plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Weaker, upper portion of the Earth's mantle.
  2. The dense, innermost layer of the Earth.
  3. Can occur with lava from volcanoes.
  4. Combination of Earth's outermost layer and the upper mantle; is divided into tectonic plates.
  5. Can include bones, footprints, leaf prints, or being cast in a substance.
  6. Large section of hard, solid rock that make up earth's outermost layer.
  7. Hot liquid rock that is on Earth's surface.
  8. Underwater mountain range made by divergent plate boundaries.
  9. Northern continental mass formed when Pangaea broke apart approximately 180 million years ago.
  10. Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa.
  11. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, types include oceanic and continental.
  12. Two plates sliding past each other.
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  1. The large, single continental landmass that formed approximately 245 million years ago.
  2. Two plates moving away from each other.
  3. Process of one plate moving under another plate.
  4. A deep indentation in the ground that is made by convergent plate boundaries.
  5. Early idea that continents float on the mantle and moved relative to one another over geologic time.
  6. Commonly caused by transform plate boundaries.
  7. Hot liquid rock that is below Earth's surface.
  8. Southern continental mass formed when Pangaea broke apart approximately 180 million years ago.
  9. Mountains, channels, and sand dunes are an example of a _______.
  10. A layer of soft, solid rock under Earth's plates, serves as the middle layer of the Earth.
  11. Two plates moving towards each other.

23 Clues: Can occur with lava from volcanoes. • Two plates sliding past each other. • Two plates moving towards each other. • Two plates moving away from each other. • The dense, innermost layer of the Earth. • Hot liquid rock that is on Earth's surface. • Weaker, upper portion of the Earth's mantle. • Commonly caused by transform plate boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in oppsite directions
  3. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement fluid
  4. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  5. A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceaic plate benath a second oceanic plate
  6. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean treach and back into athe mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  7. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  8. The name of th esingle landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continenets
  9. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  10. A plate boundary where two platemove away from each other
  11. The molten mixture of rock forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  13. The transfer of thermal energy from one particleof matter to another
  14. A section of the lithospher that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
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  1. The process by which molten material adds nre oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. An area where magma from deep within the manlts through the crust above it
  3. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  4. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  5. Liquid magma that reaches the surface
  6. The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume
  7. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  9. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  10. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  11. A major belt of volcanes that rims the Pacific Ocean

25 Clues: Liquid magma that reaches the surface • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • The transfer of thermal energy by the movement fluid • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • A major belt of volcanes that rims the Pacific Ocean • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other
  2. Famous string of volcanoes
  3. A molten mixture of gases, water, and rock-forming substances from the mantle
  4. Crust that is on the land under mountains
  5. Valley where the sea floor subducts back into the mantle
  6. The process of continually adding new material to the ocean floor
  7. Liquid magma at the surface
  8. A process in which one plate goes under another at a convergent boundary
  9. The stress force that pulls on the crust, and thins rock in the middle
  10. Underwater mountain chain where sea floors are renewed
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  1. Plate boundary where two plates collide
  2. Crust under the ocean
  3. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  4. A curved chain of volcanoes located at the edge of a plate
  5. Forms where pieces of Earths crust separate
  6. The stress force that squeezes the crust, forming mountains
  7. A vent on the surface where magma escapes from the mantle
  8. The outer layer of Earth
  9. An area where magma melts through the crust above it
  10. Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

20 Clues: Crust under the ocean • The outer layer of Earth • Famous string of volcanoes • Liquid magma at the surface • Plate boundary where two plates collide • Crust that is on the land under mountains • Forms where pieces of Earths crust separate • Plate boundary where two plates slip past each other • An area where magma melts through the crust above it • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. consists of the upper mantle and lower crust
  2. supercontinent
  3. Earths longest mountain range
  4. measures earthquakes
  5. Results of a transform boundary
  6. Slides past each other
  7. Moves together
  8. Moves apart
  9. Where two plates move away from eachother
  10. Causes seafloor spreading
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  1. A person that studies plate tectonics
  2. The # of the major plates
  3. Comes from the mantle
  4. Came up with the Contintntal drift theory
  5. Where divergent boundries divide in the ocean
  6. Future Supercontinent
  7. Mountain that has magma in it
  8. A result of convergent boundaries
  9. the area below the lithosphere
  10. When one plate slides under another

20 Clues: Moves apart • supercontinent • Moves together • measures earthquakes • Comes from the mantle • Future Supercontinent • Slides past each other • The # of the major plates • Causes seafloor spreading • Mountain that has magma in it • Earths longest mountain range • the area below the lithosphere • Results of a transform boundary • A result of convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. layer of Earth below the lithosphere that flows like a liquid
  2. pieces of rock that have been weathered
  3. the reason something has occurred or is occurring
  4. primary layer where plants and organisms live
  5. occur along plate boundaries
  6. the oceanic crust and the upper mantle
  7. type of crust that is made up mostly of granite and is less dense
  8. rock that requires heat and pressure
  9. rock that is formed when lava cools and hardens
  10. the only liquid layer of Earth
  11. Father of Continental Drift
  12. two events happening at the same time, but not causing one
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  1. largest layer of Earth
  2. large pieces of crust that are constantly moving
  3. natural process that breaks down rock
  4. Earth's supercontinent
  5. top layer of soil made up of living and decomposed materials
  6. the theory that the continents were once a giant landmass and have slowly drifted apart
  7. type of crust that is made up mostly of basalt and is more dense
  8. solid layer of rock
  9. can be found in sedimentary rock
  10. thinnest layer of Earth
  11. the center of the Earth
  12. process in which oceanic crust sinks below the less dense continental crust
  13. hot molten rock
  14. occurs along mid-ocean ridges
  15. cycle that occurs in the mantle, where heated material rises then cools and sinks
  16. tallest mountain in the Himalayas
  17. rock with many layers
  18. natural forces that move rocks

30 Clues: hot molten rock • solid layer of rock • rock with many layers • largest layer of Earth • Earth's supercontinent • thinnest layer of Earth • the center of the Earth • Father of Continental Drift • occur along plate boundaries • occurs along mid-ocean ridges • the only liquid layer of Earth • natural forces that move rocks • can be found in sedimentary rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. atlantic ocean hot spot
  2. plate boundary that results in shallow earthquakes and no volcanoes
  3. pacific ocean hot spot
  4. scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  5. plate boundary found at midocean ridges
  6. rock that makes up oceanic plates
  7. the study of prehistoric Earth's magnetic fields recorded in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  8. the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of up to thousands of years or more.
  9. plate boundary that results in subduction
  10. movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
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  1. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  2. ocean with a midocean ridge going down the center, broke up Pangaea, expanding over time.
  3. rock that makes up continental plates
  4. long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along ocean-oceanic convergent tectonic plate boundaries.
  5. Earth's largest ocean, surrounded by convegergent boundaries, getting smaller over time
  6. a buoyant mass of material in the mantle, which rises because of its buoyancy
  7. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. This feature is where seafloor spreading takes place along a divergent plate boundary.
  8. geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries
  9. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  10. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another.
  11. layer of earth that generates earth's magnetic field
  12. volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously high temperature compared with the surrounding mantle.
  13. the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. It is usually distinguished from the underlying mantle by its chemical makeup

23 Clues: pacific ocean hot spot • atlantic ocean hot spot • rock that makes up oceanic plates • rock that makes up continental plates • plate boundary found at midocean ridges • plate boundary that results in subduction • layer of earth that generates earth's magnetic field • plate boundary that results in shallow earthquakes and no volcanoes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins.
  2. hypothesis that said all present continents nice existed as a single supercontinent
  3. Process that deforms Earth’s Crust for structural features.
  4. Primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
  5. German Meteorologist and geophysicist
  6. trench a narrow and elongated depression of the seafloor
  7. when igneous rocks melt over a temp range.
  8. The name of the supercontinent including all of the existing continents
  9. Where two plates move apart.
  10. a boundary in which two plates more together.
  11. a hypothesis that said new ocean crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges.
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  1. a chain of volcanic islands
  2. Two ocean slabs converge.
  3. a boundary when two plates slide past one another.
  4. when two continental plates collide
  5. Largest plate
  6. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism.
  7. as tectonic forces continue to pull apart the crust, the fragments sink which causes this.
  8. linear zones of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor.
  9. Theory that says Earths outer shell consists of individual plates.

