plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Natural Science Chapter 1 Terms 2020-09-24

Natural Science Chapter 1 Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. platform: an area of the continent that is filled by sedimentary strata. It also includes igneous and metamorphic rocks
  2. Shelf: the continental shelf is located near are large landmass in a shallow area. The shelf is technically part of the crust of the continent.
  3. Science: name for all sciences that seek to understand earth and space
  4. life-giving gaseous envelope
  5. the outer layer of the earth
  6. dense inner sphere
  7. examines materials that Compose of the earth
  8. A well tested and widely accepted view that best explains scientific observations
  9. basin: deep submarine region that is beyond the continental margin
  10. the largest of the spheres
  11. explanation that is proposed to explain scientific observations
  12. dynamic mass of water that is always moving
  13. rigid outer layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle
  14. group of interacting parts that work together to form a complex whole
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  1. subdivision of the mantle
  2. Shield: large areas of the earth's crust. This is where the mountain building process happens.
  3. Ocean Trench: these are the deepest parts of the seafloor.
  4. System:
  5. Theory: describes the formation of the solar system
  6. the study of the universe
  7. study of ocean
  8. continent is a body of land that has its own continental plate. In the world, there are 7 of these continents: North and South America, Asia, Europe, Antártica, Australia, and Africa.
  9. Rise: an underwater sediment that is located between the slope of the continent and the abyssal plain. This is the final boundary between the deepest part of the oceans and the continents.
  10. the sphere that includes all life on earth
  11. less dense sphere
  12. plain: these are usually located on the deep ocean floor around 10,000 feet below sea level. These plains cover more than 50 percent of the surface.
  13. study of the atmosphere and processes that produce the climate
  14. mid ocean ridge: a mountain chain located on the floor of the ocean. These ridges are formed by the plate tectonics. Most of the time it is near the ocean basin.
  15. method: the method taken to get an answer to a hypothesis

29 Clues: System: • study of ocean • less dense sphere • dense inner sphere • subdivision of the mantle • the study of the universe • the largest of the spheres • life-giving gaseous envelope • the outer layer of the earth • the sphere that includes all life on earth • dynamic mass of water that is always moving • examines materials that Compose of the earth • ...

Morgan Stewart 2025-05-01

Morgan Stewart crossword puzzle
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  1. a large area of land that is believed to exist long ago and consists of the lands of the southern hemisphere and India.
  2. boundaries- the location where 2 plates meet.
  3. between the crust and the core.
  4. molten rock material within the Earth.
  5. drift- a slow movement of the continents on a deep-seated viscous core within the Earth.
  6. the action of the weather conditions altering the color, texture, composition, or form of expused objects.
  7. core- the inner most part of the Earth is the core.
  8. currents- a stream of fluid propelled by thermal convection.
  9. when two blocks of the Earth slip past eachothe
  10. a hard surface layer around the Earth.
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  1. features on Earth's surface that make up terrain.
  2. ridge- a sea-floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
  3. molten rock that is issued by issues from a volcano.
  4. something of explosively violent pot ential.
  5. volcanos that have not erupted in a long time but are expected to erupt in the future.
  6. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  7. flow- chaotic mixture of rock fragments, gas, and ash.
  8. a hypothetical landmass in the northern hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic era.
  9. core- the liquid layer of the Earths core, located between the inner core and mantle.
  10. Wegener- German geologist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  11. one of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land.
  12. tectonics- the process of tectonic plate movements
  13. a moving fluid mass composed of volcanic debris and water.
  14. the action or process of eroding.
  15. Andreas fault- to transform boundaries between 2 major plates of the Earths crust.

25 Clues: between the crust and the core. • the action or process of eroding. • molten rock material within the Earth. • a hard surface layer around the Earth. • one of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land. • something of explosively violent pot ential. • boundaries- the location where 2 plates meet. • when two blocks of the Earth slip past eachothe • ...

Science 2018-08-04

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  2. Where living being/things can live
  3. a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water
  4. is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age
  5. occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  6. type of elastic wave, and are one of the two main types of elastic body waves, so named because they move through the body of an object, unlike surface waves
  7. any separation in a geologic formation, such as a joint or a fault that divides the rock into two or more pieces
  8. complex portion of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate
  9. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  10. composed of iron and nickel which lies above the Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle
  11. a long, narrow ditch
  12. movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed
  13. is the name for all material of glacial origin found anywhere on land or at sea, including sediment and large rocks
  14. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  15. Which crust are made of
  16. locations where two plates slide past one another
  17. series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake
  18. Heat energy can transfer by convection when there is a significant difference in temperature between two parts of a fluid
  19. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  20. a record recorder from seismograph
  21. fossil fuel that forms when dead plant matter is converted into peat
  22. Which the core is made of
  23. underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  24. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  25. the boundary surface between the earth's crust and the mantle
  26. the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite
  27. one of the scientists who created continental drift theory
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  1. supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  2. Mostly Outer Core is made of
  3. When the subduction gets lower the trench gets...
  4. seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia
  5. central innermost, or most essential part of Earth
  6. It is composed of several layers, not including the overlying sediment
  7. where two plates are moving toward each other
  8. sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks
  9. the largest and best-known genus of the extinct order of seed ferns
  10. a process which the oceanic plate is subduct
  11. ocean density
  12. When the subduction is fast, the ocean...
  13. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  14. is a type of volcanic arc occurring as an "arc-shape"
  15. is a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged
  16. GEOLOGY (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults
  17. is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object
  18. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
  19. was a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist
  20. the age where the dinasour still lives
  21. an instrument that measures motion of the ground
  22. is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies
  23. composed of an iron–nickel alloy and some other elements
  24. Continental Plate Density

51 Clues: ocean density • a long, narrow ditch • Which crust are made of • Which the core is made of • Continental Plate Density • Mostly Outer Core is made of • Where living being/things can live • a record recorder from seismograph • the age where the dinasour still lives • When the subduction is fast, the ocean... • a process which the oceanic plate is subduct • ...

Earth Science Crossword 2024-01-12

Earth Science Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. intrusive volcanism is when magma is forced into the tocks that make up the earth's crust.
  2. a british lawyer and geologist, recognized the utility of fossils and subdividing geologic time on the basis of fossils.
  3. extremely hot liquid located under earth's surface.
  4. he divided the rock record time into the rock time units from oldest to youngest.
  5. when the oceanic plate sinks beneath the continental plate.
  6. which rocks are altered in composition, texture, or internal structure by extreme heat, pressure.
  7. associated with energy originating in the interior of the solid earth.
  8. wearing away of rocks by constant collision of loose particles.
  9. known as "acient life", rapid diversification of life, represented by cambrian fauna.
  10. it is the study of the processes that deform the earth's crust.
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  1. the reaction between minerals and oxygen dissolved in water.
  2. dissociation of molecules into ions.
  3. change in the composition of minerals when they react with water.
  4. its eruption produces lava in the surface of the earth and this will cool down and becomes igneous rocks.
  5. eon of "visible life"
  6. the fracturing and displacement of brittle rocks 'strata' along the fault plane
  7. from "hades" greek god of the underworld.
  8. the breakdown of rocks at the earth's surface, by the action of rainwater, extremes of temperature, and biological activity.
  9. grinding/sliding action between the plates.
  10. geological phenomena and process that originate externally to the earth's surface.
  11. when water gets inside the joints, alternate freezing and thawing episodes pry the rock apart.
  12. two plates move away from each other.
  13. known as the era of "hidden life" or cryptozoic era.
  14. two plates move towards each other.
  15. occur when rocks are pushed towards each other from the opposite sides.

25 Clues: eon of "visible life" • two plates move towards each other. • dissociation of molecules into ions. • two plates move away from each other. • from "hades" greek god of the underworld. • grinding/sliding action between the plates. • extremely hot liquid located under earth's surface. • known as the era of "hidden life" or cryptozoic era. • ...

GEOLOGIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Read the clues below and fill in the correct answer. 2023-10-16

GEOLOGIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Read the clues below and fill in the correct answer. crossword puzzle
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  1. - largest moon of Saturn
  2. - the period of time it takes for a substance undergoing decay to decrease by half.
  3. - a method of determining numerical age of rocks using radioactive decay.
  4. - solid material that is move and deposited in a new location
  5. - an early stage in the formation of star resulting from the gravitational collapses of gases.
  6. - formed from previously existing rock such as igneous and sedimentary rocks.
  7. -  the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals through contact with water, atmospheric gases, sunlight and biological organism
  8. - a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.
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  1. - form when tectonics plates beneath the Earth's surface diverge.
  2. - a method of determining the age of rocks in each layer by identifying the relative order of previous events.
  3. - it is formed when two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge and the older, denser plate is pushed beneath the higher plate and deep into the mantle.
  4. - a magma that cooled and hardened beneath the surface.
  5. - located between Mars and Jupiter. Grained sized up to hundreds of kilometers in diameter.
  6. - small body of rock, iron, ice, methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide that orbit the sun elliptically.
  7. - process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids and gradually become solid rock.
  8. -the transformation of existing rock to rock with different mineral composition or texture.
  9. -  landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediments that is carried by a river and enters slower moving or stagnant water
  10. - a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
  11. - process where rocks are broken down by natural forces such as wind or water.
  12. - naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals.

20 Clues: - largest moon of Saturn • - a magma that cooled and hardened beneath the surface. • - solid material that is move and deposited in a new location • - form when tectonics plates beneath the Earth's surface diverge. • - naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals. • - a method of determining numerical age of rocks using radioactive decay. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2022-03-21

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. When the plates collide
  2. The layer under the crust
  3. The plate under the North American plate
  4. The plate under South Africa
  5. The largest ocean
  6. A mountain where lave comes out of
  7. The plate on top of the South American plate
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  1. The plate off the South American Coast
  2. The largest plate
  3. A huge wave
  4. _____ plates
  5. Where humanity started
  6. The coldest plate
  7. The plate in the middle
  8. Tectonic _____

15 Clues: A huge wave • _____ plates • Tectonic _____ • The largest plate • The largest ocean • The coldest plate • Where humanity started • When the plates collide • The plate in the middle • The layer under the crust • The plate under South Africa • A mountain where lave comes out of • The plate off the South American Coast • The plate under the North American plate • ...

Plate Tectonic 2022-03-21

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. When the plates collide
  2. The layer under the crust
  3. The plate under the North American plate
  4. The plate under South Africa
  5. The largest ocean
  6. A mountain where lave comes out of
  7. The plate on top of the South American plate
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  1. The plate off the South American Coast
  2. The largest plate
  3. A huge wave
  4. _____ plates
  5. Where humanity started
  6. The coldest plate
  7. The plate in the middle
  8. Tectonic _____

15 Clues: A huge wave • _____ plates • Tectonic _____ • The largest plate • The largest ocean • The coldest plate • Where humanity started • When the plates collide • The plate in the middle • The layer under the crust • The plate under South Africa • A mountain where lave comes out of • The plate off the South American Coast • The plate under the North American plate • ...

Plate Tectonic 2022-03-21

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. When the plates collide
  2. The layer under the crust
  3. The plate under the North American plate
  4. The plate under South Africa
  5. The largest ocean
  6. A mountain where lave comes out of
  7. The plate on top of the South American plate
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  1. The plate off the South American Coast
  2. The largest plate
  3. A huge wave
  4. _____ plates
  5. Where humanity started
  6. The coldest plate
  7. The plate in the middle
  8. Tectonic _____

15 Clues: A huge wave • _____ plates • Tectonic _____ • The largest plate • The largest ocean • The coldest plate • Where humanity started • When the plates collide • The plate in the middle • The layer under the crust • The plate under South Africa • A mountain where lave comes out of • The plate off the South American Coast • The plate under the North American plate • ...

Plate Tectonics in Marine Science 2014-10-17

Plate Tectonics in Marine Science crossword puzzle
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  1. When two plates slide against each other, this is a ____boundary.
  2. When two plates smash into each other, this is a ____Boundary
  3. Huge mass of land floating on the underlying Asthenosphere.
  4. A huge tidal wave, travels fast, destroys everything.
  5. Why and how the plates move and interact.
  6. When two plates react violently against each other, creating a huge tremor.
  7. Two tectonic plates moving against each other are a ____ boundary.
  8. the heating up of the underlying magma that pushes upwards.
  9. a huge rift in a mid ocean ridge.
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  1. The movement of earth's plates, the cause of quakes, volcanoes, etc.
  2. one plate under the other
  3. Size and Area of a Tectonic Plate, think border, limit.
  4. the volcanic activity that pushes apart two plates, creating new crust.
  5. its a deep abyss but the main culprit hiding the force of a tsunami.

14 Clues: one plate under the other • a huge rift in a mid ocean ridge. • Why and how the plates move and interact. • A huge tidal wave, travels fast, destroys everything. • Size and Area of a Tectonic Plate, think border, limit. • Huge mass of land floating on the underlying Asthenosphere. • the heating up of the underlying magma that pushes upwards. • ...

Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion 2018-02-27

Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion crossword puzzle
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  1. when a dense ocean plate converges with a lighter continental plate
  2. the layer of earth we live on
  3. new floor forming at the ridge spreading outward to make room for more
  4. when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air
  5. two tectonic plates collide
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  1. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  2. what is the layer beneath the crust called
  3. a mountain range running across 10,000 miles on the ocean floor
  4. a rigid layer of solid rock
  5. what is the layer before the inner core called
  6. earth's only totally liquid layer
  7. what is the name of the large land that the continents were once together of
  8. two tectonic plates pull apart

13 Clues: a rigid layer of solid rock • two tectonic plates collide • the layer of earth we live on • two tectonic plates pull apart • earth's only totally liquid layer • what is the layer beneath the crust called • when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • what is the layer before the inner core called • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
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  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
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  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
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  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
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  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Oceans 2023-04-11

Oceans crossword puzzle
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  1. force that pulls downward, and water will.
  2. water flowing outside, either in a creek and rivers and street.
  3. circulation. Thermos-means temperature.
  4. Vent,A fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water is released.
  5. Shelf,A large area of extremely flat or gently sloping ocean floor just offshore from a continent, at depths of 13,000-20,000 feet
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  1. the regular rise and fall of ocean levels and are affected by gravity. .
  2. flowing outside, either in a creek, a river, or along the street.
  3. Plain,Formed by a build up of cooled lava, breaks the surface of the ocean.
  4. Ridge,An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  5. all liquids and gases are fluid.

10 Clues: all liquids and gases are fluid. • circulation. Thermos-means temperature. • force that pulls downward, and water will. • Ridge,An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. • water flowing outside, either in a creek and rivers and street. • flowing outside, either in a creek, a river, or along the street. • ...

Ocean Topography 2025-01-16

Ocean Topography crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the lowland area that forms when tectonic plates move apart?
  2. What type of crust is found beneath the continents?
  3. What geological structures are found along the mid-ocean ridge?
  4. What is the steep seafloor region that separates the continental shelf from the deep ocean basin?
  5. What is the name of the area in the Pacific Ocean known for its deep ocean trenches?
  6. What is another mineral deposit found at the mid-ocean ridge?
  7. What is the longest and largest mountain range on Earth found under the ocean?
  8. What valuable mineral is found at the mid-ocean ridge?
  9. What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean (Hint: _____________ trench)?
  10. What type of tectonics creates rift valleys?
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  1. There are two types of animals in the abyssal plain, vertebrates and __________________.
  2. What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced beneath another?
  3. What is the low-relief zone of accumulated sediments between the continental slope and abyssal plain?
  4. What is the flat, muddy region on the ocean floor that covers more than half of the Earth's surface?
  5. What is the long, narrow, steep depression in the ocean floor created by tectonic plate movement?
  6. What type of vents are found at the mid-ocean ridge?
  7. What is the submerged part of a continent called?
  8. What type of TINY life is mainly found in the abyssal plain?
  9. What type of crust is found beneath the ocean?
  10. What is the term for particles of organic or inorganic matter that accumulate on the ocean floor?
  11. What geological feature is found on the continental slope?
  12. What is a large underwater mountain that rises from the ocean floor but doesn't reach the surface?

22 Clues: What type of tectonics creates rift valleys? • What type of crust is found beneath the ocean? • What is the submerged part of a continent called? • What type of crust is found beneath the continents? • What type of vents are found at the mid-ocean ridge? • What valuable mineral is found at the mid-ocean ridge? • ...

Geology layers 2024-10-22

Geology layers crossword puzzle
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  1. A crack or fissure in the Earth’s surface where tectonic plates are moving apart.
  2. A crack in the Earth’s crust where two tectonic plates meet and move relative to each other.
  3. Rock formed by the accumulation and compression of sediment over time.
  4. The shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates.
  5. A semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.
  6. An opening in the Earth’s surface where molten rock, ash, and gasses erupt.
  7. The solid innermost layer of the Earth, composed primarily of iron and nickel.
  8. Rock formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava.
  9. The thicker, less dense part of the Earth’s crust that forms the continents.
  10. The outermost layer of the Earth, composed of solid rock.
  11. A region where one tectonic plate moves beneath another into the mantle.
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  1. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, comprising the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  2. Vibrations that travel through the Earth, typically caused by earthquakes.
  3. Large sections of the Earth’s lithosphere that move and interact at their boundaries.
  4. The thinner, denser part of the Earth’s crust that underlies the oceans.
  5. The liquid layer of the Earth between the mantle and inner core, composed of molten iron and nickel.
  6. The layer beneath the crust, composed of silicate rocks rich in iron and magnesium.
  7. Molten rock located beneath the Earth’s surface.
  8. Rock that has been changed by heat and pressure from its original form.
  9. Molten rock that reaches the Earth’s surface through volcanic activity.
  10. Circular movements of molten material in the mantle, driving plate tectonics.

21 Clues: Molten rock located beneath the Earth’s surface. • Rock formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava. • The outermost layer of the Earth, composed of solid rock. • Rock formed by the accumulation and compression of sediment over time. • Rock that has been changed by heat and pressure from its original form. • ...

AP Environmetal Science 2018-03-06

AP Environmetal Science crossword puzzle
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  1. boundaries / when plates slide past each other
  2. erosion / movement of weathered rock or soil components from one place to another
  3. / mixture of clay, same, silt, and humus. Rich in nutrients.
  4. tectonics / movement of the lithosphere
  5. crust / can be divided into ocean basins where water depth exceeds 2 miles.
  6. crust / extends from the surface of earth down to 20-30 miles.
  7. / north-south positions on earth
  8. / very find particles between the size of sand and clay. Easily transported by water.
  9. / floats on top of the mantle
  10. / boundary between earths crust and mantle
  11. / occur during movement on existing fault, along tectonic plate boundary or along mid oceanic ridges
  12. of leaching / dissolved and suspended materials moved downward
  13. boundaries / when plates slide away from each other
  14. / tends to be yellowing in color due to iron, aluminum, humic compounds, and clay. Rich in nutrients.
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  1. boundaries / when plates slide towards each other
  2. / water flows through too quickly for most crops
  3. / east-west positions on earth
  4. / consists of rock fragments
  5. / formed by cooling and classified by their coloca content
  6. / the solid, outer part of earth
  7. Soil erosion- movement of weathered rock or soil components from one place to another / produce magma and release gases such as carbon dioxide
  8. / very fine. Low permeability to water
  9. / serious of waves created when a body of water is rapidly displaced usually by an earthquake
  10. / formed by piling and cementing of various materials over time in low lying areas. Fossils are only formed in.
  11. parent material / partially broken down inorganic minerals
  12. / formed by intense heat and pressure
  13. litter / leaves and partially decomposed organic debris. May be very thick.
  14. / organic matter, living organisms, inorganic minerals. Very thick on grassland.

28 Clues: / consists of rock fragments • / floats on top of the mantle • / east-west positions on earth • / north-south positions on earth • / the solid, outer part of earth • / very fine. Low permeability to water • / formed by intense heat and pressure • tectonics / movement of the lithosphere • / boundary between earths crust and mantle • ...

Complete the Geologic Crossword Puzzle that featuring Earth Science vocabulary. 2023-10-16

Complete the Geologic Crossword Puzzle that featuring Earth Science vocabulary. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - largest moon of Saturn
  2. - the period of time it takes for a substance undergoing decay to decrease by half.
  3. - a method of determining numerical age of rocks using radioactive decay.
  4. - solid material that is move and deposited in a new location
  5. - an early stage in the formation of star resulting from the gravitational collapses of gases.
  6. - formed from previously existing rock such as igneous and sedimentary rocks.
  7. - the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals through contact with water, atmospheric gases, sunlight and biological organism
  8. - a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.
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  1. - form when tectonics plates beneath the Earth's surface diverge.
  2. - a method of determining the age of rocks in each layer by identifying the relative order of previous events.
  3. - it is formed when two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge and the older, denser plate is pushed beneath the higher plate and deep into the mantle.
  4. - a magma that cooled and hardened beneath the surface.
  5. - located between Mars and Jupiter. Grained sized up to hundreds of kilometers in diameter.
  6. - small body of rock, iron, ice, methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide that orbit the sun elliptically.
  7. - process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids and gradually become solid rock.
  8. -the transformation of existing rock to rock with different mineral composition or texture.
  9. - landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediments that is carried by a river and enters slower moving or stagnant water
  10. - a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
  11. - process where rocks are broken down by natural forces such as wind or water.
  12. - naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals.

20 Clues: - largest moon of Saturn • - a magma that cooled and hardened beneath the surface. • - solid material that is move and deposited in a new location • - form when tectonics plates beneath the Earth's surface diverge. • - naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals. • - a method of determining numerical age of rocks using radioactive decay. • ...

Review 2025-12-06

Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Period of extensive ice sheet coverage
  2. A former supercontinent
  3. An undersea mountain chain where sea-floor spreading occurs
  4. "Her Deepness" holds the record for the deepest walk on the seafloor
  5. The climate of past geological eras, before direct instrumental records
  6. Shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust
  7. A break in the Earth's crust where movement occurs
  8. A boundary where plates slide past each other
  9. where a continent and ocean meet, may be active or passive
  10. Geologist who mapped the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, proving plate tectonics
  11. The layer between the Earth's crust and core
  12. The process where one plate is forced beneath another at a convergent boundary
  13. Came up with the idea of continental drift
  14. A deep valley on the ocean floor formed at a subduction zone
  15. The Earth's outermost, thin layer
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  1. One of Earth's main, very large, continuous landmasses,
  2. A boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. The process of particles settling and accumulating on the seafloor
  4. A valley that forms where two plates move apart
  5. Cylinder of ocean or lake floor sediments that records past environmental changes.
  6. The process where new oceanic crust is formed at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes older crust away
  7. The largest ocean
  8. Inventor of the Aqua-Lung, an early form of scuba diving
  9. A boundary where two plates collide
  10. The theory that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface
  11. Cylinder drilled from ice sheets, containing trapped air bubbles
  12. A vent in the Earth's crust through which lava, gas, and ash erupt

27 Clues: The largest ocean • A former supercontinent • The Earth's outermost, thin layer • A boundary where two plates collide • Period of extensive ice sheet coverage • Came up with the idea of continental drift • The layer between the Earth's crust and core • A boundary where plates slide past each other • A valley that forms where two plates move apart • ...

Earth Science Terminology 2021-06-29

Earth Science Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Currents Occurs when there are differences in the temperature of water causing hot fluid to rise and cold fluid to sink
  2. Plates The Earth’s crust is broken up into large pieces that move on the asthenosphere.
  3. Plates Plates found underneath the land
  4. Plates Plates found under the ocean
  5. Plate Tectonic plate located under Africa
  6. Plate Tectonic plate located under Australia
  7. Outermost shell of the Earth
  8. American Plate Tectonic plate located under South America
  9. Includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle.It is divided into plates
  10. Push Occurs when two plates move apart and molten magma rises up to fill the gap. As it cools it forces the older plates to move away (diverge)
  11. Pull Occurs when the two plates collide and the denser plate sinks (with the help of gravity) into the mantle pulling the plate with it causing it to move
  12. Wegener Proposed the theory of continental drift
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  1. Puzzle Evidence that suggest the continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
  2. American Plate Tectonic plate located under North America
  3. Plate Tectonic plate located under Pacific Ocean
  4. Ranges Evidence of CD that shows the mountain ranges on the border of North America, South America, Europe and Africa
  5. Super continent where all the continents are joined.
  6. Core Inner most layer of the Earth
  7. Located between the crust and the outer core
  8. Plate Tectonic plate located under Asia and Europe
  9. Sediments carried by glaciers have been found in India, Australia, South America and Africa suggesting these continents had a cooler climate.
  10. The semi-molten layer of the mantle directly below the lithosphere
  11. Core Located between the inner core and the mantle
  12. Evidence of CD that suggest animals could not have swam between continents.
  13. of Continental Drift Theory that explains the gradual movement of continents across the earth’s surface

25 Clues: Outermost shell of the Earth • Core Inner most layer of the Earth • Plates Plates found under the ocean • Plates Plates found underneath the land • Plate Tectonic plate located under Africa • Located between the crust and the outer core • Plate Tectonic plate located under Australia • Plate Tectonic plate located under Pacific Ocean • ...

Tectonics 2022-02-07

Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pint in the ground where the earthquake occurs
  2. Immediate responses to earthquakes
  3. This is the heavier and dense plate
  4. Plate margin where plates slide past each other
  5. Moves the plates
  6. This is lava under the ground
  7. Plate margin where plates move towards each other
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  1. Plate margin where plates move away from each other
  2. More gentle volcanoes
  3. A violent volcano
  4. Our example of an earthquake in a LIC
  5. Can occur when an earthquake happens underwater
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth
  7. Type of impacts that occur immediately
  8. This plate can be up to 50km thick
  9. These effects occur later

16 Clues: Moves the plates • A violent volcano • More gentle volcanoes • These effects occur later • This is lava under the ground • The thickest layer of the Earth • Immediate responses to earthquakes • This plate can be up to 50km thick • This is the heavier and dense plate • Our example of an earthquake in a LIC • Type of impacts that occur immediately • ...

Earth's Interior Vocab 2022-09-14

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

24 Clues: The central part of Earth below the mantle. • The layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core. • The thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move. • boundary, The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding. • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
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  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Science 7B L1 Plate Tectonics 2023-01-06

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

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

Plate Tectonics/Earth Systems Vocab 2024-03-22

Plate Tectonics/Earth Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory that explains how tectonic plates move and change
  2. When two plates collide and one sinks under the other into the mantle
  3. The theory that continents once were one landmass called Pangaea, but broke apart and moved to their current positions
  4. A boundary formed by tectonic plates colliding
  5. When magma rises towards the surface and forms new oceanic crust
  6. The man who came up with the idea of continental drift
  7. A boundary where two plates slide past each other
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  1. Broken-up parts of the lithosphere
  2. A ring of volcanoes around the Pacific
  3. Contains the crust as well as the upper mantle
  4. The supercontinent that consisted of all the current continents all together
  5. Where two plates meet
  6. Two plates moving away from each other

13 Clues: Where two plates meet • Broken-up parts of the lithosphere • A ring of volcanoes around the Pacific • Two plates moving away from each other • Contains the crust as well as the upper mantle • A boundary formed by tectonic plates colliding • A boundary where two plates slide past each other • The man who came up with the idea of continental drift • ...

In Terms of a Changing Earth 2022-03-08

In Terms of a Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic crust sliding under cont. crust
  2. Section of the earth's crust/boundary
  3. Spreading of oceanic tectonic plates
  4. A rock layer in a sequence of strata
  5. Explains shape/arrangement of continents
  6. Column: classifies/arranges rocks n time periods
  7. Hypothesis that planets formed from nebula clouds
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  1. Principle: oldest rock layers are at bottom
  2. Theory to include all secular geology
  3. Creationary view of tectonics/Dr.Baumgardner
  4. Molten rock deep within the earth
  5. Creationary geologic column including the Flood
  6. Forces,energy, processes forming continents,etc

13 Clues: Molten rock deep within the earth • Spreading of oceanic tectonic plates • A rock layer in a sequence of strata • Theory to include all secular geology • Section of the earth's crust/boundary • Oceanic crust sliding under cont. crust • Explains shape/arrangement of continents • Principle: oldest rock layers are at bottom • Creationary view of tectonics/Dr.Baumgardner • ...

Dynamic Earth 2024-02-15

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. arc - chain of volcanic islands created at oceanic convergent boundaries
  2. Crust – less dense, thicker part of the lithosphere
  3. Currents – transfer of energy where warmer, less dense material rises, and then later cools and sinks back down creating a cycle; driving force of crust movement (Figure 1)
  4. Zone – an area on the Earth’s surface where seismic waves are absent
  5. – shear waves created during an earthquake, are slower than P-waves, moveside to side (and up & down) and cannot go through liquids
  6. – primary seismic waves created by an earthquake, they move through both solids and liquids and are faster than S-waves, compressional
  7. – plates moving apart; create at rift zones and mid-ocean ridges; where new crust is created
  8. – the layer of the Earth underneath the crust where convection occurs in a specialized semi-solid region called the asthenosphere
  9. features - physical features that occur on earth - volcano, mountains, ridges and trenches
  10. – point on the surface of the Earth above the location of an underground earthquake
  11. Core – solid layer located in the center of the Earth; very high heat, pressure, and density;
  12. the influence of gravity, occurs at convergent boundaries and creates trenches (ESRT p 5)
  13. – made up of the crust and the rigid mantle; the outermost layer of the Earth; completely solid; continental lithosphere is thicker than oceanic lithosphere
  14. – sudden movement of the Earth, creating seismic waves
  15. Crust – the thinner, denser, basaltic bedrock beneath the Earth’s oceans
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  1. Ridge – a surface feature created at divergent boundaries, where new igneous rock in being created on the ocean floor
  2. – a volcanic area created when a tectonic plate moves over a location of rising magma within the Earth’s mantle; an example is the Hawaiian Islands
  3. – coming together; two tectonic plates merge and the denser plate subducts
  4. – a gap
  5. mostly of iron and nickel; heat released from radioactive decay of elements here drives
  6. – solid outermost part of the Earth; composed of continental and oceanic crust;
  7. tectonics
  8. – solid layer of the Earth beneath the lithosphere - where convection currents happen
  9. Waves – energetic waves produced by an earthquake
  10. - a mountain having a vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas can erupt out of.
  11. Core – liquid layer of Earth surrounding the inner core, heavy metals (iron & nickel)
  12. (to subduct) – process where the denser oceanic plate crust sinks back into the Earth

27 Clues: – a gap • tectonics • Waves – energetic waves produced by an earthquake • Crust – less dense, thicker part of the lithosphere • – sudden movement of the Earth, creating seismic waves • Zone – an area on the Earth’s surface where seismic waves are absent • arc - chain of volcanic islands created at oceanic convergent boundaries • ...

AP Environmetal Science 2018-03-06

AP Environmetal Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries / when plates slide past each other
  2. erosion / movement of weathered rock or soil components from one place to another
  3. / mixture of clay, same, silt, and humus. Rich in nutrients.
  4. tectonics / movement of the lithosphere
  5. crust / can be divided into ocean basins where water depth exceeds 2 miles.
  6. crust / extends from the surface of earth down to 20-30 miles.
  7. / north-south positions on earth
  8. / very find particles between the size of sand and clay. Easily transported by water.
  9. / floats on top of the mantle
  10. / boundary between earths crust and mantle
  11. / occur during movement on existing fault, along tectonic plate boundary or along mid oceanic ridges
  12. of leaching / dissolved and suspended materials moved downward
  13. boundaries / when plates slide away from each other
  14. / tends to be yellowing in color due to iron, aluminum, humic compounds, and clay. Rich in nutrients.
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  1. boundaries / when plates slide towards each other
  2. / water flows through too quickly for most crops
  3. / east-west positions on earth
  4. / consists of rock fragments
  5. / formed by cooling and classified by their coloca content
  6. / the solid, outer part of earth
  7. Soil erosion- movement of weathered rock or soil components from one place to another / produce magma and release gases such as carbon dioxide
  8. / very fine. Low permeability to water
  9. / serious of waves created when a body of water is rapidly displaced usually by an earthquake
  10. / formed by piling and cementing of various materials over time in low lying areas. Fossils are only formed in.
  11. parent material / partially broken down inorganic minerals
  12. / formed by intense heat and pressure
  13. litter / leaves and partially decomposed organic debris. May be very thick.
  14. / organic matter, living organisms, inorganic minerals. Very thick on grassland.

28 Clues: / consists of rock fragments • / floats on top of the mantle • / east-west positions on earth • / north-south positions on earth • / the solid, outer part of earth • / very fine. Low permeability to water • / formed by intense heat and pressure • tectonics / movement of the lithosphere • / boundary between earths crust and mantle • ...

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2012-07-29

Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core: An extremely hot, solid sphere mostly iron and nickel at the centre of the earth
  2. plates: This occurs when 2 plates slide past eachother
  3. An avalanche of volcanic ash
  4. Likes to chase mice
  5. That point on the earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake
  6. The fine grained material produced by a pyroclastic eruption
  7. The calculated location of the focus of an earthquake
  8. Crust: Outermost solid layer of the earth that forms the continents
  9. The maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough
  10. volcano: A volcano which is erupting.
  11. A weak point in the earth's crust where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped
  12. Man's best friend
  13. Large marsupial
  14. The layer of rock that lies between the outer crust and the core of the earth
  15. Pieces of crust and brittle uppermost mantle
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  1. The outermost solid shell
  2. plates: This occurs when 2 plates move apart, usually under water
  3. tectonics: A widely accepted theory that relates most of the geologic features near the earth's surface to the movement and interaction of relatively thin rock plates
  4. Flying mammal
  5. An earthquake that follows a larger earthquake
  6. plates: When plates diverge and Magma from the Mantle spews onto the Earth surface
  7. Has a trunk
  8. Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
  9. plates: When the edges of some plates move towards eachother
  10. core: The only liquid layer of the Earth
  11. Low amplitude, continuous earthquake activity commonly associated with magma movement
  12. A steep-sided mass of viscous (doughy) lava extruded from a volcanic vent
  13. A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock

28 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • The outermost solid shell • An avalanche of volcanic ash • A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock • volcano: A volcano which is erupting. • core: The only liquid layer of the Earth • Pieces of crust and brittle uppermost mantle • An earthquake that follows a larger earthquake • ...

World history and Geography terms 2025-05-06

World history and Geography terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. war
Down
  1. Tectonics
  2. Divide

3 Clues: war • Divide • Tectonics

&th 2022-10-04

&th crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries
  2. boundary
Down
  1. tectonics
  2. ranges

4 Clues: ranges • boundary • tectonics • boundaries

Science Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2017-01-24

Science Chapter 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the supercontinent
  2. occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide
  3. caused by the very hot material at the deepest part of the mantle rising, then cooling, sinking again, and then heating, rising and repeating the cycle over and over
  4. where the plates of the lithosphere float, or slide a top, a thin, semi-solid layer in the upper mantle
  5. the thick layer that surrounds the core and is made of hot but mostly solid material
  6. Eurasian Plate, North American Plate, South American Plate, Pacific Plate, African Plate, Australian Plate, Antarctic Plate, and Indian Plate
  7. thick plates made of andesite and granite that form continents and are less dense than oceanic plates
  8. Juan De Fuco Plate, Nazca Plate, Philippine Plate, Caribbean Plate, Scotia Plate, Arabian Plate, and Cocos Plate
  9. a layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earth's surface
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  1. occurs when two plates move away from each other
  2. topmost layer of the Earth made up of the crust and the solid portion of the upper mantle
  3. scientific theory of explaining how plates move on Earth's surface
  4. Earth's surface is broken into large pieces that move over the asthenosphere
  5. liquid metal that surrounds the inner core
  6. thin plates that are made of basalt that form the ocean floor and are denser than continental plates
  7. occurs when two plates slide past each other
  8. a sphere of hot, solid metal

17 Clues: the supercontinent • a sphere of hot, solid metal • liquid metal that surrounds the inner core • occurs when two plates slide past each other • occurs when two plates move away from each other • a layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earth's surface • occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide • ...

earth layers :) 2022-02-17

earth layers :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Liquid magma that reaches the surface; also the rock formed when liquid lava hardens.
  2. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  3. layers Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
  4. field A field that surrounds the Earth because of earth's convection currents in earth's liquid iron core.
  5. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core. The Largest Layer of the earth. Makes up 2/3 of Earth’s Mass. Convection currents can be found here.
  6. The Outer layer of the Earth. Earth’s thinnest layer. Composed aluminum, silicon, oxygen
  7. Waves Waves (earthquakes) that help us study the inner layers of Earth.
  8. core a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth. Earth’s only completely liquid layer.
  9. core solid, dense center of the Earth. Made of iron.
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  1. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the upper mantle.
  2. Crust Thicker, less dense crust
  3. Crust thin, more dense than continental crust, subducting crust
  4. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  5. plate (Plate Tectonics) Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  6. molten rock in the earth's Mantle
  7. Current the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, heated fluid rises, and cooler fluid sinks

16 Clues: Crust Thicker, less dense crust • molten rock in the earth's Mantle • layers Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core • core solid, dense center of the Earth. Made of iron. • Crust thin, more dense than continental crust, subducting crust • Waves Waves (earthquakes) that help us study the inner layers of Earth. • ...

Cross Word of Ch.7-8 2014-10-12

Cross Word of Ch.7-8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large section of Earth’s oceanic or continental crust rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere
  2. fracture that occurs when the rock break and that results in relative movement of opposing sides: can form as a result of compression being pulled apart or shear.
  3. plastic like layer of the Earth on which the lithosphere plates float and move around
  4. powerful seismic wave that begins over an ocean floor earthquake, can reach 30m in height
  5. a measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  6. large ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together.
  7. Rigid layer of the Earth about 100 km thick made of the crust and part of the upper mantle.
  8. current current in the Earth’s mantle that transfers heat in the earth’s interior and is driving plate tectonics
  9. Wave earthquake waves including primary waves, secondary waves and surface waves
  10. movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside earth pass their elastics limit break suddenly and experiences elastic rebound
  11. point deep inside Earth where energy is released causing an earthquake.
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  1. point on earth’s surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  2. drift Wegener hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a single large mass that broke apart.
  3. Boundaries boundary moves apart
  4. Boundaries boundary that moves together
  5. instrument used to record seismic waves
  6. Boundaries boundary that slides past one another
  7. tectonics theory that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plastic like layer of the mantle.
  8. spreading Hess’s theory that a new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at the Mid-Ocean ridge

19 Clues: Boundaries boundary moves apart • instrument used to record seismic waves • Boundaries boundary that moves together • Boundaries boundary that slides past one another • a measure of the energy released by an earthquake • point on earth’s surface directly above an earthquake's focus • point deep inside Earth where energy is released causing an earthquake. • ...

Scientific words 2022-09-15

Scientific words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  2. plate A block of lithosphere that contains of the crust and the rigid out most part of the mantle
  3. The center part of Earth Below the mantle
  4. rebound The sudden return of elastically deformed Rock to its unreformed shape
  5. The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  7. A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation
  8. current Any movement of matter that results from differences in density may be vertical circular or cyclical
  9. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point or Focus
  10. quake A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  11. boundry The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
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  1. The process by which one load the spirit plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces
  2. The strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  3. plate boundary The Edge between two or more plates classified as divergent convergent or transform by the movement taking place between the plates
  4. The solid out outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  5. tectonics The theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of large moving pieces called tectonic plates the theory explains how plates in Iraq and how those interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain buildings
  6. The blinding tilting and breaking of Earth's crust the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
  7. reversal Process by which Earth's magnetic north pole and magnetic south pole switch positions periodically a change in the direction in which Earth's magnetic field points
  8. drift The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents which then drifted to their present locations the movement of continents
  9. spreading The process by which New Oceanic lithosphere forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid ocean ridges and sell it Solid 5 as older existing seafloor and lives away from the ridge
  10. boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  11. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
  12. The thin and solid out most layer of Earth above the mantle

23 Clues: The center part of Earth Below the mantle • The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core • The thin and solid out most layer of Earth above the mantle • The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move • boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • ...

Environmental Science Chapter 1 2018-08-23

Environmental Science Chapter 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. This is the study of the interactions among living organisms.
  2. What is the term used to describe the following resources:
  3. the literature on which all scientists rely?
  4. What tool would be helpful to geologists since they can’t perform experiments on tectonic plates?
  5. Which worldview gives value to all living things, both human and nonhuman?
  6. Organisms of differing species living together in the same place are called a (an)
  7. This contains all the ecosystems of the Earth.
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  1. Which procedure helps guard against faulty science
  2. Together, the energy resources of oil, coal, and natural gas, are known as
  3. Which worldview places the highest value on humans and human welfare?
  4. Scientists make ___, which are specific statements about what might be observed.
  5. Members of the same species living in the same area are
  6. This includes both the living (biotic) and the nonliving (abiotic).
  7. The practice of growing, breeding, & caring for plants and animals that are used for food.
  8. The big bang, plate tectonics, and general relativity are all examples of

15 Clues: the literature on which all scientists rely? • This contains all the ecosystems of the Earth. • Which procedure helps guard against faulty science • Members of the same species living in the same area are • What is the term used to describe the following resources: • This is the study of the interactions among living organisms. • ...

Earth's Structure and Composition 2017-05-01

Earth's Structure and Composition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is a fracture in rock where there has been movement and displacement?
  2. What is the former "supercontinent"?
  3. What is a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration?
  4. What is one feature of the modern theory of plate tectonics?
  5. What is the upper layer of the earth's mantle?
Down
  1. What is a earth movement resulting from horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces?
  2. What is a mountain with a crater at the top?
  3. What is hot fluid below the earth's crust?
  4. What is a long, steep sided valley on the ocean floor?
  5. What is the thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins?
  6. What is the thick part of the earth's crust that forms the land masses?
  7. What is the rigid outer part of the earth?
  8. What is the shaking and vibrating of the earth's?
  9. What is the molten rock expelled by a volcano?
  10. What is a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less?

15 Clues: What is the former "supercontinent"? • What is hot fluid below the earth's crust? • What is the rigid outer part of the earth? • What is a mountain with a crater at the top? • What is the molten rock expelled by a volcano? • What is the upper layer of the earth's mantle? • What is the shaking and vibrating of the earth's? • ...

Lesson 1.2 - Our Planet Earth 2025-09-23

Lesson 1.2 - Our Planet Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. – When days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another.
  2. – Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface that can erupt as lava.
  3. – The thick layer of hot, flowing rock beneath the crust.
  4. – Plate ______________ is the theory that Earth’s crust is made of plates that move, causing earthquakes and volcanoes.
  5. – The process that removes materials and carries them away, often shaping mountains.
  6. - ___________ Zones are divisions of the Earth used to manage differences caused by Earth’s rotation.
  7. – The dropping or settling of eroded material.
  8. – The hot, metallic center of Earth.
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  1. – The spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes day and night.
  2. – Earth’s yearly orbit around the sun, which takes about 365 days.
  3. – A crack in Earth’s crust where plates slide past one another and earthquakes often occur.
  4. – The imaginary line Earth spins on, tilted in relation to its orbit.
  5. – Days and nights of nearly equal length everywhere on Earth.
  6. – The breaking down of rocks into tiny pieces by wind, water, or ice.
  7. – The thin, rocky outer layer of Earth.

15 Clues: – The hot, metallic center of Earth. • – The thin, rocky outer layer of Earth. • – The dropping or settling of eroded material. • – The thick layer of hot, flowing rock beneath the crust. • – Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface that can erupt as lava. • – Days and nights of nearly equal length everywhere on Earth. • ...

Movement of the Earth Crossword Puzzle 2014-11-19

Movement of the Earth Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The _________ is an example of fossil evidence.
  2. Alfred Wegener created his theory in the _______ century.
  3. The mantle is _______ which allows the the plates to move.
  4. Plate __________ is Alfred Wegeners theory.
  5. _______ evidence states that ancient plants and animals were found on opposite sides of the oceans.
  6. The Earth is made up of many ______.
  7. Glacial _________ formed about 300 million years ago.
  8. When continents are reassembled as one land mass the fossils form a continues _________ pattern.
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  1. The plates ride next to each other on _______.
  2. Glacieral __________ are scratches in bedrock made by rocks embedding in ice as glaciers move.
  3. Pieces of the _________ mountain are found on many different land masses.
  4. Other scientists thought Wegener was crazy because he had no _______.
  5. Glaciers flowed from a _______ central point.
  6. Fossil evidence was found on oppisite sides of the _________ ocean
  7. Wegener said South America and West Africa were once connected like a _______.
  8. Rocks and _______ are part of the geological fit piece of Alfred Wegener's theory.
  9. Alfred Wegener found ______ pieces of evidence to prove his theory.
  10. The theory of continental ______ was made years after Wegeners death.
  11. The continents were once connected. This land mass was called ______.
  12. Plates are made of ______ rock.

20 Clues: Plates are made of ______ rock. • The Earth is made up of many ______. • Plate __________ is Alfred Wegeners theory. • Glaciers flowed from a _______ central point. • The plates ride next to each other on _______. • The _________ is an example of fossil evidence. • Glacial _________ formed about 300 million years ago. • ...

Africa Atlas Crossword 2015-12-01

Africa Atlas Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Africa's only mountains located in the country of Morocco.
  2. Second largest desert in Africa.
  3. Africa is known as the ____________ continent because the continent is made up of large areas of raised land that drops at the sea.
  4. This sea is located north of Libya.
  5. African country with the equator running through it.
  6. One of Africa's smallest countries located at 14 degrees North and 15 degrees West.
  7. Great valley created through movement of plate tectonics and continental drift.
  8. Second largest drainage basin in the world-Amazon being the largest.
  9. Largest Desert in the World.
  10. River in which the Victoria Falls are located.
  11. Most of this river is located in the country of Mali.
  12. Country south of Egypt.
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  1. Africa's most easterly country.
  2. African island country located east of Mozambique
  3. This River is located in South Africa and is the most southern river.
  4. Largest lake in Africa and located in the Rift Valley.
  5. Africa's most southern country.
  6. An African country completely surrounded by South Africa.
  7. Africa's most northern country.
  8. This tributary of the Nile joins with the Blue Nile to form the Nile River.
  9. African country where genocide occurred between thd Hutus and Tutsis.
  10. World's longest river

22 Clues: World's longest river • Country south of Egypt. • Largest Desert in the World. • Africa's most easterly country. • Africa's most southern country. • Africa's most northern country. • Second largest desert in Africa. • This sea is located north of Libya. • River in which the Victoria Falls are located. • African island country located east of Mozambique • ...

Physical Geography 2016-04-11

Physical Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. The birth of mountains
  2. Region of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere
  3. The study of past climates using tree rings
  4. Abbreviation; complex, computer-based climate model
  5. Two words; Species that are brought and introduced to a new ecosystem
  6. A migrating piece of Earth's crust, dragged about by plate tectonics
  7. The inner portion of the Earth, one-third of it's entire mass
  8. The dominant vegetation type extending across a region
  9. Boundary transition zone between adjoining ecosystems
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  1. Two words; Information about past environments that represent changes in climate; also called a climate proxy
  2. Elevation differences in a local landscape
  3. Physical weathering of rocks that occurs by mechanical forcing of rock joints
  4. Two words; ecosystem that consists of pine, spruce, and fir
  5. Science that analyzes and describes origin, evolutions, etc. of landforms
  6. Instrument used to detect and record ground motion during an earthquake
  7. Two words; Decomposition of minerals in rocks through chemical alteration
  8. The study of the Earth's past climates
  9. Form of weathering; associated with fragmentation of rock by pressure release
  10. The largest plutonic form exposed at the surface
  11. Rock of Earth's crust below the soil; unweathered

20 Clues: The birth of mountains • The study of the Earth's past climates • Elevation differences in a local landscape • The study of past climates using tree rings • The largest plutonic form exposed at the surface • Rock of Earth's crust below the soil; unweathered • Abbreviation; complex, computer-based climate model • Region of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere • ...

Oceanography Vocabulary 2024-09-30

Oceanography Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. layer of the ocean at depths between 4,000 and 6,000 meters
  2. layer in body of water where temperature changes rapidly with depth
  3. The uppermost layer of the ocean where sunlight penetrates
  4. The concentration of salts in water
  5. rising of cold nutrient-rich water from deep in the ocean to the surface
  6. diverse underwater ecosystem held together by calcium carbonate
  7. Aquatic animals that can swim and move independently of water currents
  8. An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
  9. The middle layer of the ocean receiving very little light
  10. underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor
  11. Small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea
  12. series of ocean waves with extremely long wavelength
  13. opening in the sea floor out which heated mineral-rich water flows
  14. flat almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
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  1. The deepest layer of the ocean found in ocean trenches
  2. The deep ocean layer where no sunlight reaches
  3. extended perimeter of each continent
  4. Organisms that live on in or near the seabed
  5. steep slope where continental shelf drops to the deep ocean floor
  6. deep narrow depression in the ocean floor often caused tectonic activity

20 Clues: The concentration of salts in water • extended perimeter of each continent • Organisms that live on in or near the seabed • The deep ocean layer where no sunlight reaches • flat almost level area of the deep-ocean basin • underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor • series of ocean waves with extremely long wavelength • ...

Volcanoes 2025-04-08

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. volcanoes erupt due to _________ pushing magma and rock upwards.
  2. there are ________ types of volcanoes
  3. volcanoes are formed by plate _________.
  4. the type of viscosity with which causes quiet eruptions
  5. describes volcanoes which have erupted recently and likely will again
  6. the type of volcano with short and wide shape
  7. describes volcanoes that are not expected to erupt any time soon
  8. volcanoes can sometimes form here where aquatic life dwells
  9. the type of viscosity with violent eruptions
  10. the resistance to flow
  11. the types of islands where many shield volcanoes are found
  12. the layer of the earth under the crust
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  1. the example of a cinder volcano found in mexico
  2. the type of volcano with a medium slope and quiet or violent eruptions
  3. describes volcanoes which havent erupted in a while, but could still erupt
  4. the type of volcano with a steep slope and violent eruption
  5. one composite volcano examples given was mt st _______.
  6. molten rock that is above the ground
  7. the least dangerous type of volcano
  8. the place where lava, ash, and gas things exit the volcano
  9. the most dangerous type of volcano
  10. the name for hot ash and partially cooled lava
  11. molten rock that is beneath the ground

23 Clues: the resistance to flow • the most dangerous type of volcano • the least dangerous type of volcano • molten rock that is above the ground • there are ________ types of volcanoes • the layer of the earth under the crust • molten rock that is beneath the ground • volcanoes are formed by plate _________. • the type of viscosity with violent eruptions • ...

Jed fox 2025-04-25

Jed fox crossword puzzle
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  1. have not erupted in a long time but will soon
  2. a supercontinent formed during the late Paleozoic era
  3. the gradual destruction and removal of rock or soil in a particular area by rivers, the sea, or the weather
  4. drift The movement of tectonic plates
  5. a sea floor mountain
  6. molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid
  7. a hypothetical landmass in the north
  8. the outer layer of the earth
  9. core the inner most layer of the earth
  10. a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region
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  1. a vent in the crust of the earth
  2. molten rock that is underground
  3. the earth quakes
  4. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth
  5. a layer within the earth between the crust and the core
  6. tectonics a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  7. currents move fluid or gas particles from one place to another.
  8. formed from the solid ejection from a volcano
  9. core the innermost layer of the earth
  10. a hot or cold mix of water
  11. feature on the Earth's surface that make up the terrain,

21 Clues: the earth quakes • a sea floor mountain • a hot or cold mix of water • the outer layer of the earth • molten rock that is underground • a vent in the crust of the earth • a hypothetical landmass in the north • drift The movement of tectonic plates • core the innermost layer of the earth • core the inner most layer of the earth • have not erupted in a long time but will soon • ...

Tectonic Plates crossword 2022-10-06

Tectonic Plates crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. when plates move away from each other they pull apart the earths crust to make this
  2. plate tectonics show how this is made
  3. when two plates collide together with one going under the other
  4. the northern part when the continents started to separate
  5. tectonic plates lie on top of a molten layer of rock called this
  6. a term used to describe the fitting of continents
  7. when tectonic plates rub against each other this happens
  8. how many major tectonic plates are there?
  9. where the most earthquakes happen along the rim of this ocean
  10. sits between earth's core and its thin outer layer
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  1. the process that causes the asthenosphere and the lithosphere to move
  2. structure of the earth's crust
  3. along with granite something the tectonic plates are made of
  4. this is created when two plates collide into each other that have simular thickness and weight
  5. the southern part when the continents started to separate
  6. term used to describe the movement of continents
  7. when the continents were all together
  8. earth’s furthest layer
  9. something widely believed but not a fact
  10. scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift

20 Clues: earth’s furthest layer • structure of the earth's crust • plate tectonics show how this is made • when the continents were all together • something widely believed but not a fact • how many major tectonic plates are there? • term used to describe the movement of continents • a term used to describe the fitting of continents • ...

Pangea 2025-04-01

Pangea crossword puzzle
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  1. The layer of Earth on which tectonic plates move.
  2. The breaking apart of Pangea led to the formation of this continent to the south.
  3. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. The breaking apart of Pangea led to the formation of this continent to the north.
  5. The theory that explains the movement of Earth's continents over time.
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  1. The process by which continents slowly move apart.
  2. The supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  3. The modern-day continent that was once part of Pangea and includes the Amazon rainforest.
  4. The force that drives plate tectonics, caused by heat from Earth's interior.
  5. The large ocean that surrounded Pangea.
  6. The type of boundary where two tectonic plates collide.
  7. The type of rock that records past continental movements.
  8. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.

13 Clues: The large ocean that surrounded Pangea. • The layer of Earth on which tectonic plates move. • The process by which continents slowly move apart. • The type of boundary where two tectonic plates collide. • The type of rock that records past continental movements. • The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • ...

Science 6 Earthquake Unit Review 2024-10-11

Science 6 Earthquake Unit Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The beginning point of an earthquake.
  2. This type of fault occurs when rocks move horizontally past each other.
  3. Slower type of seismic wave that occurs on the earth's surface.
  4. Giant ocean wave often caused by an earthquake.
  5. This type of fault occurs when rocks move apart and form a gap.
  6. The theory of _______ tectonics is the idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates.
  7. Fastest moving waves that occur below the earth's surface.
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  1. Also called a reverse fault, this type of fault occurs when rocks push together.
  2. These types of waves are vibrations of energy that flow from the focus of an earthquake.
  3. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus.
  4. This type of scale measures an earthquake's magnitude.
  5. Breaks in the earth's surface along which rocks can move.
  6. The strength of the seismic waves of an earthquake.

13 Clues: The beginning point of an earthquake. • Giant ocean wave often caused by an earthquake. • The strength of the seismic waves of an earthquake. • This type of scale measures an earthquake's magnitude. • Breaks in the earth's surface along which rocks can move. • The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus. • ...

Physical Geography 2016-04-11

Physical Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The birth of mountains
  2. Region of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere
  3. The study of past climates using tree rings
  4. Abbreviation; complex, computer-based climate model
  5. Two words; Species that are brought and introduced to a new ecosystem
  6. A migrating piece of Earth's crust, dragged about by plate tectonics
  7. The inner portion of the Earth, one-third of it's entire mass
  8. The dominant vegetation type extending across a region
  9. Boundary transition zone between adjoining ecosystems
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  1. Two words; Information about past environments that represent changes in climate; also called a climate proxy
  2. Elevation differences in a local landscape
  3. Physical weathering of rocks that occurs by mechanical forcing of rock joints
  4. Two words; ecosystem that consists of pine, spruce, and fir
  5. Science that analyzes and describes origin, evolutions, etc. of landforms
  6. Instrument used to detect and record ground motion during an earthquake
  7. Two words; Decomposition of minerals in rocks through chemical alteration
  8. The study of the Earth's past climates
  9. Form of weathering; associated with fragmentation of rock by pressure release
  10. The largest plutonic form exposed at the surface
  11. Rock of Earth's crust below the soil; unweathered

20 Clues: The birth of mountains • The study of the Earth's past climates • Elevation differences in a local landscape • The study of past climates using tree rings • The largest plutonic form exposed at the surface • Rock of Earth's crust below the soil; unweathered • Abbreviation; complex, computer-based climate model • Region of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2017-08-01

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary that seperates the crust and the mantle
  2. he proposed the Seafloor Spreading together with Dietz
  3. core:It is made up of solid iron and nickel
  4. remains or traces of organisms from the remote past
  5. outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth
  6. that can only travel through the surface of the Earth
  7. a Greek word which means "All Earth"
  8. seismic waves are recorded
  9. wave that cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake
  10. deposits: evidence that leads to the idea that Antartica once experienced a tropical climate
  11. evidence where the rock formations in Africa line up with that in South America as if it was a mountain range
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  1. the outermost rigid shell
  2. the process in which the crust plunges back into earth
  3. branch of geology that deals with the that shaprs the Earth's crust
  4. the force that drives the plates to move around
  5. boundary
  6. pull: is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
  7. Gondwanaland and ______ are the two smaller supercontinent
  8. during this period Pangaea started to break into two smaller supercontinents
  9. seafloor: destroyed at the subduction zone and melts in the mantle

20 Clues: boundary • the outermost rigid shell • seismic waves are recorded • a Greek word which means "All Earth" • outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth • core:It is made up of solid iron and nickel • the force that drives the plates to move around • boundary that seperates the crust and the mantle • remains or traces of organisms from the remote past • ...

Restless Earth vocab 2024-04-12

Restless Earth vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. formed as result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  2. hot material rises cooler materials sink it divided into tectonics
  3. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle and is divided into tectonic plates
  4. extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  6. a group of the same species living in the same area
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  1. located between the mantle and the outer core
  2. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  3. larger rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  4. forms after weathering and erosion when sediment compacts and cement
  5. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  6. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen

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

Layer's of the Earth 2024-10-23

Layer's of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core
  2. tectonics
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  1. core
  2. crust
  3. crust

5 Clues: core • core • crust • crust • tectonics

I need a A+ 2025-02-05

I need a A+ crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
Down
  1. tectonics
  2. spot

3 Clues: spot • boundary • tectonics

Geologic History 2024-11-26

Geologic History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement
  2. states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it
  3. any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years
  4. a principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes
  5. volcanic rock that has cooled outside of Earth’s crust
  6. volcanic rock that has cooled inside of Earth’s crust
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  1. states that any feature that cuts across a rock or body of sediment must be younger than the rock or sediment that it cuts across
  2. the theory that states that Earth’s surface is changed slowly over time by gradual processes like plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, and deposition
  3. theory that states the world is shaped by widespread, sudden natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions
  4. states that pieces of a rock are older than the rock that contains it
  5. any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects
  6. a crack in the Earth’s crust
  7. a break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time

13 Clues: a crack in the Earth’s crust • volcanic rock that has cooled inside of Earth’s crust • volcanic rock that has cooled outside of Earth’s crust • a bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement • any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years • states that pieces of a rock are older than the rock that contains it • ...

UNIT4 VOCAB 2025-11-04

UNIT4 VOCAB crossword puzzle
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  1. The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.
  2. waves Vibrations that travel through Earth, produced by earthquakes or explosions.
  3. The layer of gases that surrounds a planet, such as Earth.
  4. The process where Earth’s lithosphere is pulled apart, forming a rift valley.
  5. Primary seismic waves that are the fastest and travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
  6. The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids such as liquids or gases.
  7. The process by which plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into food.
  8. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, comprising all the Earth’s landmasses.
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  1. decay The process by which unstable atomic nuclei lose energy by emitting radiation.
  2. The amount of mass per unit volume of a substance.
  3. A natural light display in Earth’s sky, typically seen in polar regions, caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with the atmosphere.
  4. The thick layer of rock between Earth’s crust and core.
  5. Effect The apparent deflection of moving objects caused by Earth’s rotation.
  6. effect The warming of Earth’s atmosphere caused by gases trapping heat from the sun.
  7. tectonics The theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates and the activity at their boundaries. Oblate spheroid: A sphere that is slightly flattened at the poles and bulged at the equator, like Earth.
  8. Secondary seismic waves that are slower than P-waves and only travel through solids.

16 Clues: The amount of mass per unit volume of a substance. • The thick layer of rock between Earth’s crust and core. • The layer of gases that surrounds a planet, such as Earth. • Effect The apparent deflection of moving objects caused by Earth’s rotation. • The process where Earth’s lithosphere is pulled apart, forming a rift valley. • ...

tectonic plates 2022-03-22

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. coast of south america
  2. american plate below north america
  3. plate of the pacific
  4. only layer with life
  5. covers most of Europe
  6. plate in the ocean with a, A
  7. magma hole
  8. american plate above south america
  9. _____ plates
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  1. when the earth shakes
  2. plate in africa
  3. tectonic _____
  4. big wave
  5. cold plate
  6. plate under south america

15 Clues: big wave • cold plate • magma hole • _____ plates • tectonic _____ • plate in africa • plate of the pacific • only layer with life • when the earth shakes • covers most of Europe • coast of south america • plate under south america • plate in the ocean with a, A • american plate above south america • american plate below north america

continental drift 2025-01-29

continental drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A super continent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  2. the man who investigated continental drift after finding fossils on opposite sides of oceans.
  3. Canadian Scientist who developed Theory of Plate Tectonics
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  1. where plates collide
  2. where the tectonic plates are sliding past each other.
  3. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.

6 Clues: where plates collide • where the tectonic plates are sliding past each other. • Canadian Scientist who developed Theory of Plate Tectonics • A super continent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago. • the man who investigated continental drift after finding fossils on opposite sides of oceans. • ...

Earth 2020-05-08

Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. The border between two tectonic plates.
  2. Outermost layer of earth.
  3. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  4. Is the only liquid layer of the earth consists of mostly iron and nickel.
  5. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust.
  6. is a dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart.
  7. States that continents shift position on Earth's surface.
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  1. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth.
  2. where two plates slide past each other.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. States that the earth's outer layer, or lithosphere, is broken into several large slabs called plates, and the plates slowly move around the planet.
  5. Where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  6. Is an underwater mountain range.
  7. Two plates that are moving apart from each other.
  8. Semisolid rock is located directly below the crust.

15 Clues: Outermost layer of earth. • Is an underwater mountain range. • where two plates slide past each other. • The border between two tectonic plates. • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust. • Where two plates are pushing toward each other. • Two plates that are moving apart from each other. • Semisolid rock is located directly below the crust. • ...

Volcanoes 2023-12-04

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. activity
  2. dioxide
  3. tectonics
Down
  1. gases

4 Clues: gases • dioxide • activity • tectonics

Continental Drifts and Seafloor Spreading 2023-01-05

Continental Drifts and Seafloor Spreading crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener
Down
  1. Hess
  2. Tectonics

3 Clues: Hess • Wegener • Tectonics

Intro to Geography 2023-09-05

Intro to Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift
  2. tectonics
Down
  1. shelf
  2. cycle

4 Clues: shelf • cycle • drift • tectonics

Layer's of the Earth 2024-10-23

Layer's of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust
  2. core
  3. core
Down
  1. tectonics
  2. crust

5 Clues: core • core • crust • crust • tectonics

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2023-03-06

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - plates that slide past
  2. - changed by heat and pressure
  3. - 2% of Earth's mass
  4. - tallest mountain
  5. - Old Faithful
  6. - the type of rocks that contains fossils
Down
  1. - the supercontinent
  2. - first layer, the continents, and the ocean floor
  3. - shaking of the earth's surface from tectonic plates
  4. - colliding plate boundary
  5. - separate from each other
  6. - below the crust (not pizza)
  7. - rocks formed deep in the ground, once cooled it makes magma

13 Clues: - Old Faithful • - tallest mountain • - the supercontinent • - 2% of Earth's mass • - plates that slide past • - colliding plate boundary • - separate from each other • - below the crust (not pizza) • - changed by heat and pressure • - the type of rocks that contains fossils • - first layer, the continents, and the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion 2018-02-27

Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the name of the large land that the continents were once together of
  2. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air
  4. two tectonic plates pull apart
  5. the layer of earth we live on
  6. a mountain range running across 10,000 miles on the ocean floor
  7. two tectonic plates collide
Down
  1. new floor forming at the ridge spreading outward to make room for more
  2. when a dense ocean plate converges with a lighter continental plate
  3. what is the layer before the inner core called
  4. what is the layer beneath the crust called
  5. a rigid layer of solid rock
  6. earth's only totally liquid layer

13 Clues: a rigid layer of solid rock • two tectonic plates collide • the layer of earth we live on • two tectonic plates pull apart • earth's only totally liquid layer • what is the layer beneath the crust called • when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • what is the layer before the inner core called • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics Lessons 1-3 2024-02-12

Plate Tectonics Lessons 1-3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the size of something
  2. the break down of rock by wind and water
  3. the reason something occurred or is occurring
  4. two things or events happening together, or at the same time, but not causing one another
  5. a type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above.
  6. a type of rock formed when magma or lava cools
  7. the point on Earth's surface directly above where the earthquake is happening
Down
  1. how deep, or far down into the Earth and earthquake is occurring
  2. the laying down of sediment carried by wind and water
  3. loose earth materials such as rocks, soil, and sand.
  4. a type of rock formed when an existing rock is changed by heat and pressure
  5. the surface process that removes rock and soil
  6. solid rock found everywhere on Earth

13 Clues: the size of something • solid rock found everywhere on Earth • the break down of rock by wind and water • the reason something occurred or is occurring • the surface process that removes rock and soil • a type of rock formed when magma or lava cools • loose earth materials such as rocks, soil, and sand. • the laying down of sediment carried by wind and water • ...

Science Crossword 2021-11-19

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layers of sedimentary rock that are built up over time
  2. the thin outer layer of earth
  3. the layer of magma between the earth's crust and the core
  4. a type of mountain formation where lava cools and builds up
  5. 1st life on earth, beginning of plate tectonics
  6. A type of rock that is formed by magma/lava cooling
  7. The 1st of earths eons, known as fireball earth
  8. naturally preserved evidence of life
  9. A type of rock the is formed by intense heat and/or pressure
  10. A type of rock that is formed by sediments compacting
  11. forces pushing against something, ex. gravity
Down
  1. a type of mountain formation where to plates collide and sub duct
  2. a in earth's crust due to tectonic forces
  3. the process where rocks slowly fall apart usually via water or ice also known as weathering
  4. the process of which rocks turn into magma via high temperatures
  5. The 1st visible life on earth, current time
  6. sand of dirt that has been eroded from rocks can contain fossils or shells
  7. melted rock inside the earth's crust
  8. the center of the earth, below the mantle
  9. The eon with the 1st Eukaryotic life

20 Clues: the thin outer layer of earth • melted rock inside the earth's crust • naturally preserved evidence of life • The eon with the 1st Eukaryotic life • a in earth's crust due to tectonic forces • the center of the earth, below the mantle • The 1st visible life on earth, current time • forces pushing against something, ex. gravity • ...

-Science Crossword Puzzle- -Bethany Bovee- 2023-11-16

-Science Crossword Puzzle- -Bethany Bovee- crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A supercontinent from 300 million years ago.
  2. Hot molten that has erupted out of a volcano.
  3. A valley underground formed by plate tectonics and creates new seafloor.
  4. Pieces of land on Earth that are seperated by cracks.
  5. A violent shaking from the movement of Earth's crust.
  6. A measure of mass in an objects volume.
  7. A mountain with a top hole that rocks and lava comes out of.
  8. The result of volcanoes making a string of islands.
  9. The transfer of heat through fluid.
  10. Major line of volcanoes.
Down
  1. Pieces of soil from the ocean floor obtained by humans.
  2. Hot liquid within Earths crust.
  3. The transfer of heat through rays.
  4. The process when mid-ocean ridges adds new material onto the sea floor.
  5. Minerals on the ocean floor lined up in the direction of Earth's magnetic poles.
  6. A process of when pieces of land slowly break apart.
  7. A trace of an old organism preserved into a rock.
  8. Rocks shaped like pillows.
  9. The transfer of heat through touch.
  10. The proccess when sea floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench.
  11. An area where material from the mantle pushes through the crust and forms into magma.

21 Clues: Major line of volcanoes. • Rocks shaped like pillows. • Hot liquid within Earths crust. • The transfer of heat through rays. • The transfer of heat through touch. • The transfer of heat through fluid. • A measure of mass in an objects volume. • A supercontinent from 300 million years ago. • Hot molten that has erupted out of a volcano. • ...

Restless Earth Voca 2024-04-12

Restless Earth Voca crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  2. extintion events that occur over a longer time period
  3. a group of the same species living in the same area
  4. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  5. plates large, rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that moves interact with each other along plate boundaries
  6. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happens
  7. located between the mantle and the outer core
Down
  1. sudden events that led to mass extinction
  2. instrument used to measured and record seismic waves
  3. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  4. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  5. hot material rises,cooler material sinks. its drives plates tectonics

12 Clues: sudden events that led to mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • a group of the same species living in the same area • instrument used to measured and record seismic waves • extintion events that occur over a longer time period • ...

Earth's Structure and Composition 2017-05-01

Earth's Structure and Composition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is a fracture in rock where there has been movement and displacement?
  2. What is the former "supercontinent"?
  3. What is a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration?
  4. What is one feature of the modern theory of plate tectonics?
  5. What is the upper layer of the earth's mantle?
Down
  1. What is a earth movement resulting from horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces?
  2. What is a mountain with a crater at the top?
  3. What is hot fluid below the earth's crust?
  4. What is a long, steep sided valley on the ocean floor?
  5. What is the thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins?
  6. What is the thick part of the earth's crust that forms the land masses?
  7. What is the rigid outer part of the earth?
  8. What is the shaking and vibrating of the earth's?
  9. What is the molten rock expelled by a volcano?
  10. What is a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less?

15 Clues: What is the former "supercontinent"? • What is hot fluid below the earth's crust? • What is the rigid outer part of the earth? • What is a mountain with a crater at the top? • What is the molten rock expelled by a volcano? • What is the upper layer of the earth's mantle? • What is the shaking and vibrating of the earth's? • ...

Vocab 5 Geology 2023-10-19

Vocab 5 Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  2. drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  3. contains the crust and top part of the mantle; these are the plates that move
  4. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  5. core the middle of Earth; the hottest layer
  6. the study of Earth's physical features, processes, and history
Down
  1. crust thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor
  2. mostly solid bulk of the inside of Earth; it is between the crust and the core.
  3. the top part of the mantle; contains convection currents
  4. A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
  5. tectonics the theory that Earth's lithosphere is in constant motion.
  6. Earth's outermost layer.
  7. core the outer part of the middle of Earth; the only liquid layer
  8. how much each layer of Earth is pushing on the others

14 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • core the middle of Earth; the hottest layer • how much each layer of Earth is pushing on the others • the top part of the mantle; contains convection currents • crust thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor • the study of Earth's physical features, processes, and history • ...

Rock Layers 2024-09-30

Rock Layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ are scientists that study fossils and rock layers
  2. When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
  3. PLATE _____: The movement of Earth’s plates that can cause rock layers to move.
  4. Evidence of past life that have been preserved in rocks.
  5. ABSOLUTE _____: The exact age of something.
  6. Rock that forms when sediment from erosion is compressed together are ______ rocks.
  7. Geologic time ______: Arrangement of events used as a measure of the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time.
Down
  1. When molten rock from inside Earth moves through cracks in the rock layers.
  2. The KT ____ was created when a meteor hit Earth
  3. When small pieces of rock (sediment) are moved around by wind and/or water.
  4. _____ scientist studying natural hazards like earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides.
  5. When sediment stops moving and collects in a new area.
  6. ______ DATING: The age of something based on its placement

13 Clues: ABSOLUTE _____: The exact age of something. • The KT ____ was created when a meteor hit Earth • When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces. • When sediment stops moving and collects in a new area. • _____ are scientists that study fossils and rock layers • Evidence of past life that have been preserved in rocks. • ...

Geometric Fit 2015-03-02

Geometric Fit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory that there used to be one big super continent
  2. Earth's one huge landmass that existed 300 million years ago
  3. A German scientist that developed the theory of continental drift
  4. a hypothesis that shows that continental drift may be true because the continents fit together like puzzle pieces
Down
  1. landforms near the Earth's core that added to the theory of continental drift
  2. the plate tectonics are near this
  3. trace of an ancient organism (animal or plant) that has been preserved in rock

7 Clues: the plate tectonics are near this • The theory that there used to be one big super continent • Earth's one huge landmass that existed 300 million years ago • A German scientist that developed the theory of continental drift • landforms near the Earth's core that added to the theory of continental drift • ...

plate boundaries and tectonics 2022-05-06

plate boundaries and tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the different ways plate tectonics shift and move
  2. part of the upper mantle
Down
  1. the theory that earth has 7 plates that move
  2. outer part of the earths model

4 Clues: part of the upper mantle • outer part of the earths model • the theory that earth has 7 plates that move • the different ways plate tectonics shift and move

Quizz tal-ahhar 2018-06-06

Quizz tal-ahhar crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Belt li ġiet miksija bil-lava ġewwa l-Italja
  2. Dawn kienu ġellieda bl-iljunfanti
  3. Liema post fi Sqallija għandu l-istess tip ta' fuħħar bħal ta' Malta
  4. fejn fihom kienu jiltaqgħu r-Rumani
  5. Dan għandu tinda biex jippreserva mill-elementi
  6. Statwa li kienu jqimu
  7. X'inhi dik il-arti mill-Ipoġew fejn joħloq eku mil-leħen ta' raġel
  8. organizazzjoni li taqbeż ghad-drittijiet tan-nisa
  9. kienet l-ewwel mara li qabzet ghad-drittijiet tan-nisa
  10. Minn fejn ġew l-ewwel nies hawn Malta
Down
  1. Post f'Malta fejn jidher sew il-blat imdawwar
  2. dawn ġabuhom il-Griegi magħhom
  3. Familja li fiha jgħixu xi qraba magħha bħal xi ziju.
  4. L-ewwel kitba f'Malta
  5. Familja li tikkonsisti missier, omm u tfal
  6. fejn sabu l-għadam tal-annimali
  7. L-ewwel griebeġ tad-djar
  8. Semmi annimal barra ippotami u ċriev li kienu jgħixu f'Malta magħquda ma' Sqallija
  9. madum żgħir li kien jgħaqqduh biex jagħmlu l-art b'xi xena fi Żmien ir-Rumani
  10. jinsab taht il-qoxra
  11. L-eqdem struttura li qiegda bilwiefa
  12. Ghar Dalam jinsab f'dan il-post
  13. kemm hemm movimenti differenti tal-plate tectonics
  14. Semmi annimal li nstab f'Għar Dalam bil-ġwienaħ

24 Clues: jinsab taht il-qoxra • L-ewwel kitba f'Malta • Statwa li kienu jqimu • L-ewwel griebeġ tad-djar • dawn ġabuhom il-Griegi magħhom • fejn sabu l-għadam tal-annimali • Ghar Dalam jinsab f'dan il-post • Dawn kienu ġellieda bl-iljunfanti • fejn fihom kienu jiltaqgħu r-Rumani • L-eqdem struttura li qiegda bilwiefa • Minn fejn ġew l-ewwel nies hawn Malta • ...

Physical Geography 2016-04-11

Physical Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The inner portion of the Earth, one-third of it's entire mass
  2. Region of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere
  3. Physical weathering of rocks that occurs by mechanical forcing of rock joints
  4. Abbreviation; complex, computer-based climate model
  5. The dominant vegetation type extending across a region
  6. Rock of Earth's crust below the soil; unweathered
  7. The study of past climates using tree rings
  8. Science that analyzes and describes origin, evolutions, etc. of landforms
  9. The birth of mountains
  10. Two words; Species that are brought and introduced to a new ecosystem
  11. Elevation differences in a local landscape
Down
  1. Two words; Information about past environments that represent changes in climate; also called a climate proxy
  2. Two words; ecosystem that consists of pine, spruce, and fir
  3. A migrating piece of Earth's crust, dragged about by plate tectonics
  4. The study of the Earth's past climates
  5. Two words; Decomposition of minerals in rocks through chemical alteration
  6. Form of weathering; associated with fragmentation of rock by pressure release
  7. Instrument used to detect and record ground motion during an earthquake
  8. The largest plutonic form exposed at the surface
  9. Boundary transition zone between adjoining ecosystems

20 Clues: The birth of mountains • The study of the Earth's past climates • Elevation differences in a local landscape • The study of past climates using tree rings • The largest plutonic form exposed at the surface • Rock of Earth's crust below the soil; unweathered • Abbreviation; complex, computer-based climate model • Region of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere • ...

Earth Science Final Review- A 2024-05-31

Earth Science Final Review- A crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cyclonic storm with winds 39-73 mph
  2. most abundant gas in atmosphere
  3. objects that allow electrical currents to flow through them
  4. proposed the plate tectonics theory in 1912
  5. elements and compounds are __ __ (25)
  6. something that changes the result of an experiment
  7. hurricane in northwestern Pacific (eastern Asia)
  8. mountain in ocean
  9. one way nitrogen is fixated in the atmosphere
  10. start of hurricane season
  11. dry weather on leeward side of mountain (bottom of 508)
  12. Earth began as a __ planet (p. 307)
  13. side of mountain that gets more precipitation (bottom of 508)
Down
  1. hardest mineral
  2. someone who studies earthquakes
  3. man who helped Koppen come up with climate classification (511)
  4. homogenous and heterogenous are groups of __
  5. technology that uses sound waves to map ocean (323)
  6. short for astronomical unit
  7. layer of Earth's atmosphere with weather
  8. bottom dwellers in ocean
  9. Sun, moon, and stars were created on day __.
  10. negatively charged particle outside of nucleus
  11. center of an atom with neutrons and protons
  12. freely swimming organisms
  13. name for supercontinent; "all lands" (110)
  14. coldest layer of atmosphere
  15. __ gives things weight (29, 30)

28 Clues: hardest mineral • mountain in ocean • bottom dwellers in ocean • freely swimming organisms • start of hurricane season • short for astronomical unit • coldest layer of atmosphere • someone who studies earthquakes • most abundant gas in atmosphere • __ gives things weight (29, 30) • cyclonic storm with winds 39-73 mph • Earth began as a __ planet (p. 307) • ...

Tectonic Plates crossword 2022-10-06

Tectonic Plates crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the northern part when the continents started to separate
  2. sits between earth's core and its thin outer layer
  3. this is created when two plates collide into each other that have simular thickness and weight
  4. the process that causes the asthenosphere and the lithosphere to move
  5. term used to describe the movement of continents
  6. when plates move away from each other they pull apart the earths crust to make this
  7. earth’s furthest layer
  8. tectonic plates lie on top of a molten layer of rock called this
  9. something widely believed but not a fact
Down
  1. along with granite something the tectonic plates are made of
  2. where the most earthquakes happen along the rim of this ocean
  3. a term used to describe the fitting of continents
  4. plate tectonics show how this is made
  5. when two plates collide together with one going under the other
  6. the southern part when the continents started to separate
  7. structure of the earth's crust
  8. when the continents were all together
  9. when tectonic plates rub against each other this happens
  10. scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift
  11. how many major tectonic plates are there?

20 Clues: earth’s furthest layer • structure of the earth's crust • plate tectonics show how this is made • when the continents were all together • something widely believed but not a fact • how many major tectonic plates are there? • term used to describe the movement of continents • a term used to describe the fitting of continents • ...

Crossword 2 2024-12-07

Crossword 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the surface location directly above where an earthquake occurs.
  2. Reference point for longitude.
  3. The name of the theory responsible for the initial formation of the Universe.
  4. Another name for a test in an experiment.
  5. Location where the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  6. P waves and S waves are two types of _____ waves.
  7. Dating method that defines the order that events occur.
  8. Refers to an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival.
  9. Location of the largest earthquake of all time.
  10. Light-colored igneous rock generally has a ____ composition.
  11. Name of the first condensed form of matter.
Down
  1. Person who presented the theory of Natural Selection.
  2. The name of the eon that we presently live.
  3. The ancient landform where all of the continents were connected.
  4. Another name for the experimental group.
  5. North, south, east, and west are called _________.
  6. The major evidence that supports plate tectonics.
  7. Geologic principle that states that older events are found on the bottom.
  8. The _________ group contains the independent variable.
  9. Principle that shows gaps of time in the rock record.
  10. Location of the largest earthquake in U.S. history.

21 Clues: Reference point for longitude. • Another name for the experimental group. • Another name for a test in an experiment. • The name of the eon that we presently live. • Name of the first condensed form of matter. • Location of the largest earthquake of all time. • The major evidence that supports plate tectonics. • P waves and S waves are two types of _____ waves. • ...

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics 2015-03-11

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The scientist who proposed that mantle convection could move continents
  2. The initial piece of evidence for continental drift(4 words)
  3. One of the scientists who used magnetic reversals as evidence of seafloor spreading
  4. One of the scientist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  5. One of the scientists who used magnetic reversals as evidence of seafloor spreading
  6. One of the scientists who proposed seafloor spreading
Down
  1. One of the scientists who proposed seafloor spreading
  2. The piece of evidence for continental drift that centers around dinosaurs (2 words)
  3. The piece of evidence for continental drift that focuses on areas with coal and evidence of glaciers (2 words)
  4. The piece of evidence for continental drift that centers around mountains (4 words)
  5. One of the scientist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  6. A Canadian scientist who proposed the existence of plates and transform faults
  7. The scientist who proposed continents would fit better at continental margins
  8. The scientist who explained to formation of the Himalayas
  9. The scientist who proposed continental drift

15 Clues: The scientist who proposed continental drift • One of the scientists who proposed seafloor spreading • One of the scientists who proposed seafloor spreading • The scientist who explained to formation of the Himalayas • The initial piece of evidence for continental drift(4 words) • One of the scientist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Carbon and Heat 2014-03-23

Carbon and Heat crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a form of radiation emitted by the sun and special kinds of lights
  2. Absorbs more carbon then it creates
Down
  1. that the earth is made up of massive plates that move very slowly
  2. created after kinetic or potential energies of an object are put in motion
  3. current/movements within the magma which causes plate tectonics.
  4. substances and devices that are used to absorb heat

6 Clues: Absorbs more carbon then it creates • substances and devices that are used to absorb heat • current/movements within the magma which causes plate tectonics. • that the earth is made up of massive plates that move very slowly • a form of radiation emitted by the sun and special kinds of lights • ...

plate tectonic's 2022-03-08

plate tectonic's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics
  2. cycle
Down
  1. crust

3 Clues: crust • cycle • tectonics

science vocab 2021-12-20

science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge
  2. drift
Down
  1. tectonics

3 Clues: ridge • drift • tectonics

science vocab 2021-12-20

science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics
  2. drift
Down
  1. ridge

3 Clues: ridge • drift • tectonics

Layer's of the Earth 2024-10-23

Layer's of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust
  2. core
  3. core
Down
  1. tectonics
  2. crust

5 Clues: core • core • crust • crust • tectonics

Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion 2018-02-27

Plate Tectonics, Weathering, and Erosion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rigid layer of solid rock
  2. what is the layer beneath the crust called
  3. new floor forming at the ridge spreading outward to make room for more
  4. what is the layer before the inner core called
  5. when a dense ocean plate converges with a lighter continental plate
  6. two tectonic plates pull apart
  7. what is the name of the large land that the continents were once together of
  8. earth's only totally liquid layer
Down
  1. a mountain range running across 10,000 miles on the ocean floor
  2. when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air
  3. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  4. the layer of earth we live on
  5. two tectonic plates collide

13 Clues: a rigid layer of solid rock • two tectonic plates collide • the layer of earth we live on • two tectonic plates pull apart • earth's only totally liquid layer • what is the layer beneath the crust called • when water with carbon dioxide mixes with air • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • what is the layer before the inner core called • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle 2022-03-11

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate for Australia
  2. The plate for Europe and Asia
  3. hot molten rock crystallizing
  4. rock when weathering and erosion occurs
  5. plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. plates moving towards each other
  2. Plate for India
  3. when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.
  4. The plate for the pacific ocean
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. The plate for Antarctica
  7. Plate for Arabia
  8. Plate for the Caribbean ocean

13 Clues: Plate for India • Plate for Arabia • The plate for Australia • The plate for Antarctica • The plate for Europe and Asia • hot molten rock crystallizing • Plate for the Caribbean ocean • plates sliding past each other • The plate for the pacific ocean • plates moving towards each other • plates moving away from each other • rock when weathering and erosion occurs • ...

Plate Tectonics-Earth Systems Vocab 2024-03-22

Plate Tectonics-Earth Systems Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Consists of all of the crust as well as the upper, rigid part of the mantle
  2. Boundary formed by by collision of two plates (collide, crash, collision)
  3. Ring of volcanoes around that Pacific Plate
  4. Theory explaining how tectonic plates move and change shape
  5. German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift
  6. Process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidified
  7. Occurs when two tectonic plates collide, and one plate moves under the other and sinks into the mantle
Down
  1. The broken up pieces of the lithosphere
  2. Boundary between two plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape)
  3. Boundary between two plates moving away from each other (separate, divide)
  4. The landmass that existed when all continents were joined together
  5. Hypothesis that the continents one formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  6. places where tectonic plates meet

13 Clues: places where tectonic plates meet • The broken up pieces of the lithosphere • Ring of volcanoes around that Pacific Plate • Theory explaining how tectonic plates move and change shape • German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift • The landmass that existed when all continents were joined together • ...

Plate Tectonics UNIT test REVIEW 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics UNIT test REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zone formed where a continental plate and oceanic plate converge, forms volcanoes
  2. bottom layer of crust that is plastic like
  3. deep underwater formation at a convergent boundary
  4. formed when 2 continental crust converge
  5. top layer of earth's crust, rigid and rocky
  6. formed at a midocean ridge
  7. type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other
Down
  1. least dense of Earth's layers, the top
  2. when hot magma rises and cooler magma sinks, this causes plate movement
  3. formed when 2 oceanic plates diverge
  4. formed when 2 continental plate diverge
  5. The oceanic crust is _______ dense that the continental crust, so it will sink
  6. type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other

13 Clues: formed at a midocean ridge • formed when 2 oceanic plates diverge • least dense of Earth's layers, the top • formed when 2 continental plate diverge • formed when 2 continental crust converge • bottom layer of crust that is plastic like • top layer of earth's crust, rigid and rocky • deep underwater formation at a convergent boundary • ...

Unit 6: Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2024-12-19

Unit 6: Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hypothesis that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches; occurs in a continuous cycle of magma intrusion and spreading
  2. cycle of processes that form all mountain ranges, resulting in broad, linear regions of deformation that you know as mountain ranges but in geology are known as orogenic belts
  3. place where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other; characterized by long faults and shallow earthquakes
  4. the change in elevation of Earth's crust
  5. describes all the processes associated with the discharge of magma, hot water, and steam
  6. fracture or system of fractures in Earth's crust that occur when stress is applied too quickly or stress is too great
Down
  1. process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate
  2. places where two tectonic plates are moving apart; is associated with volcanism, earthquakes, and high heat flow, and is found primarily on the seafloor
  3. Wegner's hypothesis that Earth's Continents were joined as a single landmass, called Pangaea, that split apart about 200 mya and slowly moved to their present position
  4. huge pieces of Earth's crust that cover its surface and fit together at their edges
  5. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart 200mya
  6. place where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other; associated with trenches, island arcs, and folded mountains
  7. unusually hot area in Earth's mantle where high temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface

13 Clues: the change in elevation of Earth's crust • process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate • Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart 200mya • huge pieces of Earth's crust that cover its surface and fit together at their edges • ...

Science Crossword puzzle 2024-05-30

Science Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of heredity & inherited traits passed down from generation to generation.
  2. The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes into new substances
  3. The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.
  4. The study of living things and everything about it.
  5. The study of mammals
  6. The study of the geologic features of the ocean floor, including plate tectonics of the ocean
  7. The study of all types of animals and everything about them
  8. The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space
  9. The sStudy of the immune system and its responses to invading pathogens
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  1. The study of nerves; also a branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the nervous system
  2. The study of development of living things before birth
  3. The study of ticks, mites and spiders
  4. The study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two through forces and motion.
  5. The study of hormones and their composition and function.
  6. The study of life in the ocean

15 Clues: The study of mammals • The study of life in the ocean • The study of ticks, mites and spiders • The study of living things and everything about it. • The study of development of living things before birth • The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space • The study of hormones and their composition and function. • ...

Movement of the Earth's crust by: Jeremiah Bridges 2016-10-26

Movement of the Earth's crust by: Jeremiah Bridges crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scale A scale that measures energy of an earthquake.
  2. ridge The place plates of Earth's crust goes along the ocean floor.
  3. The point in the Earth's crust.
  4. boundary a boundary where plates past each other.
  5. boundary A boundary where plates collide.
  6. wave A primary wave or "push pull.
  7. boundary A boundary where plates move away.
  8. The outermost layer.
  9. A mountain that may form around an opening.
Down
  1. The point in the Earth's surface.
  2. cone volcano A volcano build from ashes, cinder, rocks .
  3. The cool solid portion of Earth.
  4. The sudden movement of rock.
  5. The innermost layer.
  6. A zone of practically melted rock.
  7. volcano The most powerful volcano of all.
  8. spreading A process in which magma is slowly pushed.
  9. tectonics the theory of the movement of plates.
  10. Layer beneath the crust.
  11. A deep ocean valley.
  12. wave An energy wave from an earthquake.
  13. wave A slower kind of energy wave.
  14. volcano It looks like a warrior's shield.

23 Clues: The innermost layer. • A deep ocean valley. • The outermost layer. • Layer beneath the crust. • The sudden movement of rock. • The point in the Earth's crust. • The cool solid portion of Earth. • The point in the Earth's surface. • A zone of practically melted rock. • wave A primary wave or "push pull. • wave A slower kind of energy wave. • wave An energy wave from an earthquake. • ...

Chapter 4: The Earth Speaks 2022-10-15

Chapter 4: The Earth Speaks crossword puzzle
Across
  1. study of the earth
  2. most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
  3. earth changed slowly over time; Hutton
  4. earth's only natural satellite
  5. solid, inner dense part of Earth
  6. this is how geologists study Earth's inside
  7. part of earth with liquid; 1,400 mi
  8. "The present is key to the past."
  9. this deflects solar wind
  10. God promises seedtime and harvest in _.
  11. raw material from our environment
  12. the upper mantle and crust
  13. changed the Earth dramatically; cataclysm
  14. old earth theory; Earth is 4.5 billion yrs
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  1. came up with uniformitarianism
  2. we depend on this process for food/oxygen
  3. this light is needed for photosynthesis
  4. a resource that is nonliving; soil
  5. view of earth being about 6000 yrs
  6. thinnest part of earth
  7. Earth's solid outer layer
  8. boundary between the crust/mantle
  9. force that keeps us on Earth
  10. gives Earth seasons; 23 1/2 deg.
  11. how fast light travels in a yr
  12. space rocks blocked by Earth's atmosphere
  13. galaxy in which Earth is located
  14. thickest layer of Earth; 84%
  15. God formed the earth to be __. (Isaiah 45:18)
  16. resources easily replenished
  17. comes from a living thing; fish
  18. he came up with plate tectonics

32 Clues: study of the earth • thinnest part of earth • this deflects solar wind • Earth's solid outer layer • the upper mantle and crust • force that keeps us on Earth • thickest layer of Earth; 84% • resources easily replenished • came up with uniformitarianism • earth's only natural satellite • how fast light travels in a yr • comes from a living thing; fish • ...

Weathering Erosion and Deposition 2023-12-06

Weathering Erosion and Deposition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
  2. natural land shape or feature
  3. scientist that studies volcanoes
  4. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  5. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  6. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)
  7. breaks it
  8. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
  9. scientist that studies earthquakes
  10. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
Down
  1. the strength of an earthquake
  2. a break in the Earth’s crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
  3. very small pieces of rock
  4. takes it
  5. Tectonics the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  6. the liquid rock below Earth’s crust
  7. drops it
  8. Scale- measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
  9. the thin outer layer of Earth
  10. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally

21 Clues: takes it • drops it • breaks it • very small pieces of rock • the strength of an earthquake • natural land shape or feature • the thin outer layer of Earth • scientist that studies volcanoes • scientist that studies earthquakes • the liquid rock below Earth’s crust • thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall • ...

Tectonic Plate 2022-03-08

Tectonic Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Europe major plate
  2. Two plates come togethere
  3. The plate of Australia
  4. move in the litosphere
  5. A example of Divergent boundary
  6. South America plate
  7. The plate of africa
Down
  1. Example of transform plate
  2. Two plates moves apart
  3. North America plate
  4. A consequence of a Earthquake underwater
  5. Two plates colides
  6. Example of Convergent boundary
  7. Antarctic plate
  8. the biggest tectonic plate

15 Clues: Antarctic plate • Europe major plate • Two plates colides • North America plate • South America plate • The plate of africa • Two plates moves apart • The plate of Australia • move in the litosphere • Two plates come togethere • Example of transform plate • the biggest tectonic plate • Example of Convergent boundary • A example of Divergent boundary • ...

Plate 2021-11-16

Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lihvima
  2. pintsel
  3. arvutama
  4. mõõtma
  5. up koristama
  6. laud
  7. vaip
  8. punane
Down
  1. try värvialus
  2. õlitama
  3. kruntima
  4. vesi
  5. käärid
  6. lõikama
  7. plaadid
  8. puit
  9. joonestama
  10. saag

18 Clues: vesi • puit • saag • laud • vaip • käärid • mõõtma • punane • lihvima • õlitama • pintsel • lõikama • plaadid • kruntima • arvutama • joonestama • up koristama • try värvialus

Plate Tectonics 2023-08-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary
  2. boundary
  3. ridge
  4. tectonics
Down
  1. boundary
  2. boundary

6 Clues: ridge • boundary • boundary • boundary • boundary • tectonics

Dynamic Earth 2023-02-14

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure,
  2. boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. floor spreading, the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges
  4. drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  5. boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each othe
Down
  1. tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  2. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  3. boundary When two plates come together
  4. trenches long, narrow depressions on the seafloor.
  5. big super continent
  6. ocean ridges a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma

11 Clues: big super continent • boundary When two plates come together • trenches long, narrow depressions on the seafloor. • boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other • hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, • hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust • ...