  1. The study of the Rcoks of the Earth and their origins
  2. melted rock
  3. The Plate boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  4. Molten material found in the Earth
  5. When the plates move causing a noticeable shake.
  6. Formed in the oceans when plates collide
  7. the circular movement of a fluid due to differences in temperature
  8. A fossil fuel formed from the accumulation of plant material typically in the tropics
  9. The formation and destruction of rocks from one type to another

20 Clues: melted rock • The supercontinent • When plates move apart • When plates come together • Molten material found in the Earth • The theory that Alfred Wegener Proposed • Formed when two plates collide together • Formed in the oceans when plates collide • When the plates move causing a noticeable shake. • rock that forms from the accumulation of sediment • ...

Plate Tectonics and Natural Disaster 2023-01-04

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

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

Earth's Formation and Plate Tectonics 2025-01-12

Earth's Formation and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. name of large land mass that eventually split apart
  2. movement of molten iron in the outer core creates the _ that surrounds the earth
  3. an island _ forms when subduction happens between two ocean plates
  4. plate boundary where 2 plates are sliding alongside each other
  5. layer of the earth that is solid but soft enough to move very slowly
  6. these waves are used to determine the depths and composition of earth's layers
  7. Wegener's first name
  8. the lithosphere is broken into pieces called _ plates
  9. plate boundary where 2 plates are moving away from each other
  10. underwater volcanic mountains that form where 2 ocean plates are diverging
  11. there are 2 types of plates, _ and continental
  12. Wegener noticed that the _ of the continents fit together like a puzzle
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  1. formed when 2 continental plates move into each other
  2. along with the islands of the same name, example of subduction zone
  3. continent where the Great Rift Valley is found
  4. uppermost functional layer of the earth
  5. scientist who first proposed continental drift
  6. example of collision zone
  7. plate boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other
  8. this kind of valley forms when a continental plate is pulling apart
  9. famous example of transform boundary
  10. this type of electricity may have brought dust particles together in the planetary nebula
  11. when subduction occurs it always creates a volcano and a _
  12. Wegener noticed that _ grooves on different continents showed that they had been in places much colder in the past
  13. Wegener noticed that _ laters on different continents were the same
  14. process of warmer material rising and cooler material sinking. This causes the tectonic plates to move.
  15. Wegener noticed that _ of plants and animals on different continents matched
  16. when earth was molten, materials sank r rose based on their _

28 Clues: Wegener's first name • example of collision zone • famous example of transform boundary • uppermost functional layer of the earth • continent where the Great Rift Valley is found • scientist who first proposed continental drift • there are 2 types of plates, _ and continental • name of large land mass that eventually split apart • ...

earth puzzle 2022-03-31

earth puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. shell on the outside of Earth,
  2. fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  3. innermost geologic layer of planet Earth
  4. surface that is attributed to plate tectonics.
  5. of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core.
  6. rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet or natural satellite
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  1. of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata
  2. third layer of the atmosphere,
  3. hypothesis that the Earth's continents
  4. where the volcano is rifting or splitting apart

10 Clues: third layer of the atmosphere, • shell on the outside of Earth, • hypothesis that the Earth's continents • innermost geologic layer of planet Earth • fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock • surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. • where the volcano is rifting or splitting apart • of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core. • ...

Ocean Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-15

Ocean Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. : Build up of cooled lava, breaks the waters surface
  2. has to do with the temperature and salt content of water.
  3. : movement of fluid
  4. : large area of extremely flat or gently sloping ocean floor just offshore from a continent
  5. : can flow
  6. : slope between outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
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  1. : a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water is released
  2. : underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics
  3. rise and fall of ocean levels
  4. : force that pulls downward

10 Clues: : can flow • : movement of fluid • : force that pulls downward • rise and fall of ocean levels • : Build up of cooled lava, breaks the waters surface • : underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics • has to do with the temperature and salt content of water. • : slope between outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor • ...

Continental Drift 2023-09-11

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were was Alfred Wegener born
  2. As a piece of evidence the continents fit together like ______ pieces
  3. The continents move how much per year
  4. It looked like South America fit into which state
  5. Who discovered Pangea?
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  1. _____ tectonics caused Continental Drift
  2. Alfred Wegener died because he got lost in a ________
  3. People did not believe Alfred Wegener because he was just a __________
  4. Was the continental Drift theory proven correct
  5. What is not evidence of the Continental Drift Theory Fossils,Continents fit like puzzle pieces,or Videos

10 Clues: Who discovered Pangea? • were was Alfred Wegener born • The continents move how much per year • _____ tectonics caused Continental Drift • Was the continental Drift theory proven correct • It looked like South America fit into which state • Alfred Wegener died because he got lost in a ________ • As a piece of evidence the continents fit together like ______ pieces • ...

Science: A Changing Earth 2024-08-20

Science: A Changing Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. scientists that study the movement of the earth
  2. pieces that float on melted rock in earths mantle
  3. waves vibrations during the beginning of an earthquake
  4. a sudden release of stored energy
  5. boundaries places where plates meet
  6. of tectonics the idea that earth crust is made of plates
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  1. the beginning point of an earthquake
  2. the crust and upper area of the mantle
  3. the point of the surface of the earth above the focus
  4. breaks in the earths surface along which rock can move

10 Clues: a sudden release of stored energy • the beginning point of an earthquake • boundaries places where plates meet • the crust and upper area of the mantle • scientists that study the movement of the earth • pieces that float on melted rock in earths mantle • the point of the surface of the earth above the focus • breaks in the earths surface along which rock can move • ...

TEN Vocabulary 2025-10-21

TEN Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. WAVES,A type of seismic wave.
  2. A flow of heat within the mantle that drives plate tectonics.
  3. A very hard and heavy metal
  4. Igneous rock that is the main component of continental crust
  5. core,The Earth's liquid metallic layer
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  1. Earth's solid, dense, metallic center.
  2. A rock composed of iron and nickel, found in Earth's core.
  3. holes drilled into the earth for extraction of fossil fuels.
  4. The Earth's outermost layer
  5. The Earth's layer between the crust and the outer core

10 Clues: A very hard and heavy metal • The Earth's outermost layer • WAVES,A type of seismic wave. • Earth's solid, dense, metallic center. • core,The Earth's liquid metallic layer • The Earth's layer between the crust and the outer core • A rock composed of iron and nickel, found in Earth's core. • holes drilled into the earth for extraction of fossil fuels. • ...

marine 2025-09-08

marine crossword puzzle
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  1. Ooze deep sea sediment made of calcium shells
  2. cracks in earths crust where movement happens
  3. anomalies differences in earths magnetic field on the seafloor
  4. drift the theory that continents move across earths surface
  5. deep valleys in ocean floor
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  1. sediments sediments made from rock particles
  2. plates large pieces of earths crust that move slowly
  3. long cracks where earths crust pulls apart
  4. tectonics the theory explaining how tectonic plates move
  5. dating a method to find the age of once living things

