plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Vocabulary Review (Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanos) 2013-06-27

Vocabulary Review (Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanos) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma that reaches the earth's surface
  2. a plate boundary where plates slide horizontally
  3. the instrument used to record earthquakes
  4. a plate boundary where plates move toward each other
  5. the fastest seismic wave that goes through everything
  6. the name of the rock material that form during an eruption
  7. a movement of the ground caused by plate movement
  8. magma that is light and has feldspar and silica
  9. the sudden return of rock to its normal shape
  10. the point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. areas along a fault where few earthquakes happen
  12. a giant ocean wave that forms from an earthquake or eruption under water
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  1. a large circular crater that forms when all the magma leaves a volcano
  2. an area what is volcanically active but not near a plate boundary
  3. the layer of rock underneath the lithosphere
  4. the exact location of an earthquake inside the earth
  5. a plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  6. magma that is dark and has magnesium and iron
  7. a vent/fissure where gases and magma come out from
  8. the amount of damage caused by an earthquake
  9. the theory that explains continent movement
  10. the upper part of earth's crust
  11. the secondary seismic wave that only goes through solids
  12. the strength of an earthquake (ground motion)
  13. liquid (melted) rock produced inside the earth
  14. the name of the slowest seismic waves that cause the most damage

26 Clues: the upper part of earth's crust • magma that reaches the earth's surface • the instrument used to record earthquakes • the theory that explains continent movement • the layer of rock underneath the lithosphere • the amount of damage caused by an earthquake • magma that is dark and has magnesium and iron • the sudden return of rock to its normal shape • ...

Plate Tectonics: and the Earth's Layers 2013-12-16

Plate Tectonics: and the Earth's Layers crossword puzzle
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  1. where one plate ends and another begins
  2. erupt and shoot lava
  3. “sphere” composed of magma
  4. pushes through cracks of crust; plates float on top
  5. plates under land
  6. plates under oceans
  7. makes up the earth's crust; sections of lithosphere
  8. caused when plates shift
  9. made when tectonic plates move together
  10. weather conditions in an area
  11. where plates meet
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  1. center layer of the earth
  2. comes before mantle, outer core, and inner core
  3. layer underneath mantle
  4. where two plates move farther apart
  5. comes out of volcanos
  6. underwater mountain range
  7. deep depression caused by subduction
  8. where two plates move together and collide
  9. when one plate is pushed under another
  10. layer underneath crust

21 Clues: plates under land • where plates meet • plates under oceans • erupt and shoot lava • comes out of volcanos • layer underneath crust • layer underneath mantle • caused when plates shift • center layer of the earth • underwater mountain range • “sphere” composed of magma • weather conditions in an area • where two plates move farther apart • deep depression caused by subduction • ...

Erosion, Plate Tectonics, and Geologic Time 2013-10-23

Erosion, Plate Tectonics, and Geologic Time crossword puzzle
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  1. the earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era, during which the earliest forms of life are assumed to have appeared
  2. a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc
  3. the Cenozoic Era or group of systems.
  4. the Paleozoic Era or group of systems
  5. the succession of eras, periods, and epochs as considered in historical geology
  6. the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
  7. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, from 140 million to 65 million years ago
  8. removal from an office or position.
  9. Drift the very gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface as a result of the movement of the plates that they lie on
  10. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago
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  1. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, occurring from 230 to 190 million years ago
  2. To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion
  3. noting or pertaining to the latter half of the Precambrian Era, from about 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago
  4. the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
  5. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates
  6. a crack on or below the Earth's surface
  7. a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc
  8. the Mesozoic Era or group of systems
  9. the thick outer surface of the Earth or another planet
  10. The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.

20 Clues: removal from an office or position. • the Mesozoic Era or group of systems • the Cenozoic Era or group of systems. • the Paleozoic Era or group of systems • a crack on or below the Earth's surface • To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion • the thick outer surface of the Earth or another planet • a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc • ...

Cadeyn B. Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-20

Cadeyn B. Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again
  2. continental plate converging with continental plate
  3. another word for a fault
  4. caused by transform boundaries
  5. 2 plates that are sliding past each other
  6. formed from Continental-Continental Divergent boundary
  7. oceanic plate converging with oceanic plate
  8. formed from Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent boundary
  9. _______ are found below the ocean
  10. ___________ are found below the continents
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  1. 2 plates moving apart
  2. crust and upper part of the mantle
  3. plastic layer under the lithosphere
  4. pieces of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle that have been broken in sections
  5. at every convergent boundary you will get a ________
  6. divergent, transform, convergent
  7. 2 plates colliding
  8. what are volcanoes made of
  9. ________ causes seafloor spreading
  10. _____ and upper mantle make up the lithosphere

20 Clues: 2 plates colliding • 2 plates moving apart • another word for a fault • what are volcanoes made of • caused by transform boundaries • divergent, transform, convergent • _______ are found below the ocean • crust and upper part of the mantle • ________ causes seafloor spreading • plastic layer under the lithosphere • 2 plates that are sliding past each other • ...

Rocks/Plate Tectonics SOL 5.8 VA 2025-02-10

Rocks/Plate Tectonics SOL 5.8 VA crossword puzzle
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  1. Which layer of the Earth is a solid ball of metal?
  2. What kind of plate boundary moves together?
  3. Movement or vibration in Earth caused by the release of stored energy in Earth's outer layer?
  4. Materials that are deposited in new locations
  5. Which is the thinnest layer of the earth
  6. Materials that are moved by wind and water
  7. What kind of plate boundary moves apart?
  8. Type of rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
  9. Breaking down of rocks and other materials on Earth's surface
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  1. The never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type into another
  2. Earth's thermal energy causes _______ of material wswithin Earth.
  3. Plates that slip past each other horizontally are called ______ boundaries
  4. Type of rock that is formed from smaller bits of rock or parts of once living things that have been pressed together
  5. Most earthquakes and volcanos are found at what boundary.
  6. Which layer of the Earth is liquid?
  7. Type of rock that is formed from hot, molten rock material that has cooled and hardened
  8. Can be classified by composition, grain size, textural features, color and presence of fossils
  9. Large, continent size blocks that moved slowly about Earth's surface.
  10. What provides information about life and conditions of the past?
  11. What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

20 Clues: Which layer of the Earth is liquid? • Which is the thinnest layer of the earth • What kind of plate boundary moves apart? • What is the thickest layer of the Earth? • Materials that are moved by wind and water • What kind of plate boundary moves together? • Materials that are deposited in new locations • Which layer of the Earth is a solid ball of metal? • ...