20 Clues: Largest plate • Two ocean slabs converge. • a chain of volcanic islands • Where two plates move apart. • when two continental plates collide • German Meteorologist and geophysicist • when igneous rocks melt over a temp range. • a boundary in which two plates more together. • a boundary when two plates slide past one another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. theory that explains how large pieces of the earht crust move and change shape
  2. Harry Hess came up with this idea
  3. The center of the earth , like a ball of hot metal. is mostly iron and nickel
  4. The hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  5. the nature of somethings ingredients or constitutions
  6. soft plastic like layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  7. New seafloor, rift-valleys, Mid-Atlantic ridge
  8. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze and object
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  1. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  2. is solid but moving (magma, honey) Makes up 66% of the earth
  3. strong , lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  4. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  5. Mountains, Trenches, volcanoes, earthquakes, subduction zone
  6. The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the only liquid layer of the planet. it is iron and nickel
  8. The sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations
  9. Tectonic plates slide past each other resulting in earthquakes
  10. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  11. inner most layer of the earth. It is solid iron and nickel
  12. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of mantle

20 Clues: Harry Hess came up with this idea • New seafloor, rift-valleys, Mid-Atlantic ridge • The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of somethings ingredients or constitutions • the only liquid layer of the planet. it is iron and nickel • inner most layer of the earth. It is solid iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a form of volcano's shaped like a boot
  2. the thinnest layer
  3. the outer layer of Earth (Mantle,Crust)
  4. a piece of earth that sepereates
  5. part of earth
  6. 2 plates move away
  7. the inner part of the core
  8. the theory of a famous scientist
  9. a plate that has to do with land
  10. plates move together
  11. crack in earth
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  1. the sea floor moves
  2. discovered sea floor spreading
  3. a force that pushes together
  4. discovered continental drift
  5. plates move side by side
  6. hard
  7. layer of the atmosphere of the earth
  8. the hottest layer
  9. to plates collide to cause a shake
  10. shifting that moves Earth 2 cm a year
  11. the thickest layer
  12. a plate that has to do with water
  13. liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle

24 Clues: hard • part of earth • crack in earth • the hottest layer • the thinnest layer • 2 plates move away • the thickest layer • the sea floor moves • plates move together • plates move side by side • the inner part of the core • a force that pushes together • discovered continental drift • discovered sea floor spreading • a piece of earth that sepereates • the theory of a famous scientist • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the middle layer of the earth.
  2. The mechanical model; lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. (look at me on ice)
  3. a boundary where the plates move away from eachother
  4. the outer layer of the core.
  5. a divergent boundary where new crust is formed in the ocean
  6. the theory that the continents are always moving.
  7. the cracked-up parts of earths crust.
  8. when something is pressed together.
  9. the center of the earth.
  10. the 3rd mechanical layer
  11. the 1st mechanical layer
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  1. the theory of plates moving on the asthenosphere
  2. when the plates slide past eachother
  3. what something is composed of.
  4. when the plates come together.
  5. when one plate (usually the denser, oceanic plate) go under another.
  6. A long rigid crack in the earths surface.
  7. the inner layer of earths center
  8. the very outer layer of the earth.
  9. the 2nd mechanical layer

20 Clues: the 2nd mechanical layer • the center of the earth. • the 3rd mechanical layer • the 1st mechanical layer • the outer layer of the core. • the middle layer of the earth. • what something is composed of. • when the plates come together. • the inner layer of earths center • the very outer layer of the earth. • when something is pressed together. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. colliding
  2. makes up 66% of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener discovered what?
  4. soft plastic-like layer
  5. strong,lower part of the mantle
  6. made of iron and nickel
  7. hottest layer on Earth
  8. makes up 1% of the Earth
  9. a fracture or zone between 2 blocks
  10. Harry Hess discovered what?
  11. only layer which is liquid
  12. slide past each other
  13. explains how large pieces of the crust move
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  1. move away from each other
  2. rigd upper part of the mantle
  3. large pieces of Earth's crust
  4. the sinking regions of the Earths crust
  5. properties involve reaction to applied force
  6. act to squeeze an object
  7. nature of something's ingredients

20 Clues: colliding • slide past each other • hottest layer on Earth • soft plastic-like layer • made of iron and nickel • makes up 1% of the Earth • act to squeeze an object • move away from each other • makes up 66% of the Earth • only layer which is liquid • Harry Hess discovered what? • rigd upper part of the mantle • large pieces of Earth's crust • Alfred Wegener discovered what? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust.
  2. The center of the Earth and is mostly made up of iron and nickel.
  3. zone The sinking of regions.
  4. core The inner most layer of our planet
  5. Plate A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust.
  6. The soft plastic layer.
  7. The thinnest layer on Earth.
  8. Spreading The process by which thee new oceanic lithosphere forms.
  9. A break in the Earth's crust.
  10. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze.
  11. Drift The thinking that states that the continents moved once.
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  1. The nature of something's ingredient or constituents.
  2. Properties Properties that involve a reaction.
  3. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates slide past each other.
  4. core The only liquid layer of the planet.
  5. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates drift apart.
  6. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  7. Tectonic Theory The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's crust move.
  8. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates collide.
  9. The biggest layer and the middle layer of the Earth.

20 Clues: The soft plastic layer. • The thinnest layer on Earth. • A break in the Earth's crust. • zone The sinking of regions. • The strong lower part of the mantle. • core The inner most layer of our planet • Boundary Where Tectonic Plates collide. • core The only liquid layer of the planet. • Solid outer layer that consists of the crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The longest mountain chain in the world
  2. This type of plate boundary forms folded mountains
  3. This type of boundary forms trenches and volcanoes
  4. This type of boundary contains both collision and subduction boundaries
  5. Mount Saint Helens, part of this mountain range, erupted in 1980
  6. This boundary forms fault lines
  7. This boundary type forms when plates move apart
  8. Harry Hess's theory
  9. This hot spot lies in the Pacific Ocean
  10. The tallest folded mountains in the world
  11. These occur at ALL plate boundaries
  12. The deepest feature in the world
  13. Iceland is a hot spot that lies along this feature
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  1. The Nazca and S. American plates form this feature
  2. A theory that precedes plate tectonics
  3. Wegener's evidence for continental drift
  4. This plate subducts under North America in the Pacific Northwest
  5. These are present at ALL divergent boundaries and subduction boundaries
  6. This feature formed by a continental-continental divergent boundary
  7. These form when two continental plates converge
  8. This feature causes severe earthquakes in California
  9. This technology was used to map the seafloor

22 Clues: Harry Hess's theory • This boundary forms fault lines • The deepest feature in the world • These occur at ALL plate boundaries • A theory that precedes plate tectonics • The longest mountain chain in the world • This hot spot lies in the Pacific Ocean • Wegener's evidence for continental drift • The tallest folded mountains in the world • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. - scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  2. - type of boundary between two colliding plates
  3. -currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. - when two plates move away from each other
  5. - South America matches up with this continent.
  6. - the other result of plate tectonics
  7. - the scientist who is most known for the continental drift theory
  8. - the outer most layer of earth
  9. - the lithosphere is divided into...
  10. - what element makes up most of the Earth's core
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  1. - the Earth is made up of these and they are constantly moving along above the mantle.
  2. - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core.
  3. - evidence of dead plants and animals
  4. - this idea developed in the 20th century
  5. - result of plate tectonics
  6. - the Earth's crust is divided into plates that shift over time.
  7. - this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions
  8. - continents fit together like_______ pieces
  9. - the super continent was called
  10. - the layer of Earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement

20 Clues: - result of plate tectonics • - the outer most layer of earth • - the super continent was called • - the lithosphere is divided into... • - evidence of dead plants and animals • - the other result of plate tectonics • - this idea developed in the 20th century • - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core. • - when two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The country that fits with Europe during Pangaea.
  2. The country that fits with South America during Pangaea.
  3. One of the minor tectonic plates.
  4. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  5. Where two or more lithospheric plates collide with each other.
  6. inches How often the plates move per year.
  7. Came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
  8. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  9. Places where three plates meet.
  10. When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  11. Places where plates slide sideways past each other.
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  1. The Ring where 90% of the world's earthquakes occur with over 450 volcanoes.
  2. At one time all of the continents formed one super-continent.
  3. The theory became solidified.
  4. Caused by the moving of transform plates.
  5. The largest major tectonic plate.
  6. One of the seven major tectonic plates.
  7. The cause of the movement of convergent plates.
  8. The molten layer of rock the plates lay on.
  9. Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory.

20 Clues: The theory became solidified. • Places where three plates meet. • One of the minor tectonic plates. • The largest major tectonic plate. • One of the seven major tectonic plates. • Caused by the moving of transform plates. • Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory. • inches How often the plates move per year. • The molten layer of rock the plates lay on. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. There are 12 on earth
  2. the outside or top layer of something
  3. Underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  4. The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  5. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  6. when two plates slide next to each other
  7. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  8. The name of the puzzle
  9. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  10. these often happen at convergent boundaries when two plates colide
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  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. When two plates move together and one goes under the other
  3. when two plates are moving apart from each other
  4. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  5. these happen often at a divergent boundary when the mantle is coming up between two plates
  6. our teacher
  7. the layer under the land and ocean
  8. The planet we live on
  9. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  10. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  11. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

21 Clues: our teacher • There are 12 on earth • The planet we live on • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these often happen at convergent boundaries when two plates colide
  2. The name of the puzzle
  3. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  4. our teacher
  5. when two plates slide next to each other
  6. Underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  7. when two plates are moving apart from each other
  8. the outside or top layer of something
  9. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
Down
  1. The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  2. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  3. When two plates move together and one goes under the other
  4. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
  5. these happen often at a divergent boundary when the mantle is coming up between two plates
  6. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  7. There are 12 on earth
  8. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  9. The planet we live on
  10. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  11. the layer under the land and ocean

20 Clues: our teacher • There are 12 on earth • The planet we live on • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates come together
  2. huge wave from earthquake
  3. adds more crust to ocean floor
  4. layer of hot rock
  5. valley deep valley from 2 plates moving apart
  6. vibrations from an earthquake
  7. deep valley along ocean floor
  8. undersea mountain chain
  9. breaks in earths crust
  10. hypothesis on slow moving continents
  11. heat transfer by movement of fluid
Down
  1. shaking and trembling
  2. molten mixture
  3. tectonics slow constant moving
  4. earths lithosphere pieces
  5. earths outer surface
  6. mountain that forms in earths crust
  7. plates move apart
  8. ocean floor sinks
  9. slip past each other

20 Clues: molten mixture • layer of hot rock • plates move apart • ocean floor sinks • plates come together • earths outer surface • slip past each other • shaking and trembling • breaks in earths crust • undersea mountain chain • huge wave from earthquake • earths lithosphere pieces • vibrations from an earthquake • deep valley along ocean floor • tectonics slow constant moving • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust. Magma oozes up from the mantle through a crack in the ocean floor, filling in the space between the plates and spreading out from the plate boundary.
  2. movement is felt as an earthquake.
  3. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world. It is only 4 to 6 miles (7 to 10 km) thick and usually younger than continental crust.
  4. (35 to 70 km) thick and very old.
  5. The border between two tectonic plates
  6. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate.
  7. occurs where two plates
  8. occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together.
  9. The place where a collision between two continental plates crunches and folds the rocks at the boundary, lifting them up and leading to mountain formation
  10. grind past each other in a horizontal direction
Down
  1. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed when magma fills the space between two tectonic plates that are spreading apart.
  2. occurs where two plates slide against each other. But rather than sliding smoothly, the plates build up tension, then release the tension with a spurt of movement.
  3. there is land at the edge of one of these plates,the ocean plate will subduct, or slide under that plate.
  4. Zone, The place where one plate is getting bent and pulled under the edge of another plate.
  5. A crack or fracture in
  6. zone
  7. layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents. It is about 20 to 40
  8. crust where two tectonic
  9. apart, allowing magma, or molten rock, to rise from the Earth' s interior to fill in the gap. The two plates move away from each other like two conveyor belts moving in opposite directions.
  10. two tectonic plates are pulling apart.
  11. A
  12. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present-day continents were joined together in one large landmass.

