plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift 2025-01-02

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift crossword puzzle
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  1. One piece of evidence for continental drift
  2. Where tectonic plates meet and interact
  3. Side effect / result of divergent boundary
  4. Happens to the sea floor; makes new crust
  5. Type of current where hot, less dense items rise and cooler, more dense items sink
  6. Composed of the crust and upper mantle
  7. The mantle is full of this molten rock
  8. Side effect / result of convergent boundary
  9. Scientist in 1912 that proposed Continental Drift
  10. Large pieces of the crust that fit together like puzzle pieces
  11. Geologist in 1960s who came up with Sea Floor Spreading
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  1. When a less dense piece of crust plunges below a more dense piece of crust
  2. Coolest layer with the least pressure
  3. State of the rock in the lithosphere
  4. The speed at which tectonic movement happens
  5. Side effect / result of a transform boundary
  6. The once massive super continent
  7. Hottest layer with the most pressure
  8. State of the rock in the mantle
  9. Largest layer of Earth where convection currents happen

20 Clues: State of the rock in the mantle • The once massive super continent • State of the rock in the lithosphere • Hottest layer with the most pressure • Coolest layer with the least pressure • Composed of the crust and upper mantle • The mantle is full of this molten rock • Where tectonic plates meet and interact • Happens to the sea floor; makes new crust • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rocks Revision 2025-04-08

Plate Tectonics and Rocks Revision crossword puzzle
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  1. is a renewable energy source from the Sun
  2. is digging into the Earth’s surface to remove stone, gravel, or sand
  3. is a sedimentary rock made from compressed sand
  4. rocks are formed from layers of sediments
  5. is the layer beneath the crust where magma moves
  6. is one of the uses of limestone and sandstone
  7. is the point on the surface directly above the focus
  8. is the extraction of natural resources like coal, oil, and metals from the Earth
  9. is energy that will not run out
  10. is an igneous rock with large crystals found in the Wicklow Mountains
  11. The --------- is a famous fault line in California
  12. includes replanting trees and protecting wildlife
  13. is the outer layer of the Earth
  14. is a metamorphic rock formed from limestone
  15. rocks are formed when magma or lava cools
  16. is renewable energy from plants and waste
  17. ------- farming is when farmers raise animals like cattle or sheep
  18. is energy like coal and gas that will run out
  19. rocks are formed when other rocks change under heat or pressure
  20. form when magma cools slowly underground
  21. are found in sedimentary rocks like limestone
  22. is magma that reaches the surface
  23. ------ farming is when farmers grow crops like wheat or barley
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  1. currents in the mantle cause plate movement
  2. is a fossil fuel that causes pollution when burned
  3. is a metamorphic rock formed from sandstone
  4. can reduce fish stocks and damage marine ecosystems
  5. is the centre of the Earth made of hot metals
  6. is a primary economic activity that involves growing crops and raising animals
  7. A -------- boundary is where plates move apart and new crust is formed
  8. are gases released from burning fossil fuels
  9. is a non-renewable fossil fuel formed from dead plants and animals
  10. is a sedimentary rock formed from marine creatures
  11. The -------------- is an area with many volcanoes and earthquakes
  12. are large pieces of the Earth’s crust that move
  13. involves cutting down trees for wood and replanting new ones
  14. is global warming caused by too much carbon dioxide
  15. is electricity made using moving water
  16. is an igneous rock found in the Giant’s Causeway
  17. is a primary activity where people catch fish for food and trade
  18. The ------ Mountains are fold mountains formed at a destructive boundary
  19. form when lava cools quickly on the surface
  20. is a renewable energy source from moving air
  21. A --------- boundary is where plates collide and crust is destroyed
  22. is the point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins
  23. An ---------- is the shaking of the ground caused by plate movement
  24. is molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface

47 Clues: is energy that will not run out • is the outer layer of the Earth • is magma that reaches the surface • is electricity made using moving water • form when magma cools slowly underground • is a renewable energy source from the Sun • rocks are formed from layers of sediments • rocks are formed when magma or lava cools • is renewable energy from plants and waste • ...

Pick-a-project Plate tectonics 2024-10-02

Pick-a-project Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A mudflow caused by volcanic eruptions
  2. ____ Lava is sharp and blocky
  3. ______ Lava is smoother and more ropey
  4. _____ magma is thick and traps gas bubbles
  5. Molten rock beneath the surface
  6. Example of a super volcano (national park)
  7. A bowl-shaped depression at the vent
  8. Magma is called this when it reaches the surface
  9. A volcano that forms in the middle of a plate
  10. Pebble sized material (tephra)
  11. Scientist first credited with the theory of continental drift
  12. A long narrow split where basaltic magma flows out
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  1. San Andreas Fault is an example of this type of plate boundary
  2. The supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago
  3. Mid-ocean ridge is an example of this type of plate boundary
  4. Solid material ejected from a volcano
  5. _____ magma causes gentle volcanic eruptions
  6. most dangerous part of an explosive eruption
  7. Large rock blown from the crater of a volcano
  8. An opening where ejecta come out
  9. Finest material(tephra)
  10. Himalayas are an example of this type of plate boundary

22 Clues: Finest material(tephra) • ____ Lava is sharp and blocky • Pebble sized material (tephra) • Molten rock beneath the surface • An opening where ejecta come out • A bowl-shaped depression at the vent • Solid material ejected from a volcano • A mudflow caused by volcanic eruptions • ______ Lava is smoother and more ropey • _____ magma is thick and traps gas bubbles • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-09

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Where two plates slide (2 words)
  2. the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
  3. the hotter, softer part of the upper mantle
  4. A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move (2 words)
  5. Where two plates divide (2 words)
  6. A gap that is formed where two continental plates divide (2 words)
  7. a bending of a wave
  8. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations (2 words)
  9. the middle layer made of hot, rigid rock
  10. what scientists use to determine the composition of Earth's layers (2 words)
  11. where the most dense materials are located inside the Earth (2 words)
  12. wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side, can only go through solids
  13. An area where a plume of magma comes up from the mantle, heating the crust above it, and sometimes causing volcanic activity (2 words)
  14. where magma comes up to make new crust (2 words)
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  1. fastest wave, can travel through any state of matter
  2. type of wave that does the most damage to Earth's surface
  3. layer of liquid iron and nickel (2 words)
  4. the crust and rigid part of the mantle
  5. movement of matter that results from differences in density (2 words)
  6. the bouncing of a wave
  7. Where two plates collide (2 words)
  8. Stress that pulls
  9. Stress that presses
  10. Evidence shown on the sea floor where North and South poles switch (2 words)
  11. Where old ocean crust sinks back into the asthenosphere (3 words)
  12. the process where new sea floor is made and old crust is destroyed (2 words)
  13. Stress that scrapes

27 Clues: Stress that pulls • Stress that presses • a bending of a wave • Stress that scrapes • the bouncing of a wave • Where two plates slide (2 words) • Where two plates divide (2 words) • Where two plates collide (2 words) • the crust and rigid part of the mantle • the middle layer made of hot, rigid rock • layer of liquid iron and nickel (2 words) • ...