10 Clues: deep valleys in ocean floor • long cracks where earths crust pulls apart • sediments sediments made from rock particles • cracks in earths crust where movement happens • Ooze deep sea sediment made of calcium shells • plates large pieces of earths crust that move slowly • dating a method to find the age of once living things • ...

dynamic earth 2024-05-14

dynamic earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics
Down
  1. spreading
  2. trench
  3. wave

4 Clues: wave • trench • spreading • tectonics

Geology and Earth's Dynamics Crossword 2025-01-07

Geology and Earth's Dynamics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics
  2. Boundary
Down
  1. Currents
  2. Spreading

4 Clues: Currents • Boundary • Spreading • Tectonics

unit 5 vocab collin 2023-10-12

unit 5 vocab collin crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface
  2. The color of a mineral in powdered form
  3. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  4. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  6. resource A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  7. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. The way a mineral reflects light from its surface
  10. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  11. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  12. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  13. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
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  1. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  2. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  3. the uneven breakage of a mineral
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  6. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  7. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  8. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  9. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  11. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  12. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges

25 Clues: the uneven breakage of a mineral • magma that reaches Earth's surface • The color of a mineral in powdered form • The way a mineral reflects light from its surface • a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • ...

cici unit 5 vocab 2024-03-15

cici unit 5 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  2. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  3. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  4. the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface
  5. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  6. The way a mineral reflects light from its surface
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  11. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  4. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  5. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  6. the uneven breakage of a mineral
  7. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  8. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  9. The color of a mineral in powdered form
  10. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  11. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  12. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  13. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  14. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake

25 Clues: the uneven breakage of a mineral • magma that reaches Earth's surface • The color of a mineral in powdered form • The way a mineral reflects light from its surface • a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • ...

Aliyah D1-3 2023-02-09

Aliyah D1-3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. floor spreading The idea that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor, spreading apart the crust on either side of the ridges
  2. The central opening in a volcanic area through which magma may escape
  3. The point where an earthquake starts as rocks begin to slide past each other
  4. Earth's solid, rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
  5. volcano A cone formed from explosive eruptions of hot rocks followed by a flow of lava, over and over
  6. cone volcano A steep sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders.
  7. A sensitive device that detects the shaking of Earth's crust during an earthquake
  8. The sliding of a denser oceanic plate under another plate when they collide
  9. energy Heat from below Earth's surface
  10. tectonics The idea that Earth's surface is broken into plates that slide slowly across the
  11. Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent
  12. The amount of energy released by an earthquake
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  1. Shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake
  2. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  3. waves A vibration that spreads out away from a focus when and earthquake happens
  4. A cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent
  5. volcanoes A wide, gently sloped cone forms from flows of lava
  6. drift The idea that a supercontinent split apart into pieces, the continents, which drifted in time to their present location
  7. horizontality The idea that many kinds of rock form flat, horizontal layers
  8. A huge crack in Earth's crust at or below the surface, the sides of which may show evidence of motions
  9. Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface
  10. A very hot part of the Earth's mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it.
  11. The layer beneath Earth's crust

23 Clues: The layer beneath Earth's crust • Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface • energy Heat from below Earth's surface • The amount of energy released by an earthquake • Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent • volcanoes A wide, gently sloped cone forms from flows of lava • Shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake • ...

Earth's Crust 7th grade Science 2021-03-11

Earth's Crust 7th grade Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dioxide this is made when volcanoes erupt
  2. earth this is what Pangea means in Latin
  3. continent that led to Plate Tectonics Theory
  4. thin layer of solid rock around the Earth's mantle
  5. the earth's core is made mostly of this
  6. Crust an egg shell is like this
  7. will Mt. St. Helen erupt again
Down
  1. let us know what state of matter Earth is in
  2. most of the earth is made of rock in this matter
  3. these are formed when plates come together
  4. the whole earth is generally this
  5. Mt. St. Helen is this kind of volcano

12 Clues: will Mt. St. Helen erupt again • Crust an egg shell is like this • the whole earth is generally this • Mt. St. Helen is this kind of volcano • the earth's core is made mostly of this • earth this is what Pangea means in Latin • dioxide this is made when volcanoes erupt • these are formed when plates come together • let us know what state of matter Earth is in • ...

Earth's Life 2020-11-27

Earth's Life crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process where one plate sinks beneath the other
  2. a deeper depression in the ground
  3. type of boundary that move towards each other
  4. fastest type of seismic waves
  5. aside from earthquake,divergent boundary will produce
  6. FORMED WHEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE
  7. the shockwaves of released energy that shakes the Earth
  8. type of boundary that slide past each other
  9. boundary between two or more plates
  10. proponent of The Continental Drift Theory
  11. the outer part of the Earth
  12. only p-waves can travel along the,
  13. occurs in all types of boundaries
  14. a supercontinent that broke apart and the continents drifted to their present positions.
  15. continental-oceanic convergence forms,
  16. used to determine the distance of the epicenter from each station
Down
  1. layer of the Earth that consists of crust and upper mantle
  2. seismic wave that travels through the Earth rather than across its surface.
  3. type of boundary that moves away from each other
  4. crust under continents and other land masses
  5. type of convergence where continental and oceanic plates collide
  6. underwater mountain range that is formed by plate tectonics
  7. is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed
  8. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  9. states that the Eartgh's surface or the lithosphere is divided into plates that constantly move
  10. middle layer of the Earth
  11. landmass existed 200 million years ago
  12. composed of land,water and air
  13. slowest kind of seismic waves
  14. part of the upper mantle that is made up of solid rocks that are able to flow.
  15. crust that is under the world's oceans
  16. the inside layer of the Earth
  17. a chain of volcanoes that is formed parallel to a trench
  18. type of seismic wave that arrives second
  19. type of convergence where two thick continental plates collide
  20. type of convergence where convergent boundary occurs between two oceanic plates
  21. a geological process that forms new areas of oceanic crust
  22. the movement of the plates
  23. Greek word for "earthqake"
  24. surface seismic waves that has "shearing nature"

40 Clues: middle layer of the Earth • the movement of the plates • Greek word for "earthqake" • the outer part of the Earth • fastest type of seismic waves • slowest kind of seismic waves • the inside layer of the Earth • composed of land,water and air • a deeper depression in the ground • occurs in all types of boundaries • only p-waves can travel along the, • ...

tectonics plates 2022-05-25

tectonics plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate that's not on a table
  2. the place betweern 2 plates before the move
  3. when 2 plates crash into each other
  4. when 2 plates slide next too each other
  5. when a certain part of the earth shakes
Down
  1. when 2 plates slide away from each other
  2. when an earthquake occurs underwater

7 Clues: a plate that's not on a table • when 2 plates crash into each other • when an earthquake occurs underwater • when 2 plates slide next too each other • when a certain part of the earth shakes • when 2 plates slide away from each other • the place betweern 2 plates before the move

tectonics plates 2022-05-25

tectonics plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate that's not on a table
  2. the place betweern 2 plates before the move
  3. when 2 plates crash into each other
  4. when 2 plates slide next too each other
  5. when a certain part of the earth shakes
Down
  1. when 2 plates slide away from each other
  2. when an earthquake occurs underwater