22 Clues: A • zone • A crack or fracture in • occurs where two plates • crust where two tectonic • (35 to 70 km) thick and very old. • movement is felt as an earthquake. • The border between two tectonic plates • two tectonic plates are pulling apart. • grind past each other in a horizontal direction • occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate.
  2. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present-day continents were joined together in one large landmass.
  3. The border between two tectonic plates
  4. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed when magma fills the space between two tectonic plates that are spreading apart.
  5. zone
  6. occurs where two plates move apart, allowing magma, or molten rock, to rise from the Earth' s interior to fill in the gap. The two plates move away from each other like two conveyor belts moving in opposite directions.
  7. Zone, The place where one plate is getting bent and pulled under the edge of another plate.
  8. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world. It is only 4 to 6 miles (7 to 10 km) thick and usually younger than continental crust.
  9. A
  10. crust where two tectonic
  11. movement is felt as an earthquake.
  12. A crack or fracture in
  13. The place where a collision between two continental plates crunches and folds the rocks at the boundary, lifting them up and leading to mountain formation
  14. occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together.
Down
  1. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust. Magma oozes up from the mantle through a crack in the ocean floor, filling in the space between the plates and spreading out from the plate boundary.
  2. grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  3. (35 to 70 km) thick and very old.
  4. two tectonic plates are pulling apart.
  5. layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents. It is about 20 to 40
  6. there is land at the edge of one of these plates,the ocean plate will subduct, or slide under that plate.
  7. occurs where two plates slide against each other. But rather than sliding smoothly, the plates build up tension, then release the tension with a spurt of movement.

21 Clues: A • zone • A crack or fracture in • crust where two tectonic • (35 to 70 km) thick and very old. • movement is felt as an earthquake. • The border between two tectonic plates • two tectonic plates are pulling apart. • grind past each other in a horizontal direction • occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates come together
  2. Smooth and ropey lava
  3. A solid material that is ejected from a volcano
  4. A mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption
  5. "All lands"
  6. When magma reaches the surface
  7. A long narrow split where basaltic magma flows out
  8. ThSouthern-day continents of SOuth America, Africa, Antarctica, and the subcontinent of India
  9. Found at the edge of a continent
  10. Magma that is thick and traps gas bubbles
  11. The crust is made up of plates that float on the asthemosphere
  12. The theory that all landmasses on earth were once together
Down
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. Larger rocks that are blown from the crater of a volcano
  3. The seafloor is spreading along theMid-Ocean Ridge
  4. Pebble-sized material that is thrown from a volcano
  5. The modern-day continents of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland
  6. When two plates slide against each other
  7. The Earth's crust is broken up into plates made up of continental and oceanic rock
  8. Molten rock beneath the surface
  9. Magma that is thin and flows easily
  10. Sharp and blocky lava

22 Clues: "All lands" • Smooth and ropey lava • Sharp and blocky lava • When two plates come together • When magma reaches the surface • Molten rock beneath the surface • Found at the edge of a continent • Magma that is thin and flows easily • A mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption • When two plates slide against each other • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The top or outer layer of the Earth
  2. When one plate is pushed beneath another
  3. Plate boundary that forms a ridge
  4. The dividing line where two plates meet
  5. A large mountain with explosive capabilities formed at a convergent boundary
  6. The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  7. A natural disaster common near transform boundaries and caused by quick motions of tectonic plates.
  8. A deep canyon-like ocean feature that is caused when one plate subducts under another
  9. The "layer" of the Earth that includes the crust and a tiny portion of the upper mantle
  10. Boundary where two plates collide with one another
Down
  1. Driving force behind plate tectonics as it moves heat from the interior of the Earth to the exterior
  2. This type of valley forms at divergent boundaries
  3. Boundary that forms a fault
  4. Term used to refer to the liquid part of the upper mantle
  5. Formed at a convergent boundary where two continental plates meet
  6. Formed at a divergent boundary where two oceanic plates pull apart
  7. This crust is typically thicker but less dense
  8. A scientist who studies earthquakes
  9. This crust is typically thinner but more dense
  10. A break in the Earth's crust that happens at transform boundaries

20 Clues: Boundary that forms a fault • Plate boundary that forms a ridge • The top or outer layer of the Earth • A scientist who studies earthquakes • The dividing line where two plates meet • When one plate is pushed beneath another • This crust is typically thicker but less dense • This crust is typically thinner but more dense • This type of valley forms at divergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. traces of animals or plants
  2. plates slip past each other
  3. when plates move
  4. a structure that forms when molten material reaches the surface
  5. large, explosive volcano
  6. shearing occurs at transform boundaries
  7. a break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle
  8. plates move away from each other
  9. an area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward
  10. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
Down
  1. two plates move together
  2. continents slowly moving over time
  3. a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume
  4. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  5. one plate subducts under the other
  6. oldest layer on bottom, youngest on top
  7. compression occurs at convergent boundaries
  8. tension occurs at divergent boundaries
  9. what magma is called when it reaches Earth's surface
  10. Earths crust is broken into these

20 Clues: when plates move • two plates move together • large, explosive volcano • traces of animals or plants • plates slip past each other • plates move away from each other • Earths crust is broken into these • continents slowly moving over time • one plate subducts under the other • tension occurs at divergent boundaries • oldest layer on bottom, youngest on top • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hypothesis of continental ________ states that the continents were once connected, but drifted apart over time
  2. a mountain-like structure which erupts lava periodically
  3. the enormous tidal wave
  4. the type of boundary where two plates are moving apart
  5. when two p[lates collide and one goes underneath the other
  6. a rapid shaking of the ground due to a transform boundary
  7. the meteorologist who proposed the theory of tectonic plates
  8. the middle layer of the earth
  9. a type of valley where there is a depression feature in the crust due to a divergent boundary
  10. the material which new crust is formed from
  11. the seafloor area where old crust is subducted
Down
  1. masses which continentals sit on top of
  2. the outer layer of the earth
  3. the type of boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally
  4. the force that causes the movement of tectonic plates
  5. the number of major tectonic plates
  6. the name of supercontinent which is proposed in continental drift theory
  7. the seafloor area where new crust is formed
  8. the innermost layer of the earth
  9. the area where two plates meet
  10. the type of boundary where two plates are moving toward each other

21 Clues: the enormous tidal wave • the outer layer of the earth • the middle layer of the earth • the area where two plates meet • the innermost layer of the earth • the number of major tectonic plates • masses which continentals sit on top of • the seafloor area where new crust is formed • the material which new crust is formed from • the seafloor area where old crust is subducted • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process where new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges and moves outward.
  2. A boundary where two continental plates push together to form mountains.
  3. Magnetic patterns in rocks that show evidence of plate movement over time.
  4. An island nation on a constructive plate boundary, formed by volcanic activity.
  5. The liquid metal layer surrounding the Earth’s solid centre.
  6. The scale used to measure the magnitude or energy released by an earthquake.
  7. Boundaries within the Earth where the composition or density of materials changes.
  8. The scale that measures the effects and damage caused by an earthquake.
  9. The thick layer of hot, semi-molten rock beneath the crust.
  10. A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
Down
  1. Efforts made months or years after a disaster to aid recovery and rebuild communities.
  2. Effects of a hazard on people’s lives, health, and wellbeing.
  3. The effects of an event on ecosystems, habitats, and natural resources.
  4. The line where two tectonic plates meet.
  5. The Earth’s thin, solid outer shell where we live.
  6. A type of boundary where one plate is forced under another.
  7. The financial costs or benefits resulting from a natural disaster or event.
  8. Actions taken right after a disaster to save lives and reduce damage.
  9. A type of boundary where plates move apart and new crust is created.
  10. The hottest layer at the very centre of the Earth, made mostly of iron and nickel.