6th grade Chpt 1, Plate Tectonics 2022-09-22

6th grade Chpt 1, Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. one of Wegener’s evidence was that ____ of animals were found on different continents today
  2. Wegener looked at maps and thought the continents could fit together like a jigsaw ____
  3. when subduction occurs, it is because one plate is more ___ than the other
  4. __ ___ ___ can form along a convergent boundary
  5. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move in opposite directions from each other with little up and down movement
  6. this fault is a famous one running through California
  7. the thin outer most layer of the earth- the layer on which we live
  8. Hess showed from drilling samples that the further you get from mid-ocean ridges, the ___ the rock is
  9. this part of the earth is solid nickel and iron
  10. many did not believe Wegener because he couldn’t explain how the continents _____
  11. he proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  12. another of Wegener’s evidence was that ___ tracks have been found in Africa and __ fossils in Antarctica
  13. the crust is broken into pieces called ___ ___
  14. the Theory of Plate Tectonics states that the plates are floating and moving along the ___
  15. the upper part of the mantle
  16. the process of one plate moving down under another because it is more dense
  17. because this is so high, the molten material near the core heats and rises
  18. this part of the earth is liquid nickel and iron
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  1. how closely packed particles are in something
  2. this scientist prosed the idea of sea floor spreading
  3. this can form on land at a divergent boundary
  4. Wegener’s supercontinent was called this
  5. this scientist thought all the continents were once together
  6. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move apart
  7. a ___ ___ is where 2 plates meet
  8. in the ocean, at divergent boundaries, this land feature forms
  9. Hess saw ___ ___ at mid-ocean ridge sites, they form when molten material cools quickly in water
  10. any place where there is a crack in the crust
  11. the lower part of the mantle
  12. the layer in the Earth that has the most volume- composed of molten rock
  13. Wegener thought all the continents moved apart in a process called __ __
  14. this, in the mantle, is what is causing the plates to move
  15. if the plate densities are similar along a convergent boundary, the ___ many form as they crush together
  16. this evidence for seafloor spreading shows repeating patterns of earth’s magnetic signature in the rocks
  17. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates come together
  18. this technology uses sound waves to map the ocean floor

36 Clues: the lower part of the mantle • the upper part of the mantle • a ___ ___ is where 2 plates meet • Wegener’s supercontinent was called this • he proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics • a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move apart • how closely packed particles are in something • this can form on land at a divergent boundary • any place where there is a crack in the crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle by:Katelyn Roberts 2016-04-10

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle by:Katelyn Roberts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary/ 2 plates slip past each other
  2. Tectonics/ Pieces of Earth's Lithosphere are in slow, constant motion driven by convection currents
  3. spreading/ adds new material to the sea floor
  4. discovered sea-floor spreading
  5. process by which ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
  6. Drift/ Wegeners idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface
  7. a fold in the rock that bends upwards
  8. Boundary/ 2 plates come together
  9. amount of space a rock takes up
  10. The point on the surface directly above the point at which the earthquake occurs
  11. a fold in rock that bends downward
  12. Large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
  13. The point beneath Earth' surface at which rock under stress breaks and triggers an earthquake
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  1. force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  2. Fracture along Earth in which movement occurs
  3. The shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  4. measurement of earthquake's strength
  5. force that acts on the crust to change its volume or shape
  6. stress that pushes rock in 2 opposite directions
  7. force within Earth that pulls rock apart; often causing rock to break
  8. Boundary/ 2 plates move apart
  9. Super-continent

22 Clues: Super-continent • Boundary/ 2 plates move apart • discovered sea-floor spreading • amount of space a rock takes up • Boundary/ 2 plates come together • a fold in rock that bends downward • measurement of earthquake's strength • a fold in the rock that bends upwards • Boundary/ 2 plates slip past each other • Fracture along Earth in which movement occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle 2021-06-03

Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary a place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions
  2. Rocks forming due to heat and pressure
  3. One plate going under another plate
  4. Rock Formed from compaction and cementation of sediments
  5. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  6. Rock Formed from the crystallization of magma
  7. The breaking down of rocks
  8. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  9. The process of moving broken rock (sediment) from one place to another
  10. Going in different directions
  11. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  12. an important part of something, a characteristic
  13. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic material
  14. Earth's outermost layer.
  15. crust thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor
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  1. Valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  2. ridge The longest underwater mountain chain in the world.
  3. Includes sand, pebbles, bones, and shells
  4. A break in the earth's crust
  5. coming together
  6. drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  7. tectonic A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  8. one thickness above or between other thicknesses
  9. Center of the earth
  10. proof
  11. Layers found in sedimentary rock
  12. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  13. Being forced to the surface
  14. Cycle The process in which rocks undergo change
  15. Rock Formed from heat and pressure
  16. A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.

31 Clues: proof • coming together • Center of the earth • Earth's outermost layer. • The breaking down of rocks • Being forced to the surface • A break in the earth's crust • Going in different directions • Layers found in sedimentary rock • Rock Formed from heat and pressure • One plate going under another plate • Rocks forming due to heat and pressure • ...

6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling 2 2024-12-01

6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. matter in a sample and its volume
  2. formed when magma or lava cools
  3. is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent or folded.
  4. when water, ice, acids, salts, plants, animals, and/or temperature changes
  5. to build up
  6. when thermal energy is transferred
  7. the circular movement of fluid
  8. down or dissolve
  9. motion of particles in a substance
  10. the relationship
  11. formed when heat and pressure change the original rock into a completely new rock
  12. crust
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  1. crack in the
  2. the amount
  3. sediment is moved from one place to another
  4. to cause damage or to destroy
  5. geologic structure
  6. and minerals
  7. a series of processes that create and transform
  8. lithosphere that occurs between two pieces of rock
  9. particle
  10. rocks that are formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms
  11. types of rocks in

23 Clues: crust • particle • the amount • to build up • crack in the • and minerals • down or dissolve • the relationship • types of rocks in • geologic structure • to cause damage or to destroy • the circular movement of fluid • formed when magma or lava cools • matter in a sample and its volume • when thermal energy is transferred • motion of particles in a substance • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-10-03

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An event where 2 or more objects come into violent contact or crash with each other
  2. A supercontinent that existed on earths hundred of millions of years ago
  3. an area of unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  4. Something like a rock that has been changed by exposure to heat, pressure and more.
  5. Divergent Plates pull apart creating new crust
  6. The center innermost layer of the planet
  7. A theory that Earths continent have drifted across the planets surface
  8. The act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller.
  9. A zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates have moved
  10. Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface
  11. Sudden violent shaking of the ground.
  12. Opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts from beneath the surface forming a mountain shape.
Down
  1. Process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  2. A geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other
  3. The geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart.
  4. Tectonics The scientific theory that the Earth's outer shell is broken into large plates
  5. Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface
  6. The hard outer layer the earth
  7. A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  8. Process of two or more things moving towards each other forming a whole

20 Clues: The hard outer layer the earth • Sudden violent shaking of the ground. • The center innermost layer of the planet • Divergent Plates pull apart creating new crust • Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface • A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean • Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface • ...

