plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Module 13: Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2023-11-16

Module 13: Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's rigid outer shell
  2. forms large landmasses, older than oceanic crust
  3. huge pieces of crust and rigid upper mantle that fit together at their edges to cover Earth's surface
  4. the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another, cooled material sinks and warm material rises
  5. the theory that explains how new oceanic crust forms at ocean ridges, slowly moves away from ocean ridges, and is destroyed in deep sea trenches
  6. a region where two tectonic plates are moving apart
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  1. a hypothesis that Earth's continents had once been joined as a single landmass that broke apart and sent the continents adrift
  2. beneath the ocean floor, less than 200 million years old
  3. a region where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
  4. The layer below the mantle with temperatures as high as 7000 Celciuc
  5. The layer below the crust with temperatures from 100 to 4000 Celcius
  6. the name for the supercontinent meaning "all the earth" in Greek
  7. when two plates collide and the denser plate eventually descends below the less-dense plate
  8. a region where two plates slide horizontally past each other

14 Clues: Earth's rigid outer shell • forms large landmasses, older than oceanic crust • a region where two tectonic plates are moving apart • beneath the ocean floor, less than 200 million years old • a region where two plates slide horizontally past each other • a region where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics and Continental drift 2021-10-31

Plate Tectonics and Continental drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. similar_______ found on different continents supported the theory of continental drift
  2. theory that all of the continents were once a large landmass and have slowly moved to their current location
  3. ________current movement of matter resulting in differences in density
  4. this boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide past one another
  5. thinnest, least dense compositional layer
  6. block of lithosphere that consists of crust and outermost part mantle
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  1. structural layer in which tectonic plates are found
  2. this boundary occurs when tectonic plates are moving away from each other
  3. layer that convection currents occur in
  4. this boundary results when tectonic plates collide
  5. Last name of the scientist responsible for continental drift theory
  6. name of the supercontinent
  7. a type of climatic evidence created by tropical plants
  8. matching ___________ _________ and rock age was another piece of evidence

14 Clues: name of the supercontinent • layer that convection currents occur in • thinnest, least dense compositional layer • this boundary results when tectonic plates collide • structural layer in which tectonic plates are found • a type of climatic evidence created by tropical plants • this boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide past one another • ...

Plate Tectonics and Continental drift 2021-10-31

Plate Tectonics and Continental drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. similar_______ found on different continents supported the theory of continental drift
  2. theory that all of the continents were once a large landmass and have slowly moved to their current location
  3. ________current movement of matter resulting in differences in density
  4. this boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide past one another
  5. thinnest, least dense compositional layer
  6. block of lithosphere that consists of crust and outermost part mantle
Down
  1. structural layer in which tectonic plates are found
  2. this boundary occurs when tectonic plates are moving away from each other
  3. layer that convection currents occur in
  4. this boundary results when tectonic plates collide
  5. Last name of the scientist responsible for continental drift theory
  6. name of the supercontinent
  7. a type of climatic evidence created by tropical plants
  8. matching ___________ _________ and rock age was another piece of evidence

14 Clues: name of the supercontinent • layer that convection currents occur in • thinnest, least dense compositional layer • this boundary results when tectonic plates collide • structural layer in which tectonic plates are found • a type of climatic evidence created by tropical plants • this boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide past one another • ...

Leanna's crossword 2015-04-30

Leanna's crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  2. the branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field at the time of their formation.
  3. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time.
  4. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  5. s a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
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  1. the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.
  2. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  3. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  4. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. Because mid-ocean ridges lie at a higher elevation than the rest of the ocean floor, gravity causes the ridge to push on the lithosphere that lies farther from the ridge.
  5. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. Plate motion is partly driven by the weight of cold, dense plates sinking into the mantle at trenches.

10 Clues: a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times. • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2017-02-09

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Are deep, under water trough created by one plate sub-ducting
  2. movement of continents
  3. An underwater mountain chain
  4. molten material adds new oceanic crust
  5. An area of many fractured pieces of crust
Down
  1. Are made of layers of rocks that are folded
  2. Where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. Super continent
  4. A curved line of volcanoes
  5. blocks of crust move up or down against faults
  6. When large regions rise vertically
  7. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field
  8. a magnetic field that is the same right now
  9. earth's magnetic field to the opposite polarity

14 Clues: Super continent • movement of continents • A curved line of volcanoes • An underwater mountain chain • When large regions rise vertically • molten material adds new oceanic crust • An area of many fractured pieces of crust • Are made of layers of rocks that are folded • a magnetic field that is the same right now • blocks of crust move up or down against faults • ...

Earthquakes 2025-10-14

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Point in the earth's surface immediately above where an earthquake begins
  2. Tectonic stresses caused through moving plate tectonics
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  1. Point in the earth's crust where an earthquake begins
  2. An instrument that measures the magnitude of seismic waves
  3. Waves that travels the fastest through the earth's crust beneath the earth's surface
  4. A series of sea waves which form when there is an E/Q under the seabed
  5. Scale that shows the magnitude of an earthquake

7 Clues: Scale that shows the magnitude of an earthquake • Point in the earth's crust where an earthquake begins • Tectonic stresses caused through moving plate tectonics • An instrument that measures the magnitude of seismic waves • A series of sea waves which form when there is an E/Q under the seabed • ...

Nail disorders and disease 2023-09-21

Nail disorders and disease crossword puzzle
Across
  1. split or brittle nails that also have a series of lengthwise ridge that give a rough appearance to the surface oof the nail plate.
  2. any deformity or disease of the nails
  3. nail, increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix.
  4. nail. A disorder in which the edges of the mail plate curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge.
  5. inflation of the matrix of the nail, with shedding of the nail.
  6. the dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
  7. nail, a condition in which the eponychia him or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate, become split or torn
  8. nails, I noticed the thin white nail plate that is more flexible than normal
  9. lines, visible depressions, running across the width of the natural nail plate
  10. an area where the nail plate cells are formed. This area is composed of matrix cells that make up the nail plate.
  11. Nail fold, folds of normal skin that line, the sides of the nail plate, also known as the sidewall
  12. separation of the nail plate in bed often due to injury or allergic reaction
  13. significant darkening of the fingernails or toenails, may be seen as a black band under or within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge.
  14. ingrown nail
  15. a slit or furrow on the side of the nail
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  1. a bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
  2. living skin at the base of the nail plate and covering the matrix area
  3. technical term for nail fingers or toes.
  4. a fungal infection of the nail plate
  5. bed portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows towards the free edge
  6. bitten nails
  7. nail, vertical lines running the length of the natural nail plate.
  8. hemorrhages, caused by physical trauma or injury to the nail bed.
  9. whitish discoloration found inside the nail plate, usually caused by injury to the nail matrix
  10. plate, a hard keratin plate, on top of and slowly sliding across the nail bed as it grows the most visible and functioning part of the no unit
  11. psoriasis, a non-infectious condition that affects the surface of the nail plate, causing it to appear rough and pitted with reddish spots on the nail bed and onycholysis
  12. edge, the part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
  13. a slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the finger tip and free edge of the nail plate. It forms a protective barrier and prevents micro organisms from invading and infecting the nail bed.

28 Clues: bitten nails • ingrown nail • a fungal infection of the nail plate • any deformity or disease of the nails • technical term for nail fingers or toes. • a slit or furrow on the side of the nail • the dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate • a bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail • ...

FILL ME UP 2023-05-04

FILL ME UP crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The cycle of heating, rising cooling, and sinking is a ____ current.
  2. Continental plates move on the plastic like layer of the Earth's surface called the _____
  3. Sections of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are called _____
  4. All continents once might have been connected in a large landmass called _____
  5. The hypothesis that continents move slowly is called continental ______
  6. The theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are in sections that move is called plate _____
Down
  1. Below Earth's crust is ______
  2. The crust and part of the upper mantle are known as the _______
  3. Hot magma forced upward at mid-ocean ridges produces seafloor ____

9 Clues: Below Earth's crust is ______ • The crust and part of the upper mantle are known as the _______ • Hot magma forced upward at mid-ocean ridges produces seafloor ____ • The cycle of heating, rising cooling, and sinking is a ____ current. • Sections of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are called _____ • ...