20 Clues: The line where two tectonic plates meet. • The Earth’s thin, solid outer shell where we live. • A type of boundary where one plate is forced under another. • The thick layer of hot, semi-molten rock beneath the crust. • The liquid metal layer surrounding the Earth’s solid centre. • A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where two plates collide
  2. Type of boundary where new crust is generated as plates move apart
  3. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface
  4. boundaries
  5. Deepest parts of the ocean, often found at
  6. Type of crust that is thinner and denser, found under oceans
  7. The layer of Earth between the crust and the outer core
  8. Vibration of the Earth due to the release of energy
  9. Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  10. Piece of evidence for divergent plates (2words)
Down
  1. Lower part of the mantle
  2. The process where oceanic crust plunges beneath another plate
  3. A vent or mountain from which lava, ash, and cinders are expelled
  4. Less dense plate
  5. The age of the rock furthest from a ridge
  6. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally
  7. Rigid, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and upper mantle
  8. The theory that the lithosphere is divided into plates that move
  9. Plates moving apart
  10. Movement of matter due to differences in density, believed to drive plate motion
  11. Break in a rock along which movement occurs
  12. Scientist who proposed tectonic theory
  13. Supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago

23 Clues: boundaries • Less dense plate • Plates moving apart • Lower part of the mantle • Scientist who proposed tectonic theory • The age of the rock furthest from a ridge • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Deepest parts of the ocean, often found at • Break in a rock along which movement occurs • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics Pick-A-Project: Project 1 2022-12-12

Plate Tectonics Pick-A-Project: Project 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where does the heat that causes the Convection currents, coming from
  2. the borders of the plates
  3. What is the coldest layer of Earth
  4. Is a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of crust slip past each other.
  5. Two boundaries to go closer to each other.
  6. A famous supercontinent
  7. Forms at Transform boundaries
  8. Forms at Convergent boundaries
  9. An example of a divergent boundary
Down
  1. What are underwater mountains called
  2. what makes up the structure of Earth's crust
  3. Two plates that slide past each other
  4. Has the same structure as a normal fault, but blocks move in opposite directions.
  5. Forms at Divergent boundaries.
  6. The boundary of two plates moving away from each other
  7. What are near the borders of the plate boundaries
  8. What is a factor that causes plate tectonics to be pulled apart.
  9. During Pangaea,Modern Day South America was connected to ...
  10. Rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion
  11. Which layer has a lot of magma and liquid minerals

20 Clues: A famous supercontinent • the borders of the plates • Forms at Transform boundaries • Forms at Divergent boundaries. • Forms at Convergent boundaries • What is the coldest layer of Earth • An example of a divergent boundary • What are underwater mountains called • Two plates that slide past each other • Two boundaries to go closer to each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics by Noah Campbell 2013-01-16

Plate Tectonics by Noah Campbell crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Under the lithosphere
  2. Top layer of the Earth
  3. Top layer of the mantle
  4. A mountain that shoots lava
  5. When a oceanic plate sinks
  6. Ocean ground
  7. A place created when plates slide apart
  8. Created theory of continental drift
  9. Layer between crust and core
Down
  1. Where sea-floor spreading takes place
  2. Creating rock, causing continental drift
  3. When faults move
  4. Created theory of plate tectonics
  5. Our planet
  6. A crack in a plate
  7. drift When continents move
  8. Collision
  9. Created when old rock sinks in the ocean
  10. Section of the lithosphere
  11. Sections

20 Clues: Sections • Collision • Our planet • Ocean ground • When faults move • A crack in a plate • Under the lithosphere • Top layer of the Earth • Top layer of the mantle • When a oceanic plate sinks • drift When continents move • Section of the lithosphere • A mountain that shoots lava • Layer between crust and core • Created theory of plate tectonics • Created theory of continental drift • ...

Connor science #1 2017-09-25

Connor science #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ slip causes 2 pieces of land to change their vertical
  2. dip slip and strike slip are 2 big types of _____
  3. ____ core is the hottest part of the earth
  4. solid turns to liquid because of ______ heat
  5. the _____ is the outer layer and is solid rock
  6. the temperature which material changes from liquid to gas
  7. ________ of the plates is called plate tectonics
  8. point where something frozen begins to melt
  9. the temperature when liquid boils and turns to _______
  10. when molecules have the most kinetic energy
  11. faults in plate usually run _____ to each other
  12. 32 degrees is the freezing point of
  13. when 2 pieces of plate come together & push against eachother
  14. _____ is made up of magma
  15. the state where matter is composed of atoms frozen in place
Down
  1. the point where 2 plates meet is called a plate ___
  2. _______ crust carries land
  3. causes one state to change to another
  4. ____ core is liquid
  5. strike slip is when two pieces of land move _____
  6. ____ tectonics cause earthquakes and volcanoes
  7. the point which a liquid turns into a solid
  8. heat rising and falling in the mantle creates __ currents
  9. at a destructive boundary the plates move ___ eachother
  10. ____ is made up of 4 concentric layers
  11. ______ crust carries water
  12. the oceanic plate is ____ then the continental plate
  13. main states of matter

28 Clues: ____ core is liquid • main states of matter • _____ is made up of magma • _______ crust carries land • ______ crust carries water • 32 degrees is the freezing point of • causes one state to change to another • ____ is made up of 4 concentric layers • ____ core is the hottest part of the earth • the point which a liquid turns into a solid • ...

unit 4 vocab 2025-11-05

unit 4 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. great rift
  2. heat transfer
  3. medium
  4. Spheroid flattended
  5. organisms light
  6. bands of light
  7. layer of gases
  8. total mass x total volume
  9. plate slides
Down
  1. Effect
  2. Decay unstable atomic nucleus
  3. super-continent
  4. Effect deflection
  5. between core
  6. fastest seismic wave
  7. Waves travelling waves
  8. Tectonics lithosphere

17 Clues: Effect • medium • great rift • between core • plate slides • heat transfer • bands of light • layer of gases • super-continent • organisms light • Effect deflection • Spheroid flattended • fastest seismic wave • Tectonics lithosphere • Waves travelling waves • total mass x total volume • Decay unstable atomic nucleus

PLATE TECTONIC AND CONTINENTAL DRIFT 2023-07-29

PLATE TECTONIC AND CONTINENTAL DRIFT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is a large wave caused by earthquakes
  2. plate tectonics helps in finding the age of ____ floors.
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
  4. Alfred Wegner believed that all the continents fitted together like....
  5. the most important evidence that supports the plate tectonic theory.
  6. the oceanic crust on the other hand is made up of _____ rock.
  7. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
  8. where all the continents spread apart.
  9. when two plate comes together
  10. the biggest body of water available
  11. the theory of plate tectonics identifies how many major types of lithospheric plates .
  12. this happens when the earth crust buckles in a wavelike pattern, creating holls or mountain
  13. evidence of dead plants and animal
  14. how many plate boundaries are there
  15. when tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally along strike-slipe faults or transform faults ____ boundaries are created.
  16. device used to record an earthquake seismic wave
  17. along diverging margin ______ are prevalent.
  18. when two plate move apart
  19. the theory of plate tectonics identifies how many minor types of lithospheric plates
Down
  1. the most active example of continental convergent plate boundaries is the _____ mountain
  2. the continental crust is made up of which rock.
  3. a natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake or another such stream
  4. he came up with the idea of continental drift
  5. a large natural elevation of the earths surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level: a large steep hill
  6. the upper layer of the earths mantle.
  7. in the process of subduction on the oceanic plate is driven down into the
  8. another word for lava
  9. the term plate was first coined by
  10. when the continents were all hooked together.
  11. the mid Atlantic ridges are a good example of a ______ boundary.
  12. the reason due to which earths plates are moving
  13. the ______ plate is the only major plate that is completely oceanic.
  14. the ridge outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  15. ______fit together like pizza puzzle
  16. the innermost layer of the earth
  17. outermost layer of a earth composed of ____ and brittle part of the upper mantle.
  18. the lithosphere consist of only ______ crust
  19. when one plate eventually slides beneath the other, the process is known as
  20. something you drink to stay alive
  21. the planet we live on

40 Clues: another word for lava • the planet we live on • when two plate move apart • when two plate comes together • the thickest layer of the earth • the innermost layer of the earth • something you drink to stay alive • the term plate was first coined by • evidence of dead plants and animal • the biggest body of water available • how many plate boundaries are there • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  2. Boundary moving towards each other.
  3. A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock.
  4. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
  5. A living organism; tree, shrub, herb, grass, and flower.
  6. name of Wegener's theory.
  7. Example of Convergent Boundary.
  8. Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone.
  9. Proposed the theory of the Plate Tectonics.
  10. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  11. The separation of the continents by plate tectonics.
  12. This occurs in Continental Boundary (Ocean vs. Continent).
Down
  1. This happens in a Convergent Boundary (Continent vs. Continent).
  2. A person.
  3. Boundary moving apart from each other.
  4. sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material.
  5. The crustal plates are moving over the mantle.
  6. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
  7. Example of Transform-Fault Boundary (Hint: It is a fault).
  8. Example of Divergent Boundary (Hint: It is a ridge).
  9. Boundary moving side by side.
  10. A living organism that feeds on organic matter; fish, deer, snake, bird, and coyote.

22 Clues: A person. • name of Wegener's theory. • Boundary moving side by side. • Example of Convergent Boundary. • Boundary moving towards each other. • Boundary moving apart from each other. • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • Proposed the theory of the Plate Tectonics. • The crustal plates are moving over the mantle. • ...

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2020-10-28

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanoes erupt from this substance called "Lava'. Once the magma is ready to be set free it causes the volcano to erupt.
  2. Boundary, A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more plates collide.
  3. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
  4. Subduction as the process by which tectonic plates sink into Earth's mantle.
  5. “Crust” describes the hard surface shell coving the mantle of our planet.
  6. Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  7. As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust, This fills in the gap created by the Tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. The researchers believe this shift is the earliest proof that modern like plate motion happened between two to four billion years ago.
  10. inside the crust and core it is pitch solid.
  11. A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock.
Down
  1. Earth has many different layers such as, the mantle, Core, and crust.
  2. When two plates come in contact with each other through plate tectonics, scientists can use the density of the plates to predict what will happen.
  3. Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet.
  4. The lower boundary of a plate depends on the temperature of the mantle material.
  5. Once a tectonic plate Alters is shifts something in or out of the earth.
  6. The continents are made within the plates.
  7. a process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates.
  10. Earthquakes occur along lines, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
  11. floor, Bathymetry, the shape of the ocean floor, is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.