7 Clues: a plate that's not on a table • when 2 plates crash into each other • when an earthquake occurs underwater • when 2 plates slide next too each other • when a certain part of the earth shakes • when 2 plates slide away from each other • the place betweern 2 plates before the move

Mountains 2023-10-30

Mountains crossword puzzle
Across
  1. located in Asia
  2. located in South America
  3. active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshū,
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  1. located in Southern Asia
  2. northeastern portion of India
  3. a scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created
  4. highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level
  5. highest mountain in Greece

8 Clues: located in Asia • located in Southern Asia • located in South America • highest mountain in Greece • northeastern portion of India • active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshū, • a scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created • highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level

MIND BENDER 2023-03-24

MIND BENDER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. state is solid and granite is the rock type.
  2. Introduce the idea of plate tectonics
  3. Thickest layer, made of hot heavy rock (silica)
  4. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle
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  1. layer of the Earth that has the greatest temperature, pressure, and density
  2. Deepest part of the mantle rising being less dense, then cooling becoming more dense and sinking again.
  3. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  4. Supercontinent
  5. Solid sphere made mostly of iron and has Nickel
  6. Common tectonic hazard

10 Clues: Supercontinent • Common tectonic hazard • Thinnest layer of the Earth • Introduce the idea of plate tectonics • The crust and the upper layer of the mantle • state is solid and granite is the rock type. • Solid sphere made mostly of iron and has Nickel • Thickest layer, made of hot heavy rock (silica) • ...

Challenge it! Crossword 2022-04-16

Challenge it! Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. introduction of harmful materials into the environment
  2. the movement of fluid
  3. the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation
  4. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
Down
  1. It can flow (all liquids and gasses are this)
  2. a group of materials either synthetic or naturally occurring, that may be shaped when soft
  3. circular pattern of currents in an ocean basin
  4. thermo-temperature haline-salty/saline
  5. the regular rise and fall of ocean levels
  6. A force that pulls downward

10 Clues: the movement of fluid • A force that pulls downward • thermo-temperature haline-salty/saline • the regular rise and fall of ocean levels • It can flow (all liquids and gasses are this) • circular pattern of currents in an ocean basin • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • introduction of harmful materials into the environment • ...

Plate Tectonics Brandon Divelbess Block 1 2015-03-20

Plate Tectonics Brandon Divelbess Block 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. silicon aluminum What is crust made out off?
  2. What is the Greek word for tectonics
  3. Drift What is the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations?
  4. current What type of energy transfer is believed to drive plate movement?
  5. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  6. A trace of an ancient Human/Animal that has been preserved in rock.
  7. million years ago Pangea split apart again
  8. Layer of Earth between the crust and the core, contains much of earth's mass.
  9. What was the earth called when the plates didn't split
  10. sea floor spreading been proposed at what age
  11. outer layer that consists of crust and rough part of the mantle.
  12. waves vibrations that travel through the Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  13. Boundary What is the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates?
  14. tension in the earth
  15. Plates slide relative to each other.
  16. America, Africa, Antarctica and Australia What Continents formed Gondwanaland.
  17. million years ago How long was pangea?
  18. Outermost Layer
  19. to One Hundred km How thick is the crust?
  20. Whats located below the mantle and to the center of the earth?
  21. The core is made out of what?
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  1. convergent boundary What is created at this type of boundary
  2. Tectonics Pieces on the lithosphere that move around
  3. core: A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the middle of the Earth is called what?
  4. Force extreme pressure squeezing on an object,
  5. convergent boundary What volcanic mountain ranges are formed at these types of boundaries?
  6. boundary San Andreas Fault, sliding past each other horizontally.
  7. valley long, narrow depression formed at divergent boundaries is called what?
  8. America, Europe, and Asia What Continents formed Laurasia.
  9. The soft layer which tectonic plates move.
  10. Hess Who Proposed sea-floor spreading as a mechanism for continental drift?
  11. Boundary What are the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other?
  12. spreading What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies?
  13. What occurs where plates collide and the more dense plate is pushed down under the less dense plate?
  14. Which scientist who studies the force that make and shape planet earth are called what
  15. Discontinuity What is the boundary between the crust and the mantle
  16. University Which school was seafloor spreading come from.
  17. trench The process of subduction creates this at an oceanic oceanic convergent boundary makes what?
  18. Lift up of reigns to a higher elevation.
  19. Wegner Who thought of the continental drift theory?
  20. Bending rock layers from stress.

41 Clues: Outermost Layer • tension in the earth • The core is made out of what? • Bending rock layers from stress. • What is the Greek word for tectonics • The strong lower part of the mantle. • Plates slide relative to each other. • million years ago How long was pangea? • Lift up of reigns to a higher elevation. • The soft layer which tectonic plates move. • ...

Plate tectonicts 2025-10-22

Plate tectonicts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The soft, ductile layer of the upper mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  2. plates (large slabs of the lithosphere that move on the asthenosphere)
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
  4. Currents: The circular motion of the mantle's hot, less dense material rising and cooler, denser material sinking, which drives the movement of tectonic plates
  5. (the soft, pliable layer of the mantle)
  6. Where two plates move away from each other.
Down
  1. Tectonics: The scientific theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  2. (the rigid outer layer of the Earth)
  3. Creates new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges as plates diverge.
  4. Where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
  5. A valley formed on land when continental plates pull apart.
  6. Occurs when one plate sinks beneath another, often creating a trench and volcanic activity.
  7. Boundary: Where two plates move toward each other.
  8. Building: Occurs when continental plates collide and are uplifted.

14 Clues: (the rigid outer layer of the Earth) • (the soft, pliable layer of the mantle) • Where two plates move away from each other. • Boundary: Where two plates move toward each other. • Where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • A valley formed on land when continental plates pull apart. • Creates new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges as plates diverge. • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-03-14

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  2. of Plate Tectonics A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that change in size over time and move due to convection currents in the mantle
  3. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses; generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. Drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  6. the thinner, younger, and more dense portion of Earth's crust that is below the oceans
  7. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other in Different Directions
Down
  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to movement and convection currents occur causing the shifting of the lithosphere
  2. large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together
  3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  4. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates Collide, Come together, or Crash into each other.
  5. breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.

12 Clues: breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. • large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally • the thinner, younger, and more dense portion of Earth's crust that is below the oceans • ...