Lesson 4 Geography 2018-10-05

Lesson 4 Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. Portion of the Mantle that includes tectonic plates
  2. Portion of the Mantle containing Magma
  3. Section of continent that is like a sandbar with sediment
  4. Model of plate tectonics that allows for universal flood
  5. Layer responsible for earth's magnetic field
  6. Continental province that covers basement rock
  7. Part of the continent that is a steeper drop off than the shelf
  8. Plates that move beside each other going in opposite directions like traffic
  9. First section of the continent that is below the waterline
  10. The layer of the earth we live on
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  1. Point which seismic waves change significantly when moving through a substance
  2. Continental province that is ancient rock
  3. Continental province that is low lying filled with sediment
  4. When 2 plates push against each other,heavier one sinks beneath the lighter one
  5. The part of a continent that is the ocean floor
  6. Plates that move away from each other
  7. The layer of the earth in the center
  8. Mantle the layer of earth below the crust
  9. Continental province that is mainly mountains

19 Clues: The layer of the earth we live on • The layer of the earth in the center • Plates that move away from each other • Portion of the Mantle containing Magma • Continental province that is ancient rock • Mantle the layer of earth below the crust • Layer responsible for earth's magnetic field • Continental province that is mainly mountains • ...

Lesson 4 Geography 2018-10-05

Lesson 4 Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Continental province that is ancient rock
  2. Continental province that is low lying filled with sediment
  3. When 2 plates push against each other,heavier one sinks beneath the lighter one
  4. Continental province that is mainly mountains
  5. Model of plate tectonics that allows for universal flood
  6. Mantle the layer of earth below the crust
  7. Plates that move away from each other
  8. Point which seismic waves change significantly when moving through a substance
  9. The layer of the earth we live on
  10. Continental province that covers basement rock
  11. Part of the continent that is a steeper drop off than the shelf
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  1. Portion of the Mantle that includes tectonic plates
  2. The part of a continent that is the ocean floor
  3. First section of the continent that is below the waterline
  4. Section of continent that is like a sandbar with sediment
  5. Portion of the Mantle containing Magma
  6. The layer of the earth in the center
  7. Layer responsible for earth's magnetic field
  8. Plates that move beside each other going in opposite directions like traffic

19 Clues: The layer of the earth we live on • The layer of the earth in the center • Plates that move away from each other • Portion of the Mantle containing Magma • Continental province that is ancient rock • Mantle the layer of earth below the crust • Layer responsible for earth's magnetic field • Continental province that is mainly mountains • ...

Unit One Vocabulary 2020-10-19

Unit One Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. those positioned here have more mild or temperate weather
  2. of Fire an area in the Pacific with heightened volcanic activity
  3. lines that run east and west and measure above and below the Equator
  4. those with higher ____ tend to have colder temperatures and less vegetation
  5. tectonics explain how the continents have drifted apart over time
  6. spring and fall
  7. those positioned here have hot and humid weather conditions
  8. Rose helps determine north, south, east, and west
  9. based on weather and climate with distinct vegetation
  10. those positioned in these latitudes have colder weather
  11. show how humans and environment interact
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  1. a map depicting a particular event or trend in the past
  2. the journey of the Earth's orbit around the sun
  3. Southern, Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
  4. underwater earthquakes generate this massive wave
  5. the movement of weathered materials such as soil, sand and gravel
  6. a type of map that shows products of a particular area, country, or region
  7. a map that shows rivers, mountains, valleys, and other geographical features
  8. winter and summer

19 Clues: spring and fall • winter and summer • show how humans and environment interact • Southern, Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian • the journey of the Earth's orbit around the sun • underwater earthquakes generate this massive wave • Rose helps determine north, south, east, and west • based on weather and climate with distinct vegetation • ...

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics 2021-03-09

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat transfer in liquids and gases
  2. plates moving away from each other
  3. shaking of the earth due to rapid release of energy
Down
  1. mammal-like reptile during Triassic
  2. plates moving towards each other
  3. earthquake waves
  4. all earth
  5. plume column off rising magma
  6. outermost layer of the earth
  7. below the epicenter

10 Clues: all earth • earthquake waves • below the epicenter • outermost layer of the earth • plume column off rising magma • plates moving towards each other • heat transfer in liquids and gases • plates moving away from each other • mammal-like reptile during Triassic • shaking of the earth due to rapid release of energy

Plate Tectonics Chapter 1 2023-05-15

Plate Tectonics Chapter 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this type of crust is less dense and thick
  2. he lives in a pineapple under sea
  3. when plates slide past each other and grind, this happens
  4. this was Mr. V's 6th grade teacher
  5. earth's surface is covered by a layer of rock with this name. It sounds delicious.
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  1. crust is the top layer of this
  2. this type of rock makes up oceanic crust
  3. this type of crust is dense and thin
  4. there are this many large tectonic plates
  5. tectonic ______ are are large slabs of earth. they also sound like a big dinner

10 Clues: crust is the top layer of this • he lives in a pineapple under sea • this was Mr. V's 6th grade teacher • this type of crust is dense and thin • this type of rock makes up oceanic crust • there are this many large tectonic plates • this type of crust is less dense and thick • when plates slide past each other and grind, this happens • ...

Plate Tectonics Divergent Landforms 2023-07-31

Plate Tectonics Divergent Landforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name the plate which the Great Rift Valley is found.
  2. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed as a result of the divergence of North American and the ________plates.
  3. Forces can which spilt plates into two.
Down
  1. ___________ striping is one evidence which supports the plate tectonic theory..
  2. Due to divergence, the African Plate is slowly being spilt apart into the African (Nubian) and the African ( ________) plates.
  3. One example of the volcanoes formed on the Great Rift Valley is mount__________
  4. Magma rises through the ____ formed by divergent plates.
  5. Under divergent plates, magma _________.
  6. Elongated and elevated landform formed as a result of diverging plates
  7. __________polarity is when the magnetic North points toward the Geographic North.

10 Clues: Forces can which spilt plates into two. • Under divergent plates, magma _________. • Name the plate which the Great Rift Valley is found. • Magma rises through the ____ formed by divergent plates. • Elongated and elevated landform formed as a result of diverging plates • ___________ striping is one evidence which supports the plate tectonic theory.. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-18

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Move around on Earth's surface, moved by convection currents in the mantle
  2. Heating method that causes the tectonic plates to move
  3. Boundary where 2 plates move away from each other
  4. Scientist that first introduced the idea of continental drift
  5. Super-continent that is believed to have existed LONG ago
  6. Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other moving opposite directions
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  1. Occurs when a less dense plate is forced under the other at a convergent boundary.
  2. Boundary where 2 plates push against each other directly
  3. Number of plates the surface is broken into (word form)
  4. Rises from below surface causing sea floor spreading

10 Clues: Boundary where 2 plates move away from each other • Rises from below surface causing sea floor spreading • Heating method that causes the tectonic plates to move • Number of plates the surface is broken into (word form) • Boundary where 2 plates push against each other directly • Super-continent that is believed to have existed LONG ago • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-07

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that is housed in the mantle and creates convection currents
  2. When two boundaries move away from each other
  3. When a plate subducts under a denser plate
  4. Currents that happen in the magma help move tectonic plates
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  1. A mountain range that was formed by two tectonic plates colliding
  2. A path along the Pacific ocean made up of volcanoes, Most earthquakes happen here
  3. This happens when divergent boundaries move apart they create a ______
  4. When two boundaries move in opposite directions
  5. When two boundaries collide
  6. A rock that forms the ocean floor

10 Clues: When two boundaries collide • A rock that forms the ocean floor • When a plate subducts under a denser plate • When two boundaries move away from each other • When two boundaries move in opposite directions • Currents that happen in the magma help move tectonic plates • A mountain range that was formed by two tectonic plates colliding • ...

What Are Plate Tectonics? 2022-05-02

What Are Plate Tectonics? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust less dense and thick
  2. When the continents were touching
  3. Unevenly heated by Earth's core
  4. Crust It is made of igneous rocks and minerals
  5. Covered by a layer of rock
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  1. A break in Earth's crust due to movement
  2. Boundary Move towards each other
  3. Boundary Slide past each other
  4. Boundary Move away from each other
  5. Waves Energy Waves that travel out

10 Clues: Crust less dense and thick • Covered by a layer of rock • Boundary Slide past each other • Unevenly heated by Earth's core • Boundary Move towards each other • When the continents were touching • Boundary Move away from each other • Waves Energy Waves that travel out • A break in Earth's crust due to movement • Crust It is made of igneous rocks and minerals

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2025-11-05

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a plate slides under another plate
  2. the mountain formed by the Indian and the Eurasian plate
  3. when 2 plates slide past each other
  4. When 2 plates seperate
  5. where the plates are located
Down
  1. where the plates float on
  2. what happens at a transform boundary?
  3. When 2 plates come together
  4. the landform a convergent boundary makes
  5. the landform a subduction boundaries make

10 Clues: When 2 plates seperate • where the plates float on • When 2 plates come together • where the plates are located • when 2 plates slide past each other • what happens at a transform boundary? • when a plate slides under another plate • the landform a convergent boundary makes • the landform a subduction boundaries make • the mountain formed by the Indian and the Eurasian plate

Plate tectonics 2022-02-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
  2. oceanic-Continental
  3. are made by Transform plates
Down
  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. 2 plates move into each other
  3. are made from convergent

6 Clues: oceanic-Continental • are made from convergent • are made by Transform plates • 2 plates move into each other • 2 plates move away from each other • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other

Plate tectonics 2022-02-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
  2. oceanic-Continental
  3. are made by Transform plates
Down
  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. 2 plates move into each other
  3. are made from convergent

6 Clues: oceanic-Continental • are made from convergent • are made by Transform plates • 2 plates move into each other • 2 plates move away from each other • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Likes to chase mice
  2. Has a trunk
  3. Man's best friend
Down
  1. Large marsupial
  2. Flying mammal

5 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice

PLATE TECTONICS 2012-12-17

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ORGANIZATION OF EARTH
  2. CAUSES CONVECTION CURRENTS
  3. HOW IS THE MANTLE EFFECTED
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  1. SEA FLOOR SPREADING RELATE TO CONTIENTIAL DRIFT
  2. THEORY OF CONTIENTIAL DRIFT
  3. ORGANIZATION OF EARTH
  4. ORGANIZATION OF EARTH
  5. THEORY OF CONTIENTIAL DRIFT

8 Clues: ORGANIZATION OF EARTH • ORGANIZATION OF EARTH • ORGANIZATION OF EARTH • CAUSES CONVECTION CURRENTS • HOW IS THE MANTLE EFFECTED • THEORY OF CONTIENTIAL DRIFT • THEORY OF CONTIENTIAL DRIFT • SEA FLOOR SPREADING RELATE TO CONTIENTIAL DRIFT

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large marsupial
  2. Likes to chase mice
Down
  1. Has a trunk
  2. Flying mammal
  3. Man's best friend

5 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice

plate tectonics 2023-03-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates going past each other
  2. the type of land form convergent plates make
  3. what happens every time plates hit one another
Down
  1. two plates colliding
  2. two plates sliding past each other

5 Clues: two plates colliding • two plates going past each other • two plates sliding past each other • the type of land form convergent plates make • what happens every time plates hit one another

plate tectonics 2023-03-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates going past each other
  2. the type of land form convergent plates make
  3. what happens every time plates hit one another
Down
  1. two plates colliding
  2. two plates sliding past each other

5 Clues: two plates colliding • two plates going past each other • two plates sliding past each other • the type of land form convergent plates make • what happens every time plates hit one another

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. oozes out of divergent plates
  3. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when two crusts slide into each other

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The upward movement of warm air
  2. When two plates collide
  3. One point in time were all the continents made one big continent
Down
  1. A German scientist who made up the theory of the continental drift
  2. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma

5 Clues: When two plates collide • The upward movement of warm air • One point in time were all the continents made one big continent • A German scientist who made up the theory of the continental drift • The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  2. when two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap
  3. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. valleys that occur at divergent boundaries

5 Clues: valleys that occur at divergent boundaries • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap • hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust

plate tectonics 2022-10-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock inside the mantle
  2. volcano that scientists believe will not erupt again
  3. boundary where plates move away from each other
  4. layer of earth
Down
  1. layer of earth's surface
  2. boundary where plates move towards each other

6 Clues: layer of earth • rock inside the mantle • layer of earth's surface • boundary where plates move towards each other • boundary where plates move away from each other • volcano that scientists believe will not erupt again

plate tectonics 2023-09-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates colide
  2. molten rock
Down
  1. when plates slide past eachother
  2. when two tectonis plates go away from eachother
  3. When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

5 Clues: molten rock • when two tectonic plates colide • when plates slide past eachother • when two tectonis plates go away from eachother • When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent
  2. A type of valley
  3. hot rocks
Down
  1. when magma hits the ground
  2. when two plates hit each

5 Clues: hot rocks • supercontinent • A type of valley • when two plates hit each • when magma hits the ground

plate tectonics 2024-05-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper mantle) is divided into a number of large, plate like sections that move as distinct masses.
Down
  1. A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another
  2. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  3. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  4. moving away from what is expected

5 Clues: moving away from what is expected • any of the world's main continuous expanses of land • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another • ...

Continental Vocab Board 2025-01-27

Continental Vocab Board crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Current a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  2. a single supercontinent
  3. Wegener originator of continental drift hypothesis
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  1. Drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  2. Boundaries occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. of Plate Tectonics explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements

6 Clues: a single supercontinent • Wegener originator of continental drift hypothesis • Current a current in a fluid that results from convection. • Boundaries occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • Drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2020-10-02

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rocks
  2. The outermost rigid layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and uppermost mantle
  3. The innermost layer of the Earth
  4. The vibration of the Earth due to the release of tremendous energy
  5. Mt. Mayon
  6. the outermost layer of the Earth
Down
  1. A scientific theory describing the large-scale motion lithospheric plates
  2. The break in the rock along which movement has occurred
  3. A line that marks the limit of an area
  4. Earth's crust that is thinner but denser

10 Clues: Mt. Mayon • Molten rocks • The innermost layer of the Earth • the outermost layer of the Earth • A line that marks the limit of an area • Earth's crust that is thinner but denser • The break in the rock along which movement has occurred • The vibration of the Earth due to the release of tremendous energy • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina 2021-04-06

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other
  2. When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
  3. The area that marks the tectonic plate.
  4. Inner core of the earth
  5. Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary .
Down
  1. At this type of boundary rocks are broken as they grind past each other
  2. Plate that pulls apart
  3. Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten
  4. plates that pull together or overlap
  5. Lava

10 Clues: Lava • Plate that pulls apart • Inner core of the earth • plates that pull together or overlap • The area that marks the tectonic plate. • Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary . • Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten • When one convergent plate is more dense than the other • Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most hottest and thickest layer of the Earth.
  2. The second thickest layer of the Earth.
  3. The upper half of the upper mantle.
  4. The liquid layer before the Earth's actual core.
  5. The layer after the crust.
Down
  1. The thinnest layer of the Earth.
  2. The planet we live on.
  3. The whole actual layer of the crust.
  4. The Earth's center core.
  5. The bottom half of the mantle layer.

10 Clues: The planet we live on. • The Earth's center core. • The layer after the crust. • The thinnest layer of the Earth. • The upper half of the upper mantle. • The whole actual layer of the crust. • The bottom half of the mantle layer. • The second thickest layer of the Earth. • The liquid layer before the Earth's actual core. • The most hottest and thickest layer of the Earth.

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-07

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that is housed in the mantle and creates convection currents
  2. When two boundaries move away from each other
  3. When a plate subducts under a denser plate
  4. Currents that happen in the magma help move tectonic plates
Down
  1. A mountain range that was formed by two tectonic plates colliding
  2. A path along the Pacific ocean made up of volcanoes, Most earthquakes happen here
  3. This happens when divergent boundaries move apart they create a ______
  4. When two boundaries move in opposite directions
  5. When two boundaries collide
  6. A rock that forms the ocean floor

10 Clues: When two boundaries collide • A rock that forms the ocean floor • When a plate subducts under a denser plate • When two boundaries move away from each other • When two boundaries move in opposite directions • Currents that happen in the magma help move tectonic plates • A mountain range that was formed by two tectonic plates colliding • ...

