plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Volcano's 2025-02-18

Volcano's crossword puzzle
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  1. Volcano Mountain is a cinder cone in central Yukon Territory, Canada, located a short distance north of Fort Selkirk, near the confluence of the Pelly and Yukon Rivers. Volcano Mountain is called Nelrúna in the Northern Tutchone language
  2. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  3. Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin. The term high island can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs.
  4. An earthquake – also called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
  5. coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
  6. a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
  7. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  8. In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  9. The Ring of Fire is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about 40,000 km long and up to about 500 km wide, and surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean
  10. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
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  1. The Pacific plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km², it is the largest tectonic plate. The plate first came into existence as a microplate 190 million years ago, at the triple junction between the Farallon, Phoenix, and Izanagi plates.
  2. Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rocks are formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. The magma can be derived from partial melts of existing rocks in either a planet's mantle or crust.
  3. A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of 100 km/h but is capable of reaching speeds up to 700 km/h.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  7. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  9. a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
  10. 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.

20 Clues: a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano. • the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. • coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings. • ...

oceans 2022-01-27

oceans crossword puzzle
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  1. Islands is an island of volcanic origin.
  2. Islands formed by eruptions of volcanoes on the ocean floor.
  3. A volcanic mountain that is flat topped
  4. the alternate rising and falling of the sea
  5. valley lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  6. plains: on the deep ocean floor. It is usually found 3,000 metres
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  1. ridge formed by plate tectonics
  2. trench long depressions on the seafloor.
  3. slope the slope at the edge of a shelf continental shelf the area of where compared with the open ocean.
  4. a body of water or air moving in the ocean
  5. the force that attracts you back down to earth

11 Clues: ridge formed by plate tectonics • A volcanic mountain that is flat topped • Islands is an island of volcanic origin. • trench long depressions on the seafloor. • a body of water or air moving in the ocean • the alternate rising and falling of the sea • the force that attracts you back down to earth • Islands formed by eruptions of volcanoes on the ocean floor. • ...

earthquake 2023-03-22

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

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

EARTH'S STRUCTURE 2015-08-21

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

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

Dynamic Earth Puzzle 2022-01-27

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

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

Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Nature! 2020-05-04

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-21

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

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

Plate Tectonics Review 1 2023-10-31

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

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

science 2015-02-23

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

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

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

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

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

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-21

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

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

Plate Tectonics Station Lab 2022-01-19

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

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

Plate Tectonics/Earth Interior 2024-12-16

Plate Tectonics/Earth Interior crossword puzzle
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  1. Result of colliding plates that can cause tsunamis
  2. Boundaries where two plates grind past eachother
  3. Plates under the ocean
  4. Two tectonic plates moving apart where new magma is erupted to fill the gap
  5. Center of the Earth
  6. Layer underneath the crust
  7. Two tectonic plates move toward eachother and the plate with greater density subsides
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  1. Molten rock, convection cells move the plates then float on top
  2. Crust and upper-most, solid portion of the mantle is divided into plates
  3. Result of colliding plates where magma is produced
  4. Outer layer of the earth

11 Clues: Center of the Earth • Plates under the ocean • Outer layer of the earth • Layer underneath the crust • Boundaries where two plates grind past eachother • Result of colliding plates that can cause tsunamis • Result of colliding plates where magma is produced • Molten rock, convection cells move the plates then float on top • ...

Planet Earth 2025-01-27

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. Earth is almost a....
  2. A year on Earth is 365.2564 days. That’s why we have ... years and we have an extra day in February.
  3. A day is almost ... minutes shorter than we think it is.
  4. The Earth’s atmosphere extends out to ... thousand kilometers.
  5. Plate ... keep the planet comfortable. They move a few centimetres every year.
  6. The Earth has an ... core that protects it from dangerous cosmic rays and solar winds.
  7. Our home is called The ... Planet.
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  1. The outer layer of the Earth is called the ...
  2. 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in...
  3. Due to the ... pull, we are stuck to the planet.
  4. Earth is made of: iron, ..., silicon and magnesium .
  5. The Earth orbits around the ...
  6. Earth is the only planet known to have ... on it.