Tic-Tac Toe Crossword 2021-11-02

Tic-Tac Toe Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shelf
  2. Vent
  3. Tectonics
Down
  1. Boundary
  2. Drift
  3. Boundary
  4. Boundary

7 Clues: Vent • Drift • Shelf • Boundary • Boundary • Boundary • Tectonics

Module two vocab 2021-12-13

Module two vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dating
  2. age
Down
  1. Tectonics
  2. decay
  3. dating

5 Clues: age • decay • dating • dating • Tectonics

Geomorphology 2025-11-24

Geomorphology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The point inside the Earth where an earthquake originates
  2. – Earth’s rigid outer shell (crust + upper mantle)
  3. TECTONICS – Theory explaining movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates
  4. – A supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener
  5. CORE – Layer of Earth composed mainly of molten iron and nickel
  6. ARC – Chain of volcanoes formed along subduction zones
  7. – Fragment of lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere
  8. – Shaking of Earth’s surface caused by release of energy
  9. CORE – Solid innermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. – Crust that is thicker and less dense
  2. – Boundary where plates slide past each other
  3. – Soft, plastic-like layer on which tectonic plates move
  4. – Process where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle at trenches
  5. – Boundary where plates move apart

14 Clues: – Boundary where plates move apart • – Crust that is thicker and less dense • CORE – Solid innermost layer of the Earth • – Boundary where plates slide past each other • – A supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener • – Earth’s rigid outer shell (crust + upper mantle) • ARC – Chain of volcanoes formed along subduction zones • ...

Philippines Crossword 2024-03-23

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

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

Weather Pt 1 2021-09-23

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

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

Science 2017-12-04

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

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

Science 2017-12-04

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

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

Tic Tac Toe Board Crossword 2023-12-12

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

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

Continental Drift 2023-09-11

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

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

TEN Vocabulary 2025-10-21

TEN Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. WAVES,A type of seismic wave.
  2. A flow of heat within the mantle that drives plate tectonics.
  3. A very hard and heavy metal
  4. Igneous rock that is the main component of continental crust
  5. core,The Earth's liquid metallic layer
Down
  1. Earth's solid, dense, metallic center.
  2. A rock composed of iron and nickel, found in Earth's core.
  3. holes drilled into the earth for extraction of fossil fuels.
  4. The Earth's outermost layer
  5. The Earth's layer between the crust and the outer core

10 Clues: A very hard and heavy metal • The Earth's outermost layer • WAVES,A type of seismic wave. • Earth's solid, dense, metallic center. • core,The Earth's liquid metallic layer • The Earth's layer between the crust and the outer core • A rock composed of iron and nickel, found in Earth's core. • holes drilled into the earth for extraction of fossil fuels. • ...

plate tectonics crossword puzzel 2025-04-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries
  2. core
  3. spreading
Down
  1. plates

4 Clues: core • plates • spreading • boundaries

Science crossword puzzle 2023-10-24

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

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

science vocab 2021-03-04

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

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

Science Crossword 2025-03-11

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
  2. A thread-like structure containing genetic information.
  3. Variants of an element with different neutron counts.
  4. The study of Earth's crust movements and plate interactions.
  5. The complete set of DNA in an organism.
  6. A particle of light with no mass.
  7. Combining of nuclei, releasing energy
  8. A massive, extremely bright celestial object powered by a black hole
Down
  1. The pleasant, earthy scent that comes after rain.
  2. A measure of disorder or randomness in a system.
  3. Charge Total charge of protons in the nucleus.
  4. Includes electrons and neutrinos.
  5. Cloud Region where electrons are likely found.
  6. The tendency to unconsciously mimic someone else’s speech patterns or behaviors.
  7. A powerful explosion that occurs when a star dies.

15 Clues: Includes electrons and neutrinos. • A particle of light with no mass. • Protons and neutrons in the nucleus. • Combining of nuclei, releasing energy • The complete set of DNA in an organism. • Charge Total charge of protons in the nucleus. • Cloud Region where electrons are likely found. • A measure of disorder or randomness in a system. • ...

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

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

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

Unit 4 vocab 2025-11-06

Unit 4 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. waves Vibrations that move through Earth during an earthquake.
  2. effect When gases in the atmosphere trap heat and keep Earth warm.
  3. When one tectonic plate slides under another into the mantle.
  4. tectonics The theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into plates that move around.
  5. spheroid A shape like Earth—round but slightly flattened at the top and bottom.
  6. A supercontinent that existed long ago when all the continents were joined together.
  7. decay When unstable atoms break down and release energy.
  8. The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
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  1. The fastest earthquake waves that move through solids and liquids.
  2. The thick layer of hot rock between Earth’s crust and core.
  3. The movement of heat through liquids or gases as warm parts rise and cool parts sink.
  4. When Earth’s crust cracks and pulls apart.
  5. Slower earthquake waves that move only through solids.
  6. The process plants use to make food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
  7. Bright, colorful lights in the sky caused by particles from the sun hitting Earth’s atmosphere.
  8. Effect The way Earth’s rotation makes moving air and water curve instead of going straight.
  9. How much mass something has in a certain amount of space.

17 Clues: The layer of gases surrounding Earth. • When Earth’s crust cracks and pulls apart. • Slower earthquake waves that move only through solids. • decay When unstable atoms break down and release energy. • How much mass something has in a certain amount of space. • The thick layer of hot rock between Earth’s crust and core. • ...

crossword by tri for choice board 2023-02-09

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

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

Earthquake Vocab 2023-03-21

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

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

Earthquake Vocab 2023-03-21

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

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

tolentino 2025-07-09

tolentino crossword puzzle
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  1. movement of faults along the angle of the plane.
  2. process of forming mountains and mountains ranges.
  3. regions where the tectonic plates meet.
  4. when two colliding plates, one underneath the other.
  5. refers to the shaking of Earth.
  6. lithosphere is pushed up by asthenosphere.
  7. elongated structures in the crust.
Down
  1. cracks on Earth's crust
  2. push tectonics plates towards one another or pull them apart.
  3. the block that slides down because of gravity when crust forms cracks.
  4. when subducting slab sinks into hot mantle because of difference in temparature.
  5. resists movement of lithospheric plate.
  6. the rising of heat from the core toward the mantle.
  7. the crustal block that do not slide down.

14 Clues: cracks on Earth's crust • refers to the shaking of Earth. • elongated structures in the crust. • regions where the tectonic plates meet. • resists movement of lithospheric plate. • the crustal block that do not slide down. • lithosphere is pushed up by asthenosphere. • movement of faults along the angle of the plane. • process of forming mountains and mountains ranges. • ...

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

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

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

Ocean 2022-05-05

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

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

Marianne's SEA Crossword 2022-04-28

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

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

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

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

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

restless earth vocab. 2025-04-07

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

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

Kate's Crossword 2015-05-01

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

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

Natural Systems Crossword 2013-11-04

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

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

Mr. Nitzky's Science Class 2021-05-25

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

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

Forces that Change the Earth 2024-02-01

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

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

Olgies 2023-11-01

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

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

Science Crossword 2025-03-11

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
  2. A thread-like structure containing genetic information.
  3. Variants of an element with different neutron counts.
  4. The study of Earth's crust movements and plate interactions.
  5. The complete set of DNA in an organism.
  6. A particle of light with no mass.
  7. Combining of nuclei, releasing energy
  8. A massive, extremely bright celestial object powered by a black hole
Down
  1. The pleasant, earthy scent that comes after rain.
  2. A measure of disorder or randomness in a system.
  3. Charge Total charge of protons in the nucleus.
  4. Includes electrons and neutrinos.
  5. Cloud Region where electrons are likely found.
  6. The tendency to unconsciously mimic someone else’s speech patterns or behaviors.
  7. A powerful explosion that occurs when a star dies.