22 Clues: The continents are made within the plates. • inside the crust and core it is pitch solid. • in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates. • Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet. • A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock. • Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. • ...

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2020-10-28

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanoes erupt from this substance called "Lava'. Once the magma is ready to be set free it causes the volcano to erupt.
  2. Boundary, A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more plates collide.
  3. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
  4. Subduction as the process by which tectonic plates sink into Earth's mantle.
  5. “Crust” describes the hard surface shell coving the mantle of our planet.
  6. Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  7. As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust, This fills in the gap created by the Tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. The researchers believe this shift is the earliest proof that modern like plate motion happened between two to four billion years ago.
  10. inside the crust and core it is pitch solid.
  11. A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock.
Down
  1. Earth has many different layers such as, the mantle, Core, and crust.
  2. When two plates come in contact with each other through plate tectonics, scientists can use the density of the plates to predict what will happen.
  3. Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet.
  4. The lower boundary of a plate depends on the temperature of the mantle material.
  5. Once a tectonic plate Alters is shifts something in or out of the earth.
  6. The continents are made within the plates.
  7. a process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates.
  10. Earthquakes occur along lines, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
  11. floor, Bathymetry, the shape of the ocean floor, is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.

22 Clues: The continents are made within the plates. • inside the crust and core it is pitch solid. • in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates. • Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet. • A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock. • Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-13

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

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

plate tectonics 2021-06-17

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-06-21

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-18

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-09-08

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-09-15

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

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

plate tectonics 2022-12-13

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-14

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-12

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

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

Plate tectonics 2022-11-16

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-16

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-04

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

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

Plate tectonics 2020-03-23

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2019-04-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2019-12-28

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2020-07-24

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2020-09-17

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-08-27

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-11

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-03

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-11

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1 continental and 1 oceanic plate collide
  2. is located at the center of the Earth
  3. exemplified by the North American Plate
  4. consisting of the crust and upper
  5. the edges where two plates meet
  6. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor
  7. the liquid inner layer of the earth
  8. 2 continental plates collide
  9. thin shell on the outside of Earth
  10. the structure of the earth's crust
  11. 2 plates move away from each other
Down
  1. What causes Earth’s tectonic plates to move
  2. formed by divergent plate boundaries
  3. 2 plates slide in the opposite direction
  4. third layer of the Earth
  5. very thick layer of rock inside the planet
  6. Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  7. the result of collision between two landmasses
  8. the upper layer of the earth's
  9. The ball-shaped and very hot

20 Clues: third layer of the Earth • 2 continental plates collide • The ball-shaped and very hot • the upper layer of the earth's • the edges where two plates meet • consisting of the crust and upper • thin shell on the outside of Earth • the structure of the earth's crust • 2 plates move away from each other • the liquid inner layer of the earth • formed by divergent plate boundaries • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  2. created by two pieces of continental crust converging
  3. a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust
  4. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  5. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  6. where two or more plates meet
  7. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  8. a vent on the earths surface where magma and gases are expelled
  9. an underwater chain of mountains.
  10. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  11. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics
  12. creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity
Down
  1. boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench
  2. when one tectonic plates dives under another
  3. layer that the tectonic plates slide on, also before the crust
  4. Alfred Wegner's hypothesis that the continents were once a supercontinent
  5. a deep valley that forms on land at a divergent boundary where two plates move apart
  6. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that explains how large pieces of land called plates move and change shape of the earth.
  7. the deepest layer of the earth with an inner and outer version
  8. currents in the mantle from the magma being heated by the core of the earth

20 Clues: where two or more plates meet • an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench
  2. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  3. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  4. an underwater chain of mountains.
  5. currents in the mantle from the magma being heated by the core of the earth
  6. the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  7. the deepest layer of the earth with an inner and outer version
  8. created by two pieces of continental crust converging
  9. where two or more plates meet
Down
  1. a deep valley that forms on land at a divergent boundary where two plates move apart
  2. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics
  3. a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust
  4. Alfred Wegner's hypothesis that the continents were once a supercontinent
  5. a vent on the earths surface where magma and gases are expelled
  6. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  7. layer that the tectonic plates slide on, also before the crust
  8. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  9. when one tectonic plates dives under another
  10. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that explains how large pieces of land called plates move and change shape of the earth.
  11. region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes and earthquakes occur frequently
  12. creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity

21 Clues: where two or more plates meet • an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  2. two plates that move apart or rift.
  3. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  7. solid rock that flows slowly.
  8. liquid layer.
  9. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
Down
  1. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  2. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
  3. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  4. the collision of two plates.
  5. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  7. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.
  8. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  9. rigid outer layer (crust).
  10. solid very dense.
  11. outer layer.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  2. solid rock that flows slowly.
  3. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. outer layer.
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  8. two plates that move apart or rift.
  9. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  10. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  11. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
Down
  1. the collision of two plates.
  2. rigid outer layer (crust).
  3. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  4. liquid layer.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  7. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  8. solid very dense.
  9. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  3. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
  1. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  5. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  2. Current, the driving force of plate tectonics in which hot plastic like material sinks back to the mantle
  3. breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  4. a deep valley in a wide area
  5. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  6. part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle
  7. created by two pieces of continental crust converging or coming together
  8. continents were once joined together in a single landmass andhave slowly moved apart
  9. can up with PANGEAE
  10. the boundaries between two plates that are diverging
  11. older strips or rock move outward from either side of the ridge
Down
  1. the idea that the Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken intosections called plates that move around on the mantle
  2. the boundaries between two plates that are sliding
  3. caused by plate tectonics
  4. the crust and part of the upper mantle
  5. the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
  6. all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
  7. the boundaries between two plates that are converging
  8. major tectonic plates in pieces
  9. ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into themantle again

20 Clues: can up with PANGEAE • caused by plate tectonics • a deep valley in a wide area • major tectonic plates in pieces • the crust and part of the upper mantle • the plastic-like layer below the lithosphere • the boundaries between two plates that are sliding • part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle • the boundaries between two plates that are diverging • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  2. consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  3. The gradual movement and formation of continents, as described by plate tectonics
  4. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings
  5. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism that's petrified
  6. Each of several large landmasses thought to have divided to form the present continents
  7. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  8. an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates
  9. a hypothetical continent including all the landmasses of the earth put together
  10. A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
  11. The lower layer of the crust
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  1. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth
  2. The transfer of heat through a fluid
  3. A mountain formed by volcanic material
  4. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  5. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges
  6. The outer layer of Earth
  7. Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
  8. A German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher who outlined his theory of Continental Drift.
  9. Molten rock in the earth's crust

20 Clues: The outer layer of Earth • The lower layer of the crust • Molten rock in the earth's crust • The transfer of heat through a fluid • A mountain formed by volcanic material • consisting of the crust and outer mantle • Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • Is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth • ...

plate tectonics 2023-02-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  2. the amount of matter in a given space or volume
  3. when a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate
  4. solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded and then dropped into a new place
  5. when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  6. mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces
  7. process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments
  8. tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses
  9. seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
Down
  1. 1st theory describing the history of Earth's Surface
  2. Supercontinentat that incorporated most all of the landmasses on Earth
  3. long crack in the surface of the Earth
  4. 2nd theory describing the history of the Earth's surface
  5. when two plates move away from each other
  6. photos or images taken of Earth from space
  7. circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid
  8. huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere
  9. Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean
  10. distance above sea level
  11. when twon plates slide past each other

20 Clues: distance above sea level • long crack in the surface of the Earth • when twon plates slide past each other • when two plates move away from each other • photos or images taken of Earth from space • the amount of matter in a given space or volume • tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses • Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One high and low tide each day.
  2. The planet we live on.
  3. The season made up of orange, brown, red, and green leaves.
  4. Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  5. Coldest season of the year.
  6. Made up of the crust and the uppermost solid layer of the mantle.
  7. A solar eclipse that is visible from a small area on Earth.
  8. These were what made up the Pangea and contains countries.
  9. What the continents made up 250 years ago.
  10. Above South America.
  11. Includes Columbia and under its northern counterpart.
  12. The thinnest layer of the earth.
  13. Two high and low tides each day.
  14. When two plates collide.
Down
  1. Two high and low tides each day of different heights.
  2. A hot liquid which moves through the earth's mantle.
  3. The smallest of the seven continents.
  4. The transfer of thermal energy by particles moving through a fluid or gas.
  5. When two plates move away from each other.
  6. When two plates slide past each other.
  7. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  8. This happens when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are not precisely aligned during an eclipse.
  9. The biggest part of the Pangea.
  10. the border between two plates.
  11. The coldest continent.
  12. An eclipse that happens when the Moon is farthest from Earth.
  13. Hottest season of the year
  14. This is the best season for planting, gardening, and collecting vegetables.
  15. The second largest part of the Pangea.
  16. The thickest layer of the earth.
  17. Narrow depressions caused by convergent boundaries form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is subducted beneath another plate.