Grade 9 Geography 2025-10-27

Grade 9 Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. Weather typically refers to temperature and ____________.
  2. Scientists use these as an example of proof supporting the concept of plate tectonics.
  3. The “________” projection enlarges countries which are far away from the equator but is good for navigation.
  4. The Great Lakes were formed by ________.
  5. This landform region covers a great deal of Canada’s area - more than any of the others.
  6. Plates that are moving away from each other are called _________.
  7. “How was the land or place physically formed?” is an example of what geographic guiding question?
  8. The further away you get from the equator, the ______ it gets.
  9. Spatial significance, patterns and trends, interrelationships and geographic perspectives are examples of _________ ____________ ________.
  10. “What’s the location?” and “what do you see?” fit under what geographic guiding question?
  11. The O in LOWERN stands for…
  12. What changes happen over time & what happens over and over again are parts of what geographic thinking concept?
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  1. The version of plate tectonics that results in really really high mountains.
  2. A word for an individual who has a vested interest in a situation/place/product who’s job it is to influence government policy.
  3. What is the capital of Nunavut?
  4. The side of the mountain which receives no rain (because it usually falls on the windward side) can be described as a ___ ______.
  5. The R in LOWERN stands for…
  6. A geographic thinking concept which can be explained as: “making connections between the events of factors that give a location its characteristics”, or “how does it all fit together?”
  7. The rocks which glacier pick up and bring with them is called _______.
  8. A word which is used to describe all of the H2O on planet earth.
  9. Plates that slide against each other are referred to as _________.
  10. This word describes climates in places next to oceans.
  11. Word that describes when a glacier scrapes the walls of a mountain creating a u or v shape.
  12. The word for the climate region just north of the boreal.
  13. Water affects the climate of the land close to it because water is an excellent _________.
  14. The “_____ _____” shows countries at the correct size, but with a distorted shape.
  15. ACRONYM for factors which influence climate.
  16. “Why care?” (a geographic guiding question) primarily examines ____________.
  17. This climate zone is the biggest - covering much of Canada’s land mass.
  18. A detail that must be on every map.
  19. There is always a compromise when representing the globe on a 2D surface because it is a ______.

31 Clues: The R in LOWERN stands for… • The O in LOWERN stands for… • What is the capital of Nunavut? • A detail that must be on every map. • The Great Lakes were formed by ________. • ACRONYM for factors which influence climate. • This word describes climates in places next to oceans. • Weather typically refers to temperature and ____________. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-10-03

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Divergent: Plates pull apart creating new crust
  2. A supercontinent that existed on earths hundred of millions of years ago
  3. A geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other
  4. Drift: A theory that Earths continent have drifted across the planets surface
  5. an area of unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  6. Process of two or more things moving towards each other forming a whole
  7. The act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller.
  8. Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface
  9. Sudden violent shaking of the ground.
  10. Something like a rock that has been changed by exposure to heat, pressure and more.
  11. Opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts from beneath the surface forming a mountain shape.
  12. The hard outer layer the earth
  13. Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface
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  1. A zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates have moved
  2. of fire: A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  3. Tectonics: The scientific theory that the Earth's outer shell is broken into large plates
  4. Spreading: The geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart.
  5. The center innermost layer of the planet
  6. Process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  7. An event where 2 or more objects come into violent contact or crash with each other

20 Clues: The hard outer layer the earth • Sudden violent shaking of the ground. • The center innermost layer of the planet • Divergent: Plates pull apart creating new crust • Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface • Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface • of fire: A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean • ...

Joshua's Cross-Word Puzzle 2017-10-02

Joshua's Cross-Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an island sitting on top of a huge molten rock
  2. a device used to measure tremors in the earth
  3. an earthquakes fastest waves
  4. our planet
  5. an island made from a volcano
  6. a form of chemical weathering
  7. an organism that grows on rocks and slowly breaks them apart
  8. the process in which rocks transform into different rocks
  9. this happens to sedimentary rock when pressed together
  10. a layer of solid, unbroken rock that separates soil and rock
  11. Mauna loa is an example of a _______ volcano
  12. rock cooled from magma
  13. this layer of soil is made up of materials such as leaves that keep the surface damp
  14. this plate is a mix of Europe and Asia
  15. the center of an earthquake underground
  16. a shaking of the ground, caused by shifting tectonics plates
  17. a hole in the earth that allows magma to escape by erupting
  18. when a igneous rock solidifies below the earths surface
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  1. a rock that changes under intense heat and pressure
  2. this is the largest tectonic plate
  3. the slowest and most powerful earthquake wave
  4. a major fault line in California
  5. this common igneous rock floats on water
  6. the center of an earthquake on the surface
  7. this layer of soil consists of decaying plant and animal matter called humus
  8. crystals found inside of rocks
  9. rock made from tiny particles of sand or rock
  10. this layer of soil consists of chunks of rock and clay
  11. when a igneous rock solidifies above the earths surface
  12. the wearing away of rock

30 Clues: our planet • rock cooled from magma • the wearing away of rock • an earthquakes fastest waves • an island made from a volcano • a form of chemical weathering • crystals found inside of rocks • a major fault line in California • this is the largest tectonic plate • this plate is a mix of Europe and Asia • the center of an earthquake underground • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-10-03

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates have moved
  2. A supercontinent that existed on earths hundred of millions of years ago
  3. of fire A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  4. The hard outer layer the earth
  5. Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface
  6. Divergent Plates pull apart creating new crust
  7. Something like a rock that has been changed by exposure to heat, pressure and more.
  8. Tectonics The scientific theory that the Earth's outer shell is broken into large plates
  9. an area of unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  10. Drift A theory that Earths continent have drifted across the planets surface
  11. Process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
Down
  1. A geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other
  2. Sudden violent shaking of the ground.
  3. An event where 2 or more objects come into violent contact or crash with each other
  4. Process of two or more things moving towards each other forming a whole
  5. The act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller.
  6. Spreading The geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart.
  7. Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface
  8. The center innermost layer of the planet
  9. Opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts from beneath the surface forming a mountain shape.

20 Clues: The hard outer layer the earth • Sudden violent shaking of the ground. • The center innermost layer of the planet • Divergent Plates pull apart creating new crust • Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface • Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface • an area of unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth • ...

Landforms 2023-01-23

Landforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of melted iron and nickel
  2. Causes Earthquakes also called slip and slide boundary's
  3. wegener Proposed the idea that continents sat on large crustal plates
  4. An example is Lemonade
  5. most form on ocean floors, causing magma to rise up, cool and form ridges
  6. An example is Salt and pepper
  7. Cooling magma becomes rock
  8. Is most commonly found in sedimentary rock sedimentary Rock made by sediment under immense pressure metamorphic Rock made by heat, pressure, and mineral rich liquids
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  1. Most earthquakes and volcanoes are here
  2. This is where the rocks moved by erosion is deposited
  3. these happen when two plates push against each other
  4. This prosses breaks down rocks
  5. Earths first layer innercore iron and nickel thought to be solid because of pressure
  6. Causes mountains on land
  7. tectonics The scientific theory that Earth’s crust is divided up into massive plates that float on top of the mantle and can move around
  8. This prosses moves broken down rocks
  9. the thickest layer

17 Clues: the thickest layer • An example is Lemonade • Causes mountains on land • Cooling magma becomes rock • An example is Salt and pepper • This prosses breaks down rocks • Layer of melted iron and nickel • This prosses moves broken down rocks • Most earthquakes and volcanoes are here • these happen when two plates push against each other • ...