15 Clues: Includes electrons and neutrinos. • A particle of light with no mass. • Protons and neutrons in the nucleus. • Combining of nuclei, releasing energy • The complete set of DNA in an organism. • Charge Total charge of protons in the nucleus. • Cloud Region where electrons are likely found. • A measure of disorder or randomness in a system. • ...

Science Crossword 2025-03-11

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
  2. A thread-like structure containing genetic information.
  3. Variants of an element with different neutron counts.
  4. The study of Earth's crust movements and plate interactions.
  5. The complete set of DNA in an organism.
  6. A particle of light with no mass.
  7. Combining of nuclei, releasing energy
  8. A massive, extremely bright celestial object powered by a black hole
Down
  1. The pleasant, earthy scent that comes after rain.
  2. A measure of disorder or randomness in a system.
  3. Charge Total charge of protons in the nucleus.
  4. Includes electrons and neutrinos.
  5. Cloud Region where electrons are likely found.
  6. The tendency to unconsciously mimic someone else’s speech patterns or behaviors.
  7. A powerful explosion that occurs when a star dies.

15 Clues: Includes electrons and neutrinos. • A particle of light with no mass. • Protons and neutrons in the nucleus. • Combining of nuclei, releasing energy • The complete set of DNA in an organism. • Charge Total charge of protons in the nucleus. • Cloud Region where electrons are likely found. • A measure of disorder or randomness in a system. • ...

Plate tectonics and Seafloor Spreading 2024-10-24

Plate tectonics and Seafloor Spreading crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Study of earthquakes
  2. Earth's solid outer layer
  3. Vibrations caused by earthquakes
  4. Scientist who studies rocks
  5. Layer beneath the crust
  6. Type of volcano with steep slopes
  7. Break in Earth's crust
  8. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface
  9. Earth’s innermost layer
Down
  1. Point inside Earth where earthquake begins
  2. Large landmass
  3. Circular volcanic opening
  4. Solid mineral material
  5. Scientist who studies rocks
  6. Type of fault where blocks move horizontally
  7. Earth's outer shell
  8. Study of Earth's physical structure
  9. Sudden shaking of the ground
  10. Scale for measuring earthquakes
  11. Hot molten rock

20 Clues: Large landmass • Hot molten rock • Earth's outer shell • Study of earthquakes • Solid mineral material • Break in Earth's crust • Layer beneath the crust • Earth’s innermost layer • Earth's solid outer layer • Circular volcanic opening • Scientist who studies rocks • Scientist who studies rocks • Sudden shaking of the ground • Scale for measuring earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics Quiz Review 2024-11-21

Plate Tectonics Quiz Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alfred Wegener’s idea that all continents used to be joined together in one single landmass called Pangaea.
  2. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
  3. Part of the continent that extends out underneath the ocean.
  4. the study of all the Earth's plates and their movements.
  5. A long high sea wave caused by a landslide, earthquake, or other disturbance.
  6. a sudden release of energy due to movement along a fault
Down
  1. The process by which energy is transferred in a fluid (non solid).
  2. The type of crust that is less dense and is made of granite.
  3. when all land was joined together in one supercontinent
  4. The type of crust that is more dense and is made of basalt.
  5. A crack in the Earth’s crust, separating the crust into tectonic plates.

11 Clues: when all land was joined together in one supercontinent • the study of all the Earth's plates and their movements. • a sudden release of energy due to movement along a fault • The type of crust that is more dense and is made of basalt. • The type of crust that is less dense and is made of granite. • Part of the continent that extends out underneath the ocean. • ...

earthquakes & volcanoes 2022-01-14

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

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

Ch 21 Handout 2023-05-24

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

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

Puzzle of earth 2024-01-11

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

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

Oakleigh Osborne the land 2025-04-24

Oakleigh Osborne the land crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanos that have not erupted in a long time but will erupt again
  2. mostly solid bulk of earths interior
  3. a hypothetical landmass in the northern hemisphere in the end of the paleozoic era
  4. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock
  5. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  6. the water of a lake or stream wearing away rocks
  7. continental land mass drifting apart
  8. where 2 plates meet
  9. features on the earth's surface that makes up the terrain
  10. when two blocks suddenly slip past one another
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  1. outermost layer of the earth
  2. a large mass of continuous land
  3. a super continent that had almost all of the landmasses on earth
  4. opening where lava erupts onto the surface of the Earth
  5. breaking down or dissolving rocks
  6. liquid layer outside of the Earths core
  7. hot molded rock from a volcanic
  8. heat driven cycles
  9. innermost layer of the earth

19 Clues: heat driven cycles • where 2 plates meet • outermost layer of the earth • innermost layer of the earth • a large mass of continuous land • hot molded rock from a volcanic • breaking down or dissolving rocks • mostly solid bulk of earths interior • continental land mass drifting apart • liquid layer outside of the Earths core • a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock • ...

Science Vocabulary 2023-09-08

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

4 Clues: Drift • plates • fossils • tectonics theory

Earth's History Crossword 2025-01-16

Earth's History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of gases surrounding the Earth, held in place by gravity, and essential for life. It protects living organisms from harmful solar radiation and helps regulate temperature.
  2. A semi-fluid layer of the Earth's mantle situated below the lithosphere. It allows tectonic plates to move due to its ductile nature.
  3. All water naturally open to the atmosphere, such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans.
  4. A natural occurrence resulting from geological processes, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, or the formation of mountain ranges.
  5. The breakdown of rocks, soil, and minerals through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms. It can be physical (mechanical), chemical, or biological.
  6. Naturally occurring inorganic substances with a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic structure. They are the building blocks of rocks.
  7. The scientific theory explaining the movement of the Earth's lithospheric plates over the semi-fluid asthenosphere, leading to various geological phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and mountain formation.
  8. The solid parts of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, and core. It encompasses all the rocks, minerals, and landforms on the planet.
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  1. Natural processes that shape the Earth's structure and composition, including volcanic activity, erosion, sedimentation, and plate tectonics.
  2. The rigid outer shell of the Earth, encompassing the crust and the uppermost portion of the mantle. It is divided into tectonic plates that move over the asthenosphere.
  3. A type of tectonic plate boundary where two plates move towards each other, often resulting in mountain building, earthquakes, or subduction zones where one plate moves beneath another.
  4. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another, which can result in earthquakes.
  5. Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. It is a significant source of drinking water and irrigation.
  6. Severe or dangerous weather conditions, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, or thunderstorms, that can pose risks to life and property.
  7. The expulsion of magma, ash, and gases from a volcano, which can significantly impact the environment and human activities.
  8. A natural event or phenomenon that has the potential to cause harm to humans, property, or the environment, such as earthquakes, floods, or hurricanes.
  9. All the water on Earth's surface, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers, as well as groundwater and atmospheric water vapor.
  10. A tectonic boundary where two plates move apart from each other, leading to the creation of new crust as magma rises from the mantle, commonly forming mid-ocean ridges.
  11. An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics at divergent boundaries, where new oceanic crust is generated by volcanic activity.
  12. The sudden shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a release of energy in the crust due to tectonic movements or volcanic activity.
  13. The process by which surface materials are worn away and transported by natural agents such as wind, water, or ice.
  14. The edges where two tectonic plates meet. There are three main types: convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries, each associated with specific geological activities.
  15. The arrangement of natural and artificial physical features of an area, including its terrain's shape, elevation, and the position of features.