Earth Layer & Plate Tectonics Review 2026-02-05

Earth Layer & Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A type of volcano with flat, gently sloping sides and generally nonexplosive eruptions.
  2. flow Rapidly moving clouds of hot ash, gas, and debris.
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates are moving apart.
  4. This type of landform occurs at a continental – oceanic convergent boundary.
  5. This forms when an earthquake occurs under the ocean.
  6. Slower moving seismic waves that travel side to side and can't travel through liquids.
  7. This type of landform is created at a continental–continental convergent boundary.
  8. Earth’s crust is broken into pieces called _____.
  9. Fast moving seismic waves that travel horizontally.
  10. This event occurs at a transform boundary.
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  1. Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  2. New seafloor is created at this oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary.
  3. Circular flow of heating and cooling magma in the mantle.
  4. Theory that Earth’s continents were once joined together and have since broken apart.
  5. Volcanoes form over these unusually hot regions of Earth’s mantle.
  6. The point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus where an Earthquake originates.
  7. Type of plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  8. A crack in Earth’s crust.
  9. Magma that flows onto Earth’s surface.
  10. A supercontinent made of all of Earth’s land masses.
  11. Type of plate boundary where two plates are sliding past each other horizontally.

21 Clues: A crack in Earth’s crust. • Magma that flows onto Earth’s surface. • This event occurs at a transform boundary. • Earth’s crust is broken into pieces called _____. • Fast moving seismic waves that travel horizontally. • A supercontinent made of all of Earth’s land masses. • This forms when an earthquake occurs under the ocean. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossward Puzzle 2014-10-15

Plate Tectonics Crossward Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. tectonic plate boundary where plates come together.
  2. a long, narrow ditch at the bottom of the ocean.
  3. vertical movement of currents caused by temperature difference in a fluid such as air.
  4. a high-energy wave caused by an earthquake, volcano, landslide or other natural event that displaces and distributes energy through the ocean waters.
  5. a sudden violent shake of the ground, a result of movements within the earth's crust.
  6. a deep rift valley formed by the divergent boundary, extending the length of the Mid- Ocean Ridge and the site of frequent volcanic activity.
  7. tectonic plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  8. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  9. tectonic process where one plate is pulled beneath the other.
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  1. where two plates either come together, move away or slide past each other.
  2. the theory of ______________ is that Earth's continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart.
  3. interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains and oceanic trenches.
  4. tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
  5. The theory of ____________ is that Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move.

14 Clues: formation of new areas of oceanic crust • a long, narrow ditch at the bottom of the ocean. • tectonic plate boundary where plates come together. • tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other. • tectonic process where one plate is pulled beneath the other. • tectonic plate boundary where plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics / Earth's Layers 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics / Earth's Layers crossword puzzle
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  1. two plates slide past one another, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere
  2. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  3. heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another
  4. Theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper portion of the mantle) is divided into about 12 large plates and several small ones that float on and travel independently over the asthenosphere.
  5. the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
  6. a large sea wave caused by an earthquake, landslide or other disturbance under the ocean
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  1. two plates are moving towards one another
  2. the theory that the earth's continents move gradually over the surface of the planet on a substratum of magma
  3. tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  5. running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge, was discovered by Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen in 1953
  6. a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
  7. locations where two tectonic plates meet
  8. the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.

14 Clues: locations where two tectonic plates meet • two plates are moving towards one another • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • a large sea wave caused by an earthquake, landslide or other disturbance under the ocean • the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. • ...

plate tectonics chapter 8 2018-12-10

plate tectonics chapter 8 crossword puzzle
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  1. parallel forces acting in opposite directions
  2. zone an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  3. mountain parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  4. trench deep, underwater toughs created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  5. the upward vertical motion of Earth's surface
  6. is the equilibrium between continental crust the denser the magma below
  7. the downward motion of Earth's surface
  8. arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary
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  1. a change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  2. squeezing stress
  3. stress that pulls something apart
  4. mountain where large regions rise vertically with very little deformation
  5. fault where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  6. mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded

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

Plate Tectonics Vocab Review 2020-10-18

Plate Tectonics Vocab Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the lithosphere is broken into moving pieces called
  2. the thickest layer of the earth.
  3. where plates move apart; also called seafloor spreading.
  4. dense oceanic crust moves under less dense continental crust.
  5. where plates slide past each other.
  6. a combination of the crust and the uppermost mantle.
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  1. land under the continents.
  2. land under oceans.
  3. type of crust that is thicker and less dense.
  4. outermost layer of the earth.
  5. where two plates collide.
  6. innermost layer of the earth that is a solid metal ball.
  7. a layer of the mantle that has convection currents of rock that move in circles like an escalator.
  8. when plates collide and move up. Ex)Himalayas
  9. type of crust that is thinner and more dense.
  10. liquid layer of the earth made of melted rock.

16 Clues: land under oceans. • where two plates collide. • land under the continents. • outermost layer of the earth. • the thickest layer of the earth. • where plates slide past each other. • type of crust that is thicker and less dense. • when plates collide and move up. Ex)Himalayas • type of crust that is thinner and more dense. • liquid layer of the earth made of melted rock. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench.
  2. valley Caused by divergent continental plates
  3. Caused when two transform plates slide past each other
  4. forms above and near subduction zones.
  5. type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. elevations along a contour line are ___.
  7. Makes up the crust and upper mantle; what the tectonic plates are composed of
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  1. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another
  2. Formed when two continental convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  3. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. Convection currents here cause the tectonic plates to move.
  4. type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  5. A crack in the Earth's crust where rocks slide past one another
  6. type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  7. Supercontinent

14 Clues: Supercontinent • forms above and near subduction zones. • elevations along a contour line are ___. • valley Caused by divergent continental plates • type of plate boundary where two plates collide • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • ...

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics 2025-03-03

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The fastest type of seismic wave that moves through solids and liquids, causing the ground to expand and contract.
  2. The location underground where an earthquake begins.
  3. A softer, semi-fluid layer of the mantle that the tectonic plates move on.
  4. A tool used to measure the strength and duration of earthquakes.
  5. The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts.
  6. Vibrations that travel through Earth and carry the energy released during an earthquake.
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  1. The rigid outer layer of Earth, made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  2. A crack in Earth's crust along which movement occurs during an earthquake.
  3. A slower seismic wave that moves only through solids and causes the ground to move side to side or up and down.
  4. A large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
  5. A smaller earthquake that happens after a larger earthquake in the same area.
  6. The shaking of Earth's surface caused by sudden movement along a fault or by volcanic activity.
  7. Plates Large sections of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact at different types of boundaries.
  8. Scale A scale used to measure the magnitude (strength) of an earthquake.

14 Clues: The location underground where an earthquake begins. • A tool used to measure the strength and duration of earthquakes. • The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts. • Scale A scale used to measure the magnitude (strength) of an earthquake. • A crack in Earth's crust along which movement occurs during an earthquake. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary- Maci Bailey 2025-10-21

Unit 5 Vocabulary- Maci Bailey crossword puzzle
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  1. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  2. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth,
  4. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystal
  5. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  6. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  7. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  8. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere.
  9. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  11. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  12. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  13. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
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  1. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  2. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  3. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  4. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  5. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks
  6. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  7. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  8. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  10. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  11. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  12. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice

25 Clues: the rigid outer part of the earth, • magma that reaches Earth's 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 • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks • ...

