plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

plate tectonics 2021-01-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. san Andres fault boundary
  2. core solid iron and nicle
  3. seafloor
  4. , middle layer
  5. What type of stress would you find at a subduction zone
  6. fastest wave
  7. land
  8. Which boundary type would you find a ridge on the ocean floor surrounded by rocks of different ages
  9. total amount of energy released at the focus of an earthquake
  10. the biggest layer of earth
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  1. a huge earthquake
  2. second wave
  3. earthquake recorder
  4. the center taller of earth
  5. Wegeners proof
  6. the ring of fire
  7. earthquake energy point
  8. core second hottest layer
  9. what forms islands
  10. they layer we live on
  11. move meant on earths plates

21 Clues: land • seafloor • second wave • fastest wave • Wegeners proof • , middle layer • the ring of fire • a huge earthquake • what forms islands • earthquake recorder • they layer we live on • earthquake energy point • san Andres fault boundary • core solid iron and nicle • core second hottest layer • the center taller of earth • the biggest layer of earth • move meant on earths plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The outer part of the earth.
  2. Upper layer of the earths mantle, below the lithosphere.
  3. The solid, outermost layer of the earth, lying above the mantle.
  4. Liquid mix of elements, mostly iron and metal.
  5. drift Gradual movement of the continents.
  6. A large scale that processes affecting the earths crust.
  7. The asthenosphere is also__________________.
  8. Made up of iron and nickle.
  9. Usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.
  10. A large chunk of crust.
  11. crust The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  12. boundaries Where plates slide past each other.
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  1. This acts like a hard and rigid shell compared to earths mantle.
  2. The movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust.
  3. Where two plates are moving apart.
  4. currents A fluid that results from convection.
  5. A super-continent that moved throughout the years.
  6. A major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface.
  7. Where two plates are colliding.
  8. Mountain or hill that explodes.

20 Clues: A large chunk of crust. • Made up of iron and nickle. • The outer part of the earth. • Where two plates are colliding. • Mountain or hill that explodes. • Where two plates are moving apart. • drift Gradual movement of the continents. • The asthenosphere is also__________________. • currents A fluid that results from convection. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the boundary when tectonic plates spread apart.
  2. proposed the continental drift theory.
  3. a weak spot in the crust where magma comes through the surface.
  4. the fault when the plates are divergent.
  5. the soft part of the mantle which the tectonic plates move.
  6. based on the energy from earthquakes.
  7. the location on the surface directly above the focus.
  8. when two plates collide with each other and the denser one slides under the other.
  9. the solid, rocky, rigid upper part of the mantle.
  10. a massive wave created from earthquakes from the ocean floor.
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  1. measures and records earthquake
  2. shaking and sliding of the earths ground caused by masses of rock along a fault.
  3. what can occur at convergent boundaries like the alps.
  4. the hot, thick, bright red stuff that comes out of a volcano.
  5. What boundary forms when two plates collide with each other.
  6. the falut when the plates are convergent.
  7. the boundary when tectonic plates slides against each other.
  8. the thin and most outer layer of the Earth.
  9. deep areas in the ocean created by a subducting plate.
  10. the super continent which contained all the plates together.

20 Clues: measures and records earthquake • based on the energy from earthquakes. • proposed the continental drift theory. • the fault when the plates are divergent. • the falut when the plates are convergent. • the thin and most outer layer of the Earth. • the boundary when tectonic plates spread apart. • the solid, rocky, rigid upper part of the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A layer of plastic in the lower mantle
  2. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  3. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  4. Where plates are sliding parallel to each other, but in opposite directions
  5. A longitudinal seismic wave that that travels fast through earth
  6. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  7. Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  8. The focus or middle point of an earthquake
  9. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  10. The rapid movement of the ground,usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
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  1. Process of new crust forming at the ocean ridge and spreading
  2. The separating of continents
  3. An instrument that detects the seismic waves form an earthquake
  4. Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface
  5. The centre of Earth
  6. A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking down
  7. Layer beneath Earth's crust
  8. Earth's outermost solid layer
  9. Older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  10. A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor

20 Clues: The centre of Earth • Layer beneath Earth's crust • The separating of continents • Earth's outermost solid layer • A layer of plastic in the lower mantle • The focus or middle point of an earthquake • A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor • When one plate sinks below another during a collision • Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Boundary Where plates are sliding parallel to each other, but in opposite directions
  2. Trench A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking down
  3. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  4. mountain Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  5. A layer of plastic in the lower mantle
  6. An instrument that detects the seismic waves form an earthquake
  7. Wave A longitudinal seismic wave that that travels fast through earth
  8. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  9. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  10. Drift The separating of continents
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  1. A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor
  2. The centre of Earth
  3. The rapid movement of the ground,usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  4. Layer beneath Earth's crust
  5. The focus or middle point of an earthquake
  6. Earth's outermost solid layer
  7. Push Older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  9. Spreading Process of new crust forming at the ocean ridge and spreading
  10. Plate Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface

20 Clues: The centre of Earth • Layer beneath Earth's crust • Earth's outermost solid layer • Drift The separating of continents • A layer of plastic in the lower mantle • The focus or middle point of an earthquake • A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor • When one plate sinks below another during a collision • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates collide at a convergent boundary, and one plate is driven beneath the other back into the Earth’s interior
  2. This forms at the place when the plates collide
  3. Which state is the San Andreas fault located in
  4. Close to the mantle
  5. Split apart
  6. Continental Drift ______
  7. Plates slip sideways past each other creating...
  8. Oceanic is mainly made out of this rock
  9. Hard rock that makes up the Continental crust
  10. The _____ is the second layer of the Earth
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  1. This crust is very young
  2. Oceanic and Continental and two types of
  3. The top of the mantle
  4. Mountains are created at this type of boundary
  5. Two continental crusts diverge and create a ____ Valley
  6. This crust is very old
  7. The Rift Valley is located in the continent of ______
  8. This mountain range is located in Asia and was created by convergence
  9. Moving sideways causing earthquakes
  10. The most famous transform boundary is the San _______ fault in California

20 Clues: Split apart • Close to the mantle • The top of the mantle • This crust is very old • This crust is very young • Continental Drift ______ • Moving sideways causing earthquakes • Oceanic is mainly made out of this rock • Oceanic and Continental and two types of • The _____ is the second layer of the Earth • Hard rock that makes up the Continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Formed by subduction when a continental plate and oceanic plate converge
  2. Layer of the Earth that is makes Earth a magnet
  3. A large area of the land on Earth, such as Africa and Europe
  4. Seismic waves that shake the ground back and forth, also known as compressional waves
  5. Where two continental plates converge is called the _________
  6. Seismic waves that occur on the Earth’s surface
  7. The science that deals with nature and earth history
  8. A massive continent, Pangaea is one
  9. Something that records details of earthquakes including force and duration
  10. Place within the Mantle where rocks melt to generate magma under volcanoes
  11. The centre of Earth, the inner most layer
  12. The founder of the continental drift theory Alfred ______
  13. Hot fluid withing and below the Earth’s crust.
  14. Basaltic lava forming very rough and jagged masses
  15. The northern continent after Pangaea split
  16. A process by which water-saturated sediment temporarily loses strength and acts as a fluid
  17. A ______ volcano is composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra and volcanic ash
  18. The planet we live on
  19. A fracture between two blocks of hard rock
  20. The point directly above the focus.
  21. When two tectonic plates slide against eachother
  22. If a volcano is inactive but may erupt again it is considered _______
  23. A violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within the Earth’s crust
  24. Seismic waves that occur in the Earth’s crust and move up and down
  25. Where the seismic waves originate
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  1. There are 12 of these that make up the Earth’s surface
  2. Upper layer of the Earth’s mantle, below the lithosphere
  3. A ________ is composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra and volcanic ash
  4. A mountain having a vent where lava, rock fragmens, hot vapour and gas will erupt from
  5. A small earthquake that occurs after the main earthquake
  6. If a volcano has no record of every erupting it is considered ________
  7. When two tectonic plates collide together
  8. A numerical scale for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake
  9. The edges were two tectonic plates meet is called _____
  10. Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur
  11. A layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  12. The thinnest and outer most layer of the Earth
  13. When two oceanic plates diverge and the sea floor spreads it creates a ______
  14. The southern continent after Pangaea split
  15. A _______ volcano is steep and has volcanic materials built up around the volcanic vent
  16. When one tectonic plate slides under the other when converging
  17. Tectonic plate that sits underwater and is the thinner plate type
  18. A series of large waves caused by underwater earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
  19. A theory that ecplained how continents shift positions on the Earth’s surface
  20. Hot molten rock erupted from a volcano.
  21. Basaltic lava forming smooth undulating or ropy masses
  22. If a volcano erupts frequently it is considered ______
  23. The size of the volcanoes is measured in this unit
  24. Tectonic plate that sits under land and is the thicker plate
  25. Flowing fluid that is moving because there is a temperature or density difference
  26. When two continental plates diverge and the surface spreads apart they create a _______
  27. When two tectonic plates move away from eachother
  28. A small earthquakes that occurs before the major earthquake
  29. A _______ volcano has shallowly sloping sides, built up over time by flows of lava
  30. The supercontinent believed to have once existed

55 Clues: The planet we live on • Where the seismic waves originate • A massive continent, Pangaea is one • The point directly above the focus. • Hot molten rock erupted from a volcano. • When two tectonic plates collide together • The centre of Earth, the inner most layer • The southern continent after Pangaea split • The northern continent after Pangaea split • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost layer of the earth
  2. a break in the Earth's crust
  3. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. theory that continents drift apart
  6. the bending of rock layers
  7. a pulling force
  8. a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  9. a squeezing force
  10. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlines the ocean basins
  11. new lithosphere is created here
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  1. boundary between two colliding plates
  2. as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  3. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  4. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  5. capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking
  6. soft layer of the mantle
  7. outer most, rigid layer of the Earth
  8. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  9. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  10. the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans

21 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the earth • a break in the Earth's crust • new lithosphere is created here • theory that continents drift apart • layer between the crust and the core • outer most, rigid layer of the Earth • boundary between two colliding plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  2. rupture in the crust that allows hot lava volcanic ash and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. a region of the Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet and one plate moves underneath the other
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. a supercontinent that assembled approximately 335 million years ago
  7. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. the movement of fluid that results from convection.
  9. the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists especially the part of the earth above the mantle.
  10. an extended break in a body of rock marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
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  1. located at the juncture of crustal plates that form the floor of the Atlantic Ocean; it is considered a "slow-spreading" ridge
  2. method of dating rocks by determining the proportions of radioactive isotopes
  3. long narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed or subducts beneath another.
  4. an intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust.
  5. a theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates over time
  6. where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity, gradually moves away from the ridge
  7. one of the sections of the Earth's lithosphere that is in constant motion
  8. observed that the continents of South America and Africa looked like they would fit together remarkably well—take away the Atlantic Ocean and these two massive landforms would lock neatly together.
  9. sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
  10. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide

20 Clues: sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • the movement of fluid that results from convection. • an intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates over time • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-09-11

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. When a tectonic plate slides underneath another one
  2. Theory about earth's crust, in most clues
  3. water,The thin part of the earth’s crust
  4. A process that transfers energy from one place to another.
  5. Proposed more evidence that fully proved a theory about earth’s plates
  6. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. The most extensive chain of mountains on earth
  8. When two tectonic plates come together and collide, Uses both oceanic and continental crust
  9. A fracture between two types of rocks
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  1. The edges where two plates meet, There are 3 types of it
  2. Formed by a collision of two continental plates
  3. The movement of plates on earth’s surface over time.
  4. A name of a supercontinent.
  5. When two tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. The evidence that fully proved a theory to be true, Tectonic plates splitting apart
  7. We live on it, Is in large landmasses
  8. an old theory that is now proven wrong due to another theory setting surface.
  9. an area with a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
  10. Proposed an important theory about earth’s plates in 1912 with proper evidence.
  11. Formed by one tectonic plate going under another, Formed using a oceanic plate and a continental plate
  12. comes from the lithosphere, Melted rock, When above the earth’s surface, it changes name

21 Clues: A name of a supercontinent. • We live on it, Is in large landmasses • A fracture between two types of rocks • water,The thin part of the earth’s crust • Theory about earth's crust, in most clues • When two tectonic plates slide past each other • The most extensive chain of mountains on earth • Formed by a collision of two continental plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. seafloor spreading underwater mountain chain
  3. Plate Boundary when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. A plate boundary that exhibits lateral motion
  5. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  6. hot material moving upward from the Earth's mantle into the crust
  7. Plate Boundary lithospheric plates collide
  8. relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it
  9. a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics
  10. long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity
  11. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  12. an area on Earth over a mantle plume
  13. the highly viscous, mechanically weak, and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth
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  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. A supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere
  3. Magnetic minerals in rocks can lock-in a record of the direction and intensity of the magnetic field when they form
  4. large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  5. A supercontinent of the Northern Hemisphere
  6. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  7. its fluid dynamics!, density differences exist within the molten Earth causing movement between the inner and outer core
  8. long narrow chasms - the deepest parts of the ocean
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock

22 Clues: an area on Earth over a mantle plume • Plate Boundary lithospheric plates collide • A supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere • A supercontinent of the Northern Hemisphere • seafloor spreading underwater mountain chain • A plate boundary that exhibits lateral motion • long narrow chasms - the deepest parts of the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. plates split new land forms
  2. the process that results when magma rises at a mid ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  3. large hole formed by the collapse of a volcano's magma chamber.
  4. An instrument that records vibrations in the ground.
  5. plates slide past each other, forming faults and causing earthquakes
  6. plates are pushed apart through mantle convection
  7. In geology, a seismic wave that travels through the body of a medium.
  8. Wave like ripples formed in rocks caused by compressional stress that raise the height of rock
  9. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  10. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point (or focus).
  11. The rock that makes up Earth's crust is slightly less dense than the rock in the mantle, so it floats.
  12. plates collide
  13. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary
  14. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago
  15. Zone An area of Earth's surface where no direct seismic waves form a particular earthquake can be detected.
  16. A crack in the Earth's surface where slabs of crust slip past each other
  17. the motion of the continents over time
  18. a seismic water wave
  19. a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.
  20. magma when it reaches the surface
  21. Gap An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes are known to have occurred in the past.
  22. mountain that forms as continental crust crumples and bends into folds
  23. a scientific theory describing the large scale motion of earths plates
  24. Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea
  25. S waves are the second-fastest seismic waves and arrive at detection sites right after the P waves come in.
  26. process by which new crust forms at midocean ridges
  27. The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
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  1. the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field
  2. a driving force that cause tectonic plates to move around
  3. the process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone , pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it
  4. changes in shape or size of rock body cause by stress.
  5. fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption
  6. A tracing of an earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph.
  7. A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
  8. long line of mountains that were formed at about same time and by same processes
  9. spot an area where
  10. formed when magma pushes up on layers of rocks
  11. P waves are seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction that is parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling.
  12. the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  13. In geology, a seismic wave that travels along the surface of a medium and that has a stronger effect near the surface of the medium than it has in the interior.
  14. wave The energy released by the earthquake travels in all directions from the focus.
  15. Deformation resulting from stress
  16. a molten mixture of rock forming substances,gases, and water from the mantle
  17. Zone A region of numerous, closely spaced faults.
  18. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  19. the process by which supercontinentsform and break apart over time
  20. form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal fault
  21. any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto earth's surface.
  22. a slice of lithosphere that has been added to the margin of a continent during plate collision.
  23. a mountain that forms in earths crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface
  24. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

51 Clues: plates collide • spot an area where • a seismic water wave • plates split new land forms • Deformation resulting from stress • magma when it reaches the surface • the motion of the continents over time • Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea • A measure of the strength of an earthquake. • the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates split new land forms
  2. the process that results when magma rises at a mid ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  3. large hole formed by the collapse of a volcano's magma chamber.
  4. An instrument that records vibrations in the ground.
  5. plates slide past each other, forming faults and causing earthquakes
  6. plates are pushed apart through mantle convection
  7. In geology, a seismic wave that travels through the body of a medium.
  8. Wave like ripples formed in rocks caused by compressional stress that raise the height of rock
  9. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  10. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point (or focus).
  11. The rock that makes up Earth's crust is slightly less dense than the rock in the mantle, so it floats.
  12. plates collide
  13. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary
  14. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago
  15. Zone An area of Earth's surface where no direct seismic waves form a particular earthquake can be detected.
  16. A crack in the Earth's surface where slabs of crust slip past each other
  17. the motion of the continents over time
  18. a seismic water wave
  19. a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.
  20. magma when it reaches the surface
  21. Gap An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes are known to have occurred in the past.
  22. mountain that forms as continental crust crumples and bends into folds
  23. a scientific theory describing the large scale motion of earths plates
  24. Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea
  25. S waves are the second-fastest seismic waves and arrive at detection sites right after the P waves come in.
  26. process by which new crust forms at midocean ridges
  27. The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
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  1. the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field
  2. a driving force that cause tectonic plates to move around
  3. the process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone , pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it
  4. changes in shape or size of rock body cause by stress.
  5. fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption
  6. A tracing of an earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph.
  7. A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
  8. long line of mountains that were formed at about same time and by same processes
  9. spot an area where
  10. formed when magma pushes up on layers of rocks
  11. P waves are seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction that is parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling.
  12. the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  13. In geology, a seismic wave that travels along the surface of a medium and that has a stronger effect near the surface of the medium than it has in the interior.
  14. wave The energy released by the earthquake travels in all directions from the focus.
  15. Deformation resulting from stress
  16. a molten mixture of rock forming substances,gases, and water from the mantle
  17. Zone A region of numerous, closely spaced faults.
  18. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  19. the process by which supercontinentsform and break apart over time
  20. form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal fault
  21. any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto earth's surface.
  22. a slice of lithosphere that has been added to the margin of a continent during plate collision.
  23. a mountain that forms in earths crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface
  24. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

51 Clues: plates collide • spot an area where • a seismic water wave • plates split new land forms • Deformation resulting from stress • magma when it reaches the surface • the motion of the continents over time • Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea • A measure of the strength of an earthquake. • the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
  2. Vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  3. A break or crack in the Earth's surface
  4. The branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  5. The soft layer of the mantle
  6. Molten rock in the Earth's crust
  7. The edges where two plates meet
  8. A crack in the Earth's crust through which gases escape
  9. The boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. Type of volcano that is the biggest and has large gentle slopes
  11. Type of volcano that is big, round and shaped like a cauldron
  12. The movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  13. Simplest type of volcano, conical with low, steep sides and often found on sides of other types of volcanoes
  14. The outermost layer of the Earth
  15. Region formed where two plates move apart and can be found on land or the bottom of the sea
  16. The study of the movement of Earth's crust
  17. The theory that continents drift apart
  18. Continental transform fault that extends through California
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  1. The science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  2. the layer between the crust and the core
  3. The boundary where two tectonic plates slide by each other
  4. The process that happens at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanoes and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  5. When magma erupts onto the surface it is called this
  6. Volcano that buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy
  7. A long, underwater ocean ridge created by divergent boundary
  8. The liquid layer of the Earth's core
  9. This is the region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
  10. The outermost, rigid layer of the mantle
  11. Mountains created where two or more continental plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountains are an example.
  12. Type of volcano that is large and has steep slopes, also called a composite volcano
  13. A long narrow depression in a surface

31 Clues: The soft layer of the mantle • The edges where two plates meet • Molten rock in the Earth's crust • The outermost layer of the Earth • The liquid layer of the Earth's core • A long narrow depression in a surface • The theory that continents drift apart • A break or crack in the Earth's surface • the layer between the crust and the core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a supercontinent that formed when Pangea broke in the Triassic time period; other is Laurasia
  2. the first layer of the earth that is 5-100 km thick and made of silicon and oxygen
  3. a time period (65 million years ago), when Gondwanaland broke up into South America and Africa
  4. a supercontinent that formed when Pangea broke in the Triassic time period; other is Gondwanaland
  5. the second layer of the earth that is 2900 km thick and made out of iron, nickel, and magnesium
  6. a time period (200 million years ago), when Pangea split up into two supercontinents: Laurasia & Gondwanaland
  7. a crust type that is a little dense, 30-50 km thick, and mostly made of granite
  8. a time period (225 million years ago), when the supercontinent Pangea existed
  9. a time period (150 million years ago), that was also called The Age of the Dinosaurs
  10. the man who came up with the plate tectonics hypothesis
  11. a plate boundary that happens when plates collide, forming mountains and coastline volcanoes
  12. a plate boundary that happens when plates slide past each other, creating earthquakes and faults
Down
  1. a crust type that is really dense, 5-10 km thick, and mostly made of basalt
  2. a supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago, when all the continents were together
  3. a rocky steep hill that is created when convergent boundaries occur
  4. the center of the earth that is 1200 km thick and made out of iron and nickel; it is hotter than the surface of the sun
  5. a crack in the plates that happen when a transform boundary occurs
  6. a meteorologist who came up with the hypothesis of continental drift
  7. the third layer of the earth that is 2300 km thick and made of iron and nickel
  8. an animal whose fossils were found on two continents separated by an ocean; it helped Alfred Wegener with his continental drift theory
  9. a plate boundary that happens when plates move apart, creating mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

21 Clues: the man who came up with the plate tectonics hypothesis • a crack in the plates that happen when a transform boundary occurs • a rocky steep hill that is created when convergent boundaries occur • a meteorologist who came up with the hypothesis of continental drift • a crust type that is really dense, 5-10 km thick, and mostly made of basalt • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock underneath the Earth
  2. Alfred ____ first to term Pangaea
  3. A sedimentary rock
  4. South America and _______ were once joined
  5. This word means 'change'
  6. Mid-ocean ______ form when plates move apart
  7. Oceanic & continental ___ float over mantle
  8. Volcanoes spew ____ during an eruption.
  9. Name of your science teacher
  10. Heat & _____ can change a rock
  11. Formed when two plates move towards each other
  12. part of the mantle where plates float on
  13. Diamonds are made up of pure
  14. Outer layer of the Earth is solid rock
  15. The study of the Earth and rocks
  16. Method used to date artifacts
  17. Earth crust and upper mantle form
Down
  1. Supercontinent that formed millions of years ago
  2. Earthquakes and landslides are known as
  3. One of the agents of erosion
  4. Pangaea broke apart 200 ______ years ago
  5. Outer core is ________ rock
  6. Geological hazard occurs when plates move
  7. A fossil key to theory of Plate Tectonics
  8. This type of rock includes basalt
  9. two plates move apart
  10. the breaking down of rocks
  11. plates slide past each other
  12. These currents occur in the mantle
  13. A deep ocean _____ form when plates collide
  14. two plates move towards each other

31 Clues: A sedimentary rock • two plates move apart • This word means 'change' • the breaking down of rocks • Outer core is ________ rock • One of the agents of erosion • Name of your science teacher • plates slide past each other • Diamonds are made up of pure • Method used to date artifacts • Heat & _____ can change a rock • Molten rock underneath the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land risk
  2. Energy released
  3. Crack
  4. Side
  5. Ocean
  6. Wave caused by earthquake
  7. Falling snow/ice
  8. Instrument that records earthquake details
  9. Hanging wall goes down
  10. Waves that travel along ground surface
  11. Apart
Down
  1. Slide past each other (Fault)
  2. Liquid under volcano
  3. Land
  4. Mud flows down volcano slope
  5. Record of earthquake
  6. Point where earthquake starts
  7. Reaches Earth’s surface
  8. Shaking caused by rock movement under the surface.
  9. Hanging wall goes up

20 Clues: Land • Side • Crack • Ocean • Apart • Land risk • Energy released • Falling snow/ice • Liquid under volcano • Record of earthquake • Hanging wall goes up • Hanging wall goes down • Reaches Earth’s surface • Wave caused by earthquake • Mud flows down volcano slope • Slide past each other (Fault) • Point where earthquake starts • Waves that travel along ground surface • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. asthenosphere
  2. crust
  3. volcano
  4. mesosphere
  5. divergent
  6. richter
  7. oceanic
  8. lithosphere
  9. lava
  10. continental
Down
  1. wegener
  2. pacificplate
  3. iron
  4. outercore
  5. convergent
  6. normal
  7. granite
  8. earthquakes
  9. fossils
  10. puzzles

20 Clues: iron • lava • crust • normal • wegener • volcano • granite • richter • fossils • oceanic • puzzles • outercore • divergent • convergent • mesosphere • earthquakes • lithosphere • continental • pacificplate • asthenosphere

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonic plates float on this
  2. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  3. the last name of the person who created the theory of plate tectonics and Pangaea
  4. when the ground violently shakes
  5. when to plates collide and slide beneath eachother.
  6. when rocks break
  7. the block above the fault plane
  8. right above the asthenosphere
  9. the block below the fault plane
  10. Type of Boundary where two plates are pushed against each other.
  11. the youngest layers are at the core of the fold here
  12. a big wave
Down
  1. The process where new ocean floor is added to the existing one
  2. Type of boundary where two plates are being pulled apart.
  3. Supercontinent where all of the continents were joined.
  4. the last name of the person who created the theory of seafloor spreading
  5. the oldest layers are at the core of the fold here
  6. the heat source that drives plates to move
  7. when rocks bend
  8. big form of land

20 Clues: a big wave • when rocks bend • when rocks break • big form of land • tectonic plates float on this • right above the asthenosphere • the block above the fault plane • the block below the fault plane • when the ground violently shakes • the heat source that drives plates to move • the oldest layers are at the core of the fold here • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's _____ is broken into about 19 pieces.
  2. Continents used to look like a giant _____ ____.
  3. Tectonic plates have different size, ____, and thickness
  4. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
  5. The bending of rock layers due to stress.
  6. A more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
  7. Two plates that slide past each other
  8. 300 million years ago all of the continents were combined into one super-continent called _____
  9. PT.2 and _______ per year.
  10. Who discovered the theory of continental drfit
Down
  1. Process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and hardens
  2. Formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates, EX: Himalaya Mountains
  3. Which boundary moves in this direction ← →
  4. Zones of geologic activity at the surface of Earth
  5. The _______ (crust and asthenosphere) is cracked and divided into tectonic plates.
  6. Submerged mountain range extended from the Arctic Ocean to beyond the southern tip of Africa. One of the better known Divergent Boundaries
  7. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  8. PT.1 Tectonic plates move around Earth's surface at rates of ______
  9. Vibrations created by an earthquake.
  10. The core is made up of mostly ____