31 Clues: Above South America. • The planet we live on. • The coldest continent. • When two plates collide. • Hottest season of the year • Coldest season of the year. • the border between two plates. • One high and low tide each day. • The biggest part of the Pangea. • The thickest layer of the earth. • The thinnest layer of the earth. • Two high and low tides each day. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  2. Discovered that the continent's movement was caused by the seafloor spreading.
  3. a continuous body of salt water that is contained in enormous basins on Earth's surface.
  4. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
  5. the solid, outer part of Earth.
  6. Two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. the process of deformation that produces the earth's continents, ocean basins, mountains, folds, and faults.
  8. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock.
  9. a continuous slow movement from one place to another.
  10. Creator of the continental drift theory.
Down
  1. an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
  2. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
  3. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks.
  4. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  5. a landform that rises prominently above its surroundings.
  6. Two plates sliding past each other.
  7. one of Earth's seven main divisions of land.
  8. massive bodies of slowly moving ice.
  9. the movement of the plates that make up Earth's crust.
  10. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.

20 Clues: the solid, outer part of Earth. • Two plates sliding past each other. • massive bodies of slowly moving ice. • Creator of the continental drift theory. • one of Earth's seven main divisions of land. • a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock. • a continuous slow movement from one place to another. • long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Result of Tectonic plates pushing together
  2. Type of scientists that study the earth
  3. Form along the edge of Tectonic plates
  4. The Tectonic plate theory was developed
  5. Mountain Building Process
  6. The theory preceding the tectonic plate theory
  7. What does the slipping of tectonic plates cause?
  8. Plates of earth that move over the liquid layer
  9. Region on earth with a lot of tectonic activity, located around the Pacific Ocean
Down
  1. South America and Africa are a ___________
  2. What Tectonic Plate is Canada on?
  3. Two plates moving towards each other
  4. All the continents used to be a
  5. The ______ also has tectonic plates
  6. _______ found in the ground support the theory
  7. Layer under the tectonic plates
  8. Came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
  9. What is the zone between two tectonic plates called?
  10. Two plates moving away from each other
  11. Name of the supercontinent

20 Clues: Mountain Building Process • Name of the supercontinent • All the continents used to be a • Layer under the tectonic plates • What Tectonic Plate is Canada on? • The ______ also has tectonic plates • Two plates moving towards each other • Form along the edge of Tectonic plates • Two plates moving away from each other • Type of scientists that study the earth • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2012-10-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Thinnest layer of the Earth
  2. Caused by two plates rubbing against each other
  3. Formed by subduction
  4. Includes the crust and the upper most part of the mantle
  5. The result of two plates separating
  6. Magma rotating in a circular motion due to temperature
  7. Directly above the focus of an earthquake
  8. The result of two plates colliding
  9. In which boundary do two plates collide
  10. Magma coming directly from the mantle and forming volcanoes
Down
  1. The deepest layer of the Earth
  2. The thickest layer of the Earth
  3. Includes the upper mantle
  4. In which boundary do two plates separate
  5. In which boundary do two plates rub against each other
  6. The liquid layer below the mantle
  7. The area between two ridges
  8. When the oceanic plate goes underneath the continental plate
  9. Formed by the friction of subduction
  10. When two ridges separate

20 Clues: Formed by subduction • When two ridges separate • Includes the upper mantle • The area between two ridges • The deepest layer of the Earth • The thickest layer of the Earth • The Thinnest layer of the Earth • The liquid layer below the mantle • The result of two plates colliding • The result of two plates separating • Formed by the friction of subduction • ...

plate tectonics 2012-12-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is magma older or younger away from the mid ocean ridge?
  2. when plates move past each other.
  3. is magma older or younger toward the mid ocean ridge?
  4. beneath this layer is a plastic like substance.
  5. where 2 oceanic plates collide.
  6. when earth's plates collide they form volcanoes and_.
  7. differences in the rock in the asthenosphere.
  8. the great rift valley in africa is _.
  9. where is the asthenosphere located.
  10. what is hawaii made of?
  11. composed of the crust and a part of the upper mantle.
Down
  1. the crust and upper mantle.
  2. the result of plate movement can be seen at.
  3. active volcanoes are most likely found at _ plates.
  4. an example of a transform boundary.
  5. magma's cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking.
  6. in order to complete a convection current the rising material must_ back into earth.
  7. when oceanic plates collide what landforms are made.
  8. what is magma called after it explodes out of the volcano.
  9. what was the big continent called.

20 Clues: what is hawaii made of? • the crust and upper mantle. • where 2 oceanic plates collide. • when plates move past each other. • what was the big continent called. • an example of a transform boundary. • where is the asthenosphere located. • the great rift valley in africa is _. • the result of plate movement can be seen at. • differences in the rock in the asthenosphere. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Measurement of angular distance on the Earth east or west of the prime meridian
  2. Melted rock beneath Earth's surface
  3. plate boundaries Where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. currents Movement within hot fluids, when the heat source is on the bottom, such as in a boiling pot of soup on the stove
  5. Opening in Earth's crust where melted rock reaches Earth's surface
  6. ("all land") the single huge supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago, when all of Earth's continents were joined together
  7. scale Numerical description of the size of seismic waves produced by an earthquake
  8. The rigid, brittle layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. It is broken up into pieces called tectonic plates
  9. plates Large pieces of the lithosphere that slowly move on top of the asthenosphere
  10. Imaginary east-west line that circles Earth halfway between geographic poles
Down
  1. The process by which one tectonic plate sinks below another, returning to the mantle, where the rock is re-melted
  2. wave Vibration produced by an earthquake
  3. convection Convection currents in the mantle that occur because hot rock in the lower part of the mantle is less dense and rises, and cooler rock in the upper part of the mantle cools, becomes more dense, and sinks
  4. drift The theory that all of Earth's continents were once joined together into a single large landmass, and then moved apart, forming the continents we see today
  5. plate boundaries Where two tectonic plates move toward each other
  6. Measurement of angular distance on the Earth north or south of the equator
  7. plate boundary Where two tectonic plates slip past each other, moving in opposite direction
  8. Instrument that measures and records seismic waves
  9. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus
  10. The true location of an earthquake and source of seismic waves

20 Clues: Melted rock beneath Earth's surface • wave Vibration produced by an earthquake • Instrument that measures and records seismic waves • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus • The true location of an earthquake and source of seismic waves • plate boundaries Where two tectonic plates move toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-02-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Earthquake intensity scale based on observation.
  2. Pieces of the Earth's Crust that float around on the mantle.
  3. The idea that the continents were once one but have gradually moved apart.
  4. The scientist who first proposed the idea of continental drift.
  5. The type of plate that contains a continent.
  6. The type of boundary where two plates rub against one another, ofen causing an earthquake.
  7. The type of heat transfer used in the mantle.
  8. The zone at a convergent boundary where a plate is being destroyed.
  9. The part of the mantle where convection currents occur.
  10. The type of boundary where two plates are moving away from one another.
  11. The layer of the Earth that contains the Upper Manlte and the Lower crust.
  12. The outer layer of Earth.
Down
  1. The type of boundary where two plates are moving towards one another.
  2. The theory most scientists believe now where the Earth consists of several plates on it's crust that are always moving.
  3. The material that makes up most of the core.
  4. The type of plate that contains the planet's oceans.
  5. The 'super continent' that existed 200 billion years ago.
  6. The spot at a divergent boundary where hot magma rises from the mantle and cools on the surface.
  7. The very center of the Earth.
  8. The Earthquake intensity scale based on the measurement of instruments.

20 Clues: The outer layer of Earth. • The very center of the Earth. • The material that makes up most of the core. • The type of plate that contains a continent. • The type of heat transfer used in the mantle. • The Earthquake intensity scale based on observation. • The type of plate that contains the planet's oceans. • The part of the mantle where convection currents occur. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-01-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory of Earth's continents being all together and then splitting into several different continents.
  2. The transfer of energy through space or air.
  3. Beginning of the formation of new ocean floor.
  4. The largest layer of Earth.
  5. The thinnest layer of Earth.
  6. Plate boundaries that move together.
  7. The hottest layer of Earth.
  8. The reason Earth's plates move.
  9. Deep V-shaped valleys where subduction occurs.
  10. The transfer of heat between two solid objects that are touching.
Down
  1. Formed the longest mountain chain in the world.
  2. The along which rocks break move.
  3. Continental Drift led to this theory.
  4. The transfer of heat by movement of particles in liquids.
  5. Plate boundaries that move past each other, horizontally
  6. The name of the ancient continent.
  7. Proposed the theory of Continental Drift.
  8. Where pressure increases inside the Earth
  9. Plate boundaries that move apart.
  10. The process of ocean crust diving under continental crust.

20 Clues: The largest layer of Earth. • The hottest layer of Earth. • The thinnest layer of Earth. • The reason Earth's plates move. • The along which rocks break move. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • The name of the ancient continent. • Plate boundaries that move together. • Continental Drift led to this theory. • Proposed the theory of Continental Drift. • ...