Plate Tectonics Quiz Crossword 2024-12-13

Plate Tectonics Quiz Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of plate boundary where plates collide with each other
  2. matter building up in layers
  3. theory that states Earth is covered in patches of crust called plates, which are pushed along by the convection currents in the Earth’s mantle
  4. hot, molten middle layer of the Earth, made of denser elements
  5. cool outermost layer of the Earth, made of the least dense elements
Down
  1. this type of crust is thick (10-70 km) and not dense
  2. this type of crust is thin (5-7 km) and dense
  3. type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  4. hot, solid, center of the earth made of the densest elements
  5. type of plate boundary where plates slide horizontally alongside each other

10 Clues: matter building up in layers • this type of crust is thin (5-7 km) and dense • this type of crust is thick (10-70 km) and not dense • type of plate boundary where plates collide with each other • hot, solid, center of the earth made of the densest elements • type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate tectonics by Thun 👍🏻 2023-03-28

Plate tectonics by Thun 👍🏻 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic plate vs Continental plate
  2. 7.81 magnitude case study that we did
  3. Very hot air that killed most people in the pompeii
  4. Location directly above the point where Earthquake happen
  5. Gas that are released from subduction (mainly)
  6. Mud + ash + water
  7. Continental vs continental plate
Down
  1. 2 plate slide against each other
  2. Flat volcano
  3. Most aggressive type of volcano
  4. Location beneath the vent of the volcano where stored the hot liquid
  5. Capital of Nepal
  6. Oceanic plate go under the continental plate
  7. Exact location where earthquake happen

14 Clues: Flat volcano • Capital of Nepal • Mud + ash + water • Most aggressive type of volcano • 2 plate slide against each other • Continental vs continental plate • Oceanic plate vs Continental plate • 7.81 magnitude case study that we did • Exact location where earthquake happen • Oceanic plate go under the continental plate • Gas that are released from subduction (mainly) • ...

Science 7B L1 Plate Tectonics 2023-01-09

Science 7B L1 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot air or liquids rise above cooler air or liquids
  2. technology that uses sound waves to map the ocean floor
  3. hypothesis explaining how the ocean floor forms and how continents can drift
  4. sections of Earth’s crust that move around on the mantle
  5. location where two lithospheric plates move apart
  6. area where two lithospheric plates come together and one sinks beneath the other
  7. long deep ocean canyons
  8. the sinking of one plate beneath another
Down
  1. long mountain range on the ocean floor formed by magma at divergent boundaries.
  2. location where two lithospheric plates slide past one another in opposite directions
  3. large landmass when all of the continents were connected together
  4. boundary: location where two lithospheric plates come together
  5. theory that Earth’s surface is divided into lithospheric plates that move over the planet’s surface
  6. Wegener’s hypothesis that the continents move over Earth’s surface

14 Clues: long deep ocean canyons • the sinking of one plate beneath another • location where two lithospheric plates move apart • hot air or liquids rise above cooler air or liquids • technology that uses sound waves to map the ocean floor • sections of Earth’s crust that move around on the mantle • boundary: location where two lithospheric plates come together • ...

SES2 Earth Systems Vocabulary 2023-02-15

SES2 Earth Systems Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
  2. the central part of the earth
  3. a gradual sinking to a lower level
  4. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
  5. the outer layer of the earth
  6. (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the trassic period when it split into laurasia and gondwanaland
  7. the branch of geology that studies rocks and land forms
  8. an instrument for measuring movements of the ground
  9. a stress that produces an elongation of a physical body
  10. relating to or associated with heat
  11. (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
  12. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
  13. alter the shape of (something) by stress
  14. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  15. transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  16. Drift the gradual movement of very large land masses
  17. the formation of crystals
  18. the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
  19. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  20. a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tetonic theory) broke up later into india and austrailia and africa and south america and antartica
  21. Scale a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake or the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
  22. a crack in the earth's crust
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  1. floor the bottom of a sea or ocean
  2. a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into north america and europe and asia
  3. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  4. Fault a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
  5. the exertion of force to a surface
  6. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  7. Fault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
  8. an increase in the density of something
  9. the accumulation of matter deposited by some natural process
  10. a rigid layer of the earth's crust
  11. Tectonics the movement or study of the movement of the earth's crust
  12. Fault an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  13. molten rock in the earth's crust
  14. a crack in the earth's crust resulting from displacement
  15. the amount per unit size
  16. the lower layer of the crust
  17. the part of the earth consisting of the crust and mantle
  18. Shelf the relatively shallow seabed surrounding a continent
  19. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  20. Valley a valley with steep sides
  21. Movement movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust

43 Clues: the amount per unit size • the formation of crystals • the outer layer of the earth • the lower layer of the crust • a crack in the earth's crust • the central part of the earth • molten rock in the earth's crust • floor the bottom of a sea or ocean • the exertion of force to a surface • a gradual sinking to a lower level • a rigid layer of the earth's crust • ...

vocab #2 2022-09-12

vocab #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
  2. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another.
  3. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  4. The thin and solid outer layer of earth above the mantle
  5. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  7. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations
  8. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  9. The location within earth fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  10. The process by which Earth’s magnetic north pole and magnetic south pole switch positions periodically; a change in the direction in which Earth’s magnetic field points.
  11. A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation.
Down
  1. The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates.
  2. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing seafloor moves away from the ridge.
  3. Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical.
  4. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  5. The solid, outer layer of earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. The layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core
  7. The theory that Earth’s outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called tectonic plates; the theory explains how plates interact and how those interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain building
  8. is The process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces.
  9. The central part of earth below the mantle
  10. The point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point, or focus
  11. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
  12. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  13. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.

24 Clues: The central part of earth below the mantle • The layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core • The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding. • The thin and solid outer layer of earth above the mantle • The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move • The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape • ...

Geographical Oceanography 2024-12-17

Geographical Oceanography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sloping area between the continental shelf and deep ocean basin
  2. Underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
  3. The scientific theory explaining the movement of Earth's plates
  4. The process of new crust formation at mid-ocean ridges
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  1. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth’s subterranean movements.
  2. Large underwater volcanoes that do not reach the surface
  3. The rigid outer shell of the Earth made up of tectonic plates

7 Clues: Underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics • The process of new crust formation at mid-ocean ridges • Large underwater volcanoes that do not reach the surface • The rigid outer shell of the Earth made up of tectonic plates • The scientific theory explaining the movement of Earth's plates • ...

Chapter 10 Crossword 2013-05-16

Chapter 10 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in the sea
  2. spreading- it is the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  3. tectonics- it is the theory that the Earth’s crust is cracked into many large pieces that move on the asthenosphere
  4. it is a layer of ‘plastic’ semi-solid rock in the lower mantle
  5. it is the crust that forms the ocean floor
  6. it is the crust that forms the continents
  7. waves- it is the shaking, wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  8. it is between the Earth's core and crust and is hot but not as hot as the core
  9. boundary- it is where plates are colliding with each other
  10. it is the centre of the Earth and is very hot
  11. boundary- it is where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
  12. it is when oceanic crust collides with continental crust, and the oceanic plate then sinks below the continental plate
  13. it is a line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the Earths surface
  14. it is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  15. it is a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
Down
  1. it is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  2. isolated places away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is being created
  3. it is patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries
  4. drift- it is the separating of continents by drifting across the oceans
  5. it is a longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through the Earth
  6. it is an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  7. it is molten rock below the Earth’s surface
  8. it is the crust of the upper mantle of the Earth
  9. it is a transverse seismic wave that travels through the Earth
  10. it is a deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  11. it is the process of determining an approximate age for an artefact
  12. it is determining the relative order of past events, without determining the age
  13. it is a place where extremely hot material form inside the Earth erupts at the surface
  14. it is the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  15. boundary- it is where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  16. it is molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth’s surface

31 Clues: it is the crust that forms the continents • it is the crust that forms the ocean floor • it is molten rock below the Earth’s surface • it is the centre of the Earth and is very hot • it is the crust of the upper mantle of the Earth • boundary- it is where plates are colliding with each other • it is molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth’s surface • ...