Earth Science Crossword 2021-10-28

Earth Science Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The _______ began with an oncrease in plant and animal species.
  2. Since Florida is low and flat, the ________ is near its surface.
  3. The oceans are only part of Earth's _______.
  4. _______ plays a role in the uplifting of mountains.
  5. The _______ charts the existence and extinction of dinosaurs.
  6. Studying ______, we infer how Pangea split into continents.
  7. Plate tectonics, subduction and erosion drive the _______.
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  1. The _______ charts the existence and extinction of dinosaurs.
  2. Latitude and altitude affect the ______ of a given region.
  3. During the _______, many animal species evolved.
  4. The ________ evaluates data collected from weather instruments.
  5. Dinosaurs lived in the _______ period.
  6. The _______ includes all layers from the core to the crust.
  7. During the _______, much of the Northern Hemisphere was frozen.

14 Clues: Dinosaurs lived in the _______ period. • The oceans are only part of Earth's _______. • During the _______, many animal species evolved. • _______ plays a role in the uplifting of mountains. • Latitude and altitude affect the ______ of a given region. • Plate tectonics, subduction and erosion drive the _______. • ...

Aliyah D1 - 3 2023-02-08

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

Landforms Crossword 2025-11-04

Landforms Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A deep valley with steep sides, usually formed by river erosion over time.
  2. A mountain or hill that forms when magma from within Earth erupts through the surface.
  3. A landform created by the buildup of sediment where a river flows into a larger body of water.
  4. – A natural feature on Earth’s surface, such as a mountain, valley, or plain.
  5. A crack or break in Earth’s crust where movement has occurred due to plate activity.
  6. The process by which wind, water, or ice move soil and rock from one place to another.
  7. Tectonics The scientific theory that Earth’s crust is broken into plates that slowly move over the mantle.
  8. The solid part of the Earth that includes rocks, minerals, soil, and landforms.
  9. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by natural forces like water, wind, and temperature changes.
  10. The process by which one tectonic plate slides beneath another into the mantle.
  11. The frozen water part of Earth’s system, including glaciers, ice caps, and snow.
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  1. The layer of gases surrounding Earth that supports life and weather.
  2. All living organisms on Earth and their interactions with the environment.
  3. The way in which Earth’s spheres affect and influence one another (e.g., rainfall causing erosion in the geosphere).
  4. All the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
  5. A large, slow-moving body of ice that shapes the land through erosion and deposition.
  6. Boundary A boundary where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.
  7. Boundary A location where two tectonic plates move toward each other, often forming mountains or subduction zones.
  8. Boundary A boundary where two plates move apart, creating a new crust as magma rises to the surface.
  9. The process of sediments being laid down or added to a landform in a new location.
  10. Plate A large, rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves over the semi-fluid mantle.

21 Clues: The layer of gases surrounding Earth that supports life and weather. • All the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and groundwater. • A deep valley with steep sides, usually formed by river erosion over time. • All living organisms on Earth and their interactions with the environment. • ...

Challenge It! 2023-03-30

Challenge It! crossword puzzle
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  1. the slope between the continental shelf and deep ocean floor
  2. movement of fluid
  3. a fissure in planets surface where heated water is released
  4. something that can flow
  5. temperature and salt content of water
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  1. formed by cooled lava and breaks through the ocean surface
  2. downward pulling force
  3. an underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics
  4. a large area of extremely flat or gently sloping ocean floor
  5. the area of seabed around a large landmass in shallow sea levels
  6. pattern of ocean water rising or falling
  7. a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor

12 Clues: movement of fluid • downward pulling force • something that can flow • temperature and salt content of water • pattern of ocean water rising or falling • a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor • an underwater mountain range,formed by plate tectonics • formed by cooled lava and breaks through the ocean surface • ...

unit 8 vocab made by Joseph flake 2024-03-25

unit 8 vocab made by Joseph flake crossword puzzle
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  1. / ring shaped islands made from the build-up of coral
  2. / a unique part of a larger continent
  3. / social classes
  4. / rebirth of the soul in another body
  5. / a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth
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  1. tectonics / plates of the earth's surface
  2. / a company hires an outside company or individual to do work for them.
  3. / intense wind and powerful waves
  4. / seasonal wind patterns
  5. / one nation is able to take control of a weaker country
  6. / refusing to get or buy something from a certain brand or company

11 Clues: / social classes • / seasonal wind patterns • / intense wind and powerful waves • / rebirth of the soul in another body • / a unique part of a larger continent • tectonics / plates of the earth's surface • / ring shaped islands made from the build-up of coral • / one nation is able to take control of a weaker country • ...

Lesson 10 Spelling L2 2022-11-30

Lesson 10 Spelling L2 crossword puzzle
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  1. I can never ________ to plug my chromebook in.
  2. I have no _______ for running.
  3. Many students have family who served in the ______.
  4. When I played soccer, my _______ hurt her ankle.
  5. Cheesecake and cookies are some of my favorite ______.
  6. The paper has a horizontal ___________.
  7. Having a real tree is not very ____, it takes up too much room.
  8. Our _____ anthem is very beautiful.
  9. When I had the flu, I was in _______.
  10. I was _____ at how many people forgot their times tables.
  11. I will have to _______ which is the best option.
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  1. Your _____ in math paid off, and you got an A.
  2. Most farmers are very ______ to their animals.
  3. When an animal goes extinct, they are no longer in _______.
  4. Many people get ______ at St. Mary Church.
  5. The play was _____.
  6. My favorite ______ is Cheerios.
  7. I won't _______ that I forgot my homework.
  8. The ______ of plate tectonics proves continental drift.
  9. He reads mostly historic _______.

20 Clues: The play was _____. • I have no _______ for running. • My favorite ______ is Cheerios. • He reads mostly historic _______. • Our _____ anthem is very beautiful. • When I had the flu, I was in _______. • The paper has a horizontal ___________. • Many people get ______ at St. Mary Church. • I won't _______ that I forgot my homework. • ...

Unit 2 crossword 2024-12-09

Unit 2 crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Force that shaped planets and dwarf planets in the nebula.
  2. The midnight zone of the ocean.
  3. Producers in the sunlight zone.
  4. The process that created the sun and planets.
  5. The deepest ocean trenches.
  6. Type of hydrothermal vent contributing to Earth’s early life.
  7. Where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  8. Where two tectonic plates move apart.
  9. Causes clouds to spin in hurricanes.
  10. Abnormal rise of water during a hurricane.
  11. The twilight zone of the ocean.
  12. The ocean’s sunlight zone.
Down
  1. Where two tectonic plates move toward each other.
  2. Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of moving continents.
  3. Process forming new oceanic crust at divergent boundaries.
  4. The deep abyssal zone of the ocean.
  5. Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle.
  6. The layer with molten rock driving plate tectonics.
  7. The state of early Earth’s surface.
  8. Movement of heavy elements toward Earth’s center.