Plate tectonics 2013-04-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that continents drift apart
  2. the sinking of regions of earth's crust to lower elevations
  3. solid dense center of the earth
  4. a squeezing force
  5. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  6. new lithosphere is created here
  7. the rising of regions of earth's crust to higher elevations
  8. the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core
  9. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  10. a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  11. liquid layer of the earth's core
Down
  1. outermost,rigid layer of the earth
  2. a break in the earths crust
  3. boundary between two colliding plates
  4. the bending of rock layers
  5. a pulling force
  6. layer between the crust and core
  7. soft layer of the mantle
  8. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  9. outermost layer of the earth

20 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the earths crust • outermost layer of the earth • solid dense center of the earth • new lithosphere is created here • layer between the crust and core • liquid layer of the earth's core • outermost,rigid layer of the earth • theory that continents drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the mantle is the ____ layer of earth
  2. seeds of an apple is like this part of the earth
  3. liquid that rises from the core that creates ocean ridges
  4. a fossil plant found all over the world
  5. when magma comes up and creates new ridges
  6. people accepted wegeners theory after his ____
  7. the bounderie where plates move part
  8. the force that represents the divergent bounderies
  9. the man who found evidence of seafloor spread
Down
  1. the man that discovered pangea
  2. a huge wave caused by a earthquake in the ocean
  3. the ____ dense material sank to the core of earth
  4. the word that means all land
  5. the bounderie where two plates slide past eachother
  6. the earth is _____ under continental mountain ranges
  7. the peel of an apple is like this to the earth
  8. we live in this era
  9. the bounderie where two plates collide
  10. when the ocean shakes; usally on faults
  11. places in earth where two plates move

20 Clues: we live in this era • the word that means all land • the man that discovered pangea • the bounderie where plates move part • the mantle is the ____ layer of earth • places in earth where two plates move • the bounderie where two plates collide • a fossil plant found all over the world • when the ocean shakes; usally on faults • when magma comes up and creates new ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. breaks in the earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other to form along these boundaries
  2. Any Trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  3. Who made the hypothesis of continents plowed across the ocean floors?
  4. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
  5. The continents drifting together to form the supercontinent
  6. where two plates come together, or converge is called a
  7. pieces of the earths lithosphere are in a slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  8. where two plates move apart, or diverge
  9. a fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  10. What often occur along the transform boundaries?
  11. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is called
Down
  1. adds new material to the ocean floor.
  2. is a place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions
  3. in a process taking tens of millions of years, part of the sinks back into the mantle at deep ocean trenches
  4. is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  5. a deep valley
  6. the ocean floor plunging into deep under water canyons called
  7. a device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and then records the echoes of these soundwaves.
  8. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved across Earth's surface.
  9. the ocean floor is renewed every
  10. the lithosphere broken into separate sections is called

21 Clues: a deep valley • the ocean floor is renewed every • adds new material to the ocean floor. • where two plates move apart, or diverge • What often occur along the transform boundaries? • a fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago. • where two plates come together, or converge is called a • the lithosphere broken into separate sections is called • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. /a large volcanic crater
  2. /also called P wave
  3. /a numerical scale expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph oscillations
  4. /An example of Transformation Fault Boundary
  5. /a type of seismic wave
  6. /mark sites of convection downwelling of Earth's lithosphere
  7. /is the belt or zone of the continental lithosphere where the extensional deformation is occurring
  8. /A type of volcano
  9. /also called S wave
  10. /is an isolated region of the earth that produces lava
  11. /a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, as a result of movement
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  1. /the crust that takes place in the ocean
  2. /Also known as Seafoor Spreading
  3. /is directly below the epicenter in the earthquake
  4. /the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  5. /a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano
  6. /a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved to one another parallel to the fracture
  7. /a geophysicist who studies earthquakes
  8. /a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake
  9. /a mild tremor preceding the violent shaking movement of an earthquake

20 Clues: /A type of volcano • /also called P wave • /also called S wave • /a type of seismic wave • /a large volcanic crater • /Also known as Seafoor Spreading • /a geophysicist who studies earthquakes • /the crust that takes place in the ocean • /An example of Transformation Fault Boundary • /a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Continent
  2. Spreading/Material continually being added
  3. Plate
  4. De Fuca/Smallest Plate
  5. of boundary where plates rub against each other
  6. Tectonics/Theory of plates in motion
  7. Scientist
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  1. of an ancient organism that has been preserved
  2. that uses sound waves to measure distance
  3. Drift/Wegener's Theory
  4. Andreas Fault/Transform boundary in California
  5. of the lithosphere
  6. of boundary where plates push together
  7. floor sinking into mantle
  8. Trench/Underwater canyons
  9. of boundary where plates pull apart
  10. America/Africa and what other continent appear to fit together like puzzle pieces
  11. Ridge/Long, underwater mountain chains
  12. in the crust where plates slip past each other
  13. of tectonic plates there are

20 Clues: Plate • Continent • Scientist • of the lithosphere • Drift/Wegener's Theory • De Fuca/Smallest Plate • floor sinking into mantle • Trench/Underwater canyons • of tectonic plates there are • of boundary where plates pull apart • Tectonics/Theory of plates in motion • of boundary where plates push together • Ridge/Long, underwater mountain chains • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. An individual part of the Earth's Crust.
  2. Movements in the earth's crust mostly by transform boundary.
  3. Located under the continents.
  4. 2 plates move away from each other.
  5. Plate One of three plates colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
  6. The name for the Continents before they were seperated.
  7. 2 plates slide/move past each other.
  8. A mountain range or long narrow hilltop.
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  1. Tectonics The movement of tectonic plates.
  2. Range a line of mountains connected by high ground.
  3. A line that marks the limits of an area.
  4. 2 plates collide and one goes under the other plate.
  5. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land.
  6. Occurs when two plates collide & lava erupts.
  7. Plate A landmass consisting of the continents, Europe & Asia.
  8. Occurs when two plates collide.
  9. The outermost rough shell of Earth.
  10. Plate A tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa.
  11. Wegner Created the Theory of Continental Drift.
  12. Located under the ocean floor.

20 Clues: Located under the continents. • Located under the ocean floor. • Occurs when two plates collide. • 2 plates move away from each other. • The outermost rough shell of Earth. • 2 plates slide/move past each other. • An individual part of the Earth's Crust. • A line that marks the limits of an area. • A mountain range or long narrow hilltop. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-09-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface
  2. The process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate
  3. The type of rock that forms when lava crystallizes and cools
  4. The thick middle layer of the Earth
  5. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older crust moves away
  6. The type of boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  7. The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density
  8. The dense metallic center of the Earth
  9. The rigid outermost layer of the Earth that includes the upper mantle and crust
  10. The type of boundary between two plates that slide past one another
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  1. Name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago
  2. Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface
  3. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  4. The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
  5. the rigid slabs of rock that make up the Earth's surface
  6. The movement of Earth's continents over time
  7. Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor
  8. The process that results when magma rises and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions
  9. The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth
  10. The type of boundary between two plates that move away from each other

20 Clues: The thick middle layer of the Earth • Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface • The dense metallic center of the Earth • The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth • Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface • The movement of Earth's continents over time • Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor • the rigid slabs of rock that make up the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted
  2. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquacke
  3. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans
  6. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  7. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  9. the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by continental currents in the mantle
  10. a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  11. the amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume
  12. a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  13. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's surface and core
  14. a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust
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  1. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  2. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and broke into today's continents
  3. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move away
  5. the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
  6. the hypothesis that the continent slowly move across Earth's surface
  7. the direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it's touching

21 Clues: a plate boundary where two plates move away • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans • the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  3. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  4. the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
  5. the hypothesis that the continent slowly move across Earth's surface
  6. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's surface and core
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  8. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  9. a plate boundary where two plates move away
  10. a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  11. the amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume
  12. a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust
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  1. the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by continental currents in the mantle
  2. the direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it's touching
  3. a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans
  4. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquacke
  5. the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted
  6. a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  7. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and broke into today's continents
  8. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface

21 Clues: a plate boundary where two plates move away • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans • the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-08-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area of rock bent as a result of stress.
  2. A Mountain or hill, typically conical that contains a vent of lava.
  3. A large movement of water as a result of an earthquake or tectonic activity.
  4. A depression in the Earth's crust.
  5. The theory that the layout of the earths continents changes.
  6. A large mass of land risen from the crust as a result of tectonic activity.
  7. The centre of the Earth.
  8. The thick, dense layer of earth between The Earth's core and crust
  9. Geology/ the study of the earths physical history.
  10. The process of tectonic plates moving apart.
  11. Large moveable sections of the lithosphere.
  12. The deformation of the lithosphere.
  13. Interaction between two or more plates resulting in a plate to get pushed/pulled down.
  14. A Split between two bodies.
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  1. An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress.
  2. A depression in the oceans floor caused when two plates converge causing one plate to get pushed downwards.
  3. The process of two or more tectonic plates moving toward each other.
  4. Sublayers of the earths crust that move, collide and cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
  5. The study of tectonism
  6. The outer layer of earth.

20 Clues: The study of tectonism • The centre of the Earth. • The outer layer of earth. • A Split between two bodies. • A depression in the Earth's crust. • The deformation of the lithosphere. • An area of rock bent as a result of stress. • Large moveable sections of the lithosphere. • The process of tectonic plates moving apart. • Geology/ the study of the earths physical history. • ...

Plate tectonics 2014-04-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics Theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle.
  2. Cone Steep-sided volcano made of loosely packed tephra.
  3. Core Liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core.
  4. The point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs, in a earthquake.
  5. scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic wave.
  6. Earth's outermost layer.
  7. Rigid, outermost layer of Earth that is about 100km thick, and is composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle.
  8. powerful seismic sea wave that can travel thousands of kilometers in all directions and that begins over an earthquake focus.
  9. Single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago.
  10. Largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core.
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  1. core Earths innermost part.
  2. surface along which rocks break and move.
  3. Wave waves of energy that reach Earth's surface during an earthquake, travel outward from the epicenter, and move rock particles up and down, and side to side.
  4. point of Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus.
  5. Waves Waves that travel outward from an Earthquake's focus and cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
  6. A volcano formed by alternating layers of tephra and lava and that is found mostly where Earth's plates come together.
  7. Device used by seismologists to record primary, secondary, surface waves from earthquake.
  8. A broad volcano with gently sloping sides.
  9. waves Waves that travel outward from an earthquake's focus and move through Earth by causing particles in rocks to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave.
  10. Waves Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquake's focus.
  11. Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapse.