Tectonic plates 2023-02-20

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
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  1. this is the process of creating new oceanic crust
  2. type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  3. operation needing consent for tin tectonic plate
  4. layer of earth with the lowest temperature
  5. type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move aparte
  6. Earth thickest layer
  7. tectonic slab
  8. these form under water at most convergent boundaries
  9. this is a type of heat transfer some scientist believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plate
  10. result of tectonic plate movement
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  1. the…valley was caused by the separation of the African and Arabian tectonic plate{5,4}
  2. crack or joint between tectonic plates along which earthquakes
  3. layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid
  4. this forms on land at divergent plate boundaries is a great one in Eastern Africa
  5. scientific study of earthquakes and tectonic movement
  6. upheaval caused by the collision of tectonic plate
  7. these are formed under water at divergent boundaries they are areas where new ocean crust if formed
  8. tectonic plate jumped suddenly
  9. tectonic plate material
  10. moved as tectonic plates

20 Clues: tectonic slab • Earth thickest layer • tectonic plate material • moved as tectonic plates • tectonic plate jumped suddenly • result of tectonic plate movement • layer of earth with the lowest temperature • type of plate boundary where two plates collide • operation needing consent for tin tectonic plate • this is the process of creating new oceanic crust • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-10-03

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics The scientific theory that the Earth's outer shell is broken into large plates
  2. A zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates have moved
  3. Process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  4. An event where 2 or more objects come into violent contact or crash with each other
  5. A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  6. Divergent Plates pull apart creating new crust
  7. A supercontinent that existed on earths hundred of millions of years ago
  8. an area of unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
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  1. Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface
  2. Drift A theory that Earths continent have drifted across the planets surface
  3. Something like a rock that has been changed by exposure to heat, pressure and more.
  4. A geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other
  5. The act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller.
  6. The center innermost layer of the planet
  7. Process of two or more things moving towards each other forming a whole
  8. Sudden violent shaking of the ground.
  9. Opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts from beneath the surface forming a mountain shape.
  10. Spreading The geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart.
  11. Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface
  12. The hard outer layer the earth

20 Clues: The hard outer layer the earth • Sudden violent shaking of the ground. • The center innermost layer of the planet • Divergent Plates pull apart creating new crust • Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface • A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean • Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface • ...

Nail Anatomy, Diseases and Disorders Crossword 2021-01-23

Nail Anatomy, Diseases and Disorders Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
  2. living skin around the nail plate splits or tears
  3. nail __________ can beautify the bitten nail
  4. the nail plate is the most ______ and functional of the nail
  5. another name for the nail groove
  6. hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the nail bed
  7. attach the nail bed and martix bed to underlying bone
  8. slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate
  9. area where the nail plate cells are formed
  10. green, yellow, or black discoloration on a nail bed due to bacterial infection
  11. dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
  12. lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding
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  1. if you cut deeply into the eponychium,it will____
  2. living skin bordering the root and sides of a fingernail or toenail
  3. folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate
  4. if a hangnail is ________, refer client to a physician
  5. living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering the matrix area
  6. also known as bitten nails; the habit of chewing the nail or hardened, damged skin surrounding the nail plate
  7. affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate
  8. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge

20 Clues: another name for the nail groove • area where the nail plate cells are formed • nail __________ can beautify the bitten nail • if you cut deeply into the eponychium,it will____ • living skin around the nail plate splits or tears • folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate • attach the nail bed and martix bed to underlying bone • ...

Plate Motion 2025-03-10

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
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  1. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, causing friction that can lead to earthquakes, such as the San Andreas Fault.
  2. The scientific theory that describes the large-scale movement of Earth's crust, which is divided into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid mantle.
  3. The theory that continentsts shift over time gradually
  4. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide or move toward each other, which can result in mountain building, volcanic activity, or earthquakes.
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  1. The thin, outermost layer of Earth, composed of solid rock, that forms the continents and ocean floors, and is divided into tectonic plates.
  2. The movement of tectonic plates caused by forces such as mantle convection, gravity, and slab pull, influencing geological activity like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  3. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, often leading to the formation of new crust, such as at mid-ocean ridges.
  4. The circular movement of fluid (such as molten rock in the mantle) caused by differences in temperature and density, which drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. The thick layer of Earth located below the crust, made of semi-solid rock that flows slowly over geological time, playing a crucial role in the movement of tectonic plates.
  6. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, consisting of all Earth's landmasses joined together before they drifted apart due to plate tectonics.

10 Clues: The theory that continentsts shift over time gradually • The thin, outermost layer of Earth, composed of solid rock, that forms the continents and ocean floors, and is divided into tectonic plates. • A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, often leading to the formation of new crust, such as at mid-ocean ridges. • ...

The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics 2013-03-04

The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. located directly below the crust
  2. the way earths plates move
  3. the crust that holds the oceans
  4. movement of the continents
  5. the sphere that holds our continents and oceans
  6. a scientist who came up with the idea of continental drift
  7. the planet that we live on
  8. super continent
  9. the layer of the earth we live on
  10. an extremely hot solid sphere at the center of the earth
  11. when two plates run into each other
  12. mount Everest is a ________
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  1. is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust
  2. the zone when the old oceanic crust goes back into the mantel
  3. when two plates go away from each other
  4. a zone in the upper mantel directly below the lithosphere
  5. they hold the continents and oceans
  6. holds the continents
  7. mostly made out of iron and nickel just before the inner core
  8. when two plates rub up against each other

20 Clues: super continent • holds the continents • the way earths plates move • movement of the continents • the planet that we live on • mount Everest is a ________ • the crust that holds the oceans • located directly below the crust • the layer of the earth we live on • they hold the continents and oceans • when two plates run into each other • when two plates go away from each other • ...

carters crossword puzzle on plate tectonics 2024-02-09

carters crossword puzzle on plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. when the continents move away from each other
  2. the mechanical property below the lithosphere lower mantle
  3. when a trench is formed and volcanos
  4. when plates pull away from each other
  5. the center of the earth 33%
  6. the theory that Alfred Wegner first thought of but nobody believed him
  7. lithosphere asthenosphere and mesosphere
  8. when 2 plates are colliding side by side
  9. the innermost layer of the earths mechanical layer
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  1. when 2 plates are pushing on each other causing mountains
  2. the layer of the earth that is solid due to pressure
  3. the thickest layer of the earth 66%
  4. an example of this is the san andreas ______ which is a transform boundary
  5. this happens at the mid Atlantic ridge when new seafloor is made
  6. the part of the earth that is made of liquid
  7. when to plates collide
  8. the thinnest layer of the earth 1%
  9. the earth is _______ up of many things
  10. the outermost mechanical property
  11. they move about 2cm per year

20 Clues: when to plates collide • the center of the earth 33% • they move about 2cm per year • the outermost mechanical property • the thinnest layer of the earth 1% • the thickest layer of the earth 66% • when a trench is formed and volcanos • when plates pull away from each other • the earth is _______ up of many things • lithosphere asthenosphere and mesosphere • ...

6th grade Topic 4 Plate Tectonics 2024-12-08

6th grade Topic 4 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. fine particles from the explosion of a volcano
  2. stress that scrapes against rock as it moves side by side in opposite directions
  3. any place where there is a crack in the crust
  4. name for a collapsed volcano
  5. the lower part of the mantle
  6. fault that happened when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall
  7. the instrument that can detect earthquakes
  8. this evidence for seafloor spreading shows repeating patterns of earth’s magnetic signature in the rocks
  9. when a rock folds and curves down like a U or V
  10. Hess saw ___ ___ at mid-ocean ridge sites, they form when molten material cools quickly in water
  11. a fold in the rock that arches up
  12. the thin outer most layer of the earth- the layer on which we live
  13. also called the hypocenter- the place where an earthquake happens underground
  14. Wegener thought all the continents moved apart in a process called __ __
  15. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  16. Wegener looked at maps and thought the continents could fit together like a jigsaw ____
  17. stress that stretches rock
  18. pebble like magma thrown from a volcanic explosion
  19. a single area of flat rock that can be pushed up due to forces underground
  20. this volcano type has slow steady eruptions- lava flows out and builds up over a broad area
  21. this part of the earth is solid nickel and iron
  22. in a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves ___ relative to the foot wall
  23. this, in the mantle, is what is causing the plates to move
  24. he proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  25. this volcanism happens when plates move and the volcanoes move with them and new ones form where the crust is still melting and rising
  26. this part of the earth is liquid nickel and iron
  27. many did not believe Wegener because he couldn’t explain how the continents _____
  28. when is lava flowing out cracks over many years it forms this
  29. these cause the plates to move
  30. cooling lava forms this type of rock
  31. when subduction occurs, it is because one plate is more ___ than the other
  32. in the ocean, at divergent boundaries, this land feature forms
  33. this transform fault is a famous one running through California
  34. the many plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean and lots of volcanic activity give the area this name
  35. the upper part of the mantle
  36. Hess showed from drilling samples that the further you get from mid-ocean ridges, the ___ the rock is
  37. because this is so high, the molten material near the core heats and rises
  38. this scale rates the magnitude of earthquakes from 0-10
  39. during an earthquake, these waves are the first to arrive and compress the land
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  1. __ ___ ___ can form along a convergent boundary where subduction is happening
  2. volcano that is an immediate threat for eruption
  3. eruptions where lava is thin and runny- gases bubble out quietly
  4. the layer in the Earth that has the most volume- composed of molten rock
  5. the crust is broken into pieces called ___ ___
  6. a ___ ___ is where 2 plates meet
  7. where magma collects in a volcano
  8. the Theory of Plate Tectonics states that the plates are floating and moving along the ___
  9. this technology uses sound waves to map the ocean floor
  10. the forces of ___ movement cause earthquakes
  11. the paper showing the lines that were recoded during an earthquake
  12. stress that compresses rock
  13. magma that has reached the surface is called this
  14. scientists that study volcanoes and predict eruptions
  15. this fault is formed from shearing stress
  16. this scientist thought all the continents were once together
  17. this is the wall that is always on the bottom in a fault
  18. one of Wegener’s evidence was that ____ of animals were found on different continents today
  19. the channel through which magma flows to the surface in a volcano
  20. this is an instrument used to detect changes in the tilt of a volcano’s slope
  21. volcano that has little threat of eruption
  22. this volcano type is where lava comes out of new vents
  23. how closely packed particles are in something
  24. this is the wall that is always on top in a fault
  25. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move apart
  26. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates come together
  27. a ___ boundary is where 2 plates move in opposite directions from each other with little up and down movement
  28. eruptions of a volcano where magma has a lot of silica- high silica is thick and sticky so it collects and move slowly and pressure builds up
  29. volcano that poses little threat but could become active
  30. these waves during an earthquake are the most destructive- they are slow moving and a combination of P and S waves
  31. this scientist prosed the idea of sea floor spreading
  32. these can forms leading away from the pipe in a volcano
  33. the process of one plate moving down under another because it is more dense
  34. you need seismic recording from at least ____ different seismographs to locate the epicenter
  35. if the plate densities are similar along a convergent boundary, ___ may form as they crush together
  36. during an earthquake these waves are the second to arrive and move the land up and down like ripples
  37. this type of mountain forms when 2 pieces of rock on either side of it slip down (normal fault) and the mountain is left behind
  38. this volcano type is cone shaped and tall
  39. this can form on land at a divergent boundary
  40. Wegener’s supercontinent was called this
  41. another of Wegener’s evidence was that ___ tracks have been found in Africa and __ fossils in Antarctica- showing climate change
  42. the place on the surface of earth directly above the focus of an earthquake

81 Clues: stress that stretches rock • stress that compresses rock • name for a collapsed volcano • the lower part of the mantle • the upper part of the mantle • these cause the plates to move • a ___ ___ is where 2 plates meet • where magma collects in a volcano • a fold in the rock that arches up • cooling lava forms this type of rock • Wegener’s supercontinent was called this • ...

6th Grade Topic 8: Plate Tectonics 2025-03-24

6th Grade Topic 8: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge an underwater mountain range formed by the movement of Earth's tectonic plates.
  2. trench a deep, narrow valley on the ocean floor formed where a tectonic plate is being pushed underneath another plate during subduction.
  3. when one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the Earth's mantle. It can create deep-sea trenches and cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
  4. Where two tectonic plates meet.
  5. spreading new ocean floor is made at mid-ocean ridges
  6. boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other. This can create mountains, volcanoes, and deep ocean trenches.
  7. Deep-sea feature formed by subduction.
  8. a force that acts on rocks in Earth's crust, causing them to change shape or break.
  9. is no longer exists or is completely gone
  10. a mountain or opening in Earth's crust where melted rock, ash, and gases can escape.
  11. Mid-ocean feature indicating plate movement.
  12. When magma reaches the surface.
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  1. a type of stress that squeezes rocks together. It can make rocks fold or break, like pressing two sides of a sponge toward each other.
  2. molten material beneath Earth's surface.
  3. boundary a place where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other. As they separate, magma rises from below, creating new ocean floor.
  4. Supercontinent when all land was fused.
  5. Sudden movement due to plate stress.
  6. Remains of organisms found on separate continents.
  7. a break in Earth's crust.
  8. a type of stress that stretches rocks apart. It makes rocks thinner in the middle, like pulling on a piece of gum until it stretches out.
  9. measures the strength or size of an earthquake. It's like a rating that tells us how much energy was released during the quake.
  10. Large sea wave triggered by undersea earthquakes.
  11. spot area deep inside the Earth where magma (melted rock) rises up through the crust to the surface.
  12. boundaries where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. This side-by-side movement can cause earthquakes.
  13. a type of stress that pushes rocks in opposite, sideways directions. It's like rubbing your hands together — the rocks can slide past each other and even break.
  14. Landform created by eruptions.
  15. "asleep" or "inactive."

27 Clues: "asleep" or "inactive." • a break in Earth's crust. • Landform created by eruptions. • Where two tectonic plates meet. • When magma reaches the surface. • Sudden movement due to plate stress. • Deep-sea feature formed by subduction. • Supercontinent when all land was fused. • molten material beneath Earth's surface. • is no longer exists or is completely gone • ...

earth 2024-04-12

earth crossword puzzle
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  1. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cements.
  2. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves.
  3. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates.
  4. hot material rises, cooler materials sink.it drives plate tectonics
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens.
  6. sudden events that led to a mass extinction.
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  1. 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. a group of the same species living in the same place.

9 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction. • rock formed when lava or magma cools or hardens. • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves. • a group of the same species living in the same place. • extinction events that occur over a longer time period. • hot material rises, cooler materials sink.it drives plate tectonics • ...

Vocab 2025-10-03

Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The sum of all living matter on Earth
  2. Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers
  3. Resource A resource that is running out with not much supply
  4. Process Any natural process that happens to Earth’s surface, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics
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  1. The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity
  2. Unable to renew
  3. Able to renew
  4. Recourse A Recourse that is not man made but natural
  5. Resource A source or supply of energy that can be used to generate electric power to meet people’s needs

9 Clues: Able to renew • Unable to renew • The sum of all living matter on Earth • Recourse A Recourse that is not man made but natural • Resource A resource that is running out with not much supply • The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity • Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers • ...