13 Clues: Earth is almost a.... • The Earth orbits around the ... • Our home is called The ... Planet. • 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in... • The outer layer of the Earth is called the ... • Due to the ... pull, we are stuck to the planet. • Earth is the only planet known to have ... on it. • Earth is made of: iron, ..., silicon and magnesium . • ...

Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2017-11-12

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

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

Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes structure 2025-07-15

Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes structure crossword puzzle
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  1. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  2. The largest continent on Earth.
  3. The typical form of many volcanoes.
  4. The top or peak of a mountain or volcano.
  5. A large continuous area of land on Earth.
  6. The theory explaining the movement of Earth's crustal plates.
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  1. Openings in Earth's surface where volcanic material escapes.
  2. A word describing the threat posed by natural disasters.
  3. Fine particles ejected by volcanic eruptions.
  4. Molten rock that flows out of a volcano onto Earth's surface.
  5. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by tectonic movement.
  6. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
  7. A mountain that erupts lava, gases, and ash.
  8. Solid mineral material forming Earth's surface.
  9. The supercontinent or "all earth" that existed millions of years ago.

15 Clues: The largest continent on Earth. • The typical form of many volcanoes. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • The top or peak of a mountain or volcano. • A large continuous area of land on Earth. • A mountain that erupts lava, gases, and ash. • Fine particles ejected by volcanic eruptions. • Solid mineral material forming Earth's surface. • ...

plate tectonics and earth dynamics 2022-09-13

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

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

Rock & Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Puzzle 2025-06-08

Rock & Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The thick layer beneath the Earth's crust.
  2. The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that includes the crust.
  3. A type of rock formed from cooled magma or lava.
  4. A place where Earth's plates push together.
  5. A place where Earth's plates move apart.
  6. Hot, melted rock inside the Earth.
  7. The shifting plates of the Earth's surface.
  8. The process of breaking down rocks by wind, water, or ice.
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  1. A mountain that erupts with lava and ash.
  2. The process by which sediment settles in a new location.
  3. A crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
  4. A type of rock changed by heat and pressure.
  5. The ground shakes when this happens.
  6. A type of rock made from compacted sediment.
  7. The movement of rock and sediment by natural forces.

15 Clues: Hot, melted rock inside the Earth. • The ground shakes when this happens. • A place where Earth's plates move apart. • A mountain that erupts with lava and ash. • The thick layer beneath the Earth's crust. • A place where Earth's plates push together. • The shifting plates of the Earth's surface. • A type of rock changed by heat and pressure. • ...

Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

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

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

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

Plate tectonics project crossword puzzle 2022-02-20

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

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

Plates & Layers 2020-11-15

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

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

Vocab 6 2023-10-26

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

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

Science Vocab #2 2022-09-12

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

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

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

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

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

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 2017-11-21

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

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

The Earth and Plate Tectonics 2025-09-25

The Earth and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth’s outer layer
  2. Earth’s center
  3. boundary where plates push together
  4. rock changed by heat and pressure
  5. causes plate movement and changes in Earth’s surface
  6. rock formed from cooled lava
  7. layer under the crust, moves plates
  8. energy source inside Earth
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  1. boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. where lava erupts from Earth
  3. formed at convergent boundaries
  4. Plates, large pieces of Earth’s crust that move
  5. boundary where plates pull apart
  6. shaking caused by plate movement
  7. rock formed from deposited layers

15 Clues: Earth’s center • Earth’s outer layer • energy source inside Earth • where lava erupts from Earth • rock formed from cooled lava • formed at convergent boundaries • boundary where plates pull apart • shaking caused by plate movement • rock changed by heat and pressure • rock formed from deposited layers • boundary where plates push together • layer under the crust, moves plates • ...

The Earth and Plate Tectonics 2025-09-25

The Earth and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth’s outer layer
  2. Earth’s center
  3. boundary where plates push together
  4. rock changed by heat and pressure
  5. causes plate movement and changes in Earth’s surface
  6. rock formed from cooled lava
  7. layer under the crust, moves plates
  8. energy source inside Earth
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  1. boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. where lava erupts from Earth
  3. formed at convergent boundaries
  4. Plates, large pieces of Earth’s crust that move
  5. boundary where plates pull apart
  6. shaking caused by plate movement
  7. rock formed from deposited layers

15 Clues: Earth’s center • Earth’s outer layer • energy source inside Earth • where lava erupts from Earth • rock formed from cooled lava • formed at convergent boundaries • boundary where plates pull apart • shaking caused by plate movement • rock changed by heat and pressure • rock formed from deposited layers • boundary where plates push together • layer under the crust, moves plates • ...