20 Clues: The ocean’s sunlight zone. • The deepest ocean trenches. • The midnight zone of the ocean. • Producers in the sunlight zone. • The twilight zone of the ocean. • The deep abyssal zone of the ocean. • Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle. • The state of early Earth’s surface. • Causes clouds to spin in hurricanes. • Where two tectonic plates move apart. • ...

Unit 5 vocab - Melanie 2026-03-18

Unit 5 vocab - Melanie crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mixture of one or more minerals
  2. natural resource can be replaced
  3. rigid outer part of earth (pizza crust)
  4. molten rock, dissolved gases
  5. crystal structure
  6. fracture in earth
  7. two plates "fall in love"
  8. transportation of material
  9. loose particles/ erosion of rock
  10. directly above the focus
  11. two plates "break up"
  12. reaches earth surface
  13. two plates are "strangers" in a hall
  14. alteration of preexisting, deep within earth by heat and pressure
  15. rocks break under stress
Down
  1. preexisting rocks being transported and cemented
  2. rock broken down by chemical reactions
  3. physically broke into smaller pieces
  4. soft upper, below litho
  5. vibrations traveling through earth
  6. plate tectonics produce new ocean lihto
  7. heat in the mantle
  8. resisting to flowing
  9. natural resource that is consumed faster
  10. records ground movements
  11. molten magma

26 Clues: molten magma • crystal structure • fracture in earth • heat in the mantle • resisting to flowing • two plates "break up" • reaches earth surface • soft upper, below litho • records ground movements • directly above the focus • rocks break under stress • two plates "fall in love" • transportation of material • molten rock, dissolved gases • mixture of one or more minerals • ...

Grade 8 - Exam Review Unit 3 2022-01-17

Grade 8 - Exam Review Unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's thin outer shell. It is made primarily of low-density materials called silicates.
  2. The formation of the solar system was similar to the differentiation of Earth into layers because in both processes the densest materials moved to the _____.
  3. Cycling of material due to differences in density.
  4. The point of Earth's surface directly above the focus.
  5. Type of stress associated with transform boundaries.
  6. Type of boundary where plates slide past one another.
  7. The process of _____ decay generated heat during Earth's formation and is still a source of heat in Earth's interior.
  8. A break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move.
  9. A _____ boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  10. Type of stress associated with convergent boundaries.
  11. Type of stress associated with divergent boundaries.
  12. the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate.
Down
  1. _____ tectonics is the scientific theory explaining that the lithosphere is divided into moving slabs.
  2. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle is a _____ plate.
  3. Type of boundary where plates move toward each other.
  4. A change of the magnetic poles is a magnetic ___.
  5. The hypothesis that today's continents were once part of a single landmass, or supercontinent, called Pangaea is _____ drift.
  6. Ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy.
  7. The process by which new seafloor forms is seafloor ____.
  8. ___ is caused by stress and is the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock.
  9. At the center of Earth. Contains very dense elements, mainly iron and a small amount of nickel.
  10. A place within Earth along which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  11. The compositional layer below the crust. It contains silicate materials, but has more dense elements as well.

23 Clues: A change of the magnetic poles is a magnetic ___. • Cycling of material due to differences in density. • Type of stress associated with transform boundaries. • Type of stress associated with divergent boundaries. • Type of boundary where plates move toward each other. • Type of boundary where plates slide past one another. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Charlie Moore 2023-03-05

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Charlie Moore crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate moves under another
  2. a place where two plates start to move away from eachother
  3. A organic component of soil
  4. A shaking of the ground that releases seismic waves.
  5. the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth
  6. A natural material that can be hardened
  7. A type of wave produced by a earthquake, faster than seismic waves.
  8. a squeezing force
  9. when the continents move away from eachother
  10. waves created by a earthquake
  11. the process of creation of new plate material as part of plate tectonics
  12. The liquid layer between the inner core and the lower mantle.
  13. the place where two plates move past eachother
  14. A stretching force
  15. The layer that comes before the crust, it is still solid, just softer.
  16. The rough outer part of the earth
  17. a wave that travels parrallel to earths surface
Down
  1. the place where two plates move together
  2. A long, deep depression in the earth that form and the edges of tectonic plates.
  3. a supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  4. the lateral movement of one rock against another.
  5. a very large wave mostly caused by a underwater earthquake.
  6. A natural landform that rises high into the air, usually at a steep angle.
  7. a current in fluid, this causes tectonic plate movements
  8. the loose surface material on earth, made of organic materials
  9. A type of soil that is rich in organic matter.
  10. large pieces of earths crust that very slowly shift positions
  11. The hard, thin outer layer of earth.
  12. the softer outer layer of earths mantle
  13. The intersection of two plates
  14. A spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  15. a ring of subduction zones
  16. the second wave to hit a seismograph, caused by a earthquake
  17. the lower area of land between hills and/or mountains

34 Clues: a squeezing force • A stretching force • a ring of subduction zones • A organic component of soil • waves created by a earthquake • The intersection of two plates • The rough outer part of the earth • when one plate moves under another • The hard, thin outer layer of earth. • A natural material that can be hardened • the softer outer layer of earths mantle • ...

judas unit 5 vocab 2024-03-15

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

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 • ...

Unit 5 Vocab - Isabel G 2024-10-18

Unit 5 Vocab - Isabel G crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a inorganic solid that looks like a crystal and is a chemical composition
  2. spreading when plate tectonics make new oceanic lithosphere at the oceans crust
  3. a solid mixture of minerals or other organic matter
  4. a liquids resistance to flow or the thickness of it
  5. small particles created by erosion or weathering of a rock
  6. a plate boundary when they go past each other
  7. when a rock breaks down into sediment
  8. magma that is on the surface
  9. a source that cannot be replaced at the same rate it is being consumed
  10. a fracture on earth where movement happened
  11. a natural material that can be replaced at the same rate that it is being used
  12. a plate boundary where two plates divide
  13. a rock that was made from heat deep within the earth along with pressure or other chemicals
Down
  1. a plate boundary where two plates for towards each other
  2. the outer part of the earth made of the crust and upper mantle
  3. soft upper layer of the mantle under the lithosphere that holds plates on it
  4. a place directly above a focus
  5. transportation of materials by wind,water, or ice
  6. a rock that was made by cooled molten lava
  7. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma that soon becomes lava
  8. when a rock is broken down by a chemical to make sediment
  9. a point under earths surface when a rocks breaks and causes a earthquake
  10. a rock that was made from different minerals being crushed ontime over tim
  11. a body of molton rock inside of earth that has dissolved minerals or gas in it
  12. a device that record the grounds movement using the seismic waves
  13. vibrations that travel through earth when a earthquake happens

26 Clues: magma that is on the surface • a place directly above a focus • when a rock breaks down into sediment • a plate boundary where two plates divide • a rock that was made by cooled molten lava • a fracture on earth where movement happened • a plate boundary when they go past each other • transportation of materials by wind,water, or ice • ...