20 Clues: PT.2 and _______ per year. • The core is made up of mostly ____ • Vibrations created by an earthquake. • Two plates that slide past each other • The bending of rock layers due to stress. • Which boundary moves in this direction ← → • The flow that transfers heat within a fluid • Earth's _____ is broken into about 19 pieces. • Who discovered the theory of continental drfit • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where plates have pushed together
  2. the amount of force on a unit
  3. mountains formed when rocks are pushed together
  4. mountains formed when there are many faults
  5. causes land to rise
  6. oldest layers of rock are pushed upward
  7. when rock breaks
  8. when magma rises through cracks in plates
  9. large area of land made up of plates
  10. when a dense plate meets a less dense plate
Down
  1. when force cause plates to shake
  2. what makes up plate tectonics
  3. mountains form from melted rock
  4. when rocks change under stress
  5. currents that slowly move continents
  6. youngest layers of rock are pushed downward
  7. near subduction zone
  8. areas on Earth where hot plumes of magma rise
  9. when rock bends
  10. first person to suggest continental drift

20 Clues: when rock bends • when rock breaks • causes land to rise • near subduction zone • what makes up plate tectonics • the amount of force on a unit • when rocks change under stress • mountains form from melted rock • when force cause plates to shake • where plates have pushed together • currents that slowly move continents • large area of land made up of plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent
  2. Mountains
  3. Tsunami
  4. convectioncurrents
  5. Madrid, but new
  6. a quake in the earth
  7. when a spot is hot
  8. Divergent
  9. when continents drift
  10. A fault, backwards
  11. Crusty
Down
  1. seafloor-spreading
  2. you stike, then slip, and a fault
  3. Fault
  4. mid-ocean-ridge
  5. transform
  6. ocean of the pacific
  7. fire ring
  8. pangaea
  9. Trench

20 Clues: Fault • Trench • Crusty • Tsunami • pangaea • Mountains • transform • fire ring • Divergent • Convergent • mid-ocean-ridge • Madrid, but new • seafloor-spreading • convectioncurrents • when a spot is hot • A fault, backwards • ocean of the pacific • a quake in the earth • when continents drift • you stike, then slip, and a fault

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transferring through empty space
  2. waves made during an earthquake
  3. Heat transferred through contact
  4. when two plates slide past eachother
  5. a mountain with magma in it
  6. A rock mostly found on continents
  7. The second layer of the earth
  8. Inner most layer of Earth
  9. third layer of the earth
  10. happens when two plate pull away from eachother
Down
  1. the tectonic plates shaking when they move
  2. A black rock found on the ocean floor
  3. a part of the crust and upper mantle
  4. the reason why the Pacific is getting smaller
  5. The part the rest on the asthenosphere
  6. An extended break in a body of rock
  7. when two plate collide
  8. super continents
  9. Granite and basalt is one
  10. first layer of the earth

20 Clues: super continents • when two plate collide • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • Granite and basalt is one • Inner most layer of Earth • a mountain with magma in it • The second layer of the earth • waves made during an earthquake • Heat transferred through contact • A rock mostly found on continents • An extended break in a body of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spreading, The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  2. the upper layers of the Earth's mantle
  3. Strength, The ability to withstand the stress of physical forces
  4. Boundary, when two plates come together
  5. the degree of compactness of a substance
  6. A scientist who studies the physical aspects of the Earth
  7. ridge, a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains
  8. Zone, when tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary
  9. Crust, the relatively thin part of the Earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  10. Rapture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava to escape from the Earth's mantle
Down
  1. The results of sudden movement along faults within the earth
  2. Mantle, Very thick layers of rock inside the Earth
  3. Of Fire, The region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean
  4. Boundary, when two plates move away from each other
  5. the lightest rock layer
  6. Boundary, when plates slide sideways past each other
  7. zone, the place where two lithospheric plates come together
  8. Plumes, A Proposed mechanism of convection within the Earth's mantle
  9. Thrust sheets of ancient oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle
  10. Wegner, The scientist who discovered Continental Drift

20 Clues: the lightest rock layer • the upper layers of the Earth's mantle • Boundary, when two plates come together • the degree of compactness of a substance • Mantle, Very thick layers of rock inside the Earth • Boundary, when two plates move away from each other • Boundary, when plates slide sideways past each other • Spreading, The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what are the huge trenches on Earth's seafloor?
  2. the amount of matter in a given
  3. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outerskin
  4. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface
  5. a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally is called a...
  6. what is the movement of matter that results from differences in density?
  7. created the Tectonic Plate Theory
  8. what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth?
  9. when two plates move away from each other this is called...
  10. created the Continental Drift
Down
  1. two plates collide they make...
  2. the hypothesis that lithosphere is divided into plates that are moving on top of the asthenosphere
  3. a supercontinent
  4. what is a layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock?
  5. the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  6. a break in earth's crust along which rocks move
  7. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  8. the lithosphere is divided into...
  9. what explains the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks?
  10. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock

20 Clues: a supercontinent • created the Continental Drift • two plates collide they make... • the amount of matter in a given • created the Tectonic Plate Theory • the lithosphere is divided into... • the flow that transfers heat within a fluid • what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth? • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outerskin • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process that deformed Earth’s crust to create major structural features
  2. hypothesis that suggested all present continents existed as a single supercontinent
  3. when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  4. divergent boundaries that develop within a continent because the landmass is split into two or more smaller segments separated by an ocean basin
  5. oceanic crust is produced at the crest of mid ocean ridges
  6. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents
  7. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  8. boundary in which two plates move together
  9. continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins varying in width from 500 to 5000 km
  10. boundary in which two plates slide past on another without creating or destroying lithosphere
  11. Elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  12. deep canyon like structure
  13. primary driving force for movement of tectonic
  14. a well tested theory proposing that Earths outer shell consist of Individual plates that interact in various ways to produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself
Down
  1. chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where this is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another
  2. Boundary in which two plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new sea floor
  3. German meteorologist and geophysicist
  4. heat is continuously flowing outward from earths interior causing convection in the mantle
  5. elongated depression
  6. narrow depression on the sea floor

20 Clues: elongated depression • deep canyon like structure • narrow depression on the sea floor • German meteorologist and geophysicist • when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • boundary in which two plates move together • primary driving force for movement of tectonic • supercontinent containing all of the existing continents • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  2. the outermost layer of Earth.
  3. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  4. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. separate
  7. one plate going under another
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  10. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
Down
  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  2. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  3. The border between two tectonic plates
  4. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  6. collide
  7. molten hot rock
  8. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  9. two plates slide against each other
  10. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust

20 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • the outermost layer of Earth. • one plate going under another • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide against each other
  2. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  3. separate
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  11. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  12. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
Down
  1. collide
  2. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  3. molten hot rock
  4. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  5. The border between two tectonic plates
  6. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
  7. one plate going under another
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • continents were joined together in one large landmass • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide against each other
  2. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  3. separate
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  11. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  12. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
Down
  1. collide
  2. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  3. molten hot rock
  4. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  5. The border between two tectonic plates
  6. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
  7. one plate going under another
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • continents were joined together in one large landmass • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by both divergent and convergent boundaries
  2. caused by earthqakes in the ocean
  3. the most well-known one is in Los anglas
  4. caused by divergent boundary
  5. thickest layer
  6. upper part of the mantle
  7. plates slide past each other
  8. when plates collide with each other
  9. father of plate tectonics
  10. contributes to the Earths magnetic field
Down
  1. when plates interact with each other
  2. oldest type of crust
  3. caused by transform boundaries"don't leave its my fault"
  4. thinnest layer of earth
  5. have been moving slowly for 3.4B years
  6. super contient
  7. where tectonic plates are located
  8. sold innermost layer
  9. youngest type of crust
  10. plates move away from each other

20 Clues: super contient • thickest layer • oldest type of crust • sold innermost layer • youngest type of crust • thinnest layer of earth • upper part of the mantle • father of plate tectonics • caused by divergent boundary • plates slide past each other • plates move away from each other • caused by earthqakes in the ocean • where tectonic plates are located • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  2. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  3. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  4. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  5. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  6. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  7. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  8. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
Down
  1. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  2. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.
  3. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  4. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
  5. WAVES, The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  6. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  7. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  8. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  9. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  10. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  11. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  12. A large break in a rock.
  13. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  14. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  15. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.

23 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.
  2. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  3. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  4. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
  5. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  6. WAVES The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  7. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  8. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  9. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  10. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  11. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
Down
  1. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  2. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  3. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  4. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  5. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  6. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  7. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  8. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  9. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  10. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  11. A large break in a rock.
  12. Deep valleys on the seafloor.
  13. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  2. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  3. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  4. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
  5. WAVES The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  6. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  7. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  8. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  9. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  10. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
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  1. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  2. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  3. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  4. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  5. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.
  6. A large break in a rock.
  7. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  8. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  9. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  10. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  11. Deep valleys on the seafloor.
  12. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  13. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.
  14. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
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  1. A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes
  2. Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide.
  3. Mountain ridges run along the seafloor.
  4. A ground-shaking release of energy caused by a break in the crust.
  5. In earth science, the location within earth where an earthquake starts.
  6. The process of denser crust of a tectonic plate sliding beneath less dense crust of another plate; occurs at convergent plate boundaries and produces deep sea trenches.
  7. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  8. In mid ocean ridges a valley that runs along the centre of the ridge.
  9. An instrument that measures and records ground vibration.
  10. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that interact with one another and cause geological activity.
  11. is the gravitational and subduction-induced pulling of a tectonic plate.
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  1. The point on earths surfaces above where an earthquake starts.
  2. When new material at mid-ocean ridges pushes older material aside, tectonic plates shift.
  3. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength.
  4. Is the separation of two tectonic plates.
  5. A large break in a rock.
  6. The process by which magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and forms new ocean crust.
  7. The belief that the Earth's continents have been in the same place since the Earth's formation.
  8. A layer of earth between the crust and outer core, which is divided into upper and lower sections.
  9. The vibration caused by the release of energy during an earthquake.
  10. Deep valleys on the seafloor.
  11. Is a current in the mantle that occurs when cooler, denser material sinks and warmer, less dense material rises.
  12. Occurs when two rocks are pressed together and one block rides up to overlay the other.
  13. An opening in earths surface where magma and other materials are released.

24 Clues: A large break in a rock. • Deep valleys on the seafloor. • Mountain ridges run along the seafloor. • Is the separation of two tectonic plates. • Is the point at which two tectonic plates collide. • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength. • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. • A devastating catastrophe caused by geological processes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The type of plate boundary formed when plates slide past each other
  2. Molten rock found on Earth's surface
  3. This zone is created when two of the same types of plates hit each other
  4. The fold mountain range found in North America
  5. One of the plates found SW of the Caribbean Plate
  6. The type of currents found in the mantle
  7. This feature, found at a divergent boundary, runs almost the full length of the Atlantic Ocean
  8. These features can be formed at both convergent and divergent plate boundaries
  9. The innermost layer of Earth
  10. The type of plate boundary formed when plates pull apart
  11. Molten rock found underground
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  1. This describes a line of volcanic islands created at a convergent boundary
  2. This Ring of Fire has many active volcanoes and earthquakes
  3. The fold mountain range found in South America
  4. The thinnest layer of Earth
  5. The largest fold mountain range on the planet
  6. The kind of zone created when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate
  7. This massive fault line is found at the transform boundary in California
  8. This is created when the sea floor plunges down to really deep depths
  9. The type of plate boundary formed when plates collide
  10. The largest of the Earth's concentric layers
  11. The name of the supercontinent that drift apart over millions of years
  12. A really big crack
  13. This is found in East Africa, created by plates pulling apart
  14. The fold mountain range found in Europe

25 Clues: A really big crack • The thinnest layer of Earth • The innermost layer of Earth • Molten rock found underground • Molten rock found on Earth's surface • The fold mountain range found in Europe • The type of currents found in the mantle • The largest of the Earth's concentric layers • The largest fold mountain range on the planet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. an example of a convergent boundary
  2. convection currents move through it to power tectonic plates
  3. top layer of the tectonic plates it has a high density and results from the cooling of magma
  4. earths largest plate and formed a part of a series of islands near North America
  5. transform boundaries cause when energy is released
  6. it is a plate that covers the entirety of a country, and it also covers a part of Asia
  7. lies above the fault plane
  8. Earth's lithosphere is recycled into earths mantle at convergent boundaries
  9. break in earth's crust
  10. are mostly found underwater
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth
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  1. can be between continental plates
  2. occurs at mid-ocean ridges,new oceanic crust is formed
  3. is the most important source of magma and is directly below the lithosphere
  4. it is a layer of rock that forms below the continents, and has a low density
  5. form deep trenches
  6. Earth's thin outer shell of rock
  7. drive the movement of tectonic plates
  8. two tectonic plates collide to form
  9. the theory that earth's continents moved over time, but they were on tectonic plates so they slowly moved away
  10. ocean to continent example of a transform boundary

21 Clues: form deep trenches • break in earth's crust • lies above the fault plane • are mostly found underwater • Earth's thin outer shell of rock • can be between continental plates • the rigid outer part of the earth • an example of a convergent boundary • two tectonic plates collide to form • drive the movement of tectonic plates • transform boundaries cause when energy is released • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The physical layer of the earth that is made of solid rock that slowly flows and that tectonic plates move on.
  2. the outermost physical layer of the earth.
  3. What is the mantle mostly made of?
  4. The part of the Earth on which the tectonic plates move is the
  5. What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
  6. What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
  7. This process moves layers of rock by heating and cooling
  8. The type of boundary that is formed when plates slide past each other?
  9. Where does seafloor spreading take place?
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  1. the thin and solid outermost above the mantle.
  2. What crustal features might you find at a transform boundary?
  3. Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory?
  4. the strong, lower part of the mantle is a physical layer called what?
  5. by using...?
  6. The type tectonic plate boundary that form from a collision between two tectonic plates is a.
  7. What type of boundary occurs when one plate slides UNDER another?
  8. Who came up with the idea of Sea-floor Spreading?
  9. The compositional layer of the earth that comprises of 67% of the Earth's mass.
  10. the deep interior of the earth can be
  11. The liquid layer of the earth?