23 Clues: All water naturally open to the atmosphere, such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans. • The process by which surface materials are worn away and transported by natural agents such as wind, water, or ice. • A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another, which can result in earthquakes. • ...

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

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

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

EARTHQUAKES 2022-11-02

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

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

Vocabulary crossword 2025-09-08

Vocabulary crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, or chemicals.
  2. dating / A method to determine the age of fossils or rocks using carbon isotopes.
  3. / Cracks in Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
  4. ooze / Deep sea sediment made mostly of calcium carbonate from shells.
  5. sediments / Sediments made from the breakdown of rocks on land.
  6. ridge / An underwater mountain chain formed by seafloor spreading.
  7. / The process of one tectonic plate sinking beneath another.
  8. sediment/ Sediment formed from the remains of living organisms.
  9. tectonics / The theory that explains how Earth’s surface is shaped by moving plates.
  10. boundary/ A place where two tectonic plates slide past one another.
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  1. anomalies / Differences in Earth’s magnetic field caused by variations in rocks on the seafloor.
  2. plates / Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move and interact at their boundaries.
  3. / The theory that continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  4. / Particles of rock, shell, or organic matter that settle to the bottom.
  5. Tiny fossilized remains of organisms.
  6. spreading / The process where new ocean crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
  7. / Deep, narrow areas in the ocean floor formed at subduction zones.
  8. ooze / Deep-sea sediment rich in silica from microscopic plankton shells.
  9. / Long cracks where Earth’s crust is pulling apart.

19 Clues: Tiny fossilized remains of organisms. • / Cracks in Earth’s crust where movement occurs. • / Long cracks where Earth’s crust is pulling apart. • / The process of one tectonic plate sinking beneath another. • sediments / Sediments made from the breakdown of rocks on land. • sediment/ Sediment formed from the remains of living organisms. • ...

Earth Science 2024-05-15

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

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

Earth Systems TCAP Vocab Game 2024-04-12

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

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

Marine vocab 2025-09-09

Marine vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  2. theory explaining that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several large, slow-moving plates that float on the hotter, more mobile mantle layer
  3. deep-ocean biogenic sediment composed of the skeletons of microscopic plankton
  4. local variation in earths magnetic field
  5. a fracture in the earths lithosphere
  6. linear zone on the seafloor where tectonic plates are pulling apart
  7. a long, narrow, and extremely deep depression on the ocean floor
  8. pre-existing rocks from land that have been eroded
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  1. the slow process of rocks breaking apart and changing due to natural forces
  2. vast, continuous underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
  3. irregularly shaped pieces of earths outermost layer
  4. technique that determines the age of organic materials by measuring the decay of carbon-14
  5. theory that Earth's continents have moved and will continue to move
  6. deposit of insoluble material, both organic and inorganic, that accumulates on the seafloor
  7. type of fine-grained deep-ocean sediment composed primarily of the calcium carbonate

15 Clues: a fracture in the earths lithosphere • local variation in earths magnetic field • pre-existing rocks from land that have been eroded • irregularly shaped pieces of earths outermost layer • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • a long, narrow, and extremely deep depression on the ocean floor • ...

NOTES 2025-11-04

NOTES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plates pulling apart which can create rift valleys on other planets
  2. The process where an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy and matter by emitting radiation
  3. Earth's outer layer is divided into large, moving slabs of rock.
  4. Energy waves generated by the sudden release of energy within a planetary body.
  5. A seismic wave that travels through the Earth's interior by compressing and expanding the ground.
  6. A shape that is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator, like a sphere that has been squashed.
  7. A layer of rock or ice between a planet's core and its crust.
  8. The transfer of heat in fluids.
  9. The process of plants creating glucose and oxygen.
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  1. A natural light display in Earth's atmosphere.
  2. Seismic waves that cause the ground to shake side to side.
  3. A layer of gases that surrounds a celestial body
  4. The apparent deflection of moving objects like winds, ocean currents, and even large storms, caused by the rotation of a planet.
  5. A super continent that existed 300-200 million years ago
  6. A natural process where certain gases in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun, which warms the planet.
  7. The geological process where one tectonic plate slides or dives beneath another plate at a convergent boundary.
  8. The mass per unit volume of an object or region, calculated by dividing total mass by total volume.

17 Clues: The transfer of heat in fluids. • A natural light display in Earth's atmosphere. • A layer of gases that surrounds a celestial body • The process of plants creating glucose and oxygen. • A super continent that existed 300-200 million years ago • Seismic waves that cause the ground to shake side to side. • A layer of rock or ice between a planet's core and its crust. • ...

Continental Drift Crossword 2025-02-06

Continental Drift Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together
  2. Contributed heavily in the theory of plate tectonics
  3. the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
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  1. Theory proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. Supercontinent that was formed with continental drift millions of years ago
  3. heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle

6 Clues: Theory proposed by Alfred Wegener • Contributed heavily in the theory of plate tectonics • heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle • proposed the Theory that all the continents were once joined together • Supercontinent that was formed with continental drift millions of years ago • ...

Continential/Plate tectonics 2025-01-31

Continential/Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proposed the theory of Continental Drift
  2. When two tectonic plates move away from eachother
  3. Proposed the theory of plate tectonics
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  1. Circular currents in the Earth
  2. SuperContinent from about 225 million years ago
  3. Proposed the theory of Sea-Floor Spreading

6 Clues: Circular currents in the Earth • Proposed the theory of plate tectonics • Proposed the theory of Continental Drift • Proposed the theory of Sea-Floor Spreading • SuperContinent from about 225 million years ago • When two tectonic plates move away from eachother

plate tectonics (all words that are part of plate tectonics) 2023-03-24

plate tectonics (all words that are part of plate tectonics) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic plate associated with Africa
  2. when the ground shakes
  3. this plate boundary rips away from another
  4. a plate under South America
  5. something that explodes with lava
  6. a very cold tectonic plate
  7. a plate associated with Australian
  8. when two plates slide against each other
  9. when two plates go away from each other
  10. gigantic plates
  11. two plates that go together
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  1. a mix between Europe and Asian plate
  2. a plate under North America
  3. two plates collide
  4. a plate under the pacific ocean and america
  5. two plates slid against each other

16 Clues: gigantic plates • two plates collide • when the ground shakes • a very cold tectonic plate • a plate under North America • a plate under South America • two plates that go together • something that explodes with lava • two plates slid against each other • a plate associated with Australian • a mix between Europe and Asian plate • a tectonic plate associated with Africa • ...