Plate Tectonics & The Rock Cycle 2025-11-03

Plate Tectonics & The Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When rocks are exposed to heat and ___________ they can change
  2. Type of plate boundary where the plates are moving apart
  3. Dead plant and animals often found in sedimentary rocks
  4. Atlantic Ridge Example of a divergent boundary
  5. Andreas Fault Example of a transform boundary
  6. A type of igneous rock created when magma is released by a volcano
  7. of Fire Example of a convergent boundary
  8. Small pieces of rock and sand
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  1. Rock that originally started as one type of rock and has been changed into another type
  2. Type of plate boundary where the plates are sliding past each other
  3. A type of igneous rock created by magma cooling underground
  4. Rock created when magma cools and solidifies
  5. The process that breaks down rocks
  6. Type of plate boundary where the platss are pushing together
  7. An example of igneous rock used in tombstones

15 Clues: Small pieces of rock and sand • The process that breaks down rocks • of Fire Example of a convergent boundary • Rock created when magma cools and solidifies • Andreas Fault Example of a transform boundary • An example of igneous rock used in tombstones • Atlantic Ridge Example of a divergent boundary • Dead plant and animals often found in sedimentary rocks • ...

The theory of plate tectonics 2025-11-18

The theory of plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  2. One plate sinking beneath another into the mantle.
  3. Ancient supercontinent that split into today’s continents.
  4. Deep ocean valley formed at subduction zones.
  5. Plates sliding past each other, causing earthquakes.
  6. Rigid outer shell of Earth, broken into plates.
  7. Plates moving apart, creating new crust.
  8. Heat-driven circulation in the mantle that powers plate motion.
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  1. Underwater mountain chain formed at divergent boundaries.
  2. Softer layer beneath lithosphere that allows plate movement.
  3. Plates colliding, forming mountains or subduction zones.
  4. Crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
  5. Sudden shaking caused by plate movement.
  6. Opening where magma erupts onto the surface.
  7. Large slabs of lithosphere that move across Earth’s surface.

15 Clues: Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface. • Sudden shaking caused by plate movement. • Plates moving apart, creating new crust. • Opening where magma erupts onto the surface. • Crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs. • Deep ocean valley formed at subduction zones. • Rigid outer shell of Earth, broken into plates. • One plate sinking beneath another into the mantle. • ...

Ocean Floor Features 2021-12-16

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

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

weathering, erosion and deposition 2025-12-16

weathering, erosion and deposition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thick layer of earth beneath the crust
  2. the thin outer layer of earth
  3. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  4. the process or rock breaking apart
  5. the process of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  6. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
  7. a break I the earth's surface crust where rock
  8. very small pieces of rock
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  1. the layer of earth extending from earth's center to the bottom of the mantle
  2. tectonics the theory that earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  3. natural land shape or feature
  4. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  5. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are colliding with each other
  6. a shaking of earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall

14 Clues: very small pieces of rock • natural land shape or feature • the thin outer layer of earth • the process or rock breaking apart • thick layer of earth beneath the crust • a break I the earth's surface crust where rock • the process of weathered rock by wind or moving water • the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water • ...

Science Vocab #2 2022-09-12

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

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

Earths system 2025-04-07

Earths system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  2. hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  3. Sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  4. located between the mantle and outer core
  5. formed as a result of high temperatures and pressure deep changing rock that already existed
  6. instuments used to measure the record seismic waves
Down
  1. extinction events that occur over a longer time
  2. Includes crust and upper part of the mantle, and is dived into tectonic plates
  3. A group of the same species living in the same area
  4. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle and the outer core
  5. Forms after weathering and erosion and sediments compact and cement

11 Clues: located between the mantle and outer core • Sudden events that led to a mass extinction • extinction events that occur over a longer time • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • instuments used to measure the record seismic waves • the semi-fluid layer of the mantle and the outer core • ...

Earth Science Terms 2019-02-10

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

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

Plate tectonic crossword Stella 2021-12-13

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

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

Cross Word! 2012-09-11

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

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

Geography Review 2014-11-15

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

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

Vocabulary Terms 2025-01-15

Vocabulary Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When magma reaches the surface
  2. break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  3. is a mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface.
  4. Plates come together
  5. Heating and cooling of a fluid
  6. Plates that move apart from each other
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  1. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light
  2. a molten mixture of rock-forming substances,
  3. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  4. plate tectonics states that Earth's plates are in slow constant motion
  5. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  6. is a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
  7. is one major belt of volcanoes. It includes the many volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean.
  8. Plates slip past each other
  9. where pieces of earths crust diverge on land a deep valley

15 Clues: Plates come together • Plates slip past each other • When magma reaches the surface • Heating and cooling of a fluid • Plates that move apart from each other • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, • Heat transfer between materials that are touching • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light • ...

Volcanoes Crossword 2024-11-05

Volcanoes Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the liquid rock inside a volcano
  2. a volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years and could erupt again soon
  3. a volcano that is no longer active
  4. a mountain or hill from which lava erupts
  5. the layer of Earth below the crust
  6. zone the point at which tectonic plates collide and slide past one another
  7. a region in the mantle where heat rises
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  1. a current caused by hot, rising fluid and cold, sinking fluid.
  2. a volcano that has not erupted for many years but there is a small chance it could erupt
  3. springs that throw boiling water in air
  4. very small fragments of lava or rock that are blasted into the air by volcanic explosions
  5. a light-colored volcanic rock containing lots of bubbles from trapped gases
  6. tectonics the movement and collision of the Earth's plates
  7. the liquid rock that flows out of the volcano
  8. a scientist who studies volcanoes

15 Clues: the liquid rock inside a volcano • a scientist who studies volcanoes • a volcano that is no longer active • the layer of Earth below the crust • springs that throw boiling water in air • a region in the mantle where heat rises • a mountain or hill from which lava erupts • the liquid rock that flows out of the volcano • ...

Natural Processes X Word 2025-09-07

Natural Processes X Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where rock is put under great pressure, and it cracks.
  2. Where a process moves material from one place to another.
  3. Material being transported bumps into each other, becoming smaller over time.
  4. Waves carrying sand and pebbles strike rocks, wearing them down.
  5. Where sediment is dragged along a riverbed.
  6. Sediment carried in a river, it usually changes its colour.
Down
  1. For example, water in a crack freezes overnight, then melts during the day, then repeat.
  2. Sediement is ripped from the rock by a glacier and transported away.
  3. Responsible for the formation of a beach or spit over time.
  4. Where a process removes material.
  5. The movement of a wave off a beach, eroding sediment.
  6. Where a process leaves material.
  7. Involves plate tectonics and magma.
  8. The movement of a wave onto a beach at an angle, depositing sediment.
  9. Tectonic processes do this, creating mountains.

15 Clues: Where a process leaves material. • Where a process removes material. • Involves plate tectonics and magma. • Where sediment is dragged along a riverbed. • Tectonic processes do this, creating mountains. • The movement of a wave off a beach, eroding sediment. • Where rock is put under great pressure, and it cracks. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2014-11-27

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

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

Earthquakes 2022-10-31

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

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

Natural Disasters 2023-05-28

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

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

earth 1 2024-05-17

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

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

lesson 2 vocab 2021-09-10

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

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

Dynamic Earth Crossword Vocabullary 2017-10-30

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

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

Plate Tectonics by Raya Ramon 2016-01-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics by Chris :D 2021-12-09

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

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

Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes structure 2025-07-15

Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  2. The largest continent on Earth.
  3. The typical form of many volcanoes.
  4. The top or peak of a mountain or volcano.
  5. A large continuous area of land on Earth.
  6. The theory explaining the movement of Earth's crustal plates.
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  1. Openings in Earth's surface where volcanic material escapes.
  2. A word describing the threat posed by natural disasters.
  3. Fine particles ejected by volcanic eruptions.
  4. Molten rock that flows out of a volcano onto Earth's surface.
  5. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by tectonic movement.
  6. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
  7. A mountain that erupts lava, gases, and ash.
  8. Solid mineral material forming Earth's surface.
  9. The supercontinent or "all earth" that existed millions of years ago.

15 Clues: The largest continent on Earth. • The typical form of many volcanoes. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • The top or peak of a mountain or volcano. • A large continuous area of land on Earth. • A mountain that erupts lava, gases, and ash. • Fine particles ejected by volcanic eruptions. • Solid mineral material forming Earth's surface. • ...

Essential Science Topics of Study 2023-08-31

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

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

science vocabulary 2022-09-14

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

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

Science Vocabulary 2022-06-06

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

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

Lithosphere Vocabulary 2024-10-20

Lithosphere Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  2. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  3. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  4. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  5. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  6. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  10. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
Down
  1. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  2. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  3. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  6. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  8. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  9. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  10. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  12. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  13. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  14. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  15. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  16. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 Vocab -Rosa S. 2025-03-18

Unit 5 Vocab -Rosa S. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  4. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  9. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  10. the point on the Earth´s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  13. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
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  1. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. a natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  3. the point beneath Earth´s surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  4. a liquid´s resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  5. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  6. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  7. magma that reaches Earth´s surface
  8. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  9. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  10. a natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced
  11. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  12. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  13. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 Vocab- Kyle Rhodes 2025-10-16

Unit 5 Vocab- Kyle Rhodes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  4. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  9. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  10. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  13. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
Down
  1. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  3. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  4. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  5. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  6. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  7. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  8. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  9. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  10. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  11. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  12. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  13. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 Vocab - Charles Reichert. 2025-03-18

Unit 5 Vocab - Charles Reichert. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  4. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  9. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  10. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  13. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
Down
  1. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  3. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  4. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  5. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  6. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  7. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  8. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  9. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  10. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  11. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  12. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  13. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Jasmin Rodriguez Castillo 2025-03-21

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Jasmin Rodriguez Castillo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A liquid resistance to flowing or the thickness to a liquid.
  2. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.
  3. A rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma.
  4. Loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
  7. The process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges.
  8. Rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  9. A fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred.
  10. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed.
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  12. The rigid outer part of the earth,consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  13. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
Down
  1. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
  2. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  3. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  4. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  7. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth.
  8. A concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface.
  9. The Soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  10. Rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  11. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  12. A naturally occurring,inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
  13. The transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice.

26 Clues: Magma that reaches Earth's 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. • Loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock. • A liquid resistance to flowing or the thickness to a liquid. • ...

Lithosphere vocab. 2025-10-08

Lithosphere vocab. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  3. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  4. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  5. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  6. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  8. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  9. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  10. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  11. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  12. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  13. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  14. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  15. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  16. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
Down
  1. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  2. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  3. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  6. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  7. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  10. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

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

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

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

Evolution 2021-11-10

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

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

Volcanoes 2024-03-04

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

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

Vocabulary Terms 2025-01-15

Vocabulary Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When magma reaches the surface
  2. break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  3. is a mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface.
  4. Plates come together
  5. Heating and cooling of a fluid
  6. Plates that move apart from each other
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  1. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light
  2. a molten mixture of rock-forming substances,
  3. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  4. plate tectonics states that Earth's plates are in slow constant motion
  5. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  6. is a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
  7. is one major belt of volcanoes. It includes the many volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean.
  8. Plates slip past each other
  9. where pieces of earths crust diverge on land a deep valley

15 Clues: Plates come together • Plates slip past each other • When magma reaches the surface • Heating and cooling of a fluid • Plates that move apart from each other • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, • Heat transfer between materials that are touching • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light • ...

Geology 2021-03-09

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

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

Rock Cycle Crossword 2020-02-25

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

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

Review- Landforms/Physiographic Regions 2018-09-28

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

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

Ecology Crossword 2021-03-29

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

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

ISCrossword 2024-04-27

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

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

History (Pt1) Early History 2024-08-28

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

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

Nutrient Cycle 2023-04-21

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

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

Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-02

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

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

Puttin' it Together 2020-08-12

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

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

EARTH SCIENCE 2020-11-30

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

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

Tectonic Plates 2017-02-28

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

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

Unit 5 vocab 2025-03-18

Unit 5 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. rock rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  4. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  5. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  6. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  9. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  10. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  11. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  12. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  13. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  14. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
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  1. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  2. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  4. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  5. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  6. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  7. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  8. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  10. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  11. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  12. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

PLATE TECTIONICS 2013-10-08

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

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

senicse tic tac toe 2023-01-06

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

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

Plate Tectonics: Pick a Project 2013-03-18

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

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

Plate Tectonics ELABORATE Paper Option 2021-12-02

Plate Tectonics ELABORATE Paper Option crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mechanical Earth layer containing convection currents that move tectonic plates
  2. occurs when one plate moves under another plate at a convergent boundary
  3. movement of divergent boundaries
  4. boundary where plates move past each other
  5. happens at all boundaries, but mostly at transform boundaries
  6. spreads as new crust forms at a divergent boundary on the ocean floor
  7. happens when two convergent boundaries of the same density collide
  8. movement of transform boundaries
  9. boundary where plates move away from each other
Down
  1. mechanical Earth layer that is cracked into tectonic plates
  2. boundary where plates move toward each other
  3. happens at divergent and convergent boundaries whenever magma comes to Earth's surface
  4. movement of convergent boundaries
  5. thermal energy transfer method that causes teconic plates to move
  6. formed because Earth's lithosphere is cracked

15 Clues: movement of divergent boundaries • movement of transform boundaries • movement of convergent boundaries • boundary where plates move past each other • boundary where plates move toward each other • formed because Earth's lithosphere is cracked • boundary where plates move away from each other • mechanical Earth layer that is cracked into tectonic plates • ...

Plate tectonics and seafloor spreading 2022-11-06

Plate tectonics and seafloor spreading crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that pieces of the earth's lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  2. one of the clues about seafloor spreading involving the polarity of the earth
  3. a boundary where two plates move apart
  4. the phenomenon that explains how the continents moved into their current positions
  5. layer of hot solid material between the crust and core
  6. boundary that involves plates sliding past one another
  7. volcanoes can form here and it is not on a plate boundary
  8. layer of rock that forms the earth's outer surface
Down
  1. a ridged layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust
  2. events that can be found on all types of boundaries
  3. process by which oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle at a convergent boundary
  4. boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. these form when two continental plates collide
  6. the scientist who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading
  7. forms when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate

15 Clues: a boundary where two plates move apart • these form when two continental plates collide • boundary where two plates move toward each other • layer of rock that forms the earth's outer surface • events that can be found on all types of boundaries • layer of hot solid material between the crust and core • boundary that involves plates sliding past one another • ...

Plate Tectonics by Jackson Dronkers 2022-11-17

Plate Tectonics by Jackson Dronkers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slow, not as hot type of lava
  2. figured out the continental drift theory
  3. lava before it reaches the surface
  4. outer layer of the earth
  5. the middle layer of the earth
  6. a chunk of volcanic rock that's formed when magma forces itself across rock layers
  7. hot, fast moving lava
  8. giant wave that can be caused by earthquakes
Down
  1. a fountain of water and steam that builds up pressure below the surface then erupts
  2. earthquake after a larger earthquake
  3. magma when it reaches the surface
  4. opening where magma leaves a volcano
  5. the piece of rock that forms makes up the lower half of a fault
  6. inner layer of the earth
  7. shaking that comes from beneath the earth's surface

15 Clues: hot, fast moving lava • outer layer of the earth • inner layer of the earth • slow, not as hot type of lava • the middle layer of the earth • magma when it reaches the surface • lava before it reaches the surface • earthquake after a larger earthquake • opening where magma leaves a volcano • figured out the continental drift theory • giant wave that can be caused by earthquakes • ...