21 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • core Earths innermost part. • surface along which rocks break and move. • A broad volcano with gently sloping sides. • scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic wave. • Cone Steep-sided volcano made of loosely packed tephra. • Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapse. • ...

plate tectonics 2015-03-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. person who studies earthquakes
  2. break in earth's crust
  3. squeezing force
  4. boundary between two colliding plates
  5. solid dense center of the earth
  6. outermost rigid layer
  7. the point directly above the focus
  8. theory proposed by Alfred Wegner
  9. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  10. boundary between two plates moving away
  11. bending of rock layers
  12. measure of energy released in an e-quake
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  1. layer between the crust and core
  2. where energy is being released from an earthquake
  3. where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
  4. layer of the mantle
  5. pulling force
  6. boundary between two plates sliding past each other
  7. liquid layer of earth's core
  8. outermost layer of the earth

20 Clues: pulling force • squeezing force • layer of the mantle • outermost rigid layer • break in earth's crust • bending of rock layers • liquid layer of earth's core • outermost layer of the earth • person who studies earthquakes • solid dense center of the earth • layer between the crust and core • theory proposed by Alfred Wegner • the point directly above the focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-01-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A scientist who studies earthquakes
  2. A seismic wave that can travel through the interior of the earth
  3. An instrument that records the motions of the Earth especially earthquakes
  4. An earthquake that comes after a larger one
  5. Magma that flows out onto Earths surface from a volcano
  6. move more slowly than P waves but in an earthquake they are usually bigger
  7. A shaking or movement of Earths surface
  8. A super continent existing 200 million years ago
  9. The theory of pangea and the landmass coming apart
  10. The innermost densest layer of Earth
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  1. The fastest body waves that arive befor S waves
  2. The ability to cause change
  3. A point within earth that originates the first movement of an earthquake
  4. A site at which one or more seismographs are set up and routinely monitored
  5. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core
  6. The process in which a solid takes on the characteristics of a thick heavy liquid
  7. The ability to cause change
  8. The transfer of heat energy through liquids and gases, fluids, by moving particals
  9. the point on the Earths surface that is the center of the earth quake
  10. A break in rock along where slabs are moved
  11. Earths outer layer

21 Clues: Earths outer layer • The ability to cause change • The ability to cause change • A scientist who studies earthquakes • The innermost densest layer of Earth • A shaking or movement of Earths surface • An earthquake that comes after a larger one • A break in rock along where slabs are moved • The fastest body waves that arive befor S waves • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost part of Earth that is mostly made up of granite.
  2. Steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent.
  3. The point of Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus.
  4. A device used by scientists to record primary, secondary, surface waves from earthquakes.
  5. The theory that explains how and why continents move
  6. Rigid, outermost layer of the earth that is about 100km thick.
  7. A common rock type within the oceanic crust.
  8. The large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses.
  9. A scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves.
  10. Surface along which rocks break and move?
  11. There are ___ primary plates that form Earth's crust.
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  1. The name Alfred Wegener gave to the super-continent.
  2. A geological process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.
  3. A common rock type found within the continental crust.
  4. A sudden movement along the boundary of a tectonic plate is called?
  5. Tectonic plates float on the _?
  6. Seismic sea wave
  7. What lies directly beneath the crust?
  8. Opening in the earth's surface that often forms a mountain when layers of lava and volcanic ash erupt and build up.
  9. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.

20 Clues: Seismic sea wave • Tectonic plates float on the _? • What lies directly beneath the crust? • Surface along which rocks break and move? • A common rock type within the oceanic crust. • Steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent. • Measure of the energy released by an earthquake. • The name Alfred Wegener gave to the super-continent. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earthquakes cause the ground to turn to liquid.
  2. Cracks in the planet's surface.
  3. A mechanism which defines the magnitude of seismic waves.
  4. The status of New York City if an earthquake hits it.
  5. A city in Japan that has large earthquakes.
  6. The expression of the internal and external processes and events that affect a planetary body.
  7. The U.S. state that has the San Andres Fault in it.
  8. A shaking or vibrating movement.
  9. The result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust.
  10. A piece of land surrounded by water that can be formed by earthquakes.
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  1. Engaged in action.
  2. A home made to withstand an earthquake.
  3. A statement or event that indicates a possible or impending danger, problem, or other unpleasant situation.
  4. The smaller movements after a quake as the Earth re-adjusts itself.
  5. Large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
  6. An area that refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time.
  7. When somethings falls.
  8. Pressure or tension exerted on a material object.
  9. A recognizable, naturally formed feature on the Earth's surface.
  10. A type of fault that has the two plates move paste each other.

20 Clues: Engaged in action. • When somethings falls. • Cracks in the planet's surface. • A shaking or vibrating movement. • A home made to withstand an earthquake. • A city in Japan that has large earthquakes. • Earthquakes cause the ground to turn to liquid. • Pressure or tension exerted on a material object. • The U.S. state that has the San Andres Fault in it. • ...

plate tectonics 2016-08-02

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – largest type of crust
  2. – the spot underground where rock breaks causing an earthquake
  3. – when the earths crust is pushed up from its sides
  4. – the earths thickest layer
  5. – the super continent
  6. - the largest recorded shock
  7. – what layer of the earth is liquid state due to extremely high temperatures
  8. – most common type of volcano, explosive eruptions and lava flow
  9. – semi rigid part of the mantle
  10. – plates sliding against each other
  11. – debris thrown from volcanos with viscous magma
  12. – lava with a high viscosity, blocky and rough
  13. – the area on the ground directly above where an earthquake occurs
  14. – the north side of Pangaea
  15. – an earthquake that occurs after a larger seismic event
  16. – the south side of Pangaea
  17. - an opening in the side of a volcano through which volcanic materials (like lava, gases, and pyroclastic debris) erupt.
  18. – lava that is parcially cooled, low viscosity, thin (like water)
  19. – what layer of the earth is solid due to tremendous pressure
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  1. – areas of the earths surface through which magma and volcanic gases pass
  2. – a volcano that is not very steep but can be big with non- explosive eruptions
  3. – occurs in the middle of the plate tectonics
  4. waves – waves trapped near the surface, they are the slowest and most destructive
  5. - hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  6. – a volcano small in size with steep slopes, moderately explosive with shot eruptions
  7. – smallest type of crust
  8. – A point source of the Earth's surface through which lavas, pyroclastics, and gas are erupted.
  9. – a tube formed by cooling and solidifying of the lava walls while fluid lava continued to flow inside
  10. – plates pulling away from each other
  11. – the line which rocks break and move
  12. – the scale which measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  13. – plates pushing together
  14. – waves that travel along the worlds outer layers
  15. – a form of closed lava tube (with a bulbous end) that forms when lava flows into water (e.g. a lake) and cools very rapidly
  16. - a large underground pool of liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
  17. – occurs on the tectonic plate boundaries
  18. - hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  19. – all material ejected from a volcano
  20. – scientist behind the theory of the continental drift
  21. – the fastest travel waves with the greatest velocity
  22. – an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event
  23. – the earths thinnest layer

42 Clues: – the super continent • – largest type of crust • – smallest type of crust • – plates pushing together • – the earths thickest layer • – the north side of Pangaea • – the south side of Pangaea • – the earths thinnest layer • - the largest recorded shock • – semi rigid part of the mantle • – plates sliding against each other • – the line which rocks break and move • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Several large slabs of the lithosphere that hold the continents and oceans and are slowly but constantly moving around the earth.
  2. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents. It is about 20 to 40 miles (35 to 70 km) thick and very old.
  3. BOUNDARY The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other.
  4. Molten rock that flows beneath the earth's surface and is made up of gases, liquids, and crystals. When it reaches the surface, it is called lava.
  5. The place where one plate is getting bent and pulled under the edge of another plate.
  6. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel. It is 3,200 to 3,960 miles (5,150 to 6,378 km) below the surface and about 750 miles (1,200 km) thick.
  7. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate.
  8. Made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle, this zone is divided into several constantly (very slowly) moving plates of solid rock that hold the continents and oceans.
  9. A trembling and shaking of the earth's surface resulting from the sudden release of energy in the crust, either along fault lines or from volcanic activity.
  10. The boundary that occurs where two plates are moving apart from each other.
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  1. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust. Magma oozes up from the mantle through a crack in the ocean floor, filling in the space between the plates and spreading out from the plate boundary.
  2. Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer. It is only a few miles (5 km) thick under the oceans and averages 20 miles (30 km) thick under the continents.
  3. This layer of the earth lies between the mantle and the solid inner core. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel about 1,400 miles (2,300 km) thick.
  4. A dropped zone where two continental tectonic plates are pulling apart.
  5. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world. It is only 4 to 6 miles (7 to 10 km) thick and usually younger than continental crust.
  6. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction.
  7. A hot, malleable semiliquid zone in the upper mantle, on which the plates of the lithosphere move (or float).
  8. This dense layer of the earth is made of hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust. It is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick.
  9. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed when magma fills the space between two tectonic plates that are spreading apart.
  10. The place where a collision between two continental plates crunches and folds the rocks at the boundary, lifting them up and leading to mountain formation.
  11. The boundary that occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  12. The border between two tectonic plates.
  13. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present-day continents were joined together in one large landmass.
  14. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.

24 Clues: The border between two tectonic plates. • A dropped zone where two continental tectonic plates are pulling apart. • The boundary that occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other. • BOUNDARY The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other. • The boundary that occurs where two plates are moving apart from each other. • ...