24 Biggest Episodes on Earth 2021-12-02

24 Biggest Episodes on Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ice age where reptiles started to appear on Earth
  2. worst mass extinction
  3. animals in fossil record who first started sharing DNA between two organisms for offspring
  4. force that pulled matter together to create Earth
  5. first continent formed when plate tectonics began
  6. type of animals that ruled Earth after the extinction of dinosaurs
  7. earliest form of life
  8. extinction that wiped out 80% of life but made it possible for dinosaurs to rule afterwards
  9. these types of animals flourished in the oceans after the Ordovician Silurian mass extinction
  10. animal that modern birds are based on
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  1. when Eukaryotes started to to harness different forms of energy by eating these bacteria
  2. the earliest form of photosynthesis did not free up this element
  3. flowers first appeared on Earth when these massive creatures were alive
  4. the famous super continent
  5. did plants or animals appear on land first
  6. type of organism that appeared on land after plants
  7. time era where many animals started to appear
  8. when oxygen started to form in the atmosphere
  9. first complex organisms deriving from the frozen Earth 200 million years ago

19 Clues: worst mass extinction • earliest form of life • the famous super continent • animal that modern birds are based on • did plants or animals appear on land first • time era where many animals started to appear • when oxygen started to form in the atmosphere • ice age where reptiles started to appear on Earth • force that pulled matter together to create Earth • ...

Shaping the Earth - Vocabulary 2022-02-23

Shaping the Earth - Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics a scientific theory that the Earth's surface is made of very large sections, called plates, that move very slowly
  2. when rocks break down into smaller pieces
  3. a break (crack) in the Earth’s crust
  4. the remains or impression of a living thing
  5. the matter (or weathered material) that settles to the bottom of a liquid such as a lake or ocean
  6. the packing together of sediments by the weight of the material above
  7. drift the very slow movement of the continents on the surface of the Earth
Down
  1. molten material beneath the earth’s crust
  2. amount of space that an object or substance (like water) occupies
  3. when sediments are set down in a new place
  4. currents the transfer of heat by movement in a gas or liquid
  5. plates large sections within the earth’s crust which can move
  6. the moving of weathered (broken down) material
  7. an inclined portion (steepness) of the ground

14 Clues: a break (crack) in the Earth’s crust • molten material beneath the earth’s crust • when rocks break down into smaller pieces • when sediments are set down in a new place • the remains or impression of a living thing • an inclined portion (steepness) of the ground • the moving of weathered (broken down) material • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-29

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ is hot rock below the Earth's surface.
  2. A ______ boundary is when two plates slide away/divide from each other.
  3. A __________ is another result from a divergent plate boundary and contains many underwater mountains.
  4. ______ is when the more dense plate slides below the less dense plate.
  5. A ______ boundary forms mountains when the plates are equally dense.
  6. ________ are results of transform boundaries and cause landslides and tsunamis.
Down
  1. A __________ forms at a divergent plate boundary where magma escapes from.
  2. This place houses magma and convection currents.
  3. A ______ is a place on land or underwater where hot rock erupts from a magma chamber.
  4. A ______ boundary is when two tectonic plates slide past each other.

10 Clues: ______ is hot rock below the Earth's surface. • This place houses magma and convection currents. • A ______ boundary is when two tectonic plates slide past each other. • A ______ boundary forms mountains when the plates are equally dense. • ______ is when the more dense plate slides below the less dense plate. • ...

Rock Cycle/Plate Tectonics 2021-11-02

Rock Cycle/Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process by which eroded materials are dropped, or laid down
  2. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  3. fragments of weathered rock
  4. the theory that describes how Earth's outer layer is made up of moving plates
  5. large moving pieces that make up Earth's surface
Down
  1. process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another
  2. the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical or chemical processes
  3. rock formed from cooling lava
  4. rocks formed from sediments that are compacted or cemented together by new minerals
  5. rock formed when existing rock is exposed to large changes in temperature, pressure, or both

10 Clues: fragments of weathered rock • rock formed from cooling lava • large moving pieces that make up Earth's surface • process by which eroded materials are dropped, or laid down • the theory that describes how Earth's outer layer is made up of moving plates • rocks formed from sediments that are compacted or cemented together by new minerals • ...

Plate Tectonics and Boundaries 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics and Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Occurs during a divergent boundary
  2. Forms during a transform boundary
  3. Affects what happens during a convergent boundary
  4. Most common in the geologically active plate boundaries
  5. An extremely hot liquid under Earth’s surface
Down
  1. When two tectonic plates collide and overlap
  2. When two tectonic plates move away from each other in opposite directions
  3. A new version of this is generated during a divergent boundary
  4. When two tectonic plates move past each other
  5. Causes tectonic plates to move

10 Clues: Causes tectonic plates to move • Forms during a transform boundary • Occurs during a divergent boundary • When two tectonic plates collide and overlap • When two tectonic plates move past each other • An extremely hot liquid under Earth’s surface • Affects what happens during a convergent boundary • Most common in the geologically active plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina 2021-04-06

Plate Tectonics Puzzle - Selina crossword puzzle
Across
  1. At this type of boundary rocks are broken as they grind past each other
  2. Plate that pulls apart
  3. When one convergent plate is more dense than the other
Down
  1. Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other
  2. Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten
  3. plates that pull together or overlap
  4. Inner core of the earth
  5. Lava
  6. The area that marks the tectonic plate.
  7. Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary .

10 Clues: Lava • Inner core of the earth • Plate that pulls apart • plates that pull together or overlap • The area that marks the tectonic plate. • Valley that occurs at a divergent boundary . • Are vents in the earth's crust through which molten • When one convergent plate is more dense than the other • Shaking of the ground that occur when two plates grind past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by Divergent Boundaries
  2. What moves the plates together or apart by traveling through the mantle
  3. When two plates rub against each other
  4. An indicator to where the Earth's plates have cracked and moved
  5. molten rock found underneath the Earth's surface that eventually creates new land
  6. When two plates move towards each other
Down
  1. When two plates move apart from each other
  2. When a denser plate slides under a less dense plate and sinks into the mantle
  3. Form when two plates collide and build up material (hint: Himalayas)
  4. Caused by Convergent Boundaries and erupt periodically

10 Clues: Caused by Divergent Boundaries • When two plates rub against each other • When two plates move towards each other • When two plates move apart from each other • Caused by Convergent Boundaries and erupt periodically • An indicator to where the Earth's plates have cracked and moved • Form when two plates collide and build up material (hint: Himalayas) • ...

Earth Layers & Plate Tectonics 2022-05-02

Earth Layers & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slow-moving subterrainian large landmass
  2. the part of the interior of earth
  3. a slow movement of the continents
  4. the solid part of a celestial body
  5. the outer part of a planet, moon, or asteroid
  6. the central part of earth or sun
Down
  1. a fracture in the crust of a planet
  2. fused or liquefied by heat
  3. a zone that lies beneath the lithosphere
  4. the part of the earth's atmosphere

10 Clues: fused or liquefied by heat • the central part of earth or sun • the part of the interior of earth • a slow movement of the continents • the part of the earth's atmosphere • the solid part of a celestial body • a fracture in the crust of a planet • slow-moving subterrainian large landmass • a zone that lies beneath the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes 2023-11-02

Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates separate and magma rises
  2. volcanoes that are made of layers of tephra and hardened lava
  3. volcanoes that have steep sides
  4. extremally hot liquid formed from melted igneous rock
  5. volcanoes that have quiet eruptions and gently sloping sides
  6. rocks and lave that are ejected by volcanoes
Down
  1. two plates crash into one another, form mountains
  2. opening in the Earth in which magma can escape
  3. plates slide past one another and can cause earthquakes
  4. mouth of the volcano that surrounds the vent

10 Clues: volcanoes that have steep sides • two plates separate and magma rises • mouth of the volcano that surrounds the vent • rocks and lave that are ejected by volcanoes • opening in the Earth in which magma can escape • two plates crash into one another, form mountains • extremally hot liquid formed from melted igneous rock • ...

plate tectonics by bri 2023-09-08

plate tectonics by bri crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of earth in between the crust and the core
  2. is like the hard shell of the Earth, made up of the crust and upper mantle
  3. the thin and solid outermost layer of earth
  4. the melted part of the mantle
  5. when two plates collide
Down
  1. a supercontinent containing all earths continents
  2. when plates pull apart
  3. when two plates past each other
  4. the central part of earth,made of 2 parts
  5. when a denser plate sinks below a less denser

10 Clues: when plates pull apart • when two plates collide • the melted part of the mantle • when two plates past each other • the central part of earth,made of 2 parts • the thin and solid outermost layer of earth • when a denser plate sinks below a less denser • a supercontinent containing all earths continents • the layer of earth in between the crust and the core • ...

Plate Tectonics Task Cards 2024-01-28

Plate Tectonics Task Cards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thin, outermost shell of the Earth that is typically 3 to 46 miles thick
  2. Hot, liquid rock under the earth's surface
  3. A rock layer that allows groundwater to flow through and collect
  4. Water found underground in the spaces and cracks within earth materials
  5. Hot, liquid rock on earth's surface
  6. Rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies
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  1. Layers of hardened sediment
  2. A rock layer that restricts the flow of groundwater
  3. Innermost and hottest 7320 F*, 800 miles thick, solid sphere of iron and nickel
  4. Middle and largest layer of the earth, 1800 miles thick, made of oxygen, silicon, and magnesium

10 Clues: Layers of hardened sediment • Hot, liquid rock on earth's surface • Hot, liquid rock under the earth's surface • A rock layer that restricts the flow of groundwater • Rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies • A rock layer that allows groundwater to flow through and collect • Water found underground in the spaces and cracks within earth materials • ...

Geology and plate tectonics 2025-09-03

Geology and plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory explaining how the Earth's lithospheric plates move and interact.
  2. The rigid outer layer of the Earth made of the crust and the upper mantle.
  3. The theory that continents move over time.
Down
  1. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  2. The partially molten layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  3. A fracture in the Earth's crust where rock blocks have moved relative to each other.
  4. An opening in a planet's surface that allows molten rock, gases, and ash to escape.
  5. The layer of rock between the crust and the core.
  6. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement along a fault.
  7. The innermost layer of the Earth.

10 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • The innermost layer of the Earth. • The theory that continents move over time. • The layer of rock between the crust and the core. • A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement along a fault. • The partially molten layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere. • ...

Plate 2013-12-02

Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an unattractive feature in a piece of work or in a persons character
  2. A German polar researcher
  3. process where new ocean floor is created as molten material from earths mantle
  4. A long active submarine ridge system
  5. A fault which rock strata are displaced mainly in a horizontal direction
  6. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  7. linear shaped lowland between several highland created by the action of geological fault
  8. upper layer of earths mantle
  9. A geologist and united states navy officer in world war 2
  10. cover with a thin coating or film of different metalv
  11. extinct small aquatic reptile of the early Permian period
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  1. scientific theory that describes the large scale motions of earths lithosphere
  2. a hypothetical continent
  3. visual representation of earths magnetic polarity over a time period
  4. ridged outer part of earth
  5. A theory exclaiming the structure of earths crust
  6. conservation plate boundary
  7. largest and best known genus of the extinct order of seed ferns
  8. clothe in or as if in a mantle; cloak or envelop
  9. original supercontinent

20 Clues: original supercontinent • a hypothetical continent • A German polar researcher • ridged outer part of earth • conservation plate boundary • upper layer of earths mantle • A long active submarine ridge system • clothe in or as if in a mantle; cloak or envelop • A theory exclaiming the structure of earths crust • a current in a fluid that results from convection • ...

24 Biggest Episodes Earth 2021-12-02

24 Biggest Episodes Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ice age where reptiles started to appear on Earth
  2. worst mass extinction
  3. animals in fossil record who first started sharing DNA between two organisms for offspring
  4. force that pulled matter together to create Earth
  5. first continent formed when plate tectonics began
  6. type of animals that ruled Earth after the extinction of dinosaurs
  7. earliest form of life
  8. extinction that wiped out 80% of life but made it possible for dinosaurs to rule afterwards
  9. these types of animals flourished in the oceans after the Ordovician Silurian mass extinction
  10. animal that modern birds are based on
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  1. when Eukaryotes started to to harness different forms of energy by eating these bacteria
  2. the earliest form of photosynthesis did not free up this element
  3. flowers first appeared on Earth when these massive creatures were alive
  4. the famous super continent
  5. did plants or animals appear on land first
  6. type of organism that appeared on land after plants
  7. time era where many animals started to appear
  8. when oxygen started to form in the atmosphere
  9. first complex organisms deriving from the frozen Earth 200 million years ago

19 Clues: worst mass extinction • earliest form of life • the famous super continent • animal that modern birds are based on • did plants or animals appear on land first • time era where many animals started to appear • when oxygen started to form in the atmosphere • ice age where reptiles started to appear on Earth • force that pulled matter together to create Earth • ...

Lesson 4 Geography 2018-10-05

Lesson 4 Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Section of continent that is like a sandbar with sediment
  2. Continental province that is low lying filled with sediment
  3. Layer responsible for earth's magnetic field
  4. The layer of the earth we live on
  5. Plates that move away from each other
  6. Point which seismic waves change significantly when moving through a substance
  7. The part of a continent that is the ocean floor
  8. Part of the continent that is a steeper drop off than the shelf
  9. First section of the continent that is below the waterline
  10. Portion of the Mantle that includes tectonic plates
  11. Continental province that is mainly mountains
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  1. Continental province that is ancient rock
  2. Model of plate tectonics that allows for universal flood
  3. When 2 plates push against each other,heavier one sinks beneath the lighter one
  4. Portion of the Mantle containing Magma
  5. Mantle the layer of earth below the crust
  6. Plates that move beside each other going in opposite directions like traffic
  7. The layer of the earth in the center
  8. Continental province that covers basement rock

19 Clues: The layer of the earth we live on • The layer of the earth in the center • Plates that move away from each other • Portion of the Mantle containing Magma • Continental province that is ancient rock • Mantle the layer of earth below the crust • Layer responsible for earth's magnetic field • Continental province that is mainly mountains • ...

PLATE TECONICS 2018-03-25

PLATE TECONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ONE ITEM THAT IS FORMED AT TRANFORM PLATE BOUNDARY
  2. EXAMPLE OF A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
  3. THEORY THAT STATES THAT ALL CURRENT CONTINENTS WERE ONCE ONE
  4. TWO PLATES MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
  5. BREAKS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST
  6. AN EXAMPLE OF A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
  7. WHAT IN THE MANTLE CAUSE PLATES TO MOVE ACROSS THE EARTH'S SURFACE
  8. THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
  9. IS OCEAN CRUST OR CONTINENTAL CRUST THE MOST DENSE
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  1. HE DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF TH CONTINENTAL DRIFT
  2. TWO PLATES MOVING TOWARD EACH OTHER
  3. WHAT TYPE OF VALLEY IS FORMED AT A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
  4. WHEN ANOTHER PLATE IS MORE DENSE THAN ANOTHER, IT WILL SINK BELOW THE OTHER PLATE
  5. THE CRUST IS BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES
  6. EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY
  7. PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
  8. WHAT THEORY STATES THE EARTH'S CRUST IS SPLIT INTO SEVERAL PLATES THAT SLIDE ACROSS THE SURFACE
  9. ONE ITEM THAT FORMS AT A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
  10. FORMED AT A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
  11. HOW MANY TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES ARE THERE

20 Clues: BREAKS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST • THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH • TWO PLATES MOVING TOWARD EACH OTHER • EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY • FORMED AT A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY • EXAMPLE OF A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY • TWO PLATES MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER • THE CRUST IS BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES • AN EXAMPLE OF A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY • ...

Science Crossword-Word Search 2015-04-07

Science Crossword-Word Search crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics the idea of giant plates of rock moving slowly across earth's surface
  2. point on earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  3. point underground where the faulting of an earthquake occurs
  4. shell formed from earth's solid upper mantle and crust
  5. block mountains mountains that form along fault line where blocks of rock fall, are thrust up,or slide
  6. melted rock below earth's surface
  7. thick layer of earth's structure, just below earth's crust
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  1. earth's innermost structure
  2. mountain a mountain that forms when magma pushes up on earth's crust but does not break through
  3. violent shaking of earth's crust
  4. the thin, rocky outer layer of earth that makes up the continents and the ocean floor
  5. crack in earth's crust along which movement takes place
  6. the physical remains or trace of a plant or animal that lived long ago
  7. waves waves sent through earth's crust during earthquakes
  8. mountains mountains that form where two plates collide and force layers of rock into folds

15 Clues: earth's innermost structure • violent shaking of earth's crust • melted rock below earth's surface • shell formed from earth's solid upper mantle and crust • crack in earth's crust along which movement takes place • waves waves sent through earth's crust during earthquakes • thick layer of earth's structure, just below earth's crust • ...