Earth's Plates Crossword 2021-02-12

Earth's Plates Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Huge pieces pf the crust and uppermost mantle (lithosphere) that float on the asthenosphere
  2. The place where two different plates have contact
  3. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the asthenosphere
  4. The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
  5. The boundary between two plates that SLIDE PAST each other
  6. The scientist who established the theory of plate tectonics, continental drift, and pangaea
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  1. The boundary between two plates moving TOWARD each other
  2. The boundary between two plates moving AWAY from each other
  3. A super continent that existed long, long ago

9 Clues: A super continent that existed long, long ago • The place where two different plates have contact • The boundary between two plates moving TOWARD each other • The boundary between two plates that SLIDE PAST each other • The boundary between two plates moving AWAY from each other • The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart • ...

Are you a Tectonicologist? 2013-04-10

Are you a Tectonicologist? crossword puzzle
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  1. What type of plate boundary slides past one another?
  2. What is made on the ocean floor that has land features of ocean ridges, and deep sea trenches?
  3. What happens when a denser plate slides under a less dense plate?
  4. Who proposed the idea of continental drift?
  5. What do we call the land that was one big continent?
  6. What plate has South America in it?
  7. What plate has Europe in it?
  8. What type of plate bondary made the Himalayan Mountains?
  9. What is the name of the biggest plate?
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  1. A convergent plate boundary can make a volcanic arcs, mountain ranges, and ________.
  2. Who discovered that the sea floor is spreading?
  3. What is the name of the plate that has Africa in it?
  4. What plate has North America in it?
  5. What is the name of the Earth's layer that is semi-solid, and has the plates float on it?
  6. Where is the San Andreas Fault line? ______ America.
  7. In every type of plate boundary what can be caused by all of the boudaries?
  8. What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Washington State on May 18th?
  9. What is the name of the smallest plate?
  10. What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
  11. What is made by a convergent boundary, and spews lava at the top?

20 Clues: What plate has Europe in it? • What plate has North America in it? • What plate has South America in it? • What is the name of the biggest plate? • What is the name of the smallest plate? • Who proposed the idea of continental drift? • Who discovered that the sea floor is spreading? • What type of plate boundary slides past one another? • ...

The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics 2013-02-21

The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The planet we live on
  2. Super continent
  3. Made up of the crust and tiny bit of the upper mantel, also holds the continents and oceans
  4. A thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface
  5. In the upper mantel, directly underneath the lithosphere
  6. A region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
  7. A period 299 million years ago* during the late Paleozoic Era
  8. A natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit
  9. A vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
  10. The layer in which we live on
  11. A proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation
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  1. Discover of the continental drift
  2. A series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust
  3. States that the Earth's outer layer is broken into several large slabs
  4. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  5. The biggest layer in Earth
  6. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth
  7. We have this with Mrs.Guiett at 6th hour
  8. The core right behind the mantel
  9. The molten fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent

20 Clues: Super continent • The planet we live on • The biggest layer in Earth • The layer in which we live on • The core right behind the mantel • Discover of the continental drift • We have this with Mrs.Guiett at 6th hour • A series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust • A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • ...

The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics 2013-03-04

The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what mount Everest is
  2. when two plates go away from each other
  3. super continent
  4. the zone when the old oceanic crust goes back into the mantle
  5. the sphere that holds the continents and ocean
  6. the planet we live on
  7. the shifting of earths plates
  8. the hottest layer of earth
  9. the sphere beneath the lithosphere
  10. the biggest layer of earth
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  1. mount st.helen erupted that makes it a _______
  2. the layer before the inner core
  3. when two plates rub up against each other
  4. the crust of the ocean
  5. the crust under the continents
  6. is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust
  7. the layer of earth we live on
  8. when two plates run into each other
  9. a scientist who came up with the idea of continental drift
  10. drift the movement of the continents over the lithosphere

20 Clues: super continent • what mount Everest is • the planet we live on • the crust of the ocean • the hottest layer of earth • the biggest layer of earth • the layer of earth we live on • the shifting of earths plates • the crust under the continents • the layer before the inner core • the sphere beneath the lithosphere • when two plates run into each other • ...

Erosion, Plate Tectonics, and Geologic Time 2013-10-23

Erosion, Plate Tectonics, and Geologic Time crossword puzzle
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  1. the earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era, during which the earliest forms of life are assumed to have appeared
  2. a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc
  3. the Cenozoic Era or group of systems.
  4. the Paleozoic Era or group of systems
  5. the succession of eras, periods, and epochs as considered in historical geology
  6. the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
  7. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, from 140 million to 65 million years ago
  8. removal from an office or position.
  9. Drift the very gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface as a result of the movement of the plates that they lie on
  10. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago
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  1. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, occurring from 230 to 190 million years ago
  2. To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion
  3. noting or pertaining to the latter half of the Precambrian Era, from about 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago
  4. the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
  5. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates
  6. a crack on or below the Earth's surface
  7. a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc
  8. the Mesozoic Era or group of systems
  9. the thick outer surface of the Earth or another planet
  10. The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.

20 Clues: removal from an office or position. • the Mesozoic Era or group of systems • the Cenozoic Era or group of systems. • the Paleozoic Era or group of systems • a crack on or below the Earth's surface • To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion • the thick outer surface of the Earth or another planet • a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc • ...

Chapter 6 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Crossword 2021-10-17

Chapter 6 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A device that uses sound waves to measure the depth of the seafloor.
  2. A field produced by a magnetic object that exerts a force on other magnetic materials or moving electrical charges.
  3. Primary waves; arrive first at a seismograph
  4. A line of volcanoes on a continent resulting from subduction beneath the continent.
  5. The cycle in which the continents join into one supercontinent and then move apart to join together at the other side of the planet as another supercontinent.
  6. The innermost, densest layer of a celestial body
  7. An instrument that measures the magnetic field intensity.
  8. A magnetic mineral that takes on Earth's magnetic polarity as it crystallizes.
  9. The layer of solid, brittle rock that makes up the Earth's surface; the crust and the uppermost mantle.
  10. The movement of material due to differences in temperature.
  11. A deep gash in the seafloor; the deepest places on Earth.
  12. The rocky outer layer of the Earth's surface.
  13. Secondary waves; arrive second at a seismograph.
  14. A circular pattern of warm material rising and cool material sinking.
  15. A divergent plate boundary that breaks up a continent.
  16. An enormous body of granitic rock.
  17. The path on the globe showing where the magnetic pole appeared to move over time.
  18. Fragments of planetary bodies such as moons, planets, asteroids, and comets that strike Earth.
  19. Very flat areas that make up most of the ocean floor
  20. A location where two lithospheric plates come together.
  21. The area where two lithospheric plates come together and one sinks beneath the other.
  22. A location where two lithospheric plates spread apart.
  23. The crust that makes up the continents; thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
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  1. The crust that underlies the oceans; thinner and denser than continental crust.
  2. A location where two plates come together.
  3. The theory that the Earth's surface is divided into lithospheric plates that move on the planet's surface.
  4. The type of plate boundary where two plates slide past one another.
  5. Also called earthquake waves. Seismic waves transport the energy released during an earthquake. Seismic waves give scientists information on Earth's interior.
  6. An earthquake fault; one plate slides past another.
  7. The early 20th century hypothesis that the continents move about on Earth's surface.
  8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of the earthquake.
  9. The process in which energy moves from a location of higher temperature to a location of lower temperature as heat.
  10. The direction of the Earth's magnetic field.
  11. The mechanism for moving continents. The formation of new seafloor at spreading ridges pushes lithospheric plates on the Earth's surface.
  12. A slab of Earth's lithosphere that can move around on the planet's surface.
  13. The sinking of one lithospheric plate beneath another.
  14. A line of ocean island volcanoes resulting from subduction beneath oceanic lithosphere.
  15. Geologic activity that takes place away from plate boundaries.
  16. A plume of hot material that rises through the mantle and can cause volcanoes.
  17. The middle layer of the Earth; made of hot rock that circulates by convection.