Astronomy vocab 2025-11-11

Astronomy vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An upwelling of magma that causes the overlying lithosphere to uplift and stretch
  2. The process in which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation
  3. Theory dealing with the dynamics of earths outer shell
  4. Vibrations that travel within earth or along its surface.
  5. Seismic waves that travel as compressions.
  6. A sphere like shape that gives the appearance of being flattened on the top and bottom so that the circumference around the equator (Earth)
  7. A layer of the inner earth between the crust and the core.
  8. A method of moving heat energy.
  9. A process that uses the energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates, releasing oxygen as a byproduct
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  1. known as northern or southern lights, atmospheric phenomena that results in multi-colored light shows in the night sky near the polar regions
  2. Seismic waves that travel through side to side movements
  3. The layer of gas around the earth.
  4. Describes the pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the ground as they travel long distances around earth.
  5. A supercontinent in the past that incorporated almost all of the land masses on earth.
  6. The partial trapping of solar radiation
  7. When tectonic plates with differing material densities collide and the denser plate is forced down the less dense plate.
  8. How tightly a certain amount of matter of a substance is compacted into a given volume.

17 Clues: A method of moving heat energy. • The layer of gas around the earth. • The partial trapping of solar radiation • Seismic waves that travel as compressions. • Theory dealing with the dynamics of earths outer shell • Seismic waves that travel through side to side movements • Vibrations that travel within earth or along its surface. • ...

Unit 5 Crossword 2023-02-08

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

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

marine vocab 2025-09-09

marine vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fracture in the earths lithosphere
  2. irregularly shaped pieces of earths outermost layer
  3. theory explaining that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several large, slow-moving plates that float on the hotter, more mobile mantle layer
  4. pre-existing rocks from land that have been eroded
  5. vast, continuous underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
  6. a long, narrow, and extremely deep depression on the ocean floor
  7. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  8. theory that Earth's continents have moved and will continue to move
Down
  1. local variation in earths magnetic field
  2. type of fine-grained deep-ocean sediment composed primarily of the calcium carbonate
  3. deep-ocean biogenic sediment composed of the skeletons of microscopic plankton
  4. deposit of insoluble material, both organic and inorganic, that accumulates on the seafloor
  5. the slow process of rocks breaking apart and changing due to natural forces
  6. technique that determines the age of organic materials by measuring the decay of carbon-14
  7. linear zone on the seafloor where tectonic plates are pulling apart

15 Clues: a fracture in the earths lithosphere • local variation in earths magnetic field • pre-existing rocks from land that have been eroded • irregularly shaped pieces of earths outermost layer • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • a long, narrow, and extremely deep depression on the ocean floor • ...

Earth's Forces 2024-12-09

Earth's Forces crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of tectonic plates that create earthquakes
  2. the process where two species influence each others evolution
  3. a space rock that stays in form making its way all the way to earth's surface
  4. opposite of biotic
  5. the time it takes for Half of a substance to decay
  6. maps that represent the dimensional surface features
  7. a stable part of earth's crust
  8. absence of oxygen
  9. method of determining the age of rocks using radioactive isotopes
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  1. study of earths structure
  2. relating to the rigid outer layer of earth's structure
  3. describes the movement of organisms alongside earth's evolving systems
  4. gradual movement of earth's lithospheres
  5. process that requires oxygen
  6. atoms of the same elements but with different number of neutrons
  7. Earth's outermost layer
  8. the study of earth's past magnetic fields recorded in rocks
  9. A method of dating that uses the decay of radioactive isotopes
  10. ground shaking occurrence cause by release of energy
  11. referring to the living components of an ecosystem

20 Clues: absence of oxygen • opposite of biotic • Earth's outermost layer • study of earths structure • process that requires oxygen • a stable part of earth's crust • gradual movement of earth's lithospheres • the time it takes for Half of a substance to decay • referring to the living components of an ecosystem • movement of tectonic plates that create earthquakes • ...

Naz FunPuzzle 2023-08-31

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

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

Scientific Terminology 2023-09-05

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

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

plate tectonics stations 2020-12-04

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

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

Rocks and Plate tectonics 2021-09-29

Rocks and Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where rocks change from one another
  2. When plates move apart igneous Forms from magma or lava
  3. When two plates slide past each other weathering Breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
  4. When plates come together
  5. Made from heat and pressure
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  1. When rocks are dropped off
  2. Forms from a transform boundary
  3. When one plate goes under another
  4. Magma that reaches the earth's surface
  5. Forms when two continental plates come together
  6. Fossils can be found in this rock
  7. When rocks are moved from one place to another
  8. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

13 Clues: When plates come together • When rocks are dropped off • Made from heat and pressure • Forms from a transform boundary • When one plate goes under another • Fossils can be found in this rock • Where rocks change from one another • Magma that reaches the earth's surface • Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • When rocks are moved from one place to another • ...

Vocab Puzzle 2022-10-25

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

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

Aging and Plate tectonics 2023-02-02

Aging and Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Time it takes for half of the isotopes to decay
  2. Youngest layer is at the top, old at bottom
  3. A freshwater crocodile from 280 million years ago
  4. An estimate of something's age
  5. Remains of a plant eater from 250 million years ago
  6. Main continuous expanse of land
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  1. Remains of a woody shrub from 299 million years ago
  2. Proposed the theory of Continental Drift
  3. Earths continents moving/drifting
  4. Name of the supercontinent
  5. Same fossils found in all the same strata
  6. Remains of preserved organisms
  7. The exact age of something

13 Clues: Name of the supercontinent • The exact age of something • Remains of preserved organisms • An estimate of something's age • Main continuous expanse of land • Earths continents moving/drifting • Proposed the theory of Continental Drift • Same fossils found in all the same strata • Youngest layer is at the top, old at bottom • Time it takes for half of the isotopes to decay • ...

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2024-02-22

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  2. the amount of earths layers
  3. where plates move apart
  4. the only liquid layer of earth
  5. second layer of earth
  6. what the inner core is mostly made of
  7. whats along the pacific ocean
  8. the amount of locations you need marked for an earthquake
  9. mixture of molten and semi-molten rock
Down
  1. convergent, divergent, and transform
  2. third layer of earth
  3. openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks) and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface
  4. outermost layer of earth
  5. hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust
  6. where plates move sideways in relation to each other
  7. where plates move into one another
  8. small rocks
  9. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  10. powdery residue left after the burning of a substance

19 Clues: small rocks • third layer of earth • second layer of earth • where plates move apart • outermost layer of earth • the amount of earths layers • whats along the pacific ocean • the only liquid layer of earth • where plates move into one another • convergent, divergent, and transform • what the inner core is mostly made of • mixture of molten and semi-molten rock • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling 2024-12-07

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The size of something.
  2. Under the crust where it is hot and rock begins to melt, move & shift.
  3. Plate material containing dense basalt rock that is usually found under the ocean.
  4. The reason something has occurred or is occurring.
  5. A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming.
  6. A boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.
  7. How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occurring.
Down
  1. A boundary where two plates are moving past each other.
  2. Two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.
  3. Resources that people are mining or drilling for. They are found in gaps or layers within solid rocks.
  4. The movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other then roughly moving past each other.
  5. A type of rock formed when layers of sediments are compressed by heavy layers of sediments above.
  6. Solid rock found everywhere on earth, often under sediments, such as soil, sand, dirt and broken rocks.
  7. The surface of the earth.
  8. The section of the crust between earthquake lines.
  9. Formed when magma or lava cools.
  10. Loose earth materials, such as sand, soil and rocks that are found on the surface of the earth.
  11. Plate material containing less dense granite, usually found underground or on continental land.
  12. Formed when heat and pressure change the original rock into a completely new rock.