Earth's Interior Vocab Choiceboard 2022-09-16

Earth's Interior Vocab Choiceboard crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A block of lithosphere that consists of crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  2. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
  3. A system of ideas that explains many observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation
  4. The process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces
  5. The strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  6. The solid, outer layer of earth that consists of the crust and upper part of the mantle
  7. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  8. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  9. The bending, tilting, and breaking of earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
  10. The layer of rock between the earth’s crust and core
  11. The process by which earth's magnetic north pole and magnetic south pole switch positions periodically a change in the direction in which earth's magnetic field points
  12. The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transformer by the movement taking place between the plates
  13. The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  14. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
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  1. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents which then drifted to their present locations;the movement of continents
  2. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  3. The theory that earth’s outer layer is made up of large moving pieces called tectonic plates; theory explains how plates interact and how those interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain building
  4. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  5. Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical
  6. A thin and solid outermost layer of earth above the mantle
  7. process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies as older, existing seafloor moves away from the ridge
  8. The center part of earth below the mantle
  9. The sudden return of elasticity deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  10. The point on earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point or focus

24 Clues: The center part of earth below the mantle • The layer of rock between the earth’s crust and core • The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • A thin and solid outermost layer of earth above the mantle • The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move • The sudden return of elasticity deformed rock to its undeformed shape • ...

Plate Tectonics Lesson 7-14 Review 2023-06-05

Plate Tectonics Lesson 7-14 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed 300 million years ago
  2. to break down & scatter
  3. formed 470 million years ago
  4. rate at which mountains shrink
  5. to build up
  6. South America and _________ were once together
  7. when two plates do this they form mountains
  8. older rock is found ________ younger rock
  9. mountain that is created through a constructive process
  10. rate at which mountains grow
Down
  1. evidence we can find that proves plates were once together
  2. majorly responsible for separating Pangea
  3. opening in Earth's crust
  4. more dense plate found under large bodies of water
  5. less dense plate found under continents/land
  6. original supercontinent
  7. younger rock is found _________ older rock
  8. mountain that has two rates at equilibrium
  9. process that moves oceanic plates below continental plates

19 Clues: to build up • original supercontinent • to break down & scatter • opening in Earth's crust • formed 300 million years ago • formed 470 million years ago • rate at which mountains grow • rate at which mountains shrink • majorly responsible for separating Pangea • older rock is found ________ younger rock • younger rock is found _________ older rock • ...

Science 6 Ch. 1 2014-10-02

Science 6 Ch. 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates is called the theory of plate _________
  2. _________ happen when the rocks along the plate boundaries shift suddenly and release their stored energy
  3. An earthquake, volcano, or landslide occurring under or near the ocean can cause a series of giant waves called ________
  4. The part of the earth is made up of the crust and the upper area of the mantle
  5. ________ waves flow out from the focus in all directions, similar to the ripples caused when a pebble is tossed into a pond
Down
  1. Waves of energy are send out from the ________, or beginning point of the earthquake under the surface
  2. Scientists who study the movement of the earth are called _____
  3. Scientists believe that _________ was a single large landmass on the earth at one time
  4. A _______ is the machine used to detect, time, and measure the movements of the earth
  5. Volcanoes produce _____ rocks as magma and lava cool and harden

10 Clues: Scientists who study the movement of the earth are called _____ • Volcanoes produce _____ rocks as magma and lava cool and harden • The part of the earth is made up of the crust and the upper area of the mantle • A _______ is the machine used to detect, time, and measure the movements of the earth • ...

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two crusts slide into each other
  2. when to crusts move away
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock
  2. When two plates overlap
  3. two plates grinding past each other
Down
  1. two plates moving the opposite direction
  2. a crack, break, or gap

5 Clues: Molten rock • a crack, break, or gap • When two plates overlap • two plates grinding past each other • two plates moving the opposite direction

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent The direction of movement is colliding into each other, creates mountain buildings
  2. Transform The direction of movement, is sliding past eachother, creates earthquakes, and fault lines
Down
  1. Divergent The direction of movement is apart, or dividing, continental rift valleys, and oceanic seafloor spreading
  2. Magma Plate movement that is caused by convection currents in the molten rock, or magma.
  3. rift Mid ocean ridges and rift valleys occur at divergent boundaries

5 Clues: rift Mid ocean ridges and rift valleys occur at divergent boundaries • Magma Plate movement that is caused by convection currents in the molten rock, or magma. • Convergent The direction of movement is colliding into each other, creates mountain buildings • Transform The direction of movement, is sliding past eachother, creates earthquakes, and fault lines • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates going past each other
  2. the type of land form convergent plates make
  3. what happens every time plates hit one another
Down
  1. two plates colliding
  2. two plates sliding past each other

5 Clues: two plates colliding • two plates going past each other • two plates sliding past each other • the type of land form convergent plates make • what happens every time plates hit one another

plate tectonics 2023-03-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates going past each other
  2. the type of land form convergent plates make
  3. what happens every time plates hit one another
Down
  1. two plates colliding
  2. two plates sliding past each other

5 Clues: two plates colliding • two plates going past each other • two plates sliding past each other • the type of land form convergent plates make • what happens every time plates hit one another

plate tectonics 2023-09-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates colide
  2. molten rock
Down
  1. when plates slide past eachother
  2. when two tectonis plates go away from eachother
  3. When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

5 Clues: molten rock • when two tectonic plates colide • when plates slide past eachother • when two tectonis plates go away from eachother • When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

plate tectonics 2023-09-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates colide
  2. molten rock
Down
  1. when plates slide past eachother
  2. when two tectonis plates go away from eachother
  3. When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

5 Clues: molten rock • when two tectonic plates colide • when plates slide past eachother • when two tectonis plates go away from eachother • When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

plate tectonics 2023-09-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates colide
  2. molten rock
Down
  1. when plates slide past eachother
  2. when two tectonis plates go away from eachother
  3. When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

5 Clues: molten rock • when two tectonic plates colide • when plates slide past eachother • when two tectonis plates go away from eachother • When magma and rock goes in a cycle throguhout the mantle

Plate Tectonics 2023-08-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Flying mammal
  2. Has a trunk
  3. Man's best friend
Down
  1. Large marsupial
  2. Likes to chase mice

5 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two tectonic plates that move away from each other
  2. two tectonic plate sslide right by each other
Down
  1. two tectonic plates come toughter or overlap
  2. Something that makes valleys ocur
  3. something that housed in the mantle and the layer below the crust

5 Clues: Something that makes valleys ocur • two tectonic plates come toughter or overlap • two tectonic plate sslide right by each other • two tectonic plates that move away from each other • something that housed in the mantle and the layer below the crust

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist that examines rock to learn about Earth's history
  2. Deep cracks in the Earth's crust
  3. Magma pushes stretches or pushes on plates, causing ________
Down
  1. The hot, melted rock that pushes on plates
  2. The squeezing or pushing together of plates

5 Clues: Deep cracks in the Earth's crust • The hot, melted rock that pushes on plates • The squeezing or pushing together of plates • scientist that examines rock to learn about Earth's history • Magma pushes stretches or pushes on plates, causing ________

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle SK #17 2017-11-13

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle SK #17 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -transfer of heat through direct contact
  2. -located in the mantle where the convection currents are
  3. -Boundaries that collide
  4. -a valley that is very deep
  5. -Molten that has erupted underneath the earth's surface
  6. -Believed to be the super continent before the continents separated
  7. -transfer of heat through space
  8. -3rd layer of earth, only layer that is a liquid
  9. -Crust + Mantle=?
  10. -Plates that move apart from each other
  11. -Scientist who came up with the hypothesis that the earth's continents moved
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  1. -The theory that continents moved over time
  2. -The transfer of heat through a liquid
  3. -The transfer of heat through a liquid
  4. -4th layer of the Earth and back in the mantle
  5. -Plates that slide past each other
  6. -3 layers, upper, middle, and lower, 2nd layer of Earth
  7. -the ocean floor sinks underneath an ocean trench
  8. -the force upon an object
  9. -Molten that has erupted on the earth's surface

20 Clues: -Crust + Mantle=? • -Boundaries that collide • -the force upon an object • -a valley that is very deep • -transfer of heat through space • -Plates that slide past each other • -The transfer of heat through a liquid • -The transfer of heat through a liquid • -Plates that move apart from each other • -transfer of heat through direct contact • ...

study guide By Nick, Korey, and Max 2015-02-03

study guide By Nick, Korey, and Max crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pull is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. current a current in a fluid that results from convection.
Down
  1. plume a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament
  2. pull sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics

4 Clues: current a current in a fluid that results from convection. • pull sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • pull is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. • ...

Plate Motion Vocabulary Review Crossword 2025-10-09

Plate Motion Vocabulary Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist for NOAA
  2. a metaphor for how plate material moves
  3. take notes on
  4. powerful underwater microphones
  5. section of earth's crust
  6. earth shaking
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  8. a side "slice" of a particular view
  9. plate our southern neighbor is on
  10. lava while still under the ground
  11. soft solid under hard solid
Down
  1. Deepest place in the ocean
  2. line of volcanos under ocean
  3. moving together
  4. statement of belief
  5. boundary made by friction
  6. smaller earthquakes before major earthquakes
  7. moving apart
  8. where one plate meets another
  9. proof
  10. deep channel
  11. plate Egypt is on
  12. Underwater landform

23 Clues: proof • moving apart • deep channel • take notes on • earth shaking • moving together • plate Egypt is on • scientist for NOAA • statement of belief • Underwater landform • section of earth's crust • boundary made by friction • Deepest place in the ocean • soft solid under hard solid • line of volcanos under ocean • where one plate meets another • powerful underwater microphones • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2020-12-07

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
  2. The study of planet Earth
  3. A section of the lithosphere that moves across the asthenosphere
  4. The solid layer made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
Down
  1. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  2. The layer of hot, solid material between the crust and core of Earth
  3. A great landmass surrounded by oceans

7 Clues: The study of planet Earth • A great landmass surrounded by oceans • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • A section of the lithosphere that moves across the asthenosphere • a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other • The layer of hot, solid material between the crust and core of Earth • ...

Plate tectonics theory 2023-06-28

Plate tectonics theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonic plates are constantly ______
  2. plates move away from each other at this boundary
  3. a type of tectonic landform
  4. a type of tectonic phenomena
Down
  1. contains the crust and uppermost mantle
  2. occurs in between core and crust
  3. plates move away from each other at this boundary
  4. number of layers in Earth's structure

8 Clues: a type of tectonic landform • a type of tectonic phenomena • occurs in between core and crust • tectonic plates are constantly ______ • number of layers in Earth's structure • contains the crust and uppermost mantle • plates move away from each other at this boundary • plates move away from each other at this boundary

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2025-02-03

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the circulation of material caused by difference in temperature or density
  2. The process that recycles the crust of the spreading ocean floor back inside the earth
  3. forms where two plates separate
  4. The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
Down
  1. forms where two plates slide past each other
  2. forms where two plates collide
  3. New oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge

7 Clues: forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • forms where two plates slide past each other • The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • the circulation of material caused by difference in temperature or density • The process that recycles the crust of the spreading ocean floor back inside the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2022-03-14

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates are moving towards each other, we refer to them as ________ plate boundaries.
  2. This crust has the same density throughout. When these plates come together, they push one another up, forming mountains.
  3. Plates extend deep into the Earth's ______.
  4. This determines whether the plates will either be forced over or under another plate.
Down
  1. The edges of Earth's plates meet at plate ________.
  2. This crust can form a trench at a subduction zone.
  3. When two plates slide past one another in opposite directions, this is called a ______ boundary.

7 Clues: Plates extend deep into the Earth's ______. • This crust can form a trench at a subduction zone. • The edges of Earth's plates meet at plate ________. • This determines whether the plates will either be forced over or under another plate. • When two plates are moving towards each other, we refer to them as ________ plate boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2017-02-09

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Are made of layers of rocks that are folded
  2. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field
  3. When large regions rise vertically
  4. earth's magnetic field to the opposite polarity
  5. a magnetic field that is the same right now
  6. blocks of crust move up or down against faults
  7. Super continent
  8. A curved line of volcanoes
Down
  1. An underwater mountain chain
  2. movement of continents
  3. molten material adds new oceanic crust
  4. Where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. An area of many fractured pieces of crust
  6. Are deep, under water trough created by one plate sub-ducting

14 Clues: Super continent • movement of continents • A curved line of volcanoes • An underwater mountain chain • When large regions rise vertically • molten material adds new oceanic crust • An area of many fractured pieces of crust • Are made of layers of rocks that are folded • a magnetic field that is the same right now • blocks of crust move up or down against faults • ...

Restless Earth Crossword 2025-04-07

Restless Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates.
  2. Hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics.
  3. Are sudden events that led to a mass extinction.
  4. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement.
  5. A group of the same species living in the same area.
Down
  1. Are Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  2. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed.
  3. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen.
  4. located between the mantle and the outer core-
  5. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens.
  6. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves.

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

The Atom - Crossword 2025-09-18

The Atom - Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of bond that holds sodium and chlorine together in table salt.
  2. The ___ molecular theory explains why gases expand when heated: particles are always moving.
  3. A statement that always seems true in nature, like gravity.
  4. Particle that has no charge but adds mass inside the nucleus.
  5. The outermost electrons that decide how atoms bond
Down
  1. A tested explanation for natural events, such as plate tectonics or the atomic model.
  2. A chart that organizes elements by properties and atomic number.
  3. The dense center of an atom where protons and neutrons are found.
  4. Type of bond formed when two hydrogen atoms share electrons with oxygen in water.
  5. The smallest unit of matter, making up everything around you.
  6. The particle with a positive charge inside the nucleus.

11 Clues: The outermost electrons that decide how atoms bond • The particle with a positive charge inside the nucleus. • A statement that always seems true in nature, like gravity. • The smallest unit of matter, making up everything around you. • Particle that has no charge but adds mass inside the nucleus. • A chart that organizes elements by properties and atomic number. • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bone or rock from a long long time ago
  2. rocks fall in and go back to mantle
  3. a "mountain range" in the middle of oceans that spew out lava
Down
  1. a scientist who founded the idea of the continents moving
  2. a super continent from around 200- 300 million years ago

5 Clues: rocks fall in and go back to mantle • a bone or rock from a long long time ago • a super continent from around 200- 300 million years ago • a scientist who founded the idea of the continents moving • a "mountain range" in the middle of oceans that spew out lava

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  2. boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench
Down
  1. a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust
  2. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  3. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that explains how large pieces of land called plates move and change shape of the earth.

5 Clues: the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench • a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust • the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-02-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
  2. oceanic-Continental
  3. are made by Transform plates
Down
  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. 2 plates move into each other
  3. are made from convergent

6 Clues: oceanic-Continental • are made from convergent • are made by Transform plates • 2 plates move into each other • 2 plates move away from each other • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other

Plate tectonics 2022-11-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 plates slide past each other
  2. When 2 plates slide towards each other
Down
  1. a mountain range in a body of water
  2. a valley in the earths surface
  3. when 2 plates side away from each other

5 Clues: a valley in the earths surface • a mountain range in a body of water • when 2 plates slide past each other • When 2 plates slide towards each other • when 2 plates side away from each other

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two tectonic plates that crash together
  2. Two tectonic plates that grind past each other
Down
  1. Two tectonic plates that separate
  2. An underwater chain of mountains or volcanoes.
  3. Hot molten rock under the earths surface

5 Clues: Two tectonic plates that separate • Two tectonic plates that crash together • Hot molten rock under the earths surface • An underwater chain of mountains or volcanoes. • Two tectonic plates that grind past each other

plate tectonics 2022-09-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when to crusts move away
  2. when two crusts slide into each other
Down
  1. when two crusts collide
  2. when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate
  3. oozes out of divergent plates

5 Clues: when two crusts collide • when to crusts move away • oozes out of divergent plates • when two crusts slide into each other • when a higher density plate goes under a lower density plate

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. liquid rock
  2. tectonic plates come together
  3. tectonic plates moving away
  4. valley occur at D boundaries
Down
  1. caused plate movements
  2. tectonic plates come together

6 Clues: liquid rock • caused plate movements • tectonic plates moving away • valley occur at D boundaries • tectonic plates come together • tectonic plates come together

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-09-24

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. puppy
  2. chick
Down
  1. pony
  2. duckling
  3. kitten

5 Clues: pony • puppy • chick • kitten • duckling