10.1 Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics Crossword 2023-09-25

10.1 Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Volcanism at this type of boundary relies on decompression melting
  2. Long belt of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific
  3. Hot mantle rock rises, the pressure lowers, and then melts
  4. When a mass of very hot rock rises from lower in the mantle
  5. Chain of islands that is an example of intraplate volcanism
  6. Higher temperature needed to melt rock
Down
  1. This gets squeezed out of oceanic crust during subduction and makes the melting point of rock go down
  2. This type of volcanic arc occurs at convergent plate boundaries and creates volcanoes on land
  3. When this goes up, the melting point goes up
  4. This type of volcanism happens in the middle of a plate and is associated with mantle plumes and hot spots
  5. Volcanism at this type of boundary relies on flux melting and tends to create volcanoes
  6. When the presence of water causes rock to melt
  7. This type of volcanic arc occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces a chain of volcanoes on the ocean floor that rise above the ocean surface
  8. Localized volcanic region in the middle of a plate due to a mantle plume
  9. A complex mixture of partly melted rock, dissolved gases, and water

15 Clues: Higher temperature needed to melt rock • When this goes up, the melting point goes up • When the presence of water causes rock to melt • Long belt of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific • Hot mantle rock rises, the pressure lowers, and then melts • When a mass of very hot rock rises from lower in the mantle • ...

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics 2025-01-21

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary that causes mountains to form generally.
  2. Occur when two continents collide with each other.
  3. Occurs when the oceanic crust goes under the continental crust.
  4. Hangs off the edge of continents and into the ocean underwater.
  5. The earths crust/lithosphere is broken up into 15 of these.
  6. This ancient type of evidence shows glaciers once existed in Africa and India.
Down
  1. The concept that explains the causes of plate movement.
  2. Name of the supercontinent that was before current continents.
  3. These form when subduction occurs.
  4. Theory that all continents have been moving away from each other.
  5. Area on earth where magma can rise to the surface regularly.
  6. These are found on multiple continents and used as evidence for continental drift.
  7. Type of boundary that explains seafloor spreading.
  8. The pulling of cool dense edges of continental crust into subduction zones.
  9. Type of boundary that causes the worst earthquakes.

15 Clues: These form when subduction occurs. • Occur when two continents collide with each other. • Type of boundary that explains seafloor spreading. • Type of boundary that causes the worst earthquakes. • The concept that explains the causes of plate movement. • Type of boundary that causes mountains to form generally. • ...

Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading 2025-01-13

Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Consists of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
  2. Boundary that occurs when plates slide by each other and create faults or earthquakes
  3. An underwater mountain system
  4. The theory that the crust is divided into large plates called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantle
  5. A place where two tectonic plates move toward each other
Down
  1. The name of the supercontinent
  2. Evidence that proves continents were once connected
  3. When new ocean crust forms at the ridges
  4. Melted rock material beneath Earth's surface
  5. The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth
  6. A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  8. A denser plate is pushed beneath a less dense plate when they converge
  9. Where old oceanic crust goes that is destroyed
  10. The denser crust

15 Clues: The denser crust • An underwater mountain system • The name of the supercontinent • When new ocean crust forms at the ridges • The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth • Melted rock material beneath Earth's surface • Consists of the Earth's crust and upper mantle • Where old oceanic crust goes that is destroyed • Evidence that proves continents were once connected • ...

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

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

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

earth vocab 2024-04-19

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

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

unit 5 vocab- diana ponce 2025-03-18

unit 5 vocab- diana ponce crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  2. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  5. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  6. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  7. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  8. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  9. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  10. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  12. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  13. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  14. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  15. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
Down
  1. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  2. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  3. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  4. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  5. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  8. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  9. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  10. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

unit 5 vocab-Diana Ponce 2025-03-18

unit 5 vocab-Diana Ponce crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  2. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  3. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  6. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  7. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  8. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  2. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  3. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  4. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  5. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  6. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  7. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  8. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  9. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  10. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  11. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  12. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  13. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  14. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  15. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  16. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  17. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 Vocab Lorelei King 2025-03-18

Unit 5 Vocab Lorelei King crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  2. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  3. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  6. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  8. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  9. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  10. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  11. wave vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
Down
  1. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  4. resource A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. resource A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  7. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  8. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  9. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  10. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  11. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  12. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  13. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  14. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  15. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth

26 Clues: magma that reaches Earth's 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. • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Lithosphere Vocabulary 2025-03-13

Lithosphere Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  2. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  3. Magma that reaches Earth´s surface.
  4. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  5. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  6. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  7. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  8. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  9. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  10. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  11. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids.
Down
  1. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  2. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  8. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  9. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  10. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  11. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  12. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  13. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
  14. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  15. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.