40 Clues: An enormous body of granitic rock. • A location where two plates come together. • Primary waves; arrive first at a seismograph • The direction of the Earth's magnetic field. • The rocky outer layer of the Earth's surface. • The innermost, densest layer of a celestial body • Secondary waves; arrive second at a seismograph. • ...

Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. freshwater reptile fossils found in South America and Africa
  2. rocks formed when molten lava hardens quickly after an eruption underwater
  3. continents moving slowly across Earths surface
  4. mirrored pattern on both of the sides of the mid-ocean ridge that spread apart
  5. any trace of an ancient living organism that's preserved in rock
  6. plates colliding into one another
  7. oceanic crust bending downward allowing part of the ocean floor to sink back into the mantle
  8. occurs when the divergent boundary of continental to continental takes place
  9. plates moving away from one another
  10. ocean floor sinking beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
  11. fern like fossil found in South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, and Australia
  12. plates sliding past one another
  13. occurs when the divergent boundary of continental to oceanic takes place
  14. device that used waves to measure distance to an object
Down
  1. seams forming mountain ranges that rise up from the ocean floor
  2. famous examples of a transform boundary
  3. scientist who names the large landmass Pangaea
  4. adding materials to the ocean floor forming a crack in the ocean
  5. freshwater reptile fossils found in Africa, Asia, Antarctica, and India
  6. name of the super continent

20 Clues: name of the super continent • plates sliding past one another • plates colliding into one another • plates moving away from one another • famous examples of a transform boundary • scientist who names the large landmass Pangaea • continents moving slowly across Earths surface • device that used waves to measure distance to an object • ...

Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics 2019-10-14

Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientist who names the large landmass Pangaea
  2. rocks formed when molten lava hardens quickly after an eruption underwater
  3. freshwater reptile fossils found in Africa, Asia, Antarctica, and India
  4. plates moving away from one another
  5. name of the super continent
  6. occurs when the divergent boundary of continental to continental takes place
  7. famous examples of a transform boundary
  8. mirrored pattern on both of the sides of the mid-ocean ridge that spread apart
  9. oceanic crust bending downward allowing part of the ocean floor to sink back into the mantle
  10. freshwater reptile fossils found in South America and Africa
Down
  1. ocean floor sinking beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
  2. fern like fossil found in South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, and Australia
  3. occurs when the divergent boundary of continental to oceanic takes place
  4. plates sliding past one another
  5. plates colliding into one another
  6. adding materials to the ocean floor forming a crack in the ocean
  7. seams forming mountain ranges that rise up from the ocean floor
  8. continents moving slowly across Earths surface
  9. device that used waves to measure distance to an object
  10. any trace of an ancient living organism that's preserved in rock

20 Clues: name of the super continent • plates sliding past one another • plates colliding into one another • plates moving away from one another • famous examples of a transform boundary • scientist who names the large landmass Pangaea • continents moving slowly across Earths surface • device that used waves to measure distance to an object • ...

8.9 A Vocabulary-Plate Tectonics/Topography 2023-02-03

8.9 A Vocabulary-Plate Tectonics/Topography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. physical features of Earth's surface
  2. the study of different types of Earth science, can be inside out outside Earth, atmosphere, weather, and more
  3. thicker line on topography maps, usually every 5th contour line
  4. Tectonic plate that are under land masses
  5. study of shape on Earth's surface and its physical features, includes their elevations
  6. Tectonic Plates that are at the sea floor, not under land
  7. Circular movement in the asthenosphere that moves the lithosphere, causing transform, convection, and diverging
  8. process where water, ice wind, or gravity takes and moves sediments
  9. huge pieces of lithosphere slowing moving on the asthenosphere, consisting of crusts and the uppermost part of the mantle
  10. A mountain system in the seafloor caused by divergent boundaries
  11. mechanical/chemical process that breaks sediment into smaller pieces
  12. Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Down
  1. 2nd theory describing the history of Earth's surface, saying the lithosphere is divided into plates that are ontop of the asthenosphere moving, developed by Dan McKenzie
  2. the 1st theory describing history of Earth's surface saying that all the continents were once joined together as a supercontinent and drifted apart, deeloped by Alfred Wegener
  3. distance above the sea level
  4. difference in the elevation on topography maps between two contour lines
  5. line on a topographic map connecting to points with same elevation, showing shape of landforms
  6. images or photos of certain areas on Earth taken from space
  7. a map showing elevation and shapes of the surface using contour lines
  8. fragments of weathered sediment that was eroded and placed into a new place by wind, water, ice, or gravity

20 Clues: distance above the sea level • physical features of Earth's surface • Tectonic plate that are under land masses • Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • Tectonic Plates that are at the sea floor, not under land • images or photos of certain areas on Earth taken from space • thicker line on topography maps, usually every 5th contour line • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle by Angie N 2026-01-19

Plate Tectonics Puzzle by Angie N crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 2nd layer of the earth. the layer right under the crust
  2. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  3. Break apart or separate through faulting
  4. Another word for a flood
  5. The point where an earthquake starts
  6. An instrument that measures the vibrations of an earthquake
  7. specific type of very deep, long depression on the seafloor
  8. Land that lies under oceans
  9. Ground level molten rock;overground magma
  10. the 3rd layer of the earth surrounding the inner core
  11. Any long, deep depression
  12. The 1 big supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago
  13. a type of convergent plate boundary where two continental tectonic plates smash into each other, crumpling, folding, and pushing upwards to form major mountain ranges
  14. where two tectonic plates pull apart, allowing magma from the Earth's mantle to rise and create new crust
  15. the edge where two of Earth's massive tectonic plates meet
Down
  1. the 4th and last layer of the earth. Is the hottest and shaped like a ball
  2. the crust and the uppermost solid part of the mantle
  3. Imaginary vertical line that runs around the earth from east to west
  4. The tool used for measuring earthquakes with an intensity of 1-10
  5. area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the crust
  6. A weak layer of the earth in the upper mantle
  7. Pulses of energy released when massive rock plates suddenly shift.
  8. where two tectonic plates move towards each other, colliding and causing intense geological activity like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building
  9. Straight path or line used in science.
  10. The Earth's surface that is directly above the focus
  11. Imaginary horizontal line that runs around the earth from north to south
  12. Meeting point where 2 tectonic plates interact
  13. underground molten rock.

28 Clues: Another word for a flood • underground molten rock. • Any long, deep depression • Land that lies under oceans • The point where an earthquake starts • Straight path or line used in science. • Break apart or separate through faulting • Ground level molten rock;overground magma • A weak layer of the earth in the upper mantle • Meeting point where 2 tectonic plates interact • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-09-11

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents once together
  2. is broken into 7 large pieces called plates
Down
  1. lithosphere moves over semi molten
  2. tectonics the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth is divided into a couple of dozen plates
  3. waves gives clues about the Earth's interior

5 Clues: continents once together • lithosphere moves over semi molten • is broken into 7 large pieces called plates • waves gives clues about the Earth's interior • tectonics the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth is divided into a couple of dozen plates

Plate Tectonics 2014-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Range
  2. Has a flat top and located in southern Nye County, Nevada
  3. A large area with trees and plants lots of them are located in U.S
Down
  1. Has sloping sides and located in Monument Valley, Arizona
  2. Erupts lava and located in Hawaii

5 Clues: Range • Erupts lava and located in Hawaii • Has sloping sides and located in Monument Valley, Arizona • Has a flat top and located in southern Nye County, Nevada • A large area with trees and plants lots of them are located in U.S

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates sliding past each other
  2. Plates moving away from each other
  3. This is caused by seafloor spreading where two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. Plates moving towards each other
  2. when two plates hit one another, it can cause this event.

5 Clues: Plates sliding past each other • Plates moving towards each other • Plates moving away from each other • when two plates hit one another, it can cause this event. • This is caused by seafloor spreading where two plates move away from each other

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge An underwater mountain range
  2. spreading
Down
  1. Wegener's idea that the plates move slowly over time
  2. The supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago
  3. Any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock

5 Clues: spreading • ridge An underwater mountain range • Any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock • Wegener's idea that the plates move slowly over time • The supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago

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 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 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 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the collision of two plates.
  2. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
  3. two plates that are sliding past eachother.
Down
  1. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
  2. two plates that move apart or rift.

5 Clues: the collision of two plates. • two plates that move apart or rift. • two plates that are sliding past eachother. • a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements. • when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is molten rock
  2. two tectonic plates moving away
Down
  1. Two plates slide past eachother
  2. occurs at divergent boundary
  3. two tectonic plates coming together

5 Clues: Is molten rock • occurs at divergent boundary • Two plates slide past eachother • two tectonic plates moving away • two tectonic plates coming together

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a liquid layer of iron and nickel
  2. ground vibration naturally from earth
  3. a solid mass of iron and nickel
Down
  1. type of boundary between 2 colliding plates
  2. a round blue and green globe

5 Clues: a round blue and green globe • a solid mass of iron and nickel • a liquid layer of iron and nickel • ground vibration naturally from earth • type of boundary between 2 colliding plates

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-11

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 2024-09-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move away from each other
  2. a molten rock that comes out of a volcano
  3. the thing that forms after the plates move away
Down
  1. plates that come together
  2. plates that rub against each other

5 Clues: plates that come together • plates that rub against each other • plates that move away from each other • a molten rock that comes out of a volcano • the thing that forms after the plates move away

plate tectonics 2024-11-19

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. it starts with a T
  2. the animal that is on our agendas
Down
  1. they are on the earth and have plates under them
  2. the thing we are learning slay
  3. I dont know slay

5 Clues: I dont know slay • it starts with a T • the thing we are learning slay • the animal that is on our agendas • they are on the earth and have plates under them

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 2026-03-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates slide past each other
  2. current these make the plates move
  3. plates move farther away
Down
  1. plates move closer together
  2. valley happens at a divergent boundary

5 Clues: plates move farther away • plates move closer together • when plates slide past each other • current these make the plates move • valley happens at a divergent boundary

Plate tectonics 2026-03-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs where two tectonic plates move away from each other, creating new crust as magma rises from the mantle to fill the gap
  2. Plates collide, causing subsection or mountain building.
Down
  1. The plastic, partially molten layer beneath the lithosphere on which plates move.
  2. he solid, rigid outer shell of the Earth, comprising the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
  3. a tectonic plate margin where two plates slide horizontally past one another, neither creating nor destroying lithosphere

5 Clues: Plates collide, causing subsection or mountain building. • The plastic, partially molten layer beneath the lithosphere on which plates move. • he solid, rigid outer shell of the Earth, comprising the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a section of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle that floats on the soft, hot rock of the mantle
  2. a very deep, wide valley that forms on the ocean floor at a subduction zone
  3. a break in the Earth’s crust
Down
  1. the slow up-and-down movement of the hot, soft rock within the Earth’s mantle
  2. a deep valley that forms when plates move away from each other

5 Clues: a break in the Earth’s crust • a deep valley that forms when plates move away from each other • a very deep, wide valley that forms on the ocean floor at a subduction zone • the slow up-and-down movement of the hot, soft rock within the Earth’s mantle • a section of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle that floats on the soft, hot rock of the mantle

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-30

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

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

plate tectonics 2021-04-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock
  2. two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap
Down
  1. there are two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite direction
  2. when two plate slide past each other
  3. when something moves away from something creating a rift

5 Clues: molten rock • when two plate slide past each other • when something moves away from something creating a rift • two tectonic plates come together or converge and overlap • there are two tectonic plates moving away from each other in opposite direction

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole.
  2. -the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
Down
  1. a substance is its mass per unit volume.
  2. -its lightest, most buoyant rock layer.
  3. -All the earth

5 Clues: -All the earth • -its lightest, most buoyant rock layer. • a substance is its mass per unit volume. • -the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • -the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes a North pole.

Plate Tectonics 2014-05-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are the result of plate pushing towards each other
  2. The result of a underwater earthquake
  3. This happens when plates break apart and move
Down
  1. Scientists who study the earth
  2. These plates are found on what part of the earth?

5 Clues: Scientists who study the earth • The result of a underwater earthquake • This happens when plates break apart and move • These plates are found on what part of the earth? • These are the result of plate pushing towards each other

plate tectonics 2014-03-26

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 2024-02-14

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 2024-10-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that the earth is made up of large plates that move slowly
  2. When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
Down
  1. Theory that continents are moving
  2. Super-continent's name
  3. Scientist how came up with the theory of continental drift

5 Clues: Super-continent's name • Theory that continents are moving • Scientist how came up with the theory of continental drift • When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions • Theory that the earth is made up of large plates that move slowly

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-13

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

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

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 2022-09-18

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 2023-09-25

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 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
Down
  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 • ...

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 _____ • ...

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 • ...

Lesson 4 Geography 2018-10-05

Lesson 4 Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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 • ...

Large Scale Geology: Plate Tectonics 2018-02-22

Large Scale Geology: Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rigid layer of Earth made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle
  2. Break in rock caused by shear forces, where rocks move past each other without much vertical movement
  3. Break in rock caused by tension forces, where rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface
  4. Current in Earth’s mantle that transfers heat in Earth’s interior and is the driving force for plate tectonics
  5. A large section of Earth’s oceanic or continental crust and rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere
  6. Vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault
Down
  1. Large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together
  2. Theory that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plasticlike layer of the mantle
  3. Wave generated by an earthquake
  4. Surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break
  5. Hess’s theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at a mid-ocean ridge
  6. Wegener’s hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a single large landmass that broke apart and drifted slowly to their current positions
  7. Break in rock caused by compressive forces, where rock above the fault surface moves upward relative to the rock below the fault surface
  8. Plasticlike layer of Earth on which the lithospheric plates float and move around

14 Clues: Wave generated by an earthquake • Vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault • Rigid layer of Earth made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle • Surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break • Large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together • ...

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
Down
  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
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 • ...

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 • ...

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
Down
  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 • ...

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 • ...