20 Clues: by using...? • The liquid layer of the earth? • What is the mantle mostly made of? • Where does seafloor spreading take place? • the outermost physical layer of the earth. • the thin and solid outermost above the mantle. • Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory? • the deep interior of the earth can be • Who came up with the idea of Sea-floor Spreading? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Area of land that existed 245 million years ago
  2. Zones where mass of the crust is moving under another
  3. A scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  4. Incapable of or resistant to bending
  5. Pushes magma up through a thin hole
  6. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  7. Plates that push together
  8. Caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  9. A large continuous extent of land
  10. Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  11. A single thickness of some substance or material
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  1. One of the large landmasses of the earth
  2. Cause to change; make different
  3. Of a feature that helps to identify a person or thing
  4. The practical application of science to commerce or industry
  5. Plates that pull apart
  6. Knowledge on which to base belief
  7. Long narrow depression on the sea floor
  8. The bottom of a sea or ocean
  9. Crash together with violent impact

20 Clues: Plates that pull apart • Plates that push together • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Cause to change; make different • Knowledge on which to base belief • A large continuous extent of land • Crash together with violent impact • Pushes magma up through a thin hole • Incapable of or resistant to bending • Long narrow depression on the sea floor • ...

plate tectonics 2022-10-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. when a new seafloor is formed
  2. all of or continents today connected
  3. to change shape or distort
  4. decrease in size of an object
  5. upper layer of earths mantle
  6. the center of the earth materials matter of which a thing is made by
  7. area on earth where 2 plates colide
  8. one plate pushed beneath another
  9. current that results from convection
  10. wave produced by earthquake
  11. zone of fractures between two rocks
  12. when 2 plates move away from another
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  1. state of being stretched tight
  2. theory states earth has moving plate
  3. when north and south poles switch
  4. connects to another plate boundary
  5. consists of crust and upper mantle
  6. the layer beneath the crust
  7. outermost layer of earth
  8. giant slabs of rock in core
  9. something thats in flattened state
  10. theory that states earth once fused
  11. third layer of atmosphere

23 Clues: outermost layer of earth • third layer of atmosphere • to change shape or distort • the layer beneath the crust • giant slabs of rock in core • wave produced by earthquake • upper layer of earths mantle • when a new seafloor is formed • decrease in size of an object • state of being stretched tight • one plate pushed beneath another • when north and south poles switch • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid material that is moved to a new location
  2. A displacement of rock
  3. Where one plate slides under another
  4. Plates going towards each other
  5. Process that turns any rock into magma
  6. Breaking apart due to faulting
  7. where two or more plates meet
  8. Liquified rock that is underground
  9. naturally occurring elements or compounds
  10. Earths outerlayer divided into plates
  11. The thick part of the Earth's crust that forms large landmasses
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  1. The formation of new oceanic crust
  2. Plates rubbing against each other
  3. Plates moving away from each other
  4. movement of continents spreading apart from each other
  5. a giant supercontinent
  6. A zone formed by the boundary between two tectonic plates
  7. hardens magma and turns it into igneous rock
  8. Molten rock that breaks through Earth's surface
  9. The rigid outer part of the Earth

20 Clues: A displacement of rock • a giant supercontinent • where two or more plates meet • Breaking apart due to faulting • Plates going towards each other • Plates rubbing against each other • The rigid outer part of the Earth • The formation of new oceanic crust • Plates moving away from each other • Liquified rock that is underground • Where one plate slides under another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. ‐ Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  2. plate ‐ a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere.
  3. ‐ A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  4. trench ‐ a long, narrow, deep area on the ocean floor that is formed at a convergent plate boundary.
  5. spot ‐ is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  6. ‐ Part of a grid used for describing positions on the earth's surface, consisting of half circles
  7. boundary ‐The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other.
  8. boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  9. ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  10. ‐ The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  11. ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  12. ‐ a straight line of travel where data is being collected.
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  1. ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake
  2. at the poles
  3. plate.
  4. landslide, or volcanic eruption.
  5. ‐ the outermost layer of Earth.
  6. ‐ a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  7. ‐ the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  8. ‐ A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea
  9. Scale ‐ A logarithmic scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake
  10. - melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  11. ‐ A transference of energy
  12. Tectonics Vocabulary
  13. ‐ The distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference

25 Clues: plate. • at the poles • Tectonics Vocabulary • ‐ A transference of energy • ‐ the outermost layer of Earth. • landslide, or volcanic eruption. • ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface. • ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake • - melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. plates crashed together forming -------
  2. if simaler fosile are seen all around the world that means that the world may have been --------
  3. plates that are under the ocean
  4. was a theory in 1912
  5. how many major plates are there
  6. ice sheets,mountains,fosils and contanets fitting together is -------- that the theory of continental drift may be true
  7. plates crashed together
  8. what plate is the ring of fire mainly located
  9. was a theory 50 years ago
  10. what is the first layer of the earth called
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  1. plates that are under the continents
  2. which ocean is the fire located
  3. where is 90% of the world earthquakes
  4. a plates slides under anouther plate
  5. what is the center of the earth called
  6. move on the liquid layer
  7. south America and Africa --- together
  8. where does earthquakes happen on plates
  9. how minor plates are there
  10. mega continent

20 Clues: mega continent • was a theory in 1912 • plates crashed together • move on the liquid layer • was a theory 50 years ago • how minor plates are there • which ocean is the fire located • plates that are under the ocean • how many major plates are there • plates that are under the continents • a plates slides under anouther plate • where is 90% of the world earthquakes • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves. Vibrations caused by release of energy during an earthquake
  2. plates parts of the crust and uppermost mangle that move on the earth's surface
  3. plate boundary where two tectonic plates collide
  4. push new material pushes older material aside, causing tectonic plates to move apart
  5. deep valleys in the ocean
  6. Location in earth where an earthquake starts
  7. of plate tectonics the theory of the lithosphere being broken up into different pieces
  8. pull. Pulling of a tectonic plate due to gravity and subduction
  9. plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  10. For earthquakes, a number that represents strength
  11. convection. Current in the Mantle where cooler, denser material sinks and warmer less dense material rises
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  1. Point on earths surface above where an earthquake starts
  2. Instrument that measure and record ground vibration
  3. plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart
  4. Large break in rock
  5. a destructive event that results from geological processes
  6. ridges mountains along ocean
  7. ground shaking energy when a break in the crust occurs
  8. Opening in earth's surface where magma and other materials are released
  9. floor spreading. Magma rising to create new oceanic plates

20 Clues: Large break in rock • deep valleys in the ocean • ridges mountains along ocean • Location in earth where an earthquake starts • plate boundary where two tectonic plates collide • For earthquakes, a number that represents strength • Instrument that measure and record ground vibration • plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost layer of earth layers
  2. convergent plate boundary
  3. thinner and denser than continental
  4. thicker and less dense than Oceanic
  5. plates coming apart
  6. deep valley in an ocean subduction zone
  7. plates sliding against each other
  8. where convection currents happen
  9. upper layer of earth
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  1. one plate sinking below another
  2. where two plates meet
  3. divergent plate boundary below water
  4. plates move on top of this plastic layer
  5. innermost layer of the earth
  6. liquid layer of ion and nickel
  7. plates coming together
  8. chunk of lithosphere that moves around
  9. where hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts onto the surface of the earth
  10. molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  11. divergent plate boundary on land

20 Clues: plates coming apart • upper layer of earth • where two plates meet • plates coming together • convergent plate boundary • innermost layer of the earth • liquid layer of ion and nickel • one plate sinking below another • outermost layer of earth layers • where convection currents happen • divergent plate boundary on land • plates sliding against each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-27

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates sliding past each other
  2. evidence for Wegeners hypothesis, scattered throughout the continents
  3. A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  4. The ancient landmass of all the continents
  5. very hot liquid rock under the earth
  6. a place where magma rises through the earths crust and forms a volcano
  7. two plates moving away from each other
  8. boundary causes mountain building
  9. a ———— valley is formed by a divergent boundary
  10. shake in the ground caused by the earth’s plates
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  1. spots where magma erupts from earths surface sometimes leading to destruction
  2. one plate going under the other
  3. The outermost layer of the earth
  4. What makes the plates move
  5. a long break in the rock where earthquakes happen
  6. thousand and four the year that the wave shook the world
  7. large caverns in the sea floor made by subduction
  8. are you enjoying this crossword
  9. One of the scientists who thought the continents were once connected
  10. the innermost layer of the earth made of metals

20 Clues: What makes the plates move • one plate going under the other • are you enjoying this crossword • The outermost layer of the earth • boundary causes mountain building • two plates sliding past each other • very hot liquid rock under the earth • two plates moving away from each other • The ancient landmass of all the continents • A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The upper layer of the earths interior, including the crust and the brittle portion at the top of the mantle
  2. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material.
  3. The phenomenon associated with volcanic activity
  4. An area of fracturing rocks
  5. Large, movable segments of the lithosphere
  6. The chemistry of the earths crust
  7. A specialist in the history of the earth recorded in rocks
  8. A split between two previously joined bodies
  9. The region's of the earth where living organisms exist
  10. A form of stress resulted from an equal and opposite force that does not act along the same line
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  1. The deformation of the lithosphere
  2. The centre of the earth
  3. Coming closer together.
  4. To undergo condensation
  5. The study of tectonism including its cause and effects
  6. An area of rock that has been bent by stress
  7. A brach of earth science that involves geology and physics
  8. To be different or develop in different directions.
  9. The top layer of solid earth
  10. The longest unit of geological time

20 Clues: The centre of the earth • Coming closer together. • To undergo condensation • An area of fracturing rocks • The top layer of solid earth • The chemistry of the earths crust • The deformation of the lithosphere • The longest unit of geological time • Large, movable segments of the lithosphere • An area of rock that has been bent by stress • ...

plate tectonics 2023-02-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer most solid shell
  2. highly active divergent boundaries
  3. continental rift and mid-ocean rift
  4. super continent
  5. lave erupted
  6. study of magnetic field frozen within rocks
  7. right lateral fault
  8. high sea wave
  9. believed continents were all together once
  10. map of ocean floor
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  1. two or more plates move toward one another
  2. when a dense oceanic plate meets a more buoyant one
  3. lots of fault zones over a wide area
  4. when subducting plate becomes liquid magma
  5. plates slide past horizontally to each other
  6. left lateral fault
  7. solid bulk of Earth's crust
  8. first scientist to put it together
  9. solid rock that moves
  10. proposed sea floor was spreading

20 Clues: lave erupted • high sea wave • super continent • left lateral fault • map of ocean floor • right lateral fault • solid rock that moves • outer most solid shell • solid bulk of Earth's crust • proposed sea floor was spreading • highly active divergent boundaries • first scientist to put it together • continental rift and mid-ocean rift • lots of fault zones over a wide area • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  2. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  3. earth's outermost layer of rock made up of both dry land and ocean floor ocean
  4. A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
  5. a split, break, or breach
  6. Places where tectonic plates slide along beside one another as they move
  7. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet earth
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  1. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  2. Lie beneath landmasses. Contains more silicon dioxide. Plates less dense than oceanic.
  3. North American, South American, Pacific, African, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, and Antarctica
  4. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant
  5. A German scientist
  6. the edges of tectonic plates.
  7. One plate going under another plate
  8. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone
  11. Thin plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates.

20 Clues: A German scientist • a split, break, or breach • the edges of tectonic plates. • One plate going under another plate • A major belt of volcanoes that rims the • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rocks break down
  2. every 5th lines drawn labeled with elevation
  3. landform created in convergent boundary
  4. When plates were all together
  5. landform created in divergent boundary
  6. earths __ made of plates that move
  7. rocks laying down
  8. rocks moving
  9. Plate tectonics fit like a __
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  1. difference in elevation between lines
  2. map used in space
  3. what causes volcanoes and trenches in convergent boundary
  4. lines that connect points of equal elevation
  5. plates colliding
  6. two plates move away
  7. landform created in transform boundary
  8. Scientist that discovered seafloor spreading
  9. Plates that move past each other
  10. large land masses moving
  11. map representing different elevations

20 Clues: rocks moving • rocks break down • plates colliding • map used in space • rocks laying down • two plates move away • large land masses moving • When plates were all together • Plate tectonics fit like a __ • Plates that move past each other • earths __ made of plates that move • difference in elevation between lines • map representing different elevations • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two continents' plates drift away from each other
  2. Something to measure earthquakes with
  3. A plate relationship that form trenches
  4. A constant ____
  5. When mantle rises up above the crust
  6. Something happening over and over again
  7. A tear in the Earth's plates
  8. A wedge between two converging plates
  9. When all continents were connected
  10. A plate relationship that forms mid-ocean ridges
  11. People who study the Earth
  12. ________ plates
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  1. The crust and mantle
  2. The substance beneath the Earth's crust
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  4. The cycle that brings hot mantle up towards the crust.
  5. Rift valleys where the crust has been stretched and _____ed
  6. When Africa,Antarctica,India,and South America were connected
  7. Happens at plate boundaries
  8. What's between two plates.

20 Clues: A constant ____ • ________ plates • The crust and mantle • What's between two plates. • People who study the Earth • Happens at plate boundaries • A tear in the Earth's plates • The outermost layer of the Earth. • When all continents were connected • When mantle rises up above the crust • Something to measure earthquakes with • A wedge between two converging plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has a greater density than continental crust
  2. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. has a less density than oceanic crust
  4. two oceanic plates converge
  5. plates are moving up and down each other
  6. they are made by earthquakes
  7. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  8. what moves the crust
  9. the primary source of the movement of plates
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  1. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  2. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  3. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  4. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  5. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  6. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  7. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  8. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  9. what does a convergent plates make
  10. what is the oceanic crust made of
  11. plates are moving towards one another.

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • has a greater density than continental crust • the primary source of the movement of plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what moves the crust
  2. plates are moving towards one another.
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. a continues elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins
  5. of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor
  6. what is the oceanic crust made of
  7. made the hypothesis of the sea floor spreading
  8. what does a convergent plates make
  9. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
  10. has a less density than oceanic crust
  11. plates are moving up and down each other
  12. mountains formed in part igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  13. two oceanic plates converge
Down
  1. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  2. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from trench
  3. they are made by earthquakes
  4. older,denser portions of oceanic lithosphere descends
  5. the primary source of the movement of plates
  6. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by harry hess
  7. has a greater density than continental crust

20 Clues: what moves the crust • two oceanic plates converge • they are made by earthquakes • what is the oceanic crust made of • what does a convergent plates make • has a less density than oceanic crust • plates are moving towards one another. • plates are moving up and down each other • the primary source of the movement of plates • has a greater density than continental crust • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they move apart
  2. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  3. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  4. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 500 to 5,000 km (300-3,000 miles)
  5. a hypothesis first proposed in the 1960’s by Harry Hess
  6. can widen to form a narrow sea and eventually a new ocean basin
  7. a hypothesis which suggested that all present continents once existed as a single supercontinent Further, beginning about 200 million years ago
  8. linear zones of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor that follows transform faults and their int active extensions
  9. they slide past each other
  10. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another
  11. heat is continuously flowing outward from Earth’s interior causing convection in mantle
  12. a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor
Down
  1. there is evidence of a glacial period dating to the locate Paleozoic era in Southern Africa South America Australia and India
  2. coastlines look like they fit together like a puzzle
  3. a wll tested theory proposing that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes volcanoes mountains and the crust itself
  4. has a grater density than continental crust because it is mainly composed of dense ferromagnesian-rich mineral
  5. they move together
  6. continental crust is less likely to subduction due to its buoyancy
  7. Wegener documented several cases in which the same fossil organism is found only on landmasses that are now widely separated even though it is unlikely the organism could have crossed the ocean
  8. processes processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, mountains, continents, and ocean basins
  9. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents
  10. elevated areas of the sea floor

22 Clues: they move apart • they move together • they slide past each other • elevated areas of the sea floor • a narrow elongated depression of the sea floor • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • coastlines look like they fit together like a puzzle • a hypothesis first proposed in the 1960’s by Harry Hess • supercontinent containing all of the existing continents • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The less dense plate slides under the more dense plate creating a subduction zone
  2. Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
  3. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  4. The plastic layer below the lithosphere
  5. Causes sea floor spreading
  6. Where the less dense plate slides under the more dense plate
  7. The earths crust and upper mantle are broken into section called plates
  8. Extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under earths surface
  9. The crust and part of the upper mantle
Down
  1. Divergent, convergent, transform boundary
  2. boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  3. hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again
  4. Plates below the continents
  5. Occurs at subduction zones
  6. fault
  7. Collision zones
  8. Happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  9. Moving past each other
  10. Plates below the ocean
  11. Hitting each other

20 Clues: fault • Collision zones • Hitting each other • Moving past each other • Plates below the ocean • Occurs at subduction zones • Causes sea floor spreading • Plates below the continents • The crust and part of the upper mantle • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Divergent, convergent, transform boundary • boundaries between two plates that are colliding • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extremely hot liquid/rock under the earth's surface
  2. lowlands where plates move away from each other
  3. the theory that the continents moved away from each other
  4. who came up with the plate tectonic theory?
  5. The moving of the plate tectonics can cause _______ to erupt.
  6. natural elevation of the earth's core
  7. a large wave caused by the displacement of water or underwater earthquakes
  8. also known as a continental glacier
  9. the outermost layer of of the earth
  10. a inner layer of the earth that is below the crust and is the largest inner layer
Down
  1. When plates collide/rub against each other it can cause…
  2. the zone where one plate goes under a different plate
  3. What is the name of “the supercontinent”?
  4. The place where there are many active volcanoes is called…
  5. a hot area found under the earth's crust
  6. when two plates move away from each other
  7. dence ice that slowly
  8. layer a layer that contains liquid iron and nickel
  9. ancient remains that helps support the continental drift theory
  10. Alfred Wegener says that the plates are always...

20 Clues: dence ice that slowly • also known as a continental glacier • the outermost layer of of the earth • natural elevation of the earth's core • a hot area found under the earth's crust • What is the name of “the supercontinent”? • when two plates move away from each other • who came up with the plate tectonic theory? • lowlands where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a plate moves under another
  2. lowland area where plates move apart
  3. supercontinent
  4. break in the earths crust from plate movement
  5. how many plates are there
  6. where most divergent boundries are found
  7. evidence of a supercontinent from ice covering the earth
  8. evidence of a supercontinent that comes from animals
  9. occur when the earths crust cracks and magma rises up
  10. longest fault line in the world
Down
  1. 90% of the worlds eathquakes
  2. two plates move away from each other
  3. plate tectonics theory was develped ___ years ago
  4. happens when plates move (converging or diverging)
  5. layer of earth where convection currents occur
  6. type of map that shows plate outlines
  7. plate canada makes up
  8. theory created by alfred wegener in 1912
  9. outer layer of earth including the crust and upper mantle
  10. when plates move towards each other

20 Clues: supercontinent • plate canada makes up • how many plates are there • 90% of the worlds eathquakes • longest fault line in the world • when a plate moves under another • when plates move towards each other • two plates move away from each other • lowland area where plates move apart • type of map that shows plate outlines • where most divergent boundries are found • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the earth shakes
  2. a long cut in the ground
  3. sedimentary rocks typically occur in
  4. where heat rises under the earth crust
  5. a major fracture in the earths crust in North America
  6. the solid outer part of the earth
  7. a single supercontinent
  8. belt of volcanoes
  9. pieces of the earths crust
  10. preserved of plants and animals
Down
  1. elevated portion of the earth
  2. the layer of granitic and metamorphic rocks
  3. the layer of earth found under the oceans
  4. opening or vents where lava is
  5. horseshoe shape where the pacific plates meet the plate tectonics
  6. extensive systems of fractures and faults
  7. movement of continents
  8. glacial ice more than 50,000 square kilometers
  9. the denser,weaker layer of the earth
  10. the edge of a continent that lies under the ocean

20 Clues: belt of volcanoes • when the earth shakes • movement of continents • a single supercontinent • a long cut in the ground • pieces of the earths crust • elevated portion of the earth • opening or vents where lava is • preserved of plants and animals • the solid outer part of the earth • sedimentary rocks typically occur in • the denser,weaker layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer below Earth's crust made of molten rock/metal
  2. When two plates smash into each other
  3. The continents look like they fit together like a __________.
  4. Formed when plates collide on land
  5. Name for the area with lots of volcanic/earthquake activity
  6. North America is getting CLOSER to this continent, due to continental drift
  7. The name of the supercontinent, when all the continents were together
  8. A piece of Earth's crust that is broken
  9. __________ Wegner was the person who developed the Theory of Continental Drift
  10. Formed when divergent boundaries are on land
Down
  1. The name for the processes of Earth's crust moving; Plate ___________.
  2. Formed in subduction zones in the ocean (Marianas)
  3. __________ evidence tells us that the continents were together because of extinct plants/animals
  4. When one plate slides under another
  5. When who plates move away from each other
  6. Earth's outside layer
  7. North America is getting FURHTER from this continent, due to continental drift
  8. Formed when divergent boundaries are in the ocean
  9. ___________ feature evidence tells us that the continents were connected because of mountains or rock layers
  10. When two plates grind past each other
  11. Formed near subduction zones, can erupt

21 Clues: Earth's outside layer • Formed when plates collide on land • When one plate slides under another • When two plates smash into each other • When two plates grind past each other • A piece of Earth's crust that is broken • Formed near subduction zones, can erupt • When who plates move away from each other • Formed when divergent boundaries are on land • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rates small earthquakes based on its wave recorded
  2. the stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle part
  3. force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  4. where rocks on each side of the fault slip past eachother
  5. a point directly above the focus
  6. rates the total energy released in an earthquake
  7. a area beneath earths surface under stress
  8. seismic waves that move back and forth
  9. fault where a hanging wall moves up and a footwall moves down
  10. a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
Down
  1. rates the amount of shaking from an eartquake
  2. seismic waves that move in a cirle
  3. a single number that geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on the earthquakes size
  4. a fold in rock that bends upwards
  5. fault where rock is pulled apart by tension in earths crust
  6. seismic waves that vibrate side to side
  7. is an instrument that records earthquakes seismic waves
  8. is the record of earths seismic waves produced by an seismograph
  9. stress that pushes a mass of rock in two oppisite directions
  10. shaking of earths tectonic plates

20 Clues: a point directly above the focus • a fold in rock that bends upwards • shaking of earths tectonic plates • seismic waves that move in a cirle • seismic waves that move back and forth • seismic waves that vibrate side to side • a area beneath earths surface under stress • rates the amount of shaking from an eartquake • rates the total energy released in an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory about how the continents were once together but then drifted away from each other
  2. the longest mountain range in the world
  3. is formed when two continental plates collide
  4. Large pieces of Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  5. the rigid and outer layer of the earth
  6. it transfers heat using the movements of fluids
  7. the reason everyone believed in Alfred's theory
  8. Wegener His theory wasn't believed in his time
  9. a boundary that has two plates crash into another
  10. What plate is Russia located on
Down
  1. What plate is Philippine located on
  2. A boundary that has two plate push away from each other
  3. theory that plates move due to convection currents
  4. how volcanoes are formed
  5. the tectonic plate Colorado lies on
  6. A super continent
  7. is a path that volcanoes mostly occur at
  8. one of the evidence that Wegener used to try to prove his theory
  9. how many minor plates are on the earth
  10. how many major plates are on the earth

20 Clues: A super continent • how volcanoes are formed • What plate is Russia located on • What plate is Philippine located on • the tectonic plate Colorado lies on • the rigid and outer layer of the earth • how many minor plates are on the earth • how many major plates are on the earth • the longest mountain range in the world • is a path that volcanoes mostly occur at • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest layer of Earth's interior, making up approximately 84% of Earth's volume.
  2. Sometimes when an animal dies and its body decays, it can leave an imprint in the sediment. If this imprint fills in with minerals from sediment and groundwater, it can harden to form a fossil. This fossil is called a _____ fossil.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates are colliding.
  4. An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates are separating.
  6. An intense shaking of Earth's surface.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates are sliding past each other.
  8. The type the rock that is formed from lava or magma cooling.
  9. A large wave caused by movements in Earth's outer layer, or crust, which move ocean water.
  10. The type the rock that is formed through heat and pressure with going through a liquid state.
Down
  1. A zone in the upper mantle of the earth, consisting of hot, plastic rock, that underlies the solid lithosphere.
  2. A natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit.
  3. The type the rock that is composed of different sediments.
  4. The very hot, very dense center of our planet
  5. The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  6. Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age.
  7. An area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.
  8. The imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it.
  9. The rocky outer part of Earth. It is made up of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle.
  10. Geological records of the activities and behaviors of past life.

20 Clues: An intense shaking of Earth's surface. • The outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • The very hot, very dense center of our planet • A plate boundary where two plates are colliding. • A plate boundary where two plates are separating. • The type the rock that is composed of different sediments. • The type the rock that is formed from lava or magma cooling. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most are underwater and form submarine mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges.
  2. Earthquakes and Tsunamis.
  3. Movement of magma in the mantle causing the crust to move/break making earthquakes.
  4. Earthquakes occur as new crust is created and other crust is pushed out.
  5. Linear valleys or broken stream beds.
  6. What is one piece of evidence of the CD?
  7. What is the first piece of evidence?
  8. What is a third piece of evidence of CD?
  9. Who came up with the idea of SFS
  10. What is a third piece of evidence?
Down
  1. Water displaced by an earthquake.
  2. Two plates come together or converge.
  3. What did scientists use to discover it.
  4. Trenches, volcanoes, and mountains
  5. Weak point in the crust where molten material or magma, comes to the surface.
  6. What is a second piece of evidence of CD?
  7. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  8. Two plates that move apart or diverge.
  9. Two plates slip past each other moving in the opposite direction.
  10. Earthquakes, large lateral displacement of rock, and a broad zone of crustal deformation.
  11. What is a second piece of evidence?
  12. Shaking/Trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  13. Who came up with the idea of the CD?

23 Clues: Earthquakes and Tsunamis. • Who came up with the idea of SFS • Water displaced by an earthquake. • Trenches, volcanoes, and mountains • What is a third piece of evidence? • What is a second piece of evidence? • What is the first piece of evidence? • Who came up with the idea of the CD? • Two plates come together or converge. • Linear valleys or broken stream beds. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in the Earth’s crust due to movement
  2. A crack in the surface of the Earth
  3. The hypothesis that states the continents broke up and drifted
  4. Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface
  5. A solid outer layer on Earths consisting if crust and mantle
  6. The amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock
  7. The process where new oceanic seafloor forms as magma rises
  8. The process that affects the Earth and changes appearance
  9. A spot in Earth’s mantle where hot magma rises to the surface
  10. The bending, tilting, and break up of Earth’s crust
  11. Type of boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  12. A form of ductile strain where rock layers bend
Down
  1. Liquid rock under the Earth’s surface
  2. Ground vibrations caused by Earth’s crust moving
  3. Below the lithosphere
  4. Super continent containing all the Earth’s landmass
  5. two plates that slide together
  6. Type of boundary between two plates sliding past each other
  7. large pieces of lithosphere that separate the Earth's crust.
  8. Below the lithosphere
  9. occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.
  10. Any change in a rock’s shape or volume caused by stress
  11. Break away caused by plate tectonics
  12. A vent or fissure in the Earth’s surface where magma and gasses are expelled

24 Clues: Below the lithosphere • Below the lithosphere • two plates that slide together • A crack in the surface of the Earth • Break away caused by plate tectonics • Liquid rock under the Earth’s surface • Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface • A break in the Earth’s crust due to movement • A form of ductile strain where rock layers bend • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move due to convection currents
  2. the innermost layer of the earth
  3. the outer part of the layer under the mantle
  4. the inner part of the layer under the mantle
  5. what something is made up of
  6. the biggest layer of the earth
  7. theory of plates moving because of convection currents
  8. 1% of the earth
  9. when multiple things are getting pushed against each other with force
Down
  1. A convergent boundary when the denser plate slides under the other plate
  2. founded by Alfred Wegener
  3. the outermost layer of the earth
  4. when 2 plates slide side ways past eachother
  5. how plates move and interact with eachother
  6. layer under mantle
  7. when 2 plates move away from each other
  8. founded by Harry Hess
  9. the layer that is under the lithosphere
  10. when 2 plates collide
  11. crack in the earth

20 Clues: 1% of the earth • layer under mantle • crack in the earth • founded by Harry Hess • when 2 plates collide • founded by Alfred Wegener • what something is made up of • the biggest layer of the earth • the outermost layer of the earth • the innermost layer of the earth • when 2 plates move away from each other • the layer that is under the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plastic-like layer of the Earth
  2. the way it is put together
  3. thin, outer layer
  4. lower mantle
  5. innermost layer
  6. thickest layer of the Earth
  7. presented by Alfred Wegner
  8. crack on the Earth's surface
  9. how layers move and behave
  10. coming together
  11. presented by Harry Hess
Down
  1. sliding past each other
  2. how the plates move
  3. pieces of the crust
  4. moving apart
  5. pressed down on
  6. split into 2 parts
  7. crust+upper mantle
  8. going under another plate
  9. fully liquid layer

20 Clues: lower mantle • moving apart • innermost layer • pressed down on • coming together • thin, outer layer • split into 2 parts • crust+upper mantle • fully liquid layer • how the plates move • pieces of the crust • sliding past each other • presented by Harry Hess • going under another plate • the way it is put together • presented by Alfred Wegner • how layers move and behave • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example of this is the San Andreas blank
  2. the outermost layer of the earth
  3. how dense, hard, liquid or solid and object is
  4. the layer after the crust but before the core
  5. when plates are moving twoard each other
  6. pressure in rocks that can cause them to fold or
  7. the theory that the plates are moving
  8. an area where volcanos re common
  9. the second to last layer of the earth
  10. the layer that is the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. a procces that occurs deep in the ocean where new crust is made
  2. when plates are moving away from each other
  3. a layer of earth making up the core
  4. when rocks bend under pressure but dont break
  5. the theory that plates move over the mantle
  6. when plates are sliding past each other
  7. the hotest and most pressureized layer of the earth
  8. the innermost layer of earth
  9. the layer that is under the lithosphere
  10. the rocks that cover earth

20 Clues: the rocks that cover earth • the innermost layer of earth • the outermost layer of the earth • an area where volcanos re common • a layer of earth making up the core • the theory that the plates are moving • the second to last layer of the earth • when plates are sliding past each other • the layer that is under the lithosphere • when plates are moving twoard each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory that proves Alfred Wegners theory of continental drift. Made by Harry Hess
  2. a theory made by Alfred Wegner
  3. the earths crust is split into different parts of these
  4. The way the earth is set up
  5. squeezing stuff
  6. the innermost part in the earths composition and is solid due to immense
  7. Strong lower part of mantle
  8. the biggest part in the earths composition
  9. coming together and folding makes mountains and volcanos
  10. a boundary meaning moving apart
Down
  1. the outer part of the core
  2. it is all San Andreas Fault! A crack in the crust when a transform boundary takes place.
  3. a boundary where the heavier oceanic crust sinks under the lighter continental crust
  4. plates move side by side
  5. the innermost part of earth
  6. this mechanical properity includes the crust and upper mantle
  7. the earth is split into this way(lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere core)
  8. a theory making fact that the tectonic plates are moving everyday
  9. The outer layer that we live on
  10. soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth

20 Clues: squeezing stuff • plates move side by side • the outer part of the core • the innermost part of earth • The way the earth is set up • Strong lower part of mantle • a theory made by Alfred Wegner • The outer layer that we live on • a boundary meaning moving apart • the biggest part in the earths composition • soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer part of the core
  2. the innermost layer of the earth
  3. the inner part of the core
  4. first mechanical layer of the earth
  5. squeezing together
  6. top layer of the earth
  7. created the idea of continental drift
  8. the super-continent that was made up of the continents we know today
  9. 2nd layer of the earth
  10. two plates come together
Down
  1. tectonic plates split apart on the seafloor
  2. the creator of the theory seafloor spreading
  3. plates move away from each other
  4. the slow moving away of the continents
  5. the plates that make up the crust of the earth
  6. plates slide past each other
  7. 3rd mechanical layer of the earth
  8. Earth's tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
  9. fracture in the earth's crust
  10. second mechanical layer of the earth

20 Clues: squeezing together • top layer of the earth • 2nd layer of the earth • two plates come together • the outer part of the core • the inner part of the core • plates slide past each other • fracture in the earth's crust • plates move away from each other • the innermost layer of the earth • 3rd mechanical layer of the earth • first mechanical layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  2. The thin layer/surface of our planet that we live on.
  3. The very hot and dense center of our planet made of iron and nickel.
  4. The inner most layer of the earth made up of solid iron and nickel.
  5. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load.srength,ductiily,impact resistance,and toughness.
  6. The only liquid layer of the planet that was discovered by seismic activity.
  7. The nature of something's ingredients or constituents.
  8. The plastic like layer of the mantle.
  9. When 2 tectonic plates go the opposite direction of each other.
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  1. A theory proposed by Alfred Wegner that pieces of the earths crust moves.
  2. Broken up parts of the Lithosphere.
  3. The process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the earths surface and solidifies.
  4. Tectonic plates that move which Alfred Wegener suggested and how that was Pangea was seperated.
  5. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object.
  6. The sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations.
  7. The middle layer of the earth which is the largest and makes up 66 percent of the earth.
  8. A large crack in the earth's surface.
  9. When 2 plates slide past each other.
  10. When 2 tectonic plates push together.
  11. The layer that is composed of the crust and the upper mantle.

20 Clues: Broken up parts of the Lithosphere. • The strong lower part of the mantle. • When 2 plates slide past each other. • A large crack in the earth's surface. • When 2 tectonic plates push together. • The plastic like layer of the mantle. • The thin layer/surface of our planet that we live on. • The nature of something's ingredients or constituents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Below the asthenospere
  2. Is a force that squeezes something together
  3. There are 7 major and 8 minor of these
  4. Two plates come together
  5. What we live on
  6. Is the crust and upper part of the mantle
  7. When two plates move away from each other
  8. The San Andreas _____ is one of the most famous examples of this
  9. _____ model of the earth
  10. The ______ ______ of the asthenosphere is like plastic
  11. Alfred Wegener is called the father of _____ ______
Down
  1. The asthenosphere makes up part of this
  2. Denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle
  3. _____ is solid because of pressure
  4. The San Andreas fault was created by this
  5. _____ is liquid
  6. The Ring of Fire was made near ______ _____
  7. Harry Hess came up with this concept
  8. Alfred Wegener was the first to think of this
  9. The center of our planet

20 Clues: _____ is liquid • What we live on • Below the asthenospere • Two plates come together • _____ model of the earth • The center of our planet • _____ is solid because of pressure • Harry Hess came up with this concept • There are 7 major and 8 minor of these • The asthenosphere makes up part of this • Denser, weaker layer beneath the mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-20

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 3 types
  2. tectonics The Earth’s crust and upper mantle(lithosphere )are broken into sections that have movement
  3. causes the plates to move
  4. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other (EARTHQUAKES along faults)
  5. Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again.
  6. Feature of Divergent Boundary
  7. Lithosphere broken into sections called
  8. Boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  9. “2 fat people walk down the hallway,stomachs rub against each others/ causing earthquakes or___”
  10. The Earth’s crust and upper
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  1. A continental plate colliding with another continental plate( occurs at this collision zone)
  2. is caused by rifting
  3. The plates of the lithosphere _______ on the asthenosphere
  4. plates below the ocean
  5. Ocean plate colliding with a less dense continental plate(occur at this subduction zone)
  6. plates below the continents
  7. zone below lithosphere and is more dense
  8. Plates move around on top of the mantle like____
  9. feature of a divergent boundary
  10. Ocean plate colliding with another ocean plate(occurs at this subduction zone)
  11. Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting

21 Clues: 3 types • is caused by rifting • plates below the ocean • causes the plates to move • plates below the continents • The Earth’s crust and upper • Feature of Divergent Boundary • feature of a divergent boundary • Lithosphere broken into sections called • zone below lithosphere and is more dense • Plates move around on top of the mantle like____ • ...

plate tectonics 2024-02-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by divergent plate boundaries underwater
  2. outer layer of earth
  3. the gradual movement and formation of continents
  4. movement of one tectonic plate going under another
  5. mountain caused by plate tectonics that can spew magma
  6. cracks in earths crust where there is movement
  7. drives the movement of earths tectonic plates in the molten mantle.
  8. violent shaking caused by movement of plates
  9. lower layer of earths crust
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  1. hard part of earth containing crust and outer mantle
  2. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  3. a change is shape due to force
  4. amount per unit size
  5. formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis
  6. Transfer of heat caused by molecular motion
  7. a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth
  8. large hills caused by tectonic plates hitting eachother
  9. a slab made of earths crust
  10. molten rock in earths crust that can come out through volcanoes
  11. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

20 Clues: outer layer of earth • amount per unit size • a slab made of earths crust • lower layer of earths crust • a change is shape due to force • Transfer of heat caused by molecular motion • violent shaking caused by movement of plates • cracks in earths crust where there is movement • caused by divergent plate boundaries underwater • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the study of vibrations within Earth.
  2. a crack, split, or break in something.
  3. is a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains that encircles the globe almost entirely underwater.
  4. is made of solid rocks and minerals.
  5. forms as magma deep inside the Earth pushes toward the surface but fails to break through the crust.
  6. is the rocky outer part of Earth.
  7. is any of several large geographical regions.
  8. are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
  9. molten or partially molten rock from which igneous rocks form.
  10. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide.
Down
  1. (Spreading):This is where two plates move away from each other.
  2. is the shaking caused by the rupture (breaking) and subsequent displacement of rocks (one body of rock moving with respect to another) beneath Earth’s surface.
  3. occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
  4. is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates.
  5. marks the position at which the flexed, subducting slab begins to descend beneath another lithospheric slab.
  6. an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
  7. are The border between two tectonic plates.
  8. is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  9. are openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
  10. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

20 Clues: is the rocky outer part of Earth. • is made of solid rocks and minerals. • occurs at divergent plate boundaries. • a crack, split, or break in something. • is the study of vibrations within Earth. • are The border between two tectonic plates. • is any of several large geographical regions. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The number of large continents
  2. _____ drift-another name for Plate tectonics
  3. ____ currents- how plates move
  4. The name of the 'super continent'
  5. The plate that Scotland is on
  6. The crust that is found under oceans
Down
  1. These were found on different continents, proving scientists theory of plate tectonics
  2. Plate____- where plates meet
  3. The number of smaller plates on earth
  4. 150____-the number of years ago the continents began to move
  5. It is around 2900km thick
  6. It consists of an inner and outer section

12 Clues: It is around 2900km thick • Plate____- where plates meet • The plate that Scotland is on • The number of large continents • ____ currents- how plates move • The name of the 'super continent' • The crust that is found under oceans • The number of smaller plates on earth • It consists of an inner and outer section • _____ drift-another name for Plate tectonics • ...

earthquakes 2022-03-21

earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ringoffire
  2. aftershocks
  3. intensity
  4. tsunami
  5. magnitude
  6. landslide
  7. seismicity
  8. plate tectonics
  9. foreshocks
  10. bedrock
  11. chutes
  12. hazard
  13. wavelength
Down
  1. velocity
  2. greatalaska
  3. gravity
  4. greathashin
  5. naturally
  6. crust
  7. oceans
  8. displacement
  9. San Francisco
  10. earthquakes
  11. Aleppo

24 Clues: crust • oceans • chutes • hazard • Aleppo • gravity • tsunami • bedrock • velocity • intensity • naturally • magnitude • landslide • ringoffire • seismicity • foreshocks • wavelength • greatalaska • greathashin • aftershocks • earthquakes • displacement • San Francisco • plate tectonics