19 Clues: The size of something. • The surface of the earth. • Formed when magma or lava cools. • The section of the crust between earthquake lines. • The reason something has occurred or is occurring. • A boundary where two plates are moving past each other. • A boundary where two plates are moving towards each other. • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-24

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A very hot area underneath earth crust
  2. a sudden shake of earths surface
  3. Plates move toward the same place
  4. An indent into the ocean floor
  5. A land mass that can be different
  6. One of the big boundaries of a map
  7. A cool word to use for experimenting
  8. Gas, ash and lava get launched out of a mountain
  9. The layer of soft solid underneath earths surface
Down
  1. A landform witch lava comes out
  2. The deepest part of the earth core
  3. a similar puzzle that repeats and repeats
  4. A purposed question about the natural world
  5. The center of earth
  6. Large scale process affecting earth crust
  7. to examine in detail for a purpose
  8. different or becoming different from something else
  9. earth outmost layer no hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water.
  10. An under water mountain range.

19 Clues: The center of earth • An indent into the ocean floor • An under water mountain range. • A landform witch lava comes out • a sudden shake of earths surface • Plates move toward the same place • A land mass that can be different • The deepest part of the earth core • to examine in detail for a purpose • One of the big boundaries of a map • A cool word to use for experimenting • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary 2019-10-14

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

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

continental drift 2025-01-29

continental drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Canadian Scientist who developed Theory of Plate Tectonics
  2. the man who investigated continental drift after finding fossils on opposite sides of oceans.
  3. the boundary where the tectonic plates are sliding past each other.
Down
  1. tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's outer crust are in constant motion.
  2. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  3. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.

6 Clues: Canadian Scientist who developed Theory of Plate Tectonics • the boundary where the tectonic plates are sliding past each other. • tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's outer crust are in constant motion. • A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago. • ...

Forces of the Earth Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-09

Forces of the Earth Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. __________ spreading center under the ocean where ridge push occurs.
  2. ___________ pulling force exerted by a cold oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to density, weight and gravity.
  3. ___________ Drift - theiry that all continents were once joined as one continent.
  4. ____________ mechanical layer of the earth that is made up of the crust and the cooler upper mantle.
  5. __________ atoms of the same element that have different atomic weights.
Down
  1. _______________ Navy scientist who suggested theory of seafloor spreading.
  2. ___________Time Scale - time units based on fossils contained in the rocks.
  3. ______________ process of heat transfer in the Earths mantle. One process that drives Plate Tectonics.
  4. _____________ time it takes for half of a radioactive parent atom to decay into a stable daughter product.

9 Clues: __________ spreading center under the ocean where ridge push occurs. • __________ atoms of the same element that have different atomic weights. • _______________ Navy scientist who suggested theory of seafloor spreading. • ___________Time Scale - time units based on fossils contained in the rocks. • ...

CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY 2024-09-08

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

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

Earth Structure & Plate Tectonics 2022-01-19

Earth Structure & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An element found in both the inner and outer core
  2. Is about 1,800 miles thick
  3. Malleable semiliquid directly underneath the lithosphere
  4. Made up of crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
  5. The only liquid layer
  6. Evidence that supports continental drift
  7. Supercontinent was called ___ meaning "All the earth"
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  1. The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  2. 1,800-3,200 miles thick below the surface
  3. Scientists who study seismic waves generated by earthquakes.
  4. an extremely hot, solid sphere 750 miles in diameter
  5. Pangaea broke up into two landmasses, one of which is __ in the NORTH
  6. Pangaea broke up into two landmasses, one of which is __ in the SOUTH
  7. Hard and rigid, only a few miles thick

14 Clues: The only liquid layer • Is about 1,800 miles thick • Hard and rigid, only a few miles thick • Evidence that supports continental drift • 1,800-3,200 miles thick below the surface • An element found in both the inner and outer core • Made up of crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle • an extremely hot, solid sphere 750 miles in diameter • ...

PLATE TECTONICS AND SEAFLOOR SPREADING 2024-10-16

PLATE TECTONICS AND SEAFLOOR SPREADING crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  2. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust; the mantle contains the lower part of the
  3. plate
  4. The point of origin of an earthquake
  5. The border between two tectonic plates.
  6. boundary where two plates slide past one another
  7. Boundary where two plates spread apart
  8. Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer
  9. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.
  10. landslide, or volcanic eruption
  11. and all of the asthenosphere
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  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  2. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
  3. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  4. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquak
  5. boundary where two plates come together
  6. a straight line of travel where data is being collected
  7. supercontinent from 225+M years ago
  8. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  9. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea
  10. the outermost layer of Earth

21 Clues: plate • the outermost layer of Earth • and all of the asthenosphere • melted rock on Earth’s surface. • landslide, or volcanic eruption • melted rock beneath Earth’s surface • supercontinent from 225+M years ago • The point of origin of an earthquake • Boundary where two plates spread apart • boundary where two plates come together • The border between two tectonic plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-06-18

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tend to meet at a point
  2. sudden violent shaking in the ground
  3. breaking down or dissolving of rocks
  4. molten rock
Down
  1. going in different directions; separating
  2. the cycle that rocks go through
  3. steep depressions in the ocean
  4. rupture in the earth that lave escapes from
  5. a Japanese word meaning harbour wave

9 Clues: molten rock • tend to meet at a point • steep depressions in the ocean • the cycle that rocks go through • sudden violent shaking in the ground • a Japanese word meaning harbour wave • breaking down or dissolving of rocks • going in different directions; separating • rupture in the earth that lave escapes from

Science Plate Tectonics 2021-10-08

Science Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. can occur at divergent boundaries
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other in opposite directions
  3. a mountain that is filled with lava
  4. when one tectonic plate is more dense than the other this forms
Down
  1. when an oceanic plate is pushed into the mantle by a continental plate
  2. when magma comes up from and fills a gap in the ocean
  3. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  4. valley when magma comes up from and fills a gap on land
  5. molten rock that is in the mantle
  6. when two tectonic plates come together and overlap

10 Clues: can occur at divergent boundaries • molten rock that is in the mantle • a mountain that is filled with lava • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • when two tectonic plates come together and overlap • when magma comes up from and fills a gap in the ocean • valley when magma comes up from and fills a gap on land • ...