AP ENVIRONMENTAL Unit 4 Crossword - Daniel Benoliel 2023-11-03

AP ENVIRONMENTAL Unit 4 Crossword - Daniel Benoliel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a liquid found beneath the surface
  2. when humans remove forests
  3. where you'll find the very important ozone layer
  4. a patch of land that has been forced to become a desert because of mountain ranges
  5. places where the atmosphere is relatively thin
Down
  1. drive the movement of Earth's tectonic plates in the mantle
  2. where plate tectonics meet
  3. hottest of the four seasons
  4. occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun
  5. water in the equater becomes warmer and east winds blow weaker
  6. areas usually are areas of fair, settled weather

11 Clues: where plate tectonics meet • when humans remove forests • hottest of the four seasons • a liquid found beneath the surface • places where the atmosphere is relatively thin • areas usually are areas of fair, settled weather • where you'll find the very important ozone layer • occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun • ...

Jessie's Crossword 2015-04-30

Jessie's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  2. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading.
  3. theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates.
  4. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  5. a line on an isotope ratio diagram denoting a suite of rock or mineral samples all formed at the same time. The slope of the line is related to the age of the rock or mineral suite
  6. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. Plate motion is partly driven by the weight of cold, dense plates sinking into the mantle at trenches.
  7. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
Down
  1. a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  2. a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  3. A change in the Earth's magnetic field resulting in the magnetic north being aligned with the geographic south, and the magnetic south being aligned with the geographic north.
  4. a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
  5. the process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another, localized along the juncture of two plates.
  6. the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates.
  7. an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  8. the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault.

15 Clues: the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates. • a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. • the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault. • a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Plate Tetonics 2024-11-21

Plate Tetonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A fast-moving cloud of ash and gas.
  2. - A tall volcano that explodes a lot.
  3. - When plates slide past each other.
  4. - A volcano that erupts with flowing lava.
  5. - The solid outer layer of Earth.
  6. - The hot rock that comes out of a volcano.
  7. - A scientist who studies earthquakes.
  8. - A crack where magma comes out.
  9. - When two plates move apart.
Down
  1. - A tool to measure earthquake strength.
  2. - The hot layer of Earth below the crust.
  3. - A place where magma rises through the crust to form volcanoes.
  4. - Rising and sinking movement of hot material.
  5. - When one plate goes under another.
  6. - Big ocean waves caused by earthquakes.
  7. - Hot melted rock under the ground.
  8. - When the ground shakes.
  9. - The slow movement of Earth's plates.
  10. - The place above where an earthquake starts.
  11. - A big hole left when a volcano collapses.

20 Clues: - When the ground shakes. • - When two plates move apart. • - A crack where magma comes out. • - The solid outer layer of Earth. • - Hot melted rock under the ground. • - When plates slide past each other. • - When one plate goes under another. • - A fast-moving cloud of ash and gas. • - A tall volcano that explodes a lot. • - The slow movement of Earth's plates. • ...

Ocean 2017-10-19

Ocean crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pillow lava that has solidified as rounded masses, characteristic of eruption under wate
  2. plates tectonic plate. noun. the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches. Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon.
  3. ridge forms long chains of mountains.
  4. crust the relatively thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  5. Drift Gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  6. Valley a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  7. coming closer together
  8. make a thorough or dramatic change
Down
  1. Floor spreading the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  2. Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  3. tectonics States that Earth’s plate are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  4. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  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.
  6. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  7. tending to develop different or be different
  8. trench any long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom in which occur the maximum oceanic depths, approximately 7,300 to more than 11,000 metres (24,000 to 36,000 feet). They typically form in locations where one tectonic plate subducts under another.
  9. hypothetical super continent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.

17 Clues: coming closer together • make a thorough or dramatic change • ridge forms long chains of mountains. • tending to develop different or be different • Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other • pillow lava that has solidified as rounded masses, characteristic of eruption under wate • ...

Science 2022-04-27

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The top layer of the earth.
  2. GMO stands for genetically ________ organism
  3. Human tissue is made of a ton of these
  4. When your brain hits the inside of your skull, you can suffer a ________.
  5. _____ tectonics move and create earthquakes.
  6. The digestive system is an example of one of the _____ systems in our bodies.
Down
  1. Scientific tool used to zoom into a sample using a lens.
  2. Name of the last movie we watched in class
  3. Word for reusing materials which helps the environment.
  4. Mascot of the school
  5. Subject of this class
  6. Magma turns into this once it breaks through the earth's crust.
  7. Month school is out

13 Clues: Month school is out • Mascot of the school • Subject of this class • The top layer of the earth. • Human tissue is made of a ton of these • Name of the last movie we watched in class • GMO stands for genetically ________ organism • _____ tectonics move and create earthquakes. • Word for reusing materials which helps the environment. • ...

CROSSWORD LABS #2 (A VIEW OF THE EARTH): TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR SCREEN OR SCREENSHOT USING COMMAND-SHIFT-3 AND EMAIL TO heath.cooper@hickmanmills.org 2015-09-09

CROSSWORD LABS #2 (A VIEW OF THE EARTH): TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR SCREEN OR SCREENSHOT USING COMMAND-SHIFT-3 AND EMAIL TO heath.cooper@hickmanmills.org crossword puzzle
Across
  1. THE ATMOSPHERE PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN'S _____.
  2. PART OF THE EARTH LIKE THE YOLK (YELLOW) PART OF AN EGG.
  3. PART OF THE EARTH THAT IS LIKE THE SHELL OF AN EGG.
  4. PLATE TECTONICS IS A THEORY THAT EXPLAINS HOW THE _____ MOVE.
  5. A PERSON'S SMELLY FART WOULD BE PART OF THIS SPHERE...
  6. SHINY OBJECTS FOUND IN JEWELRY AND IN THE GEOSPHERE...
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  1. THICKEST LAYER OF THE EARTH.
  2. ARE EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES...
  3. EXAMPLE OF A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE.
  4. MAKE UP 97% OF ALL WATER...
  5. ATMOSPHERE PROVIDE HUMANS AND OTHER LIVING THINGS WITH THIS...
  6. PART OF THE HYDROSPHERE...
  7. A TURTLE IS PART OF THE BIOSPHERE, BECAUSE IT IS _____.

13 Clues: PART OF THE HYDROSPHERE... • MAKE UP 97% OF ALL WATER... • THICKEST LAYER OF THE EARTH. • EXAMPLE OF A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE. • ARE EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES... • THE ATMOSPHERE PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN'S _____. • PART OF THE EARTH THAT IS LIKE THE SHELL OF AN EGG. • A PERSON'S SMELLY FART WOULD BE PART OF THIS SPHERE... • ...

Earth Vocabulary List 2021-06-14

Earth Vocabulary List crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the Earth’s crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
  2. boundary - Boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  3. - is when plate tectonics from one crustal plate is descending below the other plate
  4. - a very hard, igneous rock
  5. - The hydrosphere includes all the water on Earth. This includes all the water on the surface such as clouds and vapour
  6. - was a supercontinent
  7. - violent shaking of the ground which is caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  8. - the structure and properties of Earths crust
  9. - a massive slab of rock which is mostly composed of continentals and oceanic lithosphere
  10. - an ancient supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic and began to break up during the Jurassic period
  11. - a high sea waves that are caused by an earthquake and other disturbance in the ocean
  12. currents - is a current that is inside the fluid which results in convection
  13. boundary - boundaries between two plates that are sliding past each other
Down
  1. boundary - Boundaries between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
  2. - all plants and animals that live on Earth
  3. - a point on the surface of Earth that is vertically above the centre of the earthquake
  4. - This part consists of the crust and upper mantle. It is the rigid outer part of the Earth
  5. - Molten rock that has come out of the interior of a terrestrial planet or moon
  6. - the study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth
  7. - The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
  8. - it is the upper layer of the Earth’s mantle but it is below the lithosphere
  9. - is inside of the Earth’s crust where the earthquake originates
  10. - is a fine-grained volcanic rock
  11. - fractures of two block of rock

24 Clues: - was a supercontinent • - a very hard, igneous rock • - fractures of two block of rock • - is a fine-grained volcanic rock • - all plants and animals that live on Earth • - the structure and properties of Earths crust • boundary - Boundaries between two plates that are colliding • - The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet • ...

Unit 5 vocab- Taylor hinson 2025-10-16

Unit 5 vocab- Taylor hinson crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock that is formed by the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted, and cemented
  2. plate boundary where 2 plates move away from each other
  3. process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridge
  4. natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  5. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  6. a liquids resistance to flowing or the thickness of a liquid
  7. process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions
  8. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  9. concentration of heat in the middle capable of producing magma, which rises to earths surface
  10. device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through earth
Down
  1. rock formed by the crystallization of molten magama
  2. plate boundary where 2 plates move past eachother in opposite directions
  3. plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other
  4. the soft upper layer of the mantle below the lithosphere, lithospheric plates float on top of it
  5. natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced
  6. transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  7. the point beneath earths surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  8. point on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  9. natural occurring inorganic solid that has a structure and a definite chemical composition
  10. the rigid outer part of the Earth, crust and upper mantle
  11. natural occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  12. vibrations that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  13. process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces
  14. body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals
  15. magma that reaches earths surface

25 Clues: magma that reaches earths surface • rock formed by the crystallization of molten magama • plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other • plate boundary where 2 plates move away from each other • the rigid outer part of the Earth, crust and upper mantle • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • ...

Unit 5 vocab 2025-10-16

Unit 5 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces
  2. a liquid resistance to flowing or the thickness of a liquid
  3. a natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced
  4. the transportation of material by a mobile agent such as wind water or ice
  5. process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  6. formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  8. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  9. rigid outer port of the earth
  10. vibration that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  11. a natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
Down
  1. the process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions changes the rocks molecular composition
  2. magma that reaches earth surface
  3. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  4. the point beneath earths surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  5. a body of molten rock found at depth
  6. a device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves
  7. soft upper layer of the mantle below the lithosphere
  8. the point on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  9. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma which rises to the surface
  10. a fracture in earth along which movements has occurred
  11. a naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a crystal substance
  12. rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  13. loose particles created by weathering and erosion
  14. a natural occurring solid mixture of one or more organic material
  15. formed by the alteration of preexistiong solid deep within the earth

26 Clues: rigid outer port of the earth • magma that reaches earth surface • a body of molten rock found at depth • loose particles created by weathering and erosion • rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • soft upper layer of the mantle below the lithosphere • a fracture in earth along which movements has occurred • ...

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, And Plate Tectonics 2017-04-08

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, And Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago.
  2. A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph.
  3. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano.
  4. Very dense, solid center of the Earth that is made of mostly iron with smaller amounts of oxygen, silicon, sulfur, or nickel.
  5. Cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics.
  6. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
  7. An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area.
  8. Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward fro the earthquakes focus.
  9. Largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core and that is made mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron.
  10. An opening on Earth's surface where magma is forced up and flows out as lava.
Down
  1. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
  2. Point in Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus.
  3. Point at the depth where the rocks ruptured to produce earthquakes; places were quake waves originate.
  4. Bits of rock or solified lava dropped from the air.
  5. hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that the states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth.
  6. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere.
  7. Earths outermost layer.
  8. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
  9. Remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock.
  10. Surface along which rocks break and move.

20 Clues: Earths outermost layer. • Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. • Surface along which rocks break and move. • Measure of the energy released by an earthquake. • Bits of rock or solified lava dropped from the air. • Remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock. • Point in Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus. • ...

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics 2018-01-03

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Breaks in Earths crust
  2. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
  3. Is a large landmass
  4. Deep underwater canyons
  5. Results from a force pressing on an area
  6. Landmass slowly moved over Earth's surface
  7. Any trace of an ancient organism
  8. Plates move apart, or diverge
  9. Theory that plates are in slow, constant motion
  10. Plates slip past each other
  11. Dark,fine-grained rock
  12. made of mostlty iron and nickel
  13. Rock usually with light colors and has coarse grains
  14. Layer of molten metal materials
Down
  1. Ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  2. Plates come together,or converge
  3. Mountain ranges that ran along the middle of some ocean floors
  4. Continually adding new materials to the ocean floor
  5. Part of the mantle that is hot but more rigid
  6. Part of the mantle that is less rigid than the rock above
  7. Dense ball of solid metal
  8. Part of the mantle that is strong hard and rigid
  9. sections of Earth separated by cracks
  10. single landmass, about 300 million years ago

24 Clues: Is a large landmass • Breaks in Earths crust • Dark,fine-grained rock • Deep underwater canyons • Dense ball of solid metal • Plates slip past each other • Plates move apart, or diverge • made of mostlty iron and nickel • Layer of molten metal materials • Plates come together,or converge • Any trace of an ancient organism • sections of Earth separated by cracks • ...

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics 2018-01-03

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is a large landmass
  2. Part of the mantle that is less rigid than the rock above
  3. Any trace of an ancient organism
  4. Mountain ranges that ran along the middle of some ocean floors
  5. made of mostlty iron and nickel
  6. Deep underwater canyons
  7. Theory that plates are in slow, constant motion
  8. Plates move apart, or diverge
  9. Plates slip past each other
  10. Ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  11. Layer of molten metal materials
  12. single landmass, about 300 million years ago
Down
  1. Dense ball of solid metal
  2. sections of Earth separated by cracks
  3. Breaks in Earths crust
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
  5. Plates come together,or converge
  6. Part of the mantle that is strong hard and rigid
  7. Landmass slowly moved over Earth's surface
  8. Continually adding new materials to the ocean floor
  9. Rock usually with light colors and has coarse grains
  10. Part of the mantle that is hot but more rigid
  11. Dark,fine-grained rock
  12. Results from a force pressing on an area

24 Clues: Is a large landmass • Breaks in Earths crust • Dark,fine-grained rock • Deep underwater canyons • Dense ball of solid metal • Plates slip past each other • Plates move apart, or diverge • made of mostlty iron and nickel • Layer of molten metal materials • Plates come together,or converge • Any trace of an ancient organism • sections of Earth separated by cracks • ...

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics 2013-01-24

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  2. Type of fault where two plates move apart from one another.
  3. A scale measuring the intensity of an earthquake, ranging from 1-10.
  4. Outer most layer of the Earth's surface which floats on the mantle and is made up of tectonic plates.
  5. A type of fault where two plates collide with each other.
  6. Volcano which has more violent, deadly eruptions which mainly contain ash and heated gas.
  7. Another name for the crust and the upper mantle.
  8. Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
  9. Volcano built up by layers of lava emissions.
  10. Instrument which measures and records the intensity of earthquakes.
  11. What happens when one plate slides under another.
Down
  1. A fracture in the Earth's crust caused when two plates move apart from each other.
  2. Solid portion of the center of the Earth.
  3. A narrow raised portion of land where two plates come together.
  4. A wave of energy released when two plates slide against or past each other.
  5. Area in which the plates first break or slide across each other.
  6. Type of fault characterized by two plates sliding against each other (ex- One moving north, the other moving south).
  7. Another name for the mantle.
  8. Transfer of heat in a circular motion.
  9. Hot rock, ash, or gases released by the eruption of a composite volcano.
  10. Theory which states that the earth is made up of moving plates.
  11. Oceanic crust which slides beneath another plate.
  12. An opening in the Earth's surface which allows heat, gas or lava to escape.
  13. More fluid yet solid portion of the center of the Earth.
  14. Portion of the earth made up of molten rock/magma beneath the crust but outside of the core and comprises 70% of Earth's volume.

25 Clues: Another name for the mantle. • Magma that reaches Earth's surface. • Transfer of heat in a circular motion. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • Solid portion of the center of the Earth. • Volcano built up by layers of lava emissions. • Another name for the crust and the upper mantle. • Oceanic crust which slides beneath another plate. • ...

Earths structure and plate tectonics 2015-03-09

Earths structure and plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large rigid slab of rock
  2. heat that originates within the Earth
  3. Earths innermost part
  4. between the crust and outer core
  5. planar fracture
  6. part of the Earths lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins
  7. liquid layer above solid inner layer
  8. quake,tremor,trembler
  9. underwater mountain system
  10. long high sea wave
Down
  1. rigid outermost part of the Earth
  2. energy that travels through Earths layers
  3. included all present continents which broke up and drifted apart
  4. a large elongated depression with steep walls
  5. mountain that opens downward to molten rock
  6. process that occurs mid ocean ridges
  7. pertaining to the structure or movement of the Earths crust
  8. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  9. intrusive igneous rock
  10. any remains trace or imprint of an animal preserved in Earths crust

20 Clues: planar fracture • long high sea wave • Earths innermost part • quake,tremor,trembler • intrusive igneous rock • large rigid slab of rock • underwater mountain system • between the crust and outer core • rigid outermost part of the Earth • process that occurs mid ocean ridges • liquid layer above solid inner layer • heat that originates within the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Choice Board Activity 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics Choice Board Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea of all different landmasses once being connected
  2. the layer that floats on the lithosphere
  3. the crust found under oceans
  4. greek for weak
  5. layer that is divided into several very slowly moving plates that hold the oceans and continents together
  6. scientist who originally thought of the idea of Pangaea
  7. several large slabs
  8. tectonic plates are moving away from each other
  9. the belief of how the mantle flows
Down
  1. tectonic plates are colliding
  2. the process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is known as
  3. the process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  4. tectonic plates are sliding past each other
  5. outermost layer
  6. all tectonic plates can create this natural disaster
  7. the crust that underlies continents
  8. the only liquid layer
  9. the border between two tectonic plates
  10. the thickest layer
  11. greek for stone

20 Clues: greek for weak • outermost layer • greek for stone • the thickest layer • several large slabs • the only liquid layer • the crust found under oceans • tectonic plates are colliding • the belief of how the mantle flows • the crust that underlies continents • the border between two tectonic plates • the layer that floats on the lithosphere • tectonic plates are sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy
  2. Earth's deepest layer
  3. A mountain or hill, which is usually conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas that have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. Hot semisolid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  5. When two plates push together
  6. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth
  7. The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  9. Earth's second deepest layer
  10. When two plates pull apart
Down
  1. Below the Crust, the third deepest layer.
  2. Earth's most outer layer
  3. Under the lithosphere, the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  4. When one plate gets pulled under another
  5. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
  6. When two plates slide next to each other
  7. Made up of the crust, this zone is divided into several constantly moving plates of solid rock that hold the continents and oceans.
  8. Cracks in the Earth's crust where there is movement
  9. Little particles blown from the eruption of a volcano
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.

20 Clues: Earth's deepest layer • Earth's most outer layer • When two plates pull apart • Earth's second deepest layer • When two plates push together • The border between two tectonic plates. • When one plate gets pulled under another • When two plates slide next to each other • Below the Crust, the third deepest layer. • a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock • ...

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

Quiz#: 4 VOLCANOES & PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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.
Down
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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 • ...

Plate Tectonics by: Chloe H 2026-03-10

Plate Tectonics by: Chloe H crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Study of the alignment of magnetic in rocks
  2. Mountains Formed when India began colliding with Asia
  3. extinct land reptile that lived 250 million years ago
  4. Theory on how litheshpere move and changes shape
  5. where a denser tectonic plate into the Earth's mantle
  6. Terranes may be small volcanic islands or underwater mountains
  7. The center of the Earth
  8. Super continent that formed 300 million years ago than began to break apart 250 million years ago
  9. Process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  10. continents were formed in a single landmass
Down
  1. Outer layer of Earth
  2. Hot fluid within the Earth's crust
  3. Plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
  4. Process when a terrane becomes part continent
  5. The middle layer of earth
  6. Tectonic plates move and shifts occur along the boundaries
  7. Rocks within cratons that have been exposed at Earth's surface
  8. Under sea montains chain that forms magma that rises from the asthenospere
  9. Movement caused by heated materials due to a difference in density caused by differences in temperature
  10. Large ocean coved Eaths surface during Pangaea
  11. Piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history

21 Clues: Outer layer of Earth • The center of the Earth • The middle layer of earth • Hot fluid within the Earth's crust • Study of the alignment of magnetic in rocks • Process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • continents were formed in a single landmass • Process when a terrane becomes part continent • Large ocean coved Eaths surface during Pangaea • ...

Plate Tetonic Crossword 2013-03-11

Plate Tetonic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is formed while it moltens into cracks or between other layers.
  2. Describes rock formed from molten material.
  3. The process where rock form in Earth.
  4. Pressure from layers above pushed down on lower layers.
  5. Peices of lithosphere that map around on the asthenosphere.
  6. Large sediments guled together by minerals.
  7. Where the plates slid past one another.
  8. The minerals changed, grown, and rearranged (do not form bands).
  9. When plates come together.
Down
  1. The mineral grains flatten and lined up in parallel bands.
  2. When plates split apart.
  3. Rise through cracks in ridges, it cools to make new crust.
  4. Theory explaning large peices of lithosphere, moving and changing.

13 Clues: When plates split apart. • When plates come together. • The process where rock form in Earth. • Where the plates slid past one another. • Describes rock formed from molten material. • Large sediments guled together by minerals. • Pressure from layers above pushed down on lower layers. • The mineral grains flatten and lined up in parallel bands. • ...

Continental Drift 2025-02-03

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Discovered seafloor spreading.
  2. The process of the Earth's crust being recycled.
  3. The person who came up with theory of continental drift.
  4. The gradual movement of the continents across Earth's surface through time.
Down
  1. Earthquakes have allowed us to define the ______________of plate tectonics.
  2. Name of mountain range in the ocean.
  3. The Earth's crust is broken up into these pieces.
  4. What tectonic plates are floating on.
  5. What a submarine uses to measure how far down the ocean floor is.
  6. Remains of prehistoric organisms preserved in petrified form.
  7. One big giant super continent.
  8. The meaning of Pangea.

12 Clues: The meaning of Pangea. • One big giant super continent. • Discovered seafloor spreading. • Name of mountain range in the ocean. • What tectonic plates are floating on. • The process of the Earth's crust being recycled. • The Earth's crust is broken up into these pieces. • The person who came up with theory of continental drift. • ...

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.
Down
  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
Across
  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.
Down
  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 puzzle 2022-03-31

earth puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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?
Down
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
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. • ...

marine 2025-09-08

marine crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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 • ...

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. • ...

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

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 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. • ...

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, • ...

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 • ...

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

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,
Down
  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

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

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

Probing 2026-02-18

Probing crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To give or be a reason for completing a task.
  2. Something meaningful or important
  3. Exploring or Investigating a cause.
Down
  1. A person who studies marine life/ecosystems. They study plate tectonics and the geology of the ocean floor.
  2. Produced or made.
  3. to seize or hold.
  4. A chemical reaction that produces visible light.
  5. Pressure Force that makes a flow of water strong or weak.

8 Clues: Produced or made. • to seize or hold. • Something meaningful or important • Exploring or Investigating a cause. • To give or be a reason for completing a task. • A chemical reaction that produces visible light. • Pressure Force that makes a flow of water strong or weak. • ...

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. • ...

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. • ...

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

crossword by tri for choice board 2023-02-09

crossword by tri for choice board crossword puzzle
Across
  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.
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. • ...

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
Across
  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. • ...

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
Across
  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.
Down
  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. • ...

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?

Probing 2026-02-18

Probing crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Exploring or Investigating a cause.
  2. A person who studies marine life/ecosystems. They study plate tectonics and the geology of the ocean floor.
  3. Produced or made.
  4. To give or be a reason for completing a task.
Down
  1. A chemical reaction that produces visible light.
  2. to seize or hold.
  3. Something meaningful or important
  4. Force that makes a flow of water strong or weak.

8 Clues: to seize or hold. • Produced or made. • Something meaningful or important • Exploring or Investigating a cause. • To give or be a reason for completing a task. • A chemical reaction that produces visible light. • Force that makes a flow of water strong or weak. • A person who studies marine life/ecosystems. They study plate tectonics and the geology of the ocean floor.

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 • ...

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
Down
  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 • ...

. 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
Across
  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'.
Down
  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. • ...

WEATHERING, PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKES 2026-02-25

WEATHERING, PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ IS THE BREAKING DOWN OF ROCKS ON THE EARTH SURFACE TO FORM SOIL
  2. _____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
  3. FOLD MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED AT THE _____ BOUNDARY
  4. _____ WEATHERING INVOLVES PLANTS BREAKING DOWN ROCKS WITH THEIR ROOTS
  5. PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER AT THE ____ BOUNDARY
  6. THE FEATURE FORMED WHEN THE CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST MEET AND COLLIDE
  7. POINT ON THE EARTH SURFACE WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE FIRST HITS
  8. THE CORE IS MAINLY MADE UP OF IRON AND _____
  9. THE POINT BELOW THE EARTH SURFACE WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATES FROM
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  1. A _____ SCALE IS USED TO MEASURE THE MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTHQUAKE
  2. THE ____ CRUST IS MAINLY MADE OF BASALT
  3. _____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER
  4. A TYPE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING THAT INVOLVES MINERALS REACTING WITH OXYGEN
  5. THE ______ ZONE IS WHERE THE OCEANIC CRUST SINKS BELOW THE CONTINENTAL CRUST
  6. ____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND COLLIDE
  7. ______ IS A TYPE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING WHERE CARBONIC ACID REACTS WITH LIMESTONE IN ROCKS
  8. THE BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
  9. _____ IS WHEN MINERALS ABSORB WATER AND SWELL
  10. _____ IS WHEN MINERALS REACT WITH WATER AND SOFTEN

19 Clues: THE ____ CRUST IS MAINLY MADE OF BASALT • THE CORE IS MAINLY MADE UP OF IRON AND _____ • _____ IS WHEN MINERALS ABSORB WATER AND SWELL • FOLD MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED AT THE _____ BOUNDARY • PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER AT THE ____ BOUNDARY • _____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER • _____ IS WHEN MINERALS REACT WITH WATER AND SOFTEN • ...

WEATHERING, PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKES 2026-02-25

WEATHERING, PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ IS THE BREAKING DOWN OF ROCKS ON THE EARTH SURFACE TO FORM SOIL
  2. _____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
  3. FOLD MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED AT THE _____ BOUNDARY
  4. _____ WEATHERING INVOLVES PLANTS BREAKING DOWN ROCKS WITH THEIR ROOTS
  5. PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER AT THE ____ BOUNDARY
  6. THE FEATURE FORMED WHEN THE CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST MEET AND COLLIDE
  7. POINT ON THE EARTH SURFACE WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE FIRST HITS
  8. THE CORE IS MAINLY MADE UP OF IRON AND _____
  9. THE POINT BELOW THE EARTH SURFACE WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATES FROM
Down
  1. A _____ SCALE IS USED TO MEASURE THE MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTHQUAKE
  2. THE ____ CRUST IS MAINLY MADE OF BASALT
  3. _____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER
  4. A TYPE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING THAT INVOLVES MINERALS REACTING WITH OXYGEN
  5. THE ______ ZONE IS WHERE THE OCEANIC CRUST SINKS BELOW THE CONTINENTAL CRUST
  6. ____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND COLLIDE
  7. ______ IS A TYPE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING WHERE CARBONIC ACID REACTS WITH LIMESTONE IN ROCKS
  8. THE BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
  9. _____ IS WHEN MINERALS ABSORB WATER AND SWELL
  10. _____ IS WHEN MINERALS REACT WITH WATER AND SOFTEN

19 Clues: THE ____ CRUST IS MAINLY MADE OF BASALT • THE CORE IS MAINLY MADE UP OF IRON AND _____ • _____ IS WHEN MINERALS ABSORB WATER AND SWELL • FOLD MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED AT THE _____ BOUNDARY • PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER AT THE ____ BOUNDARY • _____ FORCES CAUSE PLATES TO SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER • _____ IS WHEN MINERALS REACT WITH WATER AND SOFTEN • ...