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A vent in the Earths surface
  2. The area where one plate is being pulled under another
  3. a vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. A break in the Earths crust resulting from dipslacement
  6. horizontal plate boundary
  7. Solid dense layer of the Earth
  8. outermost,rigid layer of Earth
  9. Outermost layer of the Earth
  10. an instrument for measuring movement
Down
  1. the gradual movement of very large land masses
  2. Molten rock, gases, and solid crystals
  3. Liquid layer of Earth
  4. A dropped zone where plates are pulling apart
  5. Spreading Goelogical process in which the Lithosphere splits apart
  6. relating to or associated with heat
  7. Soft layer of mantle
  8. a crack in Earths crust
  9. Plates moving apart
  10. Moving towards each other

20 Clues: Plates moving apart • Soft layer of mantle • Liquid layer of Earth • a crack in Earths crust • horizontal plate boundary • Moving towards each other • A vent in the Earths surface • Outermost layer of the Earth • Solid dense layer of the Earth • outermost,rigid layer of Earth • relating to or associated with heat • layer between the crust and the core • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.
  2. volcano is currently active
  3. a mudflow formed of water and volcanic ash
  4. current in a fluid that results from convection
  5. intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust
  6. the third layer of the Earth
  7. lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  8. mountain that has a crater or vent through which lava comes out
  9. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  10. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  11. breakdown of rock by the action of bacteria, plants and animals.
  12. he mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  13. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  14. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous
  15. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
Down
  1. large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  2. types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral
  3. upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  4. two plates slide past one another
  5. plate ________ theory
  6. volcanoes that wont erupt again
  7. solid material found in the centre of some planets
  8. volcanoes that have not erupted in a long time but are expected to erupt again
  9. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  10. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust
  11. ground shaking caused by the energy that is released when rock on either side of a fault suddenly moves.
  12. formed from the solidification of molten rock material

27 Clues: plate ________ theory • volcano is currently active • the third layer of the Earth • volcanoes that wont erupt again • two plates slide past one another • he mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • a mudflow formed of water and volcanic ash • two tectonic plates move away from each other • current in a fluid that results from convection • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-06-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock under the surface
  2. the top layer of rocks on the Earth, the crust and the uppermost mantle
  3. a boundary between tectonic plates or a weak spot on a plate, where earthquakes occur and the relative position of the ground changes
  4. All of the living things on Earth
  5. rock formed from layers of dirt, silt or sand
  6. rock rock that has been changed without completely melting by high temperature and pressure
  7. type of fault where the plates move towards each other
  8. type of rock formed from cooled molten rock
  9. exact point where an earthquake originated (under the ground)
  10. the middle layer of molten hot rock of the Earth
Down
  1. type of fault where the ground separates
  2. the solid layer on the outside of the Earth
  3. All the rocks and minerals, molten and solid, making up the Earth
  4. All of the gases surrounding the Earth
  5. type of fault where two plates moves along each other in opposite directions
  6. tectonics study of the movement of the Earth’s crust as a series of large slabs moving in different directions
  7. molten rock that has erupted onto the surface
  8. one plate moves under another
  9. point on the ground where an earthquake originated
  10. the movement of magma into other layers of rock
  11. centre of the Earth, extremely hot and dense with high iron content
  12. the bending of rock into anticlines and synclines as the rock gets compressed

22 Clues: molten rock under the surface • one plate moves under another • All of the living things on Earth • All of the gases surrounding the Earth • type of fault where the ground separates • the solid layer on the outside of the Earth • type of rock formed from cooled molten rock • molten rock that has erupted onto the surface • rock formed from layers of dirt, silt or sand • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. creates a fault
  2. forms from water being less dense and plates sliding underneath the more dense plate
  3. divergent boundaries create this
  4. cause of plate tectonics
  5. causes trenches, faults, volcanoes
  6. Boundary that causes Earthquakes
  7. long narrow depressions on the seafloor that form when one plate is pushed beneath another
  8. the rigid outer part of earth consisting of the earths crust
Down
  1. Earths crust and upper mantle broken down into plates
  2. plates that create trenches
  3. Plate below ocean
  4. upper layer of the earths Mantle
  5. boundaries that move away from each other
  6. how many plates are there?
  7. fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  8. how many boundaries are there
  9. Lithosphere is ______ _____ then Asthenosphere
  10. convection currents never
  11. Plate below continent
  12. forms from only convergent boundaries

20 Clues: creates a fault • Plate below ocean • Plate below continent • cause of plate tectonics • convection currents never • how many plates are there? • plates that create trenches • how many boundaries are there • upper layer of the earths Mantle • divergent boundaries create this • Boundary that causes Earthquakes • causes trenches, faults, volcanoes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-09-08

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A device used to record earthquake
  2. A continuous mass on the ocean floor.
  3. Vibration of Earth
  4. The science that studies Earth.
  5. The outer portion of the earth.
  6. Consolidated mixture of minerals.
  7. A record made by a seismograph.
  8. two plates slide past each other.
  9. A theory
  10. Mountains formed by igneous activity
Down
  1. two plates move
  2. thick part of the Earth’s crust
  3. Second type of earthquake wave
  4. Rigid sections of the lithosphere
  5. The thin part of the Earth’s crust
  6. A mass of molten rock
  7. moving apart.
  8. A slab of rock thrusts into the mantle.
  9. A break in a rock
  10. A depression in the seafloor
  11. A concentration of heat in the mantle

21 Clues: A theory • moving apart. • two plates move • A break in a rock • Vibration of Earth • A mass of molten rock • A depression in the seafloor • Second type of earthquake wave • thick part of the Earth’s crust • The science that studies Earth. • The outer portion of the earth. • A record made by a seismograph. • Rigid sections of the lithosphere • Consolidated mixture of minerals. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-09-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. semifluid below or within the crust
  2. when the sea floor diverges
  3. what boundary has the plates come apart
  4. what happens to divergent plates
  5. what plate is under the ocean
  6. what boundary has the plates come together
  7. what boundary has plates slide past each other
  8. the semi fluid that spews out of
  9. the upper mantle and crust of the earth
  10. when magma rises cools and sinks back down
  11. how many boundaries are there
  12. what does cold air do
Down
  1. the thin layer below the lithosphere
  2. what happens to plates in a convergent boundary
  3. what forms when you have a oceanic plate in a convergent boundary
  4. this forms when 3 oceanic plates collide
  5. what plate is under the continent’s
  6. what happens in a transform boundary
  7. when a oceanic and continental plate collide this forms
  8. when 2 continental plates collide what forms
  9. what forms when 2 oceanic plates are in a convergent boundary
  10. what does hot air do

22 Clues: what does hot air do • what does cold air do • when the sea floor diverges • what plate is under the ocean • how many boundaries are there • what happens to divergent plates • the semi fluid that spews out of • semifluid below or within the crust • what plate is under the continent’s • the thin layer below the lithosphere • what happens in a transform boundary • ...

plate tectonics 2022-12-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a way plates move to move away from each other
  2. the only core created out of water
  3. what holds north america
  4. created by a convergent boundary
  5. the plates holding the crust of the earth
  6. convergen is when it creates seafloor spreading
  7. what the tectonic plates hold up
  8. a natural disaster caused by transform boundary
  9. the supercontinent before they all split up
  10. has the crust and upper mantle
  11. the crust under the ocean
  12. the smoke out of a volcano
Down
  1. holds the south american plate
  2. a rocky liquid that can get up to 1,300 degrees celsius
  3. when divergen plates spread apart making trenches
  4. is most of the earths weight
  5. holds europe and asia
  6. a trench that is under water
  7. is the inner core of the earth
  8. a direction the plates go so it makes a mountain
  9. a movement plates take to create faults, and earthquakes
  10. the upper part of the mantle
  11. huge rock filled with magma

23 Clues: holds europe and asia • what holds north america • the crust under the ocean • the smoke out of a volcano • huge rock filled with magma • is most of the earths weight • a trench that is under water • the upper part of the mantle • holds the south american plate • is the inner core of the earth • has the crust and upper mantle • created by a convergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example of a convergent boundary
  2. convection currents move through it to power tectonic plates
  3. top layer of the tectonic plates it has a high density and results from the cooling of magma
  4. earths largest plate and formed a part of a series of islands near North America
  5. transform boundaries cause when energy is released
  6. it is a plate that covers the entirety of a country, and it also covers a part of Asia
  7. lies above the fault plane
  8. Earth's lithosphere is recycled into earths mantle at convergent boundaries
  9. break in earth's crust
  10. are mostly found underwater
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth
Down
  1. can be between continental plates
  2. occurs at mid-ocean ridges,new oceanic crust is formed
  3. is the most important source of magma and is directly below the lithosphere
  4. it is a layer of rock that forms below the continents, and has a low density
  5. form deep trenches
  6. Earth's thin outer shell of rock
  7. drive the movement of tectonic plates
  8. two tectonic plates collide to form
  9. the theory that earth's continents moved over time, but they were on tectonic plates so they slowly moved away
  10. ocean to continent example of a transform boundary

21 Clues: form deep trenches • break in earth's crust • lies above the fault plane • are mostly found underwater • Earth's thin outer shell of rock • can be between continental plates • the rigid outer part of the earth • an example of a convergent boundary • two tectonic plates collide to form • drive the movement of tectonic plates • transform boundaries cause when energy is released • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the amount per unit size.
  2. is a large continuous extent of land.
  3. someone who studies the history of Earth's rocks and fossils.
  4. crash together with violent impact.
  5. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
  6. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean.
  7. the circular motion of hot minerals being heated up and cooled down beneath Earth's crust.
  8. relating to eruptions of gas and lava from the earth's crust.
  9. any long ditch cut in the ground.
  10. a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature.
Down
  1. a person with advanced knowledge of empirical fields.
  2. The bottom of the sea or ocean.
  3. an underwater mountain
  4. one of the large landmasses of the earth.
  5. pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust.
  6. The study of rocks and fossils and their history on Earth.
  7. downward movement of the edge of a plate of the Earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  8. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos.
  9. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
  10. molten rock in the Earth's crust.

20 Clues: an underwater mountain • the amount per unit size. • The bottom of the sea or ocean. • any long ditch cut in the ground. • molten rock in the Earth's crust. • crash together with violent impact. • is a large continuous extent of land. • one of the large landmasses of the earth. • a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-11-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example of a fold mountain formed at a continental-continental convergent plate boundary
  2. Part of the Eart that is in molten state
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth
  4. One of the most famous ocean ridges in the world
  5. The hottest part of the Earth composed of metals
  6. Type of crust that is composed of heavy rock
  7. when two plates slide past one another
  8. When two plates collide
  9. The currents that cause plate movement
  10. The supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago
  11. One of the major seven plates of the world
Down
  1. Makes up 80% of the Earth's volume
  2. Molten rock when it's under the earth's surface
  3. Type of plate boundary that separates
  4. Makes up the crust and rigid upper mantle
  5. The process of the heavier plate sinking below the lighter plate into the mantle
  6. Man who proposed Continental Drift
  7. Type of crust that is composed of light rock
  8. Home to the most famous fault line in the world
  9. landform created from a transform plate boundary

20 Clues: When two plates collide • The outermost layer of the Earth • Makes up 80% of the Earth's volume • Man who proposed Continental Drift • Type of plate boundary that separates • when two plates slide past one another • The currents that cause plate movement • Part of the Eart that is in molten state • Makes up the crust and rigid upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Volcano
  2. Transform
  3. Tectonic
  4. Crust
  5. Asthenosphere
  6. OuterCore
  7. Divergent
  8. Plates
  9. Valley
  10. LowerMantle
  11. Boundary
  12. UpperMantle
Down
  1. Subduction
  2. Collide
  3. Continental
  4. Mountains
  5. InnerCore
  6. Convergent
  7. Lithosphere
  8. Earthquake
  9. Wegener
  10. MountEverest
  11. Oceanic
  12. Magma

24 Clues: Crust • Magma • Plates • Valley • Collide • Volcano • Wegener • Oceanic • Tectonic • Boundary • Mountains • InnerCore • Transform • OuterCore • Divergent • Subduction • Convergent • Earthquake • Continental • Lithosphere • LowerMantle • UpperMantle • MountEverest • Asthenosphere

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continent that includes brazil
  2. occurs as tectonic plates are pushed together and the crust becomes shorter and thicker
  3. where two plates move away from each other
  4. continent under eurasia
  5. continent that includes australia and surrounding ocean
  6. when two plates slide past each other
  7. continent that includes canada and america
  8. continental made up of europe and asia
  9. continent farthest north
  10. the outer shell on the earth
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. natural disaster that shakes the ground
  2. plate in the pacific ocean
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through time.
  4. hot, dense, center of our planet
  5. when plates move towards each other and collide
  6. energy waves travelling out from an earthquake
  7. earth's layer made out of solid rock
  8. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
  9. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates

20 Clues: continent under eurasia • continent farthest north • plate in the pacific ocean • the outer shell on the earth • continent that includes brazil • hot, dense, center of our planet • earth's layer made out of solid rock • when two plates slide past each other • continental made up of europe and asia • natural disaster that shakes the ground • ...

Plate tectonics 2020-03-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are formed when lava flows underwater
  2. a sudden volent shaking of the ground
  3. the most common volcano
  4. erupt regularly, but not enough to be classified as active
  5. how fast a point on the ground is shaking
  6. the number of times something happens in a certain amount of time
  7. the gradual movement of the continents across the earths surface
  8. a tube formed by cooling of lava walls while fluid lava contiues to flow
  9. induced by the movement of magma
  10. outer layer of the earth
  11. the size of an earhtquake
  12. Moltern Rock outside of the earths surface
  13. found mainly under the ocean
  14. the place where two convergent plates come togther
  15. a mountain or hill that has a vent through which lava and rock fragments can erupt from.
  16. sleeping volcano, can erupt but hasnt in a very long time
  17. the point on the earths surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  18. lava with a ropelike surface texture, low viscosity
  19. made up of iron and nickel
Down
  1. Magma rock underneath the earths surface
  2. moving apart
  3. theory of the continental drift by ________
  4. Make up the larger land masses we live on
  5. solids and gases in the air after a volcano erupts
  6. made up of magma, very thick
  7. a way to express the magnitued of an earthquake
  8. earthquake poduced by the detonation of chemicals or nuclear devices
  9. the main vent in a volcano
  10. can erupt at any time
  11. the world is made up of these
  12. earthquake is small, happen underground and in mines.
  13. the rock that comes out of a vocano
  14. volcano built from layers of cooled lava
  15. sliding
  16. Block lava, has high viscosity
  17. volcano has no magma chamber
  18. pushing together
  19. least explosive volcano
  20. a zone of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean
  21. center of the earth
  22. the largest earthquake in a sequence

41 Clues: sliding • moving apart • pushing together • center of the earth • can erupt at any time • the most common volcano • least explosive volcano • outer layer of the earth • the size of an earhtquake • the main vent in a volcano • made up of iron and nickel • made up of magma, very thick • volcano has no magma chamber • found mainly under the ocean • the world is made up of these • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-04-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Measures earthquakes.
  2. A scale measures intensity of earthquakes.
  3. Vent in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt.
  4. Earth's crust that makes up continents.
  5. Sudden violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
  6. One plate is being pulled under the edge of another.
  7. ________plates collide.
  8. Scientist that developed the Continental Drift Theory.
  9. Steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.
  10. All the continents where one.
  11. Transform boundaries tectonic plates are not moving directly toward.
Down
  1. Rigid outer part of the earth.
  2. best studied strike-slip fault
  3. Convergent boundaries tectonic plates.
  4. Arc-shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone.
  5. How many major plates.
  6. What plate boundary causes earthquakes.
  7. Liquid layer of the Earth.
  8. Place where two plates meet.
  9. Divergent boundaries tectonic plates are moving -------- from each other.

20 Clues: Measures earthquakes. • How many major plates. • ________plates collide. • Liquid layer of the Earth. • Place where two plates meet. • All the continents where one. • Rigid outer part of the earth. • best studied strike-slip fault • Convergent boundaries tectonic plates. • Earth's crust that makes up continents. • What plate boundary causes earthquakes. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates and the plates motion
  2. The part of the ocean floor that lava comes out of
  3. The part of the crust made of basalt
  4. Part of the pattern created on the ocean floor
  5. One of the items in the earth that helped prove that Pangea existed
  6. The idea that continents slowly move over the Earth’s surface
  7. What oceanic and continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  8. Type of plate boundary that destroys things
  9. The part of the crust made of granite
Down
  1. What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle
  2. A deep valley formed by plates moving away from each other
  3. When subduction takes place it happens at a __________ boundary
  4. The one continent that existed millions of years ago
  5. The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans
  6. This boundary can form a rift valley
  7. What happens at a transform boundary
  8. The pieces of earth’s lithosphere
  9. The process of one plate sinking underneath another
  10. Cracks in Earth’s crust after plates rub against each other
  11. What two continental plates create on a convergent boundary

20 Clues: The pieces of earth’s lithosphere • The part of the crust made of basalt • This boundary can form a rift valley • What happens at a transform boundary • The part of the crust made of granite • The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans • Type of plate boundary that destroys things • What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2019-12-28

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sea-floor________ creates new sea floor
  2. Scientific explanation
  3. Breaks in rocks
  4. Outer earth layer
  5. Drift that Broke Pangaea
  6. Result of volcanism or tectonic force
  7. Boundary type associated with earthquakes
  8. Earth layer of solid slow-flowing rock
  9. Boundary Type where plates move apart
  10. Deepest trench
Down
  1. Original large continent
  2. One plate sinks below another
  3. Proposed continental drift
  4. Lava Mountain
  5. Pangaea fragment
  6. Earthquake measurer
  7. Petrified remains
  8. Boundary type where plates collide
  9. Current explaining plate motion
  10. Geological plate

20 Clues: Lava Mountain • Deepest trench • Breaks in rocks • Pangaea fragment • Geological plate • Outer earth layer • Petrified remains • Earthquake measurer • Scientific explanation • Original large continent • Drift that Broke Pangaea • Proposed continental drift • One plate sinks below another • Current explaining plate motion • Boundary type where plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-07-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents moved slowly to their current location
  2. the layer of earth on which the crust floats
  3. seven great land masses on the globe
  4. supercontinent that incorporated almost all of Earth's landmasses in early geologic time
  5. is a region where plates meet
  6. the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  7. the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
  8. the thin, outer surface of the earth
  9. is the process in which the ocean floor is extended when two plates move apart
  10. when denser rock is pushed down into the mantle so that it melts back into magma
  11. very dense type of crust
Down
  1. it is the largest of all tectonic plates
  2. boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally along transform faults
  3. plates that move apart
  4. current in Earth's mantle that transfers heat in earths interior and is the driving force for plate tectonics
  5. plate boundaries where two plates come together
  6. it is made up of two parts – the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  7. the innermost layer of the earth
  8. Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
  9. portion of the Earth's crust that lies beneath the ocean floor

20 Clues: plates that move apart • very dense type of crust • is a region where plates meet • the innermost layer of the earth • seven great land masses on the globe • the thin, outer surface of the earth • it is the largest of all tectonic plates • the layer of earth on which the crust floats • the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-09-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the type of plate boundary that results in earthquakes like those experienced along the San Andreas fault in southern California.
  2. This device is used to measure small changes in magnetic fields.
  3. This is the name for the landmass comprising all modern continents.
  4. This is where an oceanic plate subducts under a continental one.
  5. Another word for Gravity Pull.
  6. This man created the plate tectonic theory.
  7. This is the layer that the crust is floating upon.
  8. This is the term for the transfer of thermal energy by heated matter.
  9. This is important because its role is both the movement of continents and the distribution and evolution of species.
  10. This is a type of tectonic plate on earth.
Down
  1. This plate boundary is when two tectonic plates move apart.
  2. This plays a role in preventing a runaway greenhouse effect.
  3. This is the movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates caused by.
  4. This does NOT act as evidence for the theory of plate tectonics.
  5. This results from tectonic plates quickly sliding against each other at sites where strain has built up.
  6. In the event of two continental plates moving part, this is what it's called.
  7. The name for the process of one plate going under another.
  8. This type of sound wave is used to observe the seafloor.
  9. This is the rate that the earth's plates move.
  10. This is the deepest trench in the world, and is found in the ocean.

20 Clues: Another word for Gravity Pull. • This is a type of tectonic plate on earth. • This man created the plate tectonic theory. • This is the rate that the earth's plates move. • This is the layer that the crust is floating upon. • This type of sound wave is used to observe the seafloor. • The name for the process of one plate going under another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-08-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates under the ocean diverge and move apart they create a mid-ocean what
  2. last name of scientist who discovered sea-floor spreading
  3. the solid outer layer of the Earth
  4. plate boundary where plates are colliding
  5. the coal fields of North America and this continent match up
  6. scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
  7. oceanic crust is mainly this type of rock
  8. pangaea broke apart 175 what years ago
  9. supercontinent
  10. South America and this continent look like they actually fit together
  11. Ring of Fire is a long chain of what in the pacific ocean
  12. scratches in rocks that are created by glaciers moving
Down
  1. crust is neither created or what (only cycled on the planet)
  2. overall long-term weather of a certain area
  3. when two continental plates diverge and move away from each other they create a rift what
  4. fossils of the same what are found on separate continents
  5. caused when plates move and the earth shakes
  6. Type of current in the mantle where magma moves up and down dragging the plates across the Earth
  7. mountain chain that consists of the same rocks as the British Isles
  8. plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other

20 Clues: supercontinent • the solid outer layer of the Earth • pangaea broke apart 175 what years ago • plate boundary where plates are colliding • oceanic crust is mainly this type of rock • overall long-term weather of a certain area • caused when plates move and the earth shakes • scientist who proposed the continental drift theory • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sinking of regions of the of the Earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. The process my which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma, and rises toward the surface and solidifies
  3. Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  4. The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  5. Global Positioning System
  6. The thin and solid outermost layer of he Earth above the mantle
  7. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  8. When rocks are pushed together by compression
  9. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  10. The bending of rock layers due to stress
  11. The rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
Down
  1. A thinner and denser crust than continental crust
  2. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  3. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  5. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  6. When rocks are pulled apart because of tension
  7. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  8. A thicker and less dense crust than oceanic crust
  9. The central part of the Earth below the mantle

20 Clues: Global Positioning System • The bending of rock layers due to stress • When rocks are pushed together by compression • When rocks are pulled apart because of tension • The central part of the Earth below the mantle • A thinner and denser crust than continental crust • A thicker and less dense crust than oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The crust that forms the ocean floor
  2. When plates are pulled apart at mid-ocean ridges
  3. The layer beneath the Earth's crust
  4. When older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  5. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  6. The place below the ground where the earthquake begins
  7. An instrument that detects the seismic waves caused by an earthquake
  8. A chain of islands formed at the edges of plate boundaries where one plate subducts
  9. A place where extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface
  10. Where plates are moving apart in opposite directions
  11. A section of the Earth's crust that moves about on the Earth's surface
  12. Rapid movement of the ground, usually up and down
  13. crust Crust that forms the ocean floor
Down
  1. Where plates are colliding with each other
  2. Where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
  3. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake on the sea floor
  4. mountain Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  5. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  6. When continents separate by moving across the Earth's surface
  7. An isolated place away from plate boundaries where lots of magma is collected
  8. The centre of the Earth
  9. Transverse seismic waves that travels through the Earth
  10. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle and being pulled apart
  11. Patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries
  12. The Earth's crust AND upper mantle, it's tectonic plates
  13. A longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through the Earth
  14. The layer beneath the Earth's crust
  15. Molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface
  16. Molten rock below the Earth's surface
  17. A depression in the ocean floor

30 Clues: The centre of the Earth • A depression in the ocean floor • The layer beneath the Earth's crust • The layer beneath the Earth's crust • The crust that forms the ocean floor • Molten rock below the Earth's surface • crust Crust that forms the ocean floor • Where plates are colliding with each other • When plates are pulled apart at mid-ocean ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost, rigid later of the Earth
  2. type of volcano also called a composite volcano, which is large and has steep slopes
  3. the layer between the crust and the core
  4. liquid layer of the Earth's core
  5. type of volcano that is the biggest and has large gentle slopes
  6. simplest type of volcano, conical with low, steep sides and often found on sides of other types of volcanoes
  7. this is the region around much of the rim of the Pacific cean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
  8. boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. when magma erupts onto the surface it is called this
  10. mountains created where two or more continental plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountains are an example.
  11. a long narrow depression in a surface
  12. molten rock in the Earth's crust
  13. the science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  14. volcano that buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy
  15. the study of the movement of Earth's crust
  16. continental transform fault that extends through California
Down
  1. vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  2. type of volcano that is big, round and shaped like a cauldron
  3. a crack in the Earth's crust through which gases escape
  4. boundary where two tectonic plates slide by each other
  5. outermost layer of the Earth
  6. the movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  7. region formed where two plates move apart and can be found on land or the bottom of the sea
  8. process the happens at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanoes and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  9. the theory that continents drift apart
  10. the edges where two plates meet
  11. a long, underwater ocean ridge created by divergent boundary
  12. the branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  13. boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
  14. a break or crack in the Earth's surface
  15. soft later of the mantle

31 Clues: soft later of the mantle • outermost layer of the Earth • the edges where two plates meet • liquid layer of the Earth's core • molten rock in the Earth's crust • outermost, rigid later of the Earth • a long narrow depression in a surface • the theory that continents drift apart • a break or crack in the Earth's surface • the layer between the crust and the core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A crack in rock formations.
  2. This type of fault is when plates slide past each other.
  3. The theory that the surface of the Earth is made of moving pieces. (5,9)
  4. These currents keep the magma moving.
  5. The layer of magma below the lithosphere.
  6. Area where land is being torn apart by tectonic forces (4,6).
  7. Caused by plates suddenly moving.
  8. The Earths plates fit together like this (6,6).
  9. The area where plates meet.
  10. Rocks that are being bent.
Down
  1. The outer layer of the Earth.
  2. Area where one plate slides under another (10,4)
  3. Plates that move apart.
  4. Molten rock coming from a volcano.
  5. Area where plates under the sea are moving apart (3,5,5)
  6. A fold that bends upwards.
  7. Plates that move together.
  8. A fold that bends downwards.
  9. Caused by earthquakes under the sea.
  10. Molten rock below a volcano.

20 Clues: Plates that move apart. • A fold that bends upwards. • Plates that move together. • Rocks that are being bent. • A crack in rock formations. • The area where plates meet. • A fold that bends downwards. • Molten rock below a volcano. • The outer layer of the Earth. • Caused by plates suddenly moving. • Molten rock coming from a volcano. • Caused by earthquakes under the sea. • ...