26 Clues: Magma that reaches Earth´s 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. • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 vocab-Edyn Stroupe 2025-04-14

Unit 5 vocab-Edyn Stroupe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  2. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  3. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  6. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  7. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  8. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  9. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  10. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  11. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  12. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  13. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  14. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  15. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  3. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  4. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  5. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  6. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  7. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  10. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

26 Clues: 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. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Geosphere 2025-10-15

Geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  3. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  4. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  5. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  6. weathering The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  7. rock a rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  8. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  9. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  10. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.mineral a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  11. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  12. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
Down
  1. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  3. resource A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  6. resource A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  7. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  8. rock a rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  9. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  10. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  11. weathering The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  12. rock a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  13. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

25 Clues: magma that reaches Earth's surface • a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • rock a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

unit 5 vocab-paisley 2025-10-16

unit 5 vocab-paisley crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  2. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  3. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  4. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  7. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  8. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  9. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  10. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  11. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  13. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  14. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
Down
  1. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  2. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  6. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  8. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  9. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  10. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  11. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  12. magma that reaches Earth's surface

26 Clues: magma that reaches Earth's 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. • loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 5 Vocab - Kade 2025-10-16

Unit 5 Vocab - Kade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  2. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  4. Loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  5. A rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  6. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  7. Rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  8. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  9. A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  10. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  12. A fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred
  13. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  14. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  2. Rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
  3. A concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  4. The process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  5. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  6. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  7. The transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  8. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  9. Magma that reaches Earth's surface
  10. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  11. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  12. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake

26 Clues: Magma that reaches Earth's 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. • Loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Unit 4 Vocabulary 2025-03-27

Unit 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process in which one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, often leading to volcanic activity.
  2. All the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and water vapor in the atmosphere.
  3. The theory that continents had moved over geological time and were once joined together in a single landmass.
  4. The continuous process by which rocks are formed, broken down, and transformed into different types of rocks.
  5. Layers of sedimentary rock that are formed over time, with newer layers deposited on top of older layers.
  6. The maximum of number of a species that an environment can sustainably support.
  7. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, or move toward each other, often causing one plate to be forced beneath the other.
  8. This geological principle states that any geological feature that cuts across another feature is younger than the feature it cuts. This helps geologists determine the relative ages of rock layers and other geological events.
  9. The global sum of all ecosystems; it contains all living organisms and their interactions with the spheres.
  10. Materials or substances that occur naturally in the environment and can be used for economic gain, such as water, minerals, and fossil fuels
  11. This principle states that layers of sediment are originally deposited in continuous sheets over large areas. If these layers are later disrupted, they will still maintain their original lateral continuity unless acted upon by external forces such as erosion or tectonic activity.
  12. The layer of gas surrounding Earth, essential for weather and climate.
  13. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates divide, or move away from each other, leading to the formation of new crust.
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  1. A principle stating that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, the oldest layers are at the bottom and the youngest are at the top.
  2. Rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or chemically active fluids.
  3. Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock (magma or lava.)
  4. A natural resource that can be replenished naturally over time, such as solar energy, wind energy, and timber.
  5. A resource that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep up with consumption, such as fossil fuels and certain minerals.
  6. The rigid outmost layer of the Earth, composed of crust and upper mantle, where tectonic plates are found.
  7. Convection in plate tectonics refers to the process by which heat from the Earth's interior causes the mantle material to circulate. Hot, less dense material rises toward the surface, while cooler, denser material sinks. This movement creates convection currents that drive the motion of tectonic plates on the Earth's surface.
  8. The solid part of Earth, encompassing all of the rocks, minerals, and landforms, as well as the Earth's inner layers (such as the crust, mantle, and core.)
  9. Rock formed from the accumulation and compaction of mineral and organic particles.
  10. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, which can cause earthquakes.

23 Clues: The layer of gas surrounding Earth, essential for weather and climate. • Rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or chemically active fluids. • Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock (magma or lava.) • The maximum of number of a species that an environment can sustainably support. • ...

Africa Notes Review 2023-01-04

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

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

Introducing Earth 2019-01-09

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

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